the surprise haircut, at least it was a surprise to her parents.... I was not happy with her and Beans!!Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
the surprise haircut, at least it was a surprise to her parents.... I was not happy with her and Beans!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Taking This Blogging Thing Seriously?
I have come up with (stolen from other blogs) some ideas to liven up my blog a little bit... I was thinking if I would plan a theme for each day, then maybe I will be more likely to blog everyday, or at least almost everyday ;) so here's what I was thinking...
Wordless Wednesdays
Not Me Mondays ( stole this idea ;)
Fresh Fridays ( was thinking this would be the day I post a new recipe or a favorite recipe)
the rest of the week I will just post my musings, funny stories from the BP or just whatever else comes to mind :)
What do you think? Does it sound like I might actually have decided to take this blogging thing seriously? We'll see how long my attention span is ;)
Wordless Wednesdays
Not Me Mondays ( stole this idea ;)
Fresh Fridays ( was thinking this would be the day I post a new recipe or a favorite recipe)
the rest of the week I will just post my musings, funny stories from the BP or just whatever else comes to mind :)
What do you think? Does it sound like I might actually have decided to take this blogging thing seriously? We'll see how long my attention span is ;)
Sleepless
Another long night... I knew it was going to be bad when I fell asleep at 11:30 and handsome hubby came to bed at 1:00. Of course I woke up and could not get back to sleep. I was really hoping for a full night of sleep, needless to say, that hour and a half was the only sleep I got. And to make matters worse, when handsome hubby finally came to bed and I woke up, I let my frustration out on him. "why couldn't you have come to bed at the same time as me?!? then we would both fallen asleep, and I would (maybe) have stayed asleep all night!" grrrrrrr....
To be quiet honest, it really doesn't matter if we go to bed at the same time or not, I am still waking up 1-2 hrs later and then I'm up for the rest of the night/morning. So I really had no reason to snip at him, it wouldn't have mattered if he had come to bed at 11. I still would have been up at 1. arrrgghhh.
And you would think that with all the hours of time that I have on my hands when I can't sleep, that I would be able to accomplish something! But no, I don't seem to get anything accomplished as I am trying to be quiet and not wake up the BP :P
I think my hand is feeling well enough now, I am going to have start spending my sleepless nights working on Christmas gifts for next year. Then at least I can say that I am doing something with all those wasted hours.
AND this morning I had to apologize to my handsome hubby, and really apologize, not the "I'm sorry, but its really all your fault!" apology but an honest to goodness, "I'm sorry for crabbing at you last night." apology. Amen, end of apology, no excuses, no blaming. Just "I'm sorry".
So I am pumped full of caffeine, on my 4th cup of coffee for the day, and I made it hair-raising strong coffee for today! I know I'm going to pay for it tonight, but I need it to function today :P and b4 everyone gives me the advice that maybe my coffee consumption is the reason for my sleeplessness, I will explain that I went totally off of all caffeine, coffee,soda, chocolate, migrain meds, for weeks and I still wasn't sleeping, the only difference was that I had horrible headaches that I wasn't treating and I was crabby, like all the time crabby, like "look out, mom is REALLY REALLY crabby" crabby, like clear a room crabby, like horns and a spiked tail crabby... I would rather have my coffee and meds for my headache thank you very much!
Well, one good thing about all this time on my hands, I have been checking out other blogs and have decided that I am going to do some fun things to liven up my blog a little. Stay tuned for some fun stuff coming soon :)
To be quiet honest, it really doesn't matter if we go to bed at the same time or not, I am still waking up 1-2 hrs later and then I'm up for the rest of the night/morning. So I really had no reason to snip at him, it wouldn't have mattered if he had come to bed at 11. I still would have been up at 1. arrrgghhh.
And you would think that with all the hours of time that I have on my hands when I can't sleep, that I would be able to accomplish something! But no, I don't seem to get anything accomplished as I am trying to be quiet and not wake up the BP :P
I think my hand is feeling well enough now, I am going to have start spending my sleepless nights working on Christmas gifts for next year. Then at least I can say that I am doing something with all those wasted hours.
AND this morning I had to apologize to my handsome hubby, and really apologize, not the "I'm sorry, but its really all your fault!" apology but an honest to goodness, "I'm sorry for crabbing at you last night." apology. Amen, end of apology, no excuses, no blaming. Just "I'm sorry".
