Hey Peeps!
Just a quick note to tell you I'll be gone for the next week. No phones, no computer, no facebook. I have LOTS of pictures from my b-day on Friday and our river rafting trip on Saturday to show ya'll...but it'll have to wait until we are back from our little vacation. Hope ya'll have a great week! Just choose to and you will!
Love ya!
Jen
Psalm 138:8 says:
"The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever--do not abandon the works of your hands."
I want to thank the Lord for sending this scripture to me this year on my birthday! I don't need material things. This year, I just want to let God fulfill His purpose for me. No gift wrapped up in a box can compare to that!
If I were going to create a birthday list, here is what would be on it:
1. Salvation of my family.
2. Victory over fear. (ie. courage)
3. Insatiable hunger for the Word.
4. Enormous increase in my finances entirely for the sake of being able to GIVE.
5. And if God was feeling extra generous, I would LOVE a text-message from Him every morning with a to-do list for the day, so I could be sure to be walking in His perfect will at all times. :-)
I can't leave this post without saying this: God really has already given me (and you) all of this already, I just have to adjust MYSELF so that I can receive and walk in the fullness of it!
Yesterday morning as I got up and got everyone "around" for church, I realized that by coincidence, 3 out of the 5 of us (Matt's dad is here visiting) were wearing shades of yellow. I couldn't help but "happen" to pick out yellow clothes for the rest of the group (shhh...don't tell the guys that I premeditated this!) so we could take a group picture. Before church would have been a better time to snap the shot since at that time Grant's shirt was still tucked in and Brooklyn still had her shoes on...but...we all know that doing anything "extra" before church is out of the question. It's a miracle all in itself to get everyone ready, dressed, fed and in the car on time--let alone trying to capture it on film. So...after church I gave the orders "No one gets in the car until I snap a picture!"
Here is what we ended up with. Not too shabby!
http://vimeo.com/5271209
A friend of mine sent me this link yesterday and asked me to watch it. And as ashamed as I feel to say this, my initial thought was "I really don't have time for this." My guess is...you're thinking the same thing.
Well, I'll tell you what: It's worth it. I had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes throughout most of it. Not sad tears...just tears of identification. Happy tears really. I know...at this point you have no idea what the subject matter even is.....
Well, the title of it is "Being A Mom" but really, it's so much more that just that. It's short and I guarantee it will encourage you.
Then when you're done watching it, you'll be hooked enough to want to watch the next one "Being A Mom: Part 2" so I won't even bother trying to talk you into that one!
Be sure and let me know what you think!!
Last Thursday, one of my good friends offered to have BOTH of my kiddos spend the night at her house! It was Grant's first time to ever spend the night with anyone (other than grandma). I wasn't sure how he'd do, but apparently he did just fine and definitely didn't want to come home early (I checked in with her before we went to bed for the night).
Anyway, since it was just the two of us, we decided to see if my parents wanted to join us for a double-date. We hardly ever get to do anything with them without the kids because 99% of the time, THEY are the babysitters. I had heard about a great deal going on at Zio's where 4 can eat for $19.99. It included 4 salads, unlimited bread, spaghetti-n-meatballs and chicken parmesean served family style. I was a little concerned that it might not be enough food since we were all very hungry (and I thought it might have been talking about 4 people=2 adults, 2 children) but WOW! We all ate until we were stuffed and then had enough to bring home to feed my whole family dinner the next night! Since we all drank water there..our total bill for all 4 of us was $ 21.67. LOVE A BARGAIN! After that we went to the movies and saw The Proposal, which was cute but not making it to my favorites list.
On Saturday Matt had to work ALL day (17 1/2 hours straight) so me and the kids loaded up some lawn chairs and went off to our town's freedom festival. They had a petting zoo and Brooklyn and I both decided to HOLD a SNAKE! The look on her little face is priceless! The whole time it was in her hands she was saying "okay, take it take it take it!"
Me on the other hand, I look like one of the girls off of The Price is Right like I'm posing with the fabulous prize! ha ha I promise, I wasn't enjoying it nearly as much as it looks like! 
So...in other news, I'm about to climb another rung on the ladder of age. 8 more days until my 31st birthday. Crazy! Either I've matured a LOT over the past year...or I just don't care anymore, but turning 31 is totally no big deal to me this year. I think once I hit 30...the whole "oh you're so young" thing was over instantly and now I'm just "in my 30's". Whatever. I'm just happy to be happy with who I am. God has CERTAINLY been busy in my life over the last year and I wouldn't go back to 29 for anything after what all I've discovered in the past 365 days!
I wonder if God reads my blog...? Wouldn't it be awesome to get a comment from Him? I could do a whole post on whatever crisis I'm going through at the moment and then He could leave me a comment saying "Jen what I would suggest you do is ___________. "
Just the thought gets me giddy inside. A clear, concise answer from God Almighty! Who DOESN'T want/need that???
Go with me here. I know that I am being somewhat "carnal" minded in this post but I'm fairly certain all of us, even the most spirtual ones, have at one time or another just wished it was as simple as getting a comment or text message from God about what to do. I know that God has given us his Word---basically the instruction book of life. I know that He has given us the Holy Spirit---our teacher, counselor and friend. I know that He sent His son Jesus to live and die for us, giving us healing, forgiveness and rightousness. As a matter of fact...there is nothing else we need that He didn't give us. The problem is: We don't know what do do with it.
What good is a tool bag full of the best tools if you aren't familiar with them, how they work and what they are used for?
I can just imagine a new carpenter beginning his first job. He's excited and ready to go. He reaches into his tool bag and pulls out something that he know's he's seen before...but just can't quite figure out how to use it to get the desired result.
That is exactly how I feel right now. I know I'm equipped with everything I need. I am totally excited and ready to 'get to work', I'm trying to use my tools (the Word, prayer) the best way that I know how...but for some reason (which is extremely frustrating to me)...it seems that nothing is happening. Or even worse...what IS happening is that I'm making the problem bigger.
Oh me, Oh my.
