I woke up yesterday with my back hurting and it only got worse. At one point I could not get up. I was hoping for a good nights sleep last night so I would hopefully feel better today. Well no such "luck". Judah didn't sleep well and so I didn't sleep well. So today I am still hurting as bad as yesterday. I really don't have time for this. I have so much to do today. I am having my sister for lunch tomorrow. I really would like to be able to spend more time with my family. Both my younger sisters work so it is really hard to get that chance. I did get the tree down with J's help. He is such a great help to me I miss him when he is working.
J does seem to like his job. Not what he wants to do with his life but ok for a first job. He has been working 35 hours a week but that is getting ready to get cut drastically now that Christmas is over. Which means his money will be much less. He will like being home more though. He misses us. Isn't it wonderful that my 17yo son misses his family and wants to be with us?
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Here is a poem my son wrote
My son wrote this for me several years ago. I am so blessed.
Mother
Mother, you always get up out of bed
To fix us breakfast or fix us bread
Just want you to know how much we appreciate
Everything you do and say
You always provide us luscious suppers
Chicken Tettrazini, and many more
Beef stew with cornbread, each better than the other
Your meals make our taste buds soar
You do laundry when you're having a bad day
You do lost of chores but you don't complain
You do more than you should ever have to
You're the best mom in the world and we love you
Mother
Mother, you always get up out of bed
To fix us breakfast or fix us bread
Just want you to know how much we appreciate
Everything you do and say
You always provide us luscious suppers
Chicken Tettrazini, and many more
Beef stew with cornbread, each better than the other
Your meals make our taste buds soar
You do laundry when you're having a bad day
You do lost of chores but you don't complain
You do more than you should ever have to
You're the best mom in the world and we love you
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Can you see a difference?
After.
BeforeOk I have lost some weight. I don't know how much as I haven't kept track. But I am several sizes smaller. Here are some pictures for you to compare. Ok so not the best pictures for comparing but for some reason my daughter only takes pix of me when I am sitting. LOL
Can you see a difference? The last pic is when Collin was about the same age Judah is now.
It is amazing how much weight you can lose when you can't eat sugar, bread or carbs.
Now I just need to get back to T-Tapping and get in shape.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
WONDERFUL!!!
Christmas was wonderful. I surprised all my older kids which is quite hard to do. I got some wonderful presents. I got clothes and kitchen stuff and 3 willow tree figurines. I just love the Willow Tree stuff. If you go to this link you can see them. I got Child of My Heart, Mother and Daughter and Cherish. I am sooooo thrilled. I have wanted these for a long time. My dh is so good to me.
My little two are having a blast. The biggest hit was the bubble mower. I got each of them one so now they can crash each other with them. LOL
Christmas is so fun when you have little ones.
C the 3yo woke at 3 am. I am guessing dh took him to the sofa where I found him at 6:30 happily playing with the toys from one of the stockings (Ju's). Between 9:30 and 10 he was very whiny so I sent him to bed and he slept until 2. He is now halfway watching Kung Fu Panda and playing with toys.
I made dinner and my mother and her friend came and ate with us. It was so nice. Dinner was good too. I cheated and ate whatever I wanted. It tasted sooo good.
I hope you all have a Blessed Christmas and New Year.
My little two are having a blast. The biggest hit was the bubble mower. I got each of them one so now they can crash each other with them. LOL
Christmas is so fun when you have little ones.
C the 3yo woke at 3 am. I am guessing dh took him to the sofa where I found him at 6:30 happily playing with the toys from one of the stockings (Ju's). Between 9:30 and 10 he was very whiny so I sent him to bed and he slept until 2. He is now halfway watching Kung Fu Panda and playing with toys.
I made dinner and my mother and her friend came and ate with us. It was so nice. Dinner was good too. I cheated and ate whatever I wanted. It tasted sooo good.
I hope you all have a Blessed Christmas and New Year.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Missing people
Ok so I heard the Christmas Shoes song tonight. It is V's favorite song but it makes me cry. Probably because I have lost a mother and fathers.
So it got me to thinking how much I miss my step mom. She has been dead over 21 years. She died in child birth. Since I am missing her so much here are some memories I have of her.
She loved Christmas. She did everything she could to make it special for us. She would buy us gifts and try very hard to surprise us. She would wrap the presents so beautiful. They looked like you had paid a pro to wrap them. I used to ask her why she did that since we were going to rip them open on Christmas morning, but she didn't care she wanted them to look beautiful.
We also always got a live tree. I hated going to pick out the tree. It was always cold but she loved it and loved getting just the right one and then decorating it.
I loved my step mother very much but you know I don't think she knew that. I mean I know she knew I loved her but I was sometimes a bratty rebellious teen. Of course when she was pregnant with my little sister I was older and married so we had a good relationship then. I wish I had been more grateful and nicer when I was younger.
She was a lot of fun. Very easy to play a prank on and such a good sport. She loved the beach and we went every year. We would have so much fun on vacation.
She always made sure we had the nicest clothes and the newest fashion. She worked very hard, swing shift too which was hard on her body.
