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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Florida vacation, day one

Since I have been watching the two girls this year and since I won't have them next year, nor do I know what I will be doing, we decided now was the time to go on our "dream vacation".  We put all my money a side and went to Disney.  While we are here, we are paying cash for everything so we don't come back to debt.  We are taking our own snacks adn water with us into the parks and it is working great.
So Tuesday night we left at 7 pm for our long drive. I drove us all the way into Georgia and then Jack took over.  He drove and then I took over since he had a long day at work.  About 3;30 in the morning we found a rest area and I pulled over and we all slept for an hour in the car.  We arrived about 5:30.  We had all our plans in place to go to a water park the first day, but guess what.....it was freezing in Florida!! It's beeen the coldest temps they had all year.....even January was warmer.  We went with plan B......go to Animal Kingdom.  Jack and I never had been (we came to Disney for our honeymoon and they were buidling it then).  Fun day.







Monday, March 18, 2013

Thankful

Last week was a very difficult week.  We had a child with poor decision making, one of the ones I keep had a temper tantrum/complete melt down and some other obstacles.  I had planned on going to the beach for a ladies retreat only to find out that Josh had to MAJOR tests on Friday, and I wouldn't be here to help him study!!  I'm thankful for a husband that told me he could handle things (and he did so beautifully) and I'm thankful for a weekend of "rest" (meaning a couple of late nights and not sleeping well on a bed that is not mine).  I missed some very dear friends that couldn't come, but did make a new friendship.  I'm thankful to God for a chance to get away from all of life's demands and soak in the beauty of the ocean.  Now, it's Monday and back to reality, but I think I'm ready to handle a new week.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

What's in store?.........


Do you ever wish that every once and awhile there was a curtain and you could open it up just a little bit and see what God has for you in the future?  I certainly don't want to know certain things, like when and how I die or other bad things, but there are times I wish I could just take a peek.  God blessed me last February with a job of watching Hannah.  God blessed me again (in so many ways) by leading Kara into my path.  Now next year I won't have Hannah and I will only have Kara on a short term basis.  I would love to know what God had in store for me.  I know I can't stay at home and do nothing while the kids are gone.  So will I go back to subbing?  find a job at a preschool?  find a totally different job? home school Josh?  I am anxious and nervous about where God will lead me. (or maybe I will just learn contentment in staying home)