The days seem to be going by so fast. The years feel like they are going by even faster. Before I know it I will be at the end of my life and the days and years will feel like a huge blur. My priorities sometimes get out of line, which is more important over the other. I struggle to keep HIM first all the time. My hearts desire is to but I feel like I can never reach that goal. Now more then ever with raising a family do I recognize the importance of putting HIM first and keeping him there. I realize we fail. I realize we are not perfect. We must strive for that relationship. We must work at putting HIM first in our hearts. NOT the pile of laundry, dishes and toys that need to be picked up. How often I forgot who made me or who keeps me here alive and well with a family that loves me and needs me. How ungrateful I have become. Sometimes being a stay at home mom I can look around my house and see all the things that need to be fixed or the things I don’t like and I start to want things that i don’t have and would like to get. I find myself complaining being discontent. Have you ever been there?
Everything I have is because of him and him alone. Even the things i might not like. I pray the Lord changes my heart when i get like that. I find myself going to him in prayer AFTER i have acted like a spoiled little brat. Thankful that the Lord forgives even when we have our tantrums and are kicking and screaming the whole way!!! If I just would have kept him first in the first place! I would have avoided this heart of discontent, bad attitude, struggles and the spanking that I deserved!
It is only by His grace. Let’s keep HIM first in all that we do and say.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Re-Opening!
Excited to annouce that So*shique will be re-opening! I am very excited that I have "some" time to relaunch and get all of my things in order to re-open my store. I have been going back and forth for so long and if i'm honest with myself I couldnt keep the store closed forever. In dream land I am a top CEO of some company with my business suit attire making millions. In reality I am a stay at home mom working out of my backyard studio. All though the store isnt up to par quite yet, I am busy gathering inventory to list. I have been working it seems night on SSB and trying to get all of my listings in order. My goal for my store is 1,000 items. Hopefully I will reach my goal soon! I will try and keep my blog updated with the store inventory and sales that will be going on! You can also follow on facebook at So*shique on 5th located on the left side of the blog page!
Happy Bidding!
Happy Bidding!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Placing our puppies into their own homes
Guest post written by Donna Kinston
I love puppies! But I don't have enough finances to cover all seven of the puppies that our dog recently had. It's been so much fun having them around and have given the kids something to play with while it's too cold to play outside. It's tough to part with them but we're going to have to.
I thought that it would help to look online and see what helps other people adopt out puppies. When I was finding some really good adoption tips, I found some information on how to consolidate debtconsolidate debt and knew it would help us out because our family is in debt. That debt is the reason that we can't keep all of the puppies. But I also don't think that I could mentally handle all those puppies!
I have high hopes for finding these puppies and I think that if there's one or two left, my brother won't mind taking them in. He's all but outright said that and has been thinking about adopting some dogs anyway. That way I'd also get to visit them some!
I love puppies! But I don't have enough finances to cover all seven of the puppies that our dog recently had. It's been so much fun having them around and have given the kids something to play with while it's too cold to play outside. It's tough to part with them but we're going to have to.
I thought that it would help to look online and see what helps other people adopt out puppies. When I was finding some really good adoption tips, I found some information on how to consolidate debtconsolidate debt and knew it would help us out because our family is in debt. That debt is the reason that we can't keep all of the puppies. But I also don't think that I could mentally handle all those puppies!
I have high hopes for finding these puppies and I think that if there's one or two left, my brother won't mind taking them in. He's all but outright said that and has been thinking about adopting some dogs anyway. That way I'd also get to visit them some!
Friday, February 3, 2012
..a time to be born and a time to die....
January 24th is the 4th death anniversary year of my grandfather. A dreaded time i never wanted to face. I had always had felt that timing was everything, so when this passing came,the timing wasn't welcomed.
When I turned 17, my Pappy was diganosied with Alzheimer disease. These words I never wanted to hear!!! I knew that this was going to be a long road. A long road that would lead to a bitter goodbye. I remember that year having a converastion with my grandfather out in the woods, in our sanctuary. He began the conversation about the unceratiny of life and what he was about to go through. Knowing that he was going to slowly lose his mind, he said "it wont be me, I won't know what i'm saying, know i still care about you". He asked me to promise that we would all take care of him and not to leave him in a nursing home. I told him "I swear" and the conversation ended in a hug and sharing a ham sandwich on the forrest floor. That was the last time I had a heart to heart with him. <3
The next few years were rough. Slowly, things he loved started to be taken away. He was no longer allowed to drive, have his firearms or work with tools. For someone who was always working or using his hands was all the sudden summoned to sit still and no longer allowed to do anything. He started to forget simple things till it finally came to a point he didnt even know that he was living in his own house at that his wife was HIS wife. This disease started to strip the man I knew away. He no longer knew my name and started to call me stupid. When once his eyes would light up when i walked through the door, he would look at me dazed and confused and say "who are you?"
A week before my grandfather was a couple days before my bridal shower we got the call that things weren't looking so good. By the time I got down there it was to late. Although I told him goodbye a few days before, I just wanted to say it one more time! Looking back and reflecting on the memory of him sometimes makes my heart happy and sad all at the same time. This heartache was more then I thought I could bare..the only comfort that i kept reapting to myself as we laid him in the ground, is that it's not him, he's with the Lord, no longer here! He knows my name and that i cared for him even when he didnt know at the time. He is in his right mind now and that is the sweet PEACE that only my Jesus can give me.
