The last of 2010….

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Well, here we are with the last post of this year…I am kind of amazed that the end of the year is here already…I kind of was not expecting it to happen this soon.

Today, the Lord blessed me with an extra dose of energy, Thank you so much!!  We made coffee cake this morning to deliver to another lady to take to a 3rd lady at our church who just had a baby girl   Of course in the dash to get out of the house we left the pacifier on the dining room floor and even though I was 3 minutes from the house…that would have been at least a 6 min. delay getting to the drop off location….so off we went…

We rendezvoused at a Food Lion parking lot and exchanged hello’s and laugh’s …and a brief discussion about attending evening services at church tonight….why a discussion…well because service does not start until 9pm and goes until midnight with an intermission half way through…..Did anyone remember that we have 5 children….the youngest…his night time sleeping begins at 8:30pm, my older children…while they could possibly make it for that duration….they are normally in bed by 8:30pm also…..

So we are forgoing said services until they are about 10 years old!!  I will pray in the new year with them in spirit from my house…. Christy….good luck with the pajamas and blankets for your little ones!!!

We then went across town to the bank, cashed our paychecks and went to Michael’s craft store looking for some special glitter for making these branch thingy majigy’s for the end of the month…they didn’t have them….

Then it was off to Hobby Lobby to get these sliver charger plates for the same end of the month project and some little white Christmas lights….I was hoping to get the normal ones at 60% off, however, the normal ones were sold out and I ended up with a slightly different light that looks like a clear pine cone but still tiny…I wonder how that will look on a fake Ficus tree…lol

Over to the Dollar store where I grabbed my dish soap and saw the stash of glass candle holders that I will also need for said project at the end of the month…the Dollar store on my side of the freeway is completely wiped out for the holidays.

Last stop…Aldi’s I love shopping there…in and out in 20 minutes with a complete kitchen full of groceries.

We, the children and I, arrived home with a brief stop through a drive through for lunch and unloaded everything.  The kitchen was slightly chaotic with the remnants of the coffee cake dishes everywhere and now groceries all over the counters .  I tidied up that area, went through the family room and cleaned up….Took a picture or pictures of my dining room….why is that significant….well, because I took everything off of my bookshelf that was supposed to be used for my homeschool stuff….and well, 90% of the stuff, was not homeschool related…so, while I should have taken the picture before I took it off the bookshelf..that would have been nice… You will get the work in progress picture on the dining room table and the nice finished picture of the bookshelf!  All to be posted another time…lol

I then went in and started doing some sewing!!!  Yippee!!! I had bought material for Haley the first week of December because I thought we were going on a trip and she would need the clothes, and that did not happen and so it has sat, looking forlorn waiting to be sewn up….  So the front side of the dress is put together, well front and sides I should say…

I got up from there and now I have sitting next to me about 12 pairs of felt mittens that are about 2.5” in length that I need to finish embroidering together for the project at the end of  the month….

So I feel productive today and there is still daylight left…so who knows what else will get done today…I am looking forward to what the Lord has in store for me for the coming year and I look forward to poignant and concentrated time with Him….

God Bless~~

 

The Day after Christmas

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So that little bit of snow from Christmas….turned into this by the day after…it was so gorgeous!!!

 

A neighbor came over to help make a Snowman.

We still have snow on the ground at our house!!

Ok so life goes on…

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I know, it would have been nice to just leave that last post up forever…and just reflect on that moment non-stop….but alas, life keeps going and so does mine….

We had a really nice simple Christmas. The gifts were opened on Christmas eve.

I love the look on my oldest son her below…the anticipation…just adorable.

I had cooked a huge turkey dinner on Christmas eve so that I did not have to cook on Christmas.  We got up and finally got everyone ready to go and we went in search of snow!!  We were expected to get snow at our house but we knew it would not be enough.  So about an hour away we stopped at one park and I just loved this Dogwood tree…..

We drove further on to the town of Hendersonville and found the Mall parking lot to be the best place for the children to get out, run around and have a huge amount of fun.  There were no other cars there and we didn’t have to worry about anyone getting hurt.

