SOCCER INSANITY

Yesterday I had 2 soccer games at once. NO biggie..Justin was watching Jared's game and was over at the field next door watching Jessica's game. I was glancing over towards Jared's game off and on when suddenly I see Justin pick up and take off running out of the field. I immediatly think someone was hurt so pick up and take off towards him. He round the corner and was running towards me so I meet up with him and ask him..Whats wrong??? and he goes..MOM GUESS WHAT? They opened up Jason and Jacob's team for older kids. I go what? I had to shut off the sirens in my mind as I had the ambulance waiting. He tells me he can play soccer for the eagles because they just opened up the team for older kids. All the off base teams they play have 15-17 year olds so they are adding more players. He was excited!

So..this morning I went first thing..at 8am..my hair wasnt even brushed I hadnt had coffee and NO MAKE UP ON. NOT A pretty sight! But I drove down to the community center and signed him up. Now Justin is a member of the EAGLES. I have 3 boys on one team! It really wont affect our schedule though, instead of Justin standing around doing nothing..he will be playing. 7 out of 8 kids are playing soccer this season. Although we have seen Joseph kicking the soccer ball..maybe next year???

A new dear friend blogging!

I am so blessed to have inspired Heather to blog! I miss you so much Heather! Here is her blogspot. Just Laugh I sure miss her little girls and our almost daily phone calls!

A LONG DAY!

I wasnt going to blog this till tomorrow..but since tomorrow will probably be crazy too I figured I just better do it now. I know someone will be bugging me tomorrow for details! We woke up this morning at 4 am. And me being that organized and on the ball woman that I am..we just jumped right up..got dressed ate our home cooked meal and hopped in the van and left. OK yeah right..keep on dreaming! Actually..I did get Jessica, Jerrica, Jared, and Joshua's clothes ready last night. I cleaned the girls room so I could FIND their stuff and then went down stairs and washed 4 loads of laundry last night to make sure EVERYONE had something to wear. I picked out Joshua's and Jared's outfits. Joshua has this new Finding Nemo 3 piece outfit. If you didnt know this..Joshua LOVED 3 pieced outfits. He has a favorite one..its a long sleeve Buzz Lightyear shirt, pants and vest and I am all the time having to wash that ..he wears that almost daily. Its starting to get to the point it doesnt look good but Joshua loves it. Well NOW he has a Nemo suit. Its so cute.. BRIGHT BLUE and YELLOW. And it about KILLED him to have me fold it up and set it on my book shelf. He wanted to wear it to bed! WEll while I was cleaning the girls room I see him skipping happily past the door IN HIS NEMO OUTFIT! I almost lost a gear! And Jim's going Jamie Jamie..he's ONLY 3. Of course I think I scared Joshua because he had that outfit off and back on the shelf in 10 seconds flat.

So when I got up this morning...and oh how soon it came I might add..I did the usual..stumbled down the stairs and made coffee. Then I went and looked for Joseph's outfit. I actually found one. We left him sleeping and put him in the van in pj's till after we got there. I one by one made sure they were dressed and had socks and shoes on. Then I did the girls hair, and then got myself ready. Well the straglers..I wont mention their names..JUSTIN some how ended up in the van in a sloppy tshirt. I about died! Of course I didnt notice till MUCH MUCH LATER after we were actually in Pendleton.

Ok the highligts of our morning..Joseph PUKED in the van..it wasnt much but still..and JARED about 10 minutes from Jim's barracks started saying..I have to go potty..I have to go..I have to go. All this time we are thinking he just had to pee or something..but OH NO he had an emergency and we didnt realize till it was too late and he had an accident. So here we are..JIm has to get out..and I am driving hoping to find something the 24 hour exchange (circle K but with miltary stuff and clothes go figure but hey its handy sometimes) NOTHING in his size..so we head to burger king..( the rest had to eat) and I wisked Jared to the bathroom trying to rinse out some of his clothes. Threw away some under garments. POOR kid. I felt so bad and boy I wish he could have made it or told us sooner. Across the parking lot from Burger King was a small PX (bigger than a 24 hour one) and it had clothes. BUT it wasnt open till 9:30...and it was 8:00 and Jim's Graduation was at 10:00. Well we drove back to pick up Jim and tell him we were going to try and wait for it to open. A SMART ME would have left some of the kids with Jim (HA HA ) but oh no that would be tooooo easy..I took them all and by the time we got back there we still had 30 minutes to wait. So I got out and waited with Joshua..( who said in his cute 3 year old voice.."mom, can I go with you?" BIG MISTAKE..because as we were waiting and it was just Joshua..that was fine..but then I went back to the van and told the girls they could come with me..so we waited 4 More minutes and I guess my standing there was driving them crazy because they let me in 6 minutes early! WHOOOOO HOOOO! Well I was wandering around and finally found the young childrens clothes..which was RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOY SECTION! THOSE EVIL STORE PLANNERS!

It wasnt even JOSHUA who kept looking at stuff..I'm trying to Rush and find something for Jared to wear..and the girls are wandering off..chasing Joshua..looking at this. I go and pay..(way too much for an outfit I must say and under garments) WEll after dragging them out of there..ok they werent really bad but because I was stressed they could have sneezed and I would have flipped out. We DRIVE back to where Jim was and of course there was NO parking..well NO parking I felt like trying to put a 15 passenger van in. I probably could have ..but there were cars coming left and right and I was stressed and the whole idea of spending 15 minutes trying to get that thing in a spot was just too much so I drove to the other side of the lot and parked on this back street. I think we were as far away as you could possibly get..not that I cant use some exercise..but need I remind you we were LATE! AND YES I took my sick kids. They seem fine the rest of the day..who knows what it was! I guess I should feel bad for taking them in but I dont.

When we finally walked into the auditorium it was PACKED to the gills. There was NO WHERE TO sit..well they had some open places, 2 or 3 spots..not the 7 that we needed. Well then I spotted some empty seats some where else..( they had some places reserved) and I didnt realize it but we go and sit in this reserved spot. I wanted to cry when they were saying..no you cant sit there..but this guy goes..just leave this area open..so we were fine.. The whole time I am thinking OH man Jim is going to be so embarrassed..because a few years ago we did something similar and Jim was horrified! But He was so funny..Here I was so upset and thinking I really embarrassed him..and he goes.."oh Jamie..no one cares you were fine. And if anyone really cared they can just get over it. " WHEW relief. I guess I shouldnt worry so much.

Our way home was a little less eventful. We did get lost in riverside trying to find a business..but we made it home and of course had Soccer INSANITY again. 3 games tonight. Jared's team won, Jessica's lost, Jerrica's won. NOW off to bed as I dont think my brain is functioning anymore!

God is so good to me!

