A Knock-off

I totally stole this from Uncommons blog. Have fun!

If I were...

If I were a month, I’d be September. (I love the changing of the leaves and the crisp fall air)
If I were a day of the week, I’d be Sunday.
If I were a time of day, I’d be 11 pm.
If I were a planet, I’d be Earth.
If I were a sea animal, I’d be a sea urchin.

If I were a direction, I’d be sideways.
If I were a piece of furniture, I'd be a comfy chair.
If I were a liquid, I’d be a Coke. (yummy)
If I were a gemstone, I’d be a diamond. (can't be beat)
If I were a tree, I’d be a magnolia. (such Southern goodness)

If I were a tool, I’d be a swiss army knife.
If I were a flower, I’d be a hydrangea.
If I were a kind of weather, I’d be sunny.
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a piano.
If I were a color, I’d be blue.
If I were an emotion, I’d be contentment.

If I were a fruit, I’d be a pineapple. (sweet & prickly all at the same time)
If I were a sound, I’d be a soft meoldy.
If I were an element, I’d be water.
If I were a car, I’d be a Armada.
If I were a food, I’d be a homemade cheesecake or a pizza or an Enchilada...oh I can't decide....haha.
If I were a place, I’d be my house.

If I were a material, I’d be cotton.
If I were a taste, I’d be tangy.
If I were a scent, I'd be the smell of Happy. (by Clinique)
If I were an object, I'd be a photo album.

Here They Are

Here are the not-so-interesting answers to your questions. Thanks for commenting. Hope everyone has a great week!!


Shell said.....
Do you have ADD.I do and it was I was reading a post from my blog. for those of you who know ADD is Attention Deficite Where do you find your blog layouts?

;)

Answer: No I don't think I have ADD. But you can never know for sure can you? haha


T.M. said...
Are you going to be a stay at home mom after your boys go to school?

Answer: I plan on getting a job at the school they attend so I can be off when they are and make a little money too. It will help pay for tuition.


Leigh Ann said...
I read your blog and LOVE IT!!!! My question is....."How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?" LOL. I just talk to you a little while ago so I coldn't quite think of one at the moment. Love you and keep up the good blogging.

Answer: Well I should think that it a woodchuck could chuck a yard an hour....hahaha

Uncommon Blonde said...
You probably have lots of people reading who won't leave a comment - I know I do. My question is - If you were not a stay at home mom, what would you want to do? In other words, what is your dream job (besides your current one of course)?

Answer: A dream job....hmmm. Well if I wasn't married with kids I would want to be a Criminal Investigator. I love the psychology and forensics of that job. But it wouldn't really be conducive to family life. So, a dream job that I can do with a family.....that is easy, I would want to be a Praise & Worship leader and a middle school/high school teacher.

Daylight Savings Time Boycott

Apparently I have subconciously boycotted Daylight Savings Time. Because in my house it should be called Sleep Deprived Time. I can't seem to help myself. I am staying up way too late and getting up later too. So my body has still not adjusted to the new time. The nice thing is that my boys are still on the old time too......sweet for momma! That will end when they realize what is happening. It isn't that I don't want to go to bed it is that I am WIDE awake and cannot go to sleep. Hmmmmmmm.....

In other news..after shopping all over town today (a side note-shopping is NOT my favorite pasttime, especially when looking for a particular thing) I finally found fabric to make a shower curtain. And no, I will not be making it. My mom will be. I want to learn to sew and have started some lessons with her but I do not feel that something as noticeable as a shower curtain should be my first solo project. Maybe I should start with something like a napkin....that is an idea...hahah

I am going to pick out paint tomorrow. Yippee!! Almost finished. What will I do with myself when my bathroom is complete, my house is organized and spotless, the boys are bathing in the new tub and no more projects? Oh yeah....finish all the other projects, especially the ones I started and didn't complete. Like replacing glass and rehanging some of the storm windows or painting the front door. Oh the list is purty long. Should be busy for a while.

Did you know that I LOVE pizza? I could eat it everyday. Wish I had some right now with a Coke. Seriously, I am starting to salivate. Just throwing that out there.

Ok, last thing. I really have no idea who, if anybody, reads this thing. So if you do, please leave a comment with a question. Any question and I will answer it in my next blog.