I know this post is probably somewhat of a mish-mash of thoughts and words that may not make any sense to any of you...but the bottom line is this: I know I am at a crossroads. Some choices have to be made. My life, for the past 30 years, has been preparing me for this moment--this time--when I will step out in the calling God has on my life, whatever it may be. I'm not satisfied to 'just exist' anymore. I want it more than life itself (to be living out my destiny) and yet I'm stuck in a state of confusion. I'm not afraid to 'step out of the boat', I'm just not sure which direction to step out.
If only it were as simple as a quick text message up to Heaven saying "Hey Dad, what was it again U wanted me 2 do here?"
Anyone else feel like this sometimes?
We came home last night to find our house has no a/c! That is not good news when the forcast for the next week is 103.
The good news (which I am trying to focus on) is that #1: We have a pool and #2: We bought a seperate a/c unit for the upstairs game room.
Worst case scenario is that we spend all of our time either in the water or upstairs, which I actually think will be kind of fun (for a day or two anyway). If we are "stuck" up stairs, I might actually take some time to play games with the kids and get some scrapbooking done! What a thought! And if we end up having to all four sleep up there...the kids will think that is the coolest thing EVER! It'll be like a big family slumber party!
Isn't it crazy how something has to go wrong in order for us (me) to do things like this? On a normal day (when the a/c is working) I would NEVER spend the whole day swimming or playing upstairs. I would be concerning myself with laundry and dishes and computer work and phone calls and such.
I remember last year when we had the big ice storm. We were without power for like 5 days. It was ridiculously cold (and dark) in the house as we have no alternative heat source. We ended up spending the night at my parent's house (next to their fire place-they didn't have power either) and spending the night with some friends who had a generator. The kids thought that was the BEST TIME EVER! Now when we mention anything about the "power might go out" they get SUPER excited! ha ha ha
I have to admit it----shhhh! don't tell.....but I get excited too! It's like mother nature's permission slip to me to just have fun and forget all the responsibilities! I mean...it's not like I can actually do computer work, laundry or dishes without electricity or lights!
I love my a/c and I thank God all the time for it...but for today...I'm looking forward to being "forced" into swimming and playing all day. The kids won't know what to think with mommy all to themselves!!
I got my Beachbody business cards in the mail a couple of weeks ago. I've been handing them out but I thought I'd share them with you all as well, just in case there are some of you who didn't know I am a coach.
This morning while I was making Matt's breakfast and lunch, I turned on the radio. A song came on that has stuck in my head and I just keep rolling the words around and around. I can't quit thinking about the simple chorus which says : May we never forget the cost of His blood. May we never forget the cost of His love.
Lord Jesus, let me NEVER forget what you gave up for me!
Sunday we celebrated Father's Day and my parents 34th wedding anniversary! Afterwards, we went home and started working on the playhouse again. By the time we were ready to quit we were soaked in sweat and burning up so we hopped in the pool. To our suprise, Kinley climbed the pool ladder all by herself and hopped in with us!! 
It's a lot of work taking mommy out on a date, huh buddy? Maybe this is why daddy always conks out early on date nights too!? ;o)Last Tuesday I began a 10-week Bible study with the women in my church about the book of the Bible, Esther. It is a fascinating story that would draw even the least interested person in. If you've never read it, you should definitely do so. Then once you've let your imagination run freely with all the vivid descriptions upon those pages, you can go rent "One Night With the King". Esther's story is a completely captivating one that will be every bit a page-turner as those Twilight books you've been pouring over! ;)
Anyway, the subtitle to our Bible study is "It's Tough Being a Woman" and for the first week we finished that sentence by saying "It's tough being a woman in another woman's shadow." Each week we will look at another aspect of why it might be "tough being a woman." During our small-group time they had us list out 3 reasons why we personally think it's tough being a woman. I had a harder time than I expected with that assignment. I found that I was able to sum it all up in one single word (for me anyway). I'm not going to tell you what it is yet though...because I want to see what your answers are first. So....if you will indulge me...leave a comment and tell me: What are 3 reasons you think it is "tough being a woman"?
(guys-feel free to answer this as well--I'd love to see your "take" on the whole female thing!)
On Friday we went to visit my newest great-neice (almost 2 weeks old) Kenzi Maria.
Here are a couple of the kids having fun together. They had a blast playing in their awesome playhouse and of course..swiming in the pool!
Monday night we got together with my sister and her daughter (my neice) and HER daughter (my other great-neice) Alexis. She is 2 1/2 and she is SUCH a doll! Grant was completely infatuated with her and spent a good portion of the evening just staring at her! He carried her blankie, Nemo and sippy cup all over for her wherever we went! They even held hands on the way into the Cheesecake Factory for dinner!
Here is one of me kissing her sweet face. Isn't she gorgeous?? Those EYES!
And lastly, one of my kids MIRACULOUSLY hugging each other and smiling! (They're probably pinching each other behind their backs!)
Not "Hot" as in sexy..."Hot" as in HOT! For the past couple of weeks, I swear I've been having hot flashes! I can be just comfortable one minute with a blanket over my legs or pajama pants on and the next thing I know I'm burning up, sweat beads popping up on my brow and trickling down the small of my back and I'm ripping off every unneccesary peice of fabric. What's up with THAT? Frighteningly I am reminding myself of what my mom looked like just a few years ago when she went through menopause. But I'm only 30.
Over the past week, I've woken up several times in the middle of the night so hot that my hair and nightshirt were actually damp. I'll look over at Matt and there he is all nestled up under the covers sleeping comfortably while I'm practically stripping down naked. Is that normal?
Thankfully, I go to see my girlie doctor in 2 weeks and I can bring this up with her. That'll be right after we discuss what needs to be done about my birth control situation now that my IUD has expired. I am more sure than ever that we are done having babies...so it's probably time to take some more permanent measures. Yet I still can't shake the thought that maybe we're just still a tad too young to be closing that door permanently and that maybe I should go with another 5-year IUD just to be on the safe side....but....on the other hand when I imagine what I would think/feel/do if I did, by chance, get prego again....well, then I know it might be time to consider something permanent. :o)
Anyway, I really should be working right now and not typing on my blog, but I just went through one of those "I'm-burning-Up!!!" moments and thought I'd tell you guys all my personal business before I begin my work for the day! ha ha
Hope you all have a great Thursday! Enjoy the beautiful weather!
