Day two of my...I will blog all the stinkin time devotion...blah blah blah

Listen in:  the Pirate rambling about the most amazing puzzles his Mimi just gave him

Plans for the Day:  PACK.  I'll say it again to remind myself....P.A.C.K

Dinner:  Breakfast for dinner.  Fried Toast, Scambled Eggs, and um...ya that's it

Beauty in the Simple things:  I found a lovely note scribbled in little girl handwriting that said I love you!


Ok, peeps.  Day two has occurred.  I will begin my quest to fufill my bloggy duties: )  lol.  bloggy duties.  Ya, I'm like 6 at heart.  Really just ask DH.  lol.  So I thought I would show you some fun things I made over the last. cough.  year.  Yikes.  In the spirit of Halloween.....drum roll please.....

Cuteness Huh?  Cute and stupid easy.



So what you do is this.  Cut old 2X4's in to various pieces.  You could do as I do and get the DH to do that job for you.  NOT that I couldn't.  I just don't.  Pick appropriate holiday scrapbooking papers, paints to match, stickers, and ribbons.  All to match or not.  Depending on your attitude about those sorts of things.   Oh and you may want to sand your blocks a little bit with a fine grade sanding block.  Love, Love sanding blocks!   Now, paint the blocks.   I paint the whole block because well.  OCD.  God made me that way :)  I use Modge Podge for gluing the paper onto the block.  I paint the back of the paper with a fine coat of the stuff and smooth it on.  Then I paint another fine layer of the stuff on the top.  I found some super awesome glittery scrapbook paper and I used my Cricut to cut out the letters.  Glued those on (after the paper dried from the Modge Podge event),  add your stickers and your ribbons...and done!!!  

Talk about slacking...

I am sitting here at my table in shock.  I mean, I intended to keep my blog updated and even start doing groovy cool updates and giveaways.  I had big bloggy plans.  So, imagine my shock when I sit down to look at my blog and see it has been almost and entire YEAR since my last post.  So much has happened and continues to happen in our lives.  First and formost....we are GEORGIA bound.  Soon.  Very Soon.   I can feel the excitement and dread in the air.  Right now it is an even 50/50 in which is winning!  I have really big bloggy plans for then!   I plan to attempt to blog my crafts and things like that.  Stay tunned to see if that happens.  Better yet...give me a kick in the pants if I DON'T Do that!  Ok?

Until packing finishes....and we load up and move on out...

Blessings from my wild bunch to yours!

Something to think about....

 So, you know that we will be moving to Ga in the early summer...provided that my DH gets the final ok from the folks doing the hiring for his dream job.   I am uber excited about this move.  Somewhere new...its old, has history, is close to WHITE sand beaches...there are mountains and trees.   I know its not Texas but it is different and that is sooo cool.   I don't tell DH this...but these are my worries:
Will I be able to buy Dr. Pepper.  Seriously, this is a major concern.  Do they have Sonic and does that sonic have Dr. Pepper and frito pies.   What if that is just a Texas thing?  Or Hobby Lobby.  What does one do if there is not a Hobby Lobby around.  What if we can't find a church?  You know one we really, really like.  What if I don't make friends?  What if the distance is to far and those friends I love here....forget me?   What if there are not any good scrapbooking stores nearby...or worse...what if no body does that?  What if my girls don't find good friends.  What if they Hate me forever for making them move?    What if we hate it there?   What if we can't buy Blue Bell icecream???   What if my cat runs away because we move him?  What if our stuff in the U-haul gets stolen and we have nothing?  What if the tv anchors on the evening news suck?  You know, what if they do Not play good music on the radio?   What if my girls are behind when they start school?  I have been in that place as a child and I never really caught up?  I struggled in math for the rest of my school career.  What if I can't find anybody I like as much as I like my friends here?  All these what ifs....
See here's the thing.  I know that GOD has a plan for us.  For my DH, for Me, for our family.  I know that these worries are human worries.  They are flesh worries.  I do not need to worry these worries because I have been told to worry about nothing and instead pray about everyThing.  Because, just as GOD provides for the lillies and the birds he will provide for me.  That means that those little things I worry about...have Big God given solutions...because he ALREADY knows whether or not I will even want a Dr. Pepper when I get there, he knows who my friends are and who they will be.  He has already opened the door for this move to be blessed and because he has done that...I will NOT worry about the things that GOD has already taken care of.    I will instead do this:
I will spend the rest of the time we live in Texas enjoying all the greatness that is TEXAS.  We may move but we will have awesome memories to take with us and family and friends to come back and visit.  We will not be gone forever...even if we never move back here.  See, my HOME is whereever my husband is.  As long as I have that...home can be anywhere.

