Is it Friday

I am so ready for this week to be over. We have been so busy this week that we have been on the go and hardly at home. Me,being a homebody hates those types of weeks. Besides from our busyness of the week my days didn't of course stop when we finally arrived home for the evening. I still had to cook and clean up and tend to laundry. Help with home and direct the children. My dear husband was equally busy doing a remodeling project the boys room.

Tomorrow we head back to Parkersburg to help John's parent finish moving. That will be an all day event but a good one.Hard work but good company. I won't be able to help do much but maybe unpack some dishes or odds and ends if my dear mil will allow me to. She's so protective. : )

We are still not sure what we are going to do for Monday. I normally have a get together here at our home and I cook for everyone. But this year we have some family issues going on with our immediate family and I am not sure what would be appropriate for me to do. I have never been in this type of situation before so I'm praying about it and let God do the leading.

Wow it's Saturday!!!!

Where did the week go! School began Wednesday for the boys and Thursday for our daughter. All love it,they all like school anyway,but our daughter started her first year at ACA the Christian academy at our church. Awesome school and she really like it. The Lord is blessing our church is so many ways,from new members,the youth groups and the school. Oh God is good!


The spa was so nice. The message was very relaxing although I was in a lot of pain from it in my back and leg but I finished. I figured I may never get the opportunity to do something like this again. It's pricey and well we are not into using our money on things such as this but it was a nice treat. The facial was awesome by far my favorite treatment and if I ever went back for anything it would be that. Both women that worked on me were super nice people and made me as comfortable as they could. I give it all a thumbs up! : )


John was out of town this week on a job and I was left here holding down the fort. What a week,man I missed him and hate him being gone like that but I understand he is doing what he has to do for his family and I respect that in him. God has blessed me with a good man. It was weird being just me and the kids but it seemed like we were so busy the week went by fairly quickly.


We all have moments where we want time to stand still. A time when we just want to enjoy every aspect of life,when things are so good that we are afraid to blink in fear that it will be gone. Life is full of moments like this,life is not about being stuck in one moment but rather living your life and loving all the precious moments that make it up.

Quiet Tuesday

I got up this morning before anyone else and took that time to read my bible and pray. There is just something about getting up when the house is quiet and taking that time to be with my Jesus. In the warmer months I like to go out on the deck or our front porch and read and pray. It's awesome being out and watching the humming birds coming in for a snack or to see all the varieties of birds we have here fly by,perch and then fly off. And then a calming breeze go by awwww relaxing.

My days have been so busy either that or I have just not been in the blogging mood. Bad yeah I know but I have had a lot going on in my life lately. To much to talk about right now but maybe one day I will. I will just say that my family is in a spiritual warfare with the devil and leave it at that.

Our day started a bit early as my oldest son Jason had to be at practice bright and early. I am posting this thinking of all the things I need and want to get accomplished today if my body holds up. I am trying hard to overcome my disability but it's been very difficult and painful. But I am determined to live as much of a normal life as I can.

On my agenda for today is to go and pay our property taxes and personal property taxes (yuck). It just amazes me how you buy a car or house and pay it off but still "have" to pay the government for owning your own property. Just doesn't make sense to me. But such is life I guess.

I also need to get the living room deep cleaned and my daily cleaning done. Yes I get behind nowadays but it's ok. There is some laundry to do as well. I have not been using my clothes line like I would like to because it hurts to much to bend and hang and I can't carry the heavy baskets out to the line. So I have opted for the drier : ( This is really hurting since I heard our electric company is trying to pass for a 14% rate increase! YIKES! When are we gonna get a break!

This evening I am hoping to get the family together for a family bible study and prayer. Then it's just relax time and well for me sleep. LOL

God Bless,

What a quiet week!

Since the boys have been gone at church camp,our home was so quiet. It's not something we are use to and boy do I miss them. Not just the house being quiet but I don't have as much laundry (at least not until Saturday when they are home),not using up our food as quickly,not as many dishes to clean. LOL

You would think by reading all of that,that I love them not being here. But it's just the opposite I miss all that and so much more about them being around. I miss hearing "Hey mom,whats up" or "Mom I need to talk to you about something" those things I miss so much when they are not hear.

We will be going up to the camp to go to church with them and then bring them home tomorrow night. I can't wait to them again!!!!

Then they will be home for a few days and then packing up again to leave for a few more days and go to youth congress. Before coming home and moving on with the busy schedule we have before us. LOL Such is life!