Our 3rd Mother/Daughter Date
Next we headed to our home town for some fun family time. We always stay with Matt's mom and step-dad. They are wonderful to us and always treat us extra special. Here's a pic of Brooklyn playing in their bird bath. So sweet!
Here are the 4 cousins: Grant, Nicole, Brooklyn & Jaxon. The BEST of friends!
Here are the 2 birthday boys blowing out their candles.
Here's a better picture of the 3 Jones men. Matt, Cale & GP
I just did a whole long post for this blog and then accidently posted it to my P90X blog. Does anyone know how to switch it around?
Last night, after being gone all weekend, I decided to take the dreadful trip to Wal-Mart to stock back up on groceries. It was nearly 9 o'clock but both Grant and I had had a nap on the way home and weren't too tired, so off we went. Shortly after I got going, Matt called my cell phone and we were talking when all of a sudden a truck comes up behind me blowing their horn and nearly running me over. I was going a few miles over the speed limit in the slow lane and there was no one in the fast lane beside me so I had NO IDEA what was going on. The guy just kept staying RIGHT on my bumper and holding his horn down. Meanwhile I'm on the phone with Matt telling him all this. Then the guy decides to gun it and FLY past me and then cut me off and hit his brakes. Thankfully I was able to react quickly and hit my brakes fast so I didn't run into the back of him. Then he turns into the Wal-Mart parking lot with me right behind him. Matt's on the phone telling me not to park or go in so I just drive around the parking lot slowly watching the guy park his truck and go in. Then I parked on the opposite side of the parking lot but with my car pointing to where I could see his truck and I just sat there. Matt said to just stay there and that he was coming up to the store. We hang up the phone and I sit there with Grant trying answer all his questions while I glance through my coupons. The next thing I know I look up and the guy is walking out of the store with a woman and they are STARING right at me. My heart started to beat a little faster. They get in their truck, never taking their eyes off me and then drive straight up to my van so close they nearly scraped the side of the van. At this time I am ferociously trying to dial Matt's cell phone. I get him on the line about the time the guy gets RIGHT next to my drivers side window. (so close he could have reached out and touched me!) He rolls his window down, looks me in the eye and yells "WHAT?" at my face. By this point I have let fear completely overtake me. I am sitting there with Grant right beside me , speechless, just cowering back. The guy finally drove off and I just sat there shaking until Matt got there (about 3 minutes later). Now, I am not one one to normally stereotype people...but this guy just looked scary. He was probably 45 yrs old...hadn't shaved in a month, dirty, dressed sloppy with a weird bucket type hat on. The lady, I never did get a good look at.
Anyway, I'm really getting annoyed by this stuff. This is the second time recently that something like this has happened to me. I am a modest person driving a mini-van with a child---give me BREAK! Do I really look like the kind of person looking to start (or be involved with) trouble?
The most disappointing thing about this whole episode was that I let the devil have his way with my mind after that. I began imagining all kinds of horrible things that could happen and I really had to do some spiritual warfare afterwards to gain back control. I actually had myself in tears imagining my cruel, inhumane death and how my children were going to have to be raised by some other woman and I'd never see them grow up! It's insane how the devil will try to grip you with fear if you'll just open the door for him!
Thank God that He is an ever-present help in time of need. When I cried out to Him last night after all of this, He reminded me of his promises in Psalm 91. Ahhh....peace again at last! I am so glad I am a Christian!!
Have you ever been SO EXCITED that you just want to SCREAM????????
Well, that's how I feel this morning.
Nothing "obvious" happened...but after our prayer/Bible time this morning...I just feel like the disciples must have felt when the Holy Spirit fell on them in the upper room. I am on FI-YA!
I can just imagine the devil right now...probably backing up like a fox would do if he was staring into the face of a gigantic, roaring tiger! You know...when it realizes that it is seconds away from being torn to SHREDS!!
Literally I am on a total Holy Ghost adrenaline rush right now! I can't wait to get out of this house and let it spill over onto everyone I come into contact with today! :o)
Just wanted you all to know that....HAD to share it with somebody!
So...that's my month of May...SO Far!! We have LOTS more events on the calandar still to come! 
Okay, I have to give a SHOUT OUT to my buddy Rachael who has recently started a custom baby products business. She is the bomb y'all. Everything she makes and does is HIGH quality and absolutely gorgeous and unique! If you have a baby in your life, check out this website:
www.simmonsgirlz.blogspot.com
God didn't create you to be able to do everything all the time. You are not omnipotent nor are you omnipresent. You are not a super hero. You are one woman. You are NOT God.
God created you to be DEPENDENT on HIM. It is not a sign of weakness to "let go and let God" but rather a sign of strength and maturity. When you pray and "cast your cares on Him", you must see it as done. To continue to worry, stress or fret about it is a clear sign that you do not trust God to handle what you have given Him.
Trust God. He's got this.
So..Thursday night Brooklyn and I went on our 2nd Mommy/Daughter date. The agenda was a facial this time and the object lesson was "learning how to take care of our skin." I called ahead to Origins at the mall to see if they still give complimentary facials and to see if we could come. We got a wonderful young girl who was happy to do them for us (and yes...complimentary!!)
