Mother Nature

Last night I fell asleep while laying Carson down for bed. I woke up around 11ish and had noticed the windows were shut so I assume that Alex was home from hanging out with my sister's boyfriend. Back to sleep I go.. Maybe 15 to 30 mins later, Alex turned the hallway light on, I yelled to him to shut the light off and he came in and i repeat, shut the light off and he gives me a hand signal of what looked like the tornado sign language. I freaked out and held Carson by the leg, just to keep him by me as I seriously thought there was a tornado. I had knew that it was storming out as i could see and feel it during my sleep. After seeing that hand signal from Alex, i said my prayers asking Him for extra protection as I didn't know what to do if there was a tornado, we don't have a basement and Carson is in just his diaper. It was humid that night so didn't want him to sleep uncomfortable by sweating in bed. I didn't have my C.I. on so I wasn't exactly sure what he was trying to tell me with his hands but I did catch the part when he was telling me that its REALLY windy out and that the car was shaking when driving home. Many thoughts was running through my mind at that time, I was thinking.. i need to go grab the sling to keep Carson near me, should i go grab the pictures?, should we sit in the shower?, that typical disastrous stuff that runs through your mind. Thankfully, nothing happened, although 2 roads in front of us is a mess.. (3rd ave east) Theres a huge pine tree was was ripped out of the ground by its roots. (Too bad it wasn't our ugly pine tree.) Big tree branches on houses, shingles ripped off of the roof, greenhouse is missing its top in some areas and walls are knocked down.. So maybe there was a tornado? or just the super powerful wind did it.. But either way, I'm very thankful that God took care of us. Its amazing how Mother Nature can scare us but still feel comfort at the same time from God.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." ~Psalm 91:1-2

For Sale...

Anyone interested? Going to post this on Craigslist.com. Both are Navy Blue, i know it looks different since the couch is in front of window so it changes the color . Both are comfy!! Wanting to get a leather recliner and couch(with hide-a-bed). Purchased in 2004 from McGregor's, a college present i bought for myself. :)

before and after

BEFORE AFTER


Keep in mind, this was my first wooden project I've ever done/painted AND first time using stencils(thanks to Traci for driving me to hobby lobby) on something besides paper. I had a hard time finding that center so hopefully next time i'll find a trick to making everything well-centered.. Going in the garage sale(when I actually have it!)
Cant wait to do another project.. We'll see what i find at a garage sale!!

Cancelled.......

My sister and I canceled the garage sale today.. :( This weather sucks! Guess we have to wait till next Sat. the 31st.. *sigh*
I finished a project yesterday.. I have before and after pictures of it. I'll try to get to it soon but i hear Carson coughing in bed so he may be getting up here as soon as I start to load pictures.. Since thats usually how it goes.. Get interrupted when starting on something.. :) Went and checked on him, he was sitting up in bed awake.. :) I will get pictures loaded on here sometime today.

32 weeks tomorrow!!

Am I getting nervous? you ask... YES.. I was almost in tears last night thinking about it in bed last night, more like in the EARLY a.m. I'm not sure if I'm prepared for another baby yet.. I AM looking forward to nursing and cuddling with a brand new baby but am I prepared to juggle my time between Carson and baby? Will Carson feel neglected? Its hard knowing that Carson wont be the only child much longer. Knowing that this arrival is going to be different than Carson's, that part makes me nervous. I need lots of prayers!! Luckily, we have people that is just a phone call away..
I'm very anxious to know what I've been carrying this whole time.. What this baby look like? Will he/she have loaded brown/black hair like his/her mom? Or be a blond like big brother Carson. Will all 10 toes/fingers be there? *The typical things that expectant moms think about*
Time is going by so fast.. We still don't have the rest of the house painted yet.. I decided to make a to-do list that needs to be done around the house.. I ask myself.. why do i overwhelm myself all the time? Maybe i take after my mom.. leave the ADHD part out.. :) But yea, its always a good feeling to scratch something off the list.. Pretty sure I make Alex feel overwhelmed too.. :) Oh well.. Could have been worse, this house could be a pit and everything piling up and feel extremely overwhelmed that you don't know where to start... That would drive me nuts! Some people are pretty good at staying calm when they live like that.. I don't know how?? No, my house is not perfect/spotless but its tolerable for all of us..