The children always love snow ball fights and trying to get away from daddy.

They took some time to start building a snowman….that soon lost interest….

 

Haley made a snow angel.

When we arrived home, it had started to snow…. as you can see it was not anything to play in..this picture was at 9:00pm…so there was snow on Christmas……

This picture was at 12:20am… so it looks as though there was going to be plenty for the day after Christmas!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Holiday.

The Christmas Blessing from the Lord…a MUST read!!!!

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Gen 18:14  Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

1Sa 1:17  Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
1Sa 1:19  And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

Luke 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,

WOOOOOO WHOOOOOOO

The anticipation of thinking you have been blessed by the Lord and the having to wait are just about unbearable especially when you think you have symptoms that are telling you something wonderful is on the way….

and then the thinking and planning of how to share that news with my husband….makes a creative girl like me go crazy!!!

There was the one option of the knock knock joke….

you know the one… Knock Knock

                   Whose there?

                   Orange.

                   Orange who?

                   Orange ya glad we are going to have a baby?….followed with big cheesy grin….

Then there was the little song I thought I would have Haley sing….

Do you all know that B-I-B-L-E song???

B-I-B-L-E

Yes that’s the book for me.

I stand alone on the word of God

The B-I-B-L-E

BIBLE!!!

 

So I changed the lyrics…

A B-A-B-I-E

A Blessing you must agree

We have five and we’ll survive

We’re having a B-A-B-I-E

BABY!!!

I asked my daughter when I wrote it if it sounded corny…well she was all freaked out and confused…well plus she had just awakened from a nap….

She was not having anything to do with it and then started to cry so I had to go talk to her in her bedroom and find out what was wrong… she was confused and I explained we were having a baby and her eyes got huge and she said for real and I said yes… but to be quiet and not tell her brothers in the other room yet….I was afraid they would blurt it out to daddy….

But she was not up for that…the singing part….drats…next plan…….

Then daddy called and said he was on the way home…..I texted back to see if it would be possible to go out to dinner….

he said sure….I was all for celebrating!!!!

Daddy arrived home, and we gathered up the children, I changed into a nice shirt, re-did the hair, put on a little lipstick…didn’t need any blush…couldn’t quite hide the flush on my cheeks if I tried!!

 

Haley came back to me right before getting in the car….ok I’ll sing the song…do you want me to just sing it or what….No, don’t sing it…. sing it now before daddy comes back in I said….she did, but had a slight error…I said try one more time…it was ok…I said…don’t sing until I say so, that will be plan B for now…..

We ended up going to a local Mexican restaurant…hubby was sitting across from me….he said I looked pretty …..well I was hoping that would come up in the conversation…lol….So I smiled back and said pretty enough to have a baby….well he just smiled at first because I had asked a while back if we would be able to have just one more and he said no….but I was sitting there now with this huge grin on my face….and so about 15 seconds go by and then he says You’re pregnant aren’t you.

He smiled and put his hand over his forehead and dropped his head down…like what have I gotten myself into!  And then smiled afterwards..

Proof POSITIVE!!!! For those of you who are visual people

Soooooooo, we are looking at the end of August, the last week, the last three days possibly…..I’ve known for three weeks and today was the day that my cycle would start….but the curiosity got the better of me and I took the test on Thursday.

There is lots to get in place and get in gear to make sure I am at the top of my health.  I have been taking all my vitamin supplements and folic acid and Prenatals and Vitamin B’s, etc….

So, if you want to come along for the journey for the next 8 months and also be a prayer partner, which would be greatly appreciated, then bookmark this blog or click on the subscription button or click on the follow button so that it appears on your blog dashboard!!!

Thanks so much for joining in our joyful happiness and celebration from the Lord!!!

Luk 1:14  And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Our newest house servant

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Don’t you all just hate buying vacuum’s once every 1.5 to 3 years!!!  Well my husband decided to buy a vacuum that would last a really long time…..

Say hello to my newest friend….One of those Dyson ball vacuum’s….wow, quiet, lightweight, ease of use it’s a dream!!

We have to share it with Tim at work once a month but the rest of the time it is here to help us out!!