When she was pregnant with my little sister she was very sick with morning sickness. I was planning my wedding during this time. She was so excited to help. She was like a little kid planning it. She even found the dress for me before I ever went looking. You know she was right it was the perfect dress when I saw it I knew.
The day of my wedding she was well enough to attend and even have a good time. I am so thankful for that. We did some of the planning from her bed because the morning sickness was so bad.
I miss her some times so much. She loved children and would have loved all the grandchildren. I can imagine how much she would spoil them.
This time of year makes me miss her even more because Christmas was so special to her.
Take the time to spend extra time with loved ones this Christmas and let them know how you feel before it is too late.
So it got me to thinking how much I miss my step mom. She has been dead over 21 years. She died in child birth. Since I am missing her so much here are some memories I have of her.
She loved Christmas. She did everything she could to make it special for us. She would buy us gifts and try very hard to surprise us. She would wrap the presents so beautiful. They looked like you had paid a pro to wrap them. I used to ask her why she did that since we were going to rip them open on Christmas morning, but she didn't care she wanted them to look beautiful.
We also always got a live tree. I hated going to pick out the tree. It was always cold but she loved it and loved getting just the right one and then decorating it.
I loved my step mother very much but you know I don't think she knew that. I mean I know she knew I loved her but I was sometimes a bratty rebellious teen. Of course when she was pregnant with my little sister I was older and married so we had a good relationship then. I wish I had been more grateful and nicer when I was younger.
She was a lot of fun. Very easy to play a prank on and such a good sport. She loved the beach and we went every year. We would have so much fun on vacation.
She always made sure we had the nicest clothes and the newest fashion. She worked very hard, swing shift too which was hard on her body.
When she was pregnant with my little sister she was very sick with morning sickness. I was planning my wedding during this time. She was so excited to help. She was like a little kid planning it. She even found the dress for me before I ever went looking. You know she was right it was the perfect dress when I saw it I knew.
The day of my wedding she was well enough to attend and even have a good time. I am so thankful for that. We did some of the planning from her bed because the morning sickness was so bad.
I miss her some times so much. She loved children and would have loved all the grandchildren. I can imagine how much she would spoil them.
This time of year makes me miss her even more because Christmas was so special to her.
Take the time to spend extra time with loved ones this Christmas and let them know how you feel before it is too late.
Christmas
I love Christmas. I love buying gifts for people. I love to get that special gift that they didn't expect or sometimes even know they wanted. LOL
We are reading an advent story for Christmas, Jotham's Journey. (You can buy it at CBD or Library and Educational Services) He has written three of them. He also has (though they are out of print right now) Bartholemew's Passage and Tabitha's Travels. These are great stories that tell the Christmas story with a bit of fiction about a child's adventure. Then there is a small devotional after to point you to Jesus and the meaning of the season. We love it here. The only sad thing this year is J is working through most of them and missing the story. Although he has heard it several times. We read one of them every year and just rotate. I forget how the stories go but the kids remember them quite well every year.
We are going to see the Christmas lights at the race track on Thursday. There are millions of lights and this is one of our Christmas traditions. We love to look at lights.
I am praying J does not have to work Christmas Eve as our tradition is to go to my mom's on that evening. Maybe we could change it to lunch instead of dinner if he has to work. He would be sad if he had to work.
His job is going well. He likes it pretty good. I would have LOVED to make that much money at his age. I guess cost of living is more now but really I mean what does he have to pay, well except what he is going to pay us.
If I don't get back here before Christmas I want to wish everyone that reads my blog a Merry Christmas. May the Lord bless you this coming year.
We are reading an advent story for Christmas, Jotham's Journey. (You can buy it at CBD or Library and Educational Services) He has written three of them. He also has (though they are out of print right now) Bartholemew's Passage and Tabitha's Travels. These are great stories that tell the Christmas story with a bit of fiction about a child's adventure. Then there is a small devotional after to point you to Jesus and the meaning of the season. We love it here. The only sad thing this year is J is working through most of them and missing the story. Although he has heard it several times. We read one of them every year and just rotate. I forget how the stories go but the kids remember them quite well every year.
We are going to see the Christmas lights at the race track on Thursday. There are millions of lights and this is one of our Christmas traditions. We love to look at lights.
I am praying J does not have to work Christmas Eve as our tradition is to go to my mom's on that evening. Maybe we could change it to lunch instead of dinner if he has to work. He would be sad if he had to work.
His job is going well. He likes it pretty good. I would have LOVED to make that much money at his age. I guess cost of living is more now but really I mean what does he have to pay, well except what he is going to pay us.
If I don't get back here before Christmas I want to wish everyone that reads my blog a Merry Christmas. May the Lord bless you this coming year.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
A Christmas Story by my favorite Author
Ok sorry about the formatting. For some reason it won't copy over correctly and I don't have the time to fix it.
Christmastime
By: J
Snowflakes floated to the ground in gentle spiraling circles as I gazed out the living room window on Christmas Eve. Tomorrow was the big day; I had all my presents wrapped and neatly stacked under the tree. Everything was as it should be.
