My Babbling's

It has been a busy couple of days.  Yesterday was Bible Study with the MOMS Club®.  We are still studying Joel Osteen's book Become a Better You .  Bible Study was canceled for one reason  or another the last couple of months.  So it was nice getting back into it.  I love our discussions too.   I always fell energized after having fellowship with other Christians!  Boys went with me too so they could play with their friends!  So  it was good for them too.

The friend that took us to Bible Study also took some of the toys (actually quite a lot) that I went through and was going to give away. So that is one less thing I have to worry about yea!!!

Anyway after Bible Study we went to the Library.  Me being goofy forgot it was Columbus Day so the Library was closed.  Thankfully I wasn't the only one who forgot though LOL.  So I just dropped our books in the drop box and I took the boys to play at the park right next to the Library for a while.  They had fun and immediately made friends with a couple of other kids there LOL.  They get along with everyone.  It really amazes me on how quickly they become friends with other children.  They don't care how old you are or what you look like.  All they care about is if you will play and talk with them LOL.  I remember being so painfully shy growing up.  I had a hard time making friends.  I don't know if that was because we moved around so much or because I got picked on a lot.  Maybe a combination of both.  I am just so thankful the boys aren't as bashful and shy as I was.

Anyway I got off track again LOL.  That was my day yesterday.  I don't think I actually got to sit down much till after five p.m. so I was pretty tired last night.  Thus the reason I didn't blog yesterday.

Today was Laundry Day.  This time I had quite a bit too since going through all the boys clothes and getting out all the fall/winter clothing and putting away all the summer clothes.  Surprisingly I didn't spend as much as I thought I would.  The washers work great there so they aren't too wet when they get to the dryer.

After going to the Laundromat we finished up school work and went back to the Library because I had to pick up a few books.  Chord wants to learn a bit about architecture and he picked out a few books to read.  He asked me how many he could get LOL. Like I was going to tell him he can only read a few books LOL.  He ended up getting four.  He wants me to read one or two to them too though.  So it's all good.  He has started reading the Magic Tree House books and he is really liking them.  He was reading the Andrew Lost books but he has read just about all of them now.  I am so glad he likes reading as much as I do. 

I also got a couple books for Jarod to read.  Well I help him but he's been doing well and I don't have to help him as much as I have had too.  I hope he learns to love reading too :).  I can't imagine not loving to read hehe. 

I also picked up a couple books on some history topics we are going to learn about.  With their History we mostly just read together about whatever it is we want to learn about.  I figure this way they will be more interested in what they are learning.  I remember being board to death in History/Civics classes.  Now I love learning about the past.  So far the boys like hearing about the past too so I hope this helps them really love to learn.

I guess I have babbled on enough and sorry if I have board you to death LOL.  I hope everyone is having a good week so far!!

A Little of This and a Little of That.

Well I still have more cleaning to do but I haven't done any since Friday LOL.  I am wore out.  I will get to the rest probably either tomorrow or Tuesday depending what all I have to do.

Last night I went on a MOMS Night out with MOMS Club® mom's.  It was a bonfire at one of the mom's homes.  It was really nice to just hang out with friends with no worries.  I really needed it and glad my other friend talked me into going.

Today we went to church but have not other plans for today.  I plan on being pretty lazy LOL.  My body is still sore from all the cleaning (and hey I have exercising too with my Shimmy DVD LOL).  It will be nice just to sit and relax for a day. :)

Tomorrow I have Bible Study with the MOMS Club® moms.  I have another friend coming to pick me up so we don't have to worry about gas.  She lives in the town next to mine and has to come through this way anyway.  So that will be nice. I love these monthly gatherings :). 

For the rest of the week besides Friday I don't have much of anything planned but that may change too never know.  Friday is just a breakfast with new members with the MOMS Club®.  Nothing elaborate just a breakfast at another board members home.  Just away for the new members to feel welcomed.  So do you have any plans for the week?

Ugh. Yesterday I had such a headache all day so I didn't blog. Then today at about eight P.M. our electricity went out! So sorry I haven't gotten up pictures I promised. will try and get them up tomorrow.(hopefully)

Today I had Bible Study with the MOMS Club. We are studying Joel Osteen's book Become a Better You. We have read through two chapters and it's pretty uplifting. I think we will enjoy it! I love having our monthly Bible Studies. I really look forward to them every month. Great group of ladies :).

Also today we got our incentive check. So we went to a new bank because we didn't like our old one. LOL. And opened up a new account. Then We went to one place to see if I could find a dress for the MOMS Club Year End Banquet but that place didn't have a nice dress that I liked. So we went to Dillard's. Before going there my mom and I had looked all over for one at other places and there just wasn't any. So today we went to Dillard's and I found a dress finally!!! It was on sale too so even better. I still think I paid too much for it but hey originally it was $130 and I got it for $83 and some change. Normally I would never spend that much on any clothes LOL but this banquet is something I really wanted to go to. Hey maybe it will be an excuse for hubby to take me out to a nice place so I can wear it more than once right? LOL. All though I still feel guilty for buying it even though hubby doesn't care.

