Daily Ramblings

I hope everyone is having a blessed day today!! My life has been very busy lately. I officially started my new job last week. It`s hard getting used to working with the elderly and disabled,but I am getting used to it. It`s sad to see them so helpless. I try to be as cheerful and pleasant as I can be while I`m there. My job is not to heal them,or change the situation they are in. Only God can do that. My job is just to serve them their meal,and try to be as joyful and sweet as I possibly can to them.God knows what we can handle and never gives us more. I wanted full time hours but I`m so thankful I didn`t get them! First of all it`s very hard on my back as I have to lift heavy trays and mop buckets,boxes,ect.I think it would of been too emotionally draining too.God is good, and always knows what`s best for us! I still believe my job is to be a keeper at home,but I need to obey my husband as well.
For those of you who are wondering about the current situation with my sister,she finally gave us the money:)Praise God for that!!Now we can finally move on from this horrible situation and pay off some of the debt that was incurred during hubby`s injury. I`m so thankful:) I also plan on blessing others with some of the money as well. I want to honor the Lord in all I do and no amount of money will ever change that! Please keep our family in your prayers.My desire is to do the Lord`s will.Often times it is hard for me to give freely to the church because I am under the submission of an unsaved husband.Don`t get me wrong though. My husband has a huge heart and is more than willing to help people that are in need. It`s the tithing that I can`t get his permission on.He doesn`t mind if I give some money,it`s just that he doesn`t want me to give 10% of the money. God knows my heart though:)If I could, I`d give more without even thinking twice. The joy I would feel to be able to give that much to help further Gods kingdom would be amazing!!
On another note~~~The reason I haven`t been posting too much lately is because I`m almost at my 100th post and guess what?? I have a surprise for all of my faithful readers and also for new friends:) I will be hosting my very first giveaway!! The theme will be "Some of my favorite things" and the reason why I decided on this theme rather than a fall theme is because #1 everyone is doing a fall theme and I wanted to be different,and # 2 I just saw so many things that I loved and that have been blessings to me that I just had to share them with all of you:)I don`t have any pictures of anything yet or dates on when the giveaway will be. I`m still collecting things to give away, so when I feel like I have a good amount of treasures I will post the giveaway. It may not be exactly on my 100th post but I promise you guys it will be very soon:)
Finally,as you all know we have had our lives pretty much on hold for the last 1-1/2 years because of my husbands injury,so we will be very busy.We only had this house for 6 months when hubby got hurt,so alot needs to be done. The first thing we will be doing is laying new carpet in the kids room.We have three children in one room right now and it is crammed.We started organizing and cleaning today and will continue throughout the week.By next week we hope to have the room ready to carpet:) When we moved in we had to reinforce the floor,so we actually have no carpet at all in there right now.Also we will be getting them bunk beds. Right now they have a full size bed that my son sleeps in and a twin that my middle child and daughter share.The beds we want have a little closet built in and that will be such a blessing because their room currently does not have any closet space. I will try to get before and after pictures so I can show all of you how everything turns out!
Thanks to all of you who have read through all of my ramblings today:) (when I titled this post daily ramblings, I wasn`t kidding!LOL!!) Blessings everyone!!!

Daily Ramblings

Good morning everyone!!I hope you all are having a fantastic Thursday!!Yesterday was a very nice day.I went to our local farmers market yesterday with a friend.We got to walk around a bit and we also went on a nice drive through the countryside!We browsed alot.I now know exactly where I will be shopping when we have extra cash!!I found 2 cute little places that have adorable prim country decor!!I have a mantel in the dining room with a faux fire place underneath.It is going to look so nice when I can put pip berries up,and little signs,candles...ect.There is a big place on the wall above it where a friend volunteered to paint a family tree for us!I have so many ideas to make our home feel warm and inviting!!I know I will be able to do it one day...in His timing not ours!!
So anyway,I just wanted to share some of my ideas with you:)
I need to get started on my very busy day now.Tonight's supper will be a homemade turkey dinner!I know you all are probably thinking that I`ve lost my mind!Lol!I have been craving turkey for months though!Plus we will have lunches for a few days too:)Wish i could take pics to show you all:( Well,gotta run!!Have a blessed day!!!

