More About Me and MOMS Club®

Here is another little update about me. I have been a part of MOMS Club® for almost six years now(in June) and I have been Secretary two of those times. This past year I decided that I would run (we have an election every year) for President and lo' and behold I was elected! It was between the founder of the club and I. I heard it was a close race but it was a secret ballot so I don't know how close it really was.

It is something I never would have thought about doing before. When I first joined I was just a member and planned to stay that way. But then I had a friend within the club that pushes me (nicely pushed) into being a  coordinator for Create & Play. Even though I didn't think I could do it (because me crafty? no way!) I tried it anyway and found I loved it. I also got to know someone within the club that at first didn't particularly care for and soon we became best of friends! (Let me tell you it was a God thing for sure :) )

After a while I got in the groove of things and thought ok I can do this but I would never be on the board! Well about four years later I had another friend (my now best friend) really (again nicely) pushed me into going for Secretary. Well no one ran against me so I got it! I realized I really liked doing it! Never thought I would like to take notes (hated to in school) and being organized (in my real life I am so not an organized person though I wish I was.).

So I ran again the next year but this time I didn't get it. I was ok with that though. After all I should give other's a chance to do it. Well a few monthly later the person who got it had to return to work so she had to step down. No, one else was volunteering for it so I took it over once again. Again I loved it.

That term was running out and then this time all on my own I decided I would run for President. I decided that I've had people push me into things and I ended up liking it and hey it was time for me to step out of my box without having to have someone push me into it. So I ran and was elected! My term will be over June 30th but so far, even though there has been some bumps in the road, I have enjoyed it.

I really believe God has put me in these situations to help me grow and go outside my comfort zone. Sure it was uncomfortable and hard at times but I am not doing things I never would have thought about doing. I don't know what He has prepared for me but I am willing to follow where ever He takes me.

Next year I don't plan on running for anything and just be a member for a while (maybe a coordinator) but who knows maybe God will have other things planned. I just have to wait and see.

Warning This Post Contains a Vent

Well today has been a busy day. Laundry day of course but I also had to work on our Newsletter and calendar for the MOMS Club®. I was supposed to go get copies made but the President of the club and I had to revise it. So now I have to wait till Thursday to go get them copied. I could go tomorrow but I don't want to waste any more gas in our Jeep then we already have to. Thursday we are going grocery shopping anyway so we will be in town for me to go do that. Then our meeting is on Friday. So it's cutting it close. Ugh, I was hoping this month would run smoother than the last few months did but it's not.

The board and I tried to set a deadline so when I go to do laundry on Tuesday's I can just get the copies made then too. So I was supposed to get the final daft yesterday. Well I didn't get it till after I was already in bed sleeping so I woke up and found mistakes and what not. So I emailed our President (it was early morning so I didn't want to call her) and she didn't get my emails till later. So I had to get to the Laundromat to do our laundry because frankly I am not putting things I need to do on hold for a job I am not even getting paid for you know?! So now it will have to wait till Thursday.

I am not the most organized person I admit but I like some what of a routine. I hate not knowing when something will happen. Of course life is like that but with a club you would think it would be a little more routine right? I don't know maybe I am just frustrated with some other things that have been going on since I got into the board. Lets just say that some people are being a bit petty. Oh well I guess I should just let it go. Not let it get to me too much. One thing I won't do is let it effect my family life. If it gets to that point I might have to bow out. Ok I am done with my rant LOL. Sorry if this board you all. I just needed to get it off my chest.

I finally got to the Kitchen and it is cleaned!! Yeah!! So now all I really have left to do is my side of our bedroom. It's mostly just organizing a little and vacuuming but that's no problem so I will get to it sometime LOL. Amazingly the rest of the house has stayed pretty decent. I'll probably have the boy's pick up their room again but that's not much either just a bit on their floor.

While I was cleaning Harlow took the boy's along with his cousin to a pond where they got to go on a Jet Ski with Harlow's cousin. I really wish they would have gotten pics but they didn't have a camera (darn it all). Harlow said the boy's had a blast!! They didn't even want to come home and they didn't get home till after 8:30 P.M. LOL!! I am glad they had a good time and had a "boy's night out!" LOL .

Other than that I just went to the Laundromat and did laundry (before cleaning the kitchen and before the "boy's night out."). Chord went with me because he said he wanted to just hang out with me. So we hung out LOL. Jarod stayed home with Harlow. So it was a good day. Not too exciting but a good day non the less.

Tomorrow is my first "board meeting" with the MOMS Club as and official Secretary now LOL. That's not till 6:30 P.M. though so at least I don't have to rush around in the morning. Harlow will be home with the boy's. We will be discussing next months calendar and other club things I am sure LOL. Thursday and Friday I don't have anything planned and no cleaning yeah! LOL. So I will probably just relax but who knows what will happen. I hope everyone had a good day!!