Brooklyn went first and she thorougly enjoyed being pampered. Next was my turn and boy did my skin need that!! After a major scrub, a moisturing mask, toner and then moisturizer...my face felt brand new again! All the while she worked on us, the girl explained to Brooklyn (and me) what she was doing, what she was using and why it's important to take good care of our faces. (this is all stuff Brooklyn has heard me say...but wouldn't really "hear" it coming from me). Anyway, I ended up deciding to buy 3 of the main products that she used on us so we could maintain this at home. Afterwards we headed to a little dessert place to get Brooklyn a slice of blueberry cheesecake and then over to Starbucks for me so I could get my tall skinny mocha latte. YUMM!! Then we made our way over to the center of the mall where they have some comfy couches and end tables and we began our devotional. When we walked over to the only available couch, there was a shopping bag leaning up against it, but no one in sight who it might belong to. I just scooched it over a bit and we sat down and did our devotionals. During this time I noticed a big guy standing across from us looking at us..but whatever...no big deal. I thought maybe it was his bag or something...but after about half an hour, when we were ready to get up, I glanced inside the bag and saw that it was full of clothes/shoes from a very expensive store and I told Brooklyn we better take it to the Lost & Found at the Information booth. We turned it in and then headed over to a different area where there were some benches so we could do our last little thing which is a little quiz on the evening. As we sat down, I looked up and there was that guy again. A big BIG bouncer looking kind of guy, in a solid black shirt, jeans and a bald head staring RIGHT at me. It was making me uncomfortable but I tried to just ignore it. As we worked through our little quiz I could see him hovering around us, talking on the phone, but never leaving the area we were in. I discreetly told Brooklyn, "let's get up and go over here instead" and we walked down to a different area and sat down again. I thought we had lost him so we finished up our books and then I called Matt to tell him we were headed home. It was about 3 minutes till 9, when the mall was closing. As I got ready to stand up to leave, I glanced behind me and there he was again RIGHT behind me. My heart started POUNDING. I felt like I could hear the Holy Spirit screaming inside my head NOT to walk out those doors into the dark parking lot to our car so I grabbed Brooklyn's hand and practically drug her as fast as I could into the nearest store, which happened to be Macy's. I immediately found the lady at the fragrance desk and told her to call security because there was someone following me. As soon as I said it, Brooklyn said "mom, are you talking about that big guy in the black shirt?" So she had noticed it too!! The lady called security and while we were waiting for them to come (it took THIRTY minutes!!! Thank God there wasn't an emergency!!) I looked around to see if I could still see him. I didn't but still...there was NO WAY I was walking out to my car alone. When the security guard finally arrived, we left for my van...and I explained to her why I had called for her. She said "describe what he looked like". I told her and she said "Oh, I bet I know who that was. That was probably one of our plain-clothes loss prevention guys. They are there to watch for people who might be stealing. Did you by any chance pick up a bag somewhere?" To which I replied "YES!! We did!" and I told her about the bag that we had turned in to Lost & Found. She said he probably saw us pick it up and was keeping his eye on us just in case we were doing something fishy.
Well..that put my mind at ease at little since at least now I had some hope that this was a "legit" person and not some freakazoid that was planning to follow me to my car and kill me or something.
Anyway, as soon as I got in the car I called Matt and told him what had happened...as he was probably wondering where I was since I should have been home already. I never expected his reaction. He was FURIOUS! And as I talked to him...I became pretty mad too. Even if the guy does work at the mall...there was no exuse for the obvious intimidation and following he was doing. A woman and her daughter...at the mall...having dessert and coffee and doing devotionals. Did we REALLY look like theives??? I mean...COME ON. I understand them needing to patrol that kind of thing, but there must be some better way of doing it than to scare the living daylights out of perfectly harmless people.
Annnnnyyyywayyyy.....on the way home we are supposed to listen to a CD that has a little story and scriptures that go along with our evening and evne though we put it on...neither of us could concentrate on it because of the total adrenaline rush we had just experienced. It was a wonderful night, until all that happened..but it will certainly be memorable!!
So...it's been a while since I've posted. I have "notes" stuck everywhere in my head of things I want to remember to write about when I get the time...and then I just had a clever idea---Just Post-It!
Here is the quick post-it version of all my stories:
Had a FANTASTIC 1st date with my daughter on Friday, April 3rd. We were given this Secret Keeper Girl book a few years ago (before she was really old enough to do it) and God brought it back to my memory a few months back. I told her about it and then I (me only) forgot about it. A couple of weeks ago I found this "invitation" laying on my desk. How could I say no?
It was everything and more that I had hoped it might be. We connected. We looked into each others eyes and talked about the important things. For once, I wasn't folding laundry or washing dishes or typing while she was talking...but I was listening, observing her facial expressions. It was magical. As an added plus, someone in the resturant where we had this little tea party date mysteriously picked up our tab! Wow! And...the waitress was very intruigued as to what we were doing--us 2 girls all by ourselves all dressed up on a Friday night having tea! It was an opportunity to witness, which was the icing on the cake! At the end of the night, we held hands and prayed for each other. God was surely in our presence!! Here are a few pics of us on our 1st of 8 special dates!
Next it was Grant's special turn for some Father-Son time. Matt had taken off work Thursday and Friday to go turkey hunting. After church on Wednesday night we stopped at Wal-Mart for Matt to get his hunting licence. When Grant heard that, he said "Dad! Can I go too???" Matt couldn't turn him down although we weren't sure how he'd do for hours out in the woods having to be still and quiet. When we got home the hunt for anything camo in a size 4T began. This is what we came up with. Here are my boys before their 1st ever hunting trip together. (they didn't end up getting a turkey this time, although they did see a couple while they were driving. Also, Matt said Grant did GREAT and he'll definitely be taking him hunting again! yay!)
As for the other 2 members of our family---they are finally starting to be friends, and at the very least, bed mates. Sam would probably say he just "tolerates" Kinley....but I think he's starting to really love her, even if he won't admit it! hee hee
Easter was yesterday. I was on the schedule to teach the 5-year-old class at church during early service. Usually we don't have very many kids, but I knew it was Easter and we may have a few extras. Boy...was that an understatement. The 4-year-old class teachers didn't show up so we ended up combining classes. Instead of my usual 8-10 kids, we had 33!! Whew! It was a bit chaotic but in all, I think it went really well. The lesson time went exceptionally well and I was actually able to take prayer requests from all 33 kids during our prayer time! What a blessing to let each one of them speak and offer up their requests to the Lord--and then I had the honor of leading the prayer! After church we went to my parents house for lunch where my sister and her family (from Texas) had come to visit and my brother and his family (who lives here) had come. It was a great family dinner with lots and lots of yummy food. My mom took a moment before we ate to read a couple of chapters out of Psalms and I was so proud of her. A lot of our family aren't exactly living for God right now so it was a wonderful opportunity to share the Word with them. They may not have "wanted" to hear it...but they weren't gonna get to fill their plates until she finished reading...so they were stuck! hee hee (take that DEVIL! I've already claimed everyone of them into the Kingdom of Heaven!)
The ONLY picture I took from Easter was this one of Grant hunting eggs. Woops! I've been so busy fiddling with my new touch-screen phone that I forgot to grab the camera this year.
Lastly, I'll leave you with one of my 2 favorite short people. It's rare that I catch them this close to each other and smiling!
