So I'm getting my pantry stocked.....I got 2 Angel Food boxes this weekend and now I'm looking forward to stocking up the shelves with lots of canned goods. I feel so much better and able to take on the problems the world throws at us if I know I can feed the family.....I feel so secure in the knowledge of a full pantry.


OH, I wanted to add the link to Angel Food.....

http://www.angelfoodministries.com/

Eric has decided to NOT start his own business for the time being.... so he is dusting off the resume and getting it updated to start sending it out....I'm praying hard now that he will find what he needs to soon! He just felt that with all the things going on at the present time it would be better to get all under more control (i.e. the finances and debt department) before he ventures out into the world of business owner.

Last night we had Eric's family's Christmas party....love the togetherness his family has always shared....and we were told that his baby sis is gonna have a new baby next August! (Right around our Anniversary) So, little ( J) is not gonna be the youngest grandbaby in the family for much longer....(I can't say the smallest cause he is as big as his cousin that is a couple of months older) ......They were not expecting this at all but are joyous just the same!

Well, got to go get ready for evening services.....be back soon!

In honor of Opposites Attract Day.....

Isn't it funny how opposites attract.....take me and my hubby....he is the quiet type...me I'm loud (very loud....although he says there is hope for me) .....so how does this great mystery of opposites attracting work out....I mean even physically ...he's very tall and I'm very short....go figure. So, I've been thinking on this for the morning......while doing something constructive like laundry......and I've come to the conclusion that God made us so that we search out the parts of us that are missing....and when we find the *one* that fills those voids in ourselves then we have found that someone God made just for us! I mean how often do our mates compliment us in ways we don't even realize....each giving strength and support in the others weaknesses....God's plan is so complex and yet so simple....He wants us to learn from one another......growing in love....learning communication and sacrifice .....and increasing in our faith.

Heb 13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

God's Blessings.....

So it looks like the kids may have some Christmas presents after all....my mom called and said she had gotten them some stuff and tonight one of the ladies from church requested a wish list from my kids....God provides all our needs!!!

And we are going on a church trip in Feb. to Gatlinburg....the church elders wanted us to go so they are helping us pay the way....we have been so blessed by our new church family.....I am so glad we were led to attend here and the people have help and supported us so much over the last few months!!!

Well, I must make it short and sweet tonight ....the baby is calling..........

Sleepless Night.....

Can't sleep.....ughh, and I don't have much I want to think about....just thought I'd tell the world I was having trouble going to sleep and maybe , just maybe I could cause myself to become tired....sounds goofy I know but hey, at this point in time I am willing to try just about anything....I just cannot shut my brain down....its like I'm on some caffeine high and I don't drink caffeine....

Well, J is needing to nurse...gotta go.

Laundry .........the never ending chore.

Laundry is really never ending....even if you get all caught up...you still have on the clothes you are wearing and that will have to be washed. For us, with a family of 6 I try and stay on top of it.....but we all know life happens and gets in the way of the best intentions. I do have some things I do here to try to help me keep up with it.....and some ideas that I am getting ready to start to help me with the laundry load.......first we use the same towel for at least 2 days...we each have a hook to hang our towels on to let it dry and reuse it for the next day.....we also wear at least our blue jeans more than just once....we hang those up and wear a second time.....and of course any outfit you wear for only a couple of hours had better be hung up to wear again unless you have a stain on it.....but that only cuts down little....with 4 kids I still do lots and lots of laundry. I've learned that it is just one of those chores that will never get done and work on it daily. Good thing I don't mind doing it.......

Enjoying God's Blessings.....

What a wonderful day. God is so good! Over the last couple of days my most wonderful husband, Eric, and I have had the best heart to hearts! I feel so blessed by this man. Yes, we are still wondering what to do about employment and this Christmas will be mostly a time memories and few gifts but still I can only say GOD is Good!

Everyone is feeling much better over the last couple of day...only little J is still got a stuffy nose and I am keeping a close watch on him.

And we have our first tooth!!! Yes, J has a tooth just breaking the gums and it is sharp! I'm having to really watch and take care when nursing now because he wants to bite!

Sorry for not posting for a few days...

but it has been really ..... well not hectic...but time consuming would be a better way to describe it. Everyone is sick in some form....colds, stuffy noses and sinus problems...I even woke this morning with an ear ache (not bad). I know I really should not have took the kids out to see the parade last night but with no money I wanted to have some holiday memories this year to help make it easier of the kids to understand. So we loaded up with some friends and went and drank homemade hot chocolate and stood in the cold evening air for 2 hours or so....it was great fun but now we are paying the price in sick kids. (D, I hope yours are not sick!) Eric and J did not go last night because they both were already stuffy and sniffly (is that even a word) so they just camped out around here while we were gone.

Today since we are homebound with sickness I plan on finishing up the decorations inside the house....I do need to run to the dollar store to get some cold medicine but that will only be a couple of minutes out.....then tomorrow while (if the kids are well enough) the kids are off to school I can get up the few things for the outside this year up.

Got to go...the baby is needing some attention......