Five things Meme

First, the rules:
1. Each blogger answers the questions about themselves.
2. Then tag five people. Make sure to let them know!


What I was doing 10 years ago?:
We had just brought Little Dove home from Russia. she was very ill and had only been home a few weeks. She was going to the Children's Hospital trying to get her health. She had been given an injection in Russia that had become encapsulated in her upper arm. It was an inoculation that her body fought off. It I believe was God's way of protecting her. Daddy Man and I were very sick form the infection that Dove had. We had given away the anti biotic we had to our hosts in Russia for they were unable to ever acquire it. We gave it to them and them became very ill on board the flight home. We were just getting up on our feet. We were all three treated for parasites (internal). Boy that still makes me feel sick just to think of it.
I was rocking my daughter to sleep and could not allow any one else to hold her. She had cradle cap so bad that she was bold in the back for not being held. I had three baby showers! We were so well cared for by the church family of Scottsdale Bible they were wonderful! My Baby was very tiny at eight months she was smaller than a 4 month old. She ate and ate and became a butter ball. We had Physical therapy and speech (to teach her how to suck and to eat without choking) and Occupational therapy to help her to move her arm had been stuck at her side for so many months she could not lower it well. We had therapy 3x a week 15 miles one way. Then the Hospital sent a Department of Developmentally Disabled Children to our home twice a week. I had a torn wrist and changed diapers one handed for months ( I caught my thumb in a door handle and almost tore my wrist completely backward). It was casted for some time. I taught her twinkle twinkle and instead of a diamond shape with my hands it was a triangle. :) the cast made me not able to move my thumb.



Five things on my to-do list today:

1. I took the kids to the doctor
2. resting
3. blogging
4. Feeding us dinner
5. Movie night with the family

Five Snacks I enjoy:

1. extremely dark chocolate
2. Navel oranges
3. candy
4. Beef Jerky
5. chips

Five Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. Live debt free.
2. Give where it is right to do so, spend some and save some.
3. Give the children and My Husband world travel and cultural/historical awareness.
4. Equip The needy with the ability to help themselves more.
5. Send some funds to world orphanages known to be upright and to aide in the care of the elderly widow and widowers.

Five of my bad habits:
1. Lack of physical activity
2. Too many calories and not the best things for me.
3. Neglecting my physical, emotional and mental needs.
4. Working so hard and not pacing myself
5. Nail biting

Five places I have lived:
1. Tacoma, Washington State
2. Palm Springs, California
3. Ogden, Utah
4. Phoenix, Arizona
5. Scottsdale, Arizona

Five jobs I’ve had:
Gas station attendant
Henny Penny Chicken
Bank Teller
Insurance Agent
Extended Care Coordinator at a Private School

What I’d like to be doing in 25 years:
I will be 72, With grandchildren perhaps. With good health I hope and a sound mind. That is my prayer. I would like to be playing with the grand children watching my children thrive in their marriages and adult lives.
Dash will be 32, Dove will be 36 wow! I hope to be here. If not I will be standing at the right hand of God Praying for them day and night.


Tag your it.

Back from the Pediatrician

Back from the pediatrician with preliminary test results of no strep , but the test will tack 24 hours to confirm it.
I had a couple of small checks for the paint rebate. I thought how nice it would be to give them a happy meal then I remembered those checks. I went through the drive threw and cashed them. The joy of the journey with two kids so happy to get to have a burger and fries was dear. We all ate on the road home. They had so much fun with the toy that came in it. All the way home happy sounds and giggles from the back seat. The toy made music and they were trying to get them to sound off in unison.
Too cute.
We stopped by the drug store for some vapor rub and some throat drops for them to suck on.
Dash is sneezing a lot. It is a virus as far as we can tell.
I have to watch Dash's breathing so far his chest sounded o.k.
The Doctor confirmed that she had studied up on the Ushers and said that it can cause dizziness. I told her that I got the referral for the Barrows Nero Center for that testing Dash needs to get done.
I told her that Dash will still be Dash.
She sweetly smiled and disclosed that she has an Autistic son.
I told her of our blogging community of support.
So Doc if your out there welcome , Join in we are all here for each other.
I hope your all having the joy of life in the twinkle of your eye.
I am doing so so much better. The only side effect of the antidepressant appears to be sleepiness. Then again maybe I need to just rest more:) Ha!
Stress is a real thief. Don't forget to care for your selves friends.