My sister came in and sat down beside me.
“It’s magical isn’t it?”
“It sure is,” I replied. “Do you have all your gifts wrapped?”
“Sure do, I can’t wait for tomorrow. I’ll be delighted to see everyone’s face as they open my gifts.”
“Same here—you know—when I was young, Christmas was all about me. Sure, I realized that it was a time to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but everything else revolved around me and my presents.”
The snow now blanketed the ground in a soft white veil of snow.
“I know what you mean,” my sister said. “Truthfully I still like to get presents, but I find more joy in seeing others cherish what I have given them.”
“I understand, I love to receive presents as well, but giving them away and seeing others enjoy them brings me the greater pleasure.”
“It is like a never ending circle,” she observed. “I enjoy what you give me and you enjoy my happiness you in turn enjoy my present and I cherish seeing you happy.”
“Exactly,” I said, “it is a simple, but profound thought. But, there is another side to the coin. What if you give a gift to someone who cannot give one back?”
She replied without hesitation, “that person will cherish that present even more, knowing that someone gave without expecting anything in return.”
“Also,” I added, “you are happier because that person truly appreciates the gift.”
The ground was now covered in three inches of sparkling white snow.
“You want some hot chocolate?” I asked.
“Sure,” she replied.
I prepared the hot chocolate then sat down.
“So what did you get mom for Christmas?” I asked as I took a sip of the steaming liquid.
It slithered down my throat coating the back of it with chocolate; suffusing my throat with warmth. I smiled as I returned the cup to the table and waited for my sister’s answer.
“A pair of leather gloves…and what did you get mom?” she asked with a twinkle in her eye.
“A hat and scarf,” I laughed because she knew exactly what I had gotten our mother, she knitted the hat and scarf herself.
We returned to the living room and after a few minutes of silence I asked my sister,
“Would you like to dance?”
“As a matter of fact I would.”
I put in a Christmas CD and we danced three times to “O Come All Ye Faithful”.
After dancing, I saw that the snow covered the ground at least five inches, so my sister suggested we go sledding. After dressing for the “occasion”, as she called it, we retrieved the sled and spent hours playing in the snow. We went sledding, we had a snowball fight that lasted an hour and even made a giant snowman. Once back inside the house I said,
“You know something, I believe we have just given each other an early Christmas present.
“Really?” my sister looked at me quizzically, “what present would that be?”
“It would be…a deeper friendship. Merry Christmas sis.”
Christmastime
By: J
Snowflakes floated to the ground in gentle spiraling circles as I gazed out the living room window on Christmas Eve. Tomorrow was the big day; I had all my presents wrapped and neatly stacked under the tree. Everything was as it should be.
My sister came in and sat down beside me.
“It’s magical isn’t it?”
“It sure is,” I replied. “Do you have all your gifts wrapped?”
“Sure do, I can’t wait for tomorrow. I’ll be delighted to see everyone’s face as they open my gifts.”
“Same here—you know—when I was young, Christmas was all about me. Sure, I realized that it was a time to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but everything else revolved around me and my presents.”
The snow now blanketed the ground in a soft white veil of snow.
“I know what you mean,” my sister said. “Truthfully I still like to get presents, but I find more joy in seeing others cherish what I have given them.”
“I understand, I love to receive presents as well, but giving them away and seeing others enjoy them brings me the greater pleasure.”
“It is like a never ending circle,” she observed. “I enjoy what you give me and you enjoy my happiness you in turn enjoy my present and I cherish seeing you happy.”
“Exactly,” I said, “it is a simple, but profound thought. But, there is another side to the coin. What if you give a gift to someone who cannot give one back?”
She replied without hesitation, “that person will cherish that present even more, knowing that someone gave without expecting anything in return.”
“Also,” I added, “you are happier because that person truly appreciates the gift.”
The ground was now covered in three inches of sparkling white snow.
“You want some hot chocolate?” I asked.
“Sure,” she replied.
I prepared the hot chocolate then sat down.
“So what did you get mom for Christmas?” I asked as I took a sip of the steaming liquid.
It slithered down my throat coating the back of it with chocolate; suffusing my throat with warmth. I smiled as I returned the cup to the table and waited for my sister’s answer.
“A pair of leather gloves…and what did you get mom?” she asked with a twinkle in her eye.
“A hat and scarf,” I laughed because she knew exactly what I had gotten our mother, she knitted the hat and scarf herself.
We returned to the living room and after a few minutes of silence I asked my sister,
“Would you like to dance?”
“As a matter of fact I would.”
I put in a Christmas CD and we danced three times to “O Come All Ye Faithful”.
After dancing, I saw that the snow covered the ground at least five inches, so my sister suggested we go sledding. After dressing for the “occasion”, as she called it, we retrieved the sled and spent hours playing in the snow. We went sledding, we had a snowball fight that lasted an hour and even made a giant snowman. Once back inside the house I said,
“You know something, I believe we have just given each other an early Christmas present.
“Really?” my sister looked at me quizzically, “what present would that be?”
“It would be…a deeper friendship. Merry Christmas sis.”
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)