Lord, as my child learns to read your Word, write Your law in his/her mind and on his/her heart so that he/she always walks with a confident assurance of the righteousness of Your commands.

my new addiction......

Craigslist.com!!!!!!!! I love that website! I've been missing out all these years! Seriously, check there first before paying the full price on stuff from stores.. I think i am going to have to put some wanted ads on there. I want a few things... Here is the list...

Wooden swing set
sand box
concrete slabs or bricks to make a patio "floor" out in our backyard
NEWER tub/shower combo
NEWER double stroller
Thomas the train train set
more, more, more and more stuff.... lol

If anyone has any of the above that they want to sell/ get rid of or know of, tell me!!

I'm considering selling some items on craigslist with whatever is left over from garage sale this coming Sat.
What a great way to get rid of stuff!!!

I've found some new hobbies I would enjoy but need to buy the products first, but want to make stuff and sell stuff... I'm sticking with my stay at home job with hopefully $$ on the side to do AT home..

Can you tell I'm all worked up about this!?!

late night..

I want to go to bed but feel like I'll be laying there crying.. NO its not the hormones.. Just... heart is heavy at the moment.. Theres a few things i need to fix to make it better, but haven't found the right time to do that or can't bring myself to it(i'm what i call myself a "bottleler"= bottle it up inside)..

On a different note, garage sale is THIS weekend so I need to price some stuff and go thru the house again and see what else i can get rid of. Carson has tons of toys that could go to a garage sale but i cant do that right now.. I'm somehow attached to his toys even tho he doesn't play with half the toys. I feel like i need his permission first before getting rid of them but I'm not going to even bother asking him, so its staying here in the house and pass down to next child. We are starting the potty training sessions again, i hope he GETS it this time..

I started reading a book called... 90 minutes in Heaven... cant think of the author right now but about the book, instead of closing the book feeling satisfied, its leaving me with questions.. Don't you hate that?! I'm determined to continue the book and see what the outcome is.. I'm only on chapter 2, maybe 3 so maybe later in the book, my questions will somewhat be answered.. Borrowed the book from my mil, makes me wonder if she felt the same way as me when she started the book. She is almost done with it, maybe i should give it back to her now that she'll be back from CO on Tuesday(??).. I need to get back to reading my bible, its been a while since I've opened it.. Sometimes i just don't know what parts to read when i open it. Maybe i should refer to my "God's yellow pages" directory and find the chapters that relates to my issues I'm dealing with right now. I need to find the right church out there for me.. Its hard not going to a church, i think it would help Alex too as well if we start church up again, I'm seeing a change in both of us right now and not liking it at all. Alrighty, off to pray and sleep.

Start right now by praying for your child to fear God, have faith in Him and His Word, and develop the kind of heart that seeks after Him. This could be the determining factor in whether your child will have a constant struggle living in the flesh or be fulfilled and blessed living in the Spirit.

22 year old trapped in an 80 year old woman's body!!

Thats ME!! Mowing the whole yard with a push mower does NOT do your body good.. ugh.. I was fine till after I struggled to get the lawn mower to start, hurt a belly muscle trying to do that then it was fine till i had to start it back up a few more times after taking a break. Left hip/back just hurts... AGAIN.. I was going to give Carson a ride on the 4-wheeler but i couldn't even shift the thing without hurting my left side.. since the clutch is on the left side.. My body is no where near the way it used to be.. I used to be able to move/lift heavy things around without complaining.. Today, i could BARELY move the trailer, it sucked! It was such a disappointment.. I just hope I don't have back labor with this one. I can imagine that hurts! My mom had that with me.. probably b/c they make you stay on a bed.. *of course hospitals would do that to ya*
I also moved almost all of Carson's toy in this room("C" room).. The living room looks much roomier now. Cant wait to get everything in place when all the walls are painted.. Excited about it! We still have some touch-ups to do in the bedroom but it looks awesome having a new color in there. I will post pictures once its done..
Tomorrow is getting ready for Boone day, so you may not get a new blog to read for a few days.. BUT I AM WAITING FOR YOUR NEW BLOG to my blog readers!! :p

Lord, may a deep reverence and love for You and Your ways color everything my child does and every choice he/she makes. May he/she not be wise in his/her own eyes, but rather "fear the Lord and depart from evil" (Proverbs 3:7).