First of all he told me to dress nice for dinner and to pack an overnight bag. When he said dress nice for dinner...I didn't know exactly what "nice" meant. He said I didn't need to wear a dress, so this is what I came up with. If I had known what kind of place we were going for dinner I think I would have nixed the hat and the holey jeans...but oh well.
As we loaded into the car, he told me that he had arranged for my parents to keep the kids for us for the night. Then we headed off to our dinner destination--a fancy schmancy place that I had never even heard of in a real uppity part of town. We had reservations for 5:30 but ended up getting there at just a little after 5. It was by far the fanciest place we have EVER been and I didn't know quite how to act. Certain forks for certain foods....wine glasses....white linens....a menu that didn't even list the prices!!!!!!! When the waiter came out and told us the Chef's recommendations for the night...we both just ordered that. I got the sea bass with spinach and mashed potatoes and Matt got the T-bone with asparagus and mashed pototoes. We said no to soup or salad or dessert. So...you wanna know how much our bill was? $116.00!!!!!!! I think we both almost lost our dinner when we saw the bill. And what is WORSE???? We ended up leaving and going to another resturant to eat again because we didn't even get CLOSE to full from our $116 meal!! It was the kind of place where your entree is GORGEOUS and very intersting looking---but there is really only enough there to feed a hungry toddler. We went to one of our favorite Italian resturants afterwards and shared an order of Italian nachos and an Oreo Mountain for dessert! (YUM but SHAME SHAME on me!!) It cost a whopping $13 and was sooooooo good!! Ha Ha
SNOW!!!
It was fuuuuhhh-reeeeeeee-zeeeng! We went out to Panera Bread for a delicious breakfast consisting of a spinach bacon souflee, a cinnamon crunch bagel with honey walnut spread and a caffe mocha! DELISH! After breakfast we went back to the hotel and got showered and then spent the remainder of our time going from cell phone provider to cell phone provider looking at new phones and plans. Our contract with T-Mobile is up and we can't WAIT to switch providers. We didn't know when we signed up...but T-Mobile doesn't have good coverage in our little town so we have horrible receiption! Anyway, we looked them all over but decided to wait a couple of days to make a decision...and think it through. The phone I want is expensive as it has internet and navigation (which I desperately need (the navigation)) and we just wanted to make positive of what we want before we make a choice. Anyway, after that we picked up a movie (FlyWheel which we HIGHLY recommend) and came home, popped popcorn and watched. It was a great weekend and I am SO BLESSED to have such a wonderful man to share my life with! So, I'm in my bedroom this morning putting away laundry watching Joyce Meyer on T.V. Listening...but not really focused in on it completely. Until...I hear her say this:
Just because it says in the Bible "You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you", it doesn't mean you SHOULD do ALL things. Running around busy-busy-busy all the time is NOT what God meant. She said if you're using that scripture to justify having 3 jobs and being stressed out and never having any time for anything else...then you are wrong. If you can't say "no" to anyone ever (that's me!) and you say to yourself "God will give me the strength to do ALL things" then you're taking that out of context. God doesn't want us running around like chickens with our heads cut off. He will strengthen us and empower us to do the things that are necessary and that He has called us to do.
WOW! What a revelation for me! I am ALWAYS using that scripture to justify my chaotic, insanely fast-paced way of life, quoting " I can do all things, I can do all things, I can do all things". I am definitely looking forward to thinking about this more and seeing how I can apply this newfound revelation to my life! Just had to share with you all....
To the natural eye...my day today could have been interpreted as horrible.
5:28 am -awken to massive throw up covering every surface in my newly decorated Pottery Barn bathroom. Spend the next 1 1/2 hours scrubbing, washing, and wiping.
7:00 am - do 5 loads of laundry and a load of dishes.
9:00 am- take my car into the dealership to have a few little tune ups and find out that the bill is $1,400 instead of $600!
10:00 am - change into my work out clothes, get out DVD, insert into player to realize that our flatscreen plasma TV in the living room isn't working anymore! GRRRRR...
11:00 am -spend an HOUR looking EVERYwhere for the STUPID tv manual only to give up and have to work out in the 3 foot space between our king sized bed and our little 19 inch tv in our master bedroom.
12:37 pm - Get ready to take Grant to school at 12:20 pm at which time he informs me he has just pooped his pants. Wait on him to take a dump and end up being late to school. Have to go inside school and take him to his class whilst wearing the clothes I wore to church the day before, slept in and still have on!!
3 pm - Take Brooklyn to doctor to see why she exploded brownie remains all over the bathroom and find out nothing other than that she has "an angry stomach." Get prescription filled for anti-diarrheal and anti-nausea meds and are told to bring her back in the morning if she is not better for C-Diff testing (infection of the colon).
4:26 pm - Finally regain ability to eat (had lost all appetite after the vomit clean up) and go to local resturant for dinner. Order a bowl of salad and soup and leave feeling like "Whats for DINNER?" (not one of us got enough food to get full off of!)
5:30 pm - Put away laundry for about an hour, RE-make the kids bed, enjoy a little "afternoon delight" while the kids watch a movie in the other room, then do my Ab Ripper X video before I sit down with a bowl of banana pudding and watch a movie.
OH what a day! Thankfully, while overwhelmed, I kept my perspective and was able to smile about it all despite the circumstances! It just goes to show..it's not what happens to you..it's how you deal with what happens to you!
I made cupcakes for Grant's teachers birthday party last week. Here is one of him with his teacher, Mrs. Gilreath and also one of my cute Hawaain themed cupcakes.
This is my buddy (and Sunday School teacher) Lisa! It was her birthday on the 12th but we all (our Sunday School class) went to Dave & Busters for dinner (and a surprise cake!) on Sunday night. I had our bakery do this cake up especially for her because I know she loves black, red and white. It turned out really cute and tasted delicious!! Happy Birthday Lisa!! 
Lastly, my mom and I took the kids to a Children's Museum here in town on Wednesday. It really wasn't that great...but I got some cute pics. Here are a few. This first one is of Grant at the grocery store, shopping. He liked pushing his own cart around!
Here Brooklyn is being the "Chef".
Next we went to the County Jail. Grant was the police officer and Brooklyn was the convict. 