Well I hope to get up pics tomorrow but I am off here and off to bed I think. I hope everyone had a good day!!

Just wanted to blog before we had to go to church later. I know by the time I get home I will be too tired to post LOL.

Not much going on today. I feel really tired for some reason. I did go to bed a little later than usual last night but man I feel dead tired. Hopefully I will be a little more awake when we leave for church. You will be proud of me I haven't been out and about today LOL. Granted we will be going to church but that is what we do on Wednesday's anyway LOL. But other than that we stayed at home and just spent time as family.

Tomorrow I also have nothing planned so I will relax again LOL. Probably get the house around a little more too. It's a mess :P. I just felt too tired today to do much more than dishes and basic pick-up LOL.

Friday I do have a Bible Study with the MOMS Club but I always enjoy that and it's a relaxing atmosphere. I so enjoy doing our studies with the other women of faith. Some are Baptise, some are Lutheran and some are even Catholic (and me I come from a non-denomination church). Yet we are all friends and come together under Christ. It's a wonderful thing. I have known these women from the MOMS Club now for almost four years and they have all become good friends. I am grateful that someone pointed me to this Club and I am glad I am a part of it.

The weekend nothing planned just yet but that's how most of our weekends start out LOL. We shall see what goes on and how hubby and I feel.

Monday I have the Monthly Membership Meeting with the MOMS Club where we will do our elections for the new board. I know I will be Secretary though because no one is running against me LOL. So I will be shadowing the current Secretary for the next few meetings or so. I am both excited and nervous about doing this.

After Monday I don't have anything going on till Thursday which is also with the MOMS Club and that is we have Science Club which another mom and I are in charge of. This might be the last one we do though because we both will be on the board so hopefully someone will take our positions on both Science Club and Create and Play. I will be kind of sad to let these things go but then again we have gotten a lot of new members and I would love to see them take a part in doing some of these things.

Well I think I am going to go see what's going on in other's peoples world's (blogs) and then get ready for church or at least get prepared for church LOL. I hope everyone has a great day!!!

Today we didn't do too much except go to the Library to return a few books and to pick-up some new ones. Other than that it's been a pretty relaxing day. This week I don't have a lot planned other than Friday going to the MOMS Club Bible study. We are hoping to save gas by not going out too much. We really need to just be home anyway. We do a lot of things which can be good but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing LOL.

I am thinking in a week or two Chord will be finished with his school work. I will of course like I said keep working with them a bit over the summer but we will take a bit of break. I think we will have a good summer. Other than that not much planned. I hope everyone had a good weekend and a good day!!

Sorry I didn't blog yesterday. We had church and didn't get home till after 9 PM and I was too tired to get on an blog LOL. We are reading Romans in our class at church. We have been talking about the difference of living just under the law and living under Grace. I am really enjoying it.

Today was Create and Play with the MOMS Club. We made some homemade children hand castings for the craft. It's just using flour, salt and water. She is going to take them home to bake and paint them. I think they will turn out great! I can't wait to see them!

Later we went to Harlow's brother's house to just hang out. The boy's had fun playing with one of their cousins. Their other one was in preschool so she wasn't there but her younger brother was. They always have so much fun when we go there.

Afterwards we went to Burger King and got something to eat and went to the cemetery where Harlow's mom and dad are buried. They finally have a headstone up for them so I got to see it for the first time. We didn't stay long though because it was pretty chilly out. We will go again when it's nicer out. Maybe we'll bring some flowers to put out there too.

I didn't know Harlow's dad too well. I had met and talked with him before we were married and all but I didn't get to know him much. Harlow's mom though I did. I really do miss her. She really was like another mom to me. I could go and talk to her about anything and she would listen. If I miss her that much I can only imagine how much Harlow misses both his parents. That is something as a wife I can't take away the pain of losing them.

Ok I am done being sappy I guess. Tomorrow was supposed to be a Bible Study within the MOMS Club but that was postpone till the 16th now. Tomorrow the boy's have a Hula Hoop thing at Church to go to. There will be games and things there for the community! I think it will be a good time.

No plans as of yet for the weekend. Probably go to my mom's on Sunday for Mother's Day but that's about it. Things will probably change though. They always do LOL. I hope everyone is having a good week!

My Babblings

This weekend I didn't feel all that well. I didn't get the bug the boy's had but I just didn't feel well. I haven't felt well actually in a week but thankfully today I feel much better. Better than I have for a week anyway.

Today was a good day. It was busy too. Woke-up and got the boy's around and we had breakfast and got them around and we did some schooling and then it was off to the monthly Bible Study group we have that is one part of the MOMS Club that I am in. I so look forward to this each month because not only is it a great time to get together with my friends but I love sharing the Word with other women as well. I always feel at peace afterwards and refreshed.

