Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Bye For Now~

As sad as I feel to say this, I must. We are shutting off the internet. So for awhile I will not be posting. The only way I will post is if I go to my friends house and only if I have a huge announcement. Like a new baby ( hint hint ;-} ). We had a WONDERFUL time at the beach and I am so thankful that my MIL ( despite all our problems and differences) invited us and was so kind to pay for everything. I am going on for now, but I will post when I can, until then keep my family in your prayers and I will be praying for everyone too :-)

Love and Blessings~
Maudie

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Rainy and Sunny~

The weather today is wierd. It is raining and sunny. I am sitting here taking a break from my cleaning and preparing for the trip, to write in my blog. I hear the sounds of productivity going on around me. I hear my washer spinning out, my dryer running and my dishwasher coming to an end of its rinse cycle. I also hear the chattering of my children and the buzz of this computer. We have done no school today and after re-evaluating my yearly schedule, I discovered ( much to my surprise) that we didn't have to do school today. So we are out of school until Tuesday! My kids are excited and they wouldn't be able to focus anyway. All they have on their mind is the beach!!!! I am kinda getting excited too :-) I haven't been since I was 14 and this is only the second vacation that my beloved and I have taken together in almost 11 years of marriage. So all in all, I pray for a safe and fun trip. I am worried about my 74 year old mother being here alone with 5 cats and 3 grown dogs, plus 4 puppies ( who don't even have their eyes open yet) . I am so scared that she could fall again. So please pray for that and pray for me to have peace and for my mom to enjoy the peace of being here alone and for her to be safe also. I will be calling way too many times while I am gone. I am sure of it. My internet will probably be shut off by the time we get back, but if we decided not to turn it back on, I will update at the library or at my dearest friend Jennifer's house. I guess I will go and hopefully when I return I will be more relaxed, focused and ready to get ready for the fall. And hopefully my family wil still be intact and safe, including my mom and our zoo or animals! Be safe and blessings to all!

Blessings,
Maudie

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Howdy Folks~

Well its been a while since I have wrote so I decided to drop a few lines here this morning before we start school. We are having a light week this week as my MIL has offered to take us to the Beach. We are leaving Friday and will be back Monday. I hope that if I have internet access I can post some photos. Yes, our internet days are probably coming to an end here for awhile. We simply will not be able to afford the internet on Cameron's unemployment. But we will see what happens. We do have some "new additions" that were added to our family Sunday morning.... 4 cute, cute, cute, ( did I say CUTE :-} ) red nose pit bull and boxer mix puppies. They are so sweet. And my Rachel ( the pit) has been such a good moma. She is only a year old herself and this was her first ( and last) litter. We are keeping 1 to add to the confusion here at our home. The others are spoken for, but for 6 weeks they will be ours. I am currently having to get up about every hour to put them back with Rachel. They are running away! They keep getting under things and getting stuck and then they start crying. So being that I am the head moma at the house here, I have took the job upon myself to get up and care for them when need be. Other than that, things are great. Rachel is a good moma and I am glad that she is nursing them so well. Other than that, nothing else is going on. School is going well, Cameron is still working, although at this point he is ready for the job to be over where he can just move on because he is pretty discouraged and irritated that the hard work he is putting in is going no where. Anyways.... I guess I will go for now and start school. Talk to you all soon~

Blessings~
Maudie

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Job Update~

I wanted to take a few minutes to update on Cameron's job situation.... I just got off the phone with him. His boss asked him why he didn't want to contract.. Cameron told him that he simply could not afford it and we felt that going into more debt was no what we needed to do. So his boss told him that within 2 months he would be unemployed . So Cameron told him that that would be fine. Just to do what he had to do. So please pray for us as we embark on this new path that the Lord seems to be leading us down. We are excited and nervous at the same time. Pray that the Lord will use this time to make our marriage and each of us as indiviuals, what it/we need to be as Christians. Well I have to go for now and start our schooling. Be blessed!

Blessings~
Maudie

Monday, August 10, 2009

School Week 2~

Well we about to embark on our second week of homeschooling for the new school year! I am excited and feel that things are going much smoother this year than last. I am loving the way I have my classroom set up and I am also happy that the kiddos seem to be enjoying school. James is really making progress and although its only been 1 week of school, Taylor's reading has improved by leaps and bounds. She will be a class A reader in no time. I am so proud of all of them. I am thankful for the family that God has blessed me with. They are great and I can't wait to see what the Lord has planned for them and for their lives. In other news, on the job fromt, I believe that Cameron is talking to his boss now about his job situation. I secretly hope that Cameron doesn't take the contractor job and that he goes on unemployment. And that is him .... calling on the phone.... I have to go. I will update later.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Please pray for my husband as he decides on taking the job as a contractor, or going on unemployement. He has to make a final decision and I am just praying that ha makes the right one. Also please pray for me, as I am trying to" let go and let God" have all control in the area of my fertility. I will post again soon, I have tons to do today.

Blessings~
Maudie

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

School Day #2

Well today is going to be our second day of school. Yesterday went well and James actually seems to be adjusting to sitting and minding me. He did seem to get bored with the big kid stuff, but when it came to his work time he really enjoyed it. I am pleased to say that although I am sure there will be frustrating days, I feel that this is going to be a success. I am going to try to occupy my mind with school and planning and I am determined to learn to sew also. I have been so occupied with the whole "trying to get pregnant" thing that I am leaving everything else on the backburner. Another month has went by and still no pregnancy. I am sad, but also I am tired. I am off of fertility friend as soon as I start again. I am also done with one of the message boards that I was on. I am going to let go of all this, because it is no longer healthy for me to concern myself with this. God may not have any more children planned for me and if thats the case I have no chance but to be content with that.~

Blessings~
Maudie