It's Been a Good Day.

Reasons this day has been awesome:

1.  The weather.  Fall has come to my neck of the woods.  Cooler days and definitely cool nights.  Ahhh, so nice.

2.  I got most of the laundry done.  Just got to finish hanging up the rest of the clothes.

3.  Got a check in the mail for $91 from the big kids consignment sale.  (I am planning to go spend it tomorrow on some fabric to make the kids Christmas presents.  I will do a picture play-by-play on that.  :) )

4.  I took the kids to the park to ride their bikes and feed the ducks.  There are some huge, and I mean HUGE turtles in the creek, and they have amazingly long necks.

5.  Had a good supper, it's all cleaned up and now I'm sitting here blogging, while watching Iron Man 2 with my hubby.  Big sister and big brother are ready for bed and watching their own movie while baby boy is asleep in the couch beside me. :)

Yes, it has definitely been a good day!

Prayer

As a child growing up, my parents did a great job of teaching me the importance of prayer.  I remember lots of times where my parents prayed for me, specifically when I was sick.  It obviously worked great, since I think I only went to the doctor once, for tonsillitis.  :P  Every night I pray with my kids as they are laying in bed, and there are lots of nights I lay awake praying when I can't sleep.  I just can't imagine not praying, it's pretty much the first thing I do when I'm worried or afraid or upset.  I pray that my children will be kept safe, that they will accept Jesus as their savior at an early age, that bad influences/friends will be kept away, and the list goes on and on.  :)  I have found some great books on praying for your kids and also your hubby.  I have a whole other list of things I pray for my hubby, and it's every bit as long as the one for the kids!  This makes me think maybe I should write down what I pray for them instead of just relying on my remembering abilities (which are fast failing me it seems! :P)......  There is a lot of comfort and reassurance in prayer!  I think we all need to do more of it, maybe this world wouldn't be such a scary place if we did.....

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7).  


"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express" (Romans 8:26). 

The desk

Okay, put the second coat of paint on the desk and chair.  For some reason, I can't keep from having brush strokes.  Not sure why?  And it looks like I'm going to have to do a third coat on the desk....ugh.  Baby boy was really not happy with me painting today.  I had him in his stroller in the garage, and he ran out of patience about 1/3 of the way through.  :(  Usually he's a happy fellow, but when he gets worked up, it's hard to get him to forget about the terrible injustice he has suffered.....but that's another post!  :)

Been thinking about this for awhile now...

Actually, I've been debating whether or not to do this, but there are a lot of things that come to my mind that I think that I should be writing down somewhere....

I've never been much of a journal writer.....

We shall see how this