Sorry for all that self-pity I laid out there yesterday. That is embarrassing to read again.
Update on birthday Day: I learned I still weigh 20lbs over ideal pre-pregnancy weight; doctor gave me a two week 'pass' for still healing; I acted a fool all afternoon b/c I thought I wasn't getting a cake only to find out that I did indeed get two small chocolate cakes from my favorite bakery (because he didn't know which one I'd like best) ( now I can add another 5 lbs. to that weight total - but hey I think I was too skinny to begin with!); it was too rainy to go out and eat with all three kids so Nate bought me a Fat Mo's hamburger and the kids pizza; Elizabeth went to bed at 8:30 and slept until 4:45am! Oh and a sweet friend showed up at my door in the pouring rain only to have my son open the door in his whitey titties (because I thought it was Nate) while Elizabeth was screaming her head off and I was trying to corral the others to bed just to give me a funny book to cheer me up on my birthday! How awesome is that?
Life ain't that bad after all!
Dec 10, 2008
Dec 9, 2008
A more positive side of things...
It's my birthday today and I will now be positive...
1. I'm getting new carpet as an early Christmas/Birthday present from dear family (yeahhhhh)
2. I get to spend another day with Ian by myself (with Elizabeth)
3. I am more thankful for a dishwasher that works now!
4. I have had a ton of facebook friends wish me a happy birthday - that is cool!
5. I got some Merell shoes that I've been wanting from my sweet Dad!
6. My far away sweetest friend sent me a gift card to my favorite store (Hobby Lobby)
7. I have a very heathly baby girl!
8. I still have a package from my mom that I'm saving to open which makes it all the more fun!
9. There is a big tub of chicken salad from Kroger I get to have all to myself now & with crescents!
10. The day is not over and my husband may still surprise me with a cake!!!! hee hee hee
1. I'm getting new carpet as an early Christmas/Birthday present from dear family (yeahhhhh)
2. I get to spend another day with Ian by myself (with Elizabeth)
3. I am more thankful for a dishwasher that works now!
4. I have had a ton of facebook friends wish me a happy birthday - that is cool!
5. I got some Merell shoes that I've been wanting from my sweet Dad!
6. My far away sweetest friend sent me a gift card to my favorite store (Hobby Lobby)
7. I have a very heathly baby girl!
8. I still have a package from my mom that I'm saving to open which makes it all the more fun!
9. There is a big tub of chicken salad from Kroger I get to have all to myself now & with crescents!
10. The day is not over and my husband may still surprise me with a cake!!!! hee hee hee
It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to...cry if I want to...
cry if I want to...you would cry to if it happen to you! (I used to love that song)
This is my complaining post and later I'll post a thankful one so ignore the following if you want to...
1. I'm turning 33 today and I get way too excited about my birthday thanks to my parents who made a really big deal of making me feel special on December 9th every year!
2. I know my husband won't be getting me a cake (even though I asked if I should buy my own today) b/c he is so busy with work and because he NEVER remembers to get me one.
3. I had to tell my children this morning it was my birthday in a pitiful voice something like this, "Eli..did you know today is mommy's birthday" (how sad is that folks - Sarah get a grip)
4. Ian is home sick a second day with diharia (sp), which only happens right before we leave for school and then he is fine all day!
5. My hair looks like an Afro today and I haven't had time to heat it up (fix it)
6. My dishwasher is broken so I get the pleasure of washing all my dishes throughout the day.
7. I have my 6 week OB apt. this afternoon - yes folks I get to see just how fat I still am and my 'free/pass' card is up for the old love machine! (know what I mean ladies?) Sorry Dad if you read that!
8. My sister was supposed to visit me today but b/c I have a sick kid and she has a sick kid she is staying in Nashville. I even bought some chicken salad from Kroger (and cresants) for us to eat Whitney!
9. I really can't think of two more things to complain about - sorry you had to read that!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SARAH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
This is my complaining post and later I'll post a thankful one so ignore the following if you want to...
1. I'm turning 33 today and I get way too excited about my birthday thanks to my parents who made a really big deal of making me feel special on December 9th every year!
2. I know my husband won't be getting me a cake (even though I asked if I should buy my own today) b/c he is so busy with work and because he NEVER remembers to get me one.
