Yesterday someone came to look at our house. I had a really good feeling about it. They already loved our house from the pictures. I worked my butt off making my house look as good as possible. I mowed the grass. I vacuumed the whole house. I mopped all the floors. I cleaned the kids' rooms. I scrubbed the shower door. I did all of the laundry and put it all away. I dusted-even the ceiling fan in the living room. I cleaned all of the kitchen appliances. I hid the coffee pot and the toaster oven and dish drainer. I even cleaned the desk--which is in a closed cabinet that no one would open. When I clean, I have to clean everything. I even got rid of old clothes when I was in the kids' closets. I did way more than I needed to.
My house looked its very best. The people showed up an hour late, minutes after the kids got off the bus and it had started raining. So we were here, we sat in the car. When they were done inside, they came out and asked me questions. They were so impressed they asked if we really live in here. They said it was beautiful and they loved the views. They seemed so interested.
Late this afternoon our real estate agent finally called me. But she did not have good news. They liked our house and one other. But they had just left to go see the other one for a second time. And on top of that, they still have to go back home and sell their house, so they aren't even ready to buy now.
Sometimes I think this is going to drive me insane. I really don't like this.
Today at dinner, E asked if they wanted to buy our house. I told him no I didn't think so. He said "Then they are not the ones God sent".
That's right. I keep saying I trust God and his timing and his plan. I am glad my children are paying attention.
Sometimes I need to be reminded.
5/28/10
5/24/10
What a day!
Today has been a very full day. After getting the kids off to school and making the beds, I took a little nap. Then I got up and cleaned the house, mopped the floors, did laundry, walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes and took a shower. Later in the afternoon, I made two pillow covers out of some old curtains and made bread.
Yes, I SEWED something! I was not even sure I could since I usually can't work the sewing machine without my mom! But I have a cool beginner sewing book so I decided to give it a try. Can you tell I am proud? I even measured and marked the material and pinned it. I usually decide not to sew because I am too lazy and impatient to do all those things. I was too lazy to iron the material though. Maybe if I get bored I will take them off and iron them. I still don't know how you manage to cut the material straight so your seems will be straight, that is a big mystery to me.
Before I started sewing I started making pepperoni bread. I was way prouder of that than I was the pillows! It was SO good and the prettiest bread I ever made, it looks like something from a bakery. The kids loved it. I have had the recipe for years and never tried it before. We will be having it often now!
I never thought to take a picture before I cut into it!
After the kids got home and we ate almost all of the bread, we went to TaeKwonDo. On the way home, K was asking me questions about how to get saved and baptized. She has been asking a lot of questions for the last couple of weeks. I asked her if she was ready and she said yes but she didn't know how. We discussed it and how she understands it but as we pulled into the driveway a fight broke out over something and the discussion ended.
At bedtime after we finished a couple of chapters of Junie B. Jones, I asked K if she wanted to pray and she said YES so enthusiastically that I asked if she meant the prayer to be saved and she said she did. She said she has heard people say you ask Jesus into your heart but she didn't know what to say. I helped her and she repeated after me and I was amazed. She usually gets quiet and shy but she loudly and boldly said it all. I have never heard anything like that. Then she asked me how to get baptized and if she really has to get her face wet! She wants Daddy to do it but she is so anxious to hurry and do it! We will have to wait a while for him to do it. We immediately told him on the phone.
I cannot explain how that made me feel. B and K did it and I was so proud of them too. Maybe it is her persistence in asking and how it is all so different from the way she usually acts and talks that amazes me. I can tell how much she means it and how important it is to her. I am so proud of her!
Then after all of this I had to help E pull one of his teeth.
It has been a busy, productive, and wonderful day!
Yes, I SEWED something! I was not even sure I could since I usually can't work the sewing machine without my mom! But I have a cool beginner sewing book so I decided to give it a try. Can you tell I am proud? I even measured and marked the material and pinned it. I usually decide not to sew because I am too lazy and impatient to do all those things. I was too lazy to iron the material though. Maybe if I get bored I will take them off and iron them. I still don't know how you manage to cut the material straight so your seems will be straight, that is a big mystery to me.
