Count your blessings

The sun is shining!

I pray the sun stays out today!  Jen and I were just talking how we needed sunshine.  I am ready for the bad weather to go away!  I woke up feeling better than I did yesterday so that is a start.  Hopefully I will get several things done today.  Lots to do.

We really need to work on our house plans this weekend and try to get those finished up.  Once we finish those everything will start!  Dusty is also talking about getting a new car and I guess it is time we get one.  We do have a couple of months before we really need to but we should start looking.  I hope to post more later....

Love it, love it, love it

The new Real Simple stuff at Target.  It is organizing stuff which I am addicted to even though sometimes it might not show :o)  My goal is to get more organized, isn't it always, especially with the fourth baby on the way!  Not to mention building a house! 

It was so nice to get out today.  Thanks Jen for the invite!  The weather was amazing.  I love t-shirt and capri weather.  I even worked on my computer today with the back door open so I could feel the breeze come through.  So nice.   

Is it over yet?

Oh I love my man.  He is so sweet and he knows me so well.  We had to run to Costco last night and he ran in with Sydney to get a few things.  He came back out with several things we needed (without being told what they were) and a huge bouquet of flowers!  They smelled so good and it meant so much to me that he noticed I have had a few rough days.  I am so thankful God gave him to me!!   

Another night when Gracie woke up and needed something at four a.m.  This time she had sleep in her eye and she wanted it off NOW.  So Dusty and I got up with her and calmed her back down and got her cleaned up.  I think last night should be the last night we go through that, for that reason anyway.  She has been on medication for over twenty four hours and it looked alot better when she woke up this morning.  So hopefully we are on the road to recovery.... 

I miss this...

....grocery shopping when it was enjoyable!  I went to Safeway and went to their grand re-opening.  It was a great experience.  (the samples on every corner did help :)  I had forgotten how much I love grocery shopping.  They had some pretty good deals and I was very impressed with the new store.  I want to start shopping there and look forward to enjoying shopping and meal planning again!  I usually shop at Walmart but it is not clean, way out of my way and usually does not have some of the things I need.  I will have to watch for coupons though because I saved alot at Walmart!  It's funny how some of the little things can really make a difference.  Who would think a store could bring me such joy??  :o)

A little inspiration

I have been catching the food network on tv a few times in the past couple of days.  I love to cook and even watching people cook!  I found some new recipes I want to try and I think I am going to try a few tonight for dinner.  One of them is mushroom risotto.  Ooh sounds good right?  I hope it turns out, I will let you know.

I am almost finished reading my book!  I have found several things in the book that I want to adapt for my family and I can't wait to have a couple fresh, new things to do with our family!  I love traditions and growing up we had lots of traditions.  I want my kids to have great memories of our traditions as a family.  One new thing I am going to do is called "kid for the day".  It makes that child have special attention that sometimes is hard to give when you have several children!  The kid for the day gets to sit in the front seat, which my kids are too young for right now, they get to pick what music we listen to, which my kids as young as they are already fight over what song they want and many more things to list like that.  I want to have special one on one time with each of my children and sometimes it is hard to do that.  Another idea I like is called the birthday tradition that involves blowing up pictures of when they were young and decorating the table with them.  (there are several more things they do when a child has a birthday)  Plus, alot of the ideas do not cost alot, which is what I need having my fourth on the way!  Wow, sometimes even when I say that it still shocks me.  Exciting!  So there are several more things I found I like and I will post them in a list format, that way it is a reminder for me and easier for those who read this!

A good day

Dusty has been sick so we went to bed pretty early last night.  So I woke up at 6:30 this morning and felt rested.  It was nice.  That is not a feeling I have had for a long time.  So I got up before the girls and got some typing done.  The girls woke up about a half hour later and I made them eggs and toast. (Syd's favorite minus the bacon, we didn't have)  They got dressed and ready to go and on my way home from dropping Sydney off I got a Starbucks latte.  Yum!  I actually have not had much coffee lately because I have been so sick and it sounded good.  So I came home and let Gracie have Abby over to play.  I have quite a few things I need to get done but I am not stressed about it, at least for now.  I'll take that, even if it is for a half a day, that's better than none!  I just have to figure out what to cook for dinner!  My man deserves a good meal when he gets home.  He was really sweet and made dinner last night because I did not feel well.

