Tending to the monotony is never montotonous!

So I’ve spent my entire day just moving this, taking this out, and essentially… cleaning. Now you would think that after almost five years of this, it would be entirely monotonous and a second nature. But is in fact the exact opposite because with my two lovely children, well, I never know what to expect!

Thankfully though, I set up our PS3 today to stream Netflix movies and TV Shows… I know we aren’t supposed to use the TV as a babysitter, but after the day I had with fighting with them to just clean their rooms… I needed a little space to do some things for us. So I’ve cleaned a good portion of my home, with minimal fuss from my Kidlets. Unfortunately, I am disheartened to find that Tori despises Fraggle Rock. Maybe when she’s older? She’s also getting to the point that she doesn’t like Dora the Explorer anymore. She’s starting to grow up on me… and I don’t know if I’m ready.

Today dinner was, well, not as healthy as it could be, but still better than pizza! We had home cooked potatoes with parsley, garlic salt, and cracked pepper. Then buttered peas, and some lil’ smokies. Yum! As dessert, my husband is taking the children out to get some ice cream. Mmm… talk about your calorie-free desserts!

I should so hire them out!

Seriously! If you have to pack something, and you really don't care about it's condition... Tori and Ian are soooo your people to hire! I swear, there was enough under the couches that un-kiddified, has the volume OF THE COUCH... in a little 4 inch tall space. Someday, i'm going to find their secret!

It's a busy day here, we have Snow! So we are introducing a Georgia-ian to sledding today! Followed by a scrumptious meal of Chicken and Dumplings. Yum! So at this point, I think the couch is dry, time to work through all of this on the floor!

Cutest Google Gadget Ever!

So, It's late at night and I'm winding down. What am I doing? Cooing over the Hamster Gadget. Yes, the turtles are very zen... but AWWW OMG!!! it's a cute hamster that you can feed, it cleans it's little face, and runs in a wheel! ZZZZOOMG!!! *squee!*

Ok, I'm done. Good night!

My Mother told me there would be days like this....

But I wish I  could slide on by…

 

I know in every human relationship there will be bumps, grinds, and general annoyances. But lately there have been some things that worry me about my relationships.

 

I am noticing patterns in myself that I hate to admit to:

 

1.       I am selfish. I am. I want what I want when I want it, and who knows who will help who gets in my way.

2.     I have a temper. I can admit it, I haven’t worked on my temper, and I am easy to flare.

3.      I patched up the black box. Remember the old story about how God gave a girl two boxes, one gold and one black? The Gold was for the praises and the good things in her life, the Black for the bad. After awhile the Gold box was so heavy, but the black box was so light. Because God put a hole in the bottom of the box. I’ve been holding on to things.

4.     I have missed my faith. I’ve recently been discussing faith with my husband who lacks it. I used to have such a strong faith, and I didn’t survive the trials as well as I thought. I’m currently in the process of re-forging my faith. I don’t believe in Religion, but pure God-driven faith.

5.      I want to be the Queen of Sheba. What woman doesn’t? But honestly – Where is she now? For that matter, I just had to live in a society that doesn’t really deal with royalty. So I guess that dream should fall by the wayside?

 

So now, I begin my quest to really live this life I want, I guess everyone else will have to follow along? First step – finding that BIBLE! Where did DH put it?