Good morning  

Well the beautiful sunshine we had yesterday...just lasted yesterday.    Poor Rob.  He had a bike ride all planned with my brother.  And know its pouring.  And apparently their sugar and they melt.  So it doesn't look like they are going. 

I'm sitting here riding out a lovely contraction.  But it will probably go away and not bring another.  So some day this baby will be born.

I have to do grocery shopping at some point today.  Either before or after he goes bike riding.  Or if he doesn't go..... so I guess I'll know after he calls bro.

We had a nice date night last night.  Went to a good restaurant and found our selves chuckling over our twitty waitress quite a bit.  She was a lovely basket case.  And as a result her tip wasn't very much.  And we are normally VERY good tippers.    After eating at the restaurant the chair that I'd been sitting in kinda did my back in and I was in PAIN.  We talked about going for a drive...but I didn't think I could sit that long.  So instead we went to my parents and borrowed their hot tub.  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that felt good.   Some day in our 10 year plan we'll have one I can't wait

We worked hard yesterday and got a lot accomplished.  The last of the rotten wood from the floor that we pulled out last fall is all cleaned up.  And burned.  And we have reclaimed our picnic area.    It looks so good outside our bedroom window again

Rob then spent nap time building shelves in the shed so all the shed junk is finally properly stored  

At lunch time we puyt our fire to good use and had a hot dog roast.  The kids thought that was great sport.  Especially as we let them cook their own for the first time.  They had their hot dogs a la dirt and ash...  but they were having fun so thats all that matters right?  at least thats what rob and i kepr reminding ouselves.  LOL

typing this blog one handed as  i nurse kaylin so please disregard typoing.  she was very determined she needed to eat NOW

ahhh she's finally done.  She likes 3 breakfasts in the morning.

The one she gets cuddled in bed with me.  HEr cereal at the table.  And then a second nursing to wash down the ceral    After that she's mostly done nursing for the day unless she gets a major boo-boo.  And about 4:00 she usually likes a snuggle for about 2 minutes.   It seems silly to nurse her twice in a row in the morning...but hey it keeps her happy and isn't that inconvenient.

My mil now knows I will be tandeming.  HMMM she was kinda quiet on her end of the phone.  HEHEHEHE  Probably startled her big time.  Oh well this is my family not hers.  So she can just stay kinda quiet.

Father God, I thank you for this new day.  I ask that whatever happens in it we will honor you.  I thank you for your love and ask for your calming presence to fill my life.  In your sons name, Amen

Good morning

Well I had contractions off & on all night long.  But not enough to get anywhere.  Had a few in bed this morning...but none in the last half hour.  I wish they'd make up their #$@#*&(*@#&$*@( mind. 

Its our Saturday today, and not really sure what we're going to be up to.   Rob is talking about puttering around the house which would be fine with me.  I'm thinking of starting a burn pile and raking in the back by our bedroom.  I LOVE to burn.  Probably be my last time before the baby is born too.  HMMM very tempting

We watched a Billy Graham movie in church about Mountain climbing.  It was VERY good.  Though I think Zeria doesn't want to be anywhere near a mountain for awhile.   

Rob and I just performed minor surgery on Zeria and squeezed out a sliver about a 1/4 inch long STRAIGHT in.  It just plain POPPED out when I finally got a good grip on it.m  She's now sniffling, and sobbing like we killed her.     Oy I haven't seen one like that in a LONG time.   In her opinion we should have left it in.  hehe  Ok I know I just grosed somebody out.  Sorry.  (but not too sorry )

Met a gentlemen in our local mom & pop store just before church yesterday.  He's 80+ years old.  And was standing in line to buy 2 half gallons of ice cream.  I know him quite well as he's been going to our church LONG before I have lol.   Anyhow I teased him about all that ice cream for one man.  (His wife died about 5 years ago.)  He smiled and said...."Well, I can't cook, so this is my contribution for the pot luck."    We laughed about that and went on.

