Joel 2:26-27 ~ And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
I am so thankful for the presence of the Lord.
I can feel him in my life and I am thankful for that.
I am thankful that when I fall, I am able to get back up again.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thanksgiving 2009
Yesterday was a WONDERFUL Family Thanksgiving. We had a good old S family gathering. It was exactly what I have been wanting and missing.
I love Hunny's family oh so much.
The kids had craft time and had a fun time making bracelets and necklaces and key chains. After some instruction from the adults, the kids got the hang of it real quick.
Do you like Heidi's.....er I mean Brother's lizard key chain??
What is Thanksgiving Day with out the much needed nap??
Notice Anna's bracelet?? She was so proud of it!!
Thank you so much Blake and Heidi for opening your home for all of us to crash!! It was the perfect Thanksgiving.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
I'm just sayin.....
The kids room is pretty much done. I am still looking for some new comforters, but I will get them when I find exactly what I am looking for. :)
We found the perfect curtains. I really like them, and I think it adds so much to the room.
I really like how we rearranged it. Everything just fits and it looks super nice!
I am so glad that we took the time to do it.
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Last Saturday was another beautiful day. The kids ran outside right after breakfast and were out there most of the day.
The 1st thing they did was build a fort. They got the brilliant idea to use my garden fencing stakes for the sides and our painting plastic for the roof.
They also used rugs and cardboard for the floor.
Pretty imaginative if you ask me.
Later, they took the stakes and made a fence for the tree. Why you ask??? I have no idea, but they were having fun and working together. Which I thought was great.
You wanna know a difference between my hubby and myself??? Let me explain.
Not only were they making a fence for the tree, but they were climbing the tree. Which is fine in and of itself. I have NO problem with them climbing the tree. The problem I have is when the stakes are sticking out of the ground. I can just imagine them falling out of the tree and being skewered to death by these stakes.
Hunny on the other hand has no problem with this and tells me to relax, that they will be fine.
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The other night I had lots of bananas, so the kids wanted to help me make Banana Bread. Brother especially was excited as he doesn't usually WANT to help me.
I enjoyed my time with him.
(Please don't look at the messy counters.....I also made chicken noodle soup, and hadn't yet cleaned up. :>0 )
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Remember the lawn mower???????
Last week, Hunny called me and told me that the lawn mower just got stolen. 10:00 o'clock in the morning, it got stolen right out of the garage.
He had been working in the kids room and walked into the breezeway and heard something in the garage. He opened the door to the garage and saw a man getting into his car with our mower sticking out of the trunk.
( I hope it breaks on him.)
He shouted at him, and the guy took off down the alley.
To say that I was angry is quite the understatement.
This is the 2nd time in five months.
I think I was more angry about this then the 1st time.
This jerk knew that someone was home. He didn't care. Because seriously....what is the police going to do about it? NOTHING!!!!
He wasn't even a young guy. He should know better. He was a middle aged loser of a "man."
Hunny drove around looking for the guy, but he never saw anything.
They did absolutely nothing when the house got broken into. They just took our info and said...well, we probably won't ever find out who did this. (Which we knew.)
So Hunny didn't even call the police. ( Which I would have, but what's done is done.)
I think 1 of the things that is so upsetting is the fact that I feel sort of like a prisoner in my own home.
I have the RIGHT to have my windows open in my house and not have to worry about someone climbing in them and rifling through my house and stealing my things.
I have the RIGHT to have my garage door open and not have some idiot think they can go shopping in my garage.
This is MY RIGHT.
It is my RIGHT to have my children feel safe in their home and yard.
It is my RIGHT to feel safe in my home, and feel safe with my kids playing in the yard.
It makes me angry that these RIGHTS are being taken from me by some moronic imbecile.
Anyway.
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I think I have a new favorite Bible verse.
I John 3: 23 ~ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us his commandment.
I overheard something a while ago, that just didn't sit well with me. It has come to my mind many times since hearing it.
I heard that the most important thing to God is that we (woman) wear skirts or a modest dress.
