Jul. 22, 2009 - Want to Blog, Can't find energy
It's obviously been forever since I posted. I don't want to abandon my blog. It's just that by the time I work all day, get home, cook dinner, clean up after dinner, bake whatever needs to be baked, do laundry etc., etc, etc... I'm really tired. To go down to the basement and sit in an uncomfortable chair and share, is just more than I can do. Here are words about my life recently.
Tired, sad, mood swings, overwhelmed, peri-menopause???, anxious, a mess, unorganized, overbooked, sitting when I should be doing, failing, depressed, worried, stressed, headachy, grouchy when I should be content. etc, etc, etc., buried, overworked, need a retreat, need direction, need energy, need motivation, need the Lord, need to feel close to the Lord, eager to do things, but no energy.
So, after all that happiness, I'm sure your clicking away from all the grey and heaviness. If not, don't worry, just pray. I do. I pray. Hopefully the next post will be cheerier.
May. 14, 2009 - Bread, teens, work, ministry
These are the reasons I've not posted in quite awhile, I often think of my poor blog just sitting here and feel so bad for it. So, I came by today to write.
Bread: I've been working over the Winter break from the Farmers Market on research and development. The market starts back up in 3 weeks. In the meantime I'm baking for a cause. Last week I baked and sold over $200 worth of cinnamon rolls at work for Relay for Life. We have a team here at work and we are holding ongoing fundraisers until the day of the walk. My part is baking the goodies and selling them, as well as helping promote the other fundraisers.
Teens: I now have a drivable age daughter. She has her permit and as the car allows I encourage her to drive. She will be spreading her wings as the summer comes upon us and she wants a job. She is currently helping out an elderly lady at our church by cleaning and helping run errands once a week. She was also asked this week if she wants to help another older lady with some things at her house. DD has been attending youth group at the church of a homeschool friend and her social circle is expanding nicely. There are a nice group of girls that host a movie night once a month, rotating to different homes. On the one hand I seriously dislike the fact that our town does not have a mall, but on the other, I don't have to worry about the girls wanting to go and hang out at the mall. They did go on a mall scavenger hunt a few weeks back at the mall in a nearby city, they had a blast and I'm glad I didn't know much about it until after the fact. I knew she was going to the mall with the group, just wasn't totaly aware that the parent dropped them off.
I have more to add but will do so later, need to wrap up here and get moving. I'll chat on the work and ministry topics later.
Feb. 26, 2009 - Man! Time flies!
I know, I know, it's been soooooooo long since I've posted. I still remember that I have a blog, its just finding the time to actually open it and write on it. Anywayyyyy....
Not a whole lot going on in life. We lived through a natural disaster recently. Ice storm/power outage of 5 days for our home, some went as many as 3 weeks without power. We now literally live in the sticks, tree limbs and branches piled everywhere around town.
Great News! DH and I are the chair for the local Bible Bee competition here in our area. This is a great opportunity to reach children, youth and their families with the Gospel. We are coveting prayers all over the place on this activity. Biblebee.org has all the details on this great contest. We are excited to be involved and working hard to make it a memorable competition. This is taking me way out of my comfort zone in having to call and talk to people I don't know about something I'm passionate about.
I'm still doing some baking here and there. I have been experimenting with sourdough bread and other whole grains in anticipation of this years Farmers Market. My job is not looking entirely secure, so this may be a major area of income in the near future. I always have plans in my head to come home from work and tinker on this recipe or that one, but often am too exhausted to get anything out of the kitchen but dinner.
I don't think I ever introduced our latest member of the family. About two weeks before Christmas, we acquired a Boxer puppy. He was the only survivor from the litter he was born with and he is an albino. (Although, he is spotting up all over, I'm beginning to wonder if he has dalmation in him, JK). He is growing quickly and trying really hard to learn the whole potty thing. Usually the only time he messes up its really our fault, although here and there its his fault.
Church is still sort of limping along. We haven't grown any, and we are really challenged with music, we keep praying that things will turn around and we pray so much for direction as a family. Sometimes its really hard.
Gotta get back to work,
Blessings
Jan. 12, 2009 - Ditto
After reading my sister's post on her blog, I ditto the sentiments! She goes by cptwentworth. Anyway, such a long time with no posts, I think about posting here almost daily and the time just gets away from me. I often don't feel as if I have anything particularly relevant to say, so I don't post. But just for kicks here are some updates.
