Mar. 9, 2006 - Fun Ford weekend......

Well I just returned from an awesome weekend away with my husband. We drove to Orlando for the Fun Ford weekend, and it was so much fun. Its basically a weekend full of car stuff. Car shows, cars souvenoirs, car swap meet and, of course, car racing. YEAH!! For some reason, the smells alone excite me. There is nothing like the smells of exhaust fumes and burnt rubber. Go figure....

After the day of fun there, we spent the rest of the time at my in-laws house. They came to our house to watch our children and we got their house to ourselves. The bonus to that is, they live at the beach. So we got to walk on the beach, and ride the four-wheeler. Then we just lounged around watching cable and cooked out some delicious steaks for dinner.  It was all soooooo relaxing, and much needed for both of us. Im hopeing this weekend was the kick-off for us to start having more Misty/Aaron time and not all Mom/Dad time. Yes, Mom/Dad time is okay too, but it cant always be that way. We find ourselves in this really tough spot of our marriage right now, and its really hard to deal with and work on when you dont even fell like you know that person anymore. How can we know each other like we used to, if we never, ever spend alone time together? We work and do school, run errands, basically do all the things we are supposed to do but forget that OUR relationship has to be tended to as well. Date nights or even just date days have to become more of a necessity. No more excuses of no time or money, cause guess what, it will cost us a lot more that if we were to continue to neglect our relationship and have our marriage end. But for now we are realizing the importance of alone time and with Gods help we can do it. This weekend was just a small taste, and Im very excited and hopeful for the future.

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Mar. 7, 2006 - Music video...

Ok so notice my totally sweet addition to my blog......MUSIC!!.

My friend Kelli gave us a crash course for adding the videos, and it took me like an hour to get it on there, but whatever its there now. And no its not completely a "Christian" song, my first pick was Jeremy Camp, of course, but this song relates alot to my life right now, so I thought it was appropriate. Enjoy. Hope to write some more tomorrow......

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Feb. 28, 2006 - A ray of hope.......

Lately I have been very sad. There are some things happening in my life that I have absolutely no control over, and to be honest these things have complete control over me. Why is it that when Im faced with some of lifes biggest trials my first instinct is to figure the whole thing on my own? All to often I immediately go to work on the problem without even thinking to turn to God and allow Him to do the work. Thats what Hes there for right? He wants me to give it all to Him so He can take care of it, then Im not walking around in funk all the time. But as usual Ive been working on this certain something in my life trying to fix it on my own, and guess what it has all come to a halt and has almost ended my marriage. AHA, bright idea, why not call our pastor and get him involved and seek some Godly counsel.  DUH!! Pride is a terrible thing. Well praise God, we let down our guards for a while, and sought the counsel of our pastor, and I have to say that I feel a ray of hope. Life doesnt seem so hopeless now. But thats oneof Gods specialties isnt it? Hope. This session with our pastor was EXACTLY what we needed. He had some very straight forward comments towards my husband and I, so there was no taking sides and thats what we needed. I truly feel that God was present during this session and that the words/advice given was from God. My husband and I walked into the session not even looking at each other but left the session praying for one another. Who other than God can do that? God truly is good. Even when I stumble and try to fix things on my own, and completely ruin it, Hes there waiting patiently to jump right in and save me. Im truly not worthy!!!

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Feb. 26, 2006 - The neverending lists of a list junkie...

Does anyone else ever feel like the lists we keep seem to never end? I am a notorious list maker. I love lists. I usually have at least 3 going at one time. I am so obsessed with my lists that last week while running errands, happily crossing of items that I had accomplished, I had managed to figure out a couple more things that needed done, that were NOT on my list, so after completeing these tasks I specifically wrote them down just so I could cross them off. Completely wacky, but for some reason totally refreshing. I think daily life is so hectic sometimes that I love a tad bit of organization. However tiny it may be.

 

So the 3 MAJOR things on my list recently have been: our homeschool groups Valentines party that I was helping to plan, homeschool portfolios, and our taxes. Well the Valentines party turned out really well. I think the kids had fun, at least I hope so. I loooove to do parties, but its a little stressful when you planning one for others. But thats done, so I can cross it out. Then the portfolios, took me a couple days to get them like I wanted them but, they are officially up to date, so I can cross that off. Now, the dreaded taxes, AAAHH!! Ok, I have always been good at Math and numbers, I even worked in a bank for years and loved it, money and numbers, perfect. However, doing our taxes, personal and business, is slowly kicking my butt. Im so mentally tired its ridiculous. Heres the bad part, part of the problem is that some of the things I needed were buried in places other than where they were supposed to be. Surprise, surprise. Every year I say Im going to keep better track, and divide all of our receipts, but NOPE. Why do I torture myself?? And Im totally not paying someone to do them when I can, thats a complete waste of money. Anyway after 6 hrs. of working on the taxes last night, I think Im almost done, just need to make a "quick" call to IRS Monday with a question. Lord, please help me.

In the process of these 3 things being done, its funny how even with me slowly crossing of one thing at a time, I continually add one more. While planning the party, I made a complete mess in my room and now CLEAN ROOM is on the list. While doing portfolios, I demolished all of my school books and papers, ORGANIZE SCHOOL STUFF is now on my list. And now with doing the taxes, my computer is a mess and while digging for papers in my desk, I realized what a disaster it was, so CLEAN OUT COMPUTER AND DESK, are now on my list. WHEW!!! Not to mention Ive been so busy weve been eating out everyday and now were out of everything food wise, so guess what, GROCERIES on my list.

