For all my fellow bloggers who are moms...

Ok, so I’ve read a few of my friends blogs lately, and thought I’d pass on a little sanity saver that was passed onto me by a mother of 8 and a mother of 5. This advice is a little early for some, but maybe it will come in handy eventually. By now most of you have found out that finding a few moments to yourself, other than at nap time, are few and far between. Now, I do my best to get up before everyone else to have a moment, and although I’m a morning person, this is sometimes still a struggle. SOOO…try this… Go to Target/Bed, Bath & Beyond/ or somewhere similar, buy a very large, comfy bath rug. Now, about the ONLY place that I could find peace was in the bathroom!!! I taught my children early on that if the bathroom door was shut, they must give me some privacy. Even my dear husband knows to knock before entering!!! Now, this is where the bath mat comes in. I’m so not kidding when I say this…I would sit/lay on the mat and say a prayer, or be still, or just take a breather! It’s AMAZING what a 5-minute timeout can do for a stressed out mom. I’ve been told by the mom of 8 that when teenage years come along, that sitting on a bath rug won’t be enough…It will take a hot shower to distress!!! Blessings...

A spin on discipline...

"When I was a youngster, " complained the frustrated father, shaking his head, "I was disciplined by being sent to my room without supper. But our son has his own color TV, phone, computer and CD player."

"So what do you do when your son misbehaves?" asked his friend.

"I send him to our room!!" - Laugh-A-Lot

I love this... It's so true!!!

Joseph starting fussing in the car the yesterday morning. When I asked him what was going on, his oh so serious, 5 year old response was..."Hannah is getting on my nerves!! She is so annoying!" LOL! I was expecting something like - she hit me or something - not something so grown up like "annoying."

June 5...

"Nothing seems impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself." June 5... This is what my silly calendar says today. The name of my calendar book is If you want breakfast in bed...sleep in the kitchen! It's filled will homurous quotes and statements, but the one today struck me different. Ya know, this is so very true...when we are letting God be God in our lives. I'm finding myself in some "impossible" situations lately. I get all work up...(this phrase just doesn't emcompass what I do to myself!!)..., trying to figure out how I'm going to fix it. I seem to have alot of things that need fixin, but truly what needs fixin is my perspective - shifting my focus to the One where all things are possible! (ok, my thought pattern left me so I'm gonna let you guys pick up where I left off!) LOL

Catching up

Wow, I haven’t written in a while… so let me catch up. School is out…whoo hoo!!!!!! My children did great! Both the girls exceeded in their CRCTs, and are straight A students, with Hannah’s one exception of a B in the third quarter in Math. BUT she brought it up in the end with a 101 average!! You go girl! Lauren shined again bringing home six medals. Yea!! Joseph happily graduated from K-4 and is very excited that he doesn’t have to get up in the mornings.
Baconton had a football game the last day of school. It was a lot of messy fun. It rained the entire game, but the children had a blast! Joseph took a nose dive into some mud and had to be hosed off. They literally rode in the floor board home. I’m really excited about the upcoming season.
Memorial Day weekend was fun. We played at the river, worked in the yards and played in the river a little more. We are soooo blessed.
Then we all got a horrific stomach virus – it struck Hopeful with a vengeance. L
This past weekend was the dance recital and 10 year reunion. Lauren danced her heart out and has been dancing all over the house since. The reunion…well, I must admit – I thought Joshua or I would never go to one of these… But, ya know, life has a way to remind you of what is most important and quite frankly, I was tired of seeing some of these folks at funerals – life is so fragile.
As I write this, the children and Joshua are at the beach, and I’m at work. I’ll join them Friday night only to return Sunday evening to teach 3rd – 5th grade VBS for 5 nights!