DD just turned 16!! I can't believe it. She was just a baby yesterday. She is now a beautiful, intelligent, thinking young lady that I am proud to be the mom of. I thanked God so much when He allowed me to become her mom and I'm still thanking him for the privelage of being the one she calls mom. We celebrated quietly and went out for Chinese for her b-day dinner.
We now have 2 dogs and 1 cat. We now have 1 13 week old white male boxer, sooooo cute, 1 3 year old female, black and white rat terrier mix and 1 6 month old orange cat. More about the pets later.
I'm at work at the moment so, I must go and get something done. Short post, but at least its something.
Nov. 10, 2008 -
Simple Woman Daybook
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Monday Simple Woman’s Daybook meme 
Outside my Window... Backyard I am thankful for... The Home I'm blessed to live in right now. From the kitchen... Chocolate cake w/ chocolate icing, dd made it
I am reading….. a book about the Children's crusade, can't remember the title right now.
I am hearing... TV & the dryer One of my favorite things...Ice cream Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you.. none tonight |
Nov. 5, 2008 - Election and Contest!!!
So right now I can only type with one hand and it is really hard, grr! I was in a car accident last night and did something to my wrist. Don't worry, other than my wrist I'm fine. It really scared me though.
So anyway, I want to just type this quickly.
I voted for the first time yesterday!! YAY!! Now I want to know did any of you vote (if you were old enough)? And did you watch the tv last night? I saw McCain's speech after he called and congratulated Obama. And it really moved me, I was so not expecting that. It was amazing sitting there watching a black man win, thinking that just 150 years ago we had slavery. Just think about that for a second. Kind of amazing don't you think. Unfortunatly, the pain pills I took for my wrist knocked me out just minutes before Obama's speech, and I am now sad. I was surprised by how close it was last night. Was anyone else??? I thought Obama would be leading a little bit more ahead than he was. I already knew that he was going to win though, because of the Redskin Rule. Now you must go look that up and tell me about it!
Now is the big news! So many persons are doing contests and giveaways and I feel left out, *sigh*. So now I am having one. The person that can send me the best link telling about the Redskin Rule and what they think of it will win a $10 gift card to the craft store Michaels. This contest will end on Tuesday November 18th and I will choose the winner on the 19th. So go, go, go people!!!
Now I'm off to class to take a test, oh fun!
Ciao, Sara Belle
Oct. 29, 2008 - Something to give you a little laugh...
So I thought I would write about my little adventure tonight and give all of you a little laugh.
On Wednesday night I have my speech class, which by the way my group speech was awesome tonight!! WOOT, go me, Logan, Karen, Jessica, and Brittany!! Anyway, it is dress-up week at school for Halloween, and a lot of the people in my speech class wanted to see one of the renaissance dresses I have made and get some pictures.
So I get home about 45 minutes ago, walk to the door, and try to open it. But it wouldn't open for me (rotten door). Apparently my adorable, sweet, ahem naughty 10 year old brother decided to lock the doors, and then fell asleep on the couch. I went to tell my mother, and she said "wait, I'll get the key from the car" and then I hear "uh oh", apparently the key was locked inside with my wonderful, dead-to-the-world little brother. So I begin to bang on the door, lightly at first and finally throwing my whole body against it, trying to wake my brother up. He better start to pray that he is never home alone and sleeping when a fire starts, because NOTHING wakes him up.
So after giving up on banging on the door and yelling Joshua's name, I turned to trying to show my two cats how to unlock the door with their paws. And I know they know how to, because my cats are scarily smart and can open the door. But they decided to just sit at the window, looking at me like I was insane and I swear the were smiling at me (rotten cats). By this time, I am started to get really annoyed and hot with my stupid heavy velvet renaissance dress and cape on, and by then my hair was everywhere and my tiara was askew. So I turn to pleading with our dog to "speak" and wake my brother up. I was very happy with myself for teaching her to "speak", because right now it seemed quite happy. Except she wasn't loud enough to wake my brother up. I even tried asking her if she wanted a treat, which makes her break into the famous beagle howling. And I just realized why Abby is sitting here staring at me with her big, warm chocolate brown puppy dog eyes, I said the word treat and she is still expecting one. Anyways, Abby's howling STILL didn't wake Joshie up.
