First of all our trip to Atlanta was FABULOUS! We had the best time. I hope to post some pictures soon.
Now, I have been on a serious decluttering kick around here lately. I have been VERY convicted about this area of my life. I was not sure exactly what I was feeling until yesterday at a message board I frequent it was put into words. Where is the beauty in homemaking anymore? Are our homes organized, peaceful, welcoming? Are our children clean, dressed, mannerly, well behaved? Do our husbands go to work with a good lunch, a kiss from a lovely wife, a nicely pressed fresh outfit? Do our husbands come home to a nice house, peaceful house, nice smelling house, orderly house, love and cheerfullness? Ok, ok before you delete this blog from your favorites hear me out! I dont expect everyone to be June Cleaver. I surely am not. Im not exactly sure where I want this to go. But tell me what you think. Where is the beauty in homemaking? Why would anyone want to be a homemaker now? I know the Bible tells us it is right but.... why should we long to stay home and take care of home and family? Any takers? I will blog more about it either over the weekend or early next week. Im still trying to collect my thoughts.
Friday, September 9, 2005
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Time with friends.
We had a wonderful time tonight. We went and had dinner with some friends (MICHELLE HERE YOU ARE IN MY BLOG!!) They have the cutest 1 year old boy. He and my 2 year old are great friends. They got to sit by each other tonight Keith (the friend) in his highchair and A my baby in his booster chair. They giggled together, ate together, whined to get down together, and then had a good time staring at each other. Keith was so cute he wanted to get up so he would say in the cutest high pitched voice, "Up?". Now my A he just whined... "Wanna get doooowwwn!".
Michelle is expecting number 2 in January. Im so excited. She is a great mommy and Ricky (Her husband-Look Ricky your here too!) are amazing parents. They are doing such a good job. I got to be present at Keith's birth. It was such an amazing honor to be asked to be there. I believe with all my heart that God will one day grant me a baby from my own womb BUT if he does not I got to experience Keith's birth and for that I will forever be grateful.
We were also joined by another friend whom I had not seen in a long time. It was nice to catch up with her. (HI JESSICA!) I went to highschool with Michelle and Jessica and we met Ricky through another friend we went to highschool with.
We were laughing tonight because my oldest daughter whom I will be adopting soon was born in April of the year I graduated from highschool. We figured at our reunion I will fit right in. Most of my "friends" were expecting or had a baby at graduation. I told them about twelfth grade Anatomy and Physiology where I was surronded by girls who talked about diapers, formula, and vaccines during class. I was such the odd man out! Now I have to admit that these girls I sat around were to be "admired" in a sense. We went to a college prep public highschool. Which means it was a bit harder than most highschools. All of our classes were gifted or advanced and we graduated with more credits than we really needed. These girls stuck it out and passed with good grades and college prospects. Im not admiring them for having a baby so young but for taking a tough situation and making the best of it. I heard them condemed and could not help but think that the baby they had was still a gift from God. God still had something special planned just for that little person.
Anyways most of the point of that was to tell you all I had a great time with friends tonight.
Around the House:
I am on a serious decluttering kick. I mean like a show no mercy kick. I will blog more about why later. Its something I have been convicted about lately. All the stuff in our living room that is going on Freecycle is in a big box. I have already put up like 4-5 posts to get rid of some things. Im thinking for the next month or so Im going to try not to make any unneccessary purchases!
I have finally completed all the laundry from our trip.
The girl's room is almost livable.
The boy's room for some reason has started to go down hill again so I have to get on that.
Homeschooling Preschool is going great! The children are enjoying it and Im excited that it seems to be working out.
Unfortunatly we veered from our MOTH schedule a lot this week. But Im ready and raring to go tommorrow morning. We have only craft time tomorrow and after that I will be decluttering like a mad woman!
Ok going to bed now so I can get up at the right time! :)
Michelle is expecting number 2 in January. Im so excited. She is a great mommy and Ricky (Her husband-Look Ricky your here too!) are amazing parents. They are doing such a good job. I got to be present at Keith's birth. It was such an amazing honor to be asked to be there. I believe with all my heart that God will one day grant me a baby from my own womb BUT if he does not I got to experience Keith's birth and for that I will forever be grateful.
