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Miscellaneous-Sunday Scribblings

Miscellaneous is a word that fits my life perfectly. I feel that I have a miscellaneously filled life, with the girls, the home, work, my animals, my family, my hobbies…All this miscellaneous stuff is what my life is….I am glad to have a life filled with a bit of this, and a bit of that, as I know I would be bored if I had a structured life, with only a few things going on……There are times that I wish that I had less to do, but really it’s a matter of really wishing for more time, in order to accomplish all that it is that I want to do.

Sunday Scribblings-Date

hmmm….interesting topic this week! It’s really kind of hard for me to think of something to write on this subject.

Two of the dates that stand out in my mind are the days that my beautiful children were born. Those will be days that I will always remember!! Desi was a “Dr, you better hurry up and catch” and Meg well, she was a bit more painful, but almost as quick….I remember when they were first placed in my arms…The apprehension I felt, wondering what kind of mother I would be, the wonderment that this beautiful little person was inside me, and the joy that God had given me these special gifts.

Sunday Scribblings-New Year

Well, as I mentioned in an earlier post, my resolutions are posted at the top of my sidebar, so I won’t repeat them here..

I have many hopes for this new year, so unexpected things that I’m hoping/praying for, and some that I have been praying about for a long time.

One that I didn’t think I would ever be thinking or wondering about again, is whether there is a Mr. Right out there for me somewhere. I am still basically paralyzed in fear of another relationship, and yet I have the yearning in my heart to have a husband and more children.

Sunday Scibblings-Competition

The girls have gotten really centered around competition…always asking or saying that they did something better than XXX…I’m not thrilled with this!!! I am forever telling them that it does not matter if they did something better than someone else, but what does matter is that they did it the best they could!!

I can see the point about if Mary sees Jim doing a better job, than she will strive to do better herself, but on the other hand…I think this world is too centered around being “better than everyone else”…I thought one of the points to life itself was to be the best that YOU can be…not the best that everyone else is….To do the best that YOU can do, not the best that everyone else can do!!

I can not say that I condone the “spirit” of competition…Yes, I would let my girls play sports, if that’s what they wanted to do, but with the understanding that they were doing it for the fun of it! To try and better themselves at that sport…

When the girls and I play games, if someone starts getting a bad attitude because they are losing, it is an immediate game over…do not pass go…end of story…they have since learned that we are playing because it is fun to sit down and play cards or a board games together…no matter who wins or who loses…and that even though they lost this time, next time they might win…Or in the case of certain card games, or games like checkers, if one continually loses, they start paying more attention to the game, and making wiser choices as to their moves.

This is my take on competition.

Sunday ScribblingsWalking

I love walking!! I would walk just about anywhere if I could!! Thankfully the girls like walking too, so when the weather is nice, that’s what we do a lot!!

I love walking in the rain especially! It’s cool and soothing to me…The rain holds a peace in it, that comes to me, when I’m walking out in it. Drops of God’s love, is the way I think about it!!

Walking in the snow, it has a magical presence in it…Everything is so peaceful and pristine…When I think of walking in the snow, I think of God washing all my sins away…leaving me with a clean and pristine life to build on.

Sunday Scribblings-Misspent Youth

Well, I think whether my youth was misspent depends on who you talk to. From my perspective, I was generally a mature child, not too wild, but always pushing the limits a bit more than my sister, at least in certain cases.

I always hungered for friends, more friends than I already had, which looking back was one way that I misspent my youth…not being appreciative for the friends that I already had!!

Another way, and I think the greatest way that I misspent my youth, was always seeking everyone’s approval. From family members to strangers, it didn’t matter to me, I wanted their approval, their praise.

Something else that I spent way too much time thinking about, was how unhappy I was with myself!! From my attitude to my body, it didn’t matter there either, I was never happy with the person I was…Now, I wish I was more like the person I used to be, and am seeking to find that person inside of me…..

Sunday Scribblings-”I carry”

Okay, this is a different assignment!!!

Well, I can’t say that I carry anything with me on a regular basis, as far as material things are concerned….The only time I take my purse, with my wallet, is if I’m driving, or out buying something. I’m supposed to carry my cellphone with me, but I tend to forget it quite often!

I carry the Love of God with me everywhere I go. His faithfullness and love have carried me through many difficult times in my life!! Even though I have believed in Him, since I was a child, it is only now that I am discovering the depths of His promises to me, and to every believer.

I guess I would have to say that, He is what I carry with me at all times. That, and love for my children!!

Sunday Scribblings-Left and Right

Well, I’m really kind of drawing a blank on this subject. I am right handed, although except for writing I can do almost anything with my left hand as well, but that doesn’t really make for a very exciting post.

I guess when I think of right and left, I think of right and wrong. I often wonder if right and wrong is as clear as right and left, or black and white. In certain instances I can see that it is, but at other times I wonder…

Sunday Scribblings-Money

Well, right now my first thought when it comes to money is…do I really have to keep my job? With the situation at work that I blogged about on Friday, well, it’s really got me to thinking….I keep thinking that I shouldn’t go to the higher up bosses about the problems, because, what if I lose my job….But than again, I still WANT to talk to them about the problems…Maybe God is leading me in a different direction?

Money is a funny thing with me….I’m good at pinching pennies, but I also love to shop!!! *LOL*

If I had enough money, what would be the first thing I would do?? Buy a house!!! I want a house of my own so very much, but it hasn’t happened yet…I feel like I haven’t found my place in the world yet…My sister has said that when she moved into her current house, she FELT like she was home…I haven’t found that feeling yet, but I yearn for it so much!!!

Sunday Scribblings

Hospitals…hmm…alot comes to mind when I think of hospitals…

My first thought is when Des hit her chin on the headboard to her bed, and ended up needed glued back together…For anyone that doesn’t know, that’s what liquid stitches are…glue…*LOL* Oh, that was so much fun…3 kids, my sister and I, at the ER…Des dripping blood…Really though I think the after math was worse, trying to get her to be careful not to bump it, or pick at it, trying to keep the food and liquids away from it…The joys of parenthood!! *LOL*

Than I think of my Dad…He has/had palps on his sinuses, and it cause major bloody noses…I went to the bowling alley one night with my sister and then husband, but than I had to go back home and get ready for work…I walk in the door, Dad is laying on a couch we had at that time, and there are MASSIVE puddles of blood all over the livingroom floor….Dad is passed out on the couch…I wake him, sort of, and imediately take him to the ER (We didn’t know what the problem was then)…He was in the hospital for two or three days…

And finally…I think of my Mother. I was a month short of 16, when she passed away.