Well lets see, did I tell you about Thursday?? My sister and I went to Topeka. I wanted to go up there and do some Christmas shopping. Our first stop was a Christian bookstore…I could have spent hundreds of dollars in there!! *LOL* As it is, I ended up spending almost $100…I got some things for the girls, and I got some things for Bubble and I.
Next stop was the mall, because we wanted to go to JC Penney’s or Sears and try and find some jeans to fit our kids….We can’t buy jeans at Walmart, because they don’t fit our kids. Our first stop was Sears, and we were lucky enough, no I should say blessed enough to find jeans to fit all 3 of the kids!!! Hurray!!!!!!!!! At least we now know where to get some to fit the kids!!!
Next stop was Toys R US….Oh, wait, we had a stop at Hobby Lobby in there too, because Bubble and Malachi make soap, and they needed some more glycerine.
Toys R Us, well I went in looking for plastic play animals, because the girls just love playing with Malachi’s…They didn’t have much, to my disapointment, but I still ended up getting one container of play animals, along with several other things…*LOL* Got my boy (Malachi) a Pooh puzzle, although I had pretty much decided I was done buying him Christmas stuff…*LOL*…
It was a nice day!! The kids all behaved beautifully, not perfectly mind you, but beautifully all the same!! It was so much fun spending the day shopping with Bubble, and the kids didn’t make it the least bit stressful! It was sooooo awesome!!
I am a renter, but I have hopes of owning my own house before too long. I didn’t really think that I had the chance to own my own home, because of some bad credit, but I’ve been thinking about trying anyway, and I have been believing in God, to help me be able to. If you have some bad credit, don’t let that stop you from trying!!
If you are looking for a house in the New York area, I would check out Prudential. Douglas Elliman is New York’s Largest Real Estate Company. They have 60 offices serving 350 communities from Manhattan to Montauk, guaranteeing the continuity of one company helping each purchaser explore housing in the New York district.
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Well, after a couple of weeks, doing almost no computer work, I’m back at work again. I’ve done two this morning, and have 2 more that I’d like to get done today.
Even though I kind of took a break from doing a lot of my computer work, I’ve still made a decent amount of income this month, which actually suprises me! It is a God-send though!
I think I’m going to take a short break though, and try to get a bit of cleaning done though. Talk to you all soon.
An interesting question was posed to me…. Would I put metal cabinets in my kitchen?
They are really strong and come in many colors or in finishes like stainless steel. Well in answer to the question…I don’t know…I see a few advantages, It seems to me they would be fairly easy to clean, and I shouldn’t have to worry about them needing replaced any time soon…However, I wonder how they would look, and how easy they would be to dent, and get dings in them….
An interesting question that requires more thought and research.
Well the long awaited page rankings have finally come in….Page rankings really don’t matter to general bloggers I suppose, but for those of us that use our blogs for advertising, PR do make a difference.
My sister, who didn’t have a PR, finally got one, which means that she has more opportunities to do for acouple of companies…Me, well, I was a PR 3, and I was anxiously awaiting a higher one, since I have more visitors than I’ve ever had, and people commenting me left and right (thank you friends!), but instead of getting a higher rank..I am down to a 2. I have to say I was a bit disapointed, but life goes on.
I would like to know exactly how they figure out page rankings, but from all I’ve heard, it’s something complicated that the general person wouldn’t understand…Oh well…as I said, life goes on, and hopefully the lower rank won’t bother my computer work too awefully much!!
If you are like most people, you’ve seen plenty of those commercials that advertise things on tv…Some of those things as seen on tv, are interesting, and others I find just silly!
Commercials on tv is a major selling power to companies. I’ve heard of people that will sit for hours and watch the home shopping programs, and order hundreds of dollars worth of stuff, stuff they don’t even really need.
I suppose it’s kind of like a shopping addiction. I like shopping…I love shopping in certain cases, but I am always careful to make sure all the necessities are taken care of first!!
My sister got a call from her landlord last night. He is moving, and no longer wants to “deal” with having a rental house….so he gave her 2 options..
1: Move
2: Buy the house outright
My sister, her son, and my Dad would love to buy the house, so we are all praying that they will be able to find financing!! This is where you all come in!! Please stand in faith with us, that they will be able to get financing, with no down payment!!
Matthew 21:22
Matthew 7:7 & 8
I was also looking for the verse that says “When two or more are gathered in prayer”..or something to that effect, but I couldn’t find it offhand…
Thank you all for your prayers!!
I’m not nearly as knowledgable or talented as the Dixon family, when it comes to put photos and such in their entries…*LOL* I wouldn’t have a clue how to make a banner or button, so I hope this one picture is okay….
Amanda,
I find you to be a charming young lady, who is always full of a kind word, and words of encouragment. I find you to be a delight!
*shrugs* I’m not a writer for Hallmark, that’s for sure!! *LOL* Hope you have the best day!!
Hugs and God Bless!!!
Well, instead of this entry, I should be doing some of my computer work, since I haven’t hardly done any all week, but I just can’t seem to face it right now…so instead I will pour out my heart on the computer, and hopes it makes me feel better.
Today was not a good day, but I’ll get into that a bit later….