"If you can't be a good example then be a good cautionary tail"
HA!

Yesterday's Cup Cakes for the kids

Yesterday Dove was home sick all day and she watched "Little House on the Prairie" and we both had a little afternoon nap. She rested all day. We went to go bring Dash home and they had computer time. During Computer time the house was so quiet. I took over the TV for a while and then saw a show about turning the TV off and living:) So I did. I decided to bake some cup cakes for the children. Setting up the island with individual bowls of decorations and frosting (store bought this time). After they had cooled I had the children wash up. The pleasure of watching their joy was a delight.
How happy they were to be given the honor of decorating the cakes.
You can see it on Doves face!

It was fun to see them work.
Dash has fine motor challenges and was pretty frustrated at times but this was a great way to stick (get it) to it. Yes sticky fingers what a joy! They even held off tasting them until after the cakes were finished. I teach them about germs and how we have to work clean and use proper cooking technique.

Just look at those adorable little fingers!
Better than any other entertainment!:)

The delicacy is so beautiful to me.

The finished product!
They had so much fun!
It was so quiet last evening. Even the Daddy Man noticed. The children were (as they are now) playing Lego's in Dash's room. They are having fun.

I have a doctors appointment for both of them at 11 a.m. today to check them for strep throat.
I want to make sure that they are alright.
Dove is so tender she set her hand on mine and thanked me for believing me that she was not faking and trying to get out of school. Her eyes were so transparent. Really beautiful.
Dove has been so very healthy all her days (except infancy) that I am watching her carefully. She has had a very low grade fever. Dash awoke with breathing difficulty. He feels warm too.

Top Parenting Blog Award

A thoughtful gift this morning from

Corey over at "Living and Loving every Minute of it"

Thank you Corey
This warmed my heart.

Thankful Thursday

My sweet Little Dove is sick with a sore throat and tummy.
She has the sneezes too. Sweet girl is an easy patient, very good natured.

I am so very thankful that we are able to have me home with the children. That is a huge blessing to me. When I think of many who have to leave to go to employment how very hard it must be for them.
How healthy Dove has always been even as a baby. She was so ill in Russia but once she recovered she has been such a healthy child. It is a gift and a wonder how merciful God has been in her health.
Mercy = unmerited favor
Mercy has followed me all the days of my life. I have watched the shadow of its wing above me. Sheltering me, abundantly blessing me. I have lived under this covering. known the peace and prosperity of it. Unmerited? Nothing I did or am deserves it. It simply is.
Yet I read and understand that there is a measure of obedience that brings in a harvest. The 10 commandments the ultimate commandment in the New Covenant... to Love the Lord God with all my heart, soul and mind and to love my neighbor as myself.
The heading of the call... If My People who are called by My Name will humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways and repent...I shall hear from Heaven and heal their lands.
Oh how many many fields need to be healed so that healthy crops can be harvested into this mighty nation. Is my own field in need? A question I suppose all of us could use to ask.
Create in me clean hands and a pure heart. Let me be like Him in all my ways.

Calm at the summit.

Hello Friends, So long have I been away from blogging. It is a season of great change for me. The calm is here as we sit on the summit awaiting the cresting of this grand adventure.
Yesterday at the 11th hour I finished the taxes. It was the first time I even had opportunity to accomplish it and I was able to complete and mail them just 5 minutes before I was due to a luncheon for volunteers at the kids school.
I got to have a nice chicken and salad lunch and visit with the teachers of both of my children. That was yesterday.