Well Justin and Jason and I took off today to the auto hobby shop. We got there right at noon and quickly disassembled part of the van. Justin slid under the van..(KIDS are GREAT!) and worked on getting the spark plug out. Mean while Jason and I took to the supervisor positions! OK we did sort of help. I would lean into the tire well and helped guide Justin. In the end we thought that plug would NEVER come out. But it did but not with out BREAKING! The porcelain split in half! Replacing the plug didnt take nearly as long to do as taking that thing out. We had to wait a few minutes before we tested the van. The auto supervisor was busy helping someone else with diagnostics. So we did what anyone would do. WE PRAYED! We asked God to let it be what our van needed. When Albert ( our auto guy) was done he came and hooked up my van and I turned the key.....and it started and ran PERFECTLY. When he did the diagnostics Sunday after Church it was misfiring continually..but today after he was done it was running PERFECTLY! NO misfires nothing! It sounded beautiful and driving it home was so smooth! I almost cried I was so relieved and thankful that the problem was solved! BUT GOD WASNT FINISHED BLESSING ME! When I got home..who did I see starting to drive off on his motorcycle but JIM! OH was I happy to see him. He packed most of his stuff and came home to work on the van! He drove there this morning at 4:30 and came back home. He missed a picnic but I am very very thankful he came home and he is staying the night and we are driving down there together. OH what a blessing that will be! I LOVE long rides with him! We talk about so much! And you know what! He is even going to make a detour on the way home to look at houses. He is so good to me! I feel so spoiled!

Jim also was able to get the spark plug cables the bunnies ate through today..and already replaced them after we got home. We even got to see another bunny under the hood..I guess they werent finished eating. WE will be parking somewhere else that is for sure though! What a great day it has been! I cant wait to spend 6 or more hours in the van talking to Jim! And it will be nice to visit pendleton and see his graduation!

I am also thankful for my son Justin who did a lot of the work so his Mom didnt have to! I am also really thankful for Jim making me watch him and help him do stuff so I could actually be a useful supervisor! Well off to spend time with my hubby and my family!

Feeding a 3 year old.

Last night we ate chicken stir-fry with rice. Stir fry anything is a favorite at our house. Well Joshua hands me his plate that had rice and some chicken on it and says. Mom will you eat this for me. (there wasnt much left) And no I didnt eat it. But then he asked for more food. And I said, you still have chicken and rice on your plate. He then tells me "I want more vegetables Mom". I cracked up..how many people hear I want more vegetables from their 3 year old.

I have another praise! LOL

Ok...this is a silly praise. I don't care, its a praise so I am gonna praise.

MY CORDLESS PHONE is on its last legs. It wont carry a charge for but a few hours. It used to not have to be charged for days but recently it started acting up and only having about an hour or so charge left on it(although we JUST bought a new battery earlier this year.). Well then it started only staying charged for literaly minutes and then suddenly it died and wouldnt charge at all.

For 3 days that dumb phone has been sitting on the charger and it is dead to the world. I thought to myself " OH Great more stuff to spend money on. " I mean..how can a MOM much less a MOM of 8 not have a cordless phone? The good thing I guess is..I dont really talk on the phone anymore. I go several days with out talking on my phone. OK I confess..I do get calls on my cell phone but I have to limit those! Even though lately I havent. Anyways, last night..(after Jim came home..coincidence??? ) I picked up the phone and it was charging. YEA! I might be able to wait even longer to spend money! I am so happy!

I had a NICE surprise yesterday

Yesterday, for some reason was a really hard day. A few of my children were just giving me a lot of back talk and I was having trouble getting the house cleaned and school work done. On top of all of that, I was stressed out about our money situation.
It seems we have a lot of going outs instead of going ins. I know I shouldnt stress but I do.

Anyways, I sent Jessica to take the garbage out..and she walks in and says. Dad's home. AND HE WAS. I really needed him home! He was home 5 minutes and had those kids whipped into shape. Its funny because as soon as the law came home there was no more back talk or dragging of feet. It was a miracle! He said they were just goofing off today and he decided he would rather come home and goof off with us. It was so nice because he took the kids to soccer. Joseph was so glad to see Jim. He followed him around and hugged his leg every 2 seconds. That made me so happy because I was afraid he was going to be a Momma's boy! But NOPE he loves his Daddy! I know that just makes Jim's day too!

Its now almost 5 am and Jim just left to go back to schools in Pendleton. Today at noon I will be FIXING MY van. And Tomorrow the plan is to go down to Jim's graduation. Although Jim and I talked about it..I might not go. I have to figure our budget tonight and see if I really want to spend the money its going to take in gas to get us down there. Its about 300 miles round trip which in our 15 passenger van thats going to be around 60.00. I want to be there for him but it may turn out that we can't. Of course most of this rests on if I get it fixed today. I just hope I dont look too stupid under that van fixing it in a dress!

Well I have a praise!

A few years ago my lap top died. It was over heating or something and the screen would turn off and i would have to wait a long while but then it would turn on again. Well it was out of warranty when it started to majorly act up. Finally the whole thing turned off permanently and we just never had the money to fix it up. (Well we were saving but there is always something more important you know) Well in March evidently the manufacturer of my computer KNEW these laptops had this issue, but sold them anyways, so we got a recall notice. Which we filled out and sent off before the deadline. I remember it saying we would hear from them in 6-8 weeks. Well we never heard. I thought maybe they lost our info or something, or because we never took it in for that exact reason they were not going to replace it. So anyways Jim and I pretty much figured it was just a lost cause and he even started looking for parts for it again..( although we havent had the money to even purchase them) We have been looking just incase we found something fairly cheap. Well yesterday an empty box was delivered to my door so I can send my laptop back and then I will be getting 1500 in vouchers. OK, I do have to purchase this same brand again..but I do like it. I love the touch pad better than any of the brands I have used. And although I am a little disappointed with the company, because they KNEW about this problem..but maybe they will not repeat the same problems twice. But I am sooo excited! I am going to be getting a NEW laptop!!!!

No mixing words here.

Kids always find a way to tell it like it is. Jessica just came in to tell me that I am OLD. Thank you for informing me Jessica LOLOLOL. She proceeds to tell me "in just 2 years Mom, Justin is going to be 18 years old and he could get married. So your really old. " I said "yep YOUR MOM IS OLD" Of course she must want something because she then tells me..well you dont look old. I guess I dont care either way really. Give me a few years and maybe I will change my story.

Would you like a filling with that?

Well I took Jacob to get his staple out of his head today. It took them less than 2 seconds. On the way there I kept feeling something on my tooth so I pulled it out..( I thought it was food) It wasnt..it was a filling! UGH so I called and because they are slow right now I was seen right away! I was out of there in less than an hour! I was so glad!

Weekend Update

Well I have had a very busy weekend. Justin turned 16 saturday! Its so hard to believe that he is ALREADY 16. He was such a cute cute baby. Now so big! He had friends over but we also had a busy busy weekend with Soccer. Friday Jerrica had a game and Saturday Jason and Jacob had a game. Saturday Morning we also had PICTURES. What a crazy crazy morning..and to top it all off I was decorating Justin's cake..(last minute) that morning. And some where in there we squeezed out a birthday! BOY were we ready for the kids to go to bed saturday night! I have pictures of Justin that I will post later!

Jim discovered something FUNNY in his truck today. He started the truck up yesterday..and it was not starting well and he told me and I was thinking OH great more on the list of vehicle problems. Well he opened up the truck to check the oil today to see if that could be the problem and when he did there was a family of bunnies jumping all over the place! Jim said it was so funny! But he knows whats wrong now. Those bunnies were chewing the spark plug wires. Praise the Lord we know what it is though!

