Monday- Hotdogs Mac N Cheese *Tribe Season Opener*

Tuesday- Chicken Herb Cassarole Mixed Veggies

Wednesday- Stuffed Shells Garlic Bread

Thursday- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Friday- *FAMILY GAME NIGHT* Homemade Pizzas!

Whats on your menu this week?

End of the Month ALREADY?!

It seems like the weeks and months are passing so quickly! Where did March go? Its back to school for the boys today after spring break and I have to say that I am more ready than they are! I am looking forward to my few hours of alone time in the mornings to start my devotions! My devotions and my prayer life are the two things that I need to strengthen. I seem to make time for everything else but that. Common, I know.

Have a great day!

Family Game Night!

Beginning tonight, we will be having a family game night on friday nights and the standing menu will be pizza, chips and dessert! I organized my games and bought a new one today!

We played Sorry! because both boys really get into it!

And the winner!

A brand new day!

This morning I woke up with a smile. Its not often that I do but I got some much needed rest and I feel good.

I have come to realize that I am a people pleaser and I am never going to please everyone~ this is why I have tried to be something that I am not just to make "friends" or fit in. I am very happy with who I am. Yes there are things that I deeply regret, things that I treasure and other things I am glad that I can be forgiven for and say with confidence that God has cast them to the ocean floor. In the end, I have GOD. Thats the only one I have to please!

I may be crazy... but I did it!

I got my first piercing (other than the three holes in my ears) tonight!

I have been wanting this of a long time!

(obviously the pic is not of me!)

I guess you can say that I am celebrating WHO I AM!

While I dont' know how many more piercings I will get,

I do want some art sometime down the road!

I have become a tatoo junkie~ although I don't have any yet,

I am addicted to LA Ink and Kat Von D!

Why is life so hard sometimes? Just when we think that things are smoothing out, another curve is just a few steps ahead. Sometimes it seems like deadman's curve. If you aren't careful, it could destroy you.

I am feeling a mix of emotion right now. I am unsure of my future as far as my health issues, I am equally unsure of the future of a relationship with a former close friend, I am unsure that i can walk away from another friendship that is potentially damaging. I am unsure about taking a step out onto that water of life to take Christ's hand and trust that no matter what, I do have worth and I am beautiful in his eyes.

I want one person to know how deeply I regret what happened and the hurt that I placed on her.

I want another to realize that I dont' want to have them around as a temptation.

Yet another, to realize that I don't have to be pushed around and that I can be me and it doesn't matter what other people say. I have to be true to myself.

Alot of this has come from dreams that I have had recently. These "dreams" have been pretty disturbing to me. I know in my heart that GOD is carrying me through each day and each circumstance. With every tear, there is also a smile somewhere to overshadow it. I know that each time I look at my boys and Jake.

I know that each time I am with my friends who have not abandoned me because I messed up. I have found my two BEST friends through all of this and i THANK GOD FOR YOU!

Last night the boys wanted to have "family movie night" which is their new thing since we got DirecTv! They have never seen Stuart Little so since it was on, it was their chance...they LOVED IT! Its funny to see how much they get into movies now!

Today I will continue to spring clean...although its 12:30pm and I have only been awake for 30 minutes! Its rare when the boys let me sleep in! I am tackling my laundry as well today!

The office is almost finished! I went through all the junk and papers that i have been meaning to file or shred! WHEW! Three garbage bags later... what a difference! Will post the finished pics when I am done!

The boys are enjoying being lazy right now...they should because they have both been doing very well in school and deserve a break! My how they've both grown up since September! Have a great Tuesday!

2 rooms done!

This is what I have done so far! Jake and I have been working on different rooms in the house over the last 2 months and here are two that we are very proud of! Our Master Bedroom!
and our Family Room!
its amazing what a lil paint and luvin can do to a room!

Next?!

Prayer Request

Last thursday, I was diagnosed with having HPV and they are testing me to see if it is cancerous. This is Cervical Cancer. Right now Jake & I are praying and waiting to get the results hopefully toward the end of this week. My next apt will be in April.

Please keep Jake and I in your prayers.

Spring...break???

Happy Spring?! Well, there is still al lil bit of snow on the ground but I think that we have recovered from the 2 feet of snow we got a few weeks ago!

I am taking this week to do my spring cleaning since I don't have any babysitting kids! I just got the upstairs done (except for the bathroom) and my next room that i have started is the office! I want to get all the clutter out of here! Eventually I will be painting it but probably not this week!

Life today is...good.

I have good and bad days. This past week seemed to have a few more bad days than I would have liked but I guess thats how life is. Thanks to my dear husband and my 2 best friends, things turned out for the better!

New Adventure!

I have prayerfully decided to start a daycare business at my home beginning this summer! I have had the best inspiration from my "sister" who does it for a living and does it VERY WELL!

Because of the lack of financial resources right now with Jake being sick, and the need of one of my friends, I have decided that I can stay home, watch the kids and really touch their lives.

Please keep Jake & I in your prayers as we start into this new adventure! I was throwing around the idea of getting a job at the race track this summer but this may be a better option for us right now.

Happy Monday!

This morning we decided to go visit my inlaws church...it was nice to be back in a worship setting. Things have been hard and we haven't been in "church" since january. We really enjoyed the sermon and it seems like it was directed right at my soul. I think we both came away refreshed. It started me thinking about the upcoming Easter holiday. What it means.