When I turned 17, my Pappy was diganosied with Alzheimer disease. These words I never wanted to hear!!! I knew that this was going to be a long road. A long road that would lead to a bitter goodbye. I remember that year having a converastion with my grandfather out in the woods, in our sanctuary. He began the conversation about the unceratiny of life and what he was about to go through. Knowing that he was going to slowly lose his mind, he said "it wont be me, I won't know what i'm saying, know i still care about you". He asked me to promise that we would all take care of him and not to leave him in a nursing home. I told him "I swear" and the conversation ended in a hug and sharing a ham sandwich on the forrest floor. That was the last time I had a heart to heart with him. <3
The next few years were rough. Slowly, things he loved started to be taken away. He was no longer allowed to drive, have his firearms or work with tools. For someone who was always working or using his hands was all the sudden summoned to sit still and no longer allowed to do anything. He started to forget simple things till it finally came to a point he didnt even know that he was living in his own house at that his wife was HIS wife. This disease started to strip the man I knew away. He no longer knew my name and started to call me stupid. When once his eyes would light up when i walked through the door, he would look at me dazed and confused and say "who are you?"
A week before my grandfather was a couple days before my bridal shower we got the call that things weren't looking so good. By the time I got down there it was to late. Although I told him goodbye a few days before, I just wanted to say it one more time! Looking back and reflecting on the memory of him sometimes makes my heart happy and sad all at the same time. This heartache was more then I thought I could bare..the only comfort that i kept reapting to myself as we laid him in the ground, is that it's not him, he's with the Lord, no longer here! He knows my name and that i cared for him even when he didnt know at the time. He is in his right mind now and that is the sweet PEACE that only my Jesus can give me.
A Mother's Wisdom
Life as a Mother, where to begin? I am loving every minute of it. My sweet baby's face is such a joy to see, especially when I am waking up to that beautiful smiling face! I am finding out that what I thought I had known was only a glimpse of this journey. It has been a ride from the moment I found out that my little boo boo was on her way. Life has deffenitly changed. It's amazing how when you are teenager the advice that you get from Mother seems to be so dated or you feel like she has no idea what in the world she is talking about or what you are going through at that given moment. I think that the moment that i realized my Mom knew what she was talking about is when i got married. I had my "Ah-ha" moment shortly after saying "I do"
Needless to say I was seeking her advice big time for when the little one arrived.
It's amazing how much your Mother knows! I can't even begin to tell you how many times i have gone to her for advice. My mother trained me to be a Mother and so I will carry on the tradition once Kylie is old enough to understand. It is amazing how i have become like my Mother, how can that be!!
If there was one person in the world I could be like it would be her! Because without her, I wouldn't have a best friend, someone to laugh with and someone to guide me along the way and to assure me that I am doing a good job in being a Mother.
Needless to say I was seeking her advice big time for when the little one arrived.
It's amazing how much your Mother knows! I can't even begin to tell you how many times i have gone to her for advice. My mother trained me to be a Mother and so I will carry on the tradition once Kylie is old enough to understand. It is amazing how i have become like my Mother, how can that be!!
If there was one person in the world I could be like it would be her! Because without her, I wouldn't have a best friend, someone to laugh with and someone to guide me along the way and to assure me that I am doing a good job in being a Mother.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Mom helped then left
Guest written by our friend Sergio Chaney
My mom helped me move in all my stuff last month to my new apartment and I have to admit that when she left I cried. Just watching her drive away was the saddest thing in the world – all of a sudden I was totally alone in this big city and didn’t know a soul. It was a good thing I’d gotten directtv georgetown because that TV kept me company day and night for the last three weeks. I’m finally starting to make some friends at my new job but even still it’s not like my social calendar is jam packed. I love though that after I get off work and go for a run if I don’t have anything to do I just get online and surf the web while watching old episodes of Friends or Sex and the City on the TV set. It’s really comforting to have the extra noise and the drone of the TV even helps me fall asleep at night, if you can believe it! What a life.
My mom helped me move in all my stuff last month to my new apartment and I have to admit that when she left I cried. Just watching her drive away was the saddest thing in the world – all of a sudden I was totally alone in this big city and didn’t know a soul. It was a good thing I’d gotten directtv georgetown because that TV kept me company day and night for the last three weeks. I’m finally starting to make some friends at my new job but even still it’s not like my social calendar is jam packed. I love though that after I get off work and go for a run if I don’t have anything to do I just get online and surf the web while watching old episodes of Friends or Sex and the City on the TV set. It’s really comforting to have the extra noise and the drone of the TV even helps me fall asleep at night, if you can believe it! What a life.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
New TV
Contribution by Saul Martin
I have been dying to get one of those new LCD televisions. I would really like to get a 60-inch screen for our basement, which my wife has graciously allowed me to turn into my “man cave”. However, my wife said that she had to draw the line somewhere, and she said we could not get the new television until I had figured out how we could save money elsewhere. After all, our utility bills had almost doubled since we moved into a bigger house two years ago. Luckily I had just had a conversation with a buddy of mine about how he saved money on his power bill by going to shopelectricityratestexas.com. I told my wife about it and she agreed that it would save enough money for me to get the new television. I have big plans for the television with football season coming up. I hope to have my entire fantasy football league over to watch a few games on the big screen. My wife may regret letting me get the TV, but I’ll gladly let her watch it during the week.
I have been dying to get one of those new LCD televisions. I would really like to get a 60-inch screen for our basement, which my wife has graciously allowed me to turn into my “man cave”. However, my wife said that she had to draw the line somewhere, and she said we could not get the new television until I had figured out how we could save money elsewhere. After all, our utility bills had almost doubled since we moved into a bigger house two years ago. Luckily I had just had a conversation with a buddy of mine about how he saved money on his power bill by going to shopelectricityratestexas.com. I told my wife about it and she agreed that it would save enough money for me to get the new television. I have big plans for the television with football season coming up. I hope to have my entire fantasy football league over to watch a few games on the big screen. My wife may regret letting me get the TV, but I’ll gladly let her watch it during the week.
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