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| After feeling for awhile that God was going to redirect us to a new city, we started looking at our options (i.e. Richard started applying for jobs). We were open to just about anywhere that was pretty much in the mid-south US...St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, Memphis....Little Rock was even on the list for about 2 seconds. The doors have flown open for us to go back to Springfield, MO...where I went to college and where we lived just after getting married.
The hard part is that Richard started his job there 2 weeks ago. Since our house has not sold (been on the market for about 2 months), we have not all moved to Springfield and we are not able to be together during the week. We have great (and well armed) neighbors keeping watch over us....as well as our appointed angels. But, it really just plain stinks not to have "Daddy" around during the week.
Please say a prayer for us that our house will sell soon (or that we'll quicly learn the lesson He's trying to teach us through this....which is probably patience...HA....I want to learn patience quickly!) and we'll be able to move forward toward being together. | | |
| I have just finished reading an incredible new book by my friend Alicia Britt Chole. This is a fantastic book for anyone seeking to deepen their walk with Christ. I highly recommend it! Click on the link below to view a video promo and to download and read the first 6 chapters. Amazon.com has a great price on the book.
http://www.onewholeworld.com/resourcedetail.asp?id=206
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| Here are some of the oh-so-sweet requests and questions often uttered by my children throughout the day.
- Can I play noggin.com?
- The sun is out, can I get up now?
- Will you scratch my back?
- Mommy, isn't my baby brother very cute?
- What time is it?
- Whose birthday is next?
- Is it snack time?
- Are we going to church today?
- Is it my turn yet?
I love being a mommy. Happy Mothers Day! | | |
| I think, perhaps, my most loathed shopping experience has to be the "furniture store." I don't go in them often, but it seems every time I do, it goes something like this....
I'm just browsing. Really. I don't want to buy anything. Even if I did, I want to do it on my own terms. Impossible. I enter the store and I'm immediately greeted by an eager salesman. After the obligatory small talk and an un-requested rundown of the stores specials, I start off on my own. Well, sort of. For some reason (to be at my beck and call, I assume) the salesman insists on staying within 20 feet of me at all times. This is very creepy to me. Being followed is not something I enjoy. Makes me very uneasy. At at least one point in my trek around the store, the salesman zooms in and offers all the information they know about the piece of furniture closest to me....the fabric, the manufacturer, the style. I try to move on quickly. Anyway, after looking around and always deciding that the furniture is too expensive, I try to make a run for the door without my constant companion noticing. But, they always notice and stop for one last chit chat at the door. I feel guilty for not buying something.
There ought to be the kind of furniture store where the price tag actually reflects the price of the item. Where I can shop alone and ask questions easily when I have one. God bless the furniture salesmen. I know they're trying to earn an honest living. I just prefer to shop alone. | | |
| Normally when people say that they went shopping for the day in the "city," they don't mean a smallish town in Arkansas. However, when you live in an even smaller Missouri town, like I do, that is exactly what is meant. So today my sweetie-pie husband took me to Arkansas, a.k.a. "the city," (a.k.a. the closest major shopping mall) for a little belated birthday shopping. My mother-in-law's gift to me was keeping the kids all day so that we could go on our little adventure alone. I didn't buy much...just a pair of new jeans. But, we had a great time just being alone together. To all the loving grandmas out there...on behalf of all daughters and daughters-in-law...thank you! It is so GREAT to have moms in your life who offer to care for your children now and then. A little silence is soothing to the soul. | | |
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