Judah's First Stitches
10 years ago
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Make new friends, but keep the old.....
One is silver and the other's gold. I know all you former girl scouts know that one. I was thinking about some old friends today that I've lost touch with over the years, so i did what anybody would do.....I googled them. Well, they are both getting married next month. It makes me sad that I didn't really know about the weddings. I knew they were engaged, but that was about it. I did talk to one of them from time to time, but we lost touch around the time I had Jude. It makes me sad that I didn't keep more in touch with them, but they are part of my past..a past that I have put very far behind me. I don't talk to anyone from my Houston days, other than my husband. It was not a happy time for me and I don't really want to remember it, so that's what you do right, you sever all ties an move on. But, it's fear that has made me do this a fear that Kaitlyn's Dad will show up one day and want to take her away from me and I won't be able to do anything about it and I'll lose my baby. I know that could never happen, but I still live with that fear daily. My way to make sure it doesn't happen...talk to no one and I mean no one from Houston. I made new good friends in Keller and they mean the world to me. They are TRUE friends they support me, help me whenever I need it and were always there when I needed someone. Then, my husband decided to move us to Montana. I have made one friend, but I want my old friends back and my old church. So, what have I started to do now you might ask...well, history is repeating itself. I still talk to some of those friends on Facebook, but I've gotten no calls, no notes nothing from those friends. Have they already forgotten me? Was I not really their friend? So, I'm back in my shell again hoping that maybe I'll get up the nerve to call them or write them. But, so far it's been easier to live here without talking to anyone and having to remember how much better I liked HOME than here. But, I am going to put my fears in the Lord's hands and maybe he'll give me the strength I need to move on and not let go of my old friends. I sure hope so.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Happy Earth Day!
Well, I was going to write a whole blog about how we need to take care of our Earth and God's Creation, but I went to check out Passionate Homemaking today (she always has something inspirational) and she did such a good job saying what I wanted to say that I am going to send you over to her site to check it out.
http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/04/considering-in-gods-creation.html
I have some green living tips for you. Feel free to comment and add any others you might have.
Recycle
Reuse when you can (think of a fun art project)
Just buy what you need- No wasting
Turn off your lights and open the windows during the day
Knock that thermostat down a free degrees in Winter and up a few in Summer
Only wash a full load in the dishwasher
Wash laundry in cold water
Use a wool dryer ball to speed up dry time
CFLs
Plug electronics into a power strip and turn off the strip when not in use
Cut back on tv time Go outside and enjoy the gift God has given us
Reusable bags (grocery, sandwich, snack)
unpaper towels
Get rid of one use bottles
So, Go check out Creation today
Ok, so now I have to vent for a minute. I got on Facebook today to say Happy Earth Day! and was saddened at what I saw. One of my "friends" who is a self proclaimed woman of God just doesn't care much about the environment. Or atleast that is way it seems to me. I sent her an Earth Hour invite last month-You were supposed to turn off your lights for an hour to send a message that you cared about the environment and were going to be doing your part (atleast that's the idea in a nutshell). She e-mails back and says she won't be participating, but that she will make sure to have every light in her house on for earth hour. The next day she wrote on facebook that she did indeed have all the lights on. Then today she gets on and says she is going ot turn on all her electronics to make a magnetic field to celebrate earth day. Ooohhhh it just makes my blood boil to hear someone just talk out of their butt like that. I just want to get in her face and scream pull your head out of your a** and start taking care of what God has given you! But, I bite my tongue and wonder how someone so into eating farm fresh foods can try so hard to be difficult and destructive. I do not like it! Well, thanks for letting me vent to you.
http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2009/04/considering-in-gods-creation.html
I have some green living tips for you. Feel free to comment and add any others you might have.
Recycle
Reuse when you can (think of a fun art project)
Just buy what you need- No wasting
Turn off your lights and open the windows during the day
Knock that thermostat down a free degrees in Winter and up a few in Summer
Only wash a full load in the dishwasher
Wash laundry in cold water
Use a wool dryer ball to speed up dry time
CFLs
Plug electronics into a power strip and turn off the strip when not in use
Cut back on tv time Go outside and enjoy the gift God has given us
Reusable bags (grocery, sandwich, snack)
unpaper towels
Get rid of one use bottles
So, Go check out Creation today
Ok, so now I have to vent for a minute. I got on Facebook today to say Happy Earth Day! and was saddened at what I saw. One of my "friends" who is a self proclaimed woman of God just doesn't care much about the environment. Or atleast that is way it seems to me. I sent her an Earth Hour invite last month-You were supposed to turn off your lights for an hour to send a message that you cared about the environment and were going to be doing your part (atleast that's the idea in a nutshell). She e-mails back and says she won't be participating, but that she will make sure to have every light in her house on for earth hour. The next day she wrote on facebook that she did indeed have all the lights on. Then today she gets on and says she is going ot turn on all her electronics to make a magnetic field to celebrate earth day. Ooohhhh it just makes my blood boil to hear someone just talk out of their butt like that. I just want to get in her face and scream pull your head out of your a** and start taking care of what God has given you! But, I bite my tongue and wonder how someone so into eating farm fresh foods can try so hard to be difficult and destructive. I do not like it! Well, thanks for letting me vent to you.