My van is still not running well. I wasnt sure I was going to make it to church this morning. Jim drove his motorcycle because he left to pendleton after church. So I took it in to the auto hobby shop and they did a diagnosis. So far its a spark plug misfiring..so we may have a bad one. So Wednesday.( they are closed tomorrow and tuesday) I will be pulling the spark plug on it and replacing it. I have to do this because I am supposed to be driving down to Pendleton Thursday to see Jim's graduation. Jim also has things he needs to bring back home so he will need me to pick it up. And because its the auto hobby shop I have to do the repairs myself. I am sooooo glad I went down there the day Jim was doing all this because now I know how to do it. But still I cant imagine me getting all greasy! Oh well. I am taking one of the boys with me to help me though.

Well that is my update. I am ready for this school to be over but kind of sad too because at least I got to see Jim on weekends. After Jim gets home on Thursday he will be home till Sunday and then Tuesday they are sending him to Yuma to meet up with his unit and he wont be home till the begining of November. I really hope october flys by, although every day means one day closer to his big deployment in Jan/Feb. I am ready for it to be September next year and our lives back to normal.

Puzzling!

Good morning! I had intended to write last night but after a busy busy day I was tooo tired to write anything so instead I went to bed. The kids and I, in our spare time have been putting together PUZZLES! We already finished a 500 piece and a 1000 piece puzzle. I absolutely LOVE to putting puzzles together. I also love games. The longer the better. My kids are old enough now to play some of the harder games with me and make it a challenge.

So if your wondering where we are we are staring at a jigsaw and going insane!

A thought from a friend.

Carolyn's Random Thought I really enjoyed reading this. I was going to copy and paste this..(with permission of course) but I figured this would be better since she posted it in her blog. But if you have a chance it's good.

Today was such an easy day!

My children have been such a blessing this week. Jason my 2nd born has been so hard at work cleaning house for me. He has really surprised me by taking so many duties..cleaning the bathrooms and working hard in the kitchen for me. It has actually freed up my time to work with the little ones. Jared is really taking off with reading. I am glad I took it slow with him. It took him longer to hear the sounds and put them together. He is so much like his older brother. Justin was sort of my homeschool guinea pig. The first year I taught him, he struggled with getting the sounds and blending them. I remember thinking I would never be able to teach him. I remember getting to the point where he knew all the sounds but could not hear them as a word no matter what I tried. I finally said..OK we will take a break. We took the whole summer off. That september when we started again, it was like NIGHT and DAY. He took off reading and never stopped. HE LOVES TO READ. He LOVED history books! I remember just buying history book after history book of different curriculums and he would sit on his bed at night and just read them cover to cover. I think he read the Abeka 3rd grade history book at least 100 times. I never formally taught him history..what was the point? Every time I went to teach him something, he would end up teaching me. What really drove the point home was when we were driving from Idaho through Utah to California and we ended up going through Salt Lake City at evening time. I remember expressing lament to Jim that I would loved to have stopped to see golden spike of the railroad..and Justin proceeded to tell us all about where it was and when it happened and what rail road crews were involved. I almost cried because he didnt learn that from me! All of my children love to read. Some love it more than others. Some took off faster than others.

Jacob, my 3rd born, he took a little longer also. He had such a time remembering his letter sounds. I remember day after day getting him to learn his letters only for him to forget half of them the next week. It just wasnt easy for him..but even he LOVES to read! So I know Jared will be there soon. I have said it before but I think I love the look on their face when they learn that first word. And the KNOW they have read. There isnt much in the world that compares to seeing that look of amazement and excitement. I think seeing that has been one of the biggest blessings in my life. I think some times, what if I had given that to someone else? Some one who may have gotten tired or bored with seeing that look. Someone who may not think my child as neat or as exciting as I do. It would have been like giving away pure gold in my mind.

I have to always keep reminding myself, when things get tough..( like algerbra) that the reasons I homeschool are not to just to give them an education, but to give them a love of learning and a love of God. I know these past couple of years it has been hard work. Somedays my house isnt clean. Some days we still have laundry piled high. But they have learned. It may not always have been a certain number of pages filled in or pages of math completed. It might have been a day of talking and sharing and discussing things. I think my favorite times with the kids are when we get on the discussion of World War 2 and it turns into one topic after another. No, I dont have it all together. I am sure we probably lack in many areas, but I see them loving to learn. Wanting to learn. As we homeschool, its easy to guide them into learning more of an intrest. Jacob loves airplanes, he loves to build them make them and draw them. He loves to read about them too. I love that I can guide his learning through things that intrest him. I look at some of my children and think, had they been in school, would I have known them as well as I do now? I mean really know them. I know things about my kids no one will ever understand. I look at my daughter Jerrica. She is quiet and a little sneaky..a little onery too..but she is also so loving and is HAPPY. I wonder sometimes if I would know her as well as I do. Her favorite color is brick red..she has loved that color since she was 3 and could say it! Although she does change her favorites now and again..she will tell you that she likes red. Of all my children she is the one I really have to notice and draw out. She is a lot like me. Although I am sure many would beg to differ, she is quiet..and many would not say that about me. But I tend to be fun on the outside and deep inside..LOL I am cracking up at that because it seems so mellow dramatic..but I could easily slip into my own little world. I love with people, I like that chatter and the fun..but I cherish time to myself. I like the quiet and the solitude. OK it may not happen very often but when it does I just love it. Its like a standing on a beach on a rainy morning. Still quiet and beautiful. Ok maybe I am a hopeless romantic here! Anyways, my day was wonderful. I had call after call today of soccer practice cancellations. It rained all day and they dont want those ever lovin' children out there getting sick. So the kids and I rented movies and snacked on pizza and popcorn.
Well I didnt mean to write a book or ramble on so. But thinking about my family makes me so thankful for them. Who would have thought that being a mother of 8 would make me so fullfilled? I know family and many friends do not understand that just as I give to them, they give to me. Yes its hard work and sometimes its tough and some days I think what in the world have I DONE! But then, there are days like these..and more and more often I might add ;) and they make it all worth it.

Lightening BOLTS!

We had an awesome thunderstorm last night! Joshua woke up and came into my room because he was scared. So we snuggled on my bed looking out the window at the lightening! He was scared at first but I think he liked watching them. I know I sure did! I am tired this morning though! I sure hope Joshua has good memories of watching storms with his Mom late at night!

ER Tour

Well I got to see the ER tonight. Just before we were leaving for Soccer practice I got a phone call from the library about some video my hubby checked out that was due back...well next thing I know Jacob was at the back door..even though he was supposed to be in the van..I locked the door because he was crying..till he says..MOM I'm bleeding..so I hang up on this lady let him in and there is blood everywhere. OK I know that head wounds bleed more than any wound..but still..I panicked..The ones who obeyed were already in the van..but I had to round up a few stragglers. We get to the ER and he ended up with a staple. They missed their practice also. I am so ready for a vacation! I am not sure I can take much more of this!


