Well I have a whole lot of stuff that needs to get accomplished today! We are throwing a 70th bday party for HH's mom tomorrow so its "all hands on deck"! Of course with my Pack it gets done so quickly so I really have no reason to stress about it :)
Here is my to-do list for the day:
trim all weeds (around trees and driveway) ~ Little Brother X
scrub bathtub ~ Blue Eyes X
Peel 10 lbs potatoes ~ Baby Sister X
deep clean all bedrooms (dust, organize, ect) Everyone! X
put away craft stuff ~ Me X
roast the pork ~ Me X
bake banana bread ~ Mouth
iron ~ Beans
put away all gaming systems ~ Little Brother X
wash windows ~ Blue Eyes X
clean out fridge ~ Me X
make more laundry soap ~ Mouth
bake cupcakes ~ Baby Sister
finish laundry ~ everyone
clean around shed ~ Little Brother X
scrub out cooler for drinks ~ Mouth
put window air conditioner in ~ Me
put the front panel back on washing machine ~ Me
clean and disinfect litter box ~ Blue Eyes
make a bday banner ~ me
drop off Baby Sister at Little Friend's house ~ X
pick up a few groceries
make potatoe salad ~ Me
make Sarah Beans ~ Beans
that isn't including all their usual chores! its looking pretty good though :) We should still be able to relax this afternoon and the older 3 girls have their heart set on going to see Eclipse, I don't think that will be a problem :)
Oh, for the 4th we always spend the day with friends ~ I am thinking about making the rainbow cupcakes, but making them red, white and blue :) sound like a good idea??? I need to pick up some red, white and blue sprinkels for on top maybe? hmm, maybe add that to my list....
Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
So Busy??
I just have something I have been thinking about lately, so I guess this is my way of getting it off my chest ;)
When talking to other moms I have heard them say they never have time for anything, because the kids are so much work. Ask them out for coffee? Nope, they can't, because they are so busy. Ask them if they want to come over for coffee and cookies, the kids can come with! Nope, they are so busy. Want to meet at the beach and take the kids swimming? oh, um, yeah, I can't because I am so busy.
I have a simple question. What are you so busy doing??? Why is it so hard to keep your house clean, melas on the table and laundry done? What is so hard about being a wife and mother? I am not saying we have the easiest job in the world! Seriously, when I had 5 kids under the age of 6, I was busy, I was tired, just getting all of them in their carseats to go anywhere was a chore of its own! But after Baby Sister was out of diapers, and walking on her own, I felt like I had freedom!
If your children are over the age of 4 there is no reason why you are still tying their shoes, cleaning up their messes, wiping their bottoms, buttoning their pants! They can have chores of their own, they CAN get them done, they can be ready to go when they are instructed to be ready. If they can't its not their fault, its because mommy has never made them!
I look at my Brat Pack and sometimes I really am amazed by them. They do their own laundry, mow the lawn (push mow an acre, ALL HILL!), get their chores done everyday, they all love to help in the kitchen, and have turned into some pretty great cooks and bakers. They keep their rooms clean (somewhat ;). My oldest girls help another family twice a week cleaning and doing laundry and watching their 4 children. And that does not include Beans' regular babysitting job and Blue Eyes and Mouth have been kept very busy babysitting this summer. And somehow we still find the time to go swimming everyday, I try to take one of the Pack out once a week for some mom and me time, make meals for others, oh! and we enjoy every weekend at the cabin with family. And you will find us at the library many afternoons during any given week, and many days are spent at the park playing with friends. I still find time to coupon and plan my meals so I am not spending a huge amount of money to feed this family of 7 ( with a few more thrown in on any given day).
I am not writing this to "toot my own horn". I am just trying to show other moms who have gotten to the place where their families are WORK, that it does NOT have to be that way! I love my kids, love my Handsome Hubby, love being able to spend time with them and not always finding myself spinning my wheels feeling as if as fast as I am getting things done they are undoing it! Don't blame your husband and kids when you can't find the time to enjoy time with others. You made your life like it is. You have no one to blame but yourself.
So, as you are letting life pass you by because you are so busy, we will be spending the day at the beach making memories, or maybe having a picnic lunch at the park with friends.
Of course you can feel free to drop in anytime, we always have fresh cookies or bars and it only takes a few minutes and I can have a pot of coffee brewed and we can sit and chat while the kids run and play. My house may not be perfect, but the door is always open and you will always be welcomed here.
When talking to other moms I have heard them say they never have time for anything, because the kids are so much work. Ask them out for coffee? Nope, they can't, because they are so busy. Ask them if they want to come over for coffee and cookies, the kids can come with! Nope, they are so busy. Want to meet at the beach and take the kids swimming? oh, um, yeah, I can't because I am so busy.