I know it's been a while since I have blogged,there has been so much going on in my personal life and then with the kids being gone. Well to be honest I needed to take this time to get myself together. Do a lot of praying and time with God before I could really blog about anything.LOL

Thank you for your patience.

It's Monday!

The holiday is now over and we are recovering from a constant state of being tired. LOL It's a wonderful fund raiser for our church but with only a handful of our members volunteering their time and helping out it makes it harder on those that have to be there more and more. But there are the good things that come from this,we all become so close and great friends.

Now I sit here and look around at my neglected home and sigh. There is so much that needs to be done and oh how I hate getting behind and having to play catch up. And trust me there's a lot that needs to be done. So what to do...... well first make a list and then gather my supplies and get to work. I often pick the room or task that is less time consuming,I don't know what I do that, I suppose you could say it's to have an instant sense of accomplishment.

I will also go around and spray my counters and stove,bathroom counters and toilet and sprinkle the tub with comet,then I do a run through and get all the odds and ends of things that just seem to be out of place or that needs to be tossed into the trash. Already my house will look so much better. While I'm working I try to work with a smoothness so that I work as efficiently as I can,that way I am not cleaning all day long. My goal is to get as much done in as little time as I can without sacrificing the quality of my work.

Ok speaking of time I'm out of it for today.

God Bless,

Working working non stop!!!!

It has been so busy around here that it has been hard for me to find the time to blog. Our church has two fire works tents this year one for our youth group and one for the church. And boy let me tell you it's been busy. We have been working both tents,our sons at the youth tent and we would help out when needed but mostly we have been at the larger tent for our church. It's getting busier as you would imagine the closer we have gotten to the 4th.

I have found it difficult to divide my time properly from my home with our volunteering for our church. It has been a big learning curve for us this year as this is our first summer there together. I have been trying to stay on top of things here but there are times when it all just seems to get behind here. But I'm lucky it doesn't take long to get caught up,see that's the beauty of keeping it up so when you get behind it doesn't take long to get caught up.

We took yesterday off and worked on our front porch roof. John tour it off the day before and my in laws came in and helped us. I am so tickled to have a nice new porch roof. Our old one was so bad and truly needed to be replaced. Now I can sit our there when it rains and still enjoy the outdoors. I took the small round patio table we had sitting on the deck and two chairs that went with it and put them on the front porch. It looks so nice out there now. I want to get a nice potted flower of some type and put in the center of that table just to put some color out there.

Well I have rambled long enough.

God Bless,

Weekly Update!

This week has just flown by. It seems like we have been doing nothing but running around and it's tiring at times. Jason got a seasonal job cutting grass and he's doing so well. We are talking with him of the value of saving his money and only spendng a small portion of it and of course above all pay your tithes. God blesses those that are faithful. I think our biggest thing is getting him to not spend all his earnings. This is his first paying job and well he is 16 and well you go from there.

My mom is still in the hospital. I thought she was going to get out on Wednesday but she didn't. We will be going to visit with her again this evening. I do hope that she will be home soon.

We have a graduation party to attend today and we got a phone call from his dad and they are on their way up our way for the day. So we will be visiting with them to. A very full day in deed.

We have been working on the house a bit this week. We finally got the temporary storage room finished. John my dear husband has moved most of the things for our yard sale in there for me. We are aiming to get the storage room cleaned out so we can gut the room and be on our way to making our dining hutch. I can't wait!

My doctor started me on a new medication Gabepentin and well it's only been a few days so we will have to see how it goes. I'm praying that it works,I still have alot of nerve pain in my leg and my left foot still tingles and goes numb alot but I don't think the medicine will help with that. I think it's going to be something that I will have to live with. My biggest things is getting the pain under control. And I think this medicine may do the trick it's just a matter of getting the dosage right.

Well it looks like I'm out of time.

God Bless,

Weekly update post

This has been a crazy week that's for sure. Emotionally it's been difficult and continues to be so. But I know with God's help he will give me strength and help me through this. I am going through a battle and sure could use your prayers.

This was also the last week of school. So now we are all here and well it's been rainy out and cold so we have all been stuck in the house. The boys are fighting a little and getting on each others nerves but over all it's not so bad.

Wednesday evening at church the Guppies,the younger children in our church. This is the youth class that I and my dearest friend Cheri run together. They sang Wednesday evening,it's so cute to see them up there,even though we only see it from one spot as we are up there helping them and encouraging them to keep going. They get so nervous but this is good for them as they will be doing the same as they move onto the older youth class. Still yet it's cute to know that the whole church singing and doing this little dance that goes with the song we were singing with the youth. It really helps them along.

