4 A Reason

Whether we are willing to admit it or not, Everything happens for a reason, right? Sometimes I want to ask God why, but I know better and I try take a few minutes to pout or whatever and then "keep it moving"! We found out that the military will take daddy away for a few birthdays and most of the summer and I was obviously sad when I heard the news and then I realized that he'll be here for the holidays and back in time to see out 4th grader begin school! There really is a silver lining to everything, finding it is usually the problem (at least for me). I heard someone say..."if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans" and I'm almost positive that He's doubled over laughing at me right this minute and instead of crying I'll have to laugh too because no too many things are going the way we planned, but I know that's for a reason and I'm hoping to find out what that reason is soon :-) The things I consider to be problems are minor in the grand scheme of things and I've been in an emotional mood for the last few days...so don't mind me, I'm just venting. We are healthy and happy and blessed in so many ways that I feel silly for using this post as my sounding board, but no one understands me like...me so I don't really feel like this counts as talking to myself, lol! We're off on another adventure...kind of think I'll be happy when school starts and we settle into a normal schedule again. In the meantime, I'm thanking God for good family and friends to help us through the trying times and laugh with us through everything else. Gotta go

Life happens

Since I'm out of class for the week and I have a mile-long to do list, it would seem that I'd be all over the list, but I can't get motivated to do anything. In theory I should know to work on what I can while "little miss" is sleeping, but I want to sleep too! There are lots of things on my mind (as usual) and I can't get my thoughts to stop at night so how is it possible that I can quiet them long enough to take a nap? Not to mention, wanting to shop...but it 100 degrees outside :-( Speaking of shopping, recently I've been feeling guilty if I find myself wanting to buy anything other than groceries or things for the kids? I don't work outside of the home and I know I deserve nice things, so why do I feel bad? It seems like it's time to step outside of my "comfort" zone and figure out the next part of my life. Yes, I'm a planner and usually get upset when things don't go as planned...so let's see what happens. Baby girl is napping, so I think I'll follow her lead and tackle that to-do list when we wake up!