I have a simple question. What are you so busy doing??? Why is it so hard to keep your house clean, melas on the table and laundry done? What is so hard about being a wife and mother? I am not saying we have the easiest job in the world! Seriously, when I had 5 kids under the age of 6, I was busy, I was tired, just getting all of them in their carseats to go anywhere was a chore of its own! But after Baby Sister was out of diapers, and walking on her own, I felt like I had freedom!
If your children are over the age of 4 there is no reason why you are still tying their shoes, cleaning up their messes, wiping their bottoms, buttoning their pants! They can have chores of their own, they CAN get them done, they can be ready to go when they are instructed to be ready. If they can't its not their fault, its because mommy has never made them!
I look at my Brat Pack and sometimes I really am amazed by them. They do their own laundry, mow the lawn (push mow an acre, ALL HILL!), get their chores done everyday, they all love to help in the kitchen, and have turned into some pretty great cooks and bakers. They keep their rooms clean (somewhat ;). My oldest girls help another family twice a week cleaning and doing laundry and watching their 4 children. And that does not include Beans' regular babysitting job and Blue Eyes and Mouth have been kept very busy babysitting this summer. And somehow we still find the time to go swimming everyday, I try to take one of the Pack out once a week for some mom and me time, make meals for others, oh! and we enjoy every weekend at the cabin with family. And you will find us at the library many afternoons during any given week, and many days are spent at the park playing with friends. I still find time to coupon and plan my meals so I am not spending a huge amount of money to feed this family of 7 ( with a few more thrown in on any given day).
I am not writing this to "toot my own horn". I am just trying to show other moms who have gotten to the place where their families are WORK, that it does NOT have to be that way! I love my kids, love my Handsome Hubby, love being able to spend time with them and not always finding myself spinning my wheels feeling as if as fast as I am getting things done they are undoing it! Don't blame your husband and kids when you can't find the time to enjoy time with others. You made your life like it is. You have no one to blame but yourself.
So, as you are letting life pass you by because you are so busy, we will be spending the day at the beach making memories, or maybe having a picnic lunch at the park with friends.
Of course you can feel free to drop in anytime, we always have fresh cookies or bars and it only takes a few minutes and I can have a pot of coffee brewed and we can sit and chat while the kids run and play. My house may not be perfect, but the door is always open and you will always be welcomed here.
Beautiful Sunshiney Days
I love weeks like we have had! Sunshine EVERY day! The Pack has been swimming every day this week, I went and bought clothesline for my poles so I have been hanging laundry outside :) the garden is looking good, already have been picking tomatoes for my salads, we are having family over on Saturday for Mom's 70th Bday party. The Pack has been hard at work mowing our little paradise. An acre of mowing wears them out but then they get to go swimming again :)
Little Brother broke out in a rash on Monday, on his face! Poor kid, itches so badly! I have told him he can no longer go out to the forts at the cabin, the weeds are up to his face and he must have gotten into something. It looks horrible :P Baby Sister is the only one that hasn't broken out in a rash yet, I guess we will have to see if she lucks out and has clear skin all summer or not...
So far Beans and Mouth have broken out from poison oak or something, I think that's what Little Brother has on him too. Blue Eyes, we have found out is allergic to the Equate brand of spray on sun screen. That was a painful experience let me tell ya :'( And I am allergic to Deep Woods Off bugspray. Oh and Beans is also allergic to bodywash (another painful experience!), and so am I.
Handsome Hubby has been working 13 hrs a day. So the Brat Pack hasn't seen him all week, they are missing him immensley. I was feeling sorry for myself when HH came home late last night and told me he is planning on working the whole weekend too, then my very good friend reminded me today, " ITS WORK!!! Be thankful he will work when the work is there!!" thank you Friend! I needed that reminder :) I am very thankful for my Handsome Hubby!
We have had friends over all week, the BP has been loving it, I am just thankful we have had an amazing week of sunshine and warm weather! They have been spending their afternoons swimming at our little paradise across the street :)
I will be posting a pic of my Pack soon, they have changed so much in the last couple months!!
Gotta go! I am making supper for the family that the girls are helping out this summer. Then spending the evening at the park with my Pack and some friends :) Have I said I LOVE this weather?!?!?! Sunshine and warmth :) Swimming and parks. Friends and outdoor cooking.
Swimsuits and beach towels on the line. Reading books on the deck with a tall glass of ice cold water. Hearing my Pack laughing and screaming from their favorite swimming hole. Yep, I so love this weather!!!!