We were also joined by another friend whom I had not seen in a long time. It was nice to catch up with her. (HI JESSICA!) I went to highschool with Michelle and Jessica and we met Ricky through another friend we went to highschool with.
We were laughing tonight because my oldest daughter whom I will be adopting soon was born in April of the year I graduated from highschool. We figured at our reunion I will fit right in. Most of my "friends" were expecting or had a baby at graduation. I told them about twelfth grade Anatomy and Physiology where I was surronded by girls who talked about diapers, formula, and vaccines during class. I was such the odd man out! Now I have to admit that these girls I sat around were to be "admired" in a sense. We went to a college prep public highschool. Which means it was a bit harder than most highschools. All of our classes were gifted or advanced and we graduated with more credits than we really needed. These girls stuck it out and passed with good grades and college prospects. Im not admiring them for having a baby so young but for taking a tough situation and making the best of it. I heard them condemed and could not help but think that the baby they had was still a gift from God. God still had something special planned just for that little person.
Anyways most of the point of that was to tell you all I had a great time with friends tonight.
Around the House:
I am on a serious decluttering kick. I mean like a show no mercy kick. I will blog more about why later. Its something I have been convicted about lately. All the stuff in our living room that is going on Freecycle is in a big box. I have already put up like 4-5 posts to get rid of some things. Im thinking for the next month or so Im going to try not to make any unneccessary purchases!
I have finally completed all the laundry from our trip.
The girl's room is almost livable.
The boy's room for some reason has started to go down hill again so I have to get on that.
Homeschooling Preschool is going great! The children are enjoying it and Im excited that it seems to be working out.
Unfortunatly we veered from our MOTH schedule a lot this week. But Im ready and raring to go tommorrow morning. We have only craft time tomorrow and after that I will be decluttering like a mad woman!
Ok going to bed now so I can get up at the right time! :)
Changes
I have had the most fun tonight. Prince Charming and I have been making changes to my blog. Look he made my link list work! Hallalujah! And I put in a counter. I know not that many people stop by but I thought it would be fun to see how many do come by. Ok send all your friends over so my counter can go high and I wont be embarassed! :)
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Changing Templates
Im looking at some different templates right now. Not sure what Im going to do. I found http://www.blogskins.com and am browsing through there. Any suggestions? I tried to add a link section to this template but it would never show up so now Im trying to find one with a link section already there. *Sigh* I love this DSL but it is quickly making me more of a blog junkie than I care to admit. I can sit for 5 minutes every now and then and try to change something! LOL!
Modesty
Ok I have a ton to say on this topic but I thought I would start by just simply answering a question I recieved.
I'm just wondering...how do you dress? there is alot of talk about modesty dressing in dresses and such...I would love to know your perspective!
I wear mostly dresses/skirts. There are days when I pull on a pair of pants. I dont look down on others wearing pants. My girls are allowed to choose what they want to wear. My three year old wears dresses about 3-4 times a week. Thats what she picks. My four year old picks dresses almost everyday! Ok unless I ask her to wear a pair of pants.. because I have not done laundry and she does not have a clean school dress... she will pick a dress or skirt. My eight year old I never know which way she is going to go. I like to wear skirts. I like the femininity (is that right?) of it all! I like to show that, "Yes, I am a woman and grateful for the role God has given me." The rule I have for myself and my girls is that skirts and dresses have to at least fall to the knee. NOW I did make an exception with my two girls. The only thing we could find halfway appropriate for school were skirts with shorts underneath. I bought them each a size larger than what they wear and they fall just above the knee BUT they are below fingertip which is the rule I have with shorts for the girls. I would love to post pictures of us throughout the week in skirts and dresses the way other ladies have lately but our digital camara is broken and I have to wait until Christmas. I have borrowed my mom's a few times but she likes to have it back occasionally. :)
Anyways I believe as women of God we are to dress modestly. I dont know that that means wear skirts/dresses everyday but I believe it does mean we are to be covered. We should not be showing off parts of our body that are meant just for our husbands. I am a big chested woman. For awhile I was very self conscience of that then one day in my late teens early twenties I noticed that I was buying shirts and outfits that showed off this "feature". I was doing it to emphasize what I had. This was not right or godly. Now I am more careful. I thought until recently I was going to have to live with shirts that were too low cut and just keep them pulled up constantly because thats the only shirts I could find. Imagine my gratefulness when I discovered...LAYERING! HALLALUJAH! You can take a lovely camisole and layer it underneath a shirt that is cut too low and have a nice outfit that does not expose your chest. Too many women are proud to show off thier cleavage. I have come to believe that when we as Christians do this we are putting stumbling blocks in front of our brothers. Face it in today's world our men already have to walk around with thier eyes closed to avoid the temptation that ladies are wearing.. its even worse at church to see some young girl on stage singing praises to God half naked.
