Today

I just sprayed the house with some linen spray I made and it smells so very good. I sprayed it on my sheets on the bed and on all the furniture in the living room and on the drapes and just anywhere I can. It smells Divine. I'm limited on what I can do with my finger but I can make the house smell good!!

The kiddos just came in from outside. It's raining now. We are expecting storms. I hope they are nice gentle storms.

DH is still feeling sickly. Poor guy! Did I mention that everyone on the trip came back with food poisoning? Yep they did.

Well, I need to try to do a little more to the house. Hopefully, my finger will allow me to do a little more anyway.

Have a blessed day!

Back Home again!

Yea!!! DH is back home, safe and sound. I'm so very glad. Just thought I'd let you know.


Oh, yea, and the finger is healing nicely but it is still very hard to type.

Accident...

Well, leave it to me! Something bad always happens when DH is gone and well, this time it was me. I cut myself on Thursday afternoon. It's a pretty laceration but I'll live. The kids were pretty brave and have been a great help. My neighbor took me to the hospital and I have 4 stitches. It's my right hand which makes things very hard but we are getting by. DS is doing most of the work around the house and DD is helping too. Poor DH. He'll be coming home to a bit of a mess. He called while I was at the hospital so the kids told him about it and then he couldn't get a hold me of until much later but I convinced him I'm fine. I get my stitches out in 8 or 9 days now. I may have some permanent numbness in my finger but I still a have a finger!

So, it's hard to type so I'm probably not going to be round much until I get my stitches out. So now you know where I am. Have a great weekend!

Thinking...

I was on my way to bed and stopped really quick to read a little more of some scripture I started earlier today and it got me to thinking so.... here it is.

I'm not much of a Sunday School person. I want my children to go, and I think it is really important for them. I think that some people are just good Sunday School people and some aren't. I'm the second. Not many people think like me and I don't feel comfortable in Sunday School situations because of this.

But recently some friends were getting on to me telling me I needed to go to Sunday School because I "need to be fed too". Well, I didn't say it to them, but my immediate thought was, "I am 'fed' all the time." "I don't have to go to Sunday School in order to be 'fed'."

To me being 'fed' is finding God, discovering God and honestly, I feel like I do most every day, one way or another. I pray regularly, I'll admit sometimes more than others and I'll also admit that I need to do better with it but I do do it.

I hate that some believe that the only way to be 'fed' is in Sunday School. Besides, I don't really like the phrasing there, 'fed'. Tends to make me think of being spoon fed or brainwashed or something not positive and good. To me finding and discovering God should be very good and very positive.

Anyway, I think sometimes in SS people try too hard to understand things that we don't really need to understand. I honestly believe that many times FAITH is believing without understanding everything.

Anyway, I was reading in Corinthians chapter 1 verses 18-24 or so...

"Scripture says, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the cleverness of the clever.' ...... God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. As God in his wisdom ordained, the world failed to find him by its wisdom, and he chose to save those who have faith by the folly of the Gospel......"

As I read this it just jumped out at me. This is how I feel. I'm not saying that we shouldn't read scripture or that we shouldn't try to understand it but I don't think we need to knit-pick at it. It's there for us; to provide comfort, wisdom, solace, history, and guidance but when we knit-pick at it we sometimes miss the point. When we knit-pick we start to judge, to feel superior, to think we know it all and well, I'm not sure we are supposed to know it all. To me that seems to be what some people do in Sunday School.

I guess I'm going to have to find a new place to hide out during SS so that my kids can still attend. I wish there was a way to make people understand how I feel and that they truly are not helping their case any when they get on to me. I'm "fed", I promise, in my own way that God and I have worked out for now. I'm not saying that I won't ever go to SS but for now, its not where I need to be.

Now, I'm off my little soap box to say my bedtime prayers. Sleep well, dear friends and may you be deeply blessed in the days to come.

Morning Musings

I have a routine every morning. I get dressed and immediately take the dog outside. We have to put him on a lead because we don't have fence AND we have to stay outside with him or he won't do his duty (go figure).

I really don't mind this routine at all, well maybe when it's really cold or pouring down rain, but anyway....

This morning is a such a beautiful morning. The birds were singing their beautiful song. The squirrels were frolicking. There is a very slight cold breeze but the sun is shinning so brightly and warm so you hardly notice it. It was refreshing to be outside this morning. It was beautiful, radiant. It makes you forget all the trouble in world for just a moment. If you can, go outside and be blessed this morning by nature.