Little Brother broke out in a rash on Monday, on his face! Poor kid, itches so badly! I have told him he can no longer go out to the forts at the cabin, the weeds are up to his face and he must have gotten into something. It looks horrible :P Baby Sister is the only one that hasn't broken out in a rash yet, I guess we will have to see if she lucks out and has clear skin all summer or not...
So far Beans and Mouth have broken out from poison oak or something, I think that's what Little Brother has on him too. Blue Eyes, we have found out is allergic to the Equate brand of spray on sun screen. That was a painful experience let me tell ya :'( And I am allergic to Deep Woods Off bugspray. Oh and Beans is also allergic to bodywash (another painful experience!), and so am I.
Handsome Hubby has been working 13 hrs a day. So the Brat Pack hasn't seen him all week, they are missing him immensley. I was feeling sorry for myself when HH came home late last night and told me he is planning on working the whole weekend too, then my very good friend reminded me today, " ITS WORK!!! Be thankful he will work when the work is there!!" thank you Friend! I needed that reminder :) I am very thankful for my Handsome Hubby!
We have had friends over all week, the BP has been loving it, I am just thankful we have had an amazing week of sunshine and warm weather! They have been spending their afternoons swimming at our little paradise across the street :)
I will be posting a pic of my Pack soon, they have changed so much in the last couple months!!
Gotta go! I am making supper for the family that the girls are helping out this summer. Then spending the evening at the park with my Pack and some friends :) Have I said I LOVE this weather?!?!?! Sunshine and warmth :) Swimming and parks. Friends and outdoor cooking.
Swimsuits and beach towels on the line. Reading books on the deck with a tall glass of ice cold water. Hearing my Pack laughing and screaming from their favorite swimming hole. Yep, I so love this weather!!!!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Another Off Day
Argh, just another Monday, why does it seems like some day I just wake up crabby, for
no reason really, just feel very off. I really can't blame it on one day, I have been "off" for over a week now, and I hate it! I guess I need an attitude adjustment. If my girls were acting like I have been acting for the last seven days I would want to lock them in a room! Yikes, maybe I had better check my heart :P
We had a great weekend with family at the cabin ~ the BP had so much fun with their great aunts and uncles! But I was definantly ready to come home last night, my own house, my own kitchen, my own bed. Where I can be crabby and annoyed and not have to put on a smiley face ;) JK, I really did enjoy the weekend with family, but it is always nice to be home again.
Blue Eyes and Mouth spent the morning cleaning for a woman who has been put on full time bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy. So thankful for my girls and their servants hearts! So thankful I never had to be put on bedrest! wow, she is in my prayers, she has a long summer left ahead of her.
I have weeded half of my garden, I really should be out there weeding, not in here blogging... tis is te first garden we have ever had. I haven't decided yet if its something that I will do again. I do like havig tomoatoes at my fingertips when I want one for a salad. I guess I will have to see how good of a crop I am able to harvest before I make any decisions about next year.
Three of the BP will be going to camp next week, only Blue Eyes and Baby Sister will be home, the following week I will only have my youngest 2 of the BP home with me... I love that they can go to camp, but it sure does make for a long couple weeks for me at home! yep, its still lonely and quiet even when I still have 2 at home with me. And they really don't know what to do with themselves when over half of them are missing!
Nothing much else to blog about,told you I am feeling off!!!! Well, hopefully next time i am back on here I wil be back to myself!!!
no reason really, just feel very off. I really can't blame it on one day, I have been "off" for over a week now, and I hate it! I guess I need an attitude adjustment. If my girls were acting like I have been acting for the last seven days I would want to lock them in a room! Yikes, maybe I had better check my heart :P
We had a great weekend with family at the cabin ~ the BP had so much fun with their great aunts and uncles! But I was definantly ready to come home last night, my own house, my own kitchen, my own bed. Where I can be crabby and annoyed and not have to put on a smiley face ;) JK, I really did enjoy the weekend with family, but it is always nice to be home again.
Blue Eyes and Mouth spent the morning cleaning for a woman who has been put on full time bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy. So thankful for my girls and their servants hearts! So thankful I never had to be put on bedrest! wow, she is in my prayers, she has a long summer left ahead of her.
I have weeded half of my garden, I really should be out there weeding, not in here blogging... tis is te first garden we have ever had. I haven't decided yet if its something that I will do again. I do like havig tomoatoes at my fingertips when I want one for a salad. I guess I will have to see how good of a crop I am able to harvest before I make any decisions about next year.