God says we are to be adorned with a meek and quiet spirit.
1 Peter 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Peter 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
How can we have a meek and quiet spirit when our goodies are hanging out for all to see?
This is just my two cents. I am sure not everyone agrees with me. I just know that if I am sitting across the table from Jesus I sure dont want to worry about whether HE has to avert his eyes from me because of the way I am dressed.
I'm just wondering...how do you dress? there is alot of talk about modesty dressing in dresses and such...I would love to know your perspective!
I wear mostly dresses/skirts. There are days when I pull on a pair of pants. I dont look down on others wearing pants. My girls are allowed to choose what they want to wear. My three year old wears dresses about 3-4 times a week. Thats what she picks. My four year old picks dresses almost everyday! Ok unless I ask her to wear a pair of pants.. because I have not done laundry and she does not have a clean school dress... she will pick a dress or skirt. My eight year old I never know which way she is going to go. I like to wear skirts. I like the femininity (is that right?) of it all! I like to show that, "Yes, I am a woman and grateful for the role God has given me." The rule I have for myself and my girls is that skirts and dresses have to at least fall to the knee. NOW I did make an exception with my two girls. The only thing we could find halfway appropriate for school were skirts with shorts underneath. I bought them each a size larger than what they wear and they fall just above the knee BUT they are below fingertip which is the rule I have with shorts for the girls. I would love to post pictures of us throughout the week in skirts and dresses the way other ladies have lately but our digital camara is broken and I have to wait until Christmas. I have borrowed my mom's a few times but she likes to have it back occasionally. :)
Anyways I believe as women of God we are to dress modestly. I dont know that that means wear skirts/dresses everyday but I believe it does mean we are to be covered. We should not be showing off parts of our body that are meant just for our husbands. I am a big chested woman. For awhile I was very self conscience of that then one day in my late teens early twenties I noticed that I was buying shirts and outfits that showed off this "feature". I was doing it to emphasize what I had. This was not right or godly. Now I am more careful. I thought until recently I was going to have to live with shirts that were too low cut and just keep them pulled up constantly because thats the only shirts I could find. Imagine my gratefulness when I discovered...LAYERING! HALLALUJAH! You can take a lovely camisole and layer it underneath a shirt that is cut too low and have a nice outfit that does not expose your chest. Too many women are proud to show off thier cleavage. I have come to believe that when we as Christians do this we are putting stumbling blocks in front of our brothers. Face it in today's world our men already have to walk around with thier eyes closed to avoid the temptation that ladies are wearing.. its even worse at church to see some young girl on stage singing praises to God half naked.
God says we are to be adorned with a meek and quiet spirit.
1 Peter 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Peter 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
How can we have a meek and quiet spirit when our goodies are hanging out for all to see?
This is just my two cents. I am sure not everyone agrees with me. I just know that if I am sitting across the table from Jesus I sure dont want to worry about whether HE has to avert his eyes from me because of the way I am dressed.
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Im here
Just wanted to check in to Blogworld and let ya'll know Im still here. Trying to catch up after our weekend in Atlanta. Hope to post more soon!
Thursday, September 1, 2005
Sprinkling the Carpets
Im sorry I did not clarify though I must admit I got a kick out of the comment.
We have three cats so once or twice a week I sprinkle some Pet Fresh Carpet Freshner on the carpet. It masks the smell a little bit! :)
We have three cats so once or twice a week I sprinkle some Pet Fresh Carpet Freshner on the carpet. It masks the smell a little bit! :)
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