The Week Ahead

I still don't know how to get the comments enabled on my posts. It shows in my settings that I accept comments but yet when you go to my post there is no option...am I missing something?????? Sorry folks!!

Okay, so my weekend did not turn out AT ALL like I had planned, but it was still very nice. We went to Ft. Smith to help Jake's parents pack their moving van (for Elk City, OK)...I took the opportunity (since I had the kids) to visit with Jake's aunt LeAnne and family. It was really nice, we hadn't seen them since Andrew's wedding, and that was hardly quality time. I know they had all really missed the kids (and me too) haha!

I drove the kids back today (and Wilson) after an impromptu overnighter...everything worked out fine, even though I was lacking clothes and we made it home with ZERO diapers to spare for Bo. Jake followed in the Big Red Beast a few hours later. It has been sitting at his parents since we don't have room here for it. Now that they are moving, we have three cars and a two car garage. You guessed it, something has to go. Will it be the beloved 82 chevy 1/2 ton or the 2000 chevy blazer. For those of you that know the history of the red truck, you know this is a big decision and one which is entirely up to Jake. The four of us can only ALL fit comfortably in the van.....stay tuned. Oh! The catch, if the truck stays, the money from the blazer must go to fix it up so it is reliable, has working air conditioning, windows, locks etc. in case I have to drive it. It needs to be a showy classic, not a hunk of junk :) THAT is my only requirement.

So, I took some time to think today, while BOTH, yes BOTH kids slept. ALLELUIA! And thought of some things I want to share/admit etc. to anyone willing to read.

1. I am TERRIBLE at thank you notes. I am so very thankful in my heart for so very many things. I can list a million for every person in my life and a million for every family event we go to, every gift we are given etc. etc. but when it comes to WRITING it down and adding a stamp, I am BAD. And yet, I know it means so much to me when I get a note in the mail. I want to reciprocrate but I am just plain BAD at getting it done. Main point, if you send me a card, a thank you, please know that it raises my spirits and I love it and it is my best intention to do the same, and sometimes I do, more often then not, I don't. But trust me, I am thinking it!!!

2. I love to sing. I am not on key, ever, I admit. But I love my country and christian music, I like it loud enough to drown me out and I like to sing loud and my travels today with just the kids allowed me to SING (and not be too embarassed).

3. There is no cheese on earth I love more than Tilamook Cheddar Cheese. It is worth every EXTRA penny you spend on it and I could eat it by the block, diet or no diet

4. Spin class is now an obsession, I had a dream about it. I am looking forward to it already, I PRAY it does miracles for my head, heart and body too :)

5. I like to be home, in my house, my bed, my rules, my dirt etc. etc. I just like to be home. Once upon a time I was a social animal, these days call me a homebody. I am totally okay with it.

6. Looking at pictures (old and those taken yesterday) of family and friends is fun, heartbreaking, exciting, solemn, wonderous and dreamy ALL at the same time. Sometimes your head goes places you aren't sure you want it to and sometimes it goes places that you hope your life leads you. They are very powerful.

7. I love garlic.

8. It is a scary moment when your almost 3 yr old CUTE girl comes to you with tears in her eyes and says she "snipped" her hair, "here, here and here" and that she is sorry. And as she looks at her and your own vanity kicks in, you want to kick yourself, she so innocently did what she has seen me do so many times, take a little here and a little there. MMMM, pictures to follow.

9. I am learning that it is okay to rewrite the scripts of your life, look at the old take some pieces, look at others, take some ideas from them, and write new ones. Writing new scripts for your own life is FREEING, exciting, a little nerve wracking but most of all a very healing process.

10. I need an IV of H2O put in me. I am so thirsty these days and so off track I can't seem to drink enough. I seriously feel like I am nursing again. (no I am not pg, and no I am not nursing, or ANYTHING baby related). I am just plain trying to continue on this thing I call a health kick and my body is screaming for water and I can't get enough in. And, if I try to, I am in the bathroom every 5min. What is a girl to do?! :)

On that note...this week Bo will have surgery AGAIN, to put tubes in his ears. This will happen Thursday. I will also be getting braces again, lucky me (this time on my own dime!). Jake's parents should be closing on their house in Arkoma and for all of these things we ask and pray for just peace, God's mighty hand to watch over it all.

For everything in this week past, we thank God, for his grace and forgiveness, for keeping us safe while we travel, for making it through all the Dr. Appts, for the friends that called to check on us and the ones that watched our kids.

We are so blessed.
Good night and have a great week!