WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

God's Gift #1,478,903 : Handling Puke...

How is it that being a mother gives
you magical powers, like being able
to keep your cookies when your
oldest child pukes all over you???
I thought about tossing said cookies
a time or two last night when I was
the target of Matthew's strep-induced
vomiting. Let me paint a picture for
you...

While waiting in the underwater world,
that is our fabulous doctor's office, it
happened. I was minding my own business,
standing ever-so-patiently for my two
children to be seen. I was holding a
feverish, sleeping Matthew and trying
to wrangle an extremely mobile, 14
month old. I had told my sweet hubby
that I could handle it...I knew he really
needed to study. Everything was going
rather well, I thought, for a while. Then,
suddenly, it happened...

I will not give any details, other than to
say I almost had a meltdown. I felt my
face flush, and my stomach turn. I kept
telling myself, "It will be okay. Just take
a deep.... NOOOOO, don't
take a deep breath!!!"
Oddly enough, it took me trying
to take a deep breath multiple times before
I realized that this was not a good idea. I
called my husband, who was 20 minutes
away, and told him he had to bring
Matthew and me some new clothes
immediately. That was the longest 20
minutes of my life...(well, not really...I
would say the longest twenty minutes
of my life was the trip from home to the
hospital, when I thought Logann was
going to be born on the side of the road!)

When it was all said and done, and I had
on fresh, clean clothes, Matthew had strep
and received a shot of penicillin, and Logann
had a double ear infection, and was sent
home with ten days worth of antibiotics.
We were the last people to leave the office
last night, and left with a lovely parting gift,
our bag of gross clothes.

I am home with the children today, glad
that they are on their roads to recovery. I
think I might be scarred by this for a while,
but it has me thinking.

How is it possible that God gives me the
ability to handle situations like this?
Though I was freaking out on the inside,
I was keeping cool on the outside, as my
son said repeatedly, "I'm sorry, Mommy.
I'm sorry."

I wanted to cry, scream, and
just flip out. I didn't though. Why??? I
think it is because God covers mothers
with an amazing strength and peace in
tough situations. Though I could have
done without EVER experiencing this,
I am reminded how wonderful my God
is. He fully prepares me with His strength
and love every day. I am blessed to be
the mother to Matthew and Logann,
puke...or no puke.

Priceless Pictures from the Park

Today, in my small, sweet town, it

was 66 degrees! A rare treat this time
of year...one that I will gladly accept.
I took the children to the park, which
is only about a mile from our house.
The kiddos let me push them on the
swings, went down the slides, and
ran around like the little yahoos they
truly are.

We dined on ice cream cones at
Sonic before our afternoon was over.


This weather and these sweet faces
made me long for the spring and
summer to come. I can't wait to
enjoy many more afternoons
like this one!

I'm Beautiful!!!

Much to my surprise, I found out
today that I was given a "Beautiful
Blogger" award by Jennifer at
"The Toy Box Years"! This was so
sweet of her, and made me smile.
:)

Per the rules of winning the award, I'd like to
pass this award on! The rules are simple:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for
this award and insert a link to their blog.

2. Copy and paste the award into your blog

3. Share 7 things about yourself.

4. Pass on the award to about 10 other
bloggers who you recently discovered and
think are great! (in no particular order)
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So, here are my 7 things.......

1. I teach at the elementary school I attended as
a child, and I absolutely love being there.
2. I rarely pay full price for ANYTHING.
I love a good deal!
3. I have a severe sweet tooth that I am
trying to tame...in the past I have been
known to eat cookies for dinner!
4. I was told by a wise person that I should
"be friends with" a certain person, and now,
about 10 years later, we have been best
friends ever since!
5. I am addicted to HGTV!
6. To go to sleep, all doors (closet, bathroom,
and bedroom) must be closed, also, no
lights and no TV
7. I am happiest when I am in the mountains.

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And here are my nominees:

BeeMusings

Our Journey of Love

To Heaven and Back

and then she said...are you kidding me?

My Journey

From Here to Colby: Bringing Our Baby Home

I'm A Mommy

Sweet Caroline

Countdown to Tyler

Yellow House

Gifts of God

Low Fat Blueberry Muffins

As many of you know, I am working
on losing baby weight (plus some)!!!
I have been very creative in my
attempt to do this. Below is a low
fat version of Betty Crocker's muffins.

Follow sweet Betty Crocker's recipe on

the box, but substitute 1/4 cup egg beaters
for the egg and 1/4 applesauce for oil.
Be sure to use skim milk also. They have
@ 125 calories & 1.5 grams of fat! They
are so yummy!

Every little bit helps!

Not Me! Monday

Is it Monday, again??? Time to confess.
Here goes...this weekend, I did NOT
think many times that A) I desperately
need a real babysitter and B) that I might
like to not have children (only briefly) so
that I could go out to dinner with my
Valentine. I then, did NOT have to
remind myself that "I'm gonna miss this."
I mean...who doesn't get to go out with
their Valentine???

This week, I also did NOT go to
change Logann's diaper and see this...

I mean whose husband really
writes on their child's belly to
surprise the mommy? NOT mine!
And then, really, who goes and get
their camera to take a picture???
NOT me!

This week, I did NOT have to go to
my son's school to "correct his behavior"
because my child would NEVER
embarrass his mother that way. He
acts completely appropriate at ALL
times! (wink, wink)

I did NOT desperately want a
cinnapie from PapaJohns Saturday.
I did NOT go get one (for dinner)
and plan to eat the whole thing.
I was NOT lucky that this particular
cinnapie was not great, thus NOT forcing
me to trash the uneaten portion! I
was NOT so glad I did not eat the
whole thing! I would NOT have felt
sick and miserable afterwords. Who
eats cinnapie for dinner? NOT me!

I think I'm done. If you want to
hop over to MckMama's blog
to see what others have NOT
been doing, I highly recommend it!

Happy Valentines Day!

Today was a good day! Nothing too
exciting, just family time and time
with church family. What more
could you ask for???