Plant

Now here is a strange story about little Ride.... We were at my sisters for a visit one afternoon. She and I were in the back room sorting out clothes that my niece had outgrown and was giving me. The children were in the family type room playing playstation or something like that... Obviously not up on the games.... We get our sorting done and notice that Ride has something in his mouth..... Hummmm, he is 5 years old. I am sure we are past putting things in the mouth....... I proceed to ask the dreaded question "what is in your mouth? He says the plant.... WHAT?!?! He actually took a bite out of my sisters plant. What was he thinking??? Was he thinking it was lettuce from a garden?? I think not. We have never had a garden inside the house in a pot... Maybe he was starving to death and needed a snack... I hardly think so, since we had just had bologna sandwhiches before we left the house... What could the answer be??? Well I am waiting....... He says "It looked good so I thought I would try it!" WHAT?!?! I will never get it... Needless to say my sister was having a heart attack thinking he was poisoned. She had only 2 girls so has never experienced anything of this sort.... I had to keep reassuring her that he didn't eat enough and that he had a stomache of steel. She continued to worry all day about this little incident.. I guess that is why God loaned me this child and not her...... Well here we are 3 days later and he is still alive. However, she will always have the bite out of the leaf to remind her about how lucky she was to have girls that never tried strange things and the theory that to always watch Ride around the house plants... I got a kick out of Ride and my sister that day. Everyone needs a good laugh occasionally... It just happens more often around here it seems... God Bless....

~Room~

Well here are the pictures of Ride, Shiloh and Joseph's room. Before and after... Keep in mind that most of the room is filled with beds and dressers. Our house is small so we have to make the best of it for sure. I eliminated 2 bags of trash out of that pig pen. It is still crowded however... But I am making them keep up with it each day. In fact several times a day. It is working well. I am still going to get rid of some more toys for sure. One of my blogger buddies from AZ suggested if they get a toy then they need to give a toy away. I love that theory. So be praying for me on this new room situation. It is clean and that is all that matters for now. I am able to find the kids at night without killing myself trying to make my way through the gunk.... Praise God for that..... God Bless!!

Wind!!

Yes it is a windy day here in New Mexico. I thought I would take a picture of it in between the gusts. I can't even stand outside when it is gusty. Yes I know I am a mere 115 lbs but it is seriously blowing hard enough to blow an elephant over at this point. I am beginning to get use to the wind. Other than the fact that we can't be outside and everything seems to blow away. Plus the fact that everything is covered with this lovely alkali dirt, it really isn't that bad. We have a house that God has given us that keeps us from being blown to Elida, NM... I have decided that I am not going to dwell on this God given weather. God obviously thinks we need it so I am going to sit back and try to enjoy it. I have a ton of things to do inside anyways... So onward we go through this lovely God given windy day. When I have time I am going to blog on the kids room. Before and after pictures. I am not that proud because I didn't do away with a lot of things that I should have. But at least we can walk through there now. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Wind or no wind.... God Bless..