Before I started sewing I started making pepperoni bread. I was way prouder of that than I was the pillows! It was SO good and the prettiest bread I ever made, it looks like something from a bakery. The kids loved it. I have had the recipe for years and never tried it before. We will be having it often now!
I never thought to take a picture before I cut into it!
After the kids got home and we ate almost all of the bread, we went to TaeKwonDo. On the way home, K was asking me questions about how to get saved and baptized. She has been asking a lot of questions for the last couple of weeks. I asked her if she was ready and she said yes but she didn't know how. We discussed it and how she understands it but as we pulled into the driveway a fight broke out over something and the discussion ended.
At bedtime after we finished a couple of chapters of Junie B. Jones, I asked K if she wanted to pray and she said YES so enthusiastically that I asked if she meant the prayer to be saved and she said she did. She said she has heard people say you ask Jesus into your heart but she didn't know what to say. I helped her and she repeated after me and I was amazed. She usually gets quiet and shy but she loudly and boldly said it all. I have never heard anything like that. Then she asked me how to get baptized and if she really has to get her face wet! She wants Daddy to do it but she is so anxious to hurry and do it! We will have to wait a while for him to do it. We immediately told him on the phone.
I cannot explain how that made me feel. B and K did it and I was so proud of them too. Maybe it is her persistence in asking and how it is all so different from the way she usually acts and talks that amazes me. I can tell how much she means it and how important it is to her. I am so proud of her!
Then after all of this I had to help E pull one of his teeth.
It has been a busy, productive, and wonderful day!
5/17/10
Yes, it's me
I am tired and should be getting ready for bed. But I never have time to blog lately and that Mother's Day post still at the top is driving me crazy.
Today I cleaned and ran around like crazy getting ready for a house showing that ended up not happening. I hate that! I get so frustrated getting ready for buyers who never show up. It will happen when it is supposed to, I am just impatient most of the time.
Saturday the kids and I went to Fredericksburg to shop and look around. It is a really cute old German town a couple hours from here. It has tons of shops and historic stuff. Right outside of town they have Trade Days one weekend a month (it is a flea market) and we stopped there first. We all got something. K wanted a little stuffed cat and when I made her ask the lady how much they were, the lady gave 2 of them to her for free. They had a sign for a military discount for Armed Forces day and when she found out we were a military family, she would not let K pay anything! Very nice, even though her price started at $4 for both.
After the flea market, we went into the town to eat lunch. We found a German restaurant that had American food because I wanted the atmosphere without me actually having to eat German food. E did have some kind of sausage sandwich and B had German potato soup though.
This is a picture of the cuckoo clocks in the restaurant I took for Mom to see. It wasn't supposed to look like a bunch of blurry blobs...
After lunch we shopped until we couldn't stand any more! They don't look very happy here because they were hot and tired! Don't let them tell you they didn't enjoy it though because they all came home broke.
We thought this tricycle was adorable. Forgot to see how much it cost.
The five and dime store drove me crazy and I tried to get out of there as quick and I could. There were way too many people and way too much little junk, it made me nervous! B liked a few things though...
Today I cleaned and ran around like crazy getting ready for a house showing that ended up not happening. I hate that! I get so frustrated getting ready for buyers who never show up. It will happen when it is supposed to, I am just impatient most of the time.
Saturday the kids and I went to Fredericksburg to shop and look around. It is a really cute old German town a couple hours from here. It has tons of shops and historic stuff. Right outside of town they have Trade Days one weekend a month (it is a flea market) and we stopped there first. We all got something. K wanted a little stuffed cat and when I made her ask the lady how much they were, the lady gave 2 of them to her for free. They had a sign for a military discount for Armed Forces day and when she found out we were a military family, she would not let K pay anything! Very nice, even though her price started at $4 for both.
After the flea market, we went into the town to eat lunch. We found a German restaurant that had American food because I wanted the atmosphere without me actually having to eat German food. E did have some kind of sausage sandwich and B had German potato soup though.