G-nite!

Feel Free To Not Read This Pointless Post

I don't really have anything profound to share this evening but I wanted to post something. Sometimes I feel like my brain just kind of untangles and gets free of some of the unwanted stuff floating around when I blog. So I thought I would share some of the more recent happenings around our house.

1.My mom and I have finished all of the tile work in the bathroom. Okay, okay, my mom did most of it. But I offered moral support....yep, that's me. It looks awesome!!! I am so happy with it. We are almost finished with it all. Pictures coming soon. I know, I should have been posting pics all along. But I am not very good about remembering things like that so you will just have to settle for the finished product.

2.Did you know that it has been downright impossible to find a shower curtain that I love? There are millions of them out there....believe I have seen most of them, but none have really struck my fancy. Except for this particular one that isn't available until the middle of May. What is up with that?

3. I pulled something in my neck yesterday. Spent most of the afternoon and evening moving about like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Thankfully it is loosening up and doing better.

4. There are some people in this world that I just do not understand. People that cause hurt and pain intentionally and don't care. I am so thankful that most everyone in my life are not like those people.

5. My sister is expecting again. Yeah!!! Can't wait to meet this next little bundle of joy.

6. My intentions of losing weight before my anniversary........well lets just say I have more to lose than ever. What is wrong with me? I know....lack of self control and an attitude problem. I need help!!

7. Just want to say that I love my family. They are the best!!! Wouldn't trade any of them at all.

The Reminder I Needed

Why?

In between loads of laundry I have been thinking...okay maybe stewing is a better word about all of the "stuff" that has been happening lately around our household and family. We all have those days when we feel like the entire universe has consprired to just dump on us. And to be honest I seem to be swinging from that sentiment to the knowledge that God is in control and can work everything for our good. I wish I could say that I am standing confidently and without wavering on the latter but that would not be accurate. I know what the Word of God says and I can look back over my life and see how it is most definitely true. But staying in that place of faith has been proving difficult these past few weeks.

I found myself asking the ever popular question "WHY?" You know, why us?, why now?.....

Obviously I cannot answer these questions myself. And so I have been stewing.

But then I heard something that has awakened me. Not sure if I heard someone say it, or if I read it or if it was a random thought floating through my brain but here it is............

Why not us?

I have been so sure that it has all been a set up to just mess with us that I hadn't considered that things happen and we may never know why. Really? What could be so great about me, hubby and our family that it would make us completely immune to all trials and hardships and "stuff"? The answer is nothing.

So instead of taking all of this so personal I have decided to just accept it and move on trusting that I may never know why it happened and just trust that the Lord will in fact work it all out in our favor, in accoradance with His will, knowing that He knows what we need and how to best accomplish it all.

Looking forward to seeing how My Father God is going to work it all out.

Back Home

I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. I am doing fine. Feeling good. We are still in the process of finding out about the vehicles.....thankfully we have a rental to drive.

Saturday I noticed that our water pressure was decreasing and decreasing. That afternoon the gentleman in charge of maintaining the community well stopped by to tell us that the well had quit working and they could not get it fixed until Monday. So we packed up some clothes and headed to my moms house to spend the weekend. It was driving me crazy knowing how much laundry was piling up at my house. Thankfully they got it repaired yesterday and we are now back at home. The washing machine is running and I am trying to get my house back in order.

I have so much to do today. I guess I should get to it.

Thanks again to everyone for the sweet comments and the prayers. I know they made all the difference.

Another Miracle

Yep, another one.

Today I was in an automobile accident. It could have been alot worse than it was and I am so thankful for the Lord watching over and protecting me and my family today.

We all know that my car quit working over a week ago. My hubby borrowed a work truck and has been letting me drive his huge big humongously large diesel dually truck. He loves that truck. It has this huge "ranch hand" contraption on the front that I have teased him mercilessly about since he put it on there. So anyway that is what I have been driving if I need to leave the house.

A friend needed me to help her pack today so she could move next week. I didn't really want to take my boys with me since we would be very busy so my hubby had them at work with him today. That is not normally something he would do. I normally have the boys every day all day. Everywhere I go.

