Thankful Tree

I found this sight tnight on How Does She-awesome !!
How cute is this???!! We will def be giving this one a try this week:)Check out the link to get all the details:)

"Oh!! The Places You'll Go......."

Man-that title says it all-you know that Dr. Seuss book abt growing up and moving on....thats so how I feel right now with Stinger....

Friday Stinger had his first play date with a boy from his new school. It was a complete success!! The family is sooo nice and they feel so strongly abt the same things I do...parenting etc ...which was so nice to learn-as Im constantly hearing how I am so over protective...;)LOLOLOL

But Stinger went over abt 12 noon and didnt come home until abt 8:30 AT NIGHT!! Can you believe it-he actually called and asked if he could stay longer...LOLOLOL They played Wii, played with toys, legos, etc-and ordered pizza :) He had a complete ball and has been asking me when can he go over there again-LOLOL Cool-eh??

Tnight we had his last flag football game-it actually snowed on us-geesh...LOLOLOL, but did the boys notice-of course not-only us parents;)LOLOLOL. He got a trophy and first thing he wanted me to do was take a picture of it when we got home :) He is so proud of it and placed it proudly up with all the other kids trophies with a huge grin on his face:)

Im sooo proud of my little guy I could just bust!! Hes doing awesome in school too:) WOW-"Oh!! the Places He'll Go...." Way to Go Stinger!!!!

I cant describe my Momma Bear Pride:)

Stoop Without Sighing.....?

Man-I really have needed to hear this lately...I dont know what it is...but Im constantly sighing lately too...maybee everyones down with the sickies...whatever it is I needed this. I found this on one of my sights I subscribe to-pure jewels I tell ya-pearls of wisdom here:)

As a mom of young children, I can find myself sighing. Too often, actually. The cries for “more milk,” “Help me,” and “Read to me,” can seem endless. And, all too often, I sigh because I’m being interrupted or delayed in a household task or a homeschooling assignment.

I’m not talking about ecstatic or contented sighs. I’m talking about that back of the throat, disgusted kind of sigh. You know the one.

Recently, I was reminded how God stoops without sighing. I can’t remember where I initially heard that metaphor, but it’s a powerful one in my mind.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8)

God reaches down to humanity, similar in how we moms reach down to our little ones. He is so much bigger, so much more powerful than we are, as we are larger than life to our children. And like our babies before they can crawl, we are helpless without Him.

Yet, when He reaches down to us, He does so without sighing. He is not irritated or disgusted. He is hindered in no way. He loves us with a perfect love. And it’s His joy to help us and to serve us.

That is the kind of parent I desire to be: to help my children with an open heart, to not feel hindered by their interruptions, to see filling their requests as part of my parental privileges. But, sometimes this is easier said than done.

What can I do when I’m tempted to sigh?

1. I can take a deep breath

2. I can count my blessings

3. I can remember His promises
4. I can go to Him

THks Momlife Today

Flamingo and Her Feet.......

Well a new thing has popped up here: We have noticed that Flamingo has something going on with her feet. One look at these pictures and you will see what I mean:






I first noticed this with the new shoes we have bought her. I noticed taht she was standing kinda inward-her foot turned into the side. I thought it was just a stance or something...then the other day I noticed her shoes and my goodness..They are worn out-but just on that one inside foot part. If you look at the pictures you can see one side is completely worn out and its actually been dragging on the ground wearing out. So I told her to take off her shoes and walk and sure enough-her feet turn way in when she is walking-like rolled to the inside-you know what Im talking about? Its kinda hard to explain-hence the pics I took...but this is what I showed the Dr when we went in on Friday. I actually took her shoes in to show him-LOLOLOL.
Anyway-one look at her shoes and I felt a Dr visit was in order.

The Dr said that yep-they are rolled in, but when she took off Flamingos shoes and moved her feet ard moved she felt it wasnt bone we were dealing with-more like some muscle or something and its just how she has been walking, probably for a long time. She said the bone is in the right place as it could be moved to the right place etc...

But since we are really noticing it now that we nee dto have a good look at them and see what is going on, as feet are so important basically we know that right-holding up your body etc, and the more she grows teh more of a problem thsi will be fro her.

So we got a bunch of Xrays done and we waited all weekend to find out what the radiologists prognosis was and what he recommended etc...We got a call today and the radiologist said that the bones were fine, but there is alot of swelling and rolling going on...so he is recommending she go to a pediodiatrist. So we have that scheduled for Nov 2nd. So we will just have to see what he has to say abt all of this....

Interesting...no? BAM-this just shot out of nowhere-eh? Crazy.....Flamingo is concerned she will have to wear a brace or something and then she wont be able to do her sports or clogging or wear shoes. We have told her not to worry and that we dont know what he is going to say so not to worry abt it right now...I think she is just glad she will be ok for her B-day coming up-LOLOLOL.

