After Dinner Chaos

It seems my children always have lots of energy after dinner! As it is dark most of the time outside and our house is small so it becomes loud and crazy! Even Willy who is not even one yet, has joined in the after dinner run around! Please disregard the messy house!!!!

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Wordful/Wordless Wednesday – BBBBRRRR!

It has been cold around these parts of the woods!

027And although it can be beautiful, it makes some simple tasks a lot less enjoyable!

023These beautiful pictures were taken by my daughter!

024Hope you are all staying warm and cozy!

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Thinking…

462I am seriously thinking about community living.

I have spent years looking at them online and dreaming of starting my own. I know there is a part of me that is scared but I am feeling ready … ready for community living!

Now how to get there.

Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Friday Flashback – Spring Fever

Apparently I am have a case of the Winter Blahs and Spring Fever. While looking at pictures I found some pictures from our old house in Vermont.

IMG_1236When we bought this house I thought it was my dream house, an old Victorian that needed LOTS of work, but the price was right … now have you ever seen the movie The Money Pit with Tom Hanks, if you have that is all I have to say, if you have not, watch it, it is really funny!

IMG_1242But there were some wonderful memories and we made a nice home. One thing that I loved is we planted sunflowers, gorgeous, huge sun flowers! I love sun flowers!!!

IMG_1240It has been six years since these pictures were taken! WOW! Time flies. It has been almost three years since we sold our house, which means it has been that long since I have planted sunflowers … I am going to plant them this year! Just as soon as I can!

IMG_1239Hope you have a sun shiny day!!

Thankful Thursday — Rain Drops.

P8090008Well, I would have to say that this week has been rainy and my mood has matched. It seems when my mood is rainy I do not post. I just do not feel like sharing or typing or concentrating. So please understand that this may be a little scattered as I am still feeling quite rainy. Some how I missed Wordless Wednesday and it is not quite time for Flashback Friday so I am going to meld this post into Thankful Thursday. Which is good because it has made me think … it is rainy, I am feeling drab but I have so much to be thankful for.

I guess I should first be thankful for the rain drops, the rain that will help our gardens grow, allow us to have water to drink, clean and live. Rain beautiful rain. And I suppose the fact that all this rain makes me really appreciate the sun when it decides to peak out and join us for a day.

And right this minute I am so thankful for our new computer that has Windows 7 instead of Vista … our old one died. It was sad (not really because I have always disliked that computer with Vista on it). But I did panic because I am the worst at backing up things and I was afraid that several years worth of pictures might have been lost. But again another thing I can be thankful for, technology … the very nice gentleman at the computer shop was able to save all my data files to our new computer, YEAH! So now we have a new, extremely fast, lots of memory computer with all my files still intact! I am truly thankful about that!

So as I played with the new computer for a minute (as the kids really do not want to share). I was looking through some older pictures that I have not seen in awhile. As I usually use my laptop I had forgotten that there were several years worth of pictures on this computer. It has been fun to look at them!

P8290125I am including some of the first ones that I found. They are from August of 2007, just before Sam was born. This marvelous day we were visiting the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm in Vermont. Wonderful summer pictures in the garden. Oh how I am looking forward to these days again. The sun, the green, the yummy treats that go with it!

Here is to sunshine and hope that you all have a wonderful day!

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Growing Up:(

zink_head_flippedToday I am so excited I get to go see Caitlyn in her first play, Zink! She has been rehearsing and the show opened Friday and I have seen none of it! I feel very detached. In the past when the kids participated in something I was always there. I saw all the rehearsals and went to all the shows but the truth is that with a nursing little one and an active two year old it is very hard for me to attend all these things. Also the truth is that Caitlyn does not need me at everything anymore. She is fourteen years old, almost fifteen and she is branching out. This is great and I am proud of her. But I am very excited to go see her show!

I also just realized that this will be the very first time that I leave Willy. He will be eleven months in two days and I know that it is okay for these three hours it is still a little tough for me. He will be home with daddy and I am sure they will be just fine without me. The bitter-sweetness of the statement stings … yes I want him to be fine and happy with dad and I want to go enjoy the show but the idea that he is already growing up makes cry (tears of joy and sadness).

What I just realized as I type this is that I have the same struggles with my oldest and my youngest children today. They are both growing up! Darn it! Where does the time go? Can we pause? Rewind?

I am off to enjoy my children, hope you have a wonderful day!

May I Introduce:The Family Herbal

Rachel

To All You Busy Moms

Today I share with you the following email that has circulated many times, I am sure that you have all read it but it always makes me chuckle a little and warms my heart that indeed there are other people out there scurrying around trying to keep up with the daily life! Here is my disclaimer: I mean no unkindness to men, I know that there are families that share and that there are families that could reverse the mom/dad roles here. I did not write it. But I do know a LOT of moms that can relate to this bedtime routine!

WHY I LOVE MOM!
Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, “I’m tired, and it’s getting late. I think I’ll go to bed”.
She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning. She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer,  ironed a shirt and secured a loose button. She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the phone back on the charger and put the telephone book into the drawer.. She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel to dry.
She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the desk, wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair
She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her purse.
Mom then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night solution & age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her nails.
Dad called out, “I thought you were going to bed.”
“I’m on my way,” she said.
She put some water into the dog’s dish then made sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on.  She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and TV’s, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had a brief conversation with the one up still doing homework. In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most important things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of her goals.
About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular. “I’m going to bed”
And he did. Without another thought.
Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women live longer?
Cause they are made for the long haul (and they can’t die sooner, they still have things to do!!!!)

Hope your day is wonderful!

Wordful/Wordless Wednesday – 5 Years Ago!

What were you doing five years ago? Five years just does not seem too long but as I looked back at picture it seems like a lifetime ago. Here is a look at life around my life, five years ago!

Dan was still a goofball! But he had a mustache!

0006While waiting for Caitlyn at dance class, we would entertain ourselves by posing for pictures!

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We started homeschooling!

0003Ally lost her first tooth!

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And we still had cute kitties!

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A couple things that I noticed: I was the mom to only half the children than I am now. We lived in our old huge house which was always just one project after another. My big kids look so little. Memories are so great!

And that was just in January 2005! Stay tuned next month for another flashback!

A magical Wednesday to you!

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