Here is a picture of his staple. I know sick..sorry

All Talk and NO ACTION

Well Maybe its me, after having 8 kids I can tend to just get plain lazy sometimes. LIKE tonight. I sent the kids to bed and I was grabbing MOMMY time on the computer. I'm absorbed in my own doings but I keep hearing giggle..run run..thump..run run giggle bang. YES that is the sound of children sinning when they are to be in bed. So I do what every lazy lazy mom does..I yell out to them..(HEY I dont want to go up those stairs) and say..GET IN YOUR BEDS and BE QUIET! Of course they just get quite but continue to run around and of course the sound escalates. FINALLY I get convicted for my Laziness and I get up and head up those stairs. I see kids left and right scrambling. Too late though they were caught. After I take care of all the problems my home is peaceful again. But it wasnt till I actually got up off my lazy fanny and did something did it happen. THEN realizing how much stress I just went through that could have been avoided had I just taken care of the problem before it was too big.

I call it my ALL TALK and NO action mode. I guess it happens a lot because I have a name for it. I find I do the same things in all aspects of my life. I find if I just get up and do those things..I dont have to waste my breath! Dont we all get into that mode? Sometimes with our discipline, sometimes it happens when were trying to lose weight, sometimes on our jobs and even in our Christian walk. My kids did not take me seriously until they saw me bounding up those stairs. And sadly this is just like the world. They will not take God seriously till they see him coming in all his glory and just like my children it will be too late. Too late to get under the safety of the blanket of salvation and too late to rest in the righteousness of Christ.

Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

What about my Christian walk? Am I all talk and no action? How often do I hand out gospel tracts? How many times do I not heed the voice of the Lord prompting me to tell someone about Salvation?

There is a saying that goes around in Christian circles..if you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you. That is a bold way of saying..are you acting like a Christian? Or are you all talk and no action? Lets work on more action.

Back to post some more..I have a free moment!

Its a MIRACLE! Ok maybe not! I JUST settled my kids down for bedtime! OH what peace and joy it is to have them asleep! I LOVE IT! LOL! You know I just LOVE 3 year olds. That is my absolute favorite age! I know they are naughty and get into a lot of trouble but they are so fun. Here is what Joshua my 3 year old did tonight. And YES it was naughty but it sure made me laugh later! I was cooking dinner in the kitchen talking to a friend. During that time Joshua was at my side..(is he ever away?) and opening drawers and such. I wasnt really paying attention. Well then I get this call from Jerrica's assistant coach telling me the day we have snacks. Well Joshua had opened all the cupboards and drawers and goes..Look Mom..I opened them all. And then proceeded to close them all up LOUDLY. Ok so the kid needs attention! But it went even further. As I was writing down all she was saying on the white board on the fridge..he suddenly shot his hand up and erased it all.! I WAS IN SHOCK and while I stood there dumbfounded, that little stinker ran out of the kitchen. I quickly got off the phone and took care of the problem! YES, He needs a lot of attention!

This actually reminds me of last year after Joseph was born. Joshua did NOT like his new baby. He wouldnt hold the baby or look at him or anything. VERY jealous. Well just after Joseph was born he started saying I hate you mommy. It would come out..I hate chew Mommy. I was so shocked the first time I heard him say it..but I tried to ignore it because I didnt want him to see that it upset me. We were able to get him to stop for a time till one day Jim was working on his pick up and I was sitting out there with Joshua on the floor handing Jim tools. Well just then Joshua stands up and says I hate chew mommy. I said DONT YOU SAY that again. NO sooner were the words out of my mouth did he say it again..so I got up to get him and he was out the door into the laundry room. I guess I was too slow for him because after that door shut he opened it again and said it AGAIN! OH to see the LOOK on his face when He realized I was coming and YES he was in trouble! It was FUNNY! By this time he had LOCKED the door, but I just went around to the front door and took care of him, although I think it finally took a Daddy lesson to put a stop to it completely. He loves his brother now and has even asked if we can have 2 baby Joseph's. Now he says to me..I love you tooo much mommy. I like that a lot better!

Wow this weekend flew by!

Jim just left to go back to Pendleton. I'm kind of bummed our time went so fast. I am on this weird medication for all this sinus stuff I have and it makes me feel HORRIBLE and knocks me out. I took it when I came home and next thing I know I was asleep on the floor and my kids were crawling all over me! I know this because I would wake up and say..stop sitting on my head..and then fall back to sleep.

Yesterday I was stressing out a little with our money. Jim has to go to this formal dinner next week and he has to get a suit. We went a few places yesterday but we only went around here..did I mention we live in the boonies? Even the exchange had NOTHING! I was not to happy. To get him a suit meant we would have to drive over an hour away..so JIm is just going to get one tomorrow night. I guess I will be surprised. ( looks and price)

I feel so bad. I didnt make very many special meals for Jim this weekend. I had intended too..but he wasnt hungry friday ( we had pizza) And then my kids had pizza again last night..and tonight I was going to make something special since he wasnt going to leave till the morning but he decided to leave early. I am actually glad..It makes me nervous when he is driving that early in the morning.

Well I better feed these kids and get them ready for bed. We were going to go to church tonight but it is sooo expensive to drive right now. I sure can tell when we dont go though. I am praying gas prices go down or we get a raise! LOL

Ok its PROBABLY NOT chicken pox

This morning..he still has them but the ones from last night are smaller. So I am thinking its some weird rash. He seems happy and busy like normal. So I am not going to worry about it.

Chicken POX!

Joseph has Chicken pox. I noticed a couple of spots on him earlier..but now he has quite a few and you can see where others want to come out. Out of all of my children only the last 2 have not gotten Chicken Pox. When Jared was 2 months old all my children got chicken pox all at the same time..well with in a few weeks of each other. Jim happened to be gone during the first 4 weeks so I didnt leave my house for over a month..at the time my oldest was only 10 years old!

So thankfully we only have to go through 2 this time. But how funny! Jim is gone for this batch..well he will be home tonight and gets to have as much fun as we have been having.


Poor Jojo! I am wondering how I am going to get around with soccer..but I am sure I will manage!

Wow I must like to stay busy!

Today was a very busy day! I went to the doctors today. It was for some long term problems I have been having. She ordered more tests, a chest xray, and put in for me to see an ent specialist. She thinks that maybe just maybe I am allergic to where we live so she put me on some long term something or another medication.

After my appointment I went to the commissary and spent $275 in groceries..I was only going to get a few things..but then I would see this or that and oh I have to get this..JIM loves that..oh and I should get this and we could have such and such for dinner. Anyways..by the time I finished, I ended up buying enough food for 10 days worth of meals. Pretty much for the next two weeks. So much for just the next couple of days. So that will almost take us through the end of payday . I still have meat and veggies in the fridge so I might not have to go back for very much..( just milk and veggies and fruit.) I am figuring we will end up spending 350 all together. I tend to spend between 500-700 a month on groceries. I know I could really cut it down, but Jim really likes to eat a certain way. So I think he is worth it so I just fix foods he will like. I figure he works hard he should get to eat what he wants.

I also bought something for me. Most people dont like it..but I LOVE it..thanks to my mom making it a lot growing up. I bought LIVER!!. Actually..my kids love it! I never told them what it was when I would make it and they ate it with out complaint!! Jim doesnt like liver so we will be having it this week while he is gone. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE FRIED OKRA. I should have bought that..JIM HATES that! He says its too slimey! I'm not good at fixing it but my mom is! She is the best cook..she used to make me FRIED OKRA and Fried Green tomatoes. OH I miss it! I sure hope we can buy a house and have a garden. I miss all that and the HUGE zuchini's. ( And maybe I can convince her to come down and visit us!)

