Happy Homemaker Monday

The weather- hot hot and double hot. Maybe not 105 this week but H-O-T and I do not like hot. On my reading pile On my TV- nothing, I cannot find anything worth watching On the menu for the week- making baked chicken tonight for a friend so I will make extra to have for the week. On my to do list- Someone is coming today to repair my kitchen cabinets and replace my ceiling fan so I had to empty cabinets which means I will be putting everything away tonight What I am sewing- nothing now but I am determined to pull out my quilt stuff and get it going. I have material to make two quilts this summer. I just hate cutting it by myself Homemaking tip- take a day and walk through each room and pick 5 things out that are not being used and donate them. Make it a regular habit. It is amazing what you can give away. Looking around the house- I see emptiness, four of my children are away this week and while they are having fun I am missing them terribly. From the camera On my prayer request- there are several 5 day clubs going on right now , which means lots of little hearts being reached Bible verse-Jeremiah 29:11 New International Version (NIV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Pamela

Feeling Beachie

So this week I thought I would share pictures from my phone. First a picture of a Tudors cup. Tudors is a biscuit shop in my home town. I cannot go home without stopping there. Okay the feeding children always makes me giggle because honestly why do you even give it as a option. Especially after you have been walking in 90 degree weather with 7 children for a hour. My son loves PB&J. He is 15 and literally has had it no less than 10 times a week for the last 10 years. Oh man how many sandwiches is that? WOW if I am correct that is over 420 THOUSAND. ooh ooh ooh, the picture of the pizza place is awesome. So I have been going to this Little Ceasars since high school. LOVE it, ate there all the time. So I went in and instead of a half broken video game and $5 pizzas. It is this fancy place to get $5 pizzas. They said there is only three of them. Man, you feel like your getting a gourmet pizza using coupons. Pamela

Rain Rain go away

Do you let your kids play in the rain? I love to let my kids play in the rain but recently we had extra kids over and I did not want them picked up dripping wet. So we just sat on the porch and watched the rain. They loved it. Actually they loved trying to sneak down the stairs without me noticing. Pamela

5 Question Friday

1. What's your view on men wearing sandals (yay or nay)? Yucko, yucko and double yucko. Okay, I will fess up. My husband wears those ugly sandals. Well when he left his dog kept finding one and chewing on it at night. Poor dog was missing her daddy and she does not chew on other shoes. So how could I stop her? I do not mind flip flops on guys but sandals kind of creep me out. Sorry hon, please forgive me. Really it is the dogs fault. 2. What song do you love but are embarrassed to admit? Sexy and I know it, not listen to it daily but when we walk the track and I hear someone playing that song it is encouraging and makes me want to move it, move it. So I guess that is the other song. 3. What summer camp should they make for moms? For me it would be like many other summer camps. It would involve classes like: parenting with love, sewing 101, reading 101, napping 201, blogging 101 and 201, relaxing 201, growing in your faith 301, and of course on the last day they would have a scrapbooking class and have all the weeks pictures printed so we can have the week scrapbooked before leaving. It would have camp food only it would be yummy food that we order as we go, it would have a spa and individual air conditioned cabins with king size beds. Someone else would be responsible for making the bed and cleaning up. I think I would learn a lot. I would be able come home rested and ready to face a new school year. 4. What is the most romantic song? (Not necessarily your favorite or your wedding song...) hmm, I know I have them, let me think. SHOOT, can you tell there has been no romance in my life in a LONG time (yep I am romance deprived for your freedom”). Oh wait I remember, which is good because I was worried I had lost it. I am a huge Michael Bolton fan. So I would say when a man loves a woman”. Oh man that son. Okay, I will finish writing this soon; I have to go listen to Michael Bolton. 5. Do you have an embarrassing pregnancy story? Well not about me but my son. I had a high risk pregnancy with my first daughter and went into preterm labor. I was released from the hospital and went straight to a promotion ceremony for my husband. I was setting in the back of the hanger with my son (age 3). The commander and first sergeant walked back to say hi and check on me. As they walked away my son said “mom are those boys” I answered yes and reminded him he needed to be quiet. There were probably 200 soldiers in formation and the hanger was silent. Then he says in his loudest voice “does he have a penis”. Okay, that is when I tried to slink under the chair. Pamela

Feeling Beachie

This week’s statements: 1. My day always starts by _waking before the kids and enjoying a few minutes of quiet and checking to see if my hero wrote me.___ 2. I prefer fly rather than___ to _drive, all those other cars close by and all the time is crazy. ___ 3. I never thought I’d _love having teenage children___ until I _had one, now I know how awesome it is to have a child who I can talk to___ 4. I wish I could _lock myself in my room_______ for ___a few days and sew until I was tired and then sleep until I was ready to sew some more__. Pamela