The meeting went well today. Next month the new board (with me as Secretary) will be taking over. This is something totally new for me so I am a little nervous but excited too!! It will be good for me to try something different :D.


My dad sent me some money for my birthday so I went out and bought a new printer/scanner/copier. I really needed a new one because the other one only wanted to work when it wanted to ugh. It's the same brand as I had but the other one was four years old and it was only Vista compatible through a drive I had to download. So I guess I can't complain too much LOL.



My hubby has some new cars he has worked on. Two of them are Die cast cars and two of them are model kits he had but he added his own decals on them. Enjoy the pics :D.

This one is a Die cast. He stripped the paint to the bare metal (was a Jeff Gordon car)
and added all the other stuff to it. He made this for the boy's. They love it.

This one is a model Kit. He bought the decals separately and made it to an old style Jr. Car.

This was a model Kit that he made into Cale Yarborough car.

This was a Jimmie Johnson Die cast now a number 8 Jr.

This is the other side of it.

Yesterday was such a busy day. I had a friend over to go over what we were going to do for Create and Play the next day (today). So we sat and chatted and had a good time. It was a good time. We were going to do a Father's Day craft with all the kids in MOMS Club. She had her two young kids over too and they all played together while my friend and I got to talk :D.

Later we went shopping. I had to pick up a few things for Create and Play and for the Formal dinner thing I am going to on the 21 for the MOMS Club. So we were out and about all day yesterday.

When we got home I was having trouble (still am) with my printer so I spent a lot of time trying to figure that out but I don't know what the deal is. So by the time I was done with that I was tired and ready for bed LOL. Maybe the printer will work it's self out or might have to get a new one ugh.

Today was Create and Play and it turned out really well. A lot of people came. We made a card (finger painting :D) and a frame from those big Popsicle sticks you can get at craft stores. It was all very cool! I know the boy's had a blast.

Oh and wanted to answer a question I had a while back from Julie (sorry forgot about it till now :P) with the Secretary position I am taking with the MOMS Club it is not a paid job it's voluntary. It's a Non-Profit group. I can still put it on my Resume though when and if ever I get a job! It will be some work but I think I will enjoy it and it will make me think a little LOL.

Hope everyone is having a great week. I know for me it has zoomed by!!!

Plans for the Weekend

Not much happening today other than it being really humid! We only have a window air conditioner so we put it in our room and it cools down our room and the boy's room. So we have been in our rooms for most of the day LOL.

Anyway tomorrow I have a meeting with some MOMS Club moms because the new board members (me and other moms) will be learning about what our jobs will be like and what we need like paper work and the like. If you remember I will be the new Secretary in the group. It will also be like a girls night out so that should be nice.

Sat. the boy's have a field trip with a homeschool group to a Veterinary Clinic where they will listen to a dogs heartbeat and look at worms in a microscope (eww). I think the boy's will enjoy it though. Jarod has even agreed to go even though he's afraid of dog's LOL. We shall see how he does LOL. Other than that not much going on. How is everyone else spending the weekend?

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!!!

The weekend was good. Saturday we ended up going to a Trading Center about a 40 min. drive from here. The boy's got some die cast cars and hubby got a couple of things. I didn't get anything but then again I just don't enjoy spending money LOL. I don't know why but I have always been like that. Even when I was younger I never begged my parents for the "cool" clothes or the "in thing". Nope I liked the cheaper stuff better. My mom used to even try to get me to want the more expensive things but I just didn't care for them. My dad and also my dad's mom was like that too so I must take after them. I just don't know why I am like that. I don't think it's necessarily because I am cheap LOL. I just really don't like spending money on me. I love getting other people things. Especially if it's something I know they will like. I guess I am just odd LOL.

Anyway Sunday we went to church and then the rest of the day was spend at home. That was a nice break after all the running we did during the week. It was nice just to be lazy LOL.

Today was the monthly MOMS Club meeting. No one else is running for Secretary except me so I will be having that position once the elections are over LOL. This will mean I will have to get rid of some of the other things I do like Create and Play maybe the Science Club, Nursery coordinator and making the name tags LOL. Wow I don't think I realized how much I do till I typed it all out LOL. I love being a part of the club though. I have made a lot of good friends through it and I know the boy's love doing the things they have going and also have made a lot of good friends.

Tomorrow is laundry day. But other than that no plans. I am hoping for another do nothing much day LOL. I don't feel like I recuperated from last week LOL. But who knows what tomorrow will bring. How was every one's weekend?