After Bible study I came home and did the rest of schooling with the boy's and then spent some time with them. So I guess today wasn't too terribly busy but a little more so then usual. My friend was supposed to come by today too but she isn't feeling well either so she couldn't make it. That's ok though because it made me a little less busy than I would have.

Tomorrow is good old laundry day so it's off to the Laundromat. I got some of the boy's work packed in a backpack so they can do stuff there. This way we are not having to wait till we are done with laundry to do school work. They also keep busy doing it like this. My boy's seem to do better in the morning hours to do school rather than later in the day or night. I am the same way too though. That's one think I really do love about homeschooling because I can choose when to do it with the boy's. When I know they are at their optimum and that could be at any time during the day. My boy's tend to learn better in the morning hours. Who knows that might change as they get older. Ok I know this post was a lot of babble so please forgive me LOL.

Talk About Busy and Some News

I know I haven't blogged since last Wednesday but I have been so busy and continue to be so. I feel so tired out but just no time to relax. That's the holidays for you LOL. Thursday, we went to my mom's for Thanksgiving dinner and didn't get home till after nine p.m. and then we went to Harlow's brothers for another Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. Saturday my mom took the boy's and me shopping to get the boys some shoes. It's something she wanted to do. Then Sunday was church of course but also I had to go do grocery shopping since I didn't get a chance to do it on Saturday like I usually do. Today was a MOMS club meeting so not only did I have to start school with the boy's this week after a week off but had to run to the meeting LOL. Tomorrow is laundry day so it's off to the Laundromat plus I have to stop by the store and pick-up a few things afterwards. Then Wednesday I am taking the boy's to Church because they have to rehearse their lines for something they are going to do just before Christmas. The only thing wrong with that is that we only have one car and hubby works afternoons so if I use the car then I have to keep the boy's up to go pick him up at 11:30 p.m. We will see how that works out. So you see just how busy I am LOL. Hopefully I will be able to keep blogging for the next few busy days.

On to some good news. Well it was good news to me LOL. I know this one lady that is in the MOMS Club with me. She isn't a Christian and I know she has been hurt by some so called Christians. She has been on my mind a lot lately so I thought I would personally invite her for the Bible Study we have in our MOMS Club. I let her know that I wasn't trying to push her or convert her to be a Christian or anything but that she had been on my mind and that I thought she could get something out of it. She has been going through some rough times and I just felt God telling me to invite her. Well she is going to come to it!! She actually thanked me for inviting her and she was really touched about me asking her. I was nervous in the beginning because I didn't know how she would take me as we don't really talk a lot. Now I am not blogging about this to boast or anything but I wanted to ask those who read my blog to pray for this woman. Not necessarily to be saved (all though that would be awesome and you can pray for that too LOL) but that she gets the healing she needs from this and maybe continue to come to the Bible Study. I just feel really strongly that God is wanting me to be there for this woman in some way and would love prayer for her and for me too. Thanks!!!

Bible Study

Today I went to a Bible Study with some of the mom's from MOMS Club®. We usually get together once a month to do a Bible Study. Lately we have been studying from a Christian writer. His name is Charles Stanley and the book we are reading and studying (Biblically based of course) is Becoming Emotionally Whole. We read and studied lesson five in the book which is called Seven Keys to Emotional Wholeness. In this chapter he says, that "There are at least seven major aspects of wholeness involved in seeking God's best for your emotional life." He also said these things are in no particular order but "Rather, they are like having a ring of keys-all of which need to be inserted and turned simultaneously." I won't go into great detail about everything that is in the chapter but the seven keys are 1. Give Your Heart to Christ. 2. Saturate Yourself with Scripture. 3. Secure God's Healing for Your Faults. 4. Stop Bartering with God. 5. Share Yourself with Others. 6. Stop Dwelling on Your Past Failures and 7. Ask the Holy Spirit for Help. He gives some Scriptures to read to back up what he is saying and also gives you scriptural advice on how to deal with these things. It would be one long post if I put in a lot of what he deals with in this one chapter so I won't bore you with that.

It's a very interesting book. I am learning a lot not only about myself and how I deal with my emotions but I can see how my family deals with differently with their emotions. I see it mostly with my husband. He is slowly learning to deal with his emotions but he's had a hard life and I see how hard it is for him. The book really makes me understand his view and how he feels. I look forward to reading the next chapter and the next Bible Study to discuss what I have learned.

It's really nice to get together with other women of God and Study the word. What's really remarkable to me about this particular group is that it's a mixed group of not only different backgrounds but of different denominations. For instance I am coming from a non-denominational church and there is one from a Southern Baptist church and another that is from a Lutheran church. Yet we all share the love of God and know Jesus our Savior. I just love how honest and loving we are to one another and how there is no judgment between us. It's wonderful what God can do when we all come together under His love.