So I got done helping my friend pack and was on my way to pick up the boys, driving like a normal person, going the speed limit in the slow lane when a truck pulled out in front of me. Well needless to say I slammed on the brakes and still ended up hitting the side of his truck. Just about took the bed of his truck off. My airbag deployed freaking me out. I thought the dust was smoke and assumed the truck was on fire. The driver side door was crumpled up and jammed so I couldn't get out of it. I managed to crawl out the passenger door and realized that my glasses were not on my face at all. I hopped back in the truck to retrieve them and to turn the truck off. In my head I was thinking that it might keep it from blowing up.....as if.

Thankfully a police man showed up even before I could get across traffic to the side of the road. He was so nice and calm and the paramedics were great too. I managed to walk away with only some "rug burn" type burns on my arm from the airbag. I am a little stiff, of course but I am completely fine. The other guy is fine as well.

And while it is not ideal that there was an accident I am competely overwhelmed with the providence of the Lord that orchestrated the events as they happened. I never drive hubbys truck. But I did today. The policeman told me that the "ranch hand" contraption on the front of the truck probably saved me. It is so heavy duty that it took most of the impact. The truck is most likely totaled. I don't even want to think about what could have happened if I had been in my Pathfinder.

I also did not have the boys with me today. Miracle #2. So thankful they were not in the truck. They have been spared the trauma of it all. They think daddys truck just quit working like mommas did.

So many things lined up to protect me and my family today. Words don't even begin to express my relief and thanks. I know that angels were riding with me today. No one will ever be able to convince me otherwise.

So we will have some "stuff" to sort out in regards to our vehicles, both of which are not running now. But they are just things. The important thing is that we are all okay and that I am here and healthy to see another day.

Praise the Lord!!

"What About Bob?"

I feel like I need to sit down with my heater and my blanket and a huge bag of Reeces Pieces and watch "What About Bob" today. Maybe it is hormones but I feel like I am climbing the walls today. I am agitated and just not myself.

In the movie Bob is focused too much on all the things that could go wrong in his life. It consumes him. His therapists tells him to take "baby steps" to a different reality. To focus on just the next step so he doesn't get overwhelmed with looking at the big picture. I think I need to do the same. There is so much to think about and to do that I am overwhelmed. Add that to the fact that my hormones are funky and I feel like I can collapse into a ball on the floor and just cry. Cry for no other reason than just I think I would feel better to do it.

In the movie Bob therapist also tells him to take a vacation from his problems. Maybe I need to do that today. Just leave all the stuff I am supposed to do and take my little guys outside and pretend that we are somewhere else without laundry, bathroom remodeling and other responsibilities looming over my head. Think it would work? Maybe, we will see.

Ah man, a song just came on and I can feel the tears rising up. Gotta go.
Feeling like the Lord is just wanting to love on me right now.

Time Out

I am sitting in my living room by myself enjoying "the quiet". I have never been a person that valued and sought out silence. I always have a CD going or the radio on or the TV blaring. It just seemed to make my day better somehow. But that was before I had 2 little boys that make noise ALL DAY LONG. Some of their noises are funny and pleasant and then other times it is just aggrivating and annoying. But I have found that any of the noises they make are much more tolerable and even enjoyable if there isn't cluttered background noise. I get more frustrated with them when I have something on that I am trying to listen to. So I have been trying to be in the moment with them and pay attention to what is going on. Funny thing has happened. I am learning alot about my little guys. They are so loving and caring toward one another. That is until one of them decides to clock the other one in the head with a tractor. Then they fuss. But they have been talking alot this week about forgiveness. I have heard them ask each other to forgive them. Melts a mommas heart. They communicate in ways I don't understand. They are so special and I am realizing that I have taken alot of our days together for granted. There are so many wonderful and unique traits in both of them and it is amazing to see how God is developing them.

So I am enjoying the quiet and thinking that is in these moments of stillness and calm that we can truly sense the Lord best in our lives. He is here with us always. And most times we are seeking Him when it is loud and chaotic around us. But to be still and quiet before Him, seeking Him and what He has to say. That is when we learn what He is all about. I have learned that this week by listening to my boys. If I keep the busyness and the noise around me I am missing moments I will never get back. It is the same with our Heavenly Father. Yes, He wants our praise and our worship. But He also wants us to crawl up in His lap and just lean against His chest and trace His face with our fingers and begin to really know Him for who He is, not just for what He does for us. I love it when my boys are in the middle of playing, like only little boys can, and then they suddenly stop and seek me out to tell me that they love me and want a hug and to sit with me. I know they are not coming in that moment for what they can get from me but just to be with me and to express their love to me. I know that God desires the same from us. And I have been guilty of not taking the time to do just that. I have stayed busy with the "stuff" and forgot about the "just cuz I love you time".