By this time I had made enough noise to make my neighbor come out and see what all the commotion was about. And she ended up being a sweetheart and brought out her ladder. And I was voted by my mother (rotten mother) to climb up the ladder and through the window.
So I finally make it up the ladder, without fainting from my fear of heights, and made it halfway through the window. If you were driving by my home at this point of time, you would have seen two legs sticking out a window all tangled up in a renaissance costume, kicking around trying to get untangled so I could get through the window (rotten costume and window!). I finally made it through and landed with a loud "oomph" on top of my brother and the couch surrounded by a renaissance dress and cloak that I am really starting to hate right now! And then, if you can believe it, Joshie woke up when I landed on him, and then rolled over and fell back asleep!! I think there is something seriously wrong with that little boy. Anyways, note to self, ALWAYS make sure I have the house key before I leave, ALWAYS!!
I hope I gave you a little laugh from my crazy ordeal tonight. Have a great day tomorrow!!
Love you all,
Sara Belle
Oct. 21, 2008 - My Decision
I was sitting in my geography class today and we got on the subject of the Mayans and their predictions of the future. They predicted that the world was going to end on December 23rd, 2012. The Mayans have only been of by 42 seconds on any of their predictions. Then my professor said that he personally thinks that everyone should forget school for a little bit and travel. You get the best education from just traveling. So I have decided that after this year of college, instead of transferring somewhere for next year, I am taking a school year off to earn enough money so I can travel. And then when I am done I will go back to school.
Now you’re probably going to say that I am crazy, that the world is not going to end in 2012, and I should just stick to my plan of going to college first and then traveling. But I am not deciding this on a whim and it is not because of the Mayans predictions of the end of the world. It is because I have been contemplating this for a while. I have to do it now. What if I died tomorrow, or what if let’s say in three months I meet a guy, we become engaged in a year, then we get married and start a family. I won’t have the freedom to travel after that. I have to take the chance now and go.
If my parents didn’t decide to sell the house after the hurricane, buy an RV, and travel the
My mother grew up traveling, she traveled when she was around my age with my MorMor, and I am extremely jealous of the experiences she had. And my 16 year old brother spend 7 months bicycling across
Traveling is in my blood. From when I was five years old to when I was thirteen I have journals of all my dreams and everything I wanted to do. I wanted to live on a sailboat and travel the waters, I wanted to study the renaissance and art it
I love this country, but after traveling all over it and living here my entire life, I am bored of it. I want to see distant lands that I read about and dream of. I have to get out of here before I go insane. I am not waiting another minute. Now I know I am going to get a lot of lectures and criticism from family and friends about my decision, but I just don’t care anymore. If I spend the rest of my life caring about what others think and living my life how they want me to, I will not be living my life. I have seen a lot of death in the past few years, and I have learned how fragile and precious life is. If I went to the doctor and they said I have some rare disease and I only have 2 weeks to live, I have lost my chance to live my dreams.
I cry myself to sleep at night because I feel trapped and I feel like I will never be able to do what I want, and it is so horrible. Every moment in life is a blessing, and mine are wasting away. I have given up a lot for my family, and I love them dearly, but I just can’t do it anymore. I was supposed to go to this Christian home for girls to get help with some problems I have, but my mom had just left my dad and she needed me to help her and be a babysitter for my little brother so she could work and go back to school to support us. I had an offer to go to
At the end of May I am going on an art trip to
So all of you may say that I am crazy and will probably be extremely disappointed in me, but I just don’t care anymore. This is my life and I am not going to let it waste away. Life is for living, and I am going to live it!
Here are the places I want to go to:
Spain-Barcelona (I have a step-aunt who lives there)
Central American
Oct. 7, 2008 - Thank you
Thank you to those that have prayed for my friends' family. We took a trip to Oklahoma to be with them for the viewing, unfortunately we had to leave before the actual funeral, however there were many friends and family from all over the country there to help them through. She will need continued prayer in the days to come, she is doing well considering the circumstances.
Oct. 1, 2008 - Please Pray
I know I haven't been keeping up my blog very regularly, but I have an urgent request. Please pray for our friends the Hydes. Tammy and the kids are mourning and grieving the loss of her husband of 20+ years. He was only 40! He died suddenly last night. Our hearts are broken for them. The kids are 16 & 19. We all attended the same church and worked and played and ministered together for years. They moved to Oklahoma about two years before we moved here. We are so shocked and saddened!
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