I have been able to visit with my mom twice this week as the visiting days and hours are few. I miss her terriably and can't wait until the day she's out of the hospital and back home.

We had another Youth Service last night at a sister church. Of course a great service. It makes me so happy to see my children serving the Lord.

Well I'm going to close this for now.

God Bless,
Tammy

Busy Weekend

Good afternoon! We had such a busy weekend I am taking time today to just relax a little. We had a Youth Fire meeting at a sister church,Riverside Apostolic Church and wow was that an awesome meeting. We didn't get home from there until after midnight.

Saturday John's parents came in and we spent the day with them. Church on Sunday was great! Another late night for Sunday evening as the Lords Holy Spirit was so awesome and many were touched and healed. It was great!

Monday a few friends from church came over and we had a nice cookout and fellowship together. It was so nice having them over and we plan on doing this type of thing more often.

So my agenda for today is chill out a little. I'm feeling so much better too. God healed the crushing feeling I had in my back so I'm now able to move about doing things around the house more. My leg is still hurting but less than it was so I think the medicine is starting to work.TTL!

Dinner tonight will be leftovers from yesterday.

God Bless,
Tammy

The sun is out and it's a great day!

I'm happy to say that I'm now able to do some laundry. Not carry any baskets and John doesn't have the patience to stand by me as I hang our laundry on the lines to dry outside so I have to use the dryer. But in do time. I'm cooking all of our meals now and was able to go to the store with him this week. That turned out to be a bit to much as I was in a lot of pain afterward,then to make it worse. We went to a baseball game of a dear friend of ours. After that I was done.

Still sore and still unable to do all I want to do but baby steps right.

Well the school year is winding down and soon the kids will all be relaxing and not worry about school. Well for a little while anyway.

Me,no rest here,I still have to start gathering up school supplies and clothes for them now to ensure I have what they need when the time comes.

Little C is going to the school at our church starting this year. It will be different for her but John and I are both so happy to have her to go there. She will get God's word and school work given to her at school and at home. A winning combination!

Well I do believe my washer just beeped so I'm off to tend the laundry.

P.S. I never thought I would see the day that I was giddy to do laundry. LOL

God Bless,
Tammy

The Black Bird Saga

I have sometimes gone overboard with things in my life. Yes I know this may come to a total shock to some of you,I don't have it all together! I have been known to do some of the dumbest things and at the time I do them I think I am doing the right thing when in fact I'm messing up. OY!

A few years ago I decided to tear out the ceiling of our back porch. I thought it was the ugliest thing I had ever seen and I knew would just redo it right away. So one day while my dear husband was at work, I stepped onto the back porch and went to work making a big ole mess!

When he got home that evening he arrived to a messy back yard,wood pieces laying about and he looks up and oh boy there was no ceiling. He knew it was there when he left. He turns only to have me there with a big smile on my face proud of what I accomplished that day. I really thought I was helping. NOT! He said "What did you do?" I replied in a cheerful self assured tone "I tore the ceiling out" Yes he could see that much. Why did I was the reply coming back at me. Because we are going to replace it soon and it was ugly so I went ahead and tore it out.

Yes it's true we were going to replace it IN A FEW YEARS! We didn't have the money nor the time to replace it at that time. So now lets fast forward to the present.........

The ceiling on our back porch is still gone! We are still going to redo it but now it's soon for sure. I promise this came from my husband not me. Why did we finally get it in gear to get it done,I'll tell you why.

We cannot step out our back door without a big black bird swooping passed our heads on it's way out from an apparent nest it's build in the cubbies on our back porch ceiling. This bird is crazy! It will fly right by you. In and out of it's nest all day long.

My dear husband in all his glory has grown very tired of this bird and has shoved a piece of board in the place the bird keeps going in and out of. Problem solved! NOPE!

Now the bird is angry with us, I don't have to tell you not to mess with a momma! She's stocking us. Hanging out in the trees near our house in the back. Swooping in and out of the back porch trying to get in to what I assume is her babies. Its mean yes I know but this bird is nuts! To be totally honest I'm not sure if it has eggs or babies in there yet. All we have seen her carry in there are bits and pieces of wood,straw and things to build a nest. Sad thing she now has to build a nest somewhere else,all that work for nothing.