Better day..

MUCH better than yesterday! It felt like a worthless day yesterday, i think the weather had a lot to do with it! Cold and ugly looking.. No sun.. All i did was made lunch, supper and cut Carson's hair.. I played a joke on my sister last night, I texted her and told her that we shaved Carson's hair last night and she text back and said, No, you didn't! She didn't hear back from me so she CALLED me and Alex answered and said yep, we shaved it off b/c Chelsea accidentally cut off some big chunks of hair so we just went ahead and shaved it.. I then got on the phone with her and you can kinda hear it in her voice thats she's about ready to cry.. LOL She must be in love with those curls! But anyway, i ended up telling her she's too gullible and then she was like so you didn't shave his hair!? But cut it?? Still have his curls and everything?? YES he still has the curls.. its just shorter now. (no, this was not my first time cutting his hair if you are still wondering... my 4th or 5th time.. we've only had his hair cut by a professional ONE time, that would be his first hair cut but its easy and long enough that I can handle it, nerve wrecking at times but tolerable.) Sister stopped by today, to check out his hair and make sure she still "approves" his hair(she said she'll be mad at me if i shave his hair... I'm thinking....MY son!) and to check out the bedroom.. We got that painted, now we need to paint the window trim that should have been done 2 years ago after replacing all the windows.. THEN we can have our bedroom back!!
We were outside most of the afternoon.. I painted the potato/onion bin thing I bought at a garage sale, painted that black.. I think its going to look awesome. Maybe I'll put it in the garage sale and see if i make a profit off of it, if it doesn't sell, thats fine, I'll keep it! But i enjoyed it tho! Give me an excuse to go garage saleing and maybe make a profit off of something.. I think its becoming a hobby.. Carson enjoys being outside and I do too.. Almost relaxing for me. Being in the house reminds me of everything i need to do.. I try to do the projects i can do outside.. :)
Well better go make the dough and meat for the pizza tonight.. Going to my cousins softball game tonight. Makes me miss playing softball.. Oh well, someday when I have a daughter, i can coach her team, if she has the love for softball like i did..(told Alex the other day that i want to do that) My mom coached for many years with mine and my sister's team and she enjoyed it.. About the only trait I'll pass down from her(willingly).. :D Ok now off to make the pizza..

When we do our part to train our children in the ways of God, they will know that the things of God are top priority. They will become God-controlled and not flesh-controlled. They will long for His ways, His Word, and His presence. They will fear God and live a longer and better life.

Lazy day...

I'm extremely lazy today and i hate it! Carson woke me up at 7:30am wanting water so up to get that for him and stayed awake for a while then started to get sleepy.. Doesnt really help when a bed is right there in front of you in the living room.. Will someone give me a boost of motivation to do SOMETHING!?! Its almost lunch time, so guess I can make something for lunch and fold more laundry... Oh, guess i should clean the fridge out too... and the top of the fridge.. Yea, guess i'll do that while its hard to get around in this "misaligned" house.. lol

By the way, I thought about having an Uppercase Living party.. Just because i love their stuff.. I want MORE stencils on my walls.. I have one in my kitchen that says.. With God, all things are possible. I love it! So if i DO have a party, will anyone come to it??? www.uppercaseliving.com if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. ~Matthew 5:6

Paint, here we come....