I am so grateful that the Lord continues to be patient, continues to beckon, continues to love me without condition, and continues to teach and to reveal Himself to me even through things that might seem ordinary. He made me so He knows me and how I tick. He knows how to speak to me and how to encourage me. He designs lessons just for me. He designs lessons just for you. He loves you and me that much.

So I will sit and enjoy the quiet.

Just Breathe

Today I took the monumental step of enrolling my oldest son in school. It has been a tough and painstaking process for the hubby and I. And while I know that he won't start school until August it still hurt my heart a little bit today knowing that he is growing up so fast. Many moms out there reach the hurdle of leaving your little person in the care of someone else earlier. And my heart goes out to them. I have known that this time in our lives was coming but it has arrived much sooner than I anticipated. The time that I have been able to spend with him has been precious and irreplacable. I know that I will never look back on this time of our lives and regret the decision to spend these years at home with my sweet little guys. It has taken sacrifices in many ways but for us there just wasn't any other option. And yes, I do miss adult interaction some days but not enough to go to work everyday and leave them with someone else. It has just been the right decision for us. I can't know what is best for someone else. And if I am honest I know that I would have to have some high paying job to be able to pay for childcare and still have money to drive every day the 20 miles to the nearest town to work. Enough about that.

So back to my little guy going to school. We have found a wonderful Christian school in a neighboring town where he will attend. We are excited to think that he will be learning about the Lord while learning reading, writing and math and science. It just makes sense for us. Jesus is such a huge part of our lives that we wanted the education of our children to include him as well. Once again, it is the right choice for us.

My sweet little man is so excited about going to school and I know that he is ready. He loves to learn and I cannot wait to see how he will thrive in such an environment. His little brother is going to be lost without though I think. So momma and littlest man will have lots of bonding time. I think it will be nice. I haven't had the same one on one opportunities with him that I did with his older brother.

Life is change. Guess I need to embrace it and love it.

Loving me life!!

My Pathfinder took a Vacation

I seem to start my blogs as if I am in the middle of a thought or conversation. Hmmmm.....interesting.

Anyway, last night while coming home from music practice at church my SUV decided to have a nervous breakdown. Apparently it was feeling emotional or something because it couldn't decide if it wanted to drive or stop. Conflicting emotions that resulted in the car shaking and rattling and surging. Pretty scary stuff if you ask me. Well then it must have just hit the end of herself because then she decided to just shut down.....and I mean while we are driving down the road at 60 mph. We had lights but that is about it. The engine was gone and so were the brakes. However my manly man husband grabbed the emergency brake and was able to bring safely to a stop. Thankfully we ended up in the parking lot of the only gas station within 15 miles or so. Granted it was closed but at least we weren't in a ditch or in someone's yard.
(That would have freaked me out since I have been reading way too many Ted Dekker novels......if your not familiar with him, never mind)

My sweet hubby tried everything he could think of to get it started again but to no avail. We finally called my brother in law after taking almost an hour to decide that it was in fact not going to wake up from her coma. We made it home safely. Cold but safe.

Now I tell you all of that to just tell you that last night seemed like a yucky, not pleasant ordeal. But as I looked again I saw some sparkle in it. (good stuff)

Normally my husband does not go with me to praise practice. But last night he did.
I would not have known how to stop my car after it died. But he did.
I would not have felt very safe sitting alone at 9:00pm in the middle of nowhere by myself. But I wasn't by myself.
Occasionally I take my two sons to practice with me. Last night they stayed with granny.