This is a picture of the cuckoo clocks in the restaurant I took for Mom to see. It wasn't supposed to look like a bunch of blurry blobs...
After lunch we shopped until we couldn't stand any more! They don't look very happy here because they were hot and tired! Don't let them tell you they didn't enjoy it though because they all came home broke.
We thought this tricycle was adorable. Forgot to see how much it cost.
The five and dime store drove me crazy and I tried to get out of there as quick and I could. There were way too many people and way too much little junk, it made me nervous! B liked a few things though...
I really wish we had gone to this place when Luke was still here. It was really nice and I would have liked to look around more. I also wish I had known about it before so I could have taken Mom when she was here!
Okay, now that the Mother's Day post is gone I really need to go! Tomorrow is the last day of PWOC for this year. I have to get up at 5:30. Tomorrow I give up my board position. It has been very interesting and I will miss it. I am glad to have the responsibility over with for right now though. I am ready to start getting things ready to move! I am trusting that this house will sell soon!
Okay, now that the Mother's Day post is gone I really need to go! Tomorrow is the last day of PWOC for this year. I have to get up at 5:30. Tomorrow I give up my board position. It has been very interesting and I will miss it. I am glad to have the responsibility over with for right now though. I am ready to start getting things ready to move! I am trusting that this house will sell soon!
5/8/10
Happy Mother's Day!
My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon
Happy Mother's Day Mom!!! I love you so much. You have always been a wonderful, amazing mother and I thank you for everything you did and continue to do for all of us!! You are a great woman and a big inspiration to me! I LOVE YOU MOM!!!
5/6/10
For Mother's Day
**I was having a problem viewing the video-sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't so I added a collage of the pictures**
I saw something on another blog about defing motherhood through pictures. Well that would be hard. But I did put together something that for me shows the best parts of being a mother. Except for the mess--that's not a good part, it's just impossible to leave out!
So this is Happy Mother's Day to me!
Enjoy
I saw something on another blog about defing motherhood through pictures. Well that would be hard. But I did put together something that for me shows the best parts of being a mother. Except for the mess--that's not a good part, it's just impossible to leave out!
So this is Happy Mother's Day to me!
Enjoy
5/5/10
Out of my comfort zone
I am going to show horrible pictures of me. But haha I made them small and hard to see! They are at PWOC. Someone put them on the PWOC facebook page and they were not nice enough to make them small.
This is my job on Tuesdays. That's what I tell the kids when they complain on Tuesday mornings about being tired or not feeling like going to school. I tell them too bad I have to work today and I can't stay home! Well, it is a job. Sort of. And I only have three more weeks of it.
What these pictures are, besides horrible proof that I need to go on a diet, is proof of what God can do. Look at this I am in front of people, using a microphone, SPEAKING in public!
And here I am greeting people as they come in. Being friendly and welcoming--I hope!
It's funny what we can do when God asks us to...
This is my job on Tuesdays. That's what I tell the kids when they complain on Tuesday mornings about being tired or not feeling like going to school. I tell them too bad I have to work today and I can't stay home! Well, it is a job. Sort of. And I only have three more weeks of it.
What these pictures are, besides horrible proof that I need to go on a diet, is proof of what God can do. Look at this I am in front of people, using a microphone, SPEAKING in public!
And here I am greeting people as they come in. Being friendly and welcoming--I hope!
It's funny what we can do when God asks us to...
5/1/10
Moving up
B and E moved up another belt in TKD. The ceremony was Thursday.
We took extra pictures because Daddy missed it. This was back at home. It was very windy.
Tough guy
B just wanted to go inside
Here she was happy. From yellow to orange.
Orange to orange 2nd. Also an award for all As on the report card.
We took extra pictures because Daddy missed it. This was back at home. It was very windy.
Tough guy
B just wanted to go inside
Here she was happy. From yellow to orange.
Orange to orange 2nd. Also an award for all As on the report card.
Very proud!
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