Today at the commissary I bought Joshua another flashlight. HE LOVES flashlights. He likes to use them to find frogs and make "ghosthands". Tonight at soccer practice I was walking a nature trail around the complex and he had brought his flashlight and was having the greatest time with it. I ended up pushing Joshua and Joseph because Joshua climbed into the basket part. You know pushing that stroller in the sand was a KILLER, but I am sure it did some good! I have a lot of weight to lose. I only got in about a mile 1/2 before we had to leave. I wish we could have stayed longer but I was ready to get those kiddos home and in bed.

I had a Weight Watchers meeting today also. I have missed the last couple of weeks, mainly because of finances and soccer insanity, but I was so happy, because I still lost weight! Albeit only .2 of a pound LOLOLOL but hey Its sure better than gaining! And since I have been OFF the diet this is encouragement to get back on it and start over! So I have resolved to really do it, starting tomorrow LOLOLOLOL. I know I just need to write everything down and not waver. I get lazy when I dont.

Jim called me today while I was out and about but he doesnt have a good connection down there so it was more like..can you hear me..can you hear me? He should be home tomorrow. Hopefully early but I will take any time at this point! I just PLAIN miss him!

Tomorrow I have a LOT of house work. Its been hard with all our comings and goings to keep up. I have so much laundry..I hate to even admit this..but I havent done laundry since tuesday and I probably have 8 loads to do tomorrow. Which will have to get done because Jim will be bringing his laundry home this weekend. Shame on me! Well I just looked..( and started another load) I have maybe 4 loads and a few blankets..not nearly as bad as I thought and sometimes I just pile up the blankets on the deep freeze and do them as I have time..they are not as pressing as say the underwear! LOL

Justin my oldest is turning 16 this month on the 24th..really not very long 9 days! That is hard to believe! I will probably get the old standard of clothes..but I am also getting him a blanket for his bed. I have been wanting to buy the kids mink blakets for their beds for a long long time. Justin and Jason really like those white bengal tigers so they are doing their room in a jungle theme and I found a blanket on ebay that I am going to get them. If you want to see it click here . Jason wants a different one and I will probably pick it up next month for him ( and HIDE IT) I am also going to get some jeans and probably some shoes. YEP thats a fun fun birthday but the fun will be that he is having some friends stay the night. They are going to stay up all night playing video games. I think were having like 5 kids come over? I must be insane! They will have fun though!

Well Joshua just came down stairs looking for his flash light and asking me in his cute adorable 3 year old voice..will you come lay down with me. Even though he is such a busy busy boy..he still likes to snuggle!

I went to bed early last night!

Ok not terribly early but several hours before midnight! My day yesterday was busy. We got up and went to indian cove to run around. The kids had fun. It's still a little hot here..but cooling down thankfully. After we left we came right home and started cleaning..well actually I went upstairs and was talking to the kids in Justin's room and next thing I know I was waking up! LOL Then I moved to my bed..( its a lot more comfortable..and I ended up sleeping an hour and a half! My day wasnt too eventful after that. I put the kids to bed early and thought I would stay up a bit but ended up going to bed. I am so tired! Today I have a dr's appointment at 3:30 and we have soccer insanity again. I also have weight watchers tonight at 6pm. And today I have to pay bills and go to the commissary. I am going to be doing that Menu's for Moms this week and see if it helps cut down our food bill.

Well I have to run..school, cleaning and lots of fun await me!

My Day!

Well, it started off a little crazy. At 4am, Joseph had a diaper explosion. It was a big stinky mess and I had to clean him, me and my bed up! ( He still sleeps in his co-sleeper attached to my bed.) Anyway, that was fun, I got up a few hours earlier and kind of slugged around. Made coffee, cleaned house, talked on the phone, went to the post office, corrected school work. Then after 5pm Chaos broke out. Jared couldnt find his shin guards so we were franticly looking for them, Jerrica could only find one shoe. I went upstairs and the rooms we worked on last week look like a suitcase exploded. But we made it to soccer practice and we had a pretty good time.

Tomorrow, I am taking all the kids to Indian cove. I am sick and tired of hanging out in the house so we are getting out and maybe that will refresh me. I might stop by the library and let them pick out books and we just go to relax and read and just have a good time. I'm bringing the stroller and the baby crib. We are even leaving the house the way it is and just going to go. We need a break from everything. I might bring Josephus a book we are wanting to read on Jewish history during the Roman times.

I cant wait to have NO stress tomorrow!

I had an Apple Peel day.

Its a long story but I call days that are turning out wrong Apple Peel Days. Its taken from when I was 9 months pregnant with Jared.

My whole pregnancy with Jared was actually quite adventurous. On that fateful day I was 9 months pregnant and nearing my due date. I had gotten up early that morning well before the kids, all were asleep except for Jerrica. My house was clean..I was dressed and relaxed. Jerrica was hungry so I gave her one and I thought..This is great I can get on and email and relax I dont have to do anything till the kids all wake up! So here we are, her sitting beside me eating her apple, and me typing my busy little fingers away. All this time I kept thinking this is GREAT!

I kept glancing at Jerrica.. smiling at her, so happy she was content to be eating her apple! She was walking around at this point just being happy. I kept saying oh your being so GOOD Jerrica! Letting Mommy type email. A little while later I heard the kids start to stir, that's about the time I finished up my email got up to start a load of laundry and make breakfast. When I stood up and took a look around the room , I gasped in horror to see that Jerrica, while she was eating had spit all those apple peels out of her mouth and onto the floor!!!! And it wasn't a few! The room was COVERED with them. Maybe it was my hormones? Maybe it was the fact that I was 9 months pregnant, as I bent over and picked up those pieces, I started bawling my head off. That is how crazy hectic days, where everything is going wrong, became Apple peel days.

Mine actually started last night. I was up too late last night. As the night got later I was stuck between indecision..Should I just stay up and get a jump on my day? OR should I go to sleep and just start my day out later than usual? Well I choose to go to sleep. I slept in till 8:30 and I wasn't nearly as tired as I thought I would be with less than 5 hours of sleep! UGH. After I came down stairs I found that Joshua had gotten into the top ramen and was eating it dry and leaving noodle pieces all over my living room carpet. That was the start of a crazy day with MORE chaos than I care to admit too.

One thing that happened today is I ended up getting frustrated with Jessica's hair and cut it all off. It was so bad she had this matted up mess in the back of her hair..under the top layer of her hair so you couldnt see it until you went to comb it. I felt so bad after I did it but she really liked it. ( I honestly wasn't mean just so sick and tired of her curly hair ratting up and the hour it takes me to fix her hair. ) I guess its my fault though, I am just not good with hair! You've seen mine! LOL But she loves it! I am so glad.

Things just have been busy and crazy all day but PRAISE THE LORD my day is OVER! And its MY time to sit and relax! One good thing that happened today is..I redid my hair black and it actually took this time..so now I am not an orange skunk. It's all blended back to the color Jim wanted me to have! I guess I am doomed to black hair forever..but since my hubby really wanted me to have black hair I guess its worth it since he loves it! I have been trying to obey him and finding that I really dont. I think in the last 2 years I have been horribly rebellious and domineering towards him. So, I am working on being a better wife to him. I am reading a book called CREATED TO BE HIS HELPMEET by Debbi Pearl. It has been a MAJOR eye opener for me. I have really enjoyed it ( and cringed a little). It has also given me a picture of what I can become by God's grace! The hardest part is that I am seeing more and more that where I have thought I was pretty ok and submissive, I am finding that in reality I am so far from it.

