Snow Days

This week has brought us 3 snow days and a late start for tomorrow.. It seems forever since I have blogged and I feel like I am supposed to get back into it so here we go..

Snow day #1 was great... I had a nice relaxing day after I ran to the store before the storm.. Kids got along and it was just nice....

Snow day #2 was horrid.. LOL I think the kids and I were all getting cabin fever.. They fought like crazy and I felt myself getting crabby and well it was just not all pretty and nice like the freshly fallen white snow outside..

Snow day #3 was pretty good.. I was productive and the kids got along for the most part.. I took a late nap and need to go to bed to get up for tomorrow.. I am sure the kids will be wild..

Late Start= sleeping later than normal.. :)

Im glad to be back..

A cool thought...........

The kids and I have been walking down to the river the past few days and taking pictures. We have been writing things in the sand and just having fun.. Last night while we were there I started looking around, picking up the sand letting it sift through my fingertips and thinking. How cool is it that what we had written in the sand the day before was gone yesterday only a few partial footprints were left. How cool is it that it did not rain, the river was not up, just the wind wiped out all that we had written in the sand like we had not been there before. The sand becomes a blank slate again and I am sure when we go back down today we will yet again have a clean slate to draw on. The wind wiping out sand slate clean is like what Jesus did for us when He died on the cross. When we come to Him, He washes us clean again like the wind does with the sand.
When we get caught up in the worldly things and are covered in sin Jesus blood washes us clean again.. Just like the wind does with our words in the sand.. God is so good to make us a clean and open slate so to speak again.. I love being out in God's Beautiful World and learning a lesson about His love for us and how He washes us white again...

Till Next Time..... God Bless

A ok....................

Went to the dr today for my post op appointment and got the A ok..  He said everything looked good and I do not need to come back and see him unless I start having more problems.. Yeah.. I am telling you that  I was kinda nervous about having my tonsils taken out especially since at 37 I was considered OLD.. LOL It was not a bad surgery or recovery just majorly different than any other surgery I have ever had. I am praising the Lord for His mercy while I was recovering and during surgery. I am so thankful to have it done and over with and for all those who prayed for me through the ordeal...

Till Next Time.. God Bless

Do I really have to cook???

I know that sometimes as a mother I often wonder if I really have to cook supper.. LOL I also often wonder where my kids put all the food. They come home from school starved to death and eat and eat and eat go outside play for a little while and are wanting supper.. Really?? I am like there is no way you are hungry and they are like yes mom we are starving.. Feed them a big supper and before bedtime they are like wanting to snack again, this irritates me especially when we have a late supper.. I am like where do you put all the food at, there is no way you can be hungry.. Of course we all know they are STARVING.. They eat like they have not eaten all day.. 
Now let me be honest here my kids are all big enough to make themselves a bowl of cereal or toast for breakfast and most of them can make ramen noodles, or the little chef boy r d cups or sandwich's. So often times in Saturdays because they all get up at different times and are doing different things they will grab breakfast on their own and depending on the schedule they fend for themselves for lunch.. (please tell me this makes me a mom and not a bad person) Then I will fix a big nice supper and after we have eaten supper and we are getting ready for bed one of my kids always says to me either right as I am cooking supper or afterward. Mom you did not make lunch or my personal favorite as they are going to bed, but mom you did not cook lunch. They think if I did not cook it or make it for them that it does not count as a meal.. LOL I am like you have been eating all day have you starved... Well no, but.... But what?????
I try to make sure that I have made homemade cookies, cupcakes or something for them to have after school everyday and believe me when I say they are hungry after school. They will eat yogurt, pudding, jello, toast and then eat chips, cookies, fruit and a lot of it. How in the world can these kids put away that much food..
I love to cook, but golly jeepers where in the world do they put it all.. I love cooking and baking and my kids are spoiled and do not like it if I cheat and do not make something from scratch, now they will come to your house and eat it, but if mom makes a cheat meal you better watch out..
Here is probably the number one reason I ask myself if I really have to cook.. The reason is that although I love to cook and love hearing people talk about how good of a cook I am I sometimes think it is just like laundry or cleaning.. You cook a good big meal, they eat it and you are left with the dirty dishes.. LOL
I know that sometimes I think cooking is a thankless job, but in reality I am blessed to be able to cook for my kids, our friends and others. I am blessed to know how to cook and how to feed my kids well and that we do not have to just eat sandwich's, rice, or beans. That we live in a place where we have a variety of foods to cook, eat and produce. So even when I am not wanting to cook I praise the Lord for allowing me to be in a place where I am able to cook a good meal with a variety of foods for my kids.. I am blessed indeed so yes the answer is I really do have to cook.. :)

Till Next Time... God Bless

Spring Forward.. Fall Back.....

