Bicycle! Bicycle! I Want To Ride My Bicycle!

 Got a new bike today. Man is it pretty! It is pink and reminds me so much of my 1st big bike! They are built the same the only real difference is color.
 I remember being a kid and getting so excited over a new bike. Mind you this the 1st actual NEW bike I have ever owned! All my other bikes, all 3 of them, were hand-me-downs from my sister, but that was ok because my Grandfather always sanded them down and repainted the old one to make it special just for me! (My Grandpa was the best at stuff like that. I really miss him!)
 Today, I got just as excited over my new pink bike as I did over the ones from my childhood. I have been wanting a bike for a good while now. I need to get myself back in shape and I really enjoyed riding as a kid. If I was outside, I was on my bike! Lots of hours spent pedaling away was not only good for me physically but mentally as well.
 You know, I never thought I was poor with my rebuilt bikes from my Grandpa. I always considered my self lucky that I had someone in my life who cared enough about me to do something special just for me! And people that cared were a scarce thing when I was growing up. I didn't have a great childhood but having a bike to get me away, even for a little while, was the best.
  Here is a picture of my new pretty pink best friend! If you see a crazy woman on a pink bike, be sure and wave because it's probably me!!

Friday Morning

When I was working, the words Friday morning were like music to my ears! It meant the end of a long work week and the beginning of 2 days of nothing to do but be with my family. Oh how I love Friday mornings.

Now that I am a stay at home mom full time again, the weekend seems to have lost its awesomeness somehow. Maybe it's because I am here all week with the kids by myself and never even SEE another adult unless I go to Redneck Mecca ( Walmart). Maybe it's because I know we only have 2 days (sometime 1 1/2 days when Wes works Saturday mornings) to get everything we need to get accomplished done. The weekends never seem long enough.

Wes wants to do nothing over the weekend because he has spent a week doing things for others, I however want to get everything done and get it over with because there are somethings I truly need his help with. I feel guilty on one hand asking him to work on his "honey-do" list when I know he's tired but one the other I get so tired of waiting "until next weekend" (which never comes by the way) because I know the stuff needs to be handled now.

Everyone says, "oh you have kids to help" but anyone with kids knows sometimes it is easier to get things done without their help. Some times you just need another grownup!

Wouldn't it be so great if we could all have a personally assistant to do all the stuff we never get around to?  I mean think about it....no more clogged sinks, no more over grown yards, no more sheds to clean out! I think I am on to something here! Oh course you'd have to have money to hire an assistant, so that kinda blows it out of the water for me!

We are all guilty of putting things off because we just don't want to do it. And that is the real reason, nothing else. It took me 6 months to finally sort through my boxes of sewing notions but I finally did it. Found 3 more boxes in the shed yesterday that I missed! It's hard to be too mad at others for things we do isn't it? Actually I think the opposite is true.

A lot of people put off their relationship with God the same way. Sure they think about it but then there are a million and one reasons why they never "get around to" knowing God and His Son, Jesus. You know if you think about it, Jesus is our personal assistant...He handled the most important problem inour lives! He died for our sins so we could live! Talk about the ultimate helping hand! Can't think of a more important thing to get tended to than your soul, can you?

Even the Devil believes in Jesus!

I'm Back! Did Ya' Miss Me?

Ok so I have been thinking about starting a new blog. It has been at least 2 years since I have blogged a single thing. I miss it and so here I am...blogging once again.

Life has been interesting to say the least over the last 2 years.

We have moved to another state, bringing the total to 3 that my kids have lived in. We have lost family and even some friends along the way but all in all it has been worth it all to be where we are today.

We live in a small house with our 5 kids and the cat, 2 dogs and 3 fish, oh and the lizard who visits nightly on the kitchen window! (Dr. Doolittle has nothing on us!) It's a good life, not what we planned but God has taken us this far so there is no reason to think He will not see us through whatever happens down the road. My husband has a saying that I think of often, " God takes care of fools and children"...and in this house there is an abundance of both!!

Well, get ready...I'm back!  Hey Ya'll, Watch This!!!!!!!!