A New Chapter

It was a bitter sweet day today. This morning we went over to our neighbors house to help them load their moving van up. Shortly after that they pulled out and honked their horns as they were leaving. They were some of the best neighbors anyone could ask for, they were there when we moved in 9 years ago. Of course I got teary eyed as we saw them leaving. That was the bitter part of the day, the sweet part is the new neighbors have a girl that is the same grade as Adrianna. She is really excited to meet her and make friends. We have met them, they seemed really nice. How many people hug you out of genuine friendliness when you first meet them???? Our new nieghbors did. So, we are all eagerly waiting for a different moving van to pull up next door. What's to come after that??? Time will tell.

Improvements?

Okay, we have been working on home improvements...but here's the thing.....it's a pain in the tooshie. Sure, the end result will be worth it but man oh man does it make a mess. Right now we are in the process of ripping up the current flooring, we have almost all the linoleum up and have the carpet in the living room up. We just have to do the bedrooms....which are going to be the most difficult might I say! It wouldn't be so bad, but I am the one stuck with pulling up all the staples in the floor. Ughhh. We have so much to do, it's overwhelming. There are some days I just want to close my eyes and hope the fairies have come and finished it by the time I open my eyes back up. The really gross thing was looking at the carpet after we pulled it up...OMG, I can't believe we have been living on that!!! It stunk, it was stained.....yuck....the carpets were bad when we moved in and I don't think the kids helped matters when they went pee on it during potty training. Needless to say I am so happy to get it out of the house. I am looking forward to the house smelling a little nicer....I have never been a fan of carpet-holds in odors/stains/etc. Although I am starting to freak out about having laminate in the whole house. I have to look past that and think how much nicer it's going to be. My oldest child is having a hard time with all this change. She got so upset when we first started talking about redoing the floors. When we ripped out the fireplace she was in tears. I would never thought she would react that way. The other three kids have been excited about the changes.....who woulda thunk it. We just have to carry on, we are getting experience for down the road when we build our "dream home". I can dream can't I???

Faith

Who would have thought I would enter into the world of blogging. Good grief, will I ever find the time?? Four kids, a husband, and a managerie of animals keeps me pretty busy. I am a stay at home mother, which I love dearly, even though I don't get a chance to get out much. That is one thing I miss about working, the friendships with coworkers. My life is my family, but hopefully one day soon I will get back into the working world and "get a life".
I recieved a word from God about a month ago. It came back to my yesterday and I believe it's a very important word for everyone that is going through something/anything. Oh ye of little faith, I have great plans. No matter what is going on, just have faith in God, he knows what he is doing.