It has been a long time since I have written on my beloved blog, started after a long night of giggling with a best friend. The name comes from the moment we looked at the clock and realized sometimes the best ideas come at 4:42am. Of course, if you’re up are like me and have four kids and two dogs, sometimes, the worst nightmares also happen at 4:42am. Someone is bound to puke something red based (ketchup, spaghetti sauce, etc) on the floor in the hallway so you can step in it on your way to find out which kid is puking….that happens at 4:42am. Some turkey sets the alarm clock next to your bed for 4:42am. The dogs hear a leaf blowing through the yard and and start barking as though a SWAT team was needed to control this leaf. Happens at 4:42am. Instead of waking up and wondering, like you did in your 20’s, “who is this and where am I??” You now wake up at 4:42am wondering why two kids are in bed with you, elbows and knees dug into your body like spears, and wonder if you can make it down the hall without stepping on a Lego and get in one of their beds.
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Google… Run by men. Know how I know? Search “ways to respect your wife.” You will be inundated with the way Christian women should respect their husbands… Really?!?!
I have learned a lot, a TON, about myself in the past few months. I have also learned a lot about others…people you trust are devious, and those you don’t are sincere. Life is weird, really is. I have just eaten myself into a Bahamas Breeze ribs “coma,” but the “coma” is helping me see MY truth. And, “my truth” means what I want, what I value and what I allow into my life is the bottom line. It truly doesn’t matter what others think, at the end of the day (or beginning of it), it matters what you honestly and openly recognize about yourself, your world, your environment.
This is not as easy as I planned 🙁 Help!!! 🙂
This is possibly the most ridiculous night of my life. The kids are at my parents house tonight having a sleepover, yet here I am on the couch writing a blog entry while waiting to do the next load of laundry…hello?!?! Even when I get a babysitter, I am living my own “Groundhog Day”! I would like to be positive and say, “well, you need to work on your writing anyway, Mandy,” but I have not had a battery recharge in a long time, so I will be honest instead 😉
I. Am. Freaking. Frustrated!!!
I am watching Super Tuesday returns, and I have to say I hate, really HATE, the analysis of the media of our state. To be honest, I kinda hate this state (Georgia), but I grew up here! We are not all anti education! We are not all eating dirt in our front yard while our kids do target practice at a deer painted onto our fence! Some of us actaully value education, and think our Leader should be EDUCATED. Hello?!?!?
I have four kids, one of which might be qualified to be President of The United States. The other 3 have no business seeking the title. One is totally about “World Domination.” She could be called “Romney.” Another is very concerned about attention. She shall be “Newt.” And the third is incredibly emotional and lives in his own world. He shall be called Santorium.
The names don’t really matter, but the attitude does.
As I always say, life should be judeged on what happens in your play room…
So happy to be back! Thanks, Nano! Have been wishing, hoping and praying for more time to write, and now I have it! Ah, see? Dreams do come true, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, etc… Speaking of which, I can’t stop watching the SNL “Real Housewives Of Disney”! Absolutely hysterical!! I wonder how much was edited 😉 Okay, Nano, now I am just cracking us up!
So, my husband is on a 12 day vacation and I am getting a grip on our rather unruly children. I must say, I have been incredibly productive! I am so happy to be proud of myself! (Other stay at home moms know what I mean by that!)
Rush Limbaugh is a jack ass, by the way. I just don’t understand why so many people are surprised by it. He has been a jack ass ALL along. He isn’t intelligent, nor a good debator, he is just a yeller and distractor. In other words, he is an entertainer. Nothing more, nothing less. And that is all he has ever been, people! He plays to his audience. Any live performer will tell you that is their JOB. Read your crowd, and play to them! He revs up people. He is like the opening act for the big band/comedian (meaning a political candidate). It kills me people actually thought they got NEWS from him. I don’t think I got news from Jafar at the Aladdin show at Disney. I thought I was entertained by a lovely show.
Probably time to get off my soap box 🙂 But I had time to write, even if it was crappy writing!!! Woo hoo me!!!
I might not be very funny. Lots of stress, little hope, lots and lots of stress. Here is my question: If the “devil,” so to speak, showed up at your door RIGHT NOW, what would you be willing to give him???? Of course, only in order to have your deepest wishes realized…Yes, I think I just sold my soul for something…What would you “sell your soul” for?
I am writing today as a public service to families. Raising responsible children likely is the last thing parents think about as they look at their precious newborn. But eventually the newborn grows to become an adult who will live on his/her own, and leave home.
When that day comes, many parents are anxious and wonder, “Did I raise my child properly? Will he/she be able to keep a job, maintain a home, and live within the budget? Will my child live by the values we have tried to instill?”
How grateful we are that the Bible’s advie can help parents at each stage of their child’s growth. Proverbs 22:6 and 2 Timothy 3:15 are two, of many scriptures of practical advice. Please read them from your copy of the Bible . I’ll bring you more magazines soon.
Sincerely,
Donna
One of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Those red leaves are taunting me, saying “You should have married the millionaire with the home in Clearwater…who cares if he is gay? It is warm there…”