3. I had to tell my children this morning it was my birthday in a pitiful voice something like this, "Eli..did you know today is mommy's birthday" (how sad is that folks - Sarah get a grip)
4. Ian is home sick a second day with diharia (sp), which only happens right before we leave for school and then he is fine all day!
5. My hair looks like an Afro today and I haven't had time to heat it up (fix it)
6. My dishwasher is broken so I get the pleasure of washing all my dishes throughout the day.
7. I have my 6 week OB apt. this afternoon - yes folks I get to see just how fat I still am and my 'free/pass' card is up for the old love machine! (know what I mean ladies?) Sorry Dad if you read that!
8. My sister was supposed to visit me today but b/c I have a sick kid and she has a sick kid she is staying in Nashville. I even bought some chicken salad from Kroger (and cresants) for us to eat Whitney!
9. I really can't think of two more things to complain about - sorry you had to read that!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SARAH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Dec 4, 2008
S.S.S.
Secret Sister Suppers - what is it? A new idea that a friend and I came up with on the phone this morning. Do you ever have a really bad day and you are telling a friend about it - well what if that friend showed up at your door in the afternoon with a meal (or maybe the next day) ready for you to serve your family. Would that not be the best gift ever! Let's start it ladies. Next time a friend of yours seems to be struggling with life why not bake two of what you are cooking or go by a restaurant and get take out and then drop it off at her house. You know she will reciprocate one day so it will be well worth your time and money! Plus how good will that make you feel? Maybe this will spread like crazy (but keep the name alive "Secret Sister Suppers")and then we could get on Oprah! Well...maybe not but at least we would all feel really good about ourselves, make better friendships, and save a family from eating mac-n-cheese and chicken nuggets one more night that week! Bonn Appetite!
How rich are you?
I just read this great article about when enough is enough. It's all about the struggle each of us faces with defining enough in our life. They break it down with two definitions: if we try to define enough in terms of what others have. And if we love money. "He who loves money will never have enough." Ecclesiastes 5:10. This is a great time of year to reflect on what is enough to you. How many Christmas presents do your kids need (how much is enough for them?) Do you base your Christmas list for family on how much you spend for each of them or what they would really enjoy? (How much money is enough to equal a good present given?) I have been struggling with this question as I'm sure most people do. I even told my sister this week I didn't think I had spent enough money on the kids for Christmas and was that bad? She set me straight (thanks Whitney) and then I read this article! Enough ----- I've had enough! I either compare what other people are spending or what they have or what I don't have or or or...but enough already! My goal is to be content with what we have this Christmas season, to enjoy each present given and gotten and to relish in the moment of why we celebrate Christmas. I heard a new friend say that her family donates an equal amount of money to others that they give to their own family. I love that! So I'm being more conscious about giving this year and letting my children know why we are doing it. So, next time you think you don't have much money as your neighbor - check out the website I posted and compare your wealth to the rest of the world. Puts things in perspective!
Dec 2, 2008
I'm thankful today for
For...random people who bring me supper & they aren't even close friends of mine but do it to be nice and helpful. (especially last night when I was holding a crying baby, my two boys were wrestling in the house very loudly and my husband was at a meeting at 6pm and wouldn't be home till around 8:00) -thank you Sheryl!
For...Elizabeth who held up her head today and looked around the living room as to say "so this is where I live." And who also slept in her crib last night and did really good!
For...the fact that I washed so many clothes the past two days I am taking a break today!
For...a great morning that started before 6am but every child in this house cooperated so I could take both boys to school and get home by 8am with only a little crying from Elizabeth in the van when we slowed down in line to drop Ian off second - THANK YOU NATE FOR MAKING ME COFFEE BEFORE YOU LEFT FOR YOUR MEETING AT 6:30 AND FOR FIXING THE BOYS BREAKFAST! God I love that man!
For...Elizabeth who held up her head today and looked around the living room as to say "so this is where I live." And who also slept in her crib last night and did really good!
For...the fact that I washed so many clothes the past two days I am taking a break today!