And then I remembered his first potluck after his wife died.  His wife was a pillar of the church.  Always giving and doing, and always working in the background.  Very few people had any idea how much she actually did in the church.  Anyhow the first potluck after his wife died...he had NO idea it was potluck.  And he was devastated.  It had always been his wifes job to bring food and remember those kinda things.  And he was so lonesome and wanted to go...but he had no food....and was NOT gonna go.  Fortunately somebody saw him sneaking out.  And sent my dad who is NOT bashful to go get him.   My dad went out and said W****  where you going?  There's lots of food.   W***  said, I can't come I didn't bring any food that was Mama's job.   And started crying.  This from a 80 year old man.  Dad gave him a hug.  And said my wife brought enough for 3 family's you can come.     So he came and enjoyed himself.  And has learned a new task at 80 years old.  He's learned to remember WHEN the potlucks are at our church.   And found a means to "pay" his way to the potlucks.   Because of course ALL the kids love his ice cream. 

I hope I am so spry when I get that age.  He still cuts his own firewood, and spends hours on whatever the latest church building project is.  He was one of the men who came and put concrete in our back room.   He couldn't do the heavy lifting of the wheel-barrows....so he went around supporting our walls, and doing whatever could be done with the strength he has.   And with a JOYFUL attitude.

I was Sunday School superintendent.  Shortly after I graduated from college.  It was a HARD job as there was little respect for women in leadership in our church.  The one man I knew respected me the whole time.  Was W***  And he was the Head elder.  And could have treated me like dirt.  Instead he constantly encouraged, joked, and even said he'd *gasp* learned something from me. 

What a man.  And I'm glad I bumped into him yesterday.  Because I don't actively seek him out at church...but all those memories came flooding passed just from that 30 second interaction.  And the reminder to continue to be greatful, to continue to be moving, and continue to encourage those younger then you.  

I sure hope I can be like that when I'm over 80!

Father God, I thank you for your love for my family.  And for the ability to enjoy the life around me.  I thank you for W**** and pray that you would give him a extra encouragement today and comfort him in his loneliness for his wife of 50 years.   I pray that I would focus on you, and not my pain, or pity party.  In your sons name, Amen

HMMMM I just may have created a dangerous thing.  I just taught my dh how to make a weblog entry...so when the baby's born he can tell everyone what it is. 

So now he's conscripting letters in his head about How I hate xanga...or I'm leaving you forever or something. 

So if anything VERY bizarre shows up....my hubby got ahold of my xanga site     

Welllllllllllllll  I think my remodel job is done on my xanga site.  If you see something that still doesn't quite look right please tell me and I'll do my utmost to fix it.   Otherwise come tell me I spent way way way too much time on it...and it looks awesome

TIA

I've been at it for 2 hours...and I still don't like the font colors...and no banner.  But ummmm my family's waiting for me in the van.  So I'll have to finish later.  SORRY SO SO SO SORRY

warning redecorating my xanga site...please don't panic if you can't read it

Good morning

The sun is shining today.  NOne of that icky fog   Unfortunately today is church, and by the time that's done all we want to do is nap.  And by the time that's done the day is mostly gone.  But I guess I'll enjoy it from the windows of church. 

Well the ceiling in our bedroom is painted.  Now as soon as bil can come to mud the walls and sand them.  I can paint them.  And we can move back in.  Eagerly anticipating it.  Oh I hope he doesn't take too long. 

I had a couple "good" hard contractions yesterday.  Was oh so hoping they were gonna be followed by a ton more which were gonna be followed by a baby...but no luck. 