Also I started my Bible study yesterday and I think it will be really good.  It is a shorter study, only five weeks, but the format is different than anything I have ever done.  We studied Psalm 1 and I enjoyed going through that chapter.  It made me think about how I want to guard myself from compromise but also have a heart for the lost.  I pray that God gives me a heart for the lost like I have never had before :)   

Well I am off to eat, AGAIN!!  Chips and salsa for now.....

Need to stay on top

Well Gracie's skin has gotten pretty bad again.  It happens so fast!  She woke up last night several times and cried because her feet hurt.  I need to start bathing her again everyday if not twice.  It is something you have to stay on top of.  She also is out of her medication that helps her sleep so I need to get that refilled!  So we did not get great sleep last night and Dusty has my cold now!!  Bummer.  Well at least he will probably be able to get over it sooner because he can take something for it. 

I have a new Bible study that starts today and I really want to go to it and I also think I have so much stuff to do.  I know I just need to go because I need that time with God.  Things are kinda hectic right now but only a few more weeks and hopefully I will get some of my "self" back (energy too) and things will be more normal.  I have a lot of help offered and I appreciate it sooo much.  They must know when I need it because they are always there to help.  I'll write more later.  I have to get ready for my Bible study.... 

So far so good

That is how I feel about how my first morning with Dusty back to work.  I could not be happier with Sydney right now.  She got up when Dusty was still here, she packed her lunch, got her breakfast and got ready for school, ALL before I even got up.  I came down and she said "good morning mom"!  She then told me she had been quiet so she would not wake us all up.  She looks so adorable and grown up.  She is wearing some brown pants with a white tank top with her brown shrug over it.  She just amazes me with how responsible and caring she can be.  In fact I have to remind myself to quit putting such high expectations on her because she is only eight!!  She acts so much older sometimes!  I love her so much and I am going to go help her pack some caramel for her apples she cut up.  More later.....

One room down

I got the girls' playroom clean and gone through.  At least as much as I could do for now.  I have big plans for built-ins, et cetera at my new house so I am making do with what I have now.  It feels good to have got that done.  Dusty got my car clean and I painted Lindsey's and Gracie's toenails and fingernails.  I also read 100 pages of my new book and relaxed this morning.  I am so obsessed with this lady.  The funny thing is, I had already read a story on her in an Oprah book I have and this is her new book that just came out.  I have already found many things I would like to try and I hope that maybe a new outlook on my days will also change how much I get done.  One day at a time, instead of by list!! 

I am getting ready to go to a credit union dinner meeting that my dad is presenting at.  So I better go get ready and make myself presentable!!

Too much to list

That is how many things I have to do today. (or at least what I should get done today)  Dusty got a call that he is going back to work on Tuesday and that makes me feel very sad.  I have enjoyed having him home so much this year.  So I have a lot to do to "catch up" before he goes back and I still feel so tired all the time.  I guess I am going to have to take it one day at a time.  It won't be long and I will be in my second trimester and I will feel better I am sure.  Dusty is a huge help and so I know everything will turn out fine. 

I got a new book last night and it is about a woman who has ten kids.  She talks about being a good mother and wife.  I thought with my fourth on the way I could learn a few things from her!!  I will have to let you know what I think.

A few of my goals today are.....to finish sorting the girls clothes and putting them away in rubbermaids, laundry, some cleaning and work (typing).  I would also like to go to the Home Show at the Sundome so we will see if we can get someone to watch the girls or maybe we can go tomorrow.  Well better go get started.....