Three of the BP will be going to camp next week, only Blue Eyes and Baby Sister will be home, the following week I will only have my youngest 2 of the BP home with me... I love that they can go to camp, but it sure does make for a long couple weeks for me at home! yep, its still lonely and quiet even when I still have 2 at home with me. And they really don't know what to do with themselves when over half of them are missing!
Nothing much else to blog about,told you I am feeling off!!!! Well, hopefully next time i am back on here I wil be back to myself!!!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Sleeping with a stranger
Lol! That title doesn't sound very good!! Haha :) Let me explain...
Last night I walked into the bathroom and a stranger looked back at me~ Handsome Hubby had shaved face! He hasn't shaved his face in quiet a few years, and the last time he did he left his mustache. Last night I walked in and saw my 16 yr old boyfriend! He seriously looks so young! And I haven't seen his face since he lost 50 lbs ~ wow!! I have one hot hubby! It was funny seeing the BP's reaction! Baby Sister backed away with her hands up, trying to get away from this strange man in the house! Mouth and Beans said, "Why did you do that?!?! I DON"T LIKE IT!" My reaction?? "Wow!! I'm looking at the guy I fell in love with 16 yrs ago!!" I gotta say tho, it did feel like waking up with a stranger this morning! I have a feeling this stranger will be gone in a week~ I am going to enjoy looking at his handsome face while I can, remembering how it was when we were young, dumb and totally in love, with that "new" kind of love that you feel when you are 15 and it totally encompasses everything you do and feel. I miss that feeling... life gets in the way sometimes I guess. kids, bills, house, the everyday everything..... sometimes I need this reminder of how it started. And when Handsome Hubby shaves his face I am once again reminded of how it started out. 2 young kids. totally in love....
Last night I walked into the bathroom and a stranger looked back at me~ Handsome Hubby had shaved face! He hasn't shaved his face in quiet a few years, and the last time he did he left his mustache. Last night I walked in and saw my 16 yr old boyfriend! He seriously looks so young! And I haven't seen his face since he lost 50 lbs ~ wow!! I have one hot hubby! It was funny seeing the BP's reaction! Baby Sister backed away with her hands up, trying to get away from this strange man in the house! Mouth and Beans said, "Why did you do that?!?! I DON"T LIKE IT!" My reaction?? "Wow!! I'm looking at the guy I fell in love with 16 yrs ago!!" I gotta say tho, it did feel like waking up with a stranger this morning! I have a feeling this stranger will be gone in a week~ I am going to enjoy looking at his handsome face while I can, remembering how it was when we were young, dumb and totally in love, with that "new" kind of love that you feel when you are 15 and it totally encompasses everything you do and feel. I miss that feeling... life gets in the way sometimes I guess. kids, bills, house, the everyday everything..... sometimes I need this reminder of how it started. And when Handsome Hubby shaves his face I am once again reminded of how it started out. 2 young kids. totally in love....
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Growing Up
Another year older and another year wiser? Well, the first phrase is true, the jury is still out on the second ;) My mom and I celebrate our birthdays on the same day. I was the best Birthday present she EVER received! ;) The older I get the more I enjoy sharing our birthdays. When I was a kid, I felt kinda gyped, I had to SHARE my birthday! My brothers got to have their own birthdays, they got all the attention on their special day. I had to share my special day. And it had to have a been a bummer for my mom sometimes too, especially when she couldn't just "skim over" her birthday. It was my birthday too, so she had to at least acknowledge the day. I don't know if she ever felt that way, I'm just thinking about I may have felt, this year I would have been totally fine with a low-key birthday. It could have come and gone with a card from the BP and Handsome Hubby and I would have been fine with that. In fact, that's kinda' what I wanted! "If I don't acknowledge it then it never happened, I am NOT another year older" type of wishful thinking I think. But I was very glad mom pushed for us to celebrate together with the whole family, I spent the afternoon being charmed by my youngest nephew :) How can you have bad birthday when you have an adorable little guy laughing and smiling and cuddling??? :)
It kinda feels weird, the calender says I'm a year older, but sometimes I still feel like that 16 yr old girl in love. I don't feel any older today than I did 5 yrs ago. I figure I am as young as I feel, as young as I act (? lol :). So I must be.. what? about 18? ;)
Things the BP have said lately:
Little Brother ~ "you only have about half a tank left mom." he was talking about my coffee pot ;) I guess they think of it as the gasoline that keeps me going?
