Having Patience

Yesterday while James and I were unpacking and organizing some things, I mentioned to him that I had found my keys. They had gone missing the day before. My five year old was listening(as always) and jumped into the room. She put her hands on her hips and with a child's scowl look on her face said, "Mama! I hid your keys so you wouldn't have to go to work!". Ah, the anguish in my heart. I wonder what she made out of my facial expression, because I had no words at the moment. She was hurt that I found the keys and that is why I left for work the other day(I had used daddy's). So I quickly repremanded her for stealing and hiding things from us and she went back to playing. James was in the room the whole time, but was silent. After 12 years of marriage, he knows me, and I was a water keg about to burst..but I didn't. So when he left the room, I called Big girl in and gave her and baby girl a big hug and kiss, and told them I loved them, and hopefully I will be home soon.

I always make sure my children are not around when I talk to husband about coming home from the workplace, but maybe she has eavesdropped on some of our talks. Either way, she is as desperate for me to stop working outside the home as I am.
I know some would suggest getting her more outside activities to do during the day to distract her and take her mind off of the fact that she misses me, but that is just creepy to me.

So I was feeling sorry for myself and my decision to not put her in government school, when as always, the Lord gives me some encouragement. Here's a portion of an email I received from my aunt. She was replying back to me. I had forgot I have written her.

When it comes to home schooling you really would have to have worked in the public system and the private system to see its value. I have worked public and I have worked private. The only reason I am in the public system is the money. Van still works in the private/public system. #1 priority is to join a home schooling group and a home schooling university. You can find them online. You can find the closest ones in your community.
I don't personally think that is the #1 priority, but it does seem important to do

The best way to set the family at ease is test scores. I am sure you are smart enougn to get the job done. Get as much knowledge as possible before you really start...Remember, while you set-up your system and finalize it, some things you will have to keep to yourself and share only with James.

It might not seem like much, but it was just the thing I needed to remind me of why I am doing what I am doing. So, I am trying to be patient with my situation at work just in case my Big girl is still eavesdropping...

Memorial Day Weekend

Remembering our American Soldiers...

I really enjoy having long weekends. They are such a special treat to me. We are still unpacking and organizing rooms. That was what we did most of the time, but I didn't mind not traveling much.
Sunday morning we had a special visitor walk through our back door while I was cooking breakfast.


She escaped her owners. When we got her, she was dirty, hungry and shaking(hunger?). James and the girls fed her, bathed her, and played with her. I knew the kids would get attached. "Princess" seemed well trained, so we knew we wouldn't have her for long. She definately had an owner that put alot of time into training and groaming her. So James let her sleep at teh foot of the bed(along with all the kids), and she was back with her happy owners today.



I also got to my first paint project(ever!). My beautiful buffet table and cabinet I received from a wonderful coworker after the fire last year.
BEFORE

Big girl did the distressing a few months earlier during an episode of disobedience with my keys while she was bored...

EVERYONE HELPED



PUTTING ON SECOND COAT


AFTER



NEXT...

We've moved!

We were blessed with the provision of a rental house after our fire back in August of '07. Since then, James has decided that we need more space. So we are back in the city we came from. This time renting in a subdivision(something new to me, and a little strange).


Our neighbor is nice and friendly, but you learn quickly, not everyone is. It's like being in a huge mouse maze together with a couple thousand other people. You really get a good feel of the rat race we run everyday. Out to work, back in to our garages, mow our lawns, scoff at the lawns of others, pay our dues, form neighbor qliques, no clothes lines(HOA no-no), small yards, very high fences...sigh..I know I am looking at it from the stand-point of an outsider. I am sure I will assimilate quickly and learn to smile and enjoy all those things I mentioned as quirks before.

Uugggh!

I am the worst blogger ever...
My intentions were to make this an online diary of sorts of things that I'm concerned about. I think I am barely averaging two posts a month.
I spend so much more time working, taking care of home and reading other blogs, mine just become less and less interesting to me :)
Blogs like hers, and hers and hers was very interesting. And of course those that I frequently read in my short blog list.
So if anyone actually comes here anymore, my apologies for the cob webs. I do have a lot to say, just forget to type it up most of the time. Hang in there with me, and still drop in from time to time. God Bless