Friday, April 10, 2009
This week....
Well, we had a busy week. We all went to a birthday party at Freemo's which was fun and then we went over to the chiropractor's house (the one Jarrod works with). We were there pretty late, but it was a lot of fun. Sunday we visited Missoula Alliance Church. It was a nice church and the kids program is great. I just didn't get that homey vibe. Everything was nice, but it just didn't feel like "home". I know some of you don't know much about my "vibes", but they are usually pretty spot on, so when we find "that" church the one that we belong in I will know. The vibes haven't failed me yet. So, let's keep my vibes in your prayers. This weekend we visit Missoula Bible Church and the Kriegs have invited us over for Easter dinner.
Kaitlyn started school on Monday and we had a P/T conference yesterday to meet her teacher. She is a really nice lady and she said Kaitlyn has been doing great. She has made a few friends and she has fit right in with her classmates. The only thing that needs work for now is getting the lock on her locker open the first time. She's got the numbers down, just not the directions. Becasue they really don't have a drop off/pick up site at school she gets to ride the bus everyday. Thankfully her stop is on our corner otherwise I'm not sure I would be able to handle the whole bus thing. Emma will have to ride it next year.
This week we have also visited the Carousel and Playground. The kids had a lot of fun. That Carousel is crazy fast. Even I have to hang on pretty tight. Jude does pretty good on it. He wigs out at first, then he starts staring at the wall and getting this dazed look, so I try to keep him looking at me and talking ot me so he doesn't get sick. He looks like I feel when I try to count the cars on the train as they go in front of me instead of counting from far off. You know, that dizzy queasy feel. We also went to the library which was nice except for the parking. They have this huge building and like 20 parking spots. It makes no sense whatsoever. I drove around for like 20 minutes and finally someone left. You could park on the street, but it was full too. I could've parked about 3 blocks away, but that's no fun with the kids. It is also downtown, so all the streets are one way streets and I just LOVE oneway streets.
I stumbled across a link on Debra's blog to a really cool blog. The link was her 7x7 picture. The post it takes you to is a great post about praying for your children. It challenges you to pray for your children 7 times a day each day for a week. I am going to try it, but I am not going to stop at just a week I am going to keep it going. For those of you like me that have no idea where to even start with that, the blog author gives you the 7 times a day you can pray and she also gives you prayers you can say at each time. I am going with her times and prayers for now, but you special people out there can definitely come up with your owm 7 times and your own 7 prayers. I am really excited about this and hope you'll join me. I am going to go right now and add the link so you can check it out for yourself.
Kaitlyn started school on Monday and we had a P/T conference yesterday to meet her teacher. She is a really nice lady and she said Kaitlyn has been doing great. She has made a few friends and she has fit right in with her classmates. The only thing that needs work for now is getting the lock on her locker open the first time. She's got the numbers down, just not the directions. Becasue they really don't have a drop off/pick up site at school she gets to ride the bus everyday. Thankfully her stop is on our corner otherwise I'm not sure I would be able to handle the whole bus thing. Emma will have to ride it next year.
This week we have also visited the Carousel and Playground. The kids had a lot of fun. That Carousel is crazy fast. Even I have to hang on pretty tight. Jude does pretty good on it. He wigs out at first, then he starts staring at the wall and getting this dazed look, so I try to keep him looking at me and talking ot me so he doesn't get sick. He looks like I feel when I try to count the cars on the train as they go in front of me instead of counting from far off. You know, that dizzy queasy feel. We also went to the library which was nice except for the parking. They have this huge building and like 20 parking spots. It makes no sense whatsoever. I drove around for like 20 minutes and finally someone left. You could park on the street, but it was full too. I could've parked about 3 blocks away, but that's no fun with the kids. It is also downtown, so all the streets are one way streets and I just LOVE oneway streets.
I stumbled across a link on Debra's blog to a really cool blog. The link was her 7x7 picture. The post it takes you to is a great post about praying for your children. It challenges you to pray for your children 7 times a day each day for a week. I am going to try it, but I am not going to stop at just a week I am going to keep it going. For those of you like me that have no idea where to even start with that, the blog author gives you the 7 times a day you can pray and she also gives you prayers you can say at each time. I am going with her times and prayers for now, but you special people out there can definitely come up with your owm 7 times and your own 7 prayers. I am really excited about this and hope you'll join me. I am going to go right now and add the link so you can check it out for yourself.
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