Pieces of my mind

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2011-08-20T23:50:00.000-07:00

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do unto others, and it will be done unto you...

2008-04-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

When i have one of those feelings, the feeling that says, "do something" i normally listen, the voice speaking ever so gently and quietly in my ear, telling me that some one some place needs a little bit of a boost. On my way through a toll booth one day I had only 6$ in my pocket, the toll for me was 2$, leaving just 4$ to my name for the rest of my trip, which wasn't long, so I handed the man at the toll booth all 6$ and asked him to pay the next 2 tolls behind me, he asked if i was sure I wanted to do that, of coarse I said, I have been blessed and I want to bless others. Just a simple way of paying it forward i suppose. A few years ago I was at the local post office, I saw a lady with a walker, neck brace, walking alone in the rain, juggling her bag and her mail. I knew I had a large umbrella in the van, and very quickly with out even really thinking grabbed it and went to help her. Never expecting anything to come of my kindness. A few months later, my mom calles me from work, she says that she just met the lady, her name escapes me at this moment, and she had recognised me from a photo my mom had on her desk, she called me her "angel" ever praising my kindness. The next time she went in to my mom's work, she found out that I was pregnant and due any day, she gave my mom a check to go get me something for the baby, her way of repaying my kindness. Even now 3 years later she still remembers me and asks about my family. The past few days I have had the blessing of helping out a family through a tough family loss, My phone normally doesn't ring late at night, but on Sunday night it did, with a frantic mom on the other end asking if there was any way her son could ride the bus home with our son and stay the afternoon, until she got home from the hospital with her mother from visiting her father, whom is unfortunately passing away. After school he came and played the afternoon she returned home for a few hours only to receive a call from the Dr's stating that her father wasn't expected to make it through the night. Again another frantic call from her not knowing what to do with her son for the night, Open door policy around here for sure, even on a school night we had a sleep over guest. He came back this afternoon, and doesn't want to leave, unfortunately he has to go home to the news that he has lost his grandfather.
I have been blessed with a husband that works hard so I can stay at home with our children, my door is always open to the neighborhood children when ever they need a place to stay, or just get away from their own homes. It has been used several times at almost all hours. Today our air conditioner finally took its last breath... I have several window fans and we are maintaining about a 79 degree inside temp. For some this would be a "hell" of sorts, but personally I don't enjoy a 72degree home in the first place, i get way to cold.. Not worried about in the least, at least not right now! When the young mans mother came to pick him up she said they have a small window unit they purchased for a back up a few months ago still sitting in its box, she insists that her husband come over tomorrow and put it in for us. So at least for the next week until we get the big one fixed I will be able to cool the master bedroom off enough to sleep comfortably, although i will have a bed full of children!
Karma, What goes around comes around...
THANK GOD mine has been GOOD.

Tomorrow is a new day and a new school year.

2007-08-26T20:20:00.000-07:00

Well, its that time again, and as with every school year we start slacking before it ever gets started. In the industry that my husband works in July and August are slow months, if he isn't working on a job that lasts he is at home not getting paid. So school clothes and supplies are always difficult to get when the time comes. This year i got the supplies early so i didn't have to worry about that or finding everything that they needed, construction paper is always difficult to find at our walmart, for some reason they still haven't learned what sizes the schools are going to need the kids to have every year. I suppose its not unlike me who should have been school shopping in June while he was working and not waiting till the last week of summer! They got a few new outfits and shoes for the start of the first week, and now that hubby is back to work hopefully in 3 weeks when the new wears off the new clothes I will be able to get them some more. Our oldest isn't to happy to start school he has add and doesn't' focus well with out his med's or at least that is what he thinks, and what i hope. I can't afford the refill right now so he is going to have to just do his best to keep on top of his work and paying attention till either he realizes that he can do it or fails miserably. by that time i should have the funds for the refill! Our second child is a super student, but the grade she is going into is different, thinks change and the kids have more personal responsibility, she is a talker and I hope that her teachers will be ready for the over the top opinions and input on everything. With the start of the scheduled school day, i am looking forward to getting back on track with cleaning and hopefully doing some walking at the park after I take them to school. Baby will enjoy the outside time I hope and I know that my legs need the exercise. I'm also hoping that i can start doing something to earn a little cash myself, I want to do some stay at home type of work, i can't afford child care for the baby, and i don't do baby sitting well at all. I did a party thing a wile back, but they didn't go over well in my area, not to mention the items were just to high priced for the people around here. Well that is enough for now, i must spell check, and get off to bed.

So I'm new to this

2007-08-23T23:30:00.000-07:00

Here I sit, its 1 30 am here in TX, its late, I should be sleeping, but I can't, tomorrow my hubby leaves for work. It will be the first time in almost a year that I will be alone with the children. I know mom's all over the world do this under many different circumstances, and its still not easy no matter what anyone thinks. Maybe with the alone time i will be able to get some things done around the house, perhaps make it look a little more like a home instead of just a storage room...
I'm going to try to get some sleep now. wish me well.