I guess this baby's gonna make it to 38 weeks.  Which is probably better anyhow.  (She tells herself over and over and over )   Can we discuss the joys of rolling over in bed when one is 37 weeks pregnant.  NEver mind  it will put me in a bad mood...and I'm in a good one.  LOL

I LOVE daylight savings time.  Technically its 6:30....and my kids would be up...and I would be grumpy they were awake so early.  But its 7:30 which means they "slept-in"   Their starting to make stirring noises.....and when this blog is done I will begin the day.   They slept in.  And we went to bed on the new schedule so we actually WOULD have gotten decent sleep.  If it weren't for the 2 little black 4 legged puppy critters who didn't like the wind last night.  And kept whining.  Sleep was a little non-existent last night for mommy & daddy.  And poor daddy had to get up at 2:45 to go to work.       Who wanted these 4 legged things???? ROFL

     I also got outside and raked some more yesterday while the kids were playing in their play yard.  and may I just say.  I have muscles I'd completely FORGOTTEN about.  Oy are my shoulders sore.  2 hours of painting with a long handled roller looking up to the ceiling, and an hour of raking on this pregnant ladies body.  And I"M PAYING for it.    Had to get up about midnight last night and take some tylenol.  Should have done it earlier....would have actually gotten some sleep that way!

  But my yard looks so much better.  And so does my bedroom.  And I haven't had sore muscles from doing something in soooooo long thanks to all those lovely restrictions it feels kinda good to feel this way

    Father God, I thank you for this new day.  I pray that I will be less irritable then I was yesterday.  I thank you for allowing me to control that irritability and not take it out on anybody.  I ask that Samuel would keep his fingers to his own belongings today.  I ask that Zeria's attitude would be good.  I thank you for the babies and how good they were yesterday.  And pray that that would continue.  I thank you for my hubby who took over when he got home last night and swept the floor...even though I should have had it done.  I love you.  In your sons name, Amen

Good morning

Its foggy and icky outside.   Contemplating what to do with this day.  And IF I didn't have 4 kids...I believe I'd vote for going back to bed

I do have kids....and they woke me up at 6:15.

Kaylin is sitting on my lap taking a pen apart and putting it back together.  I'm kinda impressed that a 2 year old figured out how to do that.  LOL  Even if it is my good scrapbooking pen she's so thoroughly enjoying

Jamari is sitting in his high chair smiling and playing with his cereal.  He has been VERY good this week.  And we have had few melt downs.  I'm hoping this means their on their way out

Zeria & Sam are watching Stanley.    Gotta love Saturday morning cartoons.

We had a relaxing day yesterday...though not what was originally planned.

Zeria had a meltdown at the Flea Market.   And we all ended up going home without seeing much.  I was NOT a happy mommy about that.   

We came home to bil working on the sheet rock.  ALL the sheet rock is up in the bedroom & taped.  Now we just have to wait until his next day off so he can mud it.  I'm not sure when that is.  He has a funky schedule as he is a EMT and works 24 hour shifts.  The room looks sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better just with the bear sheet rock up.

I would love to paint the ceiling of the bedroom today (which is board and NOT gonna be sheetrocked).  Not sure how that would mix with 4 kids and no adult to watch them however.  So we will see what happens.  It sure would give a jump start for painting the rest of the bedroom. 

And some day very soon I'm gonna be having this baby...so it would be good to be in our own bedroom when that happens. 

Yesterday afternoon we just sat around in the yard.  And I was looking at some stuff that needed to be raked.  And thought...hmmm I think that doesn't look too strenuous I could do that.  And I did   After being inactive for so long and so sore now that I can do things.  IT was WONDERFUL to be able to work.  And it didn't even hurt.     And the yard looks much better where I worked too

Then we went for a short drive and out to a buffet place for dinner as I was lazy about coming up with a meal. 

All in all it was quite relaxing and a success. 

Now what are we gonna do today????

Father God, I thank you for this day, and ask that you would guide me in it.  I pray that things would go smoothly.  And that you would be honored in all.  I ask that you would enable me to continue to be consistent about Zeria's attitudes.  And teach her the proper way to respond to things that upset her.  In your sons name, Amen

Good morning

Its not near as nice today.  But oh well.  We are headed to our local Flea Market this morning after a little bit.  They have one once every 6 months.  Its a community party more or less, and lots of fun to visit with the locals.  And buy some junk

I'm hoping to pick up a couple rhodadendrom bushes to plant beside my house...as I have a bare spot.  Of course I'll let Rob do the digging, but he's already been pre-warned.

