Meme

What were you doing ten years ago?
I did daycare for a neat family. I really enjoyed their kids. Our family went camping in the summers and hiked.

Favorite Snacks
It depends on my mood. Sometimes something salty like nuts or chips. Sometimes I just want sugar like sugar cookies or peppermint ice cream. Or other times it has to be chocolate like mint chocolate cookies or a blizzard with lots of chocolate.

To Do List
Pick up the clutter around the house, organize the school stuff to homeschool Jonathan part-time, get a routine going, finish our bedroom.

Jobs I Have Had
Hamburger Joint Person, Nurse's Aide, Nurse, Daycare Provider, Mom to normal kids and difficult kids

Places I Have Lived
Oregon, Washington

5 Things People May Not Know About Me
I would still be happy if I had a baby.
I have always wanted twins.
I was the oldest of 3 girls, my mom one of only girls and her mom was one of only girls.
I have gone from only having neutral colors on the walls to bolder colors - our bedroom now has one black wall, two red walls and a tan wall. Looks better than it sounds. lol
I am a junk hoarder. I still have toys and clothes from my older kids that I had planned to use for future kids but they are too hard to find.

CD's I'd Want If I Were Stranded On A Desert Island
Michael W Smith
Casting Crowns
Michael Card
Matt Redman
Chris Tomlin
Mercy Me

What I'd Do If I Were A Billionaire
Pay for Becca to be in the best place for her healing.
Tear down our house (it has a poor foundation) and rebuild a new and similar house in about the same location with a basement and a second story but the main living areas of the second story would be cathedral ceilings instead. The second story over the bedrooms would have a portion that is a loft. The second story over our bedroom would have a library with comfy chairs for reading.
Buy a trailer so we can go camping again - I can't handle tents anymore.
Contribute to the church for our new building. Buy more land for the church. I think they need 15-20 acres.
Travel some more - Guatemala again, Hawaii again, Europe, tour the whole USA.
Get my husband retired so we can just enjoy life together.
Hire someone to take care of the yard.
Contribute to whatever ministries my kids end up in.
Invest in something so we can do more.
Take in foster babies and transfer them over to adoptive families properly so that they can be attached and not go through what our kids have gone through - in between our travels. This would have to be committed times. Part of our retirement years. A reason for early retirement, while we still have SOME energy.

Sweeping the Hard Way

Jonathan was given the task of sweeping a portion of the driveway. I told him he could take the push broom from the back patio. He came in after awhile to ask how he could get the sides near the grass. I told him he could use the part of the broom that was left that he had broken.

He just came in and said, "I have to tell you the truth. I threw the broom up in the tree and I can't get it down." My response? A chuckle and "That might be a complication." He says, "so I have to climb the tree to get it down?" I told him he would figure it out.

I turn my chair to look outside to watch him solve his problem. He was trying to use the push broom to knock it down. He got a chair and tried to climb the pine tree, then he tried another pine tree. He came in for a brief moment and informed me, "no sign of it."

No big deal - Daddy had already told him he had to pay for the broom since he broke it. lol

Quiz

Which Positive Quality Are You? Your Result: Love You are Love. Love is the glue that binds us all together. The love of family, the love of friends, the love between husbands and their wives--these things form the foundation of our happiness, our security, and our comfort. "All you need is love."
Charity
Faith
Peace
Courage
Friendship
Which Positive Quality Are You?

How To Mix Gatorade

Start with a family sitting in Subway eating lunch on a Sunday after church at Walmart by the windows overlooking one of the entrances to Walmart. The mom starts noticing unusual behavior and points it out to the dad who then takes notice too. After awhile, another couple sits down and the first mom notices that the second couple is also talking about the mixing of the Gatorade. They were quite NOT impressed with what little they were observing and they came in after the ice - lol.

Take two oafs at Walmart

Carry a big picnic drink container to the "Associates Only" closet

Set it on the floor and measure scoops of Gatorade mix into it

One oaf brings a big plastic spoon over and hands it to the other

The second oaf puts it on the floor

Add water

Pick spoon up off floor and mix the mixture up

Carry container to shopping cart

Fill water bottle with mixture

Add ice and stir it in

Get a new can of Gatorade powder

Go to closet and get scoop

Get tired to scooping and start dumping

Stir it up with spoon some more

Scoop mixture out with a cup and taste it

Dump it back into container

Screw lid on for final time and leave the mixture in the shopping cart

We wondered who all would be drinking this formula

Nuts

A friend and her husband were working on some crafts. She was stringing, tagging and bagging crosses and he was working on a craft with walnuts and polyeurithane. We were on MSN chatting with each other. She told me that he was "out dipping his nuts." This set me into hysterical laughter and I let her know. That set her off. Our husbands were both wondering what was wrong with us. We talked about other things as we were both still laughing. My husband called her and asked her what she had done to me. We were both complaining about the pain we were in from the laughter. Then her husband said the wind was blowing and it "was making his nuts fuzzy." Oh my!!

Door

What Your Front Door Says

You are intriguing and charming. People are naturally drawn to you, even if they don't know you. You are calm and wise. You are a true leader. You never feel isolated in a group. Somehow, you always belong.

The Front Door Test

New Book Title

Jonathan was home from school all day yesterday. He was not easy to have home. I worked HARD to be a good mommy for him. Mid-afternoon he let me know he was trying to irritate me - lol - as if I hadn't figured that out! This morning, he was back at it right away, so I was a good mommy for him again. He was mad and said something about me learning more or reading more. I asked him what he was talking about. "That book by Nancy Thomas called, 'How To Bug Children!" I die laughing here. He says, "see, you're bugging me!" He is just too cute and funny. I love that kid!!!