No Fruity Pebbles

It is late. I find that if I stay up past 10 I feel that hunger pain and need to eat again. Of course by this time of night I have cleaned up the kitchen and am not up to cooking another "meal" so...out comes the cereal. Well, much to my disappointment "someone" or a small clan of "someones" has eaten the last of the Fruity Pebbles.
Peering into the pantry in search of a satisfying mid-night snack, I saw the college students'
favorite friend...Ramen Noodles. I never did eat them when I was in college. By the time I got to go to college I had lived in Mexico for 5 yrs. and I was married. What does this mean you ask? Well...beans and scrambled eggs are the favorite food fare for the impoverished of Mexico. We ate beans and eggs when we were poor missionaries and when we were poor college students. Besides, Buddy won't touch Ramen, or boxed mac and cheese. He is spoiled to "real food".
So I sit here now eating my ramen noodles and waiting for my husband to finish his sermon for tomorrow. This is my way of showing support! Staying awake with him...I think it has something to do with his love language... Bud's love language= mutual suffering. Actually I think it was a part of our vows..." in sickness and in health, while he stays up all night writing his sermons, if he wakes you up to hear his worship set after you have laid down for bed... til death do you part?" I vaguely remember saying yes ( It is on video somewhere. He is thinner and I am have no crows feet or smile lines), so here I sit still awake at 2:31 am...with NO FRUITY PEBBLES TO BOOT!
I'd do it all over again if I had the chance. I love you Buddy!

I Didn't Play Fair!

Sorry guys. I got on to my husband several weeks ago when he was "tagged" and complained about complying with the game. Then I was tagged and ignored it completely..."hypocrite!".
Didn't you hate it when you played tagged when you were little and you tagged someone but they just kept running...so frustrating to play with people that have no regards for the rules of the game! So, I apologize.

Here is my list of 7 things about me:
*I grew up in N. CA.
*I was raised by actively Christian parents.
*I swam competitively for 10 years.
*An unfulfilled desire of mine is to sing in a musical...like Oklahoma, Sound of Music, or My Fair Lady. I absolutely LOVE musicals!
*My favorite subject in school IS history. I have not quit being a student. I homeschool my kids and I go on learning right along side of them!
* I lived in a New Age commune for a year after I graduated. ( My parents spent that year on their knees for me!)
* I want to spend my retirement years as a gypsy/missionary, traveling to wherever the Spirit blows me and sharing the Good News about Jesus Christ.

I won't tag anyone else because everyone I know has already been tagged.

Thank you, thank you!

I appreciate the response yesterday in my moment of crying out to the friends that God has placed in my everyday life. It is good to know that there is someone with "skin-on" that is concerned about me.



Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.

I am unable to fully express my gratefulness to my High Priest and Savior for His great labor of love on my behalf...I know that you understand what I mean here. There is one area I struggle. (Well actually, there are so many areas where I struggle, but...) In regards to this passage in Hebrews I struggle with the fact that, though He sympathizes with my temptations, He cannot understand what is is to fail. ( THANK YOU LORD FOR THAT!!!!) I know that this is why we have been placed in each others lives. You are a miserable, stinky sinners just like me. So when I ask for you to pray for me or you console me, I know that you know what it is like to realize you just plain stink without Christ. So with all that said, thanks for praying and lifting me up before the only One that can keep me from falling and forgive me when I do. God help us all!

Hebrews 2:18Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Prayer

Hey friends ...I haven't had much time to blog lately and I apologize for being out of the loop. I am just making a short post to ask that you please pray for me. I am going through a rough spot right now and could really benefit from you intersession. I know I'll get through this but this morning has been especially difficult for me and I ask that you specifically ask for peace of mind for me. Thank you!

I'm Falling Off the Blogging Train

Life has just been more hectic since school started back. I can't seem to divide myself any further...there is just not enough of me to go around! Or perhaps there is enough of me, but I'm just too unorganized to figure out how to be anymore productive??? That is probably more realistic. Anyhow, I'm exhausted and it is only September! What's a home school mom to do?

It seems no matter how psyched up I am at the beginning of a new school year by the time Christmas rolls around I am consumed with self doubt and sure that I am doing my kids some kind of injustice by attempting to educate them myself. This has been my lot in life for 7 years now. It's really a roller coaster of emotion. What if I ruin them??? What if they spell everything phonetically for the rest of their lives. The pressure!

To top this off I have been sick all week. The pressure and congestion in my head are keeping me from resting. I find myself at the computer now because I can't lay my head down for the pressure in my sinuses...pretty, I know! How can one be completely stuffed up and have a runny nose at the same time? Go figure? I've taken everything you could possibly suggest to me. The best remedy yet has been the vapor rub up my nose...yeah gross...but it relieves for a few minutes. I'm wondering if I could just melt that stuff down and drink it??? In Mexico we would boil eucalyptus leaves and drink the hot tea...but I haven't found any eucalyptus trees in the area?

So these are just the ramblings of a tired, sick home school mom. God is always good and I am grateful the occasional "rough" day that causes me to cling to Him tighter and to be grateful for His innumerable blessings.

Still Alive!

We made it back from the deer lease alive! No snakebites, no heat stroke...and the kids had a great time. If you add to that that we got the feeders filled and one and a half deer stands hung, then we had a successful weekend.

I did get to witness God's hand on us twice. The first was when Buddy forgot to fill up the truck and the gas light went on over 30 miles from the nearest gas station. There is no way that my truck should have made it to up and down those hills, pulling our 26 ft. travel trailer...but God saw that it did. We were so grateful that we didn't get stuck on the side of a hill.
The second has to do with a purchase that Buddy made the girls. Against my better judgement Buddy purchased sling shots for all the girls. I just knew that someone was gonna " shoot their eye out". Buddy gave the regular lecture on sling shot safety and a stern warning about neglecting it, and sent them off to their demise. Being the "mother" that most moms are, I stuck close to the kids as they played that day...as if I was going to be able to defend them if a wild boar came roaming around the bend or they ventured to close to a rattle snake, or any of the other unseen dangers I conjured up in my mind. The problem with worrying is that normally you end up distracted by it while the real danger blindsides you. I never expected my over cautious child to be the one to mess up...but I was standing right next to her as she pulled the sling back and I watched that stone make a straight line directly for my other daughter's eye. I watched that stone turn abruptly and "unexplainable" ( well, explainable to me!) from it's course and go right around my daughter's head. I saw it as clear as day! God is so good to us and I know that He is worthy of my trust. He is always watching over us...and unlike a doting human mother ( as much as we try), He is actually able to keep His children safe!