It’s Tuesday morning and after being out of the house virtually ALL day yesterday I am relieved to be home. I have several days worth of work to do today, between being busy with my daughter and her head injury, taking a much needed time of rest for my and running around for Dr’s appointments some things have had to slide. Since we need dishes to eat off (and somehow the need for clean is just not something we are willing to let go of!) and clothes to wear – again clean! – those two have been loosely held on to. There is a stack of each but not like there could have been. Floors on the other hand, and general maintanance, well… Lets just say I’m not sharing pictures until I have had the time to improve on this!
Girl number one is sleeping, I hope. She is dealing so much with the affects of her concussion. She’s not sleeping, nauseous to the point of unable to eat well at all. headaches most of the time, unable to focus. She’s struggling. I truly hope she got some sleep last night.
Girl number 2 made it to the school bus by the skin of her teeth. There are only 3 days of school this week so she needs to be there today. I’m glad she made it.
Girl number 3 is chowing down her breakfast and happy to start her day. She’s always happy!
Girl number 4 will be arriving in a few hours.
The boy? He had a rough night and is still sleeping. In fact Girl number 3 and I are the only ones awake and in the house right now! Since she is largely non verbal its rather.. dare I say quiet? I’ll take it!
I’m going to dig into my work with both feet and see what I can get done. The sun looks like it’s trying to come out and if I can get outside today, I AM! Whatever isn’t done in here will have to wait. My heart and soul need to be out in the sunshine with my hands in the dirt. I have strawberries and asparagus to plant and weeds to pull!!
Later folks!
Today was indeed a good day. I was able to wake up feeling almost human this morning and after seeing Reena off to school I tackled some housework. The kids sat at the table drawing pokemon and skylander figures that they were going to invent some day (art and imaginative play – awesome!) Heading to the pool for the afternoon was fabulous as always, great play time, excercise that Brianna, Kate and I can ALL do, and we always laugh a lot together there. It seemed to help hubbie’s arthritic shoulder today too. He hasn’t seemed so crippled up since we came home.
I walked away from a conversation (messenger) that was going in a direction that was going to frustrate me to no end, something that is very hard for me to do. Then the big girls and I made smoothies, they are off one to bed and one to hang out in her room, and I am….. ready? ALONE! Wow. I can hear the TV but currently that is quite ok. In a bit I will have to shut the door between the rooms.
I found a card that simply said “Don’t Look Back”. Life is about moving forward. At this time in my life I need to surround myself with encouragers. No judgement. No condemnation. Just like Jesus. I don’t have enough of those people in my life right now, but i’m drawing them closer and walking in the direction of tomorrow, not yesterday.
We went to our first every “real” hockey game tonight. A dear friend of mine was reffing so we went to have at least a moment to say hello and the kids ended up enjoying it so much that we all want to go back and watch more often. We also discovered that this particular rink not only has public skate BUT you can also rent skates there! We’re really excited about the possiblity of going skating together. Of course, we’d like to find such a place in Canada because our newest daughter can’t go to the states, but for now we’ll just go when she is busy elsewhere so we don’t just leave her behind. She doesn’t mind staying home alone for a few hours occasionally but I don’t like to do family activities without her. Doesn’t seem very family like!
Tomorrow we celebrate J’s 10th birthday so I guess I had better get moving and get a few things done. The ref gave him the puck from the game tonight. When i find my camera charger I will get a pic of him holding it and share it. He gets quite a grin when he has that thing in his hands.
And I don’t mean lunch meat! I am getting spammed incessantly. I haven’t had this problem for some time now, what do I need to do? Clearly some little check mark isn’t in place, or is in the wrong place or some such thing!
I feel as though I have been given a new life. I have legs – that work! I am not in constant pain. My mind even works better. I have been busy catching up – decluttering, cleaning, playing with my kids in the yard. I am LOVING it. Now, with the school year starting up I am so enjoying going on field trips with the kids this year. We’ve had two outings so far with our local homeschool group, apple picking and a tour of our potato museum. Fun times!! I will be sure to be sharing pictures
In other news… we’ve discovered creationary. Oh what a fun game! I had in my head it was a kids game but really it’s fun for everybody. It’s a game that all age levels can enjoy playing together, playing at their own level. It’s so hard to find games for our family, we just have such unique levels of ability here!! I love lego, and this has become a favorite.
Books.. “Animals should definately not act like people” by Ron and Judi Barrett. A real producer of giggles!! We have also discovered the Pigeon books and are all in love with them. My older daughter reads them very dramatically and always finds a willing audience! Moe Willems is the author of those.
My server is not allowing me to add photos at this time. I will try again later! For now I must go feed my starving child – he hasn’t eaten in at least an hour. He’s a hobbit i tell ya!!
I have to share this. I stumbled across it tonight when searching youtube for my “Kerrigan song”, Hello, Goodbye by Michael W Smith. Noah is with Kerrigan, in Jesus arms. May God wrap his arms around Noah’s family and bring them so much comfort.
You can read more about Noah at http://treasuringlifesblessings.blogspot.com/
I just realized the pics I wanted to share are on the desk top. I’m on the laptop. Oh well. I’m not gonna move off my bed again tonight!
It’s been a challenging day today. I did NOT sleep well last night a few hours tops, and i didn’t rest well today either. Laying in bed hurts more than being up and about, but it’s largely impossible to sleep standing up unless you are a horse (or a cow.. or… lol). None of which describe me. Well, at least not literally.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new chair. I can lift the seat up to the level that leaves me able to reach the counter, stove, etc. I can tip back and nap in it, i can go as fast as 5 mph in it! I can accomplish SO much more in it than I ever could in the other chair. This is such a blessing. here, check it out
It can take small steps as well, so no more catwalking over steps. Thats almost disappointing. hehe. It saves me SO much energy in a day and I can now play in the yard with my kids. they think it’s fun to chase me around, and I’m able to get to wherever I need to be to play with them – this does lawn as well as driveway. It’s been lifechanging. OH, and I can see out my windows!!!!!!!! That may not sound like much but trust me – it’s HUGE.
Ok, time to curl up and read a book for a while. Chair is charging, kids are in bed (not sleeping but thats beside the point) it’s MEEE time.
I’ve been listening to Ray Boltz’s “The Anchor Holds” a lot tonight. (yes, I am aware of all controversy around him. Don’t care to go there thanks) It’s ministering to me so much,the boat is battered, my sails are torn, I’ve certainly fallen on my knees, on my face even, as the seas rage around me. I feel like I can’t hold on for even one more moment – and then I am reminded the Anchor holds – I don’t have to. My dreams, my dreams and visions that I’ve held in my hand may have slipped through my fingers like grains of sand but that anchor holds. I would think that in the years I’ve lived I would have learned to hold on to that anchor but I seem to continually forget. Somehow each storm seems worse than the last and I have to learn all over again.
Here’s the song in youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL112E3NjqU. It’s worth hearing.
for tonight it’s off to lay down and watch NCIS while falling asleep. Good night all. Now that I have my computer again I’ll be back more often. i think!
Keep on praying for our little Jon Marc. He’s just had the chicken pox but thanks to many prayers he didn’t get very sick with them – not nearly as bad as it could have been! Here is a picture of him with his big brothers, as well as one of him.