Now she's a very HAPPY convict! ha ha
Here is one of Grant when they were playing dress up on the stage. I caught him right after his had had fallen down onto his face. No smile..but still pretty darn cute, I think!
Lastly, they got to do some rock wall climbing! This was their favorite part!
After the museum, we went out for pizza. The cool guy at the pizzeria let Grant throw the dough up into the air a few times! 
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So...that ring I did a whole post about a few days ago...well, never mind. I took that ring back today. It's fallen off my finger several times over the past couple of days. I figure even though it was only $11.49, it's still worth nothing to me if I can't keep it on my finger. Grrr....
After checking practically every department store in this town for a fake diamond ring--I'm confident in saying there aren't any to be found in a size 6 or smaller. Apparently sz. 7 is the standard size and that's what you're stuck with unless you wanna pay the big bucks. So, I stopped by a jewlery store today and asked about a simulated diamoned I've been hearing about. It's called Moissanite. The lady told me the 4 carat round is $39.99 and the 2 carat would probably be about $29.99 and then it's like $165.00 to have it set in 14k white gold. JACKPOT!!! She was going to check on it and call me Monday. So, I tell Matt about it and I am so excited because these are GORGEOUS stones and for only about $200 I can have a 2 carat "diamond" ring in 14k gold!!! YIPPEE!! (now imagine the sound of a car coming to SCREECHING halt) because that is what just happened to my little fairytale I had going on in my head. I came home and googled "Moissanite" and a website popped up with lots of beautiful rings. The problem was...the were WAYYYY more than what I had been priced. Hummm....that's weird, I thought. Then it dawned on me (lightbulb moment) when she said the 4 carat was $39.99 she meant $3,999.00!!!!!! OH! MY! GOSH! No WONDER she was so happy to be helping me! She thought I was considering buying a four thousand dollar ring!! I feel like SUCH an idiot!! At least now when she calls me with the grand total for the 2 carat princess cut in 14k white gold, I won't be shocked that its close to $3000 and not the $175-$200 that I was expecting!!
SHUCKS!!!! I'm SO disappointed now... :o(
It was one of those moments. An "I wish this was just a bad dream" moment. I got up early this morning, did my work for the dr. office and then cleaned house all morning long (dishes, laundry, vaccum, dust, mop). Suddenly I realized it was time to take Grant to school already! AUGH! Quickly I ran him through the shower like a car-wash and then out he went to get dressed and hurry off to the car to leave. As ALWAYS, the dogs were standing at the back door waiting to go with us, so I shuffled them into the car as quickly as possible and off we went.
When I pulled into the drop-off line I was relieved to see I wasn't the only mom running late...there were still a couple of cars there dropping kids off. I hustled Grant out of his booster seat and handed him his back pack to put on. He opened the van door to get out and in the blink of an eye...OUT WENT KINLEY!!!!!! Like a 4 pound speeding bullet, she catapulted out of the van and took off like a Pitbull was chasing her or something. Meanwhile I'm yelling at Grant in my sternest voice "GET HER!!!" It was at about that time that Grant's teacher (who was standing in line with the entire rest of the pre-K class, looks at me through the passenger van window and says "is that your dog?" I nodded yes but stayed put in my seat. You see....I was only wearing a short little nightie and my slippers. That's IT. No way on EARTH could I get out of the car and chase down my dog exposing all my goodies to 50 four and five year olds and their teachers!!! Even if I could keep myself covered...the wind was blowing like crazy and I knew something would fly up or out eventually. So there I sat--in my seat--wishing I could melt away into the velvety fabric--while the elderly teacher is chasing MY dog around the schoolyard. Embarrasing doesn't even come close. Finally she caught her (Kinley) and brought her over to me in the van where I explained why I hadn't gotten out and chased after my OWN dog. The look on her face when she saw me there in my jammies at 12:30 pm dropping my son off for school felt like a slap on the hand. I'm sure to anyone--it looked like I had just woken up (even though I had been up since 6:30 am and had been super-dooper busy!)
As I drove away I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. All I knew at that moment was--this is gonna make one heck of a blog story! ha ha ha
Do you guys believe that dreams have meanings? Do you think it is mere coincidence when you have the same dream several nights in a row? Do you think that you are in control of your dreams? Do you think food or activity affects dreams?
I have been having a reoccuring theme in my dreams for about a week now. It's not good. I wake up every day in a sour mood and it literally takes me like an hour to shake off the "memories" of what just happened. I'm totally frustrated by it and I want it to STOP! But how can I possibly change what my mind does while I'm asleep? I've tried changing up what I do before I go to bed....meaning one night I watched TV, one night I read my Bible, and last night I read Joyce Meyer's "The Battlefield of the Mind" book before falling asleep. It doesn't seem to matter. All of a sudden this morning, I am reflecting on the whole thing and starting to get paranoid that this "theme" in my dreams is possibly a warning sign that something could be going on along these lines in real life....!!??? Probably not, but maybe it does mean something. I don't know...
What do you guys think?
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Yes, the kid had climbed up there all by himself without me knowing it! And...he was perfectly happy just sitting there and did not want to get down-no matter how "Dangerous that is!!!!!" What a little stinker!
This is definitely NOT how it looks here today. We are getting ready for some 80's weather this week! YAH BAY-BEE!! But I uploaded some old pics from my mom's camera onto my computer today and this one was on there. I thought it was cute enough to post--even if it is from 2 months ago! This is Brooklyn pulling Grant on the sled in her new go kart (that she got for her birthday!) We all had SO MUCH FUN with this! 
It's Wednesday-hump day. I'm feeling extraordinarly bored today. Not bored in the sense that I don't have anything to do...I haven't had that feeling in YEARS. But bored in the sense that this every day routine is totally boring me. I do almost the exact same thing every. single. day. I would list it all out for you...but then I'd bore you all too and you'd probably stop reading this...so I just won't. Matt keeps saying it's "time for a vacation" and it's true...we usually do take our vacations around this time every year. Our anniversary is March 28th and I can't remember a time that we didn't do at least SOMETHING that week or weekend. But-this year is different. For one, that date is right around the corner and it would be really last minute to try to plan anything now. And secondly....I am so focused on getting out of debt and getting a savings built up that I can't imagine spending (or wasting) any money right now on hotels/food/entertainment/extras. Matt has been on board with me and this whole "getting out of debt thing" all along...until this past week or so when he made the comment "you know, getting out of debt is great and all but what good is it if you can't ever have any fun and enjoy life."
