Well at least day one on 2nd shift. The night isn't over quite yet. I think they are all finally in the bed, so hopefully I can sleep soon.
Honda is on swing shift so every two weeks you switch to 1st/2nd . Gary's first two weeks are on 2nd shift.
The kids have fall break Thurs and Fri. so Wednesday after school we are leaving for Bedford to stay with my mom and dad for a few days. It will be nice to get away and the kids will cry on the way home like they always do, but at least they get to enjoy family time a little like I used too!
I remember when I was little being at Mamaw Martha's house, it was the greatest place on earth!
Was it a beautiful house? I never noticed, to me it was a house full of Love.
Was it a Quiet house? uhh well, It was filled with the sound of cousins fighting, or playing depending on when you asked, aunts and uncles talking, Mamaw saying "Kids! STOP JUMPING ON THE BED!" ,
Was it a perfectly manicured lawn? It was a PERFECT woods where we built forts, made clubs, and disappeared for hours without our parents ever coming to look for us.....they were probably just glad to not listen to us fighting!
Were we the well behaved, perfectly dressed, polite children we wish we were.....HAHAHA! Not a chance! We got into LOTTTTS of trouble, hair pulling fights, arguments, broke Mamaw's light (yes, we were jumping on the bed), got in the sewer once, (gagging) was always getting dirty and muddy, mismatched clothes,getting in to the sheet closet, scavenger hunting in mamaws dresser drawers, you name it we did it.....but, I made my first Best Friends, Heather and Angela. I have some wonderful memories of playing together all 10 of us, I don't remember the fights or arguments really I know we had them but mostly I remember that day we all went into the woods and built ourselves a fort. That was the day a cat pooped on me. I will never forget that day. Not just cause the cat pooped on me but because it was one of the last days I remember "playing" at Mamaw's.
I learned a lot of life lessons from my mamaw, and when my kids are older and have kids I hope I can be the grandma to them that she was to all of us. I don't really remember the parents, I think that is a good thing, they just let us have fun and be kids. I know.....if you really know me you are laughing, cause we all know I have a hard time doing that with my own kids. I worry... Gary worries.... TOTALLY different worries though....Life is a lot different now too.
To all my Cousins and Aunts and Uncle, Thanks for the memories of my childhood, thanks for loving me, I am a blessed person to be a part of the Phillips family and I appreciate you all and love you!
To Mamaw, your the cord that binds this family together and I love you and I appreciate you and the Holiness life and example you have lived before me. Some people have it on the outside, you live it on the inside and the outside, some people talk the talk but you never have to say a word, your life says it all. I LOVE YOU!!!
To Dad and Mom, thank you for being the best parents you possibly could be, the older my kids get the more I realize what a hard job that is, thanks for loving me. I love and appreciate you both more than words could say!
To Favorite Brother and My Favorite Sister,
Thanks for loving me, for knowing all my faults all my mistakes in life and yet still loving me, I am blessed to have you in my life, to be able to say that's my brother, That's my sister. Life hasn't been perfect and it hasn't been all good, but it has made us stronger, it has driven us to One who is greater than all the hurt life brings our way. It has made us closer, it has made us friends.
Well it is now 11:32pm and I better get off here and go to sleep or I won't be able to wake the kids tomorrow ;) not to mention I seem to be getting emotional instead of slap happy....don't know whats up with that!
Thanks for reading my ramblings......Love!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
With an humble heart and a thread of hope....
I guess most of you know we have had a rough several years. No worse than many other Americans have had to face with this economy, I am sure.
I want to say that if it wasn't for Gary's mom I don't know where or what we would have done. She has let us live here for a year, and done many things for us to help us get back on our feet. Also I am grateful for the prayers of my family and friends, for the ones who listen, ones who love no matter what, and the ones who gave to us without us ever asking, it has been your prayers that held us.
So as you know after much prayer Gary got his job with Honda, that doesn't mean things got easier cause they didn't. He was making less than 1/2 of what he made 3 years ago. This week he had an interview for a position and we got the letter yesterday saying he got the promotion. It is more money for his check. I could go on and on and tell you about all the dark days, the sleepless nights the hopelessness we have fought, but instead I will tell you I am humbled that God answered our prayers not only did he give Gary a job, but he gave him a job that he likes, as a matter of fact I told him last week I was jealous of his job cause I think he likes being at work more than home now!
I know it isn't over yet, but I do have a thread of hope!
Maybe the night is almost over, I can't wait to see the sunrise again....
I want to say that if it wasn't for Gary's mom I don't know where or what we would have done. She has let us live here for a year, and done many things for us to help us get back on our feet. Also I am grateful for the prayers of my family and friends, for the ones who listen, ones who love no matter what, and the ones who gave to us without us ever asking, it has been your prayers that held us.
So as you know after much prayer Gary got his job with Honda, that doesn't mean things got easier cause they didn't. He was making less than 1/2 of what he made 3 years ago. This week he had an interview for a position and we got the letter yesterday saying he got the promotion. It is more money for his check. I could go on and on and tell you about all the dark days, the sleepless nights the hopelessness we have fought, but instead I will tell you I am humbled that God answered our prayers not only did he give Gary a job, but he gave him a job that he likes, as a matter of fact I told him last week I was jealous of his job cause I think he likes being at work more than home now!
I know it isn't over yet, but I do have a thread of hope!
Maybe the night is almost over, I can't wait to see the sunrise again....
Saturday, October 15, 2011
One of my Favorites
I remember memorizing this chapter in school when I was young, I know that it might shock you to know I have won trophies for scripture memorization, me who can't remember the names of my own children 1/2 the time!
