Good evening,
I have two weeks left for my online tutoring job. I’m buried in work and trying to get students finished before the end of the school year. I probably will not be posting much until then.
It is crazy busy. Ugh.
Be back soon,
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in those crazy busy times, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Hi all,
Today marks another last for me personally. Today is the last day I’ll have a teenager. Kid number five turns twenty tomorrow.
When I look back at the eve of my oldest turning thirteen I knew the teen years would be full of triumphs and trial.
Were they? Yup.
Now that they are almost over, I have mixed emotions. I’m grateful that they are over and I’m kinda sad because teenagers are a lot of fun. Yes, they test life, parents, and everything imaginable; but that is part of growing up. I’m grateful that I got that opportunity with all five of my children. I only got to see four of them finish their teen years. As most of you know, my oldest daughter died when she was a teenager. Hug your kids. Especially those teens.
I find the twenty-somethings adult kiddos to be a different challenge. Deeper heartache, deeper satisfaction, no control, having to keep my mouth shut more, and yes even more freedom on my part. I am actually enjoying the freedom part. Well once I got past the pain of not being a full-time momma any more. That one took me a while.
And so today will be cause for celebration on my end. I survived the teen years.
Better get off to my contract job.
Catcha’ all later.
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in your own lasts too, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Good day to all my gal pals in cyberspace,
Today I’m featuring a writing blog. This writer is well know in the writing circles. He is also generous and kind. He enjoys passing on his knowledge in the writing craft.
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in learning how to write better, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Friends,
I take the Titus 2 mandate very seriously. Yes, I do not have a husband and the marriage that I did have was “interesting”. I did survive raising kids alone, can keep a house in relative order, and managed to the best of my ability to earn an income as well. I wish I could have been a stay-at-home soccer mom, but it didn’t turn out that way. I wish I didn’t have to bear such a heavy load but it is what it is. I have no great advice to give you ladies coming on behind me. All I can do is to tell you, I understand, it is hard, and you’re gonna make it.
I knew someday I would be a writer. As the years passed that dream was buried under mounds of diapers, mom’s taxi service, and mountains of client’s sewing. I did what I had to in order to support my rewarding career as a momma. Now that full-time mommy thing is over. So what does a sarcastic snarky middle-aged woman do with her time? Write of course. That fifth grade dream is now becoming a reality. A few years ago, I joined a local Christian writers group. I used the time soaking up information and inspiration. I took my new found knowledge and entered a few writing contests. I was shocked when I won two of them.
Local churches have a hard time assumlating us “dumped ex-pastor’s wives” or letting us work in the women’s ministry, but God does not limit us. I can see how writing will open up more doors for me to encourage woman. I want to tell the hurting women that it will get better. I want to tell them, they can have freedom and victory in their lives.
To be continued……….
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in burn-out and change, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Hi gals,
I just loved this story. One lady cleaned out her quilts in a touching way. Great de-cluttering idea.
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in quilted blessings, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Hi,
I really enjoyed a blog post about a young lady who stitched together a beautiful wedding gown overnight. She did a fabulous job on it too.
I love the lace over-skirt. It is just gorgeous.
Enjoy,
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in enjoying other ladies’ projects, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Hi gals,
Over the weekend I got caught up on my blog hopping. I was on this blog admiring the nice quilt and read about an unpaid bill the blogger had forgotten. I had the nagging thought that maybe I might have a bill I need to pay attention to as well. But the weekend got away.
This morning I ran an errand and came home. I saw a flyer turned over on the antique sewing machine in the living room. I turned it over and it was a notice to turn off the water TODAY. Yes, gals I had a major blood pressure surge. I called the water company and told them I was en-route. I paid that bill and the late charge. My water was not turned off. Whew!
I promptly went through the bills and found several others that I forgot to pay in January and went to each place and paid them. I also went to the Dollar Store and bought a spiral notebook to start my 2012 budget notebook. I used a notebook for years and used it all up. I was going to get another notebook at the end of December and get it set up for 2012. That didn’t happen. But you can bet your peanutbutter cookies that it DID happen today.
I have all the bills paid up through the end of the month. My trusty little budget notebook is started and bills recorded for January and February.
Yup, I had a scare and it moved me into action.
Hope your day was less stressful,
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in forgetting to pay the bills once in a while, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Gals,
This fall the Lord changed my work situation. My two teaching contracts were the only possibilities open for work and it has been pleasant. With a tough economy, jobs are hard to come by. The break from manufacturing sewing was necessary for my sanity. After all of these months off from sewing, I am beginning to think I might be able to handle some mending, maybe making a wedding veil, or something new to wear. But the pressure to sew for a living is gone. I think that chapter is closed on my life’s history. Sewing will now be a part-time job or just a hobby. I’m glad.
Looking back, I can see God’s wisdom in a forced summer break. The marathon of working 3-7 jobs for two decades and raising five children alone drained me. There was nothing left. I was exhausted. All of my friends were elated that I had a summer off with the bills paid. They kept telling me “you deserve it” or “if anyone deserves it, you do.”
I feel better. Rest does a body and mind good.
I can now look back and I’m grateful for the changes. At the time, my forced break seemed strange. Now it makes sense. I had a lot of time to think about “what I want to do when I grow up.” I pondered the possibilities of the time I’d been given for the duration of my time on earth. I had 26 years of full-time parenting and 21 years of homeschooling under my belt. I’m now in my 22 year of homeschooling but this time, it’s not my kid.
So what am I going to do when I grow up?
To be continued……….
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in burn-out and changes, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Hi Gals,
Do you need help getting your child to write? I ran across this nifty idea.
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in finding sweet ideas, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012
Hi ladies,
I have found some thought provoking devotions on this author’s blog. This lady speaks of learning to walk in grace and not legalism. Our relationship with the Lord needs to come from the heart and not from lots and lots of man made rules. To many “spiritual” rules puts too heavy of a burden on humans. We humans tend to put such an emphasis on the outer appearance that we forget that our walk with the Lord is about our own personal fellowship with Him. It’s not about who looks and acts the most “spiritual”.
We humans are so silly in that category. Remember what the Lord said in I Samuel 16:7b. “… man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” NASV
I could go on and on about this topic and what I’ve had to learn about grace but Paula can tell your more about it too. Besides she has what I call a pretty writing style. Many of you gals would like that. Her writing reminds me of a beautifully set tea table waiting for her lovely guests to sit down and gracefully visit.
My writing style is more of–well, here’s the pizza, the pop and tea are in the frig, and the movie is already starting. I might even put my feet up on the couch, shoes off, of course. Oh and you can too.
Click here to see today’s featured blog.
L.
Remember, you’re not alone in walking in grace and not in legalism, we’re all in this together.
Copyright 2012