So I am pumped full of caffeine, on my 4th cup of coffee for the day, and I made it hair-raising strong coffee for today! I know I'm going to pay for it tonight, but I need it to function today :P and b4 everyone gives me the advice that maybe my coffee consumption is the reason for my sleeplessness, I will explain that I went totally off of all caffeine, coffee,soda, chocolate, migrain meds, for weeks and I still wasn't sleeping, the only difference was that I had horrible headaches that I wasn't treating and I was crabby, like all the time crabby, like "look out, mom is REALLY REALLY crabby" crabby, like clear a room crabby, like horns and a spiked tail crabby... I would rather have my coffee and meds for my headache thank you very much!
Well, one good thing about all this time on my hands, I have been checking out other blogs and have decided that I am going to do some fun things to liven up my blog a little. Stay tuned for some fun stuff coming soon :)
I Love...
the smell of coffee
fresh baked bread
the food channel
Alexis' Blue eyes
wood-burning stoves
yummy smelling soaps
a clean kitchen
trying out a new recipe
watching Belle bake monster cookies
Bean's boots
sleeping thru an entire night (hasn't happened in months)
the smell of rain
Joseph's drawings
lilacs
making lists
reading
photography
slippers from my mom
travelling
sightseeing
swimming
the ocean
homemade soups
drinking water from our house( you don't appreciate your own drinking water till you are on the road and water from any other place makes the kids sick for weeks until their bodies get used to it)
rasberry jam
my mom's homemade apple butter
orange blossom honey
Brooke's sassiness
packing up the van and driving away
cuddling with Snowball
taste of home mags
hoodie sweatshirts
receiving emails that are actually emails and not forwards
texting to my hubby in a room full of people
Dennis' smile
Monday, February 15, 2010
A very happy Valentine's Day
We had a wonderful weekend :) Saturday we went to my parents' for the morning, then stayed for dinner and watched a movie. ALL of us watched Spiderwick Chronicles, the BP thought it was so cool that all of us adults watched it too.
Then Saturday night my wonderful hubby took me to St Cloud for supper, we went to La Casita, ended up that there was a bday party being celebrated rght where we were sitting, we literaly could not hear each other talk the entire time we were there. So we decided to go somewhere else for dessert and cofffee, but we very quickly found out that everything in town was packed, 45 minutes wait times everywhere!!!
So he found us a very quiet coffee shop!! It doesn't seem as amazing as it really was. But you see, D can't stand coffee, the smell of it, the taste of it, he can't stand it!! SO the fact that he found us a quiet coffee shop, the fact that he sat in the quiet coffee shop for an hour while we talked and relaxed, that is really truly amazing! He had a small hot cocoa, and I had a lg latte', and we shared a really yummy slice of lemon-poppyseed bread. It was a wonderful night!
But it was't done yet!! We then went shopping and found the girls some really cute knee-high socks :) Found a really good sale at Target and was able to buy 3 pairs of really cute knee highs in the woman's section, for the price of 1 pair of really cute knee high socks in the little girls section!! So of course I bought a pack of 3 for EACH of the girls!!! They were really truly totally cute and I have wanted to run to town and see if the selection in Willmar is different than what they had in St Cloud. Definantly plan on making that run to town tomorrow, its been driving me crazy!! My poor boy, he sat at his plate and was a little disappointed, the girls had these crazy, cute socks on THEIR plates and he had a six pack of plain white boys socks :( thinking I may have to look and see if I can find him some cool, funky socks too.
Back to Saturday night... we then went to the grocery store and I picked up fresh strawberries, and yes, they were crazy expensive to buy at this time of year, but I had it in my head what I wanted to surprise the BP with for breakfast, so I bought them anyway. And I picked up some Valentine's candies and some cool whip.
Then it was back home and to bed, but we started talkin and "dreaming", you know, the "what if we had money, what we would do?" and the " isn't it so amazing to see our children are growing up into these AMAZING little people!",and, "remember when they were all so little, how hard everything was? It was SO worth it!" well, then we decided we weren't tired after all, so we got up an put a movie in and talked the whole way thru it. Finally at 4 (am!) D decided it really was time to go to sleep, so back to bed, but of course I couldn't sleep, so after he fell asleep, I was back up and reading and watching tv. Fell asleep about 6, and by that point, I really didn't want to fall asleep! But I was back up an hour and a half later to get my surprise Valentine's breakfast on the table :) Pink, heart-shaped buttermilk pancakes, fresh cut strawberries with pink whip cream, sausage links and grape juice :) they all loved it!!!!
