Archives for April 2006

Oh…
I'm a parent AGAIN!
After 4 children, 2 cats, 1 foster cat, 1 dog, and 1 fish I am now the proud parent of Mikey Mouse……

Aren't we, as homeschool moms, supposed to have 27 animals, 15 kids and a garden?  Well, I'm on my way.  HomesteadBlogger look out!!!

All kidding aside…my oldest got to bring home one of the baby mice (rats) from school.  They have one black mouse and two white ones.  Apparently the two white ones are male and female and many baby piglet looking things were born a couple of weeks ago.  That's when the “Mom, can I have a rat?” started.  After discussing it with dad we decided it was cheaper than a dog (which he's been asking for).  One pup in the house is enough for me. 

So, we're off on the journey of raising and hand training a baby mouse.  I think “Mikey the Mouse” will be easier to stomach than “Ralph the Rat”, don't you?

Here's his home…

…complete with little boy finger prints, toilet paper they use for nesting, a water bottle suspended by a coat hanger, wooden chew sticks to keep their teeth a little dull, metal food bowl so they won't chew the bowl up, pine shavings NOT cedar (which can be bad for them) and books on for weight positioned on top so the kitties don't make a meal out of him.  I don't think they have discovered him yet.

And it's storming again tonight so I have two little boys curled up on the futon in my new office.  We moved the boys upstairs into the loft and I got their old room.  It's so cozy.  I love it.  I sit in here at night and play Christian music, read blogs and research homeschool material for next year.

Here are the kiddos curled up end to end on the futon.

Well, pray the kitties don't get Mikey.  And I've got one kitty missing right now.  Pray he comes home safely.

Exploring rat-dom
IN HIM
Julie

Now you see it….

AND…

Now you don't!!!

My friend I wrote about earlier, Kelly, lost her baby girl, Andie on Thursday.  Andie was born at 26 weeks.  Kelly's mom just called me today.  Please pray for them.  Andie got an infection and couldn't fight it.  Kelly and her husband Chris are so devastated. 

Thanks…..Julie

I saw this here and had to try it!  Go check out Di's list.
Deep breath…..okay, here goes.