Beans ~ "You bounce that ball one more time and I WILL POP IT!!!" to Baby Sister who was bouncing a beach ball in the house. Baby Sister's response? Grin and bounce it off of Beans' head and RUN!!! Then I sat and giggled as Beans took off after Baby Sister :)
Little Brother ~ as we were working on getting the posts in the ground for the deck out at the lake cabin. Beans asks Handsome Hubby, " Is this how you would usually do it?" ( we were putting a deck on for my parents, and my dad just wanted it done) Handsome Hubby answers, "nope". than Little Brother pipes up, " I would hire a professional". I cracked up! Handsome Hubby has been a self-employed contractor for 8 yrs!!! He IS a professional!!
Things I have actually said:
Hey Brooke! Are you jumping off the roof??
Yep!! *big grin*
Well, make sure you're only jumping where the snow is deep enough.
What are you kids doing??
well, I want a turn!!!
(they were mattress surfing down the basement steps)
can you move it? does this hurt? its not broken. go play.
all the pieces are the same size.
your piece is not smaller.
She did NOT get a bigger piece.
you're going to sit and argue with me about this?
fine, now your piece is smaller. (after I took a bite out of it)
(to Handsome Hubby as we are driving up the road to our house)
It looks like someone was sledding down the garage roof...
man, I bet that would be FUN!!!
If you roll your eyes at me one more time you are going to be
grounded to your room. FOREVER!!!!
Are you the parent? What in the world possessed you to cut
off all your sisters hair?!?! Do you want me to cut off all your hair?
I don't care if you were only going to trim it. Obviously you did more
than trim it, you cut off at least 8 inches! Do you want to be grounded
for the rest of your life? ( believe it or not, this was to Beans, just a couple
months ago )
Go to your room, I don't even want to see your face I'm so mad at you right now.
It kinda feels weird, the calender says I'm a year older, but sometimes I still feel like that 16 yr old girl in love. I don't feel any older today than I did 5 yrs ago. I figure I am as young as I feel, as young as I act (? lol :). So I must be.. what? about 18? ;)
Things the BP have said lately:
Little Brother ~ "you only have about half a tank left mom." he was talking about my coffee pot ;) I guess they think of it as the gasoline that keeps me going?
Beans ~ "You bounce that ball one more time and I WILL POP IT!!!" to Baby Sister who was bouncing a beach ball in the house. Baby Sister's response? Grin and bounce it off of Beans' head and RUN!!! Then I sat and giggled as Beans took off after Baby Sister :)
Little Brother ~ as we were working on getting the posts in the ground for the deck out at the lake cabin. Beans asks Handsome Hubby, " Is this how you would usually do it?" ( we were putting a deck on for my parents, and my dad just wanted it done) Handsome Hubby answers, "nope". than Little Brother pipes up, " I would hire a professional". I cracked up! Handsome Hubby has been a self-employed contractor for 8 yrs!!! He IS a professional!!
Things I have actually said:
Hey Brooke! Are you jumping off the roof??
Yep!! *big grin*
Well, make sure you're only jumping where the snow is deep enough.
What are you kids doing??
well, I want a turn!!!
(they were mattress surfing down the basement steps)
can you move it? does this hurt? its not broken. go play.
all the pieces are the same size.
your piece is not smaller.
She did NOT get a bigger piece.
you're going to sit and argue with me about this?
fine, now your piece is smaller. (after I took a bite out of it)
(to Handsome Hubby as we are driving up the road to our house)
It looks like someone was sledding down the garage roof...
man, I bet that would be FUN!!!
If you roll your eyes at me one more time you are going to be
grounded to your room. FOREVER!!!!
Are you the parent? What in the world possessed you to cut
off all your sisters hair?!?! Do you want me to cut off all your hair?
I don't care if you were only going to trim it. Obviously you did more
than trim it, you cut off at least 8 inches! Do you want to be grounded
for the rest of your life? ( believe it or not, this was to Beans, just a couple
months ago )
Go to your room, I don't even want to see your face I'm so mad at you right now.
Peace
Have you ever got to the point that you know you should probably be stressed out? When you mailed that house payment on Sunday with the assumption that a paycheck would be in the bank on Monday, then the paycheck isn't there on Monday? And you don't have any money in the bank to cover that house payment?
Yeah, I really should be totally stressing out right now. But I'm not. I feel at total peace. Trusting and believing and knowing that God will provide. I have to admit, sometimes I get that stomach turning feeling. Then I stop and pray and give it to Him. It really is wonderful to have a Heavenly Father to lean on. I don't know what I would do without Him.
Yeah, I really should be totally stressing out right now. But I'm not. I feel at total peace. Trusting and believing and knowing that God will provide. I have to admit, sometimes I get that stomach turning feeling. Then I stop and pray and give it to Him. It really is wonderful to have a Heavenly Father to lean on. I don't know what I would do without Him.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)