My thought at the beginning of this year was "if we can just stick it out for one full year--not spending any extra--then we can probably be close to if not totally out of debt by this time next year." And...we are well on our way. So far we've already paid off 3 big debts and are whittling away at the others with every penny we have.
But now I'm thinking "are we going to be able to do this? Are we going to be able to go a whole year without getting out of here for a while? Are we going to go stir-crazy and drive each other nuts if we don't get a break from the daily routine? Is Matt going to go bezerk at his job if he doesn't get some time off?"
AUGH!
I've always considered it an asset that I am such an all-or-nothin' kind of girl. When I do something, I really DO it. I give it 100%. So for me to concede and "allow" us to spend a thousand on a vacation...just feels like I've given up. Like I'm saying "to heck with it". I don't want to stop the track we're on...but I also don't want to be so SERIOUS that I can't have ANY fun either.
What do you all say?
Of all the many "hats" that I wear--here is one you don't get to see very often--my "teacher hat." Our church photographer came through a couple of weeks ago and took some shots of me teaching the 4-year-old class to use in the slideshow at our volunteer banquet. He e-mailed me the pics so I thought I'd share one with you since it happened to have me AND Grant in it! This is one of the ways I give to the Lord and have really found a piece of me that has been "closed" for a long time. I always wanted to be a teacher all during my childhood and even into adulthood. When I went to college, I knew for sure I was going into Elementary Education....but....I fell in love and quit after just 1 year...so no teaching degree for me. Being a teacher at church is the best of both worlds because I get to not only teach them...but teach them the Word of God! Plus, I've discovered that I probably wouldn't have made a very great teacher after all. I do a good job in my class at church...but now I can't IMAGINE doing that every day for 8 hours a day! I'm exhausted after just a few hours at church!! As the song goes...some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers!
And of course, here is my little man. This was taken at the batting cages a couple of weeks ago (shortly after we cut all his long hair off!) He wraps me tighter around his little finger every day. I'm telling you---between him and his daddy---I am totally whipped. He is playing T-ball this spring and I can't wait to see how he wow's everybody with his skillz. The kid has got mad-baseball hitting skillz. He rarely misses a hit, no matter how lousy the pitch (or pitcher ie. his mommy). There will be lots more baseall pics to come as the season gets started! And for the record...who do you think HE looks like? Again, we hear both sides...some say he looks like me (the dark hair) others say he looks just like his daddy. He may get his dark hair from me but he definitely has his daddy's body structure---tall, lean and thin. (NO FAIR! :o)(warning: guys--you'll wanna skip this one. Trust me!)
So...you'll never guess what I got today?
Yah--Mother Nature, Aunt Flo, the CURSE!
Remind me again why women got the 'pleasure' of menstruation? What did men get?
I'm actually one of the lucky ones. Since I have an IUD, my visitor only visits about every 6 months these days...but gee...when she comes she brings a whole load of 'presents' with her. Today, the first present I recieved was a GINORMOUS zit gracing the center of my chin. How lovely! Of course I couldn't wait to pop it so now I have a big red scab there instead. Nice.
Next, since 'she' came unannounced, I had the 'pleasure' of soaking and scrubbing my new favorite undies. (sorry girls...gross and way TMI i'm sure--but you know you've been there!) Shortly thereafter I hear the chime of my cell phone telling me I have a new text message. I open it up to read one of the sweetest things my husband has ever said to me and immediately the water works began. The bad part is I was driving the kids to school. Driving and sobbing aren't the best pair-fyi. Plus, then I have to try to eplain to them why I'm "so happy that I'm crying". Yah--4 year olds just totally do not get that.
Since then, I've been experiencing those long-forgotten cramps. The kind of cramps that make you want to bend over and clutch your stomach and not move. What the heck? I haven't had cramps like that since big bangs were in style. Oooouch!
Furthermore, I think I have cried 3 more times since the earlier text message. At least they have all been tears of joy or compassion--not sadness. My lower back reminds me of how I felt when I was 9 months pregnant---tons of pressure. Plus, I've been hungry since the moment I opened my eyes this morning. That is not a good thing since I just started a new eating plan yesterday!
Dang that Eve. I wonder if we get these 'pleasures' because of her disobedience in the garden of Eden? I mean, I know we were cursed with pain during childbirth...but I wonder if we would have had to go through all this 'fun' if she'd have just kept her mouth shut. What kind of a woman TALKS to a SNAKE anyway? Aren't we supposed to scream and run from snakes? I'm telling you---she better watch her back when I get to Heaven! :o)
I stood in the deoderant aisle at Wal-Mart for probably 10 minutes this morning sniffing and smelling, reading and studying the different kinds of deoderants. I ended up getting nothing.
I'm looking for THE deoderant. I want a solid that goes on clear. I want it to smell clean and fresh not musky and I certainly don't need my armpits to smell like a fresh picked orchard. I don't like gel or anything sticky and I'm not into shooting ice-cold areosol into my pits either. It has to have a good dose of anti-perspirant because as we all know, I'm no stranger to getting sweaty. I also want something that can keep up with my busy, active lifestyle so that when I finally crawl into bed at 11 pm and try to cozy up to my hubby, I don't suddenly realize that my deoderant stopped working a few hours earlier and I then have to keep my arms pinned to my sides for the rest of our cuddling. (very hard to seem intersted when you won't move your arms away from your body!)
So...what do you guys use or suggest? Right now I think I'm using some kind of Teen Spirit crap I bought for Brooklyn but she never uses it so I decided not to let it go to waste. However, it is of absolutely no use. I can smell myself before I even finish a single morning work out and on top of that, it has this sickly sweet smell that reminds me of something Hannah Montana would wear.
I did notice that all the big brands have come out with a "Clinical" strength deoderant now. At first I thought this was the answer to my problems....but then I realized that #1 they don't even claim to be more anti-perspiranty than the other kinds and #2 they don't smell hardly at all (maybe gentler to your skin though) and #3 (the big one) they cost nearly $8 each!! YIKES! Eight Bucks for a stick of deoderant is a bit steep for my wallet--unless I know it's absolutely amazngly awesome.