A friend left me a note, saying “you just have to be yourself sometimes….be real”…That worries me at times….That ever present fear of rejection! If I reveal my “real” self, will I still have friends? That is something I almost always think about!!! Would anyone want to know the REAL me???
Let’s go into some “real” facts about me…I have become entirely too comfortable cussing…something I would love to rectify, but can’t seem to stop them flowing out of my mouth. I am always sorry that I’ve said those things, but by then, it’s too late. How do I wipe these words from my vocabulary??
Another “real” fact about myself is that I spent 15 minutes screaming and hysterically crying in my room today, out of frustration…And believe me, that’s not the first time!!
My children are out of control, and I don’t know what to do!!! They don’t listen to me, they don’t do what they are supposed to, and they are ALWAYS doing things that they aren’t supposed to….and me….well, I haven’t a clue what I’m supposed to do!!! I’ve talked to them over and over, I’ve disciplined them, and yet it seems to have no effect…I feel at the end of my rope!!
“Real” fact…God seems so far away right now!!! I pray to Him, I plead with Him, for help, for guidence on what to do about the girls, and I get big fat zip from Him….I pray to Him about many things, and I receive word from Him on everything, EXCEPT my problems with the girls…
“real” fact….Being a single parent sucks!!!!! If I had a man, than I could quit my job, and be at home with the girls where I belong!! I could get a grip on them, on their behavior…they wouldn’t be left unsupervised so much….
“Real” fact…I am lonely…for companionship, for a helpmate…but in reality I don’t want a man in my life, other than to be able to stay home with the girls….I’ve walked the road of relationships 3 times (seriously), and all have ended with my heart being torn apart..I don’t want to even deal with the possibility of that pain again….
Okay, there’s some real facts about me….My friend, I loved your comment, and in many ways it’s true, I don’t reveal so much of myself on here…simply because I am so afraid that people will not like the “real” me, and than I will be without friends, again…I apologize if this post is….too real!
So, you want to hear the dastardly deeds of my children today?? Sure you do!! It always makes your own children seem like angels when you read the mishaps of others….*tears*…I’m sorry, I’m just in a rotten mood right now…and I’m taking it out on blogland…*tears*
I went to bed early this morning, because I didn’t get hardly any sleep yesturday (Tuesday)..The dog had been in the trash while I was at work, and I didn’t even want to deal with that mess, so I asked the girls, as I was going to bed, to PLEASE clean up the trash…Other than that, they were supposed to wash the FEW dishes that we had, because I’m trying to keep them done up, so none of us have a mountain of them to do….
Okay, so they had 2 things to do…that was it….I got up this afternoon, and they hadn’t done either of them….No big suprise, they hardly ever do what I ask them, or assign them as chores.
When I get up, I hear them playing in the livingroom, I walk out to the livingroom, and suddenly they dash into the red room…Never a good sign when they don’t want to face Mom…so I go into the red room..Oh, I see dishes left in the livingroom…a pet peeve of mine, but it’s nothing new to find dishes in the livingroom….Upon entering the red room, Des is hiding behind the door, so I don’t even deal with her at that moment…I look to Meg, who is stark naked….Not a happy camper, am I…as I have told the girls that they are long past the age of running around naked…but later I find out why….I notice the one of the boxes that my high heals go in on the floor…The high heals that are supposed to be under my bed, and they know they are not supposed to play with!! I ask where the shoes are…Des, my darling Des, pulls out my black high heals, which they had hidden in their red room….all well and good, except the box I had, was for my silver ones…Which I ask them again where my shoes are, which of course they have hidden those as well….
They so nicely and innocently hand me my shoes, and than I notice that they have dresses laying on the floor, and balled up in their hands…NOT play dresses mind you, real dress up dresses….Knowing that they are not toys, they are trying to hide them behind their backs and such…I glance into the livingroom, and find that not only did they take their dresses from the mountain of laundry in my livingroom, they have scattered the rest of the clean clothes ALL over the livingroom….Really not happy at this point!!!!!
Walking back into the livingroom I notice an empty pepsi can laying in the middle of my floor, which would be bad enough, considering I HATE it when they leave dishes and trash strung all over…but this can is especially infuriating me, because the can is shredded (for lack of a better term), and there is a pair of MY scissors laying next to it….Now keep in mind that acouple of months ago, I threw the girls’ scissors away, because they were cutting up things they shouldn’t…and we’ve had several instances where they have used my scissors and gotten in trouble for it….but they just don’t seem to care!!!! What am I supposed to do???? Lock up or throw away all of my possessions too???
Upon entering the kitchen, and the girls are hussling to get the trash picked up and what not…I find that ketchup and mustard have been left on the counter, another peeve of mine!! I believe it was at that point that I went to my room and screamed….
They didn’t do one single thing they were supposed to do, and they didn’t just about everything they aren’t supposed to do!!!
Last “real” fact….I feel like a failure!!!!!
Sometimes I find it difficult to do a post. Sometimes I have nothing really on my mind, or in my heart, and just can’t seem to put the words together for a post. Other times, like now, I have so many things running through my head that I can’t pinpoint one to talk about. I like, sometimes, to formulate my posts, to think them out, and try to write them in my head, before putting them to keyboard….but when my mind is crazy with activity, it is hard for me to do that!!
Hopefully rest for my mind with come, so that I can write more interesting posts.