Our bedroom is all taped up and ready to be painted. Cant wait till we get that done! Looking forward to the outcome!! We have everything here in this computer room, except our bed is in the living room.. Thats where we slept last night, surprisingly, I was able to go to sleep. Usually I dont do well in other places/spots. I do remember waking up a few times with extreme heartburns, had it all night last night, food enzyme didn't seem to help but its gone now, so thats all i care about! We will be in Boone this weekend. Looking forward to that, but I might miss my bed. Hip(left) was hurting all weekend again.. Hope that gets better before heading to Boone. Well.. Guess I should go chill in our living room/camp-out room with Carson and do laundry and dishes at some point today.

Lord, teach my child to live by faith and be led by the Holy Spirit, having an availability to do what You tell him/her to do. May he/she be so aware of the fullness of Your Holy Spirit in him/her that when he/she is depleted in any way he/she will immediately run to You to be renewed and refreshed.

Never-ending.....

I should have went with the garage sale this weekend.. I wake up this am, opened the blinds in the kitchen, guess what i see across the street?? a garage sale! I could have had one without putting an ad in the paper.. The reason why I ended up not having one b/c i was way to late to put an ad in the paper for this weekend. I was going to put an ad in last Tuesday, well thats when the shopper comes out.. I don't know what my pregnant mind was thinking... Feel like an idiot really!! Oh well!! Not done with the set up and marking stuff so I will have to pass on that this weekend..
I'm thankful for how productive it has been lately.. Cleaned my car out yesterday.. It was pretty bad!! I don't even know when the last time it was cleaned.. Oct i believe.. Yea, it was Oct. b/c Alex cleaned it for the wedding. I cleaned out the glove box and the console in the middle, there were stuff in there from when i first got it... That was... 11th grade.. Yea, talk about full of junk! Had a full wal mart bag full of garbage just from the glove box and console.
Tomorrow is 30 weeks! I can hardly believe it!! The weeks are going by so fast for me! I keep myself busy so that has a lot to do with it.. This nesting is never-ending! I just pray to get everything done before baby comes.. I would love to be able to relax for a few weeks before baby comes. But I doubt that'll happen.. I plan on making meals that i can freeze and thaw out when baby comes.. I'll pry be busy til the day I have this baby, (i'm fine with going a few weeks early, so that could mean.. 7-9 weeks left??) At least i can relax when baby comes. :) Helped a friend last night with ripping down wall paper and painting.. It was nice hanging out with her again as she has been super busy with school.. I waited til she was done with school to start hanging out with her again.. She is finally graduating college on Sunday!!

Lord, I pray for my child to have an ever-increasing hunger for more of You. May he/she long for Your presence-long to spend time with You in prayer, praise, and worship. Give him/her a desire for the truth of Your Word and a love for Your laws and Your ways.

Graduation

First, I want to congratulate all my peers for graduating college this year! Been a quick and long 4 years!! What a great feeling that must be! I was reading some blogs and some already have pictures posted with their gown/caps on from college.. To tell you the truth, it was a disappointing/sad feeling for me.. It was an honor to graduate high school but my next goal was to graduate college.. I wanted to succeed that next step of accomplishment. I did one year of college and i kept switching around my "major" so i was really wasting time when I was at DMACC although i loved Ankeny. I would move back there if we could.. I really had NO clue what i wanted to do.. Since 5th grade, I wanted to be an O.B. nurse but once college came around, it just didn't feel right anymore and I'm very thankful for that "feeling", I have a complete different lifestyle that theres no way i could be a nurse these days.. During my first year of college, God gave me my answer to what I was made to be for the "rest of my life"... a Mother.. :) I would not trade it in for anything! So for me, being a mom is my "college degree". I must look at it that way as some ppl wish they were in my shoes as they struggle to have a child and as I envy the ones that made it through college. I've always wanted to be a mom, I just had that pressure from my family of going to college to become a "someone", well being a mom is way beyond a "someone", it is a true gift from God.. :)

I pray that You would teach my child the meaning of true friendship. Teach him/her how to be a good friend and make strong, close, lasting relationships. May each of his/her friendships always glorify You.

