I just wanted to say that phrase -- for a few reasons. First off, we now own a granny-mobile. It's a Mercury Grand Marquis -- a ginormous boat of a car. Our other 2 cars died and we wanted to pay cash for something cheap and reliable so that we could get around before we leave. We'll sell the car back to the car dude when we move in January. It's a good arrangement.
Secondly, Barry wanted to start the p90x fitness and nutrition program today. I can do the nutrition deal with him, but my body is still messed up from the injury so my version of the fitness routine is physical therapy90x. I use 3lb weights and go really, really slow. I definitely don't go to failure and I don't do push ups or pull ups since that's my injury zone. Anyway, while I was doing my little dinky exercises I kept hearing the phrase in my head, "be the granny." I used to be really competitive with sports and athletic activity. Now that I'm "humbled" it's good to remember to be smart about how I do things and to be sure I don't push my limits. I will indeed "be the granny" as long as I must. Hopefully, I'll be able to work up to something more substantial and develop a little perseverance and patience in the meantime...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Date Night 8/24/10
Barry and I had a great date tonight. (Thanks Jessi for watching the kiddos!) We ate at Buffalo's. We had a $10 coupon. Nice! Afterwards Barry got McD's chocolate chip cookies and I got a Jittery Joe's Dutch Mocha (decaf). Yum! We finished off the night by flipping through radio stations on the way home and remembering and singing some of our favorite songs from years past. Twas fun.
I'm so thankful to be married to my best friend. It's also fun to share so much history. Though we're 5 years apart in age we both went to the same high school and grew up in the same area. If we move to Korea I'll miss hearing "y'all" and other fun colloquialisms from the South. You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl. Right?
It was good to reconnect with Barry and to just have fun being together. I finally feel like I'm hitting my stride again after all the trips and upheaval. Now that I know I'm NOT going to be back in school this Fall I'm having a much easier time getting focused and remembering my niche. I'm having a good time with the scheduling, cooking, cleaning, etc. Yay for that. It's so nice to just be home. I always was "just home" before I got hurt and then went back to school. I think I appreciate the role of wife and mom afresh these days.
Like the Word says, "Contentment with godliness is great gain." What a gift contentment is. The Lord has done so much. He is so, so good. I wish everyone could see and know the goodness that I've seen in Him, (even though I know my experience with Him doesn't even scratch the surface of who He is.) And I hope to get to know Him better and better everyday. He's just so wonderful. His attention to detail, His creativity and wisdom, and personal attentiveness are mind-blowing. Even in the fact that He decided to give us all different fingerprints. Why'd he do that? Why did He bother? He's just so amazingly personal. Here's a song to go with that thought. He made us all so unique and we all have a way to praise Him and love on Him that only we as individuals can bring. He loves the way we all relate to Him differently, just the way He made us to!
I'm so thankful to be married to my best friend. It's also fun to share so much history. Though we're 5 years apart in age we both went to the same high school and grew up in the same area. If we move to Korea I'll miss hearing "y'all" and other fun colloquialisms from the South. You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl. Right?
It was good to reconnect with Barry and to just have fun being together. I finally feel like I'm hitting my stride again after all the trips and upheaval. Now that I know I'm NOT going to be back in school this Fall I'm having a much easier time getting focused and remembering my niche. I'm having a good time with the scheduling, cooking, cleaning, etc. Yay for that. It's so nice to just be home. I always was "just home" before I got hurt and then went back to school. I think I appreciate the role of wife and mom afresh these days.
Like the Word says, "Contentment with godliness is great gain." What a gift contentment is. The Lord has done so much. He is so, so good. I wish everyone could see and know the goodness that I've seen in Him, (even though I know my experience with Him doesn't even scratch the surface of who He is.) And I hope to get to know Him better and better everyday. He's just so wonderful. His attention to detail, His creativity and wisdom, and personal attentiveness are mind-blowing. Even in the fact that He decided to give us all different fingerprints. Why'd he do that? Why did He bother? He's just so amazingly personal. Here's a song to go with that thought. He made us all so unique and we all have a way to praise Him and love on Him that only we as individuals can bring. He loves the way we all relate to Him differently, just the way He made us to!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Samantha is 11 8/22/10
Time really does fly. I can't believe Sam is 11 years old. Wowzers! She's a great kid and I'm so thankful and blessed to have had the honor of being her mom. I look forward to the years to come!
I feel the need to ramble now, so here's I go... (That's why I have this blog. I need a place to ramble and it takes too long to write it all out with pen and paper.)