My Sweet Little Dove was home sick today. I enjoyed her presence. She has stopped biting her nails! I am so very proud of her. It has long pierced my heart that I gave my child such a poor example. She now owns her own hands with pride. I acknowledged her success with a nice manicure and pedicure. She still struggles with the sensitivity issues but she did real well in allowing us this shared time of pleasure.
She is so growing up! look how big girl her hands and feet have become.
She will soon be 11!

I made croûtons, and breakfast cookies today. Then I placed a nice roast in the oven studded with garlic and slathered in BBQ sauce. It baked for many hours and was melt in your mouth tender. I served it with roasted root veggies that were sprinkled with olive oil and sea salt. YUM.

It was a pleasure to cook again.

It is time to find something to craft! I went out in the boxes and was able to find this project. I began to cut it out and just felt like I was home again.
See my "sewing room" in a tin.

We had our first showing yesterday (Tax day) the first day that the house was not perfectly set. I had an hour to rush around and stage it mopping floors and turning all the lights on. We (the kids, dogs and I went over to the neighbors to sit on her porch. My agent called today saying that it was not shown to a client by the other Realtor it was he and his wife them self who are interested in the house for them selves. She was told that they will be discussing it tonight and maybe making an offer!
The house has been on the market 8 days now.

Well I just though I would check in. I hope you are all doing well. I have very little quiet time with the TV here near my computer. The noise of it chases me out of the room.

Monday Morning

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April 14th Questions:

1. If you had one week to do anything you wanted, unlimited means to do so, what are some of the things you would try to do?

I would take all the means and pay off our mortgage completely. Then I would board the dogs at a kennel and take the family to Disney Land and to the San Diego area. We would play and laugh together. Then we would come home and decide if we are really going to move or not. Having the mortgage not be a factor anymore.

2. What’s the last thing you bought for yourself? Do you buy yourself things very often? If you were rich, would you buy yourself things more often? Why or why not?

Friday Evening I went out with a friend and got a cute top for $7. and then a t shirt Cammi to go under it for $5. It is very cute. I wore it to the pick nick on Saturday and felt beautiful. I do not often buy things for myself due to budget. If I were rich I would not change too much I think but I would exchange my clothes that are baggy mom t-shirts for a more age appropriate design that I felt pretty in. I think I would have more fun giving and sharing though.

3. When was the last time you sang? What did you sing? Do you ever sing in front of people? Why or why not? Does your significant other sing well? If you were (are) a good singer and it was financially within your means to do so, would you ever consider auditioning for American Idol?

I sang this morning in church. I sang a worship song. I once (years ago) sang in a choir for the large company that we were laid off from. I also sang for a choir at the church where I met my husband some 26 years ago. I do not sing any more due to the loss of my voice after I had a radical hysterectomy, my clear soprano voice cracked and I can no longer hold key. I took lessons at a college but I was too attached to the song (Places I remember" by the Beatles and I lost the words in a panic. That rehearsal was my last performance.

My Husband used to play guitar and sing. He is a John Denver type singer I love his voice. I would not audition.

4. If you found $1000 dollars in an unmarked wallet on the street, what would you do? Be specific. Don’t just say, “keep it,” Or “turn it in.” WHY would you keep it? HOW would you turn it in? (And if you turned it in, would you follow up to see if anyone claimed it later?)

I would make a poster did you loose something please call and tell me what it was... If no one called or inquired of it It would be kept. If it were called and identified I would gladly give it to the owner. It would be more important to do what was right. I could not feel free to keep it unless I tried to find the owner. This just happened with a diamond ring on my hand tonight. We had it tested and it is not a real diamond. I still tried to find the owner on Creigs list.

Sunday Smiles

My Dash Hawk stalled in flight as he landed on my lap at the end of his day. When story time had ended his kiss good night turned tender as I hummed "In the sweet by and by" to him. He peacefully slept for half an hour or so until I prayed for the Daddy man to come and lift him from my arms to bed. He is so dear. At seven years old this will be a flash in time one day. For tonight it was my tender gift at his day's end.

