Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Title:WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE

Well,I really don't have much to blog about but it has ben two weeks since my last post so I thought I better write something or I'm going to get in that patern where these posts become nine months apart again.I was sick all last week.Ughhhh,it is horrible to be sick when you have two children to take care of.Really though,it wasn't too bad.Avery is such a good baby and Maggie was very understanding.I think she was happy to get to watch more tv than usual.I took full advantage of that.I'm telling you what though.My house was in quite a state by the time Saturday rolled around.I woke up and actually felt pretty good.I thought I would try to get some cleaning done.Well then my mother in law called and asked if me and the girls wanted to go to town with her.Okay,let's see.Stay home and clean or go out to eat and shop.I think you know what I did.Well I got the most amazing deal on a comforter set.It had been $200.00 and I got it for $49.00!I know!!And the best part was my mother in law bought it for me.What a blessing she is!We always have a good time together.So Saturday night,I spent most of the evening cleaning.It was actually kind of fun because I had also bought some new cleaning products while we were out.I LOVE cleaning products.Well,I think that pretty much brings you(whoever in the world reads this)up to date.Have a great Wednsday everyone.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Fresh Water

I made an intersting observation today while I was out taking care of my goat's and duck's.I had finished giving everyone food and water when I noticed the duck's swimming pool.Let me just say that it was disgusting.I don't know what they do in that water(besides swim)but it smelled as awful as it looked.So, I deceided that I would be brave and clean it out.Well,as I went to dump out the water,oneof the ducks jumped in.She was frantically flapping her wings and quacking like crazy.I went ahead and dumped the water anyway.Well when the water was on the ground I saw something that had been hidden before.It was a broken egg.Probably a lot of the reason for the horrible state of the water.So anyway,the duck started drinking the water on the ground.I know,GROSS!So you may be wondering where this is going.Well,God spoke to me through this.Not audibly but to my heart.I wonder how many times I have been like that duck and have wanted to hang on to the disgusting water in my own life when God so desperately wants to give me fresh clean water.I think back on certain things that have happened in my life.Things that I thought were so good and things I didn't want to give up.And then I look at them as if they have been spiled out on the ground like that water.And I didn't even know that what God had planned for me was so much better than I could have ever imagined.A pool that was washed out and filled with crystal clear water.Oh if we could just see the big picture in our lives sometimes.As I look back over the past few years of my life I can see how God has been working through circumstances to bring me where I am today.Some of those circumstances were painfull,but knowing what I know now I really wouldn't change a thing.I feel so blessed in so many areas of my life.And everyone of these blessings comes from my heavenly father.In case you were wondering,after I had filled the pool with clean water all of the ducks got in and started splashing around and dunking their heads under the water.Something they would not do in the dirty water.It was like they were thinking,"Wow,this is so much better than what we had before".I have had that same thought.

Monday, August 11, 2008

And Lucy Makes Four

Well,we had a fun weekend.On Friday my mom came and picked me and the girls up and we spent the day at her house.My grandmother(my dad's mom) lives with my parents now.Grandpa is in a nursing home.I really was never close to these grandparents growing up so I guess I am trying to develop a relationship now that I am an adult.It's weird too because we have always lived in the same town as them yet I am a lot closer to my grandparents who lived two and a half hours away growing up and now eight hours away.But anyway I desire to get to know my grandma better.It was a lot of fun just hanging out with her.Our friends Eric and Darlene(probably the only person who will even read this:))went camping this weekend so their dog Sally came and stayed with us.I love to keep Sally for them.She is really sweet and her and my dog get along great!On Saturday evening we went to The Taste of Cass County.This is something our town started doing a few years ago.Several local restaurants have booths set up and you buy tickets to get food from where ever you want.Needless to say,we had some very good stuff.On Sunday after church we went with my parents and grandma to the nursing home to eat lunch with grandpa.They do this every week however this was our first time.It was really nice.The staff set up the private dining room for us and we even got to choose what we wanted off a menu.And the food really wasn't bad.This visit was kind of funny and kind of sad at the same time.I kept trying to get a conversation going with Grandpa.He has a birthday coming up later this month.I asked him how old he was going to be.And he just had this blank stare on his face.So I asked him again and this time he said 91.He will be 82.Well then my dad asked him if Jim had been up to see him the day before.Jim is my dad's brother.Grandpa said"I don't know,I wasn't here".He never leaves.Well then our food came and everyone was eating.All of a sudden grandpa say's"I'd like to know what Jim has to do with the taste of this coffee".WHAT?????I couldn't help it.I started laughing.Well then Grandpa started laughing.Eventualy everyone was laughing.I guess you have to find the humor in those moments but it is sad to see the way he is now.You are probably wondering what the title of this has to do with this post.Well,Maggie had asked for a kitten for her birthday.So she got one.It came the same day we brought Avery home from the hospital.Well from day one that thing has been bad about using the litter box everytime.Well after two months of this I had had it.So Harriet went outside.But now Harriet was sad because she was by herself.Well,Harriet has four brothers that live at my parents so I told them that we were going to need to get another cat to put out with Harriet.So when we were there on Friday I told Maggie to pick out another kitty to take home.Well she picked out Flannel.But my dad said that if we take Flannel then we should take Smokey Joe too because they are really good buddies.Well sure.So we took them both.Well then last night we found another cat just hanging out on the deck.She is all black and really petite.We have no idea where she came from.But we deceided to keep her too.What's one more at this point?!?!And her name is Lucy.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Let's Give This Another Try!

Well,I have deceided to give this whole blog thing another try.It has been roughly nine months since my last post so obviously a lot has happened.But for the sake of time,I will just focus on the big things.The biggest and best thing that has happened is a sweet little baby girl named Avery Grace.She was born on May 27th,2008.Maggie is a very proud big sister and has made the adjustment very well.Avery is such a good baby.She has a very pleasant personality.She is really starting to get into that fun stage where she smiles a lot and coo's.Maggie turned three back in June.She is a good little girl most of the time but she can also throw a pretty good fit when she doesn't get her way.We're "working" on that though!In other news,we moved back at the begining of May.It was a busy month to say the least! We LOVE our new house.It is right next door to the animal hospital I have worked at for the last 10 years.The house is where the vet and his family used to live.They bought a new house about 10 minutes away.I have always loved this house.Before Scott and I were married I used to house sit for the doctor when they were out of town.I never dreamed I would get to live here some day.I feel SO BLESSED!GOD is SO GOOD!!So after we moved we found that our church was really farther away than we wanted to drive so we have started attending a new church here in town and we love it.Well,I think that pretty much brings you up to speed.Obviously I have left a lot out but this is long enough the way it is.Later!