But anyway-thats what is going on here-that and Monkey Boy stayed home sick tday. Hes been coughing-got it from Stinger who might be staying home tomorrow and now Flamingos throat is hurting..yigh...so goes the sick family circle.....ugh:(

Its been quiet a night tnight. Stinger is upset as he might be missing school, plus he has been doing something I thought he had under control-but apparently not....so he was all upset abt it tnight, so we are scheduling again, me having to remind him what comes naturally for so many of us..but not him.....So we dealt with that for abt an hr.....guess we will start the powder again..sigh.....

I cant really get into it-as I think its personal for him, but I can put into words my feelings on that one-upset, worried, confused, frustrated, sad....just to name a few........I just dont know what to do here.....:( where the heck is the handbook on this one???!!!!

K-Tammy lighten up....quite mopping...just deal and go on......

On a positive note-he is going over to a friends house to play on Friday!! WHOOt!!!!!! It is a boy from hsi school-and they are "buddies" Stinger says-as that word is used for "more than friends- right mom?" Hes way excited! So thats awesome for him-Im soo happy for him:)

Heres some pics of him in his new flag football shirt he got. He also got some pics-so grandparents-let me know if you want any:)

Man-Im soo ready to watch Parenthood tnight-I soo need that weekly boost:)

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New Outlook:

Hmmmmm..ran across this....food for thought idea:

"Homemaking—being a full-time wife and mother—is not a destructive drought of usefulness but an overflowing oasis of opportunity;

it is not a dreary cell to contain one’s talents and skills but a brilliant catalyst to channel creativity and energies into meaningful work;

it is not a rope for binding one’s productivity in the marketplace, but reins for guiding one’s posterity in the home;

it is not oppressive restraint of intellectual prowess for the community, but a release of wise instruction to your own household;

it is not the bitter assignment of inferiority to your person, but the bright assurance of the ingenuity of God’s plan for the complementarity of the sexes, especially as worked out in God’s plan for marriage;

it is neither limitation of gifts available nor stinginess in distributing the benefits of those gifts,

but rather the multiplication of a mother’s legacy to the generations to come and the generous bestowal of all God meant a mother to give to those He entrusted to her care.”
~Dorothy Patterson

Job -Update....

I didnt get it-Bummer:(

Dreaded interview details....LOLOLOL

Well Im sure you all are dying to know how the interview went....
1 word= horrible!!!!

Ugh! Ugh!!! Thats all I can say.....

You know the night before I went over things-my qualifications etc, things I should say...etc..and I went online to see questions etc...now mind you-ALL my past interviews have been layed back, hired on the spot type jobs...all of them....so I guess I went into this thing not sweatying it-thinking it would be the same...I was nervous..but I thought to myself-how hard could this be??Right? WRONG!

I went to this sight online and it had all these deep thinking questions recalling past experiances etc-and I said to myself-geesh-they wont ask me that...but one question stuck out in my mind" Tell us a little bit about yourself"...so I had that one ready as I thought that one might be a possibility....

Well I guess I should tell you abt the job first:

Its a cook position at the local hospital.:) Im soo excited abt it-its something I really think I would like doing. I have experiance in it-Albersons bakery and the year I was a prep cook helper in the kitchen with the Coast Guard. When I found out I was pregnant they put me on light duty because I couldnt be on the boats anymore. So anyway-I thought well they called me so I must be qualified etc....

So....I get there and out comes a lady in med scrubs like things....so Im thinking okay-they dont wear white...so Im way overdressed...so first off I felt way silly...ugh...

But this lady was very nice and we proceded to the offices part of the Hospital as we needed the resource lady (who was still in a meeting)so we sat down waiting for her and we started chit chatting about things-family, school, etc-I still had no idea who she actually was.....lOLOLOL, but she was nice and it was very comforteable talking with her and we got along really well....

Then the board meeting gets done and in walks the resource lady and pulls out a stack of papers with the dreaded questions I had seen online. Guess which question they started out with....any guesses....."Tell us a little bit about Yourself.. " Well phew-I had that one covered remember...but then the rest totally threw me off...so it was horrible...I think I did okay-but could have done better if I had studied better.

Ive just NEVER had that sort of interview before..so live and learn...Dh says every interview is better practice for the next one-so not to worry abt this one...but I really want this job. So I hope I made a good impression with my personality and quals and they dont go too much on the questions...LOLOL-yeah...right...but I can dream-right?LOLOLOL

At the end they asked me if I had any questions and I had read online that its not good to say "no" so I asked them what a typical day would look like and I could tell they were surprised and they both said that was a very good question...so maybe that will stick in their minds....hoping....

But I did find out that the lady who I was talking with at first and then with the resource lady,(she was asking questions too)is a cook there and I got along really well with her-so maybe just maybe I will get it...keep your fingers crossed...:)

They said a recruiter???will contact me early next week..so we shall see....

Ugh-but what an experience....geesh....glad it is OVER...LOLOLOL