Working Mom and Mother

I must confess, when I am not in the office around the holidays, I really enjoy being a Mother. I am a working Mom and I am a Mother! A working Mom is a Mom who works outside of the home as well as in the home and a Mother is a Mom who works within the home. Both jobs are equally difficult and my respect level for both are equally high. With that being said for those of you who are working Moms, my hat goes off to you. It is very difficult to work both outside of the home and be a mom. I love being at home with my children, but the challenges of the workplace are, I must admit, quite exciting as well. I feel "purposeful" at the office. At home I don't feel as "purposeful" if you will. What is your feedback?

To Top It Off

Yes People To top it off -the power steering in our one 4 wheel drive (suburban) is out-heading in for the diagnosis tomorrow!

I do not feel the least bit old!

On 9/16/09 my middle little miss turned 13, tomorrow on 11/17/09 my oldest little miss turns 16. I do not feel the least bit old, but I do feel a little tired. I can not believe these two beautiful souls. Even when i could just pull my hair out, I still have an undying love for my children. I hope that I have portrayed my love well and that I have taught love, compassion, loyalty and faithfulness. Happy Birthday to my little miss 1 and 2 one belated and early. I love you girls!

A Quick Note

The Flu has hit our home. My poor little miss #2, she was pitiful and I made tea....lots of it! My amazing husband/cook/hero came to the rescue with homemade chicken noodle soup. I always worry about my precious babies when they are sick, even if they are 13 years old. I still checked her breathing 3 or 4 times that night and shamefully, but proudly at the same time will I admit that I still rest my hand on their backs on many an occasion as I did when they were babies......at 15, 13 and 2 1/2 years of age. Yes, some things never change.

I Must Be Insane

So my 13 year old daughter is having a birthday/halloween bash tonight.....and she invited 26 children.(13 year olds at that) She and her friends have decorated our unfinished basement and put black dividing curtains, a disco ball etc etc. Being that she is the hostess, she asked her Maw Maw to come and do her hair. What we didn't know is that Maw Maw had been working on throw pillows for her new bedroom ensemble in our new home. So take in the "touch of Maw Maw" (pics on the right) she made the top two throw pillows. This is one of the many reasons my Mother is so wonderful. There is just something about all of the wonderful things that she does that just can't be done by anyone else, and she is the ONE AND ONLY "MAW MAW". Doesn't it look fabulous!

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Dare I say-we have moved!

Well I said I wouldn't comment on our home or anything about it -for sake of not being jinxed-but I can now. We have moved. After 4 long weeks we are somewhat settled. We could not believe the amount of cleaning we had to do, but we did it. It was non stop for literally 2 weeks and I mean non-stop. had it not been for my Daddy, Mother and Brother it would not have happened in that time frame. They were here day in and out for seven straight days. I can not believe how lucky I am. I am incredibly blessed, but I must admit that the utmost thought on my mind was to make sure they had a place to sleep in my new home so that if by an off chance they wanted to stay one night they could.. So I splurged (credit) and our sofa sleeper was delivered this past Saturday. I can not go without saying that my husband was a maniac mover. When I was ready to just throw in the towel, he was there still going. When I almost melted and went to my parents house the first night in our new home, he was there putting all of our beds together, when we went back to work and we would come home in the afternoon to more "honey do's " to get our home in gear he was there to do it. When I was freakin out because the deck to the pool needed power washing (before the necessities in the home) he spent 5 hours power washing. I know I do not always show my husband my undying love for him, but I can not do this "life thing" without him. My older girls were incredible too. I worked them pretty hard, but they seem happy. I hope they are happy as I feel our family needed this home (as my husband says...not a place, but a home) for a very long time. I am feeling very blessed these days. I am being watched carefully by God and I think may just be realizing this......Thanks be to God. Having such realizations makes me wonder if all of us could not use a revelation or two and be thankful for the cards we have been dealt and the choices we have made to get us where we are in this "thing called life" So tonight I hope that many will hang there heads in prayer and thank God for the health of their children, the roof over their heads and maybe just plainly the sanity to live in this crazy world. Finally, tomorrow my goal is to thank as many people as I come in contact with if they have made a difference in my life.........You might try the same.