That is life feels like lately.
Stop. 3 of 6 children are sick.
Start. Run to another city and pick up the new cabinets for the kitchen. See Grammie and Poppy.
Stop. Birthday Breakfast. Make eggs benedict. Listen to children moan in delight.
Start. A bazillion errands, all an hour away, get my hair cut, Giglio's, Salvaggio's, Randazzo's, Margo's, and lots of other o's.
Stop. Traffic.
Start. Get home, hug children, unload van, make dinner, eat, sing happy birthday, eat pie.
Stop. Figure out how to get everyone to their activities while DH's work is imploding and figure out how to support him
Start. I am taking everyone to their activities. Woohooo!
you guys get the idea.
It just seems that some days are really boring and nothing is going on. Then, BAM! everything is happening and I am a wild woman.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
a reminder to those in zone 5
Start your broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage seeds indoors.
You can also start your lettuce, head and leaf, green onions, bulb onions, peas and spinach.
This is if you have an average last frost date of May 6.
You can also start your lettuce, head and leaf, green onions, bulb onions, peas and spinach.
This is if you have an average last frost date of May 6.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Titus Women
When I first read Titus 2:3-5 I knew I had to be that kind of woman. I just knew it-deep down in my heart. I have known for many years that I would probably not return to the work of earning a paycheck. I have a family to raise. I have the next generation to raise.
I am not sure what I can do to help others with this challenge-making a home. I am not sure I do that great of a job of it. But I can tell you that when I make a good meal I have teenagers that linger and talk. I have kids that want to have other people over-a lot. My husband has regularly told me that I am a huge part of building our life because of the cooking that I do. We have friends and a full life because we share our table with others.
Let's fess up.
We have to cook at least once a day.
It is not always fun.
Admit it!
Whining, complaining, dishes, shopping, picking a meal day after day, year after year, the grocery budget, appliances and equipment that aren't adequate, rising grocery costs, using our pantry food, health concerns, all make this a doozy of a topic. And each of us is individual in what we need to do for our family.
It can take a long learning curve to be able to feed all the mouths that call us mother/mama/madre/mommie/mom/beloved beautiful mother. At my house that last one usually comes after banana cream pie.
I was talking with Kathleen and I told her about this great tip I learned that was saving my breakfast Bee-hind. (It is boiling up 10 pounds of potatoes at a time, cooling them down and storing them in your crisper drawer in your frig. In the morning you grate and you have hashbrowns, you chop and you have home fries. They keep for two weeks.) She smiled at me, her eyes were twinkling and said, "Oh, that. We have been doing that for years" as she waved her hand at me. You know the "oh that" wave? I responded by exclaiming, "Why didn't you tell me?" Honestly, after the 3rd kid there should be a manual on how to feed a small army- with an appendix on how to do it on the cheap!
So what can we do for the younger women?
I want to hear from you!!! Leave a comment!!
I am not sure what I can do to help others with this challenge-making a home. I am not sure I do that great of a job of it. But I can tell you that when I make a good meal I have teenagers that linger and talk. I have kids that want to have other people over-a lot. My husband has regularly told me that I am a huge part of building our life because of the cooking that I do. We have friends and a full life because we share our table with others.
Let's fess up.
We have to cook at least once a day.
It is not always fun.
Admit it!
Whining, complaining, dishes, shopping, picking a meal day after day, year after year, the grocery budget, appliances and equipment that aren't adequate, rising grocery costs, using our pantry food, health concerns, all make this a doozy of a topic. And each of us is individual in what we need to do for our family.
It can take a long learning curve to be able to feed all the mouths that call us mother/mama/madre/mommie/mom/beloved beautiful mother. At my house that last one usually comes after banana cream pie.
I was talking with Kathleen and I told her about this great tip I learned that was saving my breakfast Bee-hind. (It is boiling up 10 pounds of potatoes at a time, cooling them down and storing them in your crisper drawer in your frig. In the morning you grate and you have hashbrowns, you chop and you have home fries. They keep for two weeks.) She smiled at me, her eyes were twinkling and said, "Oh, that. We have been doing that for years" as she waved her hand at me. You know the "oh that" wave? I responded by exclaiming, "Why didn't you tell me?" Honestly, after the 3rd kid there should be a manual on how to feed a small army- with an appendix on how to do it on the cheap!
So what can we do for the younger women?
I want to hear from you!!! Leave a comment!!
It's TWO WEEKS before my birthday!
"I can talk about it now!"
#3 knows that St. Patrick's Day is 2 weeks before his birthday. It is 12:13 p.m. and I have already been informed of the DS games he wants, the legos he wants, the other things including dinner choice and dessert choice.
#3 just came into the dining room with paper and pencil. He said, "I am going to write all the things down I want for my birthday so you don't have to memorize it."
Let's just hope it isn't a repeat.
He will always have to live with his performance of Boring Reading Gift.
The note says:
I want one
Pokemon Heart gold andor A Lego set.
Diner (dinner) Homemade mac And Cheese
desert (dessert) Bamana creme Pie
#3 knows that St. Patrick's Day is 2 weeks before his birthday. It is 12:13 p.m. and I have already been informed of the DS games he wants, the legos he wants, the other things including dinner choice and dessert choice.
#3 just came into the dining room with paper and pencil. He said, "I am going to write all the things down I want for my birthday so you don't have to memorize it."
Let's just hope it isn't a repeat.
He will always have to live with his performance of Boring Reading Gift.
The note says:
I want one
Pokemon Heart gold andor A Lego set.
Diner (dinner) Homemade mac And Cheese
desert (dessert) Bamana creme Pie
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