I was a little dumbfounded when I heard that.
I mean really????......... the most important thing to God is the clothes on my back.
Seriously.
While I believe that we ( men and women) should be modest. I don't think that the most important thing to God is the clothes on our back.
And this verse seals that for me.
He says....
1. Believe on his Son....Jesus Christ.
and
2. Love one another.
That's it.
Simple.
My job every day, every moment, is to do these 2 things.
The 1st thing I already have.
The 2nd 1 is so much harder.
So I think that instead of worrying about what other people are wearing we should be worrying about loving them. (Even moronic imbeciles who steal your mower.)
I think that we as a whole....should let God deal with the clothes on other peoples back.
God won't change their shirt until he changes their heart.
And maybe we will reach more hearts if we not worry about their shirts.
I'm just sayin.
We found the perfect curtains. I really like them, and I think it adds so much to the room.
I really like how we rearranged it. Everything just fits and it looks super nice!
I am so glad that we took the time to do it.
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Last Saturday was another beautiful day. The kids ran outside right after breakfast and were out there most of the day.
The 1st thing they did was build a fort. They got the brilliant idea to use my garden fencing stakes for the sides and our painting plastic for the roof.
They also used rugs and cardboard for the floor.
Pretty imaginative if you ask me.
Later, they took the stakes and made a fence for the tree. Why you ask??? I have no idea, but they were having fun and working together. Which I thought was great.
You wanna know a difference between my hubby and myself??? Let me explain.
Not only were they making a fence for the tree, but they were climbing the tree. Which is fine in and of itself. I have NO problem with them climbing the tree. The problem I have is when the stakes are sticking out of the ground. I can just imagine them falling out of the tree and being skewered to death by these stakes.
Hunny on the other hand has no problem with this and tells me to relax, that they will be fine.
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The other night I had lots of bananas, so the kids wanted to help me make Banana Bread. Brother especially was excited as he doesn't usually WANT to help me.
I enjoyed my time with him.
(Please don't look at the messy counters.....I also made chicken noodle soup, and hadn't yet cleaned up. :>0 )
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Remember the lawn mower???????
Last week, Hunny called me and told me that the lawn mower just got stolen. 10:00 o'clock in the morning, it got stolen right out of the garage.
He had been working in the kids room and walked into the breezeway and heard something in the garage. He opened the door to the garage and saw a man getting into his car with our mower sticking out of the trunk.
( I hope it breaks on him.)
He shouted at him, and the guy took off down the alley.
To say that I was angry is quite the understatement.
This is the 2nd time in five months.
I think I was more angry about this then the 1st time.
This jerk knew that someone was home. He didn't care. Because seriously....what is the police going to do about it? NOTHING!!!!
He wasn't even a young guy. He should know better. He was a middle aged loser of a "man."
Hunny drove around looking for the guy, but he never saw anything.
They did absolutely nothing when the house got broken into. They just took our info and said...well, we probably won't ever find out who did this. (Which we knew.)
So Hunny didn't even call the police. ( Which I would have, but what's done is done.)
I think 1 of the things that is so upsetting is the fact that I feel sort of like a prisoner in my own home.
I have the RIGHT to have my windows open in my house and not have to worry about someone climbing in them and rifling through my house and stealing my things.
I have the RIGHT to have my garage door open and not have some idiot think they can go shopping in my garage.
This is MY RIGHT.
It is my RIGHT to have my children feel safe in their home and yard.
It is my RIGHT to feel safe in my home, and feel safe with my kids playing in the yard.
It makes me angry that these RIGHTS are being taken from me by some moronic imbecile.
Anyway.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I think I have a new favorite Bible verse.
I John 3: 23 ~ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us his commandment.
I overheard something a while ago, that just didn't sit well with me. It has come to my mind many times since hearing it.
I heard that the most important thing to God is that we (woman) wear skirts or a modest dress.
I was a little dumbfounded when I heard that.
I mean really????......... the most important thing to God is the clothes on my back.
Seriously.