So long story short we are replacing the ceiling to the back porch asap no thanks to me! LOL

Lesson learned from this ordeal,don't jump before I know all the details!

Do I still get ahead of myself,yep I still do but I do try not to.

God Bless,
Tammy

The Upside of recovery!

Well you know there's always a bright side to most every situation and you know I just have to find the bright side of my slow recovery. While I am feeling out of it and missing my work here at home (can you believe I just said that) but it's true I do miss it. I guess you could say that you never know what you will miss until you can't do it any longer,yes that sums it up just right. I set and look and see things that really do need my attention but I'm unable to do them at this time so they are waiting patiently for me to be up and moving and I in turn waiting to be up and moving better so I can once again start working on the things that are being neglected here.

But this post is not about what I can or cannot do and it's not a pity party for me,this is a post of the bright side of my situation. My husband,my dear husband the love of my life,my best friend oh how I love this man. He has not only taken on the role of tending to me and helping me,but he's also taken on the role of tending to our daughter,giving her a bath at night,helping me get her ready for school in the mornings. He has been working with her in the evenings with her school work. He has cooked and cleaned and earned his way to the HEROS HALL OF FAME! He has not complained about his work load and has been such a wonderful person. I could not have ever asked for a better man! Thank You God for bringing us together!

Yes I wish I was recovered enough to contribute more to the house but seeing the bright side of things sure does being a light to what could feel like a very dim part of my life right now.

P.S. Did I mention he also went grocery shopping for us this week.

God Bless,
Tammy

Rainy Days Are Here!

Boy do I hate rainy days,especially when they seem to be endless. We have been fortunate to have a few hours of sunshine to enjoy before the line of showers set in. Sadly we have had one death here locally due to the weather. A young woman was sitting on her couch watching tv and a tree uprooted in her yard and fell on her mobile home and killed her. Our prayers are with her family.

Tonight will be my first night back at church since my surgery, I can't do much and have to move slowly but I miss it and look forward to going. I am doing better,moving better but still slowly and I still get sore if I'm on my feet to long (like today,ouch!). But I'm thankful to be able to move about and do little things around here and not feel like I'm so out of the loop.

Can you believe that the school is almost over,just a few more weeks to go and summer begins?! My oldest son Jason will be done in 2 short years,sniff,sniff! Time flies!

John and I will be getting some things planted on our deck in containers soon. I'm eager to get started. I walked out to my old strawberry patch and found out that I still have strawberries in there,yeah!!! I have a lot of work to in there and I'm not looking forward to that,it seems like that even though it's a small garden it's so difficult to weed,the soil is so compacted it's very difficult to work with. But all in do time first get 100% better before working in the gardens, LOL

We are having problems with my suv and had it at the dealers for over a week and of course they could not find a thing wrong. Now we are stuck! Praying we find out what it is and can get it fixed or John can fix it.

I am almost out of blogging time,I have to get ready to leave for church.

So I'll close this for now.

God Bless,
Tammy

Still Recovering

I'm doing good. But still recovering. This surgery has been much harder on me than the last. My doctor told me it would be and that I would be in a lot more pain and it would take longer to recover this time around. Boy was he right.

Thanks for the prayers they mean so much to me. Without God where would I be!


I hope to be more and more active on here soon,please bare with me.

God Bless,
Tammy

Will be offline for a few days

I am going into the hospital Wednesday morning. I have to another surgery on my spine. My pre op. appt. is tomorrow morning and I have to be at the hospital by 6 am on Wednesday and my surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am. I will be off line for a few days and when I'm able to I will update you all.

God Bless,
Tammy

Easter Pictures

I took some pictures on Easter,here are a few of them.

Little C,looking like the pretty princess she is.

The boys with a friend of theirs from church.

A picture of all of us. Look at how handsome my guys look!

We had a nice Easter. I put the ham in early that morning and when we came home from morning church it didn't take long at all for me to complete our feast.

I hope that you had a great holiday too!!!

God Bless,

Tammy

A turn in the weather

I can't believe how drastic our weather has been this week. I should not be surprised it's not out of the norm here but it doesn't happen as often anymore as it once did. Sunday we had a lovely day,the sun was out,the wind was warm and it felt just great out. Then it rained Monday and Tuesday we woke up to snow! Can you believe that! It's cold and snowy out but I think it's passing us by now,TTL! I'm not a snow person.

