yo ho ho

I am up at two in the morning, after two nights of not getting enough rest. I woke up sick as hell in the middle of the night and still don't know exactly why. And no I am not pregnant again. So here I am sitting writing a post when my eyes aren't all the way open. I need to change the picture on here, its over a month old. I feel accomplished even in my sleepyness. Sometimes the best time to get things done around the house is when everyone is asleep. So I actually got all the laundry put away. My days of following FLYLADY.COM have been dwindling down. They teach you to wash, fold, put away. I wash and put in a basket in the laundry room. For some reason I have it in my head to wait until I have a 'full load' of colors or whatever to wash them. I really should start doing a few at a time and keep up with it without giving up sleep. We had a great day today swimming and I watered Di's plants, my current two week house sitting job. It's like a challenge to water against this horrid TX heat and keep this woman's botanical garden alive. Today I was blessed enough to not have to take the kids and it made it a somewhat peaceful experience. Jarrod had enough time to come by and say hi for 30 min in the middle of the day. I am looking forward to MOPS staring in a few weeks. I am hoping one or two of my friends will sign up with me for the 2nd and 4th Mondays. I also got a babysitting job at church for Tuesdays starting in Sept that will pay an extra $70 a week and of course I get to take my kids and they love it, so bonus bonus. This weekend we are taking Mahna to Galveston as an early birthday gift. She's been asking to go to "the beach" for several months. Not to mention her parents love the ocean. Cole will get to spend his first night away from mom as my mom volunteered to keep him. yea mom! :) We also get free lodging in a really awesome mansion of a house visiting some fun true hearted people in Houston. That is a major bonus since the hotel we stay at on the ocean (Flagship) is $175 a night! So are you still with me? still reading? Well thanks for that and caring about what I have to say however ho hum it may be. Hugs 2 U.

gratitude

how do you stop negative thoughts and feelings? replace them with positive ones. start by being thankful for everything.

tonight I am grateful for my mom, my husband, my daughter, my son and my house. i am thankful to live in America and have a brain that works and a body that is healthy. i am thankful for my friends and my church. i am thankful for my sisters and for my brother. i am thankful for all the family that i have close and far and that we all love eachother so much and stay connected so consistantly. i am thankful for my grandma and that she is going to have a really neat 80th birthday party next month. i am thankful for the love I get from my husband and children, more love than i ever deserve. i am thankful for the car my dad is lending me and that it has air conditioning. i am thankful for Golden having a steady life since his birth and i am thankful he is such an interesting and intelligent person. i am thankful that my parents love eachother. i am thankful that jarrod's parents love eachother. i am thankful for my sisters in law. i am thankful for my old friends and my new friends. i am thankful for people who patiently continue to show God's love and grace to the world, however frustrating and unfair it gets.

doublestuf

I read Frankys last two blogs this morning and it inspired me to write something. Some days I open up blogger.com and just look at this blank slate thinking "what do I say?". At one time it came so naturally. I woke up this morning at 4:55 a.m. and could not go back to sleep. I thought about working out, cleaning the house, catching up on blog reading. I did accomplish washing a load of towels before Cole woke up. He had fever all evening last night. Jarrod took him on the end of his route yesterday and watched him til about 10 pm while I attempted to take Mahna to the circus at American Airlines center. Unfortunately after lots of driving, walking, waiting in line, it sold out. This was suprising as it has been in town for a week. But a lesson was learned, buy your tickets ahead of time! So Jana and the kids and I will go next week in Ft Worth after SHE gets back from Cancun. (lucky beep) We had a fun night anyway tho, all the kids got along and laughed a lot and Jana and I laughed together and talked for the first time in a while. Friends are good "soul food". jarrod did good watching the babykins. He was looking forward to playing w/ him and having him as his little buddy, but unfortunately Cole just got his second tooth so pretty pitiful the last day or so. Mom got a dose of it yesterday morning while she watched him so I could take Mahna to the water park. Today I am looking forward to staying home.