My bil is coming today to start sheet rocking our bedroom   I'm praying he works VERY quickly...so that the room is done before the baby is born if at all possible.  But then if its not thats okay too.  We're kinda comfortable in the wreck room. 

The kids and I played outside in our yard for almost 3 hours yesterday.  It was HOT.  Which was wonderful.  Kaylin ended up running around completely nakey hehehe.  Samuel without a shirt,  Zeria in her bathing suit, and Jamari without his shirt.  Kaylin's been having diaper rash trouble so I figured ultra violet rays would help out.   Very funny, and very cute. 

Someday Kaylin is gonna cut those eye-teeth...and I'm gonna have my happy baby back.  ITs been over a week since I've seen her...and her present mood is getting OLD.

Samuel saw me in a tank-top yesterday and said "Mom, how come your naked."  HMMMMMM guess I need to teach him what naked is

Nothing else crossing my mind to blog about.  So guess I'll get this day started....

Father God, I thank you for a new day.  I pray that you will allow me to continue on in the path of training my children.  That they will remember the lessons they learned yesterday.  I thank you for allowing me to remain calm...even when things got frustrating last night.  I thank you for your love in your sons name Amen

Good morning

Samuel was the baby who chose not to sleep last night.  Only I guess he's not a baby any more huh?  He was having night mares or something.  And woke up screaming 3x.  The third time I gave up on the sleep in your own bed thing and we put him on the mattress we keep under our bed for such occasions.  Amazing how they always go to sleep and stay asleep after that.   It must be a Magic Mattress.  LOL

I had a lovely chat online with two friends.  One of which must be very tired as she stayed up way too late last night.  LOL  Hope you got some sleep Sarah.  hehe

For once my back didn't hurt while I was sitting at the computer...which I'm not sure is a good thing.  Because I was in front of the computer for a VERY long time hehehe.

Kaylin is on the floor beside me making friends with the puppy.  These puppies are very tolerant.  As mommy tells Kaylin once again pet the puppy gentle...don't pull on its ear. 

Puppy's have figured out how to hide though hehe.  And are very good at crawling under the couch when their tired of being "loved"

Zeria has been struggling big time with anger.  Who hasn't lol.  And mommy has been getting harder and harder on her temper tantrums.  Well last night she pitched a VERY big one.  And got in trouble (again)  She went to bed still sniffling...and I said I love you...and went downstairs.  Well about 45 minutes later she came down stairs and said..."Mommy, I need to tell you something."  What Zeria?  "I'm sorry I was so mad at you."  It was definitely a awwwwwwwwww moment.   And gave me hope that maybe we're getting somewhere.  Mind you she pitched another one this morning when I asked her to go get a pair of socks.    So probably not.  LOL

I've started to do some major prayer about my own anger problem.  Aware that trying to teaching Zeria that temper tantrums are unacceptable when I'm having a few myself.  

I have 2 friends/acquaintances that claimed earnestly in prayer to loose that erruption of anger.  And they did.  I BELIEVE I can too.  One baby step at a time.  Even when I'm 37 weeks pregnant.  LOL

I'm creating a new "rule" in our house.  My kids aren't gonna appreciate it for a bit...but it will make things easier on all when it takes.  My kids have started "ignoring" the fact that they've been asked to do or not do something.  So from now on if they don't say Ok mommy or just ok when asked their will be a consequence.  I'm tired of saying things 3, 4, and 5 times.  And then getting them mad because "I heard you the first time."  But if they heard me the first time why didn't they say so...or go do what they were told KWIM?  So we're gonna practice being polite....and see how it goes.   I know if I stop saying things so many times...it will definitely make my mood easier.     

