Snowflakes up the nostril.....

Ever had a snowflake fly up your nostril?

I knew a moment of panic as I was walking out of the grocery store tonight.  A snowflake flew right up my nose!  I almost dropped my bags...ya know, like you would do in the summer when a fly gets up your nose.  But, alas, my senses came to me and I realized....yes, it will melt.  And I will be fine.  And I am.  Just wondered if this ever happens to anyone else or am I all alone out here in "Snowflake up the nose~land."

The very BEST day of my life.

While, I have had quite a few great days in my life, today is right up there with the best of them.

Some of my great days include:

The day my wonderful husband finally asked me out!  I had been watching him for a long time.  A friend of mine was trying to hook us up.  I knew it, J knew it, I was waiting, and apparently so was he (and it took him forever to be convinced that I was the one for him!)  Hahaha!  But now he knows.  And I am sure he is utterly thankful!  I think anyway.

Some more great days in my life would have to be the birth of my four children.  It took our firstborn a long time to finally decide to come, but the others all (very graciously) came 2-3 weeks early.  God love them.  And our only girl decided to begin her journey while her father and I were at Red Lobster eating our Anniversary dinner.  And then of coarse she waited until the next day (which is just a horrible day to have a birthday) to finally make her appearance.  Our third born came out fast and furious....and that is how he is living his life 3 years later.  And then lil' man, he decided to lay breech thereby requiring me to have my first c~section.  Though all in all , still a great day.

BUT TODAY!

Oh my today!  Today is a day I have dreamed of!

While at the grocery store today, I saw something out of the corner of my eye...

My absolute favorite coffee creamer ever!  I can now enjoy it ALL YEAR LONG!!!!!!!!

Thank you Jesus!

Amen!

Treadmill....

So, here I am again with the same New Years Resolutions!  Loose weight.  Though, this time, I better get it done. 

I mentioned to my husband that I would like to have and elliptical, or a treadmill..  And, wouldn't you know, he found one.  Odd.  So, I will begin using that as soon as the key comes in the mail for it. 

Another resolution that I have ~ or rather, we all have ~ is to read our Bible every day.  I have been doing the Read your Bible through in a year for a couple of years now, but I would get behind and not read God's Word for days and then hurry to catch up.  That just doesn't feel right anymore.  There is a teenager in our youth group (she does read my blog) and she has been really working on her spiritual walk with God.  She always convicts me!  I am so thankful for God working in her life!  Anyway, she gets up at 5 am to do her "Walk with God" time knowing that if you wait, other things come up.  WOW!  I don't know too many teenagers who are that serious about God.  So, all that to say, I need to walk with God, not just to get my name on a plaque saying that I read my Bible from cover to cover, but to have Him by my side every day.
So, every evening, my hubby, me, and our two oldest sit down and read our Bibles together.  Our firstborn has read 23 chapters already and our little girl ( who is just getting into reading) has read 4 or 5.  I am so proud of them and I sure hope this gives them a great desire to walk with God early in life.


What are some of your resolutions?

Vacation from the blog....

I took a little break from the blogging world during Christmas break.  My two oldest kids were home, and I didn't have a whole lot of time.  And to be truthful, I was having a little bit of a pitty party as I do every Christmas since my Mom passed away.  She WAS Christmas.  And I know it shouldn't have been like that, and we aren't following her traditions that way.  We do make sure our kids know that Christmas is about HIM, not us.  But, boy, growing up, Christmas day was ALL ABOUT ME BABY!  And I liked it!  I would wake up Christmas morning to a gazillion gifts ALL FOR ME!  It would take me hours (okay, maybe that is exaggerating a little bit, but bear with me here) to open all of them.  Then, while Mom started dinner and slaved in the kitchen, I sat there in my pj's looking and playing...or watching tv.  Or just doing nothing.  Then I ate....Mom always fixed a great meal: turkey, ham, etc!  All the sides you could imagine.  She always made Christmas so special.  Then I got married, and she did the same for my husband.  Made it wonderful for him.  Bought him tons of gifts, asked what his favorite thing was to eat.  I loved it.  And then she passed away.  Now, Christmas is not all about me anymore.  I have to wake up early, fix breakfast, watch the kids open their gifts, cry because I miss my Mommy, and you aren't gonna believe this ~ I HAVE TO COOK THE DINNER ALL BY MYSELF.  Well, my husband always helps because he knows that I am a delicate soul on Christmas day.  He's good like that...try's to keep me from dissolving in tears in front of our four children! :)  Then!!!!  Oh wait!  Then, we eat, and what was normally my nap time, I spend in the kitchen CLEANING of all things.  And just when I get it all cleaned up, someone asks where the deviled eggs are that I just shoved into the darkest deepest hole of the fridge...and it all starts over again.

Ok, well, it wasn't really all that bad.  I actually had a great day...just a bit of sadness.  It's just weird how things come full circle and here I am being the MOM!  Weird. 

My hubby surprised me with a Mother's ring.  It's absolutely beautiful.  He let me pick it out a couple of weeks before Christmas, but I didn't know that he had picked it up.  He told me that we wouldn't get it before, and then there it was in my shiatsu back massager box....I cried.  Of coarse.  Wouldn't you?  Ok, well, I am a sap, and can cry at the drop of a hat.  It really meant alot to me that he would do that for me.  He loves me...ahhhhh.

So, I am back.  I will post pics later of our Christmas break.  We did alot of fun family stuff.  Such a nice break.