Then it was to pick out all their clothes for church, the girls wanted to wear their adorable new knee-highs, so they had to change their clothes. And my girls were so good with putting up with my, "its Valentine's Day, wear something pink, or red!!" the it was off to church, then on the way home we dropped off some Valentine's cookies at grandpa and grandma McCaulley's and stopped at Uncle Dean's and dropped some cookies off for him too. Then we spent a wonderful afternoon taking naps and reading :)
It was a VERY happy Valentine's Day at the Anderson's :) Hope yours was as wonderful as ours :)
Then Saturday night my wonderful hubby took me to St Cloud for supper, we went to La Casita, ended up that there was a bday party being celebrated rght where we were sitting, we literaly could not hear each other talk the entire time we were there. So we decided to go somewhere else for dessert and cofffee, but we very quickly found out that everything in town was packed, 45 minutes wait times everywhere!!!
So he found us a very quiet coffee shop!! It doesn't seem as amazing as it really was. But you see, D can't stand coffee, the smell of it, the taste of it, he can't stand it!! SO the fact that he found us a quiet coffee shop, the fact that he sat in the quiet coffee shop for an hour while we talked and relaxed, that is really truly amazing! He had a small hot cocoa, and I had a lg latte', and we shared a really yummy slice of lemon-poppyseed bread. It was a wonderful night!
But it was't done yet!! We then went shopping and found the girls some really cute knee-high socks :) Found a really good sale at Target and was able to buy 3 pairs of really cute knee highs in the woman's section, for the price of 1 pair of really cute knee high socks in the little girls section!! So of course I bought a pack of 3 for EACH of the girls!!! They were really truly totally cute and I have wanted to run to town and see if the selection in Willmar is different than what they had in St Cloud. Definantly plan on making that run to town tomorrow, its been driving me crazy!! My poor boy, he sat at his plate and was a little disappointed, the girls had these crazy, cute socks on THEIR plates and he had a six pack of plain white boys socks :( thinking I may have to look and see if I can find him some cool, funky socks too.
Back to Saturday night... we then went to the grocery store and I picked up fresh strawberries, and yes, they were crazy expensive to buy at this time of year, but I had it in my head what I wanted to surprise the BP with for breakfast, so I bought them anyway. And I picked up some Valentine's candies and some cool whip.
Then it was back home and to bed, but we started talkin and "dreaming", you know, the "what if we had money, what we would do?" and the " isn't it so amazing to see our children are growing up into these AMAZING little people!",and, "remember when they were all so little, how hard everything was? It was SO worth it!" well, then we decided we weren't tired after all, so we got up an put a movie in and talked the whole way thru it. Finally at 4 (am!) D decided it really was time to go to sleep, so back to bed, but of course I couldn't sleep, so after he fell asleep, I was back up and reading and watching tv. Fell asleep about 6, and by that point, I really didn't want to fall asleep! But I was back up an hour and a half later to get my surprise Valentine's breakfast on the table :) Pink, heart-shaped buttermilk pancakes, fresh cut strawberries with pink whip cream, sausage links and grape juice :) they all loved it!!!!
Then it was to pick out all their clothes for church, the girls wanted to wear their adorable new knee-highs, so they had to change their clothes. And my girls were so good with putting up with my, "its Valentine's Day, wear something pink, or red!!" the it was off to church, then on the way home we dropped off some Valentine's cookies at grandpa and grandma McCaulley's and stopped at Uncle Dean's and dropped some cookies off for him too. Then we spent a wonderful afternoon taking naps and reading :)
It was a VERY happy Valentine's Day at the Anderson's :) Hope yours was as wonderful as ours :)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Stress, life and letting go and Letting God
Wow, it's been forever, again! Things have been stressful in our lives lately, well, really, for the last few months.
Construction has slowed down, pretty much at a standstill, with D building hotels. God has provided work for him, sometimes on a day by day answer to prayer! It has been amazing when I can step back , remove myself from the stress of it all, and see how God is working. But those of you who know me, know that I don't very often step back from it all, and I have a very hard time removing myself from the stress of it all.
Needless to say, stress in my life magnifies itself in my ability to sleep, or my INABILITY to sleep. I may be able to fall asleep, but an hour or two later I'm up, and pacing the house.
The BP are great, they are doing great in school, have found the one thing that they love. Believe it or not, they love to write essays!!! I let them choose a topic and then we head to the library and check out some books on the topics of their choices and they spend the next week studying and reading up on their topics. Which means quiet afternoons for me, and it also means that I have been reading up on the topics too! So I have something to go off of when I grade their work!
