14 years ago

I can't believe that Joshua is 14 today!  He has grown so fast.  It makes me feel so old.  He has come so far and I can't wait to see where God takes him:).  We are finishing up our basketball season.  He has enjoyed being captain and has taken the role well.  We have two more games left.  This year, he rec'd a phone for Christmas, so he did not get a bday gift.  We allowed him to have some a few friends over for pizza and cake.  Then on Monday, Jack calls me and tells me that someone from work gave him 5 tickets to the NC state game vs Clemson (his favorite team).  We had so much fun going (and even got a parking pass).  We were so blessed to receive this blessing and the timing of it (the day before his bday) was perfect!!  Happy Birthday, Josh!!

Wonder Woman??

It's been awhile since I've blogged...mainly because I don't have any pictures.  I hope to get some tonight and hopefully will have them for my next post.  I feel like I'm suffering from the mid-January blues.  It's been a crazy week.  Jacob and Jenna have had normal weeks, but Josh has been SLAMMED with mid terms.  This is the first year he has had to encounter them.  Science was of course the worse.  I helped him on his study guide which took us over 3 hours to complete!!  That was over the weekend.  Monday night he had bball practice and then had to hit the books for studying for the test.  I didn't stress over this one because I knew how deep these chapters are.  Now try studying for 8 chapters.....ugh!!  Tuesday he had a game and came home to study for Literature and History.  I must say he handled all the games/practice/studying quite well although I am too afraid to log on to Jupiter grades to see the results.  I don't want to get discouraged or down so I am waiting until next week.


On top of that I have had extended family drama.  That is never fun.  I also had someone I know but not well take me off guard and ask if her daughter could come over Saturday night while she went out to a friends party.  First of all, I'm not that close to this person (not from church) and she told me about 2 months ago that her and her husband were getting a divorce.  I didn't feel good about the situation.  I mean why not ask your x to watch his daughter so you can go out?  I felt like I was getting in the middle of something. I have a very hard time telling people "no".  I received a text first thing in the morning asking me again if she could come and I just had to tell her we had plans (I guess Josh going to a bday party counts as plans)  I don't think she was happy with me, and it was hard for me to tell her no.  I heard a broadcast on Focus on the Family the other day where Lisa Tyrkest (not sure what her last name is) spoke and was talking about saying no to things.  She said something like "sometimes I try to be Wonder Woman and I end up being a Worn Out Woman!!".  With the drama of family and this situation and running the basketball team (or several players) to and from practice I guess I am a Worn Out Woman"


After the "storm" (even though this was not a storm) comes the calm!!  I'm looking forward to watching Josh play a basketball game tonight and the weekend.  We even have Monday off (except for another basketball game Monday night).  Maybe after a weekend of rest I can become Wonder Woman once again!!

New Years Goals

It's hard to believe that it is 2015.  It's hard to believe that this is the last day of our vacation. It's also the time of year to set our yearly goals. Jack and I have set a lot of "mini goals".  Our pastor gave us a list of questions to go through that went through different categories....finances, marriage, health books to read etc.  Jack and I both did that and have discussed them.  I do have two books and one devotion book I am reading.  Most of the categories we already do so there weren't a lot of changes for us to make.  One of my biggest goals for this year is to work on my bucket list.  Since we went to the Grand Canyon already, the only other thing on my bucket list is the half marathon. I have my eye set on one and even though I do the run/walk plan, I am really set on getting this accomplished.