While I believe that we ( men and women) should be modest. I don't think that the most important thing to God is the clothes on our back.
And this verse seals that for me.
He says....
1. Believe on his Son....Jesus Christ.
and
2. Love one another.
That's it.
Simple.
My job every day, every moment, is to do these 2 things.
The 1st thing I already have.
The 2nd 1 is so much harder.
So I think that instead of worrying about what other people are wearing we should be worrying about loving them. (Even moronic imbeciles who steal your mower.)
I think that we as a whole....should let God deal with the clothes on other peoples back.
God won't change their shirt until he changes their heart.
And maybe we will reach more hearts if we not worry about their shirts.
I'm just sayin.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
As some of you have requested
I just have to say that I think I have the best hubby. You see, for some time now, our kids have been sharing a room. No big deal right?? Well it was for us only because Brother was sleeping in a pink and purple room. Not exactly his favorite colors.
We told them that we would paint their room. And well....we finally got around to it.
Hunny and I went to our local hardware store a couple of weekends ago and headed to the paint department to pick out paint.
You have NO idea how hard it is to pick paint colors for a boy and a girl.
I immediately found one that I liked. But Hunny said that it didn't look like a kid's room so we moved on to find something else. We finally decided on something and headed home to paint.
Finally after working on it all day, we looked at the results. We both weren't impressed. I think my exact words were...it just isn't what I thought it would look like.
Hunny didn't like to hear that, especially since he had worked so hard on it in the 1st place.
So I thought long and hard about what I really liked and wanted in their room. We decided to make a little switch in 1 of the colors.
So back to the hardware store.
While we were looking for the right color of green, I found the perfect color. And after I pulled it out, I realized it was the exact swatch that I had chosen in the 1st place. :)
So we bought our paint and headed home.
We knew right away that this is what we wanted. It looked just like what we wanted.
It's hard to tell, but the color on the bottom is a steel grey color.
Dada got a "new" bed. It was Hunny's when he was growing up and we just painted it white. I think it looks great.
And I have to say, that Hunny had so much patience with me. He worked so hard for us.
We painted Brother's dresser white and his drawer pulls silver. It looks like a whole new dresser.
He did MOST of the work. And I think he did a great job.
Great Grandma gave Dada a night stand, which we painted red. Now her dolls have a real place and aren't just thrown anywhere! ( This makes Mommy very happy!!!)
( Brother spent the night at Grandma's tonight....that's why he isn't in the pictures.)
I still have to get a couple things. I am looking for just the right curtains and comforters. And we are going to put pictures of the kids with their friends in the square frames on the walls.
Update......while posting this....hubby was in their room rearranging it already!! And it looks way better!! I will take pictures of it when I get the curtains.
We told them that we would paint their room. And well....we finally got around to it.
Hunny and I went to our local hardware store a couple of weekends ago and headed to the paint department to pick out paint.
You have NO idea how hard it is to pick paint colors for a boy and a girl.
I immediately found one that I liked. But Hunny said that it didn't look like a kid's room so we moved on to find something else. We finally decided on something and headed home to paint.
Finally after working on it all day, we looked at the results. We both weren't impressed. I think my exact words were...it just isn't what I thought it would look like.
Hunny didn't like to hear that, especially since he had worked so hard on it in the 1st place.
So I thought long and hard about what I really liked and wanted in their room. We decided to make a little switch in 1 of the colors.
So back to the hardware store.
While we were looking for the right color of green, I found the perfect color. And after I pulled it out, I realized it was the exact swatch that I had chosen in the 1st place. :)
So we bought our paint and headed home.
We knew right away that this is what we wanted. It looked just like what we wanted.
It's hard to tell, but the color on the bottom is a steel grey color.
Dada got a "new" bed. It was Hunny's when he was growing up and we just painted it white. I think it looks great.
And I have to say, that Hunny had so much patience with me. He worked so hard for us.
We painted Brother's dresser white and his drawer pulls silver. It looks like a whole new dresser.
He did MOST of the work. And I think he did a great job.
