Busy, Busy and Thoughts and Prayers Please :).

It’s been a busy few days here.  Friday was the MOMS Club® meeting.  It went pretty well.  I was a big surprised.  Usually it’s a little more chaotic but this time it wasn’t.  It was nice :).

Saturday I had a headache for most of the day but eventually it went away and I went to a friends house where she was hosting a craft night and I learned a little bit about scrapbooking and she and another friend gave me some stuff to use :).  I’d like to get more into it but man it can be expensive *sigh*.  It was a lot of fun!

Sunday was Church of course and the rest of the day was pretty lazy.  I went to bed late on Saturday night so I was tired most of the day Sunday.  I even took a nap and still went to bed early!  I was that tired LOL.

Today was really busy.  First I didn’t realize till last minute I had a meeting within MOMS Club® for something we are doing on April 25th.  So I had to rush to get out the door to get to that but it was nice.  I got to talk with some friends too and that’s always nice.

After that we came home and hubby went and took some Library books back for me and then we were all off to the Laundromat to do laundry.  Which is never really fun when you have a husband and two children along LOL.  Especially when said husband is in a rush ugh!

Why was hubby in a rush?  Because he wanted to get new tires put on our jeep.  He had to get there (he called them earlier) before 4:00 p.m. to get them put on and balanced and what not.  So he was a bit impatient at the Laundromat.  Sorry honey I can’t force the dryers to dry faster LOL. 

Just when I think things are not so busy something happens and we are out the door.  That’s ok though because I’d think I’d be board without all the running we do LOL.

Hubby has his job interview tomorrow.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers that he can get this job.  It might start off part-time and low pay but with it being a State Job it will get better.  We will just have to tighten our belts more than we have already but I know we will get through till then.  Thanks for the support everyone :).

I am a bit tired now LOL. I got up at six a.m. Yesterday I woke up at six-thirty. The reason for this? I wanted to start a new routine for myself really. I like being able to get up, drink my coffee (yes, I have to have my coffee to function LOL. Bad me :P) read some emails, do my exercise and enjoy just some me time.

It was nice having some quiet time while the boys and hubby were sleeping. I hope to make this a habit. This is the time I want to be able to just reflect and take some time out and talk with God :). I feel I get so busy during the rest of the day with schooling the boys, getting breakfast, lunch, and dinner along with spending time with the family, that I forget I need some daily time to myself and to God. It was even nicer too that the boys slept in longer than usual (almost 8 a.m.) because they were up later last night because we had Church last night.

We have now been back to school for almost two weeks and all is going well. I thing the boys are so used to the routine now. This is our fourth year of homeschooling. It really does get easier and more relaxed as we go along. I think it really has made us closer as a family. I have noticed too that though we homeschool are are together as a family, the boys are more independent. They don't need hubby and I to play with them all day, even with their schooling I don't have to be over their shoulder watching them. Sure there are some things I have to teach them but once they understand it they really don't need or want me to be over them. With Jarod I have to be there a little more but that's because he's only in First Grade right now. He is still learning to read (better) so I have to help with reading things and help him with his math. But once he understands something he doesn't want me to hang over him either.

My boys are growing up so fast. I thought homeschooling would slow that time a little more but it really hasn't :(. They still grow-up so fast!! But I really do enjoy the time we have together. I hope everyone has been having a good week!!

Cleaning and More Cleaning.

Boy I feel wiped out today LOL. I think it's the combination of getting the house sorted and cleaned (still working on that LOL) and it being warm out. Today we did grocery shopping but I finished cleaning and sorting through the play room. The boy's did all their stuff yesterday but I had to sort through my stuff today. Wasn't as much as the boy's but it was still a task LOL.

Oh and yes for those who asked about watching the boy's clean and telling them what they missed LOL!! I was also telling them how to go about getting things sorted so putting it away would be easier. I think they just see the mess and feel overwhelmed so I was telling them to do one section at a time and one toy group at a time. Like their Lego's they have different kinds and I showed them how to sort what goes to what and it made it a lot easier for them. I don't think they really understood that before.

From all the cleaning and from doing my exercising everyday I feel so sore. My whole body feels like one sore muscle LOL. I still have more to clean but I am taking it one day at a time so I don't over due myself (all though with how my muscles feel maybe I have over done it a little LOL).

