Just a few thoughts....

So how are you liking summer so far? Finally we are having some nice weather! I have been away for almost 3 weeks, just the girls and I, we went and visited the in-law's out in Alberta. We had a great time catching up and relaxing, got some sun, had some fun and now we are back and reality comes crashing back down. Isn't it funny how we can get away and our problems and the busyness of life seem to disappear? lol 

Well now we are back and back into full swing, my brother is getting married on Sunday so there is lots going on surrounding that, rehearsal, shopping for gifts and clothes to wear etc. Oh yea and then that nasty little thing called back to school is looming in the far to close future, ah! I hate it when my kids go back to school, I LOVE having them home with me! I really wish I was one of those moms that can home school, I have lots of friends that do it and they all say "Oh it's so simple"..........ah........yea...........not so much!  I tried it, I had a goal of 3 months, I barely lasted a month, it is not for me! lol I think I may have had to go to the loony bin if I had pursued it further lol.

I recently found out that my sister-in-law has a DYI blog, I LOVE it!!! She is so talented! You HAVE to check it out www.brownpaperpackagesep.blogspot.com  Even the way she has her blog set up is awesome!  After spending a week with her and her family I am inspired to change some things around my home, so lets see what I can do eh?

Brown Paper Packages: Make Your Own Yogurt!

This is my Sister-in-law's blog, I can't wait to try this!!! I did taste it when I was out visiting her and it's yummy!!!

Brown Paper Packages: Make Your Own Yogurt!: "Hello, hello! Sorry for the delay in posting around here...life has been a little nutty lately with traveling, a wedding, sick babies, hosp..."

God's Promises

How are you? It has been a while eh? I see that my last post was in May of 2010, almost a year ago....I have really just ignored my blog.

Things in my life have changed a little here and there, I still have a husband and 2 girls, the girls are 4 and 8 and they are going well. Alexa is in grade 3 and finds it challenging, Brooklynn is in preschool and she loves it. Dale is not driving tow truck anymore and now owns another semi truck and does work in our local area. I am working now too, I am doing courier work for a friend who specializes in hauling aerospace parts, I love it. It was a huge and a difficult change for me going from being a stay at home mom for 9 years to working full time but I love the work and the money was desperately needed. I don't work full time all the time though, I will when someone goes on vacation or is sick etc but other then that I just work more on an on call basis which works fine for me.

God has been so good, He has blessed me with a job at the exact time that it was needed most, He has provided money to buy groceries at the exact time needed, He has been faithful and I am so thank-full! Here is an example of how God has blessed me: one night I made a grocery list, there was nothing fancy on it, just the basics that we needed. I didn't have any money to buy the things on that list but I made it anyways, I was not going to ask anyone if I could borrow the money to buy those things, I had decided that I was just going to trust the Lord to provide. After the list was finished I looked at it and simply said "Well Lord, You are going to have to provide the money to pay for these things" and I left it at that. The next morning I got the mail and in the stack of papers were 2 checks that I was not expecting or knew were coming!!! "Well Lord, thank-you for the money to pay for the groceries!!!" So that afternoon off I go to the store, as I shopped I did not keep track of the things I was putting into the cart, now that I think back on it that was quite foolish because how was I going to pay for the things if I went over the amount of the checks that I had received? But that was in the Lords plan!!! He had it all figured out for me. As I put all my things on the counter I said a little prayer "Lord, please let me have enough money to pay for all this" The cashier tells me the total and I count out the bills....and then the change, I had EXACTLY the amount needed, I literally had cents left!!!!!! How many times have you shopped and had exactly what you needed, no more, no less??? God sure showed me that HE is taking care of me and my family, this was exactly what I needed to experience to know without a shadow of a doubt that HE IS THERE FOR ME, and HE IS THERE FOR YOU TOO!!!

~Jeremiah 29:11-13: "For I know the plans I have for you" says the Lord. "They are plans for your good and not for disaster, to give you a hope and a future" "In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for Me in earnest, you will find Me when you seek Me".

~Isaiah 40:31: But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

These two scriptures I have held close to my heart in the last year and give me comfort when I start feeling down or depressed, Psalm 91 is also an awesome one that I hold tight too, look it up.

If you have any prayer needs I would love to hear about them and I will pray with you for God's best in your life!

