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..

ROOM!!

Well today is the big day. I am going to clean the kid's room. Yes it is D-Day for the toys. I have had it with them. I am bringing tubs into the house. And each child will get one tub. They can fill it with the things they want. Then I am going in!!!! Yes that is right, everything else is gone. Either Goodwill or trash. NO MORE STUFF!!! I figure if I have to clean it then they don't need it. We have way too much stuff anyways. I am illiminating a ton of clothes that I have. In fact several boxes have been taken to Goodwill already. Also am getting rid of all baby things. No need for them anymore. So I am going to be able to rest on Sunday due to the fact that my house will be on it's way to being clutter free. WHOOPPPEEE!!! The kids are grounded from TV for a while. It seems they are picking up a lot of bad habits from PBS, or maybe John Wayne so will be off of tv for a while. Not sure who that will punish me or them... I do enjoy a 10 minute shower while they watch Word World. But a mom has to do what she says she will do. And I am sure I said no more tv all weekend. Well that is my day... I am going to have my mug or two of coffee and venture into it. Oh, John brought hom from work Jockey outfits that they were throwing away, for the kids. I washed them all last night. Now I suppose Amigo, the horse they got for Christmas, is now going to be a thoroughbred race horse... I will have to take some pics of this one. What an imagination they all have. I only wish I could pretend as well as the kids do. God Bless...

Purse

OK, here is the deal.. The name of the game is "What purse are you carrying today?" What you have to do is take a picture of the purse and then the contents. Give a little story about the purse. So here is goes. John bought this purse for me several years ago. I think Christmas or birthday. I can't seem to remember. It was obviously before half of the kids were born. I use it almost always. Now what is inside is another story. Notice it isn't closing well... There is the checkbook, wallet, lots and lots of Tylenol, receipts, shot records, a stray screw(who knows what it goes to), Joe's sunglasses, a knife (didn't know that was in there), pens, lotion, a car seat buckle (not sure why that isn't on the car seat), and tons of other stuff. Ok Jennifer yours is so much cleaner than mine. Just wait, one day yours will look like mine.... Ok now let's see who can top mine.....
Now an update on my Dad. He did the procedure Monday and did quite well. The Dr. suggested surgery. So they will see his usual doctor next week and figure out schedules for that. He will have to do the surgery in Phoenix. So that is the update.
Those of you who were praying for me here is the note on that one.. I went last week for the 2nd mammogram. I have a ton of calcium build-up. So they want me to have another one done is 6 months and go from there. If it looks like it is getting bigger then at that point they will do a biopsy. So pray it doesn't.....
I better get going. I have to take Little Joe to the eye dr. today. I think he is fine but we want to make sure he doesn't have the same issue as Shiloh. I better get going. God Bless and thanks for all the prayers.

kids

Boy do I have a story. John gets home from work last night before dark... Which is unusual. So he decides to take all the children out with him to do a little post digging. I decide to stay inside and finish supper.. Occasionally I look out the front window to check out the situation... Everything appears to be cool the first few peaks. The third time I looked there were no kids in site. We round them all back up and then I go back to making supper. After I while I check again and lo and behold John is irritated and the kids are all running towards the front door. I can't even see what they are they are so covered with dirt. I proceed to laugh since John is seriously frustrated with the whole situation. I ask what happened he tells me they were burying each other in the dirt. I run for the camera and get the shot. Then, as most of you know, the alkali dirt is like chalk. I strip them all down one by one and bathe them all. John continues to finish his task and goes and feeds.

Now little Joe this morning decides he is going to play outside before he is even dressed. Which is kinda acceptable around here.. He comes back in after a bit and heads for the bedroom. He returns with an arm full of stuffed animals. I tell him he can't take them outside.. He says ok Mommy.... I turn to continue my task at hand and then about 10 minutes later he is heading out again. I take a closer look and he has stuffed all the animals in his Jammie's. As if I wouldn't notice the bulges protruding his pj's.... I just had to crack up. I proceed to help him unload and get him actually dressed. I got a good laugh out of it and I hope you do too... God Bless

Summer?!?!

Isn't this february??? I didn't realize we had to wear shorts and use sunblock in February... I even have a bit of green grass showing through... Amazing. Not that I am complaining at all. If it isn't going to rain or snow then why not have sunshine. Yesterday the kids got a bit red on the cheeks. Today I thought I would get ahead of them but they were out the door naked before I could catch up... Out here yes they can just wear only undies and nobody really gives a hoot. Of course little Shiloh is her her matching short set with her holly hobbie hair braided and her sun bonnet. I have the hardest time doing school with this nice weather. We WILL do it however this afternoon. Even I have to have some self control when it comes to being outside all day. In fact we might just do school outside, what the heck. "The Natural Classroom"... God's classroom... Any excuse I guess. Well I better get these lovely children of mine cleaned up and fed. God Bless!!!!