Good morning

Kids are upstairs cleaning their rooms.   Which wasn't nearly as daunting as yesterday.  Yesterday was BAAAAAAAAAAD!!!  

I'm semi-hoping I got the days mixed up for my helper and she shows today.  It would be very nice if she did.

Rob and I were dreaming this morning.  Rob wanted a whole 'nother house that was kid free so we could have a clean place to be.   I asked him how we were going to keep the kids out of this house.  He said we were going to invest in a fancy shcmancy force field which would zap them if they entered.

I countered and said how about we just hire a full-time maid and then we don't have to be the ones worrying about the kids messes.

He liked my idea better.   Now for the extra $3000 a month to do so.

*sniggers madly*

Jeremiah continues to be miserable, but at least the fever he had yesterday afternoon appears to be gone.

Rob checked our account this morning...we are going to be very very careful for the next couple days.  Good thing the adoption check comes in tomorrow or MOnday.

read VERY careful.  Good thing we have overdraft protection.  *oopsy*

We're low on bread, but thats okay theres TONS of food in the house, we just won't be eating sandwiches.  *snigger*

Other then that life moves on. 

"Finally brothers whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are admirable, if there is anything excellent or praiseworthy think on these things."  Phillipians 4:8

well laid plans of mice & men

My help didn't show.  UGH

Guess I didn't need a break.

I suppose I should call her and find out why, but I'm just exasperated and can guarantee I won't be nice about it.

Soooooooo  I'll wave to her on Sunday and move on.  *shrugs*  

Good morning

My helper is coming today.  *grin*   I can't remember if I blogged about her or not.   Life has been in a whirlwinned pace for the last couple weeks.   I feel dizzy.  LOL

Anyhow I have a lady about eight years or so older then me coming to help out with the kiddos once a week.  The days will vary as she has a life, but I'm hoping it will give both Rob and I the break we need.  Thank God for the adoption respite fund. 

She's gonna snoopervise the kids for five hours while I go to town, sleep, hide, etc.  *snicker*

Today I have several little errands to do, and I'm going to have a nice lunch.   Probably after that I will come and try to regain some of the sleep I've lost thanks to my lovely cold-ridden son.   Jeremiah's philosophy is if I'm miserable everybody else should be.  And his cold is so mild compared to what Rainee used to get.   Different babies different personalitys.

Last night Rainee perked up abut 5 am and was talking 500 miles a minute.   The rest of us were attempting to watch tv.   I finally said "Rainee you have diahrea of the mouth."   Rainee looks at me and says ewwwwwwwwwwwww  I don't like diahrea.

"Yeah that would be the point."  I'm thinking desperately trying not to laugh.   And she continued to talk  500 miles a minute.   Rainee's not into hints.  NOT AT ALL>

I took my kids for a small walk yesterday.   We ended up finding wild strawberrys to eat.  *MMM*    The two oldest kiddos were allowed to ride their bikes.   The two middle ones were chasing the bike riders.     Jamari was extremely enthusiastic.  He ran fast, He ran hard....He ran right in and up the ditch until he crashed.   Mommy was just staring and snickering.  Apparently he hasn't found his steering wheel yet.

I needed yesterday.  I refused to entertain my children, I refused to leave the house, and I found my balance again.   It feels good to be sane.

I was so on the edge yesterday morning, but I found it.

I've been praying for someone a LOT in the last twelve hours.   I see her hurt, and want so badly to reach out and help....the prayer is all I have to offer.   May life look a little better today.  

"Finally brothers whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if there is anything excellent or praiseworthy think on these things.....I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."  Philippians 4:8 & 11

Almost nine years ago I was garage saling in preparation to welcome my two oldest into the house.   At one of the many garage sales I frequented I found this delightful little wooden rocking horse.   I was told by the lady she'd brought it from Amish country.  I paid $10 for it.   And that seemed like a LOT on my budget back then.  Trust me my budget was super tight.

Little did I imagine though when I bought it...My youngest son of 6 children would be using it nine years later.   Okay so Zeria was helping him.  *giggles*  But too cute.

Zeria btw use to stand on it holding onto the handles and do extreme rocking horse sports on this.  Somehow...that really doesn't suprise me.   She faces everything the extreme way.  Somewhere I have the most beautiful picture of Zeria in a creme lacy dress riding this at the age of about 14 months.    I should put these two together...

On a much less sentimental note.  Rainee came crying into the house.  (not exactly unheard of today as she's not feeling good)  And was absolutely SOPPING wet.  Head to toe drenched.  "Mommy my butterfly got wet."  She says with hysteria. 

Yeah that and everything else too.   Kids have their priorities you know.  *snicker*   The dress was "new" so that was the reason for the hysterics...that and as I said she's spending most of her day that way. 

And Justin's face lift.   I've been experimenting with techniques to change hair color.   I was pretty happy with this.

