Crazy Life!

How can life get so crazy?  I actually shouldn't even be doing this right now... 2 kids are in the shower (wow do they get dirty) the other two need a shower... Dan is possibly bringing over "new" neighbors so I should be obsessing about my house... and I worked all day...mostly on an order for 700+ blinds, but as a mom too... piano lessons for the big two and even took the little two to the park for an hour and a half.

So I had my moments of angst, but I really did have moments of joy today too.  Love Chris Tomlin and had him on in the van... makes my 14 minute drive to town a pleasure and an awsome worship time.  Love my husband who worked like a dog for me today...love my entryway :)  and am thankful for all the wonderful, stressful things in my life because they are where God has me at this time!

So I don't sound super spiritual, here's the dialogue sitting up to the table tonight.  Me "Am I kind of scary tonight?"  Bo "Ya!"  (I laugh, Dan laughs from the entryway) Bo "well you are..."  Of course I apologized.  Thank you Lord for giving us apologies.

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Sunday was Mothers Day.  I had a good one.  It could not be about food this year as I am "on a cleanse" this is a good thing.  Somehow, all the celebrations in my life usually revolve around food.  This has not been the case for the last month and a half and mother's day was no different.  It was a little hard for the kids to not be able to bring me breakfast in bed, Tessa, bless her heart, loves to do this, but she brought me coffee and it was... well ok, black and reheated, but nice never the less.

My mother's day gift was what I have been asking for for the last few years... an under the sink composter with a charcoal filter!!!  Yay!  Really, I'm serious Yay!  I love to compost, but I hate the reek of rotting food in plastic under my sink, so this is great!

The other thing we did to celebrate was meet my sister and mom (and families) at the Devonian Gardens.  Note to self: don't go to the Devonian Gardens before the plants in my own yard have bloomed as we will just be looking at the same thing as what is in my own yard.  Nothing was even green yet.  Dan asked "what did you expect?"  

Then Dan brought me to a green house.... it was a good day.  I am thankful for my mother, Dan's mother, and the fact that I am a mother.... we are blessed.

Where did April go?

Ok.  I really can't believe it's been a month and a half since I did this.  Life is busy.  I thought it would be less busy with Dan around a little more, but of course the opposite is true.   Life is full and busy and really, I have much to be thankful for.  

Since I last wrote we also got a new puppy.  That has definately added many minutes/hours to my days... though I have to say he really is great!  We don't love our mornings so much as he is so hyper then.  But he is finally getting into the groove of family life, which is pretty good considering he is only 11 wks tomorrow.

A couple of weeks ago we had our Women's Leadership Retreat.  It was really great for me.  I was looking forward to it, but it also was another 24 hours away from home and I didn't feel like I had the time for it.  We had a fantastic prayer time and when the women gathered around to pray for me I asked them to pray for me to live in the here and now.  We read a book that called it "nowhere".  It's either No where or the Now here, depending on where you break the word up.  

I am still struggeling with it.  God does give peace when we ask for it though and that is what I want from him.  His peace, in family life, in marriage, in my work, in Dan's work.  But I want to live in each moment... to enjoy the 2 minute snuggle with my snotty nosed little boy, to enjoy a happy loud dinner with the family, to be in each second of "hanging with Dan or my friends".  Life will be far too short if I haven't really lived it because I've been thinking (worrying) about the future.... that may not even happen.  

The other thing I just learned is the fact that today... right now.... this is my only opportunity to "live abundantly".  Isn't that cool.  If it's a living thing it can't happen in the past and it can't happen somewhere in the future.  It's only available right now.... Moment by moment.... and that's what I really want to live abundantly!