Beautiful Monday

This morning Carson and I relaxed and lounged around on the bed and watched tv. I have to say it was a tired morning, we stayed busy all weekend. This afternoon, went to my sister's house and got my garage sale stuff that i need to price/mark and grandma's house to get tables. I want to do little by little this week instead of being overwhelmed on Thursday and Friday right before the garage sale.. Makes it easier. Carson enjoys playing outside and in the garage as I do my thing in the garage(with a constant eye on him). In the middle of setting clothes out on tables, Carson saw his stroller was sitting out in the garage so he started begging/demanding to go on a walk so we walked around for a lil bit and walked by my aunt/uncle's house and they saw us, talked to them for a lil bit, mainly about how to use a pressure cooker(since they use theirs a lot).. LOL I borrowed a pressure cooker from a different aunt and uncle but they lost the instruction to it so they couldn't really tell me how to use it since they only used it one time a long time ago.. I got it figured out and made chicken in the pressure cooker. Made some yummy chicken quesadilla, mixed my own southwestern mix and everything.. it was GOOD.. IMO! Even Carson said... hmmm Mommy... good!! :D Alex spent all his afternoon/evening in bed.. Got off work early and hung out in bed when he got home.. dealing with a sore throat and feels miserable... hope i don't get anything! So yea, it was just Carson and I all afternoon.. We drove my dads truck"papa's truck" to get the tables and garage sale stuff, he loved that.. as he got to sit by the window with the window all the way down.. I have to say.. it was a good day.. although my feet are killing me... but my good night sleep will take care of that..

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful. ~Psalm 1:1

Mushroom hunting...

No, i do NOT eat mushrooms... YUCK! But here in a little bit when my sister gets here, we are mushroom hunting.. that'll be an interesting adventure for me as its been YEARS since I've gone mushroom hunting.. I'll probably give mushrooms to some family members if they want some and sell some.. I don't know yet.. we'll see how i do this year.. We brought some stuff down from the attic, my main reason to go up there was to look for my maternity clothes.. i cant find them anywhere.. :( Maybe i left them at mom's house but surely don't think i did.. I think it is in one of the baby clothes boxes in the attic.. We may not have looked hard enough.. Such a bummer tho! And we cleaned the garage out too today.. vacuumed up all the dirt and spiderwebs on the wall... Glad to get that accomplished this weekend.. This week, I will be getting stuff together for the garage sale this coming weekend.. Then the weekend after that, we are going to Boone and hang out with the bro/sis in law and 2 nieces.. Another garage sale weekend for me with SIL.. That'll be fun for all of us.. Carson will be excited to play with cousin Jaz.

One of the greatest influences in our children's lives will be their friends and role models. How can we not pray about them?

Friday

Been a few days since i've been on here to blog.. Nothing new around here really.. Went to 2 garage sales today.. the 2nd garage sale had TONS of stamps/scrapbooking stuff.. too tempting to buy it all!! But ended up with a few stamps, a really cool black leather Fossil purse thats big enough to use as a diaper bag, a potato/onion box thing(what you call that?) and got a book called, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods... Not sure how much I'll agree with it but it was only $1 so why not!? If i don't like it, i can always put it in a garage sale or give it to someone.. I think I'm slowing becoming a garage sale freak.. I used to be not like them but you can actually find some really cool stuff if you find the right place.. I HATE HATE the garage sales where they sell OLD junk from the 70's or 80's.. seriously.. that stuff needs to be pitched! I hope my mom reads this.. LOL Guess its good for the Storybook and OCT(oskaloosa community theater) organizations as they have plays based on the old days.. but yea, won't see anything in my house thats that old.. I'm too picky!
On a different note, I finally went thru my wedding stuff.. I kept almost ALL receipts on everything we bought for our wedding/reception stuff.. I added up to $4100.. I'm not sure if thats a lot or reasonable for a small ceremony we had?? But at least its a once in a lifetime thing.. I don't think I'll ever plan a wedding again! I'll do it the easy way next time(courthouse and out to eat).. but that is if..... i don't want to say it but i will so you can understand what i mean... death do us part.. Although I would love to help my friends and my sister plan their wedding.. No, my sister is not getting married at the moment but i am saving all our wedding stuff for her.. Gotta help my parents save money!!