Good Monday afternoon. I hope that you are all adjusting to the new time change. I myself am still trying too.. I do believe that it is ahead right now in the race, but I am sure I will pull ahead and win just in time to fall back this fall.. LOL
Are you more of a fall back or spring forward kinda person? I do enjoy it being light longer in the spring and summer, but I really am not a springy kinda girl.. I would rather fallback.. As I sit here writing this and thinking about springing forward and falling back I think about our relationship with friends, family, but most importantly with our Heavenly Father.
You see I know as humans I think with God we tend to be fall backer kinda people. We spring forward when we need something from Him and then fall back into our old selfish human ways until we need something again. I know that we do this with other friends and family, but wonder why it is we do this to the ONE PERSON who is ALWAYS there for us, who wants the best for us and WHOSE Son gave HIS life for US. I would think we would want to be more respectful, loving and following of Him. He has given and will give us more than anyone else ever will.
Think about Jesus sacrifice the next time the devil or someone gives you the idea or thought to do something not pleasing to Christ and you are about to fall back into your old worldly ways and spring forward to the foot of the cross and lay it all down for Him. The only falling back you need to do is to fall back into the arms of the most loving, kind, gracious and merciful Father you will ever know..

As for the time changes well we cannot change them so we might as well get used to them..
Till Next Time.... God Bless

What do you think about.........................

A friend of mine and I were talking today and if she reads this she will know exactly who she is, but I have to say that in all honesty she is one of the very very very very few people that I have ever met that is like me in the way that we go above and beyond to help someone or someone's out. She is always doing nice things for not just my kids and I, but so many people. I sometimes wonder how she keeps going because she gives so much. Now her dear husband is not of the same mindset. She and I are alike because I will help people out go above and beyond and the thing is neither she nor I are good at receiving when someone wants to do something for us. I know for me and I am guessing for her as well (if I am wrong she will tell me.. LOL) that we do things for people we see in need or because they are special to us or because well just because and we do these things without expecting anything in return.
She babysat for a friend the other day so she did not have to miss work. She did dishes for her, took care of the kids and whatever else she could do to help this friend out. Now I am sure she had 3million other things she could have been doing, but yet she chose to go and help a friend in need. I know that is what Jesus would have wanted her to do. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen her do these kinds of things for people, heck last year she let my kids and I show up on her doorstep late late one night cause we had no place to go. She has been a blessing to me more than she will ever know I am sure. It blesses my heart to know that she is like she is because I have been told that I have to big of a heart.. Really is that possible? I know that people say that because they think that since I/she help people out when we could use that $20 bucks for something for our family, or we had 3million things to do, but we choose to help out a friend by babysitting to help them out, taking care of a sickie, making a meal or ordering a pizza for someone we do it because we want to and we have been know to do things for people who tend to take advantage or be unappreciative which I know is why some people say I have too big of a heart.
Think about this.. Have you ever felt like you were supposed to help someone, do something nice for them or something?? If you did it because you knew it was the right thing and that God would want you to do it without expecting anything in return, I am willing to bet that you have been blessed beyond in some form or another and when we don't do it we get a knot in our stomach's and think about it and say darn I should have done...... whatever it is.. I have always heard you never know when you are entertaining angels and also that You may be the only Jesus some ever see.. God is so loving and amazing and He wants us to bless others like He blesses us.... Think about that the next time you see someone in need, feel that tug at your heart follow His calling and then enjoy the blessings...

Till Next Time..... God Bless

The feelings......

There are days or nights like tonight where I sit here with a heart and mind full and know that I myself cannot take care of the things going on in my life, the decisions that need to be made, the thoughts in my head or the feelings in my heart. Sometimes life just seems so crazy, mixed up, lonely and overwhelming and there are other times that life is so full of happiness, answered questions, friends around, answered prayers full of all the things that make us happy.
There were times when I wondered if anyone heard my cries or saw my tears whether I would ever be happy. I have been there and done so very much in my 37 years. I made lots of bad choices and did the wrong things many times, but I also have done many things right and good. I cannot let myself get caught up in the bad things. I have the love of my Heavenly Father and I know that no matter where I am, what I am doing or what is going on He is always with me. He hears all of my cries whether in pain, hurt or anger or of happiness, joy and love.
I think as children we think that when we get bigger or older that life will be so much better because we will be more in charge only to grow up and learn that is not always the case. We have so many more obligations, choices, responsibilities and then we remember that as little children we had someone to take care of us, keep us safe and help us and we know that growing up might not be the answer.. LOL As an adult I can say that sometimes I think back to my childhood and living on the farm and wish I could go back, but then I also remember that I was not always happy back then either.
I don't know how to explain it very good, but I know that although my life is nothing like I KNEW it would be growing up and I have made some HUGE mistakes and done some AMAZING things that God is not finished with me yet and that when I feel so down and lonely that He is there to pick me up and carry me.
God is so very good and I want everyone to know Him.. When I was in Jr High and High School I was going to be the one to tell everyone I knew about my Lord and Savior. I have not been quite as good as I thought I might be back then, but I am here to tell you that God is so good. He loves you no matter what and is there for you no matter what. I know that above all I can call His name and He is right here with me.He will do the same for you... The Will of God will Never Take You Where the Grace of God Will Not Protect You. Get down on your hands and knees and pray just open up, call on Him, let Him work in your life and give Him all the PRAISE, HONOR and GLORY...

Till Next Time.... God Bless