Laurel Wreath’s Reflections

Then go here today….

I think I have been experiencing a bit of writers block so maybe this will help wake up my mind. And I wanted to write this before I got THE NEWS tonight, because after THE NEWS I know no matter what the announcement is I will be giddy beyond belief….(stay tuned)

1. I am thankful I am beginning to feel a bit more human, I caught some kind of stomach bug or something this week that had me feeling nausea and very tired for three days straight. And no I am not preg, had that fixed a long time ago =))

2. I am thankful for new opportunities, I am so excited for Sept 1st (you will have to stop by to find out =) I know I am such a tease, many of you already know so it might be anti-climatical. But I am excited none-the-less.

3. I am thankful the Lord is carrying me through this LAST week of having football practice EVERY NIGHT. Beginning next Monday it will only be three nights a week. Praise God.

4. I am thankful my Middle son has made a wonderful transition into Middle School, he loves it. Middle School starts later then Elementary School, so I get quality time going to school and coming home with my youngest. I love it.

5. I am thankful for the all the hard work Iris does for Laced With Grace. She had a horrible thing happen, someone hacked into her email. So she changed her email and now is transitioning Laced With Grace to a new server. This is not for the faint of heart.

6.Oh I guess you want to know THE NEWS…(not to be mixed with the news of Sept 1st)

I told you about my sister in law having twins…all I have to say is…

BOY OH BOY!!!

Getting ready to take on the world sometime in January. Auntie Laurel says, “no early arrivals!”

PS - if my sister in law reads this, I want you to know I had the boy oh boy WRITTEN before you called I was THAT sure =)))

May you be richly blessed this week. Head on over to Sting My Heart for more Thankful Thursdays.

September 1st…

For all two of you that are here I am over there….(my RSS feed is broken and I can feel the echo of no one here, sigh…)Ok pity party over. Head on over!

click on the picture to head on over there.

UPDATE:Things should be working now thanks to Heather at Graced by Christ…..YIPPPEEE. Have I told you how much I could just hug that girl!! If you ever need a blog design she is very talented!

I made some changes and hopefully things will load quicker and not freeze up. If you still have a problem, let me know. If it is better, let me know also =)

Also, for some reason my RSS is not working so anyone that uses Bloglines, Google Readers, etc.. you are not receiving updates. I am trying to get this fixed (ha, like I know what I am doing). If you find this whole blog gone you will know I finally lost it.

Blessings.

Kim at Season’s of my Heart tagged me this week…. (by the way she has some adorable pictures up today…go see)

Accent~ Born in Arizona, have lived in Florida the last 12 years, I don’t have an accent…do I Mom? I don’t know living in Florida may give me a little one. Not sure.

I don’t drink~Milk (Ok I hear all the gasps around). I have ALWAYS disliked milk, but don’t worry I get my calcium in other ways.

Chores I dislike~Mopping my floors

Pets~Do my kids count? Just kidding. I have a Cocker Spaniel that is all heart no brain, and a cat who thinks he runs the joint.

Essential Electronics~My laptop, coffee pot, I-Pod, curling iron.

Perfume~Eternity =)

Gold or Silver~funny you should ask, I am getting into the “wearing both” at the same time. Not that I wear a lot of jewelry.

Insomnia~Sometimes when I am worried or stressed, or scared or God is talking to me.

Job Title~Short order cook, dishwasher, laundry person, toilet cleaner, Mother, Taxi driver, referee, Wife, Devotional writer, book review, tooooo many to list =)

Most Admired Trait~Ok I dislike thinking nice things about myself, but I guess I would have to say I have a big heart. Sometimes I think of that as a curse instead of a trait =)

Kids~Oldest child, 13; Middle child 12; youngest child 9. Like their names? Manly man and I thought long and hard on them, heehee.

Phobia~Spiders, someone breaking into my home, losing my husband to death, etc..

Religion~Believing in the Savior that died for my sins, and who rose again three days later. Baptist.

Siblings~I’m the oldest bossy sister, one sister, and one brother.

Time I wake up~6:00 Am on good days, 7am on bad days =)

Unusual talent/skill~I can multi task like nobodys business…..oh you can do that too? You must be a mother!

Vegetable I refuse to eat~peas.

Worst habit~Self critical, and always doubting.

X-rays~What kind of question is this??? I guess with my jaw surgery that was my last x-ray.

You will find me over at Internet Cafe…

And for my Thankful Thursday:

1. I am thankful school has begun.
2. I am thankful for wonderful bible studies that help me grow deeper in my walk.
3. I am thankful that we had a nice financial surprise come to us this weekend. I tell you, God never ceases to amaze me in how he finds to bless us.
4. I am thankful for friends.
5. I am thankful school has begun (oh did I say that already?)
6. I am thankful that my oldest son was one of the four kids in his whole football team to be elected for the Pop Warner Little Scholars. (this is an academic award)
7. Head on over to visit me at Internet Cafe.

Oh and I want to second what Iris said: (I enjoy the CD very much!!)

I am thankful that I received Crystal’s CD yesterday in the mail — oh, girls, if you have not ordered yet, I encourage you to get it. Praising Him with Crystal is something worth while…

Please visit Sting My Heart for more Thankful Thursdays.

I now have an 8th graders (big man on campus) and a 6th graders (little amoeba on campus), the picture above is of my middle child.

There should be some sort of support group for Mom’s with more than one child in middle school at the same time…..well I guess there is, it is called BLOGGING =))

Baked beans. My oldest son loves to have baked beans as a snack. Don’t ask me why, but I figure they are a good source of protein for a football growing boy, so I don’t complain.

Well until now.

I came home from work and oldest son and middle son ran outside to toss the football around before we had to leave again. He was outside only a total of 30 mins at the most. I left home to run youngest son to his tutoring lesson which is approximately 15 miles away. We were stopped at a stop light getting ready to turn left and arrive at the tutoring place. When suddenly a lady in the car behind me runs out of her car and motions for me to roll my window down.

Now I don’t know about you but in that split second I think

a. I could ignore her because she is probably crazy.
b. I don’t have any money to give away if that is what she wants.

But curiosity got the best of me and I rolled my window down and she yelled at me…

“You have a cereal bowl on the bumper of your car.”

I could not even comprehend what she was telling me, so I said in a kind of surprised tone, “WHAT!! ARE YOU SAYING?”

She said:

“You have a cereal bowl on the bumper of your car!” So I placed my car in park and proceeded to get out of my car; the lady ran behind my car and got the cereal bowl that was on my car.

It was indeed MY cereal bowl, and you would never guess what it was filled with. You got it…BAKED BEANS! I guess oldest son was having a snack while playing football outside with his brother. I should be proud of his multitasking skills, but in reality I am NOT!

I somehow managed to drive almost 15 miles down busy roads with a cereal bowl filled with baked beans sitting on the bumper of my car!!! I could not believe it.

Oh you better believe I got on my cell phone and called my oldest son and I said something to the affect:

“Do you want to know why I was just pulled over!!!” (Ok in reality I was sitting at a stop light, but I was so mad)

I have stinkin’ BEANS on my bumper!!!

“Um, sorry Mom.”

Now how would you title that story??

Can I just tell you how happy I am ……..

SCHOOL HAS BEGUN!!!!