Summer is definitely in full swing. Today was my oldest daughter's last day of her summer gym class. I know she is extremely happy that she is now officially done with gym class for the rest of her life. She is celebrating by spending the night at a friends house tonight. As my oldest has completed something in her life, my youngest has begun a few new things in hers. My 9 month old precious baby girl is now crawling. And of course that means that she is now keeping me constantly on my toes. Oh how I wish they didn't grow so quickly. She has also begun to feed herself finally although I still can't get her to eat any baby food. She does love cheerios and any real food that I may be eating.
Today the youngest three and I went on a walk/bike/big wheel ride. I walked, my son rode the big wheel, and my middle girl rode her bike. It was a quick mile and a half on a bike trail but it was an enjoyable time. Even the baby had a good time riding in her stroller. I think she enjoyed the scenery. It left me realizing how much my 10 year old has grown. She is way to big for her bike, so big in fact that her knees were hitting the handlebars. Hopefully the Lord will put a bike in our path for her soon. She was a trooper and didn't complain much about it, she just enjoyed the opportunity to be on a bike. I also got to thinking about my son and the fact that he was riding a big wheel instead of a bike. I'm hoping that the Hubby and I can get my sons bike in good enough shape to take up there and get busy on helping him learn how to ride a bike soon. His big sisters all learned at his age.
I am in serious need of a swift kick in the tush to get my yard sale in gear. I have been procrastinating for quite some time. Truth is I have never had much luck whenever I've had one before and I am not looking forward to another potential failure. If we weren't in such need of some extra income I would just give it all to Goodwill. I just need to get the family involved in helping me and just doing it. On a positive note our garden is doing better this year than in the previous summers since moving here. So it looks like we may actually be able to harvest something this year. I hope y'all will have a safe and memorable July 4th weekend. Until next time, God bless.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Homeschooling
Summer days are in full swing at our house. My oldest is taking her gym class right now to get it out of the way and she will have high school gym complete. So for the next 2 1/2 weeks the weekdays will be spent planned around taking her and picking her up. I still haven't started my yard sale preparations. Procrastination is getting the best of me. There always seems like there is so much to do and not enough time to do it. I read all of these other blogs with schedules and I've tried to make a schedule for my home but it never seems to stick. To be honest I probably don't try to make it work as hard as I could. I just need to eventually buckle down and get busy.
I have been a stay at home mom now for 5 years. I've spent most of that time just going about my days without much structure other than making lunch for the kids to take to school, cooking dinner, and doing my best at keeping up with the house.In the last year I have started to desire to become a much better housewife for my husband and my children. I have struggled with the desire to home school my children but have so many fears that go along with that. My 15 year old has no desire to be home schooled and I feel I would ruin the rest of the schooling she has left if I tried to start with her now. My 10 year old is so very difficult to deal with when she doesn't understand something and I feel that I would also damage her education if I attempted to home school her. I don't feel much support from my husband in this area either, and am also worried that we will not be able to afford the things necessary to give them a good education at home and that it will make an already difficult financial time even harder. So this is something I continue to pray about and hope to be able to decide soon what to do.Any advice in this area would be a blessing. Until next time, God bless.
I have been a stay at home mom now for 5 years. I've spent most of that time just going about my days without much structure other than making lunch for the kids to take to school, cooking dinner, and doing my best at keeping up with the house.In the last year I have started to desire to become a much better housewife for my husband and my children. I have struggled with the desire to home school my children but have so many fears that go along with that. My 15 year old has no desire to be home schooled and I feel I would ruin the rest of the schooling she has left if I tried to start with her now. My 10 year old is so very difficult to deal with when she doesn't understand something and I feel that I would also damage her education if I attempted to home school her. I don't feel much support from my husband in this area either, and am also worried that we will not be able to afford the things necessary to give them a good education at home and that it will make an already difficult financial time even harder. So this is something I continue to pray about and hope to be able to decide soon what to do.Any advice in this area would be a blessing. Until next time, God bless.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Stormy Weather
We are getting some much needed rain today. Our garden was looking a little thirsty. Watering with the hose only does so much. I am so hoping that our garden does well this year as we haven't had any luck at all for the past 2 summers. Before moving here we always had a fantastic garden and it has been terribly missed. I can't wait to eat that first tomato straight off the vine. That was one of my favorite things to do as a child whenever we'd have a garden, so it brings back good childhood memories.