Plus I miss utilizing my clothes line on days like this. This frugal challenge really has me thinking of new ways to save money. Even the little things can really add up. If anyone is doing this with me if you would be so kind as to add your link to my blog via a comment either to this post or to a frugal challenge post,I would like to put together a list and post it so others can be directed to your site or blog for inspiration and ideas.

Yesterday John and I sat cutting lambs out for my youth group class,I waited until the last minute to do this and then had to recruit help from my wonderful husband. I really look forward to working with the young ones. Myself and another lady from church run the class and the kids just love it. There's something about that age,where they are so eager to learn as much as they can about God and are not to old or to cool to do the fun stuff.

Well my computer time is about up for this morning. I have to get breakfast started and laundry going.

God Bless,
Tammy

Rainy Friday

I sat down to blog and all of a sudden we got a big down pour off rain. It's been raining all morning but when I went outside it was only drizzle,just now it was pouring buckets out there. My pour dog Princess was on the back porch like PLEASE HELP ME! She's laying dry and happy now not far from me.

Well the cold that has been going around all around me has finally caught up with me. I was able to ward it off for a long while but it got me now. I'm so congested and I sound ridiculous when I try to talk so I'm opting to keep my mouth shut for now,something I bet my kids will enjoy. LOL

Well I guess I won't be cleaning the car today. The other stuff on my list will not take much time at all. I have more laundry to get done and sadly have to use the dryer today. It has been raining every other day here,nice and sunny one day and then rainy and nasty the next. It's crazy.

Jason is going to a Spanish Concert with his Spanish class today. I wish I could remember that man's name that they are going to go see but it's escaped my memory for the time being. Soon school will be out and summer will be in full swing.

The trees are starting to bloom out and the days are longer,the sun is warmer,oh how these days make one miss the summer.

Well I have rambled long enough and now I must get off here and get my day going.

God Bless,
Tammy

Dreary Monday

Looking out my window I see,the wind blowing the massive pine trees from side to side ever so lightly,almost like they are dancing. If I look up towards the Heavens I see a grey and overcast sky. The feel of a gloomy cool day has set in. Yuck!

Yesterday at church we had a celebration service of 38 years for our church were it is now. We had an absolutely awesome service. God's power was felt all over. The Holy Ghost was awesome. It was a powerful Holy Ghost led service,can't ask for anything better than that.

After the service we had a dinner and fellowship. I just love these types of things,although I never get to stay as long as I would like to. John doesn't like crowds so he's ready to go as soon as possible. LOL

Most of us at the church came together to make yesterday a success. Some helped to clean inside and out of the church. Some of us women helped with the cooking in the kitchen and getting things set up for the dinner. It was a great show of love for our church community and one another. We all helped each other as it should be. And it all went so smoothly.

I have decided to stop going to physical therapy. I'm calling my doctor about it this morning.

Today will be the typical busy Monday. I do no cleaning or anything if at all possible on the Sabbath so I have double duty today. Mostly laundry but the floors need cleaning and the bathroom well today is the day I give it a good cleaning so that won't be so bad and shouldn't take to long.

I'm also hoping to get to the grocery store today. I'm almost out of gas and I really don't want to stop at the station closest to our house they are so high. If I get to the store today I can go to one close to Kroger. I don't know why the one close to my house is so high but it's usually 10 - 15 cents higher than any other.

I'd best get off here and get busy if I want to get to the store.

God Bless,
Tammy

Crazy Monday

I have been so busy today that I haven't had time to get on here long enough to post. LOL I took John to the doctor because he hurt his back while playing basketball at a birthday party Saturday evening. They said that the muscles in his back are tightening up causing knots to form in his back and he's now on muscle relaxers and pain medicines,sleeping as I type this.

When I finally got home I got a phone call from my oldest son Jason to come and pick him up from school,he's sick. With all that is going around this doesn't surprise me. So I went and picked him up.

It's the normal Monday here at home,busy from not doing much this weekend cleaning and such. I have a ton of laundry to get done and only have 2 loads done,one in the washer and one in the dryer. OY!

Tomorrow morning I am taking boy of my boys to the Health Department here to get the vaccine for the Meningitis it's going around here really bad. And we have had one college student from WVU die from it. So to ward off this I'm taking them. I may get it myself while I'm there. We shall see. Then Jason wants me to take him to the DMV to take his test for his drivers permit. This is a big step for momma but one I know he's ready to take. But is momma? That's the big question.

Well I need to get off here and check on the laundry.

God Bless,
Tammy