My biggest struggle is when I dont think we should do something or allow something with our kids. That is where I find myself fighting Jim the most. For example, the other day he rented a movie for the kids that I would rather they didn't see. I just don't like it. Well in the movie store he said what do you think about this? And I said..Oh I don't really want them watching that. And he said..No it will be ok and handed it to me to hold. So all through the store I kept saying are you sure you want to get this? Why don't we get something else? Finally I slapped myself..Ok KIDDING but I stopped and got ahold of myself, realizing I was NOT being submissive, I wanted him to see it my way. I didn't say anything more.

When we got home, I found myself getting angry at Jim while the kids were watching that movie. It was a cartoon. because I don't really watch cartoons, I was sitting on the computer getting kind of ticked at him. That is till I realized that I was NOT submitting to him at all. So I got my heart in check and boy do I feel so much better. In times past I would have sat there mad and maybe the rest of the day been ticked off at him..and by the time he noticed my air of indifference I might have forgotten the "reason" ( I have a really bad memory! LOL) but I would have been mad and in my mind it would have moved beyond a simple disagreement but all out war! And I don't want that.


Jim and I have had some power struggles this year..ME stepping out of bounds and I tell you..when I have, we ALL have been MISERABLE. I can tell you some stories that you would think what in the world! Are you 3 years old? I look back and just shake my head at myself! MY POOR HUBBY puts up with so much from me! I know it will be a CONSTANT battle to submit to him. It definitely doesn't come easy for me! I so want to be the wife God wants me to be to Jim. He really is a great man! A great father. I am so blessed to be his wife.

I am cracking up

Joshua just told me that his froggy is missing him! I think that is so funny! But oh boy just what we need a FROG! I know nothing about frogs! I asked him how does he know his froggy misses him and he goes..cause. LOL I just LOVE 3 year olds!

FROG HUNT

My children LOVE to take a flashlight and search for frogs! Tonight we found one! And of course they were so excited!

Here are some pictures of the festivities!







When Jared was younger he was DEATHLY afraid of frogs! He would scream,cry and would NOT hold them at all. I was so sad because I just love my boys to be BOYS!

He likes them now and No frog fear from Joshua!

Heading for Church

Getting ready to head out the door! IN OUR VAN that is working! YEAH! I dont have much time so I better get! I am just happy our van is running! PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT!

I'm a mechanic!

LOLOL Well not quite! Jim called me around noon and said come get me I'm hungry! So I rushed off to bring him home only to have him want to head to Carls Junior. So I fed him..(I had already eaten) And then I went back to watch him work on the van. I actually took spark plugs out and got greasy! And of course I called home 80 times checking on the kids. They all survived and even had the house clean when I got home. I had such a good time with Jim though. I love hanging out with him! I have to say my hubby is awesome too! The part I ordered for the van..the ac clutch. Well I ordered the right part but it didnt match the clutch we had in the van. The new one was about 4 inches bigger around so the belt didnt fit..but the clutch fit perfectly on the compressor. Go figure. Anyways..Jim was able to figure out that our belt needed to be 2 inches longer and it works fine!

Thursday I have to take the van in for a new powersteering whatcha mahuya..( my van has a recall on it.)

Now to hang out with the kids! I am glad to be home and GLAD to have my van back! Now soccer practice wont be so crazy! Praise the Lord!

Renamed my blog

I just thought Jamie's Joys, although its beautiful and a dear friend named me..I just thought that sounded too nice and calm. The reality is quite the opposite.

Repairs...Repairs

My ever lovin' husband is working on our van today. The part came YESTERDAY. I had totally forgot about it! When I went online to track it, it said out for delivery so I knew we would get it and I didnt need to worry. So he is out there working away. But yeah! I am so glad he can do these types of repairs! It sure saves us a lot of money!

Another NEW blogger!

My friend Jennifer started blogging. I will be adding links to my side bar shortly! Jennifers Daily Doings I cant wait to see what she is up too! And a Mary Kay sister! whoo hooo!

Jason got his hand stuck!

He was trying to help me by sticking his hand inside the toilet to see if something got stuck..well something did all right.. HIS HAND! I was trying to help him get it out....well after I took his picture, but it was twisted around! He wasn't tooo happy about it either! LOL!!! He finally twisted it around and was able to get free but it hurt him. I am so glad because I was frantically trying to find who to call!

A New friend Blogging!

Christine has started her own blog ! I finally get to see what she looks like! NOt just kitty pictures! LOLOL

Just as I was wrapping up the last bit of cleaning

Jared came running into the living room and says..MOM the toilet overflowed! I go in hoping it wasnt so bad but NOPE its bad. I cant even get the water to go down. Jim wont be home for another 2 -3 hours and I am sure he wants to race right home and clean up toilet overflow. UHG I dont even know where to begin. The kids are right now bringing the steam cleaner downstairs and I have most of it from the hall way mopped up. Does anyone want to come help?

its no use!

I tried again to just get those roots but its now a darker orange. I give up..jim is going to laugh..I dont care. WE will just be a dark orange and black hair. PERFECT for that horrible holiday at the end of October. I guess I will fit right in. Oh well...its just hair. I guess I should start wig shopping now. Ok after looking at it after it dried..its ok..just not the DARK color I wanted. Like I said..I give up. I did fine a really neat wig on ebay. Totally thinking about getting one now! LOL

Jim comes home tonight!

It was a short week! Just 2 days gone! Don't I wish all the rest were like this? Today we have to scramble cleaning the house. Its not too bad, but I want the bathrooms and bedrooms done. I didnt recolor my hair last night so I will have to do that in a bit. Well off to go clean like a maniac!

Things that make you go hmmm..

Today as I was brushing my hair, before leaving the house to take some kiddo's to soccer Jessica was looking at my face..and NO I didnt have make up on ..and she says to me " MOM, I think you look so pretty even with stuff on your face." I am thinking..is there hair color on my face. And so I ask her and she says " No I just think your pretty with zits". So there you have it! I am pretty with zits. ROFLOL! She is cracking me up!

I guess its a good thing because my skin has been going crazy for 3 or 4 weeks. Its been making me want to change the words to a Micheal Jackson song to : I've got zits..got zits..you know it ..whoo LOL

And um..yes its late again.

Its an ORANGE SKUNK!

Today I colored my hair. My roots are showing (its only been 5 weeks and my roots are an inch long..) And they definently need to be colored..(they are really light they look blond LOL) Anyways, Jim said he didn't care what color I did. Since my hair is black I thought I would just take it down a shade or 2 to a dark brown. Well I bought this color and it did NOTHING not even barely lightened. Well, not over the black but you should see my roots they are NOW BRIGHT orange!!! LOLOL I am so cracking up at me! And NO I am not taking a picture. I did go and get the same brand as I did before..It's not MIDNIGHT black like I used before but it is a DARK brown. I know it will work because its just a layered color. Although a side of me has thought about leaving it this orange color in and seeing what Jim will says LOL .