Full of Grace award

E- mom over at "Chrysalis" gave me a sweet gift.
Thank you.
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Take a tour

Here is our mls listing with the home tour. The Men came to take the pictures last week, we received this yesterday.
Friday I had good news! My insurance will cover 60% of my implant surgery for the tooth I lost. If I wait until the next year for the crown I may be able to have it covered at 60% as well up to $1500.! I was stunned!I am so happy about it. I'll have more news on the 20th after I speak with the surgeon.
Dove lost another molar , just that much closer to braces. She even has another loose tooth in waiting.
I took the kids to the park after school several days this week to play. Dove and I had a lot of cuddle time and just really enjoyed each other. I held her until she fell asleep.
Wow what a busy weekend!
We had a Pick nick with "The Mister's" company yesterday. It was a lot of fun. There was a rock climbing wall and several bounding and sliding inflatables. We enjoyed face painting and balloons also. The children had a lot of play time. Feasting was a fart of the day as well as Hot Dogs and Hamburgers were served. I enjoyed the BBQ chicken meat. It was fun to watch Dash eat both a Hot Dog and a Hamburger! He worked it all off. He is a busy boy. He metabolizes so fast! Dove had a lot of thrills on the rock wall. She is a natural at it.

We slept off and on all afternoon and just rested. Saturday was a really peaceful afternoon. Rest, rest and more rest. Laying in the sunshine on the "big bed" and just snoozing. I had bed time cuddle time with Dash and just watched his sweet little face as he slept.


Dove had a melt down this morning and I was able to sweetly help her. I walked her away from her computer game. She was so upset because she has such great persistence, but she forgets to walk away when overwhelmed. So I walked her away and just stayed with her helping her to calm down. I did so, so patiently I was amazed! She was so sweet during church she just cuddled up to me. I really tied a good cord with her today.

We went to church this morning and then more rest this noon for me. I just took another nap. That after going to bed early last night. Rest is so sweet.

The "Folks" (Hubby's parents) are coming soon for a visit.

Dash is "Indiana Jones" this afternoon.

Thursday Thirteen

1. My sweet friends today I rest :)
I will straighten up after the kids are off to school. This is a day to slow down a bit!

2. I gave my self a manicure! They are artificial nails ,but I need to start here as I have really torn up my nails. I love these they look so real they come with little tabs that you can hold onto. I use the nail glue on my nails not the other way around and then just press on. I treat the cuticles with cubical remover first and a nice exfoliator for my hands. Wiping them off with alcohol is important to do first. I will leave them on for a week as to not risk any infection. Then you remove them and file your nail tips and replace until my own nails have a chance to grow back. I am a nail biter and this is how I have to stop periodically. I will have my own grown back in a month. I find the nails at the drug store and use other supplies from a beauty supply house. all in all around $5. and walla! a manicure and no risk of error or infections from a saloon.
3. My feet are longing for attention.
4. My hair is in desperate need of a trim too. It will need about 3 inches cut because it is in bad condition. I will color it soon myself.
5. Going for a walk today will be a good thing to do.
6. Taxes! I need to get them done! or to file an extension. I am not to far from done for the medical was compiled in December for Dash's qualification at the clinic. So I think if I get in the right frame of mind I could get it done.
7. My children have had AIM's testing all week and today is the last day of it. They will be up soon. I in my white cotton night gown need to go get dressed. Breakfast are needing to be made as is their lunches.
8. I had the most fun with the children last night! We went to the library and then to the park. The kids are not able to play in their own yard with the seedling grass. We had all the car windows open and loud Celtic music. It was fun! We went to Jomba Juice and they were dancing to the music in the store. I really enjoyed them. I felt so relaxed with them. I treasure it.
9. Beloved and I watched a 1 1/2 hour UTube show on the banking/credit industry last night . It was amazing. I will get a link for you. Wow snakes in the grass. They target those who can not afford to pay then back. They target College students. Lives are being lost due to the desperation. The creditors ore ruthless. They are not giving credit to those who can pay back for the prophet is in the fees and interest. Very interesting stuff.
10. Kids are up more later
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Works for Me Wedensday,Gratitude.