Daily ramblings

Hey guys!I hope everyone is having a blessed day today!!I`ve been busy,so I havn`t had time to post for a few days!Saturday we went to a birthday party for my niece and nephew.We witnessed a horrible accident while we were there.My nephew and his friends were playing football outside.One of the kids got tackled and was thrown into a tree.He was having convulsions and everything.It was horrible.He had to be medi-vaced to another hospital.He is okay now though.He`s home.He had a concussion.He was 15,I think.My three witnessed the whole thing.They were really scared.God uses these things though.My kids are always playing rough and climbing on things.They now got to witness what could happen.I hope they learned from having seen that.It was horrible,but thank God he is alright.
Yesterday,we stayed at church for lunch.My 7 year old was in alot of pain because of his ear,so we ended up taking him to the E.R.I knew it was just an ear infection,but I knew he needed an antibiotic right away.So we had to run to Walmart and pray the pharmacy would fill the prescription at 10 minutes to 6 on a Sunday.They did.He is feeling so much better today!Praise God!
I finally figured out how to get images on my blog!!Woo hoo!!maybe later I will post some pics of us:)
How do I change my background?I found some that I love,but those html codes really confuse me!
I need to get going now.Tonight's supper is going to be lemon chicken by by husbands request.Maybe later I`ll post the recipe:)I will probably make some pasta tossed with lemon butter sauce and some broccoli for sides.I usually make white rice with it,but we are all out.Hubby will not eat the brown rice.
I also forgot to mention that Friday was our 10th anniversary:)We didn`t do anything special though because money is very tight now.I made chicken parm over ziti.We also had homemade Boston Cream pie for dessert:)Everything was very good!
Maybe I`ll be back later:)

Daily Ramblings

Hey guys!I hope everyone`s having a great Monday!!I see the doctor tomorrow,not today!I guess I thought March only had 30 days!Lol!!Anyway,the weekend was very buisy,so I didn`t get a chance to post.
Yesterday,I was so nervous,because I had the interview with the elders for church membership.Everything went really well though!
Friday night, the kids and I had a very good supper.I`d like to share the recipe with all of you!Here it is:
1 pound of pasta
a jar of pasta sauce
extra virgin olive oil
a can of chick peas(garbanzo beans)
garlic powder,Italian seasoning,basil,salt and pepper
2 cloves garlic,minced

All you do is cook the pasta.Then while the pasta is cooking drain the can of beans and add them to a preheated pan with some oil.Saute for a few minutes,add your garlic,and a sprinkle or so of spices.Let garlic cook for about a minute,then add sauce.When the pasta is done save a ladle or two of the water to add to the sauce.Mix everything together and serve!The kiddos really loved it.I usually make this with cannilini beans but my daughter loves chick peas so I thought I`d try it that way and everyone really enjoyed it.Hubby ventured out,so it was just the kids and I.I don`t measure things,so just add the spices in the quantities to suit your taste!Also,If you crush the spices in your hand before adding them it releases the oils and makes them more flavorful.

I want to thank all of you for your prayers for my family and I!I am sending huge hugs to all of you:)Have a Blessed Monday everyone!!

Daily ramblings

Hey,everyone! Just an update on the past few days.Yesterday was a very fast paced day.We attended the morning and evening service at church.We didn`t get home from the morning service until 2:30 because we always stay after to talk with people.Then,I came home,made a late lunch for the kids and I.My husband works third shift for a food warehouse so he leaves for work every day at four.I had a roast in the crock pot,along with some veggies,so I peeled some potatoes for mashed potatoes and we also had homemade gravy with it.It was very good.Then we had to leave by 5:30 to make service in time and didn`t get home until 9:00pm!I usually don`t go to evening service,because it`s alot with the kids and because my hubby doesn`t go things are alot harder.Plus then they`re out late on a school night.It was the Lord`s supper last night,and I was able to attend for the first time in almost 2 years:)
I don`t drive,so it`s very hard for me to find rides.Praise God that I am a part of such a wonderful church though.The pastors and elders all got together and found a group of people willing to take us to church every week.This has been a blessing.So someone asked if we wanted to go to the evening service since I am taking membership classes ad will be baptised soon.Wasn`t that so sweet?We don`t even have any extra cash to give anyone for gas or anything right now.That`s the difference between people of this world and Gods people though.Gods people love helping one another.I can`t remember where exactly it is written in the scriptures but Jesus did say something like this:You gave me food when I was hungry,you gave me shelter when I was cold,then they say that they don`t remember doing any of theses things an Jesus replies surly I say to you if you have done theses things for the least of my brothers you have also done them for me. Theses are not the exact verses,but my point is this.That`s the attitude a true believer has.A heart that want`s to help others so that Christ may be glorified!!That`s also how He shows His faithfulness to His people!So praise God for that!
Anyway,today was another fast paced day.I woke up and got the kids off to school.Threw pork chops,veggies and some spices in the crock pot,then left for a.m. bible study which started at 9am.I look forward to this so much.It`s lead by our pastors wife.It`s a small group of ladies and afterwords we go to one of my friends houses for lunch.So we ran late today because us ladies were gabbing away as usual and lost track of time.Lol!Hubby was not thrilled in the slightest,so I will have to make sure it does not happen again:)
Please pray that I can fix my camera so I can post pictures!Okay,now I need to go make some rice for our supper.See you all tomorrow!