Monday: Chicken taco bake, beans, sauteed broccoli (feeling the need for some greens with all the germs and viruses around ha)
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday
Wednesday: Fajitas, beans, mexican rice
Thursday: Spanish Macaroni, crackers
Friday: Date night with hubbie!
Saturday: Sammies, chips, fruit
Onto the subject of laundry...the weekends are kicking my butt. I normally do 2-3 loads of laundry per day. Its the first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do when I go to bed. Come the weekend that does not happen..we are so busy with soccer, church, family time that laundry gets put on the back burner. Well, come Monday like today I end up with 8 loads of laundry to do. I am so sick of laundry at the moment and I will still have to wake up tomorrow and start a load. I am hoping to train myself starting this weekend to at the very least do one load of laundry on Saturday and one on Sunday just to keep somewhat on track. I mean my poor washer and dryer are pooped as am I! Good night washer and dryer.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Living our lives in seasons
I was listening to Joyce Meyer today on christian radio. She said something that just shook my bones. I'm paraphrasing this as I can't remember word for word but this is what she said:
There are seasons to our lives.
It is beautiful to live within our season.
It is ugly to live out of our season.
Can I get an Amen to that?
My gosh is that ever true. I see too many people willing to use a credit card to buy the new designer jeans or Coach bag rather than using cash to buy used or frequent a discount store. I see too many people graduating college and building a mcmansion when really they should be thinking starter home. I see too many people buying a house full of furniture to fill above said mcmansion when really they should be buying piece by piece.
Don't get me wrong. I have my moments where I try to live outside of my season. But, those are short lived moments especially when I get my credit card statement and realize its time for a Dave Ramsey intervention ha!
Seriously, I think if we choose to live within our season of life we would all feel so much better. Right now I am in my childbearing/child raising season. This is my time to be at home with my children, take care of my home even if it means having times of loneliness or missing adult conversation. This is my season and before I know it the kids will be grown and then my season for working outside of the home will come and I will converse with other adults and have opportunities for more "me" time. Right now it's all about raising my kids the right way: with morals and values and respect for themselves and others. That is my focus on this season of my life.
Living our lives in seasons is God's plan for us. He has purposefully created "times" in our lives to reach our milestones. Time for school, time for marriage, time for children, time to care for our elders, time for us. He has carved out these times for us and ordered them in such a way that we are able to grow and learn in His infinite wisdom. Let's get back to living within our season and let's get back to being true and open to the beautiful, wondrous gift that has been given to us: LIFE.
There are seasons to our lives.
It is beautiful to live within our season.
It is ugly to live out of our season.
Can I get an Amen to that?
My gosh is that ever true. I see too many people willing to use a credit card to buy the new designer jeans or Coach bag rather than using cash to buy used or frequent a discount store. I see too many people graduating college and building a mcmansion when really they should be thinking starter home. I see too many people buying a house full of furniture to fill above said mcmansion when really they should be buying piece by piece.
Don't get me wrong. I have my moments where I try to live outside of my season. But, those are short lived moments especially when I get my credit card statement and realize its time for a Dave Ramsey intervention ha!
Seriously, I think if we choose to live within our season of life we would all feel so much better. Right now I am in my childbearing/child raising season. This is my time to be at home with my children, take care of my home even if it means having times of loneliness or missing adult conversation. This is my season and before I know it the kids will be grown and then my season for working outside of the home will come and I will converse with other adults and have opportunities for more "me" time. Right now it's all about raising my kids the right way: with morals and values and respect for themselves and others. That is my focus on this season of my life.
Living our lives in seasons is God's plan for us. He has purposefully created "times" in our lives to reach our milestones. Time for school, time for marriage, time for children, time to care for our elders, time for us. He has carved out these times for us and ordered them in such a way that we are able to grow and learn in His infinite wisdom. Let's get back to living within our season and let's get back to being true and open to the beautiful, wondrous gift that has been given to us: LIFE.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday: beef stroganoff, green beans, rolls
Tuesday: taco tuesday
Wednesday: Mom's night out woo-hoo! Kids will be eating at my mom's for dinner
Thursday: crock pot beef stew, crackers
Friday: sammies, chips, fruit
Saturday: my bil and his family will be in town. not sure what we will be eating.
Sunday: sunday dinner at my mom's.
Tuesday: taco tuesday
Wednesday: Mom's night out woo-hoo! Kids will be eating at my mom's for dinner
Thursday: crock pot beef stew, crackers
Friday: sammies, chips, fruit
Saturday: my bil and his family will be in town. not sure what we will be eating.
Sunday: sunday dinner at my mom's.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
My girl is growing up; sniff, sniff
Yesterday when I picked up Mariposa from school she asked me if I could NOT walk her in to school in the mornings. I of course asked why and she proclaimed that she is now a big girl going to a big school and she knows her way around. Stop right there. When did my little girl grow up and where have I been? What a shocker. I think I'm still peeling my bottom lip off the floor!
So, this morning when I parked in our usual spot and was about to get out of the car to walk her in she says, "Mom, remember I walk myself in now." Sigh. and that was it. She walked her little self in by herself all the while my eyes were peeled at the door making sure some alien did not snatch her. It took everything in me to not go in just to peek and make sure she made it to her classroom. I stayed in the car in disbelief, then drove away anxiously awaiting 3pm when I could pick her back up. When I picked her up she was so proud of herself. She said she walked in with her little friend and they gabbed all the way down the hallway into the classroom. Yep, it's official she is growing up.
All I can say is that thank goodness I still have one at home with me and I am still the center of her universe. Watching my kids grow up is hard and letting go is even harder.
So, this morning when I parked in our usual spot and was about to get out of the car to walk her in she says, "Mom, remember I walk myself in now." Sigh. and that was it. She walked her little self in by herself all the while my eyes were peeled at the door making sure some alien did not snatch her. It took everything in me to not go in just to peek and make sure she made it to her classroom. I stayed in the car in disbelief, then drove away anxiously awaiting 3pm when I could pick her back up. When I picked her up she was so proud of herself. She said she walked in with her little friend and they gabbed all the way down the hallway into the classroom. Yep, it's official she is growing up.
All I can say is that thank goodness I still have one at home with me and I am still the center of her universe. Watching my kids grow up is hard and letting go is even harder.
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