Wow I have been working my hands fast and furious trying to get ready for the photographer.
The house is beautiful!
I am just stopping for a bite of lunch.
This is a beautiful day of low 70*'s all the windows are open and the birds are going strong.
My new medication is working wonders although yesterday I just had to rest. I have not rested very often in so long that my Beloved was glad to see me do it.
I'll take some pictures too, it is really shining around here. I'll work on the inside of the cupboards soon. My hands are chapped and I really need to get my hair trimmed. Soon I will just take some time out to manicure,pedicure and have my hair trimmed. I'll color it myself to save on the budget. It is so hard just to take the time out and do my hands and feet (I do them myself).
Wow if this place shows it aught to sell real well. I have settled into Gods timing.
I will keep doing all that I am responsible for and just watch it all unfold. Praying that the buyer resist temptations and well as all my loved ones and myself.
They are out there, and I am here. Peace fills me as excitement buzzes around me to keep to my duties and task. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be able to fill this role for the family. My talents will help us out.

Tackle It Tuesday

Dove fains sleepy for the day is about to go into high gear

Dash is in his "time capsule" He told me he went to visit the days when Jesus was alive and the date of 4/4/02 he said. He tried to go back to his day of birth but things were too distracted.
I am off to the dentist. I'll finish when I get back.

I rested a lot today
After school I took the children to a park for a play date.
We took the children to the schools book fair. They are now very excited about reading out load.
I am cooking a simple supper of Spanish rice and corn on on the cob.
Resting a great deal today just seams like I really need too.

The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY April 7th 2008

Outside My Window... is a freshly seeded summer lawn. Sky's blue a pale azure. The tree is missing in the yard behind me , they cut it way back and the hummingbirds absence is pronounced. I miss them.

I am thinking...I have a responsibility now to keep ready and set to task to accomplish this goal of selling. I have only to do everything in my power. The rest is up to Gods divine purpose. What a privilege that I have important work that matters so much to my families future financial success. I am so glad that I have no longer the terrible depression that so robbed me of my personality for a few weeks there. Stress was so hard on me. I feel compassion on myself for the things I endure and the slow to kindness that I offer myself. Delayed yet nurtured back into good health.

I am thankful for...A soft heart. The thing that got me so upset in the stress was all the temptations to root of bitterness. I saw how in a weakend state I was like a wounded creature with vultures over head waiting for me to die. The Semaritains that helped me back to health and paid my way were a gift. I saw love in action in so many of my friends . For this I am most Thankful.

From the kitchen...It is clean and no service of main meal offered today. It was left over elbow macaroni for the children. I have not eaten any supper proper. No real appetite tonight. Beloved had nachos and beans. He is content and appreciative of the mopping of all the floors in the house and said the place is immaculate. He said g"go rest you sure earned it"...

I am creating...A future of being debt free. A life style of family first and things after people. A schedule of family life around showing and selling a home. The dogs are being walked (or dragging me) to get them better ready to handle a showing by going for a walk.

I am going...To the dentist tomorrow to have my teeth cleaned and to talk over the implant I need done on that tooth I lost last fall. I also have an afternoon play date to the park with the children and the school book fair is tomorrow for the kids to attend.

I am reading...Up on some of those fellow bloggers who I have not been able to visit. I have enjoyed psalm 91 recently. I am looking into the lives of those who touch my own life and reading the needs for intercessions.

I am hoping...To keep this right mind and for the buyer of this home to be prepared for them to resist temptations. That I would resist temptations. To be whole body soul and spirit. :)

I am hearing...silence for the children are bedded and I click clack the letters of this post.