I can't believe its been so long since my last post!

Listen in:  DD2 creating something wonderful in the kitchen...art suppies in action and the food network on the tv

Plans for the day:  I've been cleaning off and on all day, some homework, and filling some orders

Tonight's menu:  I don't even want to think about food....tummy in revolt today

Beauty in the common things....a clean office


Well life in a nutshell...its been busy and we are moving to GA.  There that sums it up.

Listen in:  Fan on high, the news on in my room

What we did today: school and Baby Bubba and I slept in...way in!

Dinner:  I made the Pioneer Woman's Chicken Spaghetti.... OH MY YUMMY

Beauty in the common things: my desk is cleaned and organized


So, my girls have a new Principal and by all accounts he is a wonderful, Christian man.  I love this.  They love it too.  What they do NOT love about the new Principal is the no talking for 10 minutes at lunch rule.  What?  I would be in trouble all the stinking time if I had to follow that rule!  REALLY?????  I mean, I get the whole reason behind it and all.  If they are not talking...then they are likely EATing. I get that...But, man what a difficult task :)  other than that...I think they love him!!!!

And, now I am going to craft.  Something I have not done alll summer! 

A New School Year... Wonderful, Just Wonderful...

Listen in:  the news on in the other room

Today was:  the first day of school

Plans for the night:  maybe finish stinking Mount Washmore...I mean really....wasn't I JUST finshed with that????

Beauty in the Common things:  wonderfully tired children all snug in their beds

So, today was the first day of school.  One fabulously awesome 4th grader and one totally adorable 2nd grader walked proudly into their school.  I am sooo excited.  See all the extra o's?  That shows just how excited I am!  Why?  Well, quite honestly...they were freaking driving me totally NUTS.  Yes, I know, I said it out loud.  That's ok, because the first step of recovery is admiting there is a problem.  I admit it...they are making me nuts!  Why?  Because I had all these wonderful plans for the summer.  Um...we really didnt do any of them.  Wait...not true.  We did a couple of things:  Went to Dublin for the Dr. Pepper festival.  Yes. I was over stinking joyed to do that!  We went to a drive in movie to see Toy Story 3....um, ya.  Thats it.  BORING mom!  Next summer will be better.  This time I mean it!!! : )    We did stay up late a LOT and we slept in a lot... and Megs did go to camp 3 times.  Maddiecakes even went to camp Mimi and they had sleep overs and caught frogs.  Ate Icecream and drank too many cokes.  We saw an Owl, skunk, and a beaver in the lake.  They chased ducks at the park, rode their bikes, chased butterflies, drew with sidewalk chalk, went to VBS...twice.   Went roller skating, rode the jet ski, fished with dad, played in the mud, played in the rain, played in dark, chased fireflies, cats, and baby rabbits.They colored, they glued, they played chase, baseball, freezetag, and watched fireworks...twice.  They read books, watched way too much tv, too many movies, and hours of cartoons.....  So maybe we didn't "GO" anywhere fun...but they did get to be a kid.  We didn't do the big vacation this year.  We just stayed home...but it seems like they had enough to do.  Sometimes, its so easy to forget that they need to be kids.  They need to be little.  They need to make mistakes to learn how to do it right.  I forget that sometimes.   So maybe, I just learned something :)

Listen in:  airplane flying overhead, a bird chirping, and the sound of the fan whirling above me

Beauty in the common things:  a freshly cleaned carpet

Plans for the day:  I spent the entire day at the girls school

Dinner plans:  Taco Tuesday


So, a little back history/venting...I am the yearbook chair at the girls school.  I had a helper person...and she well...didn't help.  So, it became my baby.  This experience has been nothing short of a nightmare and I am so glad it is over.  Almost.   We recieved the final printing of our yearbook today...and it is STILL screwed up.  This responsibility falls on the shoulders of me...yet it was mainly the production company.  Who...sucks!  I can assure you they will assume no responcibility and will lay all the blame on me.  I can't control or change this fact.  But, I still feel like I let down my kids at my school.  I am defeated over this and I am angry and sad.