Great Grandma gave Dada a night stand, which we painted red. Now her dolls have a real place and aren't just thrown anywhere! ( This makes Mommy very happy!!!)
( Brother spent the night at Grandma's tonight....that's why he isn't in the pictures.)
I still have to get a couple things. I am looking for just the right curtains and comforters. And we are going to put pictures of the kids with their friends in the square frames on the walls.
Update......while posting this....hubby was in their room rearranging it already!! And it looks way better!! I will take pictures of it when I get the curtains.
Monday, November 9, 2009
The world's BEST CoOkiEs
I think that the world's best ChoColAte ChIp CooKieS are the 1's made by MY little girl. She made them with all the love and excitement 1 could exude while making cookies.
(I wish I could find my camera so I could take a picture of the huge mess that she made, and me not caring about the mess that she made, and the huge smile that is on her face.)
(I wish I could find my camera so I could take a picture of the huge mess that she made, and me not caring about the mess that she made, and the huge smile that is on her face.)
Sunday, November 8, 2009
My 1st Blog award
Nicole at Harms Family News gave me this award. I appreciate it very much.
In order to get my prize, I must follow the rules, which are:
1. Must thank the person who gave you the award and list their blog and link it.
2. Share "10 Honest things" about yourself.
3. Present this award to 7 others whose blogs you find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged you.
4. Tell those 7 people they've been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving the award.
So here goes....
10 HoNeSt ThiNgs AboUt MySeLf.....
1. I love to take pictures. (shocking isn't it)
2. I LOVE being the LUNCH LADY. I hate grocery shopping....but the rest is great.
3. I like Casting Crowns
(This is very hard)
4. I sometimes have dreams that Dada's sugar will go low in the night and she won't wake up. I wake up when I realize that she isn't waking up. I usually wake up covered in tears. I have to remind myself that it was just a dream. And that God watches over her when I can't.
5. I used to always think that I was a people person and that I could get along with anyone. The older I get, the more I find this to be not true. There are just some people that DRIVE ME NUTS. The part that I am realizing.....is that that's ok. People are going to drive me nuts. But it's how I respond to them that's the important part. I need to treat them like Jesus would.....that's the hard part.
6. I always say that every season is my favorite.
7. I regret how I acted a couple years ago with someone I should have been there for. She needed me. And in the following years....I can see how much she needed someone to be there for her. She is still floundering in life, and it pains me to hear about. I wish I could sit and have an honest conversation with her.
8. I have never once regretted getting married so young. I love him with my whole heart. He is my heart, and I don't know what I would do without him.
9. I know that I am where God wants me. I am just curious as to why. It's exciting to see God working. I think I need to get out of the way and let him do his thing.
10. I am getting tired of the judgement and legalism of religion today. I wish we could serve Christ b/c we want to. Not because we have to check a box saying that we were at this service or b/c you will get a call if you weren't there.
11. Just because I can....I love Coffee. :)
And here are the people that I award the award to.....(in no particular order)
1. Shanda my internet friend. I read her blog daily. She is a true inspiration to me. She has such a peace in her life and it can be seen even through a computer screen. I would love to meet her and share a cup of coffee with her. :)
2. Tancy at Adventures in Homeschooling. She used to blog a lot. But when she does post, I can't wait to read them.
3. Beth at My Life Savings. I also enjoy reading her blog.
4. Sarah. I have known Sarah for a LONG time now. She has moved away from me, and I love that we can keep in touch with each other through our blogs.
5. Erica at My daily journey. Erica has known me longer then anyone else outside of my family. We grew up like sisters. She was my sidekick for the 1st 15 years of my life. We have always stayed in touch with each other, but I am enjoying to no end the transformation in her life. She is a whole new person now. I just wish that we would have more then a couple stolen moments together every couple of years.
6. Hannah at JETT2. I went to school with Hannah. She doesn't post a lot either, but I can't wait for each new post.
7. Beth at DBBURRUS19. Beth and I also went to school together. I just love that I can still see her life even though we are so far away.
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