Things are certainly speeding by here in our household. We had a great Thanksgiving with my side of the family. We get together with the larger family, starting with my Grandma and continuing on down. This year someone thought it might have been approximately 80 people, and that was down in attendance. One of my aunts handed out a list of relatives. BLESS HER HEART for keeping up our geneology!! I love her. She is the only girl born to my grandmother, the rest were boys . . . 9 kids in all. Then my folks decided to keep up tradition and had 8 children. They were the only ones in the entire clan who decided to keep up that tradition, though. Ha Ha! (And I don't think they "set out" to keep up that tradition, if you know what I mean!) We are blessed to still have my Grandma around. Last year at this time it was certainly looking bleak for her. But the Lord gave her more days and she is 94 years old and doing quite well in her nursing home. I had the opportunity to pick her up and take her to our Thanksgiving feast. We had a good chat.
I did not do any Black Friday shopping this year. I'm kind of a fair-weather fan of that sort of thing anyway. I certainly do not like getting out there and fighting the crowd just for a few toys for the kids!! I think with some creative shopping, we can get plenty of great deals between now and Christmas without the stress of that black day. In the future, I could see myself getting out there just for the fun of watching the madness . . . . and those $3 pajamas at Wal-mart looked pretty tempting for the kids! But by the time I really want to drag the family out for the shopping fun, the kids will be 6-10 years old . . . and not into those PJ deals. LOL
It would be fun to shop for others, but we'd have to know what the totally wonderful deals were!! Doing the homework would be absolutely necessary . . . and I wasn't into it this year.
So what is on your Christmas list this year? I hinted to Santa for a wedding band. I would kind of like to look like a married woman since I lost my ring 1.5 years ago. :-) I picked one out at the jewelry store a LONG time ago, but I don't think Santa remembered that, lol. (Or maybe his budget won't allow it, haha!)
I hope you have a good beginning of December! It feels like it's about to get chaotic. My hope is that I enjoy each day, even the crazy ones!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Those Darn Crocodiles
The innocence comes and goes, I guess.
The next day I got a note sent home from my son's school.
Handwritten . . . from the principal!
I've got to frame this one!
My son bit another boy at recess.
NICE.
He was playing "crocodiles".
That's what he told the principal, anyway.
This is a totally made-up game, of course. We don't play this at home. LOL. My son shared with me that another boy bit him, so he, in turn bit a different boy as part of the fun. Only THAT boy decided to tell on him. But my son didn't tell on the first boy (or if he did, according to my son, the first boy didn't get in trouble).
This is all in one week of another episode of my son trying to say prayers at lunch, but he asked the teacher on duty if he could do it, and that teacher told him he's not allowed. (My son wanted to pray out loud with his friends, I guess, like we do at dinner time.) It's just frustrating that my son has to get a confusing message from a teacher that doesn't really know the correct answer. But it will be ok; we've explained to our son that he's allowed to pray at school.
Maybe he needs to pray that boys don't bite him so he won't be tempted to bite others, LOL.
The next day I got a note sent home from my son's school.
Handwritten . . . from the principal!
I've got to frame this one!
My son bit another boy at recess.
NICE.
He was playing "crocodiles".
That's what he told the principal, anyway.
This is a totally made-up game, of course. We don't play this at home. LOL. My son shared with me that another boy bit him, so he, in turn bit a different boy as part of the fun. Only THAT boy decided to tell on him. But my son didn't tell on the first boy (or if he did, according to my son, the first boy didn't get in trouble).
This is all in one week of another episode of my son trying to say prayers at lunch, but he asked the teacher on duty if he could do it, and that teacher told him he's not allowed. (My son wanted to pray out loud with his friends, I guess, like we do at dinner time.) It's just frustrating that my son has to get a confusing message from a teacher that doesn't really know the correct answer. But it will be ok; we've explained to our son that he's allowed to pray at school.
Maybe he needs to pray that boys don't bite him so he won't be tempted to bite others, LOL.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Conversations with my son
"There's a new boy in our class today, mom."
"Oh, really?", I said.
"Yeah, I don't know his name. But I asked him at lunch if he wanted to be my friend and first he shook his head 'no', but then he shook his head 'yes'. So now we are friends."
And that is why I love the innocence of this kindergarten age!
"Oh, really?", I said.
"Yeah, I don't know his name. But I asked him at lunch if he wanted to be my friend and first he shook his head 'no', but then he shook his head 'yes'. So now we are friends."
And that is why I love the innocence of this kindergarten age!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Our marriage isn't broken!
Do you ever just want to get away from it all?????