There is so much in this short chapter that I love, I wanted to share it with you. At times it gently and lovingly pricks my conscious, encourages me to try harder to love others and live right.
My prayer is that I can live my life according to this chapter to be pleasing to Him.
1 Corinthians 13
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is Charity
Thursday, October 6, 2011
It's.........THE BOOGEY MAN!
Last week, I took Jadyn to get her some winter shoes, she had informed me that, "Flip flop season is over, mom!" As we were on our way home, it was dark out and I was on the phone with Gary, so I got in the right lane so the car behind me could get past......it was my Mother-In-Law (MIL). *HUGE EVIL GRIN*
I said, "Guess who just passed me, Your mom. I think I will follow her all the way home, won't she freak out?!!" Gary said, "You better not do that, you will scare her to death!"
I hung up.
I got behind her.
I Put my brights on.
She hit her brakes......I know her, I can tell you what she is thinking without her saying a word. She thought,"I'll show you! Get on my tail like that!"
I took off the brights and stayed on her bumper.
She switched lanes.
I switched lane behind her.
She started going 70mph (VERRRY FAST FOR HER!)
I stayed with her.
She switched lanes again preparing for her turn.
I changed lanes too. I knew she was thinking "I'll turn and they will go on"
She Turned,
I turned right behind her. I knew she was going to be freaking out at this point so I thought I would call her.
I called once, seen her looking for the phone, she couldn't find it. I called back and this time she answered.
"Hello" a very scared and tense hello....
I said cheerfully " Hey! You on your way home?"
She said, "Yes. and I think somebody is following me." she was pretty scared at this point....I could hear it in her short terse answers....I was trying not to laugh.
I said"Are you Serious?! WHY?!!"
She,"I don't know!"
I said flashing my brights at her, "Are they flashing their brights at you right now?!!"
She, Yes!
Me, honking my horn at her, " Are they honking the horn at you right now?!"
She, "YES!"
Me, "It's me...."
She "what?
Me,"It's me behind you!"
She, "WHHAAAATT?!!!" "I Am going to whip you!!!!"
She slams on her brakes so hard I stopped within 3 inches of her bumper! She got out of her car, came back to the van and hit me in the arm!
What's really funny is I had her reactions dead on. She said my fog light is out and she thought "OH NO, They must be reaaallly bad, they have a light out on their vehicle!" She said she was thinking, "How does she know they are flashing their lights?"....never thinking it must be me.
I told Gary I almost said, "If they honk the horn 5 times, IT'S A DRUG DEAL!!" Probably a good thing I didn't her heart was still racing 10min later when we got home!
I said, "Guess who just passed me, Your mom. I think I will follow her all the way home, won't she freak out?!!" Gary said, "You better not do that, you will scare her to death!"
I hung up.
I got behind her.
I Put my brights on.
She hit her brakes......I know her, I can tell you what she is thinking without her saying a word. She thought,"I'll show you! Get on my tail like that!"
I took off the brights and stayed on her bumper.
She switched lanes.
I switched lane behind her.
She started going 70mph (VERRRY FAST FOR HER!)
I stayed with her.
She switched lanes again preparing for her turn.
I changed lanes too. I knew she was thinking "I'll turn and they will go on"
She Turned,
I turned right behind her. I knew she was going to be freaking out at this point so I thought I would call her.
I called once, seen her looking for the phone, she couldn't find it. I called back and this time she answered.
"Hello" a very scared and tense hello....
I said cheerfully " Hey! You on your way home?"
She said, "Yes. and I think somebody is following me." she was pretty scared at this point....I could hear it in her short terse answers....I was trying not to laugh.
I said"Are you Serious?! WHY?!!"
She,"I don't know!"
I said flashing my brights at her, "Are they flashing their brights at you right now?!!"
She, Yes!
Me, honking my horn at her, " Are they honking the horn at you right now?!"
She, "YES!"
Me, "It's me...."
She "what?
Me,"It's me behind you!"
She, "WHHAAAATT?!!!" "I Am going to whip you!!!!"
She slams on her brakes so hard I stopped within 3 inches of her bumper! She got out of her car, came back to the van and hit me in the arm!
What's really funny is I had her reactions dead on. She said my fog light is out and she thought "OH NO, They must be reaaallly bad, they have a light out on their vehicle!" She said she was thinking, "How does she know they are flashing their lights?"....never thinking it must be me.
I told Gary I almost said, "If they honk the horn 5 times, IT'S A DRUG DEAL!!" Probably a good thing I didn't her heart was still racing 10min later when we got home!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Just a beautiful crisp October day
It's so nippy out, i would love to go take pics of the kids but I am afraid they would get sick they have all been coughing, sore throat stuffy nose type thing and I want that to go away not get worse. So instead the kids are cleaning their rooms and I am doing laundry. Necessary Evils!
I don't really have anything inspirational, and haven't tried out anything new to review just one of those days I wish I did....cause I would love to put off the laundry for another 20 minutes ;)
The other day Kenzie was over here. They were getting ready to go and she looks at Millie and gasps in pure excitement, wonder and pride and exclaims "NANA! You lost a tooth!" Kids are so priceless and entertaining!
I don't really have anything inspirational, and haven't tried out anything new to review just one of those days I wish I did....cause I would love to put off the laundry for another 20 minutes ;)
The other day Kenzie was over here. They were getting ready to go and she looks at Millie and gasps in pure excitement, wonder and pride and exclaims "NANA! You lost a tooth!" Kids are so priceless and entertaining!
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