I am planning on getting my hair cut next week. Probably friday, as nothing my week is crazy! I am thinking about getting bangs. What do you think?

WALKING

Joseph is really starting to take off walking. I cant believe how fast they learn! Just a week ago he would just take one step and fall but now..he will stand in the middle of the room and walk all around. He is really enjoying his new found skill because he just keeps getting up and trying and trying. It makes me so sad too! He is growing up!

Here he is trying to get Justin..he was laughing so hard!



And here he is trying to grab me while taking his picture!

Can you believe what time it is? Shhhh...

dont tell on me. I will get in trouble. And yes its late. I know Tami is going to call me in the morning. She called me this morning and was still in bed. I wont tell you what time it is..but I blame my husband..YEAH that's right. He has this dark stuff in the windows so even if it is morning it looks like night. So that's my excuse. I am sure it has NOTHING to do with the fact I stay up way way way to late. Anyways, while I was talking to Tami..and getting myself coherent enough to answer questions...warming up coffee and all..talking about socca and other truncated words. I actually admitted to Tami I was sleeping. Ok I must really love her because I NEVER admit that. Normally I totally fake it and act as if I have been up for hours. And I usually get away with it by saying hold on..let me call you right back and then I go chug like 3 cups of coffee and get dressed. Have you ever noticed when your slugging around in way too comfy and worn out clothes you kind of sound that way too? That you take on the personality of your clothes. I mean..as your reading this you wouldnt believe that I am sitting here typing in a cocktail dress with rhinestones and high heels. Ok I'm lying...I'm in a blue sluggo top and and a black skirt. No shoes. Ok maybe it doesnt work for writing..but on the phone talking to someone you can tell...well you cant tell but you can tell. Am I making sense? Probably not..good night I am going to bed before I get really stupid here! LOLOL

Well the Lord Still blesses even when I am whining my head off! LOL

Today my girlfriend gave me a bread machine! She said she would but because our schedules sort of conflict we havent met up with each other but today I was able to go pick it up. I am so excited. Its a zoziroshi, older one but I love it. I am so excited! I cant wait to make some bread! My kids were excited too! What a blessing the Lord is to me, even me.

When it rains it pours.

Well I dont know what we are doing wrong but it must be something because it seems we have one financial stress after another. Right now our van is still out of commission..waiting on the $120 part to get here and then Jim will be spending this weekend installing it. I just sent off to renew the registrations $54. Jim's Ford we bought in may..( really cheap) we just sent off for the title, tags , plates and registration another $121.00. Two weeks ago the tread came off one of his tires..(which we knew we needed to replace..) I dont know how much new tires will be lets be safe and say $300.00 I hope I'm not way off base with that figure. NOW my Jeep's airbag light came on. I almost flipped out. I pulled off the road because I was thinking it was going to deploy. I called a friend and she assured me that it wont. But still..how scary. Besides the airbag light..my Jeep has been restless at night and will blink its lights. WE dont know what is wrong with it. I dont even know how much that will cost..but I am thinking its going to be expensive. I dont know what we are going to do! I know its just money. I am sitting here just taking a deep breath. LOL As I sat here typing that..the next thing I heard was glass shattering. One of our cats knocked down a glass vase. So much for breakables on the counter. Anyways. I know the Lord will take care of us and our THINGS in his time but it sure feels good to get it off my chest.

I guess I better get!

Reading Reading Reading

Well Jared is really starting to pick up reading! He started on his first book and is doing well. It was a lot of work getting him to get it but he is doing great now! Joshua has been working on his letters. He is doing well also! It sure will be nice to get them through the begining stages of reading!

Something new

I'm not sure if you noticed but I have a mini poll. I plan on changing it weekly. Mostly for fun but I might throw in a serious one or two. I also did some new banners and little pictures. I cant seem to make up my mind what I want.
The only thing I would like to do next is add some favorite links. But I guess I would have to be creative and interesting. Really I do only a few things online. Read the well( an ezboard board I belong too) , check my email, read some blogs, chat with friends and visit ebay. I do like to go shopping..I rarely buy but I sure love to add to my "shopping" cart. Since gas is too expensive for me to drive an hour away to the mall..its easier to just shop online although I dont buy tons and tons..but I sure do like looking!

You know I should be cleaning! But here I sit. My house really isnt that messy so tonight is just a goof off night for me. I dont have a lot of laundry to do tonight. I have been keeping up some how. I think I have a 1/2 load in there to be washed but since tomorrow is the Younger boys day to do laundry ( Jacob, Jared, and Joshua's ) They will be busy. If they get theirs done the girls will be doing theirs also. I find if I do like 3-4 loads a day I dont have any problems. And really now that I keep up with laundry pretty well..(unless I clean their rooms and strip the beds) I only have maybe 2 loads a day. I usually start a load right when I wake up and then at lunch time. Usually I squeeze in more though. So how many loads do you have left to do? Sounds like a poll huh?

Well I should get some sleep..or maybe shop a little while its quite.

Breathing a sigh of relief.

My house is quiet. I sure do love it when everyone is in bed. I usually sneak down stairs and just enjoy time alone. Sometimes I get on the computer sometimes read my Bible, sometimes clean house! YES I know the cleaning house part sounds crazy! But its soo quiet. I love it. I love to fold my clothes in quite house and get the house ready for the morning. To be honest I am a total NIGHT OWL. I dont do well in the mornings. I dont wake up well and I would rather no one talked to me for at least the first hour. The only thing bad about being a night owl is having EARLY BIRD children. So that sort of cuts my evening rendevous short. Maybe I will add that to my polls.

Well I haven't done much today

Jim took the Jacob and Jason out to ride their dirt bikes. I've been slugging around all day again. Did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen. The kids right now are outside playing in the pool and Justin and I are steam cleaning the carpets. When Jim gets back he is taking two of our kids to get soccer shoes. Then I am taking the kids to practice. Were having meatloaf for dinner unless I can think of something else and I am going to bed early. Jim has to be back to the schools at noon tomorrow so he has to leave early in the morning. He will be back FRIDAY though so we can make it 2 days! Can't wait to be done with all of this!

PRAISE THE LORD!

Today I found Justin's wallet. He has quite a bit of money in it because we havent taken him to the bank. He couldnt find his wallet but he knew it was in the house. Well I have been praying just about every day asking the Lord to help us find it and this morning I went to find Jim some white socks so he can pack them and I found Justin's wallet! God is so good!

"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Matthew 21:22

WOW is all I can say!

Today, Joseph, a year old, went potty on the toilet! Well its a baby potty but WOWZERS, I cant believe it, but he did it! I have had ONE other potty trained at this age and that was Jacob. He regressed though when we moved to Okinawa. The problem was, we moved when he was 15 months old and by the time we got off the road from driving he didnt want to use the potty anymore. It wasnt till a year later that we got him to use the potty. Even then, I didnt even have to potty train him. I had just had Jessica and the day we brought her home from the hospital he was right there when I changed her and he asked "Where's her wee wee?" and Jim said..it fell off because she wears diapers. He got right up from where he was sitting and had that diaper off and underwear on before you could say hand me a baby wipe! I never had any problems with him using the potty after that! So Wow maybe we will get Joseph trained and I can take a break from diapers! Well...till the next baby I guess! :)

Tiger's Tail

Our cat tiger got his tail slammed into our garage door last night. We didnt realize how bad it was till we were getting ready for bed. It's pretty bad. And of course today is Labor day so NOTHING is open. I think he will be fine till tomorrow. Seems like it never ends.!