Now the irony in this, is I experimented last week.  And this weekend I was supposed to be making a flyer for church.   And used my new technique for the flyer.

Sniggers madly.  You never know what your gonna use when. 

waves.

I bought a new computer desk early this morning.  And have spent most of the day moving my life to it.

Wow...that was a HUGE job.   Three trash cans full later, my life is a little less cluttered.  *snigger*

I got it at Goodwill.  Its wonderful.  

Now pictures of the weekend.   This is MissEmily.   Zeria took this picture.   They were raiding GrannyDee's red blackberrys.  (can we say ewww)  black blackberrys are good, but red ones?

The other ladies that were at Dee's all have similar pictures, and my dial-up is sooooooo slow.  So I'm choosing to put up the picys nobody else has put similar ones up.  *grin*

rushes in--I rushed in too fast ROFL  And somehow managed to hit private.  STill pondering how I did that.  Couldn't figure out why there were no comments, then Munchkin told me I hadn't blogged since Wednesday.  Ahh that would be why.  UPdates timestamp

I've been looking at pictures.  Pictures on Dee & Lynnette's blog pages.  I'd link you, but I'm out of time.

We were at Dee's house yesterday to meet Zvanzoviu, otherwise known as Galain, or closer in my mind Glory.  My main charries husband.  *sniggers madly*

She was up visiting her mom, which is only four hours from our house.  So we loaded up and invaded Dee's lovely house.

The kids pretty much instantly made friends with Sophie and Emily.    Catapillers, trees, gymanstics, and MAJOR bubbles.  I took a ton of pictures.    Unfortunately I have NO time to load.

Having met online people 3 or 4x now there's always something  in the person that you didn't envision somehow.

When I met Dee a month ago it was her voice.   I had pictured it different somehow.

With Jenny the thing that stuck out was her faces.  She has some absolutely lovely ones.   *giggles*    This is something  you just can't see online.  And generic aim and xanga smiley faces just don't cut it. 

You have a gorgeous expressive face my friend. 

I want to steal Dee's yard, and I like mine quite a lot.  

As a extra bonus Lynnette who works with Dee and I've met on xanga, and chatted with also showed up.   She *is* as camera happy as I imagined.   And she came in carrying a case of  Dew  This is my kind of person.  ROFL

After reading Dee & Lynnette's blogs the recurring theme was laughter.  And trust me there was a LOT of it.   Laughter truely is a wonderful gift.

Rob poor guy was the only male around.   But it was okay he went for a jog.  This would have been a better plan if he'd had Dee's address, or her last name.  The six mile jog turned into a twelve one...*sniggers madly*  He was just a bit exhausted.    Its a GOOD thing he had marked her house on the GPS unit...or I might still be looking for him.

Thanks for opening your house Dee.  I wish you were a teensy bit closer, cause we'd just adopt you into our family.   One of these days I'm just gonna have to bomb up into the Geo and kidnap you for the weekend.     Since you hate driving so much.  Yup definitely gonna have to do that.  *eg*

I haven't really talked about it, but I did a lot of business and soul searching with God at the Ladies Retreat.   The last session I felt God giving me a graphic.  Its hard to explain to those who aren't Christians.  I so wish I could.  

At camp when I was young, and at Bible college when I was a bit older we were told to draw a circle and put ourselves inside it to show that we had given all of ourselves to God.

I kept thinking of that circle, because yes I was inside it.  But there were so many things attatched to my life, yet not belonging to me, not me that I had left outside of that circle.   Things I hadn't placed under God's trust.

And then as I was thinking of this, and the challenge the speaker Jerrianne Isley had given to trust, I realized I could put all of those things in the circle.   I drew a circle on my notebook and began writing them.  As I was writing God told me to think of the circle as his hands.  He was a gentle loving Father who wanted all the things I was was concerned about.   As I continued to write the graphic grew in my head.   I knew I had the perfect picture of my family to use.

Today I used my camera to take some pictures of others things I'd placed in my circle.  And in less then two hours I made this graphic.   Its a gift to me. 

Its about the truth.   The truth is I have no control over any of those things, but I do have a loving Father whose hands I can place them in...and he will treat them with care.

Take the graphic...and feel free to place your cares in it.

Gods blessing.

"Finally brothers whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are admirable, if any thing is excellent or praiseworthy think on these."  Phillippians 4:8

hmmmm  Its 3 o'clock and I have absolutely no idea what I'm making for dinner.

Best I should figure that out soon.

So tired.  And done very little except surf.   It was my goal for today...to do little.  *snigger*

Tomorrow I have errands and stuffys, and Friday I'm headed South.

Go, Go, Go.

Breathes in deep and ponders if we could go to Lynn's Caboose for dinner.  *snigger*

And isn't he nummy looking?   Pats my new charrie.  And just smiles broadly.