One thing I can say, I'm not letting the stress get to me as bad as it was 2 months ago. Now I can pray about it, let HIM take care of it, and I don't live my life with that ever-present icky feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am learning to let go and let God. Somedays are harder than others, on those days I usually go about my day with a gnawing feeling in my stomach and tears in my eyes. But those days are getting fewer and fewer. And I am getting closer to my Heavenly Father, as I have found out that He is my only strength. So thru all of the stress and anxiety and tears and Tums, and prayers, I am getting stronger!! And I find myself thanking Him for blessing me with my wonderfully amazing children and my amzing, tender, loving, forgiving husband.
I highly recommend letting go and letting God take care of all our worries and cares and all of the things that we find oursleves stressing out about. He can and will free us from all of the cares of the world when we set our eyes on Him, obey His Word and follow His Will for our lives. Such freedom that only He provides!!
Construction has slowed down, pretty much at a standstill, with D building hotels. God has provided work for him, sometimes on a day by day answer to prayer! It has been amazing when I can step back , remove myself from the stress of it all, and see how God is working. But those of you who know me, know that I don't very often step back from it all, and I have a very hard time removing myself from the stress of it all.
Needless to say, stress in my life magnifies itself in my ability to sleep, or my INABILITY to sleep. I may be able to fall asleep, but an hour or two later I'm up, and pacing the house.
The BP are great, they are doing great in school, have found the one thing that they love. Believe it or not, they love to write essays!!! I let them choose a topic and then we head to the library and check out some books on the topics of their choices and they spend the next week studying and reading up on their topics. Which means quiet afternoons for me, and it also means that I have been reading up on the topics too! So I have something to go off of when I grade their work!
One thing I can say, I'm not letting the stress get to me as bad as it was 2 months ago. Now I can pray about it, let HIM take care of it, and I don't live my life with that ever-present icky feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am learning to let go and let God. Somedays are harder than others, on those days I usually go about my day with a gnawing feeling in my stomach and tears in my eyes. But those days are getting fewer and fewer. And I am getting closer to my Heavenly Father, as I have found out that He is my only strength. So thru all of the stress and anxiety and tears and Tums, and prayers, I am getting stronger!! And I find myself thanking Him for blessing me with my wonderfully amazing children and my amzing, tender, loving, forgiving husband.
I highly recommend letting go and letting God take care of all our worries and cares and all of the things that we find oursleves stressing out about. He can and will free us from all of the cares of the world when we set our eyes on Him, obey His Word and follow His Will for our lives. Such freedom that only He provides!!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Being a Mom
Whew, being a godly mom is sometimes a very tough thing. Working on me as a person is hard enough, but then to work on me as a mom and wife adds so much more to it. I strive to be a godly woman, a godly mom and a godly wife. You would think they were all synonymous but they are 3 totally different things and yet, not different at all. Does that make any sense? I feel the difference, but to explain the difference is a challenge.
I see things with my children, and I think, "hey, thats not right! what happened to self-control, and respect for each other?" But then, if I'm honest with myself, I have to admit that I need to work on those very same things. So as I correct my children, they look at me like, "sure mom, and who do you think we learned this from?" I KNOW that they're right, and I am working on me, and I am also striving to be a godly mom, and admonish and correct them in a godly manner, ie, not in anger or frustration, but calmly and with Bible truths. I have found that it isn't always an easy thing to do.
The more I make this a part of my daily life I'm sure it will get easier? I'm hoping, and praying it does!!
One more thing to work on. And the never-ending, every-growing list just grew some more! Well, I guess we are all still under construction, God isn't finished with me yet either!
I see things with my children, and I think, "hey, thats not right! what happened to self-control, and respect for each other?" But then, if I'm honest with myself, I have to admit that I need to work on those very same things. So as I correct my children, they look at me like, "sure mom, and who do you think we learned this from?" I KNOW that they're right, and I am working on me, and I am also striving to be a godly mom, and admonish and correct them in a godly manner, ie, not in anger or frustration, but calmly and with Bible truths. I have found that it isn't always an easy thing to do.
The more I make this a part of my daily life I'm sure it will get easier? I'm hoping, and praying it does!!
One more thing to work on. And the never-ending, every-growing list just grew some more! Well, I guess we are all still under construction, God isn't finished with me yet either!
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