Anyone willing to take home 4 children so I can accomplish all this????? (Just Kidding) All I can say is that I hope there are some other moms out there that get completely overwhelmed and literally have so much to do sometimes that they say "Forget it, moms off today, where are the movies?", because thats what it comes down to sometimes. Hubby may be upset because of the dirty dishes, kids may eat cereal for dinner, but its okay to just do nothing for a day (or two) right?????

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Feb. 22, 2006 - Thank God for girlfriends..........

Well today has been a really good day. A couple of us homeschooling mommas took it upon ourselves to have a "fun" day for school. Let me say first that God has seen fit to bless me with 3 very dear, wonderful girlfriends.

My friend Yvette has been my bestest (not a word, I know) friend for a couple of years now, and it pretty much has just been me and her, and that was fine. She's so precious to me and I can't even imagine what my life was like without her, we became instant friends and I have laughed with her almost every single day for years now, not to mention the crying we've done together. She truly is the sister I never had. I could have just had her for a friend forever and never have needed more but God being as good as he is, must have thought, "What the heck, let me bless Misty a little more", because here come Misty K. (yes, we have the same name) and Kelli, both of these women are so, so, so, wonderful.

The funny thing about Misty K. and Kelli is that we have been in the same homeschool group for years but have never really talked until this year. We have just kinda showed up for monthly meetings and then left, no real interaction. This year has been soooo different, Misty K. and I bonded quickly because we have boys the same age and they became good friends, therefore we were forced to talk and found out we actually enjoyed each other.....DUH!! We should have talked years ago. She is so special and such a great friend, she has the most wonderful loving spirit and I know that I have so much to learn her. She genuinely loves the Lord, and it inspires me to want more of God myself. I admit that I can be so inconsistent sometimes and my personal relationship with God suffers because of it, but the more I get to know of her the more I see what you reap from having a constant relationship with him. I know that I have so much to learn from her and I'm glad to have her in my life.

Kelli is my adorable, spunky friend, she brings out the young side of me that I forgot was there. Daily life, can cause you to forget that its okay to be silly and fun and impulsive, we have so much that we HAVE to do everyday that we forget life can be good no matter what I have to do. She is the one who goes roller skating with me and shares in my blisters and bruises, we attempted to teach our children the electric slide EEEKKKK!!!, she's the one who puts all the kids in her car and does donuts in the parking lot. (sounds dangerous but it wasn't) Well she is that part of me that I missed so terribly much, and am so glad to have back. We are both impulsive and silly, we laugh so much our cheeks hurt, and I love it. At the same time she has her serious, deep, spiritual side and I really learn alot from her.

 

Now having given out way to much info., today Kelli, Misty K., and I took all of our children, all 12 of them, to a great McDonalds with a huge indoor playground and let all the kids play while we talked for 3 hours. How fun is that!!? Then we all headed to a super cozy new library and stayed there for another 3 hours, just looking at books and talking while the kids used the computers and read books. People who think homeschoolers don't have enough socialization, have never met our families. :)

Days like today are such a huge blessing not only to me but to my children, and I just have to pray and say "Thank you God for knowing me even better than I know myself. Thank you for blessing me with my husband, and children, and now wonderful sisters to join in my life. You truly do care about even the smallest of details of my life. You know all my hearts desires and are always willing to grant them. You are a good God."

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Feb. 21, 2006 - Here we go.........

Ok, well this is officially my 1st entry. YEAH!!! I had never even heard of "blogging" until one of my wonderful friends mentioned it. I am not computer savvy so I of course had no idea what language she was even speaking, so once she told me all about it, I became intrigued. I came home and checked out her cool blog and was totally hooked, I was so jealous I didn't think of it first. :) But here we are now and I'm so excited!! I love to vent about all the crazy stuff in my life and this is the perfect way to do it without tieing up the phone line all night. (Hubby will be very greatful) I actually couldn't have started this blog on a better night, today has been a super busy day and now I need some ME time. We woke up late (as usual), immediately I go to work feeding all the kids, 4 hungry children can be very scary, and then of course the new puppy need some attention. Jekyll is his name and he's super cute, but oh my he's just basically another child, minus the gaining 30 lbs. and giving birth part, so that's cool. After breakfast came the schoolwork, we are behind right now, surprise, surprise, so fast forward a few hours, and the dreaded portfolios came.....AAAAHH!! I dread them because I procrastinated and waited until now to do it and so it took me 4 hours to finish them. Please God help me. :)

So I can cross portfolios of my list, now onto finishing our taxes, and planning the homeschool Valentines party. None of which do I mind, I like doing the taxes, and LOVE to do parties, however I feel like I need at least 10 more hours in my day. I totally promise myself everyday tomorrow  I will wake up earlier but I just can't, so I'm totally praying for God to help my sleeping pattern, it's very hard to break it once your so used to it. I stay up late every night because that's my only quiet time and so I LOVE it and won't got to bed, I can read, or watch TV, or take a bath and not one person bothers me, I swear it's too good to pass up, BUT then morning comes, ooooohhhh, and here comes the Advil and Coke for breakfast, am I the only person on earth who does this? Sometimes I wonder and sometimes I feel completely guilty, but God's gonna help me, He and I are gonna figure this out. Well that's enough for my 1st entry, gotta get kids in bed and have some mom time........Tomorrow's coming.

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