The kids are all finally out of school for the summer making our house pretty noisy and busy, which I am loving. I'm trying to get us all in gear to get everything ready for a yard sale. I think I'm gonna try to have a continuous yard sale all summer until I get rid of as much as possible and then donate what I can't. Money is really tight right now or I would just give it all away but we need some extra income desperately. I know there are many many families in the same situation, it seems to be happening to so many. We are really gonna try to downsize on our possessions this summer, as I feel the Lord pulling on me to do that. I feel like he's telling me to just be ready to pick up and go if need be and to not have anything holding us back. I'm not sure what that means but I am trying to listen to the Lord. I know we will be moving soon and aren't sure where we're going yet, but I don't think that's all it is. At the same time that I am feeling a pull to downsize possessions, I am also feeling a pull to stock up on food and necessities. My husband still looks at me like I'm crazy for feeling like things are going to get worse and I need to have us prepared. But being prepared is the responsible thing to do for a mother of 4. I think underneath he gets it though or else he wouldn't be admiring my growing supply of necessities.
My baby girl is growing so fast. It seems like we just brought her home from the hospital. She already has 2 teeth and she's learning to crawl. I wish I could just slow the time down for all of them. My oldest will be a sophomore next year, my 2nd oldest will be in her last year of elementary school, and my son will be starting kindergarten. My goodness how time flies.We definitely have to cherish the time we have with them in our homes because they are grown and gone before we know it. Okay the tears are starting to well up in my eyes thinking about that so I better stop for today. Until next time, God bless.
The kids are all finally out of school for the summer making our house pretty noisy and busy, which I am loving. I'm trying to get us all in gear to get everything ready for a yard sale. I think I'm gonna try to have a continuous yard sale all summer until I get rid of as much as possible and then donate what I can't. Money is really tight right now or I would just give it all away but we need some extra income desperately. I know there are many many families in the same situation, it seems to be happening to so many. We are really gonna try to downsize on our possessions this summer, as I feel the Lord pulling on me to do that. I feel like he's telling me to just be ready to pick up and go if need be and to not have anything holding us back. I'm not sure what that means but I am trying to listen to the Lord. I know we will be moving soon and aren't sure where we're going yet, but I don't think that's all it is. At the same time that I am feeling a pull to downsize possessions, I am also feeling a pull to stock up on food and necessities. My husband still looks at me like I'm crazy for feeling like things are going to get worse and I need to have us prepared. But being prepared is the responsible thing to do for a mother of 4. I think underneath he gets it though or else he wouldn't be admiring my growing supply of necessities.
My baby girl is growing so fast. It seems like we just brought her home from the hospital. She already has 2 teeth and she's learning to crawl. I wish I could just slow the time down for all of them. My oldest will be a sophomore next year, my 2nd oldest will be in her last year of elementary school, and my son will be starting kindergarten. My goodness how time flies.We definitely have to cherish the time we have with them in our homes because they are grown and gone before we know it. Okay the tears are starting to well up in my eyes thinking about that so I better stop for today. Until next time, God bless.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Struggles
There are definitely many challenges and struggles in life. Some are tougher to get through than others. Our family is dealing with one of those extremely tough times right now. We've been through worse before so I know we will be alright. I just wanted to ask for the prayers of those of you reading this. Just that God will show us the right path we should be following and to help keep our spirits uplifted through it all. Thanks so much and until next time, God bless.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Standing With Israel
I am having a hard time witnessing what is taking place in our world today as far with Israel. I believe we are on the verge of a modern day Holocaust. If people would look back on history they would realize that the hatred of Jews by high ranking individuals in groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood goes back to the Holocaust directly and earlier. There is an unbelievable amount of hate spewing out of the mouths of religious leaders and others in the Middle East in their speeches and on television and even in children's programs. I urge anyone reading my blog to educate yourselves on what is going on. A place you can begin researching is on http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/06/01/footnotes-hezbollah-hamas-and-hatred-of-jews/ I am not telling you to become a Glenn Beck listener or fan or to take him at his word even. What I am doing is trying to get the word out to others about the injustice that is happening to Israel and the Jews again. Do your own research and decide for yourself is what Glenn Beck always says. In full disclosure I am a Glenn Beck fan and I have been since 9/11/2001 and I believe what he says about to not stand is to stand. Please tell your friends and neighbors to pay attention to what is happening in our world before it is to late to do anything. I know that I just began this blog and this is only my third entry and if anyone does begin to read this they might choose not to read any more because of this post. Quite frankly if that's the case I 'd rather those folks not read my blog anyway. I pray that God will speak to your heart as you read this post and that He will encourage you to stand. God Bless.
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