May 24, 2009

Today I took my grandson to the airport and put him on a plane.

He has lived with us the past 6 years, and we have custody of him. He calls us Mom and Dad. He has been held when crying, been raised in church, praised for things learned and taught how to ride a bike....

We think he needed a break from us and needed to get to know his Mom. Our daughter. She had a few rough years, and we're hoping and praying that it is all behind her now. She has a decent man in her life, and appears to have straightened up enough to have a summers visit with her son she has been away from for most of his life.

It's hard, but they need each other. Please pray.

Then we come home and napped and spent the afternoon together as a family. Resting and watching movies.

And tomorrow will be a new day.....

May 17, 2009

Menu planning is coming along nicely. I need to be a bit more proactive in that department though. Still not quite where I want to be.

At least we aren't going out as much! LOL! (Can't afford it, for one thing! LOL!)

Today, dh cooked up some turnip greens and we had those with tuna salad sandwiches... pretty darn good, if I do say so myself! :)

I've gotten back to my breadmaking, although it is difficult when I work 12 hour night shifts. I plan on making another batch tomorrow. Isn't it funny though how the children fuss and moan about homemade bread until it's made, then that seems to be all they eat until it's gone? :)

I plan on taking some time here soon, and sewing. I miss that. I wanted to do more than what I have done while on break from school, but time has not allowed. Or is it just me and I haven't allowed myself the time? I see myself changing a bit more than I like, so as a dear friend told me.... "Need to go slower..." I do agree that I need to go slower. With myself and my life. I don't like the change I see.

On the other side of the spectrum, we're having a major life change soon... our grandson who has lived with us for the past 6 years is going to visit his Mom (our daughter) this summer. First time in as many years, and I am already sad and lonely. I hope and pray things work out for the both of them. He needs his Mom, and she needs her son. Please help me pray for their relationship, and that dh and I are doing the right thing...

~Blessings~

 

May 13, 2009

Been reading over some of the blogs here, and I am seeing a common theme. Saving money and going green.

Something I like the sound of... both of them!

Today I am going to get at least one weeks worth of menus done, because one of our horrible habits is to spend money on going out to eat, and when I don't have a menu in place, that's exactly what we do. That needs to stop. We have plenty of food here in this house, and I can make a few adjustments to my schedule to use some of it! Heaven's sake... I still have shelves full of foods that we've preserved the past couple of years!

So if anyone knows of some good websites for menu making, please don't hesitate in letting me know....

and I'll let you know how we turn out on this end.

May 6th, 2009

We had a productive day around here day BEFORE yesterday!

We built an addition to our garden.

 We figured that the children don't spend much time in the backyard anymore, so we're going to use some of that space and have more veggies growing! Yea!

It's not a bad size. And in addition to the rest of our garden spaces, we have a pretty good size garden!

Gotta get everyone involved with the building. Our son dug the top layer of grass up (we had to change methods many times...)

And here's the final product.... ready to plant! Yahoo!

Today we'll need to get a bit more soil, but we already have our plants ready to go in the ground. I imagine today we'll try and get that done. I'm excited, and can't wait! I love this time of year...