I'm so glad that Fall is approaching. We've got some big changes coming up and there is a lot to be done in preparation. I was going to go back to school this fall, but I'm SO glad that I opted out of that. It was just one "iron" too many. I'm greatly relieved to have chosen not take classes right now. Did I mention that already? Because, I am so very glad that I'm NOT IN SCHOOL right now.
We're trying to get organized and get rid of our excess stuff. Speaking of which, I need to do the same for my physical body, too. I really need to be more intentional about dietary choices and exercise. I need help and motivation for that. I like the little myfitnesspal calorie counter deal. It's pretty nifty, but I seem to forget to use it.
Our best friends are house shopping. That's fun. I like to think that I'm an undercover real estate agent. I get a big kick out of researching. I'll be happy to see them settled into a bigger house soon.
Can you say "stream of consciousness?" It's 1am and the stream is flowing.
So, I have bronchitis and I'm taking steroids, which may explain all of this -- like why I'm typing any of this at all and why it's all so random. I will be completely med-free in 2 more days. Yay.
Did I mention that I'm exited about Fall coming. I am. I need to find some free mulch for the yard. Yep. We might be putting the house on the market. That's a big fat "might."
Homeschool is going really well. The kids are in a good rhythm with it. That's been nice. I had a min-breakthrough with Will. I'm letting him use my little computer desk in my bedroom sometimes for his school work. It has made such a difference for him to have a distraction-free zone. He's kind of like me -- easily distracted. I'm sure you wouldn't have any indication of that from this post, but actually I am pretty easily distracted.
Oh, and Barry got a massive pay cut. Like 30K less than what he was making. Not that we were rolling in it before. We both laughed when we found out because it was fitting in light of our possible future plans... to be unveiled later. The Lord keeps reminding me that His plans are GOOD. He has GOOD plans and He is a GOOD God. Yep. That's good to think about.
Welp, my back kind of hurts sitting in this position, I guess I'll go to bed.
And, and, AND... huh, huh... part of the reason I had to write this post is that I needed to vent on the previous post, but wasn't comfortable leaving that post up top. So, if anyone actually reads this, which I doubt, then you deserve to know the real thought process (or at least one of them) going on in my head as I aimlessly typed all of this.
I feel the need to ramble now, so here's I go... (That's why I have this blog. I need a place to ramble and it takes too long to write it all out with pen and paper.)
I'm so glad that Fall is approaching. We've got some big changes coming up and there is a lot to be done in preparation. I was going to go back to school this fall, but I'm SO glad that I opted out of that. It was just one "iron" too many. I'm greatly relieved to have chosen not take classes right now. Did I mention that already? Because, I am so very glad that I'm NOT IN SCHOOL right now.
We're trying to get organized and get rid of our excess stuff. Speaking of which, I need to do the same for my physical body, too. I really need to be more intentional about dietary choices and exercise. I need help and motivation for that. I like the little myfitnesspal calorie counter deal. It's pretty nifty, but I seem to forget to use it.
Our best friends are house shopping. That's fun. I like to think that I'm an undercover real estate agent. I get a big kick out of researching. I'll be happy to see them settled into a bigger house soon.
Can you say "stream of consciousness?" It's 1am and the stream is flowing.
So, I have bronchitis and I'm taking steroids, which may explain all of this -- like why I'm typing any of this at all and why it's all so random. I will be completely med-free in 2 more days. Yay.
Did I mention that I'm exited about Fall coming. I am. I need to find some free mulch for the yard. Yep. We might be putting the house on the market. That's a big fat "might."
Homeschool is going really well. The kids are in a good rhythm with it. That's been nice. I had a min-breakthrough with Will. I'm letting him use my little computer desk in my bedroom sometimes for his school work. It has made such a difference for him to have a distraction-free zone. He's kind of like me -- easily distracted. I'm sure you wouldn't have any indication of that from this post, but actually I am pretty easily distracted.
Oh, and Barry got a massive pay cut. Like 30K less than what he was making. Not that we were rolling in it before. We both laughed when we found out because it was fitting in light of our possible future plans... to be unveiled later. The Lord keeps reminding me that His plans are GOOD. He has GOOD plans and He is a GOOD God. Yep. That's good to think about.
Welp, my back kind of hurts sitting in this position, I guess I'll go to bed.
And, and, AND... huh, huh... part of the reason I had to write this post is that I needed to vent on the previous post, but wasn't comfortable leaving that post up top. So, if anyone actually reads this, which I doubt, then you deserve to know the real thought process (or at least one of them) going on in my head as I aimlessly typed all of this.
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