Friday fill in

1. Please don't tell on me.

2. Can you Let me sleep in the morning?

3. The color Purple makes me want to smile!

4. I have a craving for Chocolate (of course).

5. If my life had a pause button, I'd pause it now so my kids wont grow up.

6. Eyes are the best feature I have.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Girls Night Out with Amy, tomorrow my plans include Hubby being off work and Sunday, I want to go to church and my mother in laws!

Days of Grace

Today I found Grace in.....

-No sick kids. Yay!

-A wonderful pot of Baked Potato Soup (seriously AWESOME!!)

-A nice long talk with Val

-Looking forward to GNO with Amy!

-My doc said once the new medicine Savella is released that he will prescribe it for me. Pray it helps more than my current meds!!

Days of Grace

Thank you all so much for your prayers. J is feeling perfect today. Like he was never sick. And so far R seems fine too. The boys have been playing together all day and that allowed me to get some cleaning done. Then I overdid it and Im feeling crappy tonight. But I have a clean living room to look at while I am curled in a ball on the couch. Here is my Days of Grace list.....I hope you enjoy it :-)

- Happy, playing, sometimes fighting little boys......because that means they are healthy and well.
- Sticking to our list at Walmart. That almost a miracle.
- Food on the table and in the freezer. Nowadays that is something to be very, very thankful for.
- Prayers from all my bloggy friends
- Less than 48 hours until my Girls Night Out with Amy!!!

Good news!

So far so good. J is feeling much better. He made it all night with no throwing up. And his fever is gone. Thank you God! There is a small part of me who thinks it may not be over but for now I am enjoying the break. Thanks for all the prayers yesterday. I really appreciate them (so does J).
I realized something yesterday. Not only am I an emotional eater, but I am also an emotional baker. After making molasses cookies, banana bread and biscuits it dawned on me that baking calms me down. It wouldn't be so bad if I could bake and not eat the goodies, but it just doesn't work that way. Anyone want a snack? I have plenty to share.

And I wanted to share the recipe for the Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins I made the other day.....and if anyone plans to make them I highly suggest storing them in the refrigerator. They are much tastier cold. YUM.

Puke

This is J.

J has a stomach virus.

J is puking....everywhere.

But J is also a glutton for punishement....since he insists on eating crackers and drinking juice. Which quickly results in more puke. Thankfully he has decided that he can puke in the bucket, rather than all over the rug, etc like he did earlier. No...I am not having fun. And for some reason I keep asking R if he is feeling ok. I dont know which is worse, having the both sick at the same time or for one to get sick after the first is feeling better. Neither situation looks good. Please say some prayers....I appreciate it.

BTW...Im skipping Tribute tuesday. and maybe even Days of Grace. It all depends on how the rest of today goes.

Oh....and I won a blog Makeover! How cool is that?!? Thanks to At the Well for picking me

Now Im back to my sicky......

Days of Grace....and muffins!

I made these Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins yesterday afternoon. We didnt make it to Church again this week because J was running a fever. I kept him home all day with me while Hubby and R went to the farm. After they left J and I made pancakes for lunch, then rested, then played astronauts and then made muffins. J loves to help me in the kitchen....I think he will make a wonderful Hubby someday.

Thankfully today everyone seems to be feeling better. Well, except me...I have a headache. But I will take this headache over a fever and cough. So far today I have done dishes, laundry, put away clothes, sorted some old clothes to give away, played trains, made lunch and blogged. Whew! This afternoon I have a whole lot of nothing planned. I might pick up the living room and vacumm.....but I might also save those for tomorrow so I can spend the rest of the day with the boys and hubby (once he gets home from work).

On to my Days of Grace list for today:
- A coupon for pizza....so I dont have to make dinner tonight

-R napping quietly in his room

-At the Well.....one of my new favorite blogs

-A fun evening watching the Superbowl with Hubby and the boys

-"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever " Isaiah 40:8

Gathering at the Well

Happy Monday! Today is a wonderful day. It is the first day of At the Well. Which is a wonderful new blog for women. This blog is rooted in Titus 2: 1-5 “But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed"
How can you go wrong when you try to live in this verse? You can't. It is how we all need to live, to help each other and try to be the best women we can be. Wives and mothers. I believe that happiness is wrapped up in this verse. So head on over to At the Well.....look around and check out all the upcoming topics. Then meet me at the Well.

Todays topic is:
When you read the Scripture found in Titus 2: 2-5, how do you see this playing out in your own life?
Being a SAHM has been a huge blessing for me. I think that this Scripture plays into my everyday life as I try to be the best mom, wife and woman that I can be.

What are your areas of strength? Of weakness? I believe my strength is the love I have for my children and husband. This is a love I never thought was possible. And it seems to grow everyday. My weakness....well, that would be in the homemaker area. I am good with cooking, baking, and things like that but I am totally lacking in the cleaning and organizing department. That is definitely something I need to work on.

If you could set some sort of goal in relation to this Scripture, what would it be? My goal is to work more towards the homemaking part....to get my house organized and under control.