Fighting the fight

Do you ever feel like giving up? I have been struggling with that lately, I feel like I want to scream "WHY DO I BOTHER, NO ONE CARES OR NOTICES ANYWAYS!!!!" For whatever reason I constantly feel like a failure, I feel like I'm not a good mom, not a good wife, not a good house keeper (this I know to be true), not a good cook (I've been told this several times, not by Dale fyi), not a good friend, not a good Woman of God. Why is this? I think it's the devil trying to make me feel this way, I think that he sees little tears in places and rips them open into giant ones, he looks for little 'ins' and then does his thing. Just so you know I am not saying this due to any fights or problems with my husband, it just came on. Maybe cause I have so many things going on right now and I'm feeling over whelmed is the reason those feelings come on stronger now? Anyways, that is my vent for now, thanks for 'listening' :o)

Weight

Well I have to admit I've been avoiding my blog a bit, not because I don't enjoy writing, I love it but because I can't think of any topics. When I first started I kept myself awake at night thinking of things to write about but unfortunately did not write any of those ideas down :o( I also have been scared to write about some of the things that have come to mind because I don't want to be put down, being that this is a perfect way for people to say what they want and remain anonymous is great for you but not so much for me because when I do get those negative comments I'm afraid that it is someone that I'm close to and I just don't know who it is. I don't want to offend people and I am a people pleaser and so when I get these sorts of comments it's hard for me cause I can't fix it. I suppose that this is something I just need to get over.

So I have been making some changes in my life, I have started going to a gym and amazingly I love it. I have tried this before and went to Curves but I hated it and had a really hard time staying committed and ultimately quit. In the first week I didn't change too much what I ate except for making sure to eat breakfast every day, this is the hardest meal for me as I am not a breakfast fan. I lost 2 lbs in the first week!!! (I haven't weighed yet to see what happened week 2) I was pretty excited to say the least! I have been overweight my whole life, I don't know what it's like to be thin. When I had the fitness assessment at the gym the lady asked me how much I wanted to lose and I said I wasn't sure but I had a number in my head which I told her, she said "how long would you like to take to lose it? 1 year? 2 years?" I said "well how about Biggest Loser style and do it in about 15 weeks?" She laughed at me! heehee Of course I was joking but wouldn't that be nice?! I wonder about those people though if they have a hard time sticking to their programs after they go home because they have done it so fast that once they get back into normal life it's more difficult. I know that the season 1 winner is back up as high as he was when he started the show, how disappointing would that be?

I feel so good, better than I have in a long time! I am slowly working on some other changes too, now my next goal? To get a handle on a regular routine with the housework so it doesn't seen so overwhelming. :o)

Charts!

OH my I just found the best websites for charts! I do very well if I've got a weekly chart where I can write down everything that's happening for the week, I love my day timer but if I have something that I can put on the fridge it's even better, they help me to stay on track and not forget anything. So here are the websites: www.theprojectgirl.com, this one was great, she has a weekly meal planner and then depending on which style you choose there is a list on the side or bottom of the page where you can keep a running tab of what you need as far as groceries go, it's even listed out in sections: produce, canned goods, dairy, frozen etc. Then there is www.mintprintables.com, this was a weekly calender, the one that I loved had a retro pink border (shocking that I would pick pink, I know! lol) the top of it says 'Daily appointments for the week of:' and then it's got the week below it with lines to write whatever you want for each day in. Another website www.organizedhome.com gave several different options for charts that you can print and make into a book, it even gave a cover that you can print! Then there was one that I found that has kids chore charts (Alexa will be so pleased I'm sure) www.mommiesonline.net. I have found printable chore charts on other sites but I didn't like them as much as this one. I should also mention that these were all FREE! Now I just need to decide which ones to use! lol


ps: If I knew how I would put links to these website on here....sorry.

It's been a while......

Wow has it really been over a month since I last blogged? Time went by so fast I had no idea :o) So how have you been my blog reading friends? I have been doing well. Things around here have been busy and go from one thing to the next. I am feeling much better since being sick, I am still quite tired, I suppose that is left over from the infection that I had. Alexa had her dental surgery, she had an extra tooth that was up in her gum that needed to be removed, it went well and she was already back to her normal self within a couple of days. Dale started a new job, driving a tow truck, he enjoys it and the girls and I enjoy having him home every night. I was a little worried about having him home all the time because I was so used to being alone so much and wondered if having him here that he would get on my nerves. I had heard other truckers wives say that this happens to them as well as women who's husbands retire. Well it has gone really well, we've been getting along great and have even had the opportunity to take a course at our church called Love and Respect, it's about the differences between men and women and how they react to each other, I highly recommend getting the book, it's very interesting. The book is called Love and Respect.

I would really like to get back to blogging regularly but I need some ideas from you about what to write about, maybe you don't like reading about my life. lol