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Hello all, well as this pregnancy has been progressing, we have tossing around baby names. We found this really great book that suggests what people think of when they hear certain names. SOOOOO, we would like to know what you guys think about the following names. Feel free to be honest, you wont hurt our feelings...
GIRLS
Archevia Pearl
Pearl May
Bonnie Blue
Margarete Maple
Molly Pearl
Molly Maple
Elizabeth Pearl
Addison Pearl
Faith (unknown)
Boys
Augustine Alton
Alton Augustine
Augustine Ross
Alastair Augustine
Augustine (unknown) we will most liekly call him Gus
Alton (unknown) he will only be called Alton
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You know something. God continues to give me what I ask for and half the time I don't even notice he is working. It's awesome, no road flares, no flashing lights or big signs that read "Under construction", just me living life and Gods silent hand guiding me along. I shall explain...
In June our family planned our first cross country vacation. We saved the money for it and we all planned and ready to leave when we saw the "opportunity" to move into a much larger house right next door to my parents. What more could we ask for? So we cancelled our vacation moved into the big house and have been here 3+ months.. The location has been dandy, my parents are growing closer , the kids love being by Nana & Tata... but I notice my days have become filled with moving from one cleaning project to another, and then fixing stuff in the mean time. This house that was "in great condition" has been anything but! With mold and burst pipes, broken toilette's, leaking roof the list goes on and on, there is a lot of work that needs to be done, and the smell from all the mold and yuck is nearly unbearable. So Jon and I have been happy on one hand, but mostly discontent with our situation. Well, I have been praying that the Lord help me to be a more focused, joyful and just all around better Mother. I had no idea with all of the junk in the house going wrong, he was actually shaping me...
Last week when we called the seller about fixing all the things he said worked, he called us back and told us he is going to auction off the house. We were astounded, no worry about us or our plan to purchase the house, just he was getting it off his hands... So, we applied for base housing... We have renters in the house we own and would never dream of kicking them out, sooo to the base we go.. And here is the funny thing. I have never been more excited!
I have spent 3 1/2 months taking time away from my family caring for a 3800 sqft house filled with junk I don't care about, add that to 11 chickens, 3 dogs and 3 toddlers plus the fact that I am pregnant, I have been anything but energy filled. I sit here praying that God will give me more energy, more patience, more time and yet it never occurred to me to make some.. So, God as always did exactly what I needed, he is taking it away...
Yesterday I found a loving home for the stray dog we picked up last month, her new Daddy is so excited to have her it's unreal. Dana and Joey who have loads of property are taking the chickens, although I will miss my girls, I know I can go visit, the house we will move into is about 1300 sqft so we are going to take only the bare essentials and after we have packed up the bare essentials everything else is going into an estate sale... I will actually be able to wash a meager amount of clothing, clean a smaller home and spend all of my time with my family. We are greatly simplifying our life and it has never been more appealing. Had you asked me if I wanted to move into a smaller house last year I would have told you, you were crazy... Now I realize how little we need and how much the lord provides... Isn't God great...giving me the opportunity to be a better Mother and showing me how in the mean time.... And guess what I don't even have any scars from this huge project..
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Well today I had the most unusual experience. Most of you know I rarely watch adult television. Today I was able to put the kids down for a lengthy nap, during which I took full reward of some ME time. I straightened my hair (I have super thick hair) while I watched a show called Wife Swap/Spouse swap. It was on CMT.
Let me set the scene. Two couples swap spouses. In this case a "partner" and a "wife" swap. The lesbian couple were not at all what I assumed. And the mother of 2 athletic girls from Oregon was also not what I thought she would be. I really feel you guys should watch this show, I will post a link if I can find it anywhere. At any rate. The "normal" Mom ended up being anything but functional, and the Lesbian couple ended up being the nicest couple you would want to meet.
I must admit when I heard "partner" I thought, one of them was the man and the other was the "woman". I expected them to have flags and rainbows and be ready to push their ideas on the other Mom. As it turned out the other Mom was a MONSTER. She was so ignorant it was unreal. Now most of you will know how I feel about ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance is someone who doesn't know any better, stupidity is someone who's knows better and doesn't care. I truly believe this Mom was ignorant of the world around her and it made me look at myself. Am I ignorant of the world around me?
I stay at home all day and sometimes go a week or more without talking to anyone outside my immediate family. My views on the world can be very askew. I read my Bible and often check myself against online articles and Bible studies just to have someone to communicate with. I see the world through the eyes of an over protective Mother, a 30 year old bi-racial female, a lower income military wife, a Christian Mother of 3 and one on the way.. Could my view be askew? I would say so.
So, this lead me on a prayer path. I pray that God gives me the ability to view the world as he intended with compassion and love for all of his creations, I pray for the wisdom to communicate his love and the ability to understand those who desperately need his love as much as I do. Most of all I pray for grace. I am sure the "Monster Mom" as she called herself will be praying for grace after she see's how ignorant she sounds, I am so thankful that my life of blunders is not televised. Although I am sure I would make for some awesome ratings, I have made a pretty big fool of myself a time or two. But then I guess we all have...
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Alright, as some of you may know. I am determined to be a perfect Biblical wife. As all of you know, it is impossible.. haha... However, I have been praying night after night & day after day for the good Lord to give me the strength I need to get through the day with a list of accomplishments. To have a hot meal for my family at every meal and most importantly to NOT RAISE MY VOICE. With that said, let me tell you what the devil threw at me this week.
1st Charlotte went to school (Kindergarten) and was sexually harrassed by a large boy at school. The assistant principal set the boy aside but chalked the behavior up to childhood curiosity on HIS PART, and ignored the fact that he knew what he was doing AND my daughter repeteadly asked him to stop...
2nd My insurance dropped my OB provider, sooooo now I am on a man hunt for someone to deliver #4, which in this area isn't easy.
3rd in my great attempt to make hot meals and keep up on laundry the pipes in our hosue have exploded.. yep, you heard me right, so now we are waiting on the plumber to get clearance from the insurance to repipe the ENTIRE house.
add that big stuff to a million little things and I am actually sitting back laughing. Today I washed 84 dishes by hand while water poured from under the sink while I scrubbed. What do you do, leave dirty dishes? No sir, not this girl, I throw down 5 beach towels and let her rip!
So I may not be lucky but I am determined, and I praising the Lord for my many blessings and telling the devil... Puh Leeeez, I've been through worse... Who can stop you when you have the Lord on your side...
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In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
- John Adams
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