finding things to fill our day

such as...

creating fun styles with hair bows

and reading to our stuffed dog.

What did you do today?

good, bad and could get ugly

good: our debt is just about paid off

bad: we got into debt in the first place



good: my husband has returned home from a 6 month deployment

bad: we only have one vehicle



good: we have a car at all

bad: I'm stuck at home until he's done with work



good: we're saving on gas money

bad: no more random, time-filling trips to T.arget



good: I'll be blogging more

bad: you'll be hearing from me a lot more

nice camera

"I'd really like to have it, Mom!"

the perfect travel toy?

...tampons of course!

I had thrown the last toy within reach to the back seat and then she began to fuss. On hours 13-22 of a 29 hour trip; what do I give her now?! I opened the center console and there was a bag of tampons. What could be more fun? Fun wrapper and 3 or 4 different parts to dismantle.

empty, bottomless bottle

Today I was making a toy for my little one to play with outside. You start with a plastic bottle and cut the bottom off of it. After cutting the bottom off, I handed it to Aislynn because I needed to get a couple of other things ready before I completed the make-shift bubble maker. When I had gotten everything in place I wanted the bottle back to finish creating the toy. Aislynn did not want to give it up. She thought what she had was pretty cool and didn't want it taken away. After quite a bit of coaxing, I got it back. I finished everything up and we started making bubbles. How much more exciting were the bubbles than the silly empty, bottomless bottle? Lots more exciting!

That got me thinking...

How often do we do the same with the life that God has given to us. We walk around with empty unfulfilled lives. Not wanting to give them back to Him because we think we really like what we've made for ourselves while He was preparing things for us. Little do we know, when we give our lives back to Him, the wonders He can work with that empty, bottomless bottle that will bring so much more joy and fulfillment.

Proverbs 8:35 "For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord."

Not Me! Monday

....and I'm back! After lots and lots of traveling and lots and lots of...umm...other stuff that I'm sure I'll get to around here, we are finally home! I'm hoping we'll be here for at least a couple of months, but others in this household may have differing opinions. We'll just have to see about that.



I so did not have to run upstairs and get my list of crazy happenings to put on here. I'm not that neurotic...not me!

We were away from home for a number of months. Many things went on around here whilst we were gone. I certainly did not come home to mice! No way! Only people that live in poorly insulated trailers have mice...my home is immune to such atrocities!

Before leaving my parents my mom bought a big container of jelly beans. I was waiting on my mother in the parking lot of a store and enjoying a few. There is no way that I'm finicky (yes, that's a word) enough to take a small bite of a bean and throw it out the window when I didn't care too much for the taste. Nope, not me, I would never. (Who on earth likes popcorn, and coconut flavored jelly beans anyway?!)

I am quite a wonderful parent if I do say so myself. That being said there would be no possibility of me trying to woo my child into her car seat on a long trip with above mentioned jelly beans. Nope, not me! If there is something my child ought to do, by golly, I make her do it. No if, ands, or buts about it.....ha.

In being such a wonderful parent, I would never purchase something that my child will not let go of in a store just to keep her from pitching a royal fit complaining loudly. That, my friend is still on my list of "I would never..."

We went to MckyD's after a yard sale or two. I got Half Pint a fruit and yogurt dealy (yes, another word around here today). Of course she didn't want to eat it inside. She would rather just play with it in her car seat. I'm not that much of a fanatic to eat an entire parfait in one bite just so she could play with the spoon and cup...not me. In my defense, I did have to be quick about it, have I told you what she does when she's unhappy?!

I went to a place in town to get a pedicure. I love the whole experience and can count on one hand the number of times I've gotten a pedicure. I really enjoy the massage chairs. I did not look around expecting a hidden camera to be on me for some sort of joke when the massage chair started to massage my derriere. I also found it hard to hold back the laughter when the poor unsuspecting girl sat down next to me and got her first little bump from the chair and look around much like I did, desperate to find the button to turn that feature OFF.

Be sure to jump over to MckMama's blog and have a ripsnortin' good time (yes, another) reading about what other's did not do this week!