For...a great morning that started before 6am but every child in this house cooperated so I could take both boys to school and get home by 8am with only a little crying from Elizabeth in the van when we slowed down in line to drop Ian off second - THANK YOU NATE FOR MAKING ME COFFEE BEFORE YOU LEFT FOR YOUR MEETING AT 6:30 AND FOR FIXING THE BOYS BREAKFAST! God I love that man!
Now I understand...
What's the saying...it doesn't hurt till it hits home? I totally made that up I think but you get where I'm going with this?
I've been known to say in the past, "I don't understand what the big deal is with the 'economy' problems and people saying they don't have as much money these days and the news going on and on about how desperate times are for our country...blah blah blah" I would say in my udder ignorance. But now!!!!! Let me preface this by saying MY HUSBAND HAS NOT LOST HIS JOB. Now let me say...Nate comes home from a faculty senate meeting last night where all they talked about was these budget cuts the governor is enforcing on the colleges/universities in TN. in order to meet the budget this year. I'm talking millions of dollars of budget cuts just at MTSU alone and they already made cuts for this year but now they have to do it again. What does that mean? Well it means that professors are going to lose their jobs. They are even voting to allow the president Dr. McPhee the right to let go of tenured professors if needed.
Is my husband freaking out? No...at least not to my face. He truly believes that whatever happens God will guide us and take care of us - I'm holding strong to that verse (don't know it exactly) that goes "don't put your trust in man but in God alone." Where is that?
So his attitude is definitely helping me but still! I wanted to cry this morning just thinking about it. Going back to my stupid statement about the economy now...It seems very real to me this week. I heard on the radio where a big tire factory in Rutherford County is letting go of 150 employees 4 days before Christmas. It's everywhere -
At least for Nate's job - the budget cuts there are to help the state since they are so much in the deficit. Which leads me to yell out "why do we have to lose our jobs to 'bail' out the government in TN. when they didn't budget well enough all year? Or am I sadly mistaken concerning how we got in this predicament? (which can be the case!) It's just like the national government - if every family in America is responsible for budgeting their own income and making ends meet each month and paying their bills (and trying to stay out of credit crisis) then why can't our elected officials do the same for our country's budget? When it trickles down and so many people lose their job because of this problem it really makes you ask WHAT IS GOING ON????
Let me end by saying I really try to not talk about politics b/c I most often don't know what I'm talking about - so forgive me if I have said something stupid or that doesn't make sense (but this is my blog isn't it?)
I've been known to say in the past, "I don't understand what the big deal is with the 'economy' problems and people saying they don't have as much money these days and the news going on and on about how desperate times are for our country...blah blah blah" I would say in my udder ignorance. But now!!!!! Let me preface this by saying MY HUSBAND HAS NOT LOST HIS JOB. Now let me say...Nate comes home from a faculty senate meeting last night where all they talked about was these budget cuts the governor is enforcing on the colleges/universities in TN. in order to meet the budget this year. I'm talking millions of dollars of budget cuts just at MTSU alone and they already made cuts for this year but now they have to do it again. What does that mean? Well it means that professors are going to lose their jobs. They are even voting to allow the president Dr. McPhee the right to let go of tenured professors if needed.
Is my husband freaking out? No...at least not to my face. He truly believes that whatever happens God will guide us and take care of us - I'm holding strong to that verse (don't know it exactly) that goes "don't put your trust in man but in God alone." Where is that?
So his attitude is definitely helping me but still! I wanted to cry this morning just thinking about it. Going back to my stupid statement about the economy now...It seems very real to me this week. I heard on the radio where a big tire factory in Rutherford County is letting go of 150 employees 4 days before Christmas. It's everywhere -
At least for Nate's job - the budget cuts there are to help the state since they are so much in the deficit. Which leads me to yell out "why do we have to lose our jobs to 'bail' out the government in TN. when they didn't budget well enough all year? Or am I sadly mistaken concerning how we got in this predicament? (which can be the case!) It's just like the national government - if every family in America is responsible for budgeting their own income and making ends meet each month and paying their bills (and trying to stay out of credit crisis) then why can't our elected officials do the same for our country's budget? When it trickles down and so many people lose their job because of this problem it really makes you ask WHAT IS GOING ON????
Let me end by saying I really try to not talk about politics b/c I most often don't know what I'm talking about - so forgive me if I have said something stupid or that doesn't make sense (but this is my blog isn't it?)
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