Around the house...It is pristine, a model home. Void of me and all of the things that were ours. Well at least most of them. I am thinking minimal is nice in it's own way. I will let go of more possessions I think when we move. Less is nice.

One of my favorite things...Peace within my mind and a calm spirit.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Continued deep cleaning , windows glass and such. Taking a girl friend out one evening. going for walks with the dogs and even without the dogs. Keeping the house show ready at all times!

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

Looking to the future, knowing HIS eye is upon me.

The Simple Woman is the original home of The Simple Woman's Daybook.

The Simple Woman's Daybook will take place each Monday.

Now you can share with others a little look into your day plans and thoughts while you are focusing on the simplicity of the everyday moments around you. That is my vision for this idea! Slow down, take time and enjoy the moment...the day.

Menu Plan Monday

Keep them from starving! :)

Pasta tonight I think

Marriage Monday

Marriage For Happiness or Holiness?
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As I sit and type this I am impressed with the idea of what holiness means to me. Clean hands and a pure heart. Free of bitterness fleeing it like it is a plague.
Bitterness.
It inters into marriages like a masked bandit. It is a culprit of devision. Bitterness is the begining of shadows that blur a pure heart into tainted ideas and concepts.
Guarding oneself is often less confounding than you might think.
Three major enemies of any good life is
1. Being too tired
2. To Hungry
3. Too Lonely

We are a triune being Body soul (mind) and spirit ( a spirit renewed or not)
If we hunger for food, touch, education, mental stimulus, fellowship and friendship with God or others. If we need rest of body, or our mind is overwhelmed or our cup has run dry spiritually, or we need for physical intimacy we are made more vulnerable. If we are isolated, or do not get enough time with our mate or even with mutual friends these things can make us open prey to the enemy of hearts.
Bitterness is a weed best prevented to germinate, but if it does it is best to pull it soon as to not let root set and become entwined in words and regretful deeds. If it does set and flower leaves pod to the wind the havoc of seed tossed to wind makes healing a hard thing. Not impossible but you'll be pulling weeds for a long long time.

Words are seeds, pick a crop you'll be glad to live with.
Yet there are times to expose seed stores in such a way as the wounding of the other is lessoned. Some weeds are stored up. They are bagged into chambers of resentments secretly stowed for the future. Perhaps your mate hurts you and you forgive but it is still a root.
The weed may have been pulled but if you miss the root it can grow back sometimes that weed will be stronger than the one first pulled. It mulled in the soil of heart so long that the root is fast holding the deeper ground. These often need to be poisoned with the miraculous.

So Just know that Holiness is assaulted by temptations. The soil of your heart must be tilled and tendered by choice.
We must guard our hearts at all costs.
Just know that your enemy will assail you when you are at your weakest place. Assume it is him, feeding your mind with the bitter seed, he would so love to set. He is full of "crap" too he uses it to fertilize his crop. :)

Now as for happiness....
Happiness is peace with God.
Peace with man is the absence of strife.
I avoid strife like the plague it is.
That is what it is with me anyway.
Marriage is work, it is an endearing friendship that ebbs and flows. One that will flourish best when we receive what is given in gratitude and make known our desires and needs with a gentle yet firm voice. We will not always get what we want but that which God wants for us must be our goal. Not always happy but at peace. Peace is fought for it does not just come up to us and say "here I am" I am sure of Peace being a goal a quest of attainment through working out our own maturation. Supporting our mates as well as they work out theirs.
Happiness is a moment
that is fine, it feels good. It is however a moment. Peace is a life style choice. I am not speaking of subjection here in any way. I want the very best for him and for myself. In sickness and in health. We are not "happy" when one of us is sick and it hampers the others efforts or experience day to day, but it is the peace the health for each other in the midst of the storm.
Life is a battle.
If you chose sides intentionally or not you will have your standing on one side or the other. Know that life is an adventure. Marriage is sharing that adventure. With courage, and a desire to keep a soft heart toward each other.
Know who the "real" enemy is and your Happiness will not just be limited to a moment.
It becomes Peace, Joy. Long suffering that is doable and a pleasure to love another in a way that is removed of greed of the "I". I have known this love for 26 years now, and I have given this love and it is the real happiness not the counterfeit that sets so many up for desperate disappointment's.

