I was tagged……

Ok, Ginger just had to tag me to make me wake up and say hello…….. I hope you enjoy the peak into my life.

**Four things I was doing 10 years ago….**

1. Let’s see 10 year ago, Noah would have been 7 months old. I was still dealing with a hateful ex and court battles. But I was watching my girls during the day while he worked, it was great. Until he lost his job and was home all day.
2. Trying to update a century home.
   
3. Getting ready for the kids to invade my too small house for the summer.
4. Enjoying my family as much as possible while under a great deal of stress.

**Four things I was doing 5 years ago….*

1. Hmmm, Camryn was 3 months old and my husbands part time job closed down unexpectedly.
   
2. I went to work as a postpartum doula.
   
3. I wasn’t dealing with court stuff anymore, Praise God.
4. We were homeschooling Noah

** Four things I am doing this year….**

1. Working on my degree
2. Updating our house. I should be able to post pictures of the dining room soon
3. Getting ready to plan next years homeschooling
4. Watching my 2 granddaughters for the summer

**Four things I did yesterday….**

1. Did  laundry
2. Took Noah to Taco Bell for lunch, went to Target and the library
3. Looked through the stuff a friend sent over for me.
4. Gosh, I didn’t do much yesterday at all, although I did watch part of the new exercise dvd I got from amazon.

**Four shows I like….**

1. The Highalnder, I either get them form the library or watch them online.
2. Law & Order
3. Crossing Jordan, which ended and need to see if I can watch it online or get them from the library
4. House

**Four biggest joys of the moment….**

1. My children, even with all the issues of having adult children who aren’t always making wise choices, I love them all and would still have them if I were to get a do over.
2. My house, we are really enjoying our house. It is in a great neighborhood, we have a great yard.
3. Right now? the fact that I am working towards my degree. For me that is a wonderful thing.
   
4. My friends, I have a great circle of friends both in real life and online and they get me through the rough spots of life.
   

So there you have it, my rather boring answers. My life is usually in some sort of chaos but, it doesn’t always reflect in survey type meme’s.

trust

tonight while visiting with my dear friend Colleen my neighbor across the hall came over and needed to talk to me. She shared that her ex husband is bi polar and in the manic stage. She wanted me to know so that if he shows up here I will call 911 for her. I gave her some advice hopefully she will take it. Unfortunately, I know more than I would like to about domestic violence. She is a very nice lady but I didn’t realize that she trusted me so much. I’m honored to know that but sad at the same time that she would have to share something so personal in fear. My heart cries for her, i remember just how terrified I was when dealing with my ex husband both during and after the divorce. 

On a side note, she is just another reminder of why the Lord has laid it on my heart to go back to school. i both love it and hate it. *I’m so human*, I love the learning, i know that this is what the Lord wants me to do, but it is so hard and I miss being a stay at home mom. It is hard to balance homeschooling, parenting so many children and being a college student. I want to do a bible study but  am worried about the time commitment.  

Today~

I had the chance to share just a bit of my testimony with someone new. I was interviewing a wonderful lady for the MOPS mentor mom position. We chatted about MOPS, a bit about her and then I dropped the bombshell of the fact that even though I only have a 2 yr old that after this year I would be leaving. I explained that the Lord was leading me elsewhere~ I told her about my struggles with going back to school for massotherapy and how the Lord led me back to Art Therapy Counseling. I shared just how the Lord helped me get past that first hurdle of walking into the college by placing my friend Rick there in that hallway. She was in awe and said that I had a wonderful testimony, it was so nice to hear that. I told her one day I would share the rest of my story with her. I so hope that she climbs on board with us. I feel as if she would be perfect for me to work with and grow in the Lord with.

I also need to decide what to do about bible study, take time out of my busy school day and go to my church or look into the bible study the first woman I interviewed for the mentor mom is going to be leading. I will wait and see how the Lord leads me. Ihope he tells me soon though as I’m not very good about being patient. *I’m not asking to learn either*,  I would rather have more wisdom, 

Learn something new everyday

So I asked my friend Ginger how to change the colors on my blog, it took us awhile to figure it out as I needed to get the rte turned on. So now things will a bit more colorful around here. I love colors !!!!!!

So I’m outta here, have to eat nad get children to sports camp while the husband sleeps.

Thank you Ginger, this is so much better, and I’m much happier with colors

Saddened

Lately it feels as if I’m surrounded by death whether of actual people or of feelings and relationships. I received an email from my psy. prof. today. She emailed me to let me know that the girl that sat behind me and who was in the art therapy master’s program that I want to get into died. i read the obituary and then googled her name to find out what had happened. She was playing softball on her 25th birthday and collapsed unexpectedly. She was an inspiration to all who knew her. She was dead before they could get to the hospital. They tried to restart her heart but it didn’t work. This saddens me greatly, we talked about my return back to school and how I felt about my age and going for a master’s degree at 43, how I have been told that I’m too old and yada, yada, yada. Kayte was wonderfully supportive. She told me lots of great things about the program. How there are a couple of women in their 60′s in the program, how I needed to do it or I would feel as if I failed without even trying. How it was never to late to go back to school and get a degree. She was a very special young lady and will be missed by all whose lives she touched. We will miss you Kayte

The Castle…..

So Cami….thinks that the castle i posted in my homeschooling blog is her home. She has thought this since we first took her there in August of 2005. She saw the picture that i posted and said to me “i’m sorry mommy but I have to go live there. it is my home.” She was talking to her Aunty Ginger who saw the picture and wanted to buy it. Cami then said “oh goody buy it and wrap it up for her.”

Speaking of which, I’m teasing Aunty Ginger today. I convinced her daughter to tell me what they got her for her birthday. So now I know what she got and boy she is just not doing well with that. I love it, it is so much fun to tease her, she is incredibly responsive to teasing. She asked me if she would like it? My reply was it depends on what you think is a good birthday present is. She is the only person I know that sends her family out to buy her something at Walmart only to have them them stop at a yard sale and get her present there. I can’t wait until she opens that present. I want pictures Ginger. The kids are going to be bursting tomorrow since they have to wait until their dad gets home from work. Then they have to wait until Ginger goes out to dinner with her husband and comes back home yet.

The things we do for our friends……..

So last night I added a bunch of blogs to my friend Ginger’s blogroll for her It was easy and she had forgotten how so in my spare time viola !!! It got done for her. gotta love your friends. I can’t give them much except for a bit of geekiness and a lot of love.