So, what kind do you guys get? please do tell..... :o)
Does this sound familiar?
"Somebody needs to take out the trash."
"Somebody needs to fold the laundry."
"Somebody needs to scoop the dog poop."
"Somebody needs to call ___ about ____."
"Somebody needs to clean up this mess."
"Somebody took my stuff."
"I didn't do it, it was somebody else."
"Will somebody please turn that down?"
Ya, well, for once, I'd just like to be a nobody. Nobody has to do anything around here except for Somebody and I'm ready to retire from "somebody's" job. And by the way, "yah, somebody took your stuff--she also put it in your room where it goes until you leave it out again when somebody will have to pick it up again!"
So..it's like this: I didn't mean to---but I blogged my whole life's story (well at least the last 4 days worth) on my other blog ( http://p90xourjourney.blogspot.com ) and now I don't want to re-type it all. I'm sorry I keep doing this to you guys...but sometimes having 2 blogs and trying to keep them seperate is hard work.
I know I've been very neglectful of this blog lately and I hate it. I really do. You guys are totally my buddies and when I go a week without "talking" to you or "hearing from you" (reading your blogs) I feel kind of lost--and alone.
Anyway, life has settled down a bit for me now from the way it was last week...so I hopefully will be able to stay caught up now.
Of course, I have another big weekend planned...so who knows? Anyway, just don't give up on me. I promise..even if I am gone for a bit, I'll always come back!
Ps. Can someone please tell me how you put a link to another blog on here without typing out the whole address? I cannot, for the life of me, figure that out! You know where you can just click on the words "other blog" and it will take you to my other blog....???!!
{{Big Sigh}} hmmm....so where've I been you ask? Well, there are a couple possible answers:
1. I've been doing extra work this week for a friend from the dr. office.
2. I've been working out even more than usual.
3. I've been preparing for school Valentine parties.
4. I've been doing laundry, dishes and cleaning house even more than usual.
...and that's pretty much it.
I go, go, go from the moment my feet hit the floor at 5:30 am and don't usually stop until the moment my head hits the pillow at about 10 pm. I know..that's the story of every mother. I'm not looking for sympathy--just explaining why I've been around less on the blogosphere. Add to that the fact that nothing really extraordinary or significant has been happening around here...and it makes for really boring blogging.
This weekend, for Valentines Day, my mom has offered to babysit while Matt and I do something. He actually has an idea up his sleeve this year, so he is taking me somewhere--but I don't know where! He told me it's "not very exciting. Don't get your hopes up". But I don't care if it is exciting...I'm just thrilled that he is making the plans!! We agreed to stop at the mall or somewhere and pick up a little gift for each other while we're out. That way neither of us has to stress about what to get each other beforehand and it's as much a gift to me just to have him actually WITH me shopping as it is to get something! (the guy HATES shopping with a PASSION!) I'm looking forward to a day with my sweetheart--just the 2 of us. What do you guys have planned for Saturday?
NICKNAMES:
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.
EATING OUT:
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller andnone will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.
MONEY:
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.
ARGUMENTS:
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
FUTURE:
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
SUCCESS:
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
OFFSPRING:
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secretfears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
Please tell me you know what GNO stands for???
If you're any kind of Miley Cyrus fan, you've surely heard the song.
Well, for those of you who don't have a young pre-pre-teen girl who is a Hannah Montana wannabe...I'll tell you...It stands for Girls Night Out.
Something we all need more of, IMO.
Well, tonight me and Brook and my mom got out of the house and went and saw the movie Bride Wars. It was SOOOOOOO cute! I highly recommend grabbing up your best girl friend and going to see this movie! You will laugh and cry--and then walk out of there feeling more grateful than ever for having that friend. Go see it! I can't imagine any female who would dislike this movie!
but I haven't been blogging much lately because I just don't have anything interesting to say. And when I'm not blogging much--I tend to stay away from the computer more--which means I also don't read blogs either. So I'm sorry if I haven't read or commented on your blogs lately, it's nothing pesonal....just been busy with life.
In the past 14 days, Brooklyn has actually gone to school for 3 1/2 days! Wednesday (almost 2 weeks ago) she went to the dentist and missed half a day of school. Then she stayed home Thur. & Friday with a sore throat. She went back to school on Monday and then we got iced in and school was cancelled the rest of the week!! Now, finally, it was Monday again and time to go back to school but she was sick again/still. I took her to the doctor this morning and he said she has acute laryngotracheobronchitis. Basically--she has no voice whatsoever and has a very swollen, irritated, sore throat and neck. He excused her from school until Wednesday. But...I think we are actually going to let her go tomorrow because she is not feeling bad anymore, she's not contagious and they are having their big "100th day of school" party tomorrow and she doens't want to miss it.
On another note...Sunday after church, we decided to take Grant and get his hair all cut off!! We've been growing it out for a looooong time now, but it was starting to really look shaggy and sloppy, so we went back with a short cut with a little faux-hawk/spike in the front and it looks SO CUTE! I'm so glad we did it. I was nervous at first because I really loved his long hair and had grown attached to his little curls in the back..but now I can see he looks much neater and cleaner and even cuter with it short.
As for me and Matt..nothing is really new with us. We went and had our taxes done last week and they are already filed and we are waiting on our return to hit the bank. It's exciting because we are VERY focused on getting out of debt this year and with this extra money, we will be able to pay off his truck and a few little credit card debts that we owe. YAY! Just a few more to go and then all we'll owe for is the house! Maybe, if we're really dedicated--which we are--by this time next year, we'll be to that point! yay!
Okay, well, I wanted to write more but I am suddenly very sleepy so I think that'll be all for now. G'night y'all! XOXO!
Billy Mays
I don't give a crap what kind of cleaner he's selling---Orange Clean, Oxi Clean, Orange Glo...whatever---it does NOT give him a right to YELL at us!
Geeezz....don't those companies know that I turn the channel the minute their stupid commercial comes on and wouldn't want to buy the product JUST because of how much I HATE their commercials?!
Do they really think that by turning up the volume 5 notches on their commercial that it's going to impact me more???
impact-no! frustrate-yes!
