Finding Peace

I think I am finally finding peace with my mothers death. I miss my mother more than anything, but I know she doesn't want me hurting. Today was the 2 year anniversary of her death. I really just wished that she could have met her one and only grandson, and was able to be the grandmother that my children urn for. Today I was at peace with her passing. Not that I didn't think at every quiet moment about how much I missed her because I long for the day we meet again. But that I wasn't a crying mush bag today. I held strong, kept busy and didn't break down at all. I was more of a crying mush bag in the weeks leading up to today just thinking that I would be crying and having a horrible day. I want to thank all my friends that kept me in their thoughts and prayers today. The LORD is powerful and almighty!
Again Thank You,

Organization and Tax Time

Once again it's time for me to prepare our business and personal taxes. For most no big problem they put everything in one place where they can find those precious documents later. Me not so much. I had a reusable bag in my van, filled with mail, that's the way I roll! ! So today was the day I was to do taxes to see what our tax bill was going to be. I am proud to announce that Brian was smart this year and had extra withheld from his pay check to offset my tax bill from our personal business. Wahoo! We don't owe this year. Today was a room challenge for me and a few of my friends. We are taking before pictures of rooms that need help, we do what needs to be done and then post after pictures. This is great motivation for me. For me to let you in and see my mess is a HUGE thing for me. So today while installing tax software, and updated tax software I cleaned up the home office. I got pretty far. We still have our tree up from Christmas but that will be down this evening. The girls and I will be taking the ornaments down, then Brian and wrestle the beast into the garage. Later this evening I am going to tackle our dining room.
Brian asked for one thing this year for his birthday and that was for the house to be clean. I am trying my hardest to fulfill his birthday wish. I need to get the house in order too because school starts Monday for me.

Happy Valentine's Day

Today is the day of loving, I hope everyone feels loved. I often reflect on holidays such as these, of what blessings I have been given. While my children are wild, I love them with all my heart. Sophia is such a spitfire and can be so difficult, but she makes me the mother that I am, so to her I am thankful. Veronica is my sweet but stubborn child, she often humbles me and makes me want to be more like her. Evelynne is just like her Great Grandma Evelynne and is a happy little worker bee, I often run out of steam before she does. Shane, My little lover boy, he keeps me on my toes and always has a beautiful smile on his face. With out my children, I wouldn't be the person that I am today! Now for my husband, he grounds me, keeps me where I need to be, he loves me even though I am crazy, and I don't keep house well, and I often leave my towel on the floor after my shower. With all my faults he sees that I am the mother of his children, and most importantly his wife and he loves me with all his heart and tries to be there as much as possible when I need him the most. Our family in my eyes is just perfect, we are making it through this journey together and we are loving every moment of it.

Getting Back in the Saddle

Well after three days of being sick, my short lived vacation has come to an end. Today slapped me in the face with reality. The laundry awaits me, the house is lacking attention and the fridge was bare. Today, I woke up at 7:45am and realized that I needed to get the kids up and dressed. I did that and as they walked out of the house I remembered it was class picture day! Yikes! I yelled at them both and sprayed them with hair spray and threw their wild hair in a pony tail. After they were dropped off I wanted to go to Denny's for a free Grand Slam, pull up and there is a line outside and down the walk way to the parking lot, I think not! So I figure I'm out lets go grocery shopping. Got that all finished I needed a few items from Target, picked those up. Took Shane and Evelynne for a hair cut, now I'm at home. My laundry needs to be done, I need to cook lunch. I need to mop. I need to do a lot of things but here I lay in my comfy bed with my trusted laptop, all the while Evelynne is playing Noggin or Nick Jr on the kids computer. Oh how I wish I was Mary Poppins and my house would clean it's self with a snap of the fingers. (is that how it went? I don't know) Well now that I have posted here I guess I should be off to clean my humble abode.

Today Was a Sick Day...

I have been sick for the past few days. If you know me then you know I'm not the lay down lounging type of person. But whoa! I was knocked out of commission yesterday and today. Early morning I was awoken by a sad little girl who threw up all over her bed. She was sure she wasn't sick, she wanted to go to school. I kept her and her sisters home. I figured that if they were to get sick in class they would be embarrassed so they stayed home. Well it worked out well. The girls took care of Shane for me most of the day. They even cleaned the living room, unloaded and loaded the dishwasher and picked up the dining room table. I pretty much laid here in my bed watching cheesy daytime TV, something I rarely indulge in. Brian is now home and is caring for all the kids. Now if he could just bring me some food.

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