I know that it may not seem like much to the ordinary person but God used last night to remind me that He loves me so much that He takes pleasure in taking care of me. He knows all about me and He orchestrated last night to show it. If we take the time to look around us and see how many things that God works out in our behalf we would be amazed. We don't see the accident we avoided because we just could not find our keys and were 5 minutes late. We don't see the angels working and moving about us, doing what our Father God has instructed. He takes such pleasure in taking care of us. We may not recognize it. So often we only focus on what doesn't go our way or what inconveniences occur when we least expect. We never think that maybe what we think is so bad is really just a Heavenly replacement for something that was far worse. I am not saying that God wants to bring bad things into our life. But we live in a fallen world full of sin and consequences. There is going to be heartache, tragedy, dissapointment and hurt. But maybe we should look at what happens to us as blessing instead of burdens. The Word says that He will uplhold us with His mighty right hand. He gives us what we can handle? I think so because we never see the things He saved us from that He knew would break us. And for that I am thankful.

So while my car is still not fixed and my dishwasher is fried and my washing machine is tempermental I will praise the Lord. I know He has plans for me and my family. And I feel like right now He is teaching me so much. It isn't about what see with our eyes, it is all about Gods character. The more we know about that the more we can trust and know that He is good and is working it all out for His glory.

Anybody seen me?

I have been thinking and meditating lately about what my purpose is. I know I should never compare myself with others. Because if I do, I may begin to feel insecure or even worse prideful and superior. I know that I should focus entirely on who God says I am. Then why is it so hard sometimes?

As I sit here and ponder and type I am mentally running through the list of things that I enjoy and in which I am talented. I am also running through the list of things that I do not enjoy and am most definitley not talented. And then there is the list of things I would like to be able to do but no matter how hard I try it just isn't happening. Maybe it is magnified at this point in my life because most of my days are spent doing the mundane yet important tasks of motherhood. You know? Make the beds (check) Make breakfast (check) Get dressed (or not) etc, etc, etc.

I feel that I have so much to offer but am floundering. Is it because I just haven't been brave enough to step out or is it something else? Have I spent too much time thinking and not enough time living?

Please don't misunderstand. My life is full of so many people and circumstances that I would never trade. I love being a wife more than anything. I am living my dream of being a mother. I look in the faces of my sweet little boys and I know that my job as their mom is my most important right now. Then why do I feel like I am still missing something?

Not sure how many of you know this but I LOVE praise and worship and I LOVE teaching kids. These two things have been a source of joy and inspiration to me for years now. Except things have changed over the last couple of years in my life and I have not had opportunity to do them as much I had in the past. It gnaws at my insides. Teaching a child about God and hearing them sing to the Lord with their face upturned to the heavens melts my heart like nothing else in the world.

I know and realize that God is growing me and teaching me and molding me. But I am getting impatient. Wow! That sounds so immature now that it is out there. Yikes! Guess I still have some growing up to do.

In the meantime I will focus on my #1 goal right now. Using those very same gifts to teach my own sweet little men to sing praises and to know and love their Heavenly Father. I am pretty sure that will make my Heavenly Father happy and proud of me.

But just in case you were wondering here is a list of things in which I am not gifted.
1. Comedy. I try so hard but the only one I crack up is myself.
2. Yard Stuff. If you tell me what to do I will do it but can't for the life of me figure it out on my own.
3. Cleaning.....ok, well ,maybe I just don't enjoy it
4. Scrapbooking.......never want to even try.
5. Politics...yuck
6. Sports...lets just say that my volleyball coach gave me most improved for the 5 years I played just because he felt bad for me.
7. I am not great with preschoolers....lets leave it at that.
8. I have a problem with follow through.
9. I also procrastinate a good bit.
10. Organization.....nope not my strong suit

I guess you get the picture.

So just for my own benefit I am going to remind myself about the things I am good at.

1. I am a great mother. I do this well. I had a great example in my mom and have an awesome partner in my husband. Not saying there aren't days when I want to pull my hair out. But I enjoy being a mom. I love it!
2. I am a godly wife.
3. I am good with kids.
4. I am a good friend.
5. I am a good sister.
6. I love to lead people into the Lords presence through worship.
7. I can sing.
8. I can play the piano.
9. I am learning to play the guitar.
10. I can teach.
11. I love to read.
12. I love to write.
13. Puzzles! I am great at puzzles.
14. Also pretty good at dialoging in movie quotes.
15. Picking up some skills as a handy-lady.
16. Most importantly....I am a child of God.