I have the blessed Little L in bed right now. Early this morning he was a bad, bad boy. First of all, I hate Daylight Savings Time and what it does for little kids. They don't have a clue about the fact that they should sleep an extra hour. Their bodies are on an automatic timezone. It doesn't matter that I tried to put them to bed later last night. Well, my body is the same way - so I can't complain too much. I wake up without an alarm clock every morning at the same early time. And this morning I was not surprised when it was an hour earlier (but not realy, because, you know . . . Daylight Savings, and all that . . .)
OK, back to the bad boy.
I have to back up: Two weeks ago my husband surprised me with a new flat-top oven for our 12th wedding anniversary. It's beautiful. It was a huge surprise. We had been sort of needing a new range because the old one had a few burner problems (shorting out on me in the middle of cooking). I was down to 1 fully functioning burner. The oven worked just fine . . . but the range, not so much. I know, I know you people out there are going to say "get the range fixed, have an electrician come in and fix it" blah. Trust me when I say that by the time my husband got the Lowe's salesman down to their rock-bottom price . . . . it was well-worth the brand new entire product, rather than risking the electrician's rate.
He totally shocked me with this purchase because we barely talked about a new oven. I figured I'd put up with my shorting-out range for awhile because of a lack of funds in the budget.
He knows I love a good surprise though. So he was pretty sneaky. :-)
AHHH, BLISS.
Well, this morning I was getting ready for church and I heard a quick little noise out in the kitchen and then my husband yell "NOOOOOOO!" He came back in the room where I was and said "L just broke our oven!" He nearly had tears in his eyes. WOW.
Apparently, Little L had a homemade fishing pole (picture dowell rod, string, and magnet on the end). He was swinging it around, and it hit our oven door . . . and shattered it to pieces. I'm not a genius about such things, but I'm thinking that thing had to have hit at a pressure point or something . . . I just cannot believe that it shattered the glass door like that!! One minute before the event, my husband told Little L NOT to swing said fishing pole around . . . but what did he do? He kept swinging it . . . . BAM.
First, I wanted to call everyone I know who doesn't have kids and give them the following advice: DON'T HAVE KIDS.
But I knew that would be wrong.
The real advice is: When you have kids, realize that things will get broken . . . even things you consider precious . . . kids might even get hurt. Just don't go off the deep end and do or say anything you'll regret later. And if you do, ask for forgiveness.
I think our 2 year old knows he did something wrong. He definitely didn't understand it when his Daddy was telling him how expensive it was going to be to replace the glass . . . . that was just Daddy venting. LOL I get to stare at a broken oven for awhile. AHHH, back to the old days. I asked my husband if this was a sign of our marriage. He said, "maybe . . . . only if we looked at it that the glass may get shattered, but the oven still works!"
I have the blessed Little L in bed right now. Early this morning he was a bad, bad boy. First of all, I hate Daylight Savings Time and what it does for little kids. They don't have a clue about the fact that they should sleep an extra hour. Their bodies are on an automatic timezone. It doesn't matter that I tried to put them to bed later last night. Well, my body is the same way - so I can't complain too much. I wake up without an alarm clock every morning at the same early time. And this morning I was not surprised when it was an hour earlier (but not realy, because, you know . . . Daylight Savings, and all that . . .)
OK, back to the bad boy.
I have to back up: Two weeks ago my husband surprised me with a new flat-top oven for our 12th wedding anniversary. It's beautiful. It was a huge surprise. We had been sort of needing a new range because the old one had a few burner problems (shorting out on me in the middle of cooking). I was down to 1 fully functioning burner. The oven worked just fine . . . but the range, not so much. I know, I know you people out there are going to say "get the range fixed, have an electrician come in and fix it" blah. Trust me when I say that by the time my husband got the Lowe's salesman down to their rock-bottom price . . . . it was well-worth the brand new entire product, rather than risking the electrician's rate.
He totally shocked me with this purchase because we barely talked about a new oven. I figured I'd put up with my shorting-out range for awhile because of a lack of funds in the budget.
He knows I love a good surprise though. So he was pretty sneaky. :-)
AHHH, BLISS.
Well, this morning I was getting ready for church and I heard a quick little noise out in the kitchen and then my husband yell "NOOOOOOO!" He came back in the room where I was and said "L just broke our oven!" He nearly had tears in his eyes. WOW.
Apparently, Little L had a homemade fishing pole (picture dowell rod, string, and magnet on the end). He was swinging it around, and it hit our oven door . . . and shattered it to pieces. I'm not a genius about such things, but I'm thinking that thing had to have hit at a pressure point or something . . . I just cannot believe that it shattered the glass door like that!! One minute before the event, my husband told Little L NOT to swing said fishing pole around . . . but what did he do? He kept swinging it . . . . BAM.
First, I wanted to call everyone I know who doesn't have kids and give them the following advice: DON'T HAVE KIDS.
But I knew that would be wrong.
