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.

Thank God For Answered Prayers

My Co-worker's precious little angel of 8 months had to undergo surgery on August 12th. She was diagnosed with CCAM(??) in utero. What a whirlwind of craziness since August 12th for this loving family. My heart went out to mom for the courage and strength she "mustered" up, but it wasn't until visiting baby Avarie in the hospital the first day after a surgery that spanned 7 hours, that I knew I had a special place in my heart for all God's little people. It simply made me weak in the knees to see this beautiful little baby in such pain. While her strength amazed everyone at how well she had done and continued to do, I simply felt almost broke! Broke for her Mom and Dad and broke at the thought of what must be going through there heads. I felt the night before just helpless....I didn't even know what to do for them.....so I just prayed. And not only did I pray, I called and asked people whom I (in many years of knowing them) had never asked for there prayers, but I did that night, and I just kept calling and asking for prayers. The funny thing is.....within a short time of my phone call prayer chain, if you will, baby Avarie came out of a surgery much sooner than expected. For me, this was an answer to prayer. Who knew what would happen from there, but I felt as though this was another one of those times that I simply knew that prayers had been answered. Isn't it funny what strength you feel when you pray!

Popcorn! "My husband is awesome!"

I love popcorn! My husband makes fresh popped popcorn and clarified butter to "dribble" on top. Not so much dribble , but really pour.(usually olive oil for health benefits.....but every now and again...) All of the girls and their friends love it....he is famous for "the act." Tonight, after a very long weekend of "clearing for our new home move" (see a previous post), I asked for all of the above and he obliged. So in case I haven't said it MY HUSBAND IS AWESOME! I think he is awesome for all of the little things, yes the little things! There are many big things, but I find myself feeling gratitude and blessings for more of the little things that he and every other man doesn't realize make a remarkable difference. I count my blessings daily for his attention, love and the Father that he is! I especially love his "daddy's spa." Before "Daddy's Spa" Little miss #3 and I started her stepping stone mosaic. We had a blast!

Open Your Arms and Embrace Stellan

I am continuing to follow the "Stellan site" the my charming kids link you can find on the right column of my site. Tonight I am praying for this precious little soul to feel the warm embraces of so many many arms, I am praying for the mother of this little man to find peace with the path that has been chosen for her family and her son. She is a remarkeable woman and her strength and faith is astounding. I find myself finding strength that I didnt't know I had simply by trying to find some semblance of how it must feel to walk in her shoes......I can not! My prayers go out to this family and with that I pray The Our Father!