Father God, I pray that today would go smoothly.  I ask that today I would remain calm even when things get out of control.  And that I would remember to breathe even when a child is NOT cooperating.    (or a hubby )  I thank you for the lovely sunshine outside and pray that we will get lots of chances to enjoy it.  In your sons name, Amen

Good morning

It still nice outside kinda scarey to have this many sunny days in a row.

I'm praying very very hard about a GOOD attitude today.  Did I mention I'm very very ready to be done being pregnant?   I keep telling myself this is probably the last time you'll ever be pregnant you should cherish it.  HA!

Cherish the aches and the pains,  the wanting to cry everytime I roll over in bed.  Cherish the fact that I look like a blimp.  HMMMMM Cherish all my never-ending-never-doing-anything contractions. HA!

Having a hard time with that. 

But I do love the little flutters in my stomache...and watching my whole stomache roll all over the place.  I love it when my kids come up and say good morning or I love you to the "brand-new-baby-in-my-tummy"     

Sooooooooo I'll desperately hold onto the little joys and desperately try to ignore the aches and pains...Ha!

My husband is a saint...have I said that lately?  He still is doing the dishes....and he plays with the kids so much.  His first priority is spending time with his family.  Over all the other things he would LOVE to do.  Yesterday he and Kaylin and Jamari were up on the trampoline running around and around and around it.   The babies were giggling and giggling...and then daddy would giggle like Kaylin (girlish)  and they'd fall on the trampoline and laugh and laugh.  It was so precious.  And a reminder that though some moments I may want to wring my husbands neck...he is an AWESOME man. 

We moved out of our bedroom in preperation for bil to come do the sheetrock.  We have the money to get it all done.   We're doing things slightly backwards in that the wiring will not be done 'til July when fil comes up.  He loves to do wiring...and this way all we will have to do is pay for the wiring not the work to put it in.    It will mean a titch of patching the sheetrock.  But I'm so sick of living in a wall-less room.  And if we don't spend the money when we have it...welll ummm it will disappear of course

So now we're living in our rec-room.  Sharing a bedroom with the washing machine and dryer.    Oh joy.  But hey if it means a "real" bedroom in the end I'm willing to live with it.  And it IS clean and warm etc.  So I'll camp out.  Besides its closer to the bathroom...and at this stage of my pregancy I LOVE that.  hehehehehehe

I was doing one of my nightly roll overs last night rolling away from Rob to face the outside of my bed.  Which is a MAJOR ordeal at this point.  And moaning, and so on trying to get my body to work.....totally focused on trying to do it as painlessly as possible...when I opened my eyes to the "outside" of the bed to find a little brown face about 2 inches from mine.  Mommy I had a bad dream.  I screamed LOL.  Zeria has the gift of being quiet when she wants to.   When I was done going oh oh oh.....I said and you just gave me one    She snuggled with me for a few minutes went to the potty and back upstairs.   Apparently that was all she needed.  Wow  a kid who comes to me instead of making me come to her...I could like this

Oh I forgot in all my moaning of the last days to tell you about my most recent foolishness.  Well, ummm Zeria was very very very upset when Targ had to go.  And very sad.  And well ummmm my parents had one more puppy.  And we didn't want Dragon with Fire to be lonesome.  And ummmm   well  Softly just kinda jumped into my van and came home with us.    Just what this house needed huh?  And yep she named him. 

Well its sunny outside...and I've been invited to go on a walk with my family.  I actually made it 3 whole blocks yesterday (the equivalant of)  which is a major accomplishment for me as I've been on restricted movement so long my body's kinda forgotten how to move.   So see if I can add one more today    Gotta do it while the sun shines!

Father God, I thank you for the improvements on my mood.  I ask that I would continue to focus on you, and your love.  And not on the things that go wrong.  I pray that you will help me to bite my tongue when something poisonous comes out...and to trust you for the right things to say when my feelings are hurt.  In  your sons name, Amen