100 Things about ME and My family

1. I love Jesus (easy one to start with!)
2. So does my hubbie.
3. I wish I could sing like Carrie at church.
4. I wish I could sing PERIOD.
5. My husband can sing.
6. I can paint.  walls and in watercolor.
7. I haven't painted (watercolor) since number one son was born.
8. I've painted lots of walls though.
9. I'm an introvert.
10. I like people but in small doses and in small groups.
11. I don't do parties.  Never have.  Never will.
12. The friends I have I love a lot.
13. I like deep friendships.
14. I hate small talk.
15. I'll take a group deep just to see how they react.
16. Inside I'm giggling.
17. I love horses.
18. I rode growing up and owned a thoroughbred.
19. My sister had a horse two.
20. I had one brother and one sister.
21. Until I found my birth parents.
22. I was adopted.
23. I now have 2 sisters and 4 brothers.
24. And of course and extra mom and dad.
25. Finding my birthparents was an experience of a lifetime.
26. One orchestrated by God and God alone.
27. My birthbrother Jeff lived with us for a year.
28. He's still somewhere in the south…location unknown.
29. All of my siblings but one welcomed me with open arms.
30. And it's okay that one did not. 
31. I knew both of my great grandparents.
32. Those memories are some of the most special of my life.
33. Being a mom is harder than I thought.
34. God's teaching me to be unselfish.
35. And kind
36. And softspoken
37. And kindhearted
38. And wise.
39. My sin in my kids is the hardest to see.
40. And it irritates me the most.
41. I have four children
42. One is a girl.  She's two.
43. She is such a gift from God.
44. One reason is because I never thought I'd be okay having a girl.
45. Second is because she is SO different than my boys.
46. My first born is my most challenging child.
47. Until you put my second born and third born in a room together.  YIKES!
48. I love chocolate.
49. I'm eating fruits and veggies right now. 
50. Did I say I love chocolate?
51. I used to sneak out of the house at night to roll yards when I was a kid.
52. I'd sneak my brother out too so I wasn't the only one, if caught, who'd get in trouble.
53. It was a lot of fun.
54. We rarely got caught.
55. My brother went to Nashville Auto Diesel School and now sells furniture.
56. My sister went to school to cut hair and is now a hairdresser and darn good one.
57. My sister freaks if a bug touches her. 
58. She's also easy to “get”.  My hubbie loves trying.
59. I dated frogs.
60. I married a prince.
61. I take such pleasure in simple things now. 
62. Like killing all the fish we buy.
63. And adopting stray cats.
64. I like sleeping with my dog when my husband's gone.
65. Most of my kids end up in the bed or on the floor too.
66. I love yellow roses.  I dislike red ones.
67. I like things out of the ordinary.  Especially people.
68. I love the way wysteria smells as it blooms.
69. I wear a size 12 shoe.
70. I'm six foot two inches tall.
71. I've modeled.
72. I've played basket ball.
73. My husband wants to buy a Jeep.
74. I want to sell the truck first.
75. My best friend's name is Andrea.
76. She's like a spiritual mom too.
77. God has blessed us with a beautiful house.
78. And 4 healthy children.
79. My husband had grown to me and past me spiritually since marriage.
80. He hubbie is really handsome.
81. My first born looks just like him.
82. Can I loose 39 lbs before bathing suit time?
83. Did I say I love chocolate.
84. And did I mention the fish…..can't keep thsoe guys alive!!!
85. I'm only a second year homeschool mom.
86. I still haven't decided about next year
87. I'm falling asleep and will have to finish this in the AM.
88. I love coffee.
89. I need coffee
90. BADLY
91. I still have my girl scout badges.
92. I still have my letter jacket.
93. My kids love popsicles.
94. All my kids have biblical names.
95. God told me my first child would be a boy.
96. God speaks to me through dreams.
97. I don't like incompetent people.
98. My little girl asks to swing about a million times a day.
99. I sleep in a king size bed with my hubbie.
100. We sleep with a fan on full blast.

After my 6 mile long comment at kindredspiritMom's blog I decided just to copy and post here.  So here was my day……on top of my hormones, I set out to conquer the world today without even knowing it.  I have worn myself slap out.

After 8am yoga for almost 2 hours, where my instructor tried to get the front of my thighs, my belly button and a couple of coconuts flat onto a wall for some type of strange/strange torture yoga pose (I couldn't do it. my thighs were killing me.).  THEN I left the chinese torture chamber feeling alive and refreshed (much to my amazement), ran to Stuffmart for all those fruits and veggies I'm eating and came home to help my friend Melinda finish painting our boys room. We're turning the upstairs loft into their room. Three coats of paint on one wall, two on all the rest.  A quick shower and off to pick up # 1 son from school. 

Then I drop off the carpool kids, hit the paint store ONE MORE time.  And back home to move two rooms of furniture up the steps and then down the steps. My office had so grown to the size of an overstuffed potato.  I've accumulated so much junk in my office!!

By this time all of my children are about to kill one another they are so hungry so it's time to cook dinner!  Hubbie cleans the kitchen, which he does very well I might add and we straighten up the new room (my husbands idea NOT MINE). Thankfully he's the one who toted the bus load of office stuff down the stairs while I hooked up the computer

Finally all the kids are down but the boys are making so much racket in their NEW room I think the paint fumes have warped their brains.

My lower back is killing me and I'm ready to fall asleep while my hubbie watches me type. Oh well…off to read blogs.  I need a  margarita and a heating pad!!!
 
julie

My hubbie walked in the door tonight as a huge surprise.  He wasn't supposed to be home until tomorrow.  Yea!!!

We're sitting here watching American Idol and I'm reading blogs. 

I did fairly well today eating my fruits and veggies but I really need to get to the grocery store tomorrow to stock up.  We're out of milk and eggs too.  (See, if I had a cow and some chickens this would never happen.)

We got a little school work done today.  I'm still trying to decide about curriculum for next year.  There are just too many choices. 

Well, going to spend some time with my hubbie.
Until tomorrow…..
Bury yourself in HIM!
Julie