Tomorrow I think I am going to start in the living room and bathroom (our bathroom is very small so it won't take much to do :) ). Mostly I just need to sort the 2 small bookcases I have, my desk (the tops have become catch-alls ugh) and dust really well LOL. Then Sunday I might take a break and maybe Monday (if I don't decide to do it Sunday) I will start in the kitchen. Ugh I don't really want to do the kitchen LOL. It's just so hard to keep that room clean because it's also where our front door is. You all have seen pics of the gravel driveway we share with our neighbors so it gets really dusty in the hot weather and really muddy when it rains. So all that comes right in the door. So keeping the floor clean is a challenge (even with everyone taking their shoes off before coming in). Add to that all the dust that comes in when we have the door open because we don't have air conditioning (we have a window unit in our room that cools both our room and the boy's room but a window unit won't work in the living room and kitchen area). All that just to say I really don't want to do the kitchen LOL. I will eventually though. Let's just see how long it stays clean. Any bets? LOL J/K. I hope everyone is having 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!!!

My Niece

Today has been a long day. Mainly it's because I was watching my little niece again. I've said before that she will be two in April. So she is still a little thing. She wore me out though. Not because I had to chase her around or anything. She was actually well behaved LOL. But for some reason when I watch a young baby always tires me out LOL. I don't know if it's the smell of baby or just a flash back to when the boy's were babies that makes me so tired LOL.

Chord, my oldest, was an easy going baby but I remember every time I held him and he fell asleep in my arms I would fall asleep with him LOL. This with the baby that would sleep all the time and even 12 hours after he was six weeks old so I had no business being tired LOL. My youngest on the other hand, Jarod, was the complete opposite LOL. He was a very cranky baby and so I got sleep when I could. He didn't even sleep through the night till he was about nine months out. Thankfully now he is a very happy boy and not nearly as cranky LOL.

So maybe those are some of the reasons I get so tired when I watch a baby LOL. She was very sweet though. She already loves to put on shoes LOL. My brother better watch out for that when she is older LOL. I can see her having a closet full of shoes and purses or something LOL. She even tried to put on Jarod's shoes. She just loves putting on shoes. Funny enough she even put them on the right foot LOL.

My niece is afraid of my hubby for some reason LOL. I think it's because he is so tall. He's 6' 4" and a big man. She also doesn't seem him very often either so that might be why too. Today she got better at being around him. She at first wouldn't even look at him but then before he went to work she would give him a high five and play with a car he gave her but she still wouldn't let him hold her or anything LOL. But hey she didn't cry just looking at him like she usually does LOL.

That's about been the extent of my day today. Yeah we did do schooling while my niece was here but we didn't do a lot considering it's Friday and I usually take an easier approach on Friday's since it's the end of the week. So we didn't do a lot with that. After my niece left I pretty much just picked up a little bit and was lazy for the rest of the day LOL.

Blah Day

It really wasn't a bad day. It was just a day that made me feel blah I guess. We went to the Laundromat to do laundry and also did school with the boy's there. The day was a very dreary day though. It only rained a little today but it was cloudy and no sun out. When there is no sun out I seem to be more tired and blah in feeling then I do when it's out shining. I felt so tired today even though I got enough sleep last night. Or at least I think I did LOL. I don't remember waking up at any time. All though I do remember dreaming a lot. Maybe that and the weather had a lot to do with it.
Other than going to the Laundromat we didn't do much. I mean we did finish up school when we got home but not much after that. I didn't do much of anything else at all. Tomorrow I will concentrate on getting the house in order. It's not horrible but it does need to be straitened. I was just feeling to blah today. Ok I am sure you are board of hearing my blah day so I will stop now LOL. Tomorrow is another day!!!

Been so Tired and Hair Cut and Dyed

The last two day's I have not been sleeping very well. I don't know why though. I haven't been worried about anything or feel overwhelmed or anything. I probably need to do some exercises or something so I get more tired?! I would be sleeping and then all of a sudden I would wake-up. Hubby says I am not snoring so that can't be why I am waking-up. It's only been the last two day's though. Hopefully tonight I will sleep better or at least find out why I am not sleeping well. That's why I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday. I was just too tired. LOL.
On other news, I got my hair cut and dyed today. It's the shortest I have ever had it but it so needed it!! I haven't cut my hair in about a year because honestly who has the time when you are a SAHM, and homeschool mom LOL. Any time I would think about it, it was when we were doing something else. After many dye jobs and other abuse I did to my hair it was very damaged LOL. Hubby got sick of finding my hair every where too LOL. I am a heavy set person to put it politely (lol) and I probably shouldn't have cut it so short because honestly it shows my neck too much but it's not bad actually. I really do like it. Besides like I said it desperately needed it. I probably shouldn't have dyed it again either but hey at least it was a darker color so no ammonia in it. It's definitely a change. That's ok though because in most cases I like change. I grew-up an army brat so change is definitely an old friend of mine LOL. Well that's all I can think of right now to post. Maybe whenever I get enough sleep I will have more to talk about LOL.