What we do for fun these days

Have company

Bubbles

Sticker books

Take time to be beautiful

Play games

Catch bubbles

Decorate with stickers

Go puddle jumping

"Huggle" with Daddy

Get stuck in mud

Visit the splash park with friends

Smile a lot

Share snacks

Roll in the grass and sunshine

Visit Friends

and play with their stuff

Dig for treasures

Storm watch

Prove that we moms still exist even though we're not usually in any pictures anymore.

Play games, eat junk food and look oh so cool!

Goals for today

Find a dress to wear to my sister's wedding next weekend.
Find a splash park (it's supposed to be 30 degrees today)
That's all.

Today

I have battled the mouse infestation in our house by:

• sanitizing all the kids' toys
• wiping all horizantal surfaces in our house
• washing the floor
• vacuuming
• cleaning the tub
• cleaning the toilet
• storing all toys in plastic tubs
• moving all furniature away from the walls
  

gee it seemed like a longer list when I was doing it.
It's a little discouraging to know that I'll probably have to do it all again in a couple weeks. At least I won't have to reclean the toys, they're staying hidden.
I'm very thankful that my house is small.
Tonight the plan is to clean up the travel trailer, and hopefully I'll be free tomorrow, to do what I want, any old time.

When I feel like I've got it rough

I've been reading a blog called a little history. It tells a story about a homesteader's family and some of the interesting ways that they solved problems back then. It is a great kick in the pants for me when I'm moaning about doing laundry at a laundry mat, and living in a comfortable home & travel trailer. I guess I need to toughen up a bit, or "suck it up" as they say? More than that I need to go to bed and wake up counting my blessings.

Hello Cupcake!

I've got a bit more pep in my step today and it is all because of this book/blog. It is sooooo cool. I bought the book in Walmart on a whim, then I fell in love. No it is not the latest Dr. Phil book. It is a book about decorating cup cakes. It is a happy, cheerful, interesting, fun book. I'm going to be making nothing but cup cakes from now on. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will forever more be cute, & colorful, intricate cupcakes! Ok, well maybe not.
What I love about this book is, that it is really creative with out being all Martha Stewartish (you know, where it must be made from scratch with wheat grown in your own yard and ground with your own carefully gloved manicured hands). It even says store bought cake mixes and frostings are recomended! That it defininately my kind of cook book! Well I guess it's not really a cook book, as much as a decorating with food book, but still. Anyway, you have to check out their site. I bet you never make a cake again, at least I'm planning not to.

Not Myself

I'm not myself these days it seems to me.
I have no pictures to post, no stories to tell, the thought of socializing with anyone is an exhausting prospect. I just want to sleep for a few days at the very least. Not sure why I've got the doldrums. I guess I'm just not sure. I'm not sure what I'm doing with my life, not sure of my plans, ideas, dreams. Not sure there is any point in having plans, ideas or dreams when they are just changed, up rooted or given a wake up call. I sound quite sad, but really I just feel nothing. This is the key, I just FEEL nothing, it is a feeling. Feelings aren't truth.
The truth is that God has plans for me, and they are plans for me to prosper, not to harm me. He has given me a hope and a future, so regardless of how blah I feel, his truth is more powerful than feelings.
So while I slog through this listless state of feeling, which really is not very like me, I shall hold on to his truth, I shall believe it and think it, say it, dream it, pray it, until my spirit is renewed and my hope is revived, my mind is refreshed and my heart is full of praise. And I shall top it off with a nice big cherry custard ice cream. God is good ALL THE TIME.