Also, a friend of mine lead me to this group and I want to share today's message with you. It's an important one especially today. Today's Heartfelt Blessing

Oh, yes, I almost forgot. I posted some artwork of DD yesterday on my other blog. It is really something. Go check it out!

Just a quick note....

I have lots to do. I've been rather lax lately and I need to get over it and get moving again but I wanted to give a quick update.

We are doing fine. The kids are busy on their school work and I've got laundry in and will be getting busy in the kitchen as soon as I finish here.

DH is doing fine. I've heard from him and things are going well for him right now ( or were when he called).

I am motivated today to try to get my house back in order and to get back to planning our next school year. I've got to start getting back to doing it a little every day. So I'm off to it do it. Spring is finally in the air again!!

PS.

Those of you who were with me in the beginning know how I love old timey stuff so here is a link to some OLD TIME RADIO. We love it! The kids favorite is "Father Knows Best" and "The Great Gildersleeve". ENJOY!!

Lazy day...

We are having a fairly lazy day today. That's not fair, really. The kids cleaned up the living room and I've been washing clothes so I guess it's not too lazy but it feels like it.

DS is writing on the computer and DD is playing a game right now. I'm just sitting here, thinking about planting my strawberries but not sure where to do it. I'm just not sure that the place I had planned on will get enough sun. It's gets good morning sun but that's it. So now I'm trying to decide if we should go get some containers to put out front or what. I don't really want to spend money though so... I don't know what I'm going to do. UGH!!! Suggestions welcome!!

That's where we are. We had a decent night last night. I fell right back into my old deployment habit of staying up late and putting off going to bed again but other than that it was fine. The kids are doing great and I just keeping thinking one day down!

Hello dear cyber friends,

It seems like forever since I really posted on here. I know I posted a little ditty on Sunday but it was just a quick note.

We have been so very busy. The kids and I are trying to finish out the year and I'm trying to get everything organized for next year. Plus we had our trip which kind of threw us off kilter for a while.

Then DH has been getting ready for his little trip to one of the unpleasant places in the world and honestly, it takes a lot of out of a person. It's a short trip but it just scares me knowing he is in one of those dangerous places. I won't rest easily until he's back home.

Then to make matters worse! They announced yesterday that the army will now be doing 15 month rotations!! YUCK!!! So it's not bad enough that DH is getting ready for his 3rd year long deployment, but it's no longer for year but for 15 months!!

I'm sure that those of who have experienced deployments know this already but for those of you that haven't.... the last 3 months of a 12 month deployment are hard. Morale is low, everyone just wants to get back home. They miss their families. They are tired and all they can think about is their count down and now they are adding 3 MORE MONTHS!!! This will not help morale at all. It's terrible.

I know, there are those of you out there saying, "You signed up for this! This is what you wanted. You knew what you were signing up for!" Well, all I can say to is POOH!!! GET A LIFE! You have no idea what it's like.

The other day my son made a comment about serving his country. I don't really remember what his comment was but my answer was this...

"You do serve your country and have been your whole life. We all have! We too, our little family, serve at the pleasure of the President (even though I DID NOT vote for him) and this United States of America. We serve wholeheartedly and you should be proud of yourself."

Military families serve without pay every day when they kiss their loved goodbye hoping that they will get to kiss them hello again.

Yes, I'm having a bad day today and you are getting the brunt of it. Better you than my children. This is what happens when I have to say good bye.

Happy Easter!!

We have been very busy at our house. Not a lot time to post. I hope you all have or had a wonderful Easter.

We had a nice Sunrise (or Sonrise) Service this morning. The Youth in our church did it for us and they did a great job of it. They had a powerful message that we all need to go out into the world "Shine".

Then we had a a great breakfast that the parents provided. YUMMY!!

Now we are back home after yet another nice Celebration service. DH is sleeping in his chair. DS is laying on the sofa and DD is on the computer. I could use a nap too but it's about time to put our Lunch on to cook. I may wait a little longer. I'm pretty myself. We were up at 4:15 this morning to get ready for the service so sleep sounds wonderful.

DH will be traveling soon so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Have a wonderful day, dear cyber and I'll try to get back by here more often.