Sunday Smiles

I had a nice week End. It was full!
With a yard sale on Saturday It began with a rush. At 12:30 a.m. I awoke thinking it was 4:30 and jumped out of bed and started the shower only to wake up the rest of the way shut it off and go back to sleep! That was weird! So when the sleep fell upon me I was then awaken by Dash around 1 a.m. , he had a bad dream and crawled in between us. We were both too tired to take him back to his bed. I then awoke at 5 a.m. and dressed and went to the store for lemon aide and a petty cash of change for the sale. Got back to see Mr U. setting up tables, and a yard sale "hawk" circling the sale she hurried to buy one of the drawers for her students.
I had so many teachers and church folks come it was cool to share with others who have hearts for children. Our favorite experience was a van full of special need adults came and they were in a van, well I gave this one girl a doll and she smiled! She cried out with glee MY BABY!!!
The children we there and saw this too. It was heard loudly as they pulled away...MY BABY" thank you for my baby! Oh it was just wonderful. Then a paster came and bought a crib we had for a church. We all but gave it to him. Several teachers of special needs kids came and got the school stuff. Mothers of children and so many clothing sales of the kids stuff. One woman was buying a figurine I had of a angle and two children. I was letting it go but still found it hard a bit. I told her I got that when I adopted my son. She said oh! I am just adopting a little girl and she will be ours this week. It felt so freeing inside and liberating to see how Gods hand worked in it. I was then easily able to let go of it.
We made 173.$ and many great memories. The children made $12-15 in lemon aide sales then paid me the split difference of the supplies. It was a wonderful lesson in sales. Dash was a real go getter, all but chasing down his customers. Dove was so excited and just giddy over every sale. It was the best part of the sale.

The sign is in.

The fellow who planted the sign was entertained by Dash. He shook his head as he finished and said" you have one very intelligent little boy there" . I agreed.

We have this bay back. I set the shelf and the table up with all the home school curriculum on it so I can do a Crags list later and try to recoup the costs. Bren I know I am trying to get to that point. :)

At the end of the sale I packed it all up and Mr U. loaded it and I took of to drop it off and he took off with the kids to the park. I met them at the park and the children found joy in climbing trees as we sat together on the grass and watched them.
Saturday movie night for Daddy Man and the kids me... I fell asleep on the sofa and then went to the bed at 7:30 p.m. and slept through tell 7 a.m. this morning RESTED!

Today I shampooed the master bath and we did a few things around the house. Tomorrow is the first day on the MLS.
We had a date at 11 a.m. our dear friend came and watched the children till 6 p.m. Wow time alone together. It was so nice. We went to lunch and then used the rest of the gift certificate buying BBQ sauce. We called the Realtor and met her at a house that I had showed the kids. It is vacant. Beloved and I toured the outside while we were waiting. She met us and he got to see the inside. I love that it is down the street from the elementary school. I has some needs but the landscaping is impressive. The house is doable. It is in foreclosure if we sell this quick we may stand a chance at it and for a low price too.
We then got a soft drink and drove around. We went to a mall. Walking together we realized it has been more then a year since we have even walked in a mall. It was peaceful together. I found out the diamond in the ring he found is not real. I still think it a wonderful gift from my Abba.
We then went to a riparian area and walked. We saw great blue herons, egrets and many stilts ducks and such. It was quiet! The bees and insects buzzed and you could hear them.
We came home after a long lovely walk and Jay and I visited as the children bathed. They had story time and are off to sleep.
I am feeling so SO much better the saritonin levels are back up and I feel like myself again. I am so grateful to have gotten the help.
Well now we have another marathon to do. Keep this place show ready. The children have 20+ days of school left and then It will get very interesting. Oh OH may it sell fast!