Ok, I somehow managed to fall asleep this afternoon, it was wonderful and badly needed but I was rudely awakened by my oldest child banging her feet on the wall. She is supposed to be quietly napping too. Sigh. So, now I am awake.
Let's see, we did do other things in the past weeks than just find a hound a home! Tom and I attended the Home School Book fair last week. It was fantastic to get our feet wet in the homeschool scene. There were a ton of curriculum publishers there and some other book publishers. I bought some books from Vision Forum that I have been eyeing for some time. One is called Home Making, then there is Raising Maidens of Virtue and Passionate Housewives Desperate for God.
We also bought Clay & Sally Clarkson's Educating to WholeHearted Child, which I am hoping will also be good and helpful. I liked Sally's books The Ministry of Motherhood and The Mission of Motherhood, I highly recommend them. They were helpful to me in remembering in the tough moments why I do what I do (like when they wake you up from a nap ;-).
I am just now getting started on Home Making I'll have to let you know how it is. So far it is really good and very thought provoking on the importance of making a Godly home and family life. The first chapter about marriage has been worth the book! I have been convicted lately on the importance of making home a place of peace and working together for that goal. I have been pretty tense lately trying to get everything and everyone taken care of! But we have known 2 different families in the last couple of months that broke up. It is sobering to us and a reminder to work at making home strong in God. He is the only thing that holds it all together! Before I start thinking there are ways to make our marriage stronger or to make our home peaceful or any of these things I am reminded of 2 Corinthians 3:5. It has to be God that makes all things peaceful and harmonious!
So, now I am really awake, I think I'll go thaw some turkey burger for spaghetti! Yum!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
A Dull Ache....
Have you ever made a decision that you knew was best for all parties involved, but it wasn't easy at all? Well, I had to make one yesterday. After much prayer and debate we decided to pursue looking for a new home for General Lee. After a nasty bout of postpartum depression this last fall and winter, being completely overwhelmed as a mother of 3, not to mention a busier husband, gas prices making the budget tight, a bigger house etc, etc. It became clear that I am thoroughly overwhelmed with all there is to do. I have had to start looking for ways to make things easier and smoother. And ways to keep me from being so edgy all of the time!
I now have a lady that comes and helps me clean the house (there is something to all that dust that blows out here), I am trying to get us a workable schedule and 82 lb. Lee took a lot of my time caring for his needs and cleaning up his messes.
This being said, I love him dearly, and wanted to find the best home possible and we love the gal that took him! He gets to live on a farm, be her constant companion and stay in the house! He will love it! He will get better treatment than I was able to give him!
So, no more pictures of Lee's antics. Sallie is an only dog now. I prayed for a good home that I would feel comfortable sending him to, and I thank God that is what I found!
Hope your weeks are going good! I will get those tree pictures posted soon!
I now have a lady that comes and helps me clean the house (there is something to all that dust that blows out here), I am trying to get us a workable schedule and 82 lb. Lee took a lot of my time caring for his needs and cleaning up his messes.
This being said, I love him dearly, and wanted to find the best home possible and we love the gal that took him! He gets to live on a farm, be her constant companion and stay in the house! He will love it! He will get better treatment than I was able to give him!
So, no more pictures of Lee's antics. Sallie is an only dog now. I prayed for a good home that I would feel comfortable sending him to, and I thank God that is what I found!
Hope your weeks are going good! I will get those tree pictures posted soon!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Everyday Dramas...
Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I am a much better blog reader than blogger! There hasn't been much going on around here, at least not to me, but I always enjoy reading my friends blogs about their normal everydays.
Let's see, after way too much research and debate we finally planted a tree in our front yard. We chose a bur oak, which is said to grow well in our soil, take a long time to grow, but live a long time too! It was a total compromise as I wanted an oak, and Tom wanted a mulberry. These oaks are actually native to Mississippi (mesquite is all that is native to here), and Tom thinks they're cool. It was amusing to be out planting our budget tree, I am holding it and Tom filling the hole with dirt literally while our neighbor was having a tree planted in his front yard that required a huge truck with a pulley!
We are going to have to replace our mulberry in the front since it is about to split down the middle. Tom is slowly eliminating limbs -- and, as everyone knows, we can't live in a house without cutting down trees! Maybe Neil and Doug will come our for the tree cutting! ;-)
We also bought a globe willow for the back which is waiting to be planted. I still don't know how we didn't get that done this weekend, but it didn't happen.
The girls are thoroughly enjoying our backyard! They love playing in our sandy soil and digging in the holes the dogs dug, who needs a sandbox? We had some high drama the other day when Sallie, the golden retriever caught a baby bird. I was in the kitchen with the window open, and I heard R screaming at Sallie, "GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!!". I looked out and saw Sallie laying flat on her back with the girls on top of her trying to pry her mouth open! Unfortunately, the birdy didn't make it (or mercifully, depending on how you look at it). While I was tying the dog up R tried to bury the bird in a dog hole and E just kept mournfully saying, "Now the Mommy and Daddy bird will be lonely." It was a gut wrenching, lesson in life (and in what dogs are really like).
Have a blessed week!
Let's see, after way too much research and debate we finally planted a tree in our front yard. We chose a bur oak, which is said to grow well in our soil, take a long time to grow, but live a long time too! It was a total compromise as I wanted an oak, and Tom wanted a mulberry. These oaks are actually native to Mississippi (mesquite is all that is native to here), and Tom thinks they're cool. It was amusing to be out planting our budget tree, I am holding it and Tom filling the hole with dirt literally while our neighbor was having a tree planted in his front yard that required a huge truck with a pulley!
We are going to have to replace our mulberry in the front since it is about to split down the middle. Tom is slowly eliminating limbs -- and, as everyone knows, we can't live in a house without cutting down trees! Maybe Neil and Doug will come our for the tree cutting! ;-)
We also bought a globe willow for the back which is waiting to be planted. I still don't know how we didn't get that done this weekend, but it didn't happen.
The girls are thoroughly enjoying our backyard! They love playing in our sandy soil and digging in the holes the dogs dug, who needs a sandbox? We had some high drama the other day when Sallie, the golden retriever caught a baby bird. I was in the kitchen with the window open, and I heard R screaming at Sallie, "GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!!". I looked out and saw Sallie laying flat on her back with the girls on top of her trying to pry her mouth open! Unfortunately, the birdy didn't make it (or mercifully, depending on how you look at it). While I was tying the dog up R tried to bury the bird in a dog hole and E just kept mournfully saying, "Now the Mommy and Daddy bird will be lonely." It was a gut wrenching, lesson in life (and in what dogs are really like).
Have a blessed week!
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