Grainy Pictures

I've noticed the last couple of posts have very grainy pictures. I took and uploaded these pictures from my phone. Sorry!

Sunny in September

What an enjoyable day! We worked outside, and now, in true hillbilly fashion are killing two birds with one stone. Fun and a bath! Woot! Cheers, people! :-)

Meet Max

Max has decided to stage a sit-in. Literally. I can't get any work done! Trying to take advantage of DS resting... but DKS (dear kitty son) obviously needs his share of attention.

Sneaky Little....

No worries, it's me. I'm the sneaky little someone. I'm proud of it, too. You see, I had grandiose plans to make manicotti for dinner last night. I'm the only one who has ever tasted the delicacy. So I started preparing the meal, and whoops, I kinda forgot the RICOTTA cheese. Kind of important, as that helps keep the stuffing in the shells. So, I improvised, and made kind of an "Italian" slop with manicotti noodles plopped in there. Then I scooped it on top of garlic bread. Man, it was tasty. DD and DS were kind of afraid of the sauce (they aren't fans of most red sauces, so I wasn't surprised), but DBS ate it ALL up. I mean ALL of it. If he only knew that I pureed spinach and mushrooms.... and added it to the sauce..... bwah ha ha ha! (~Giggles~)

***We Interrupt our Schedule***

I forgot to mention my kids' ages. That might help set the scene in my blog stories. DBS is 10, DD is 5, and DS is three. I'm 33 and DH is 35 if that matters at all. ;-)

Oh, one more thing. I'm usually a stickler about proof reading. But I might make mistakes. So while these mistakes bother me once I've posted, I, #1- Do not want to go back and edit my blog (if it were my work, I would!) and #2 - Am learning to deal with imperfection. What a (more) wonderful way to live life!

That is all. Now to cook lunch.

Bring It Down Now!

Voices. Loud voices. This is our current struggle everywhere we go, but especially at home. Everyone has loud voices. Kids talk loudly. Mommy talks louder to be heard over the kids. DH gets even louder so he can be heard over the kids. It is all one big, loud, annoying circle that has to end, right? We are constantly shushing the kids, but catch ourselves being louder than we need to be at times, too. A.R.G.H!!! I have the hand signs, you know, the "Bring it down now"..... "A little bit softer now," turning down the volume, pointing to the celing, I have them. The kids know what they mean. But NO ONE respects their meaning. Frustration. Seems like I need to pray for patience....

Thankful.

No matter what kind of day I'm having, how grumpy I am, how much work I have to do, how many kids are asking me to do this and that, a husband that interrupts what I'm doing (on the computer) and thinks it's OK to just start talking and asking me to look at this, listen to this, etc...... I'm thankful. I'm thankful for my grumpy days, because I'm here. I'm healthy. I'm thankful for all the work to be done, because I have the tools to complete the work. I'm thankful for my kids asking me a million times for popcorn, because they can communicate with me, and all I have to do to feed them is walk into the kitchen, put some popcorn into the air popper, and plug it in. Instant Awesome Mommy. I'm thankful for my husband that annoys the poo out of me, because I also love him. But most of all, I'm thankful that God gave me this life to live. He knows that when I'm doubting my abilities, I am the best person to handle MY life. He has faith in me, and with that, I can do anything. :)

Testing from my phone. :-)

So.... I'm thinking it might be a good idea to have this app on my phone. I have many soccer practices ahead = lots of time to think and blog!