The real advice is: When you have kids, realize that things will get broken . . . even things you consider precious . . . kids might even get hurt. Just don't go off the deep end and do or say anything you'll regret later. And if you do, ask for forgiveness.
I think our 2 year old knows he did something wrong. He definitely didn't understand it when his Daddy was telling him how expensive it was going to be to replace the glass . . . . that was just Daddy venting. LOL I get to stare at a broken oven for awhile. AHHH, back to the old days. I asked my husband if this was a sign of our marriage. He said, "maybe . . . . only if we looked at it that the glass may get shattered, but the oven still works!"
Friday, October 16, 2009
Can I have more hours?
I'm so tired, I don't know whether I'm coming or going. I'm sure many people can relate. I really never thought I would be one of those who would say "I need more hours in my day" . . . . but I'm about to join those ranks. It's really even hard to describe. I get some things done some of the time, but not all things done all of the time. And it's a hard thing to decide what's most important. Of course I want to always put God first, and family next . . . but what about when you have something on the calendar that is a church function, and then your family outside of the area wants you to come to their house for a special visit . . . . how do I put a priority on it all? We're supposed to build our church, build friendships, but also our family needs us . . . I guess at this point we have to decide who needs us more? Some would say "what was on the calendar first?" But that's a sticky issue as well. I think we're going to try and do both . . . but who suffers ultimately? Our little foursome - because we'll all be tuckered out and grouchy with each other when the weekend winds down and we've not connected as much as we would have liked. I know there has to be many families that struggle with the "balance of time" issue. Who do we give our time to? AHHHHH.
Today I'm watching my 5-month old nephew. My 6-year old son is home from school, and coupled with my 2-year old son, it makes for a party that reminds me that I'm pretty ok with just having two kids. That is not to offend any of you who have more children, nor is it meant to offend those who have no children and want some! I'm happy to help out my sister . . . and any additional people who seem to come a calling (yeah, the SAHM gets the calls, LOL) . . . and I try not to let my hissy attitude get the best of me. But there you have it. Honesty.
Right now the nephew is asleep, and my Little L is crying his fits of not wanting his nap, but he's in his bed, nonetheless. GRRRR. He usually goes right to sleep, but I guess today he thinks he might win a different battle. I just brewed some coffee to give me a pep . . . so ta-ta for now.
Today I'm watching my 5-month old nephew. My 6-year old son is home from school, and coupled with my 2-year old son, it makes for a party that reminds me that I'm pretty ok with just having two kids. That is not to offend any of you who have more children, nor is it meant to offend those who have no children and want some! I'm happy to help out my sister . . . and any additional people who seem to come a calling (yeah, the SAHM gets the calls, LOL) . . . and I try not to let my hissy attitude get the best of me. But there you have it. Honesty.
Right now the nephew is asleep, and my Little L is crying his fits of not wanting his nap, but he's in his bed, nonetheless. GRRRR. He usually goes right to sleep, but I guess today he thinks he might win a different battle. I just brewed some coffee to give me a pep . . . so ta-ta for now.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Prayer
I have a prayer request on my heart and I can't share the details with you, but if you read this, just pray for strength for a family member to share God's love to others who need to see and feel it. Also pray for darkness to be lifted. If I share more, I feel it would be seen as gossip and that is not what prayer requests should be about. But I know you true believers of Christ understand that prayer changes hearts! It's a battle out there!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Chatting and Coupons
I had nine people at my house last night for my first Coupon Chat meeting. It was a blast. I did a full presentation - Powerpoint and all! Wow. 15 minutes before kick-off time I about threw-up as reality hit me "What in the world am I doing? I'm not ready for this!! I can't speak in front of people. What will they think of me?? What if they think I'm not knowledgeable enough? What if they think I act like I know-it-all? blah, blah, blah . . . " on and on. And then the doorbell rang . . . and it was a very good friend of mine. RELIEF!! I didn't even know she was coming, and I was instantly filled with joy and a sense of confidence. Thank you, Lord!!
It was a good time. They are coming back next week for session two. I am only planning for two sessions at this time - just to see how it goes. But I am possibly thinking that if there is enough interest, we might turn it into a monthly meeting.
It was really cool because one of the women brought a friend with her that I had never met before. New friends are awesome. AND, one of my neighbors who came, said that she invited another neighbor, and even though she couldn't come last night, she would be interested in the future.
It was a good time. They are coming back next week for session two. I am only planning for two sessions at this time - just to see how it goes. But I am possibly thinking that if there is enough interest, we might turn it into a monthly meeting.
It was really cool because one of the women brought a friend with her that I had never met before. New friends are awesome. AND, one of my neighbors who came, said that she invited another neighbor, and even though she couldn't come last night, she would be interested in the future.
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