Man I feel like a Slug!

I dont even want to admit what time I got up this morning. But I will. It was 9:00 am. YES you read that right. I cant believe it. Jim is still home with us.(till wednesday YEAH!) and he got up and came down stairs and the kids had fixed breakfast and were cleaning the house up. He was so impressed! Anyways, my hubby and my children let me sleep in this morning. I must have needed it! I have been pretty sick for a long time and I am still not quite over it. I am starting to feel better though. What a blessing children can be!

Sunday

Today was a nice relaxing day. Not much going on. My friends forsook me for a 24 marathon so I haven't heard from them much today. This afternoon I worked on a few Blogs for a couple of friends. The kids were good today. Justin and I played doorbell with our cat Tiger. He RUNS to the door if you knock or ring the door bell. Even if he is asleep he will race you to the door. He is a crazy crazy cat but we sure do like him. Well there wasnt much going on today so this will be short! Tomorrow will be busy though! Its monday!

Earthquake

Ok this is totally weird. I was lying in bed sleeping and next thing I know the bed is shaking..I wake up and it was just rolling. When it was all over I came down stairs to see where that earthquake was through the online website and NOTHING is showing up. TOTALLY weird! I must be pyscho! Well I am going back to bed! And if we have another earthquake I am sleeping through it.

Notes from my children

From time to time my children will bring me a note. Its usually asking for something but they are always very funny! Tonight I received one from Jessica. On the front of this note was a picture of a girl with freckles..or zits with an arrow pointing to her and Jessica's name. On the top of the Note it says..PLEASE READ and then TURN OVER so I did and on the back it says: Mom Morgan asked me to come to her house on Friday. At the bottom it said "write your answer here ---> _________________

Then I guess because I put it aside..I get another note with a worried girl talking and saying: Time is running out. You need to write your answer!

It had an arrow pointing to turn over and on the back it said: PS Write YES ok?



Yes notes...lots of notes in my house.

I have 3 New friends to join me in blogging!

Here is Carolyn's Blog. I cant wait to read more from her days. Also another friend's blog: Tammy's Times. Tammy is so sweet! I just love to read of her happenings.
And my other friend Nikki just started a blog. I love all these blogs! I really enjoy reading about everyone's day! A lot of us belong to a Christian Board but it has been so nice to read the daily happenings. Sometimes I dont want to bore anyone with EVERYTHING I do..so that's why I love blogging. I can bore all of you! LOL just kidding.well..kind of! I hope you all have a great day and thanks for reading!

Seeing double?

Today Jessica had an unexpected vistor. My friend Jeri came by with her children this morning and Morgan begged her mom to let her stay. So the girls have been busy all morning playing. Her mom will pick her up in a bit but they have had a good time today. Jeri and her husband will be leaving in December to Italy. I am excited for them but sad too. She was the last of my friends here. Its hard to start all over again making friends and after her I guess I will have to.

A New Highchair for JOJO!

I have been eyeing this table top high chair at the military exchange for 4 weeks now. The first time I saw it they didnt know the price and they weren't sure if they had anymore. I waited and everytime I went in I would look at it. Well I went in yesterday and it was still there and they had it priced for 24.95. I took it up and I asked them if they had gotten anymore in. (They hadn't) and I asked them if they could give me a discount. I got 10% off. Not much but better than paying full price.


So I got it home and of course put Joseph in it. I love it! We really needed to free up the space because we were so crowded in our dining room and the high chair didnt help make any. And we want him to sit at the table with us but to pull up the highchair meant no one could leave! Anyways..here is Joseph eating mini marshmellows last night! It was late so he is in pajamas!

VAN REPAIRS

Well its Saturday! We were supposed to go and work on the van today but we found the part online cheaper than anywhere around and so we have to wait for it to come in. So we have ONE more week of being vanless. We can do it! We have already gone 5 weeks now. I am kind of glad since its a long weekend. I wanted to just spend time with Jim and relax with him. We have plenty of time to work next week. Our hardest part of this week will be getting the kids to practice for soccer but we will make it!

OH I found a book online that I used to own.

Dying Testimonies of the Saved and Unsaved This is an amazing book. I read it years ago and then loaned it out and it has never returned. I was so excited to find this online as I had been wanting to read it again and have my older children read it. I know thinking about the lost dying and going to hell, burdens my heart for the. I know I need to be doing more for the Lord. If you have a chance it is a great book to read and the format they have it online is great.

I found a neat blog tonight

Large Family Logistics It is really neat..has a lot of house cleaning tips. I didnt get time to dig deep but I am going to. I know when I get rid of stuff and simplify my life..its so much easier to clean and run my home. Anyways..it looks like a good site to get some great ideas! :)

MY BUSY DAY!

Well Last night I was thinking about how I spend my time..and let me tell you it isnt nearly as productive as it should be. So this morning I got busy cleaning and taking care of my home. Tomorrow will be a lot easier to get things done. I havent spent much time online today..except for a little bit this after noon paying bills! UGH but you know what when I am paying bills I rejoice that we have money to pay the bills and to buy food.

After lunch I think my day went down hill..i ran out of time it seems. I had to take my van in to the auto hobby shop. The auto hobby shop is a place you take your vehicles in and they help you with things small things like changing your oil to big things such as rebuilding your engine. Anyways..my battery in my van we knew was bad but how bad we werent sure..but here is the verdict..
Ok..first the good news.. My kids, who I had to leave home, did wonderfully while I was gone..no one died, no broken bones..no fire started and the house was even cleaner than when I left.

Ok a little more good news..I was able to get a new battery and install it with out much of a hitch but a lot of waiting though..( they had to deliver my battery from the auto parts store off base.)
Now for the bad news...My alternator may be going out. But since the serpentine belt needs to be replaced it could just be that, although we willl not know which it is till the belt is replaced. ALSO the clutch for the ac is making a horrible noise and upon further investigation they said it needs to be replaced, and right away. So..Jim will have to come home and work on his vehicle. Thank the LORD that he has ability in this area..and the auto hobby shops are so good you pay 2.50 an hour to use the bays and they have mechanics there to help you and teach you to do these repairs yourself.

While he was looking the mechanic said that the power steering pump was leaking and it could be that we need to replace it too. That isnt as pressing of a problem as the clutch and belt, so that can be put off a bit. All these repairs are going to be OVER 200 and more like $300. Not to mention that we need to get tires on another vehicle and we are also titleing a vehicle this payday ($121.00). The cost seems so overwhelming right now..but I am not going to stress. God is so good to us and takes care of us. And he knows all thats wrong with my vehicles.

I just talked to Jim a bit ago..and we are working things out. He is going to wait on tires on our other vehicle but we are going to go ahead and take care of the main problems with my van this weekend, which will be a relief because now that soccer has started I really need to be able to transport everyone at once.

Well its late and I need to pick up more kids from soccer practice. I think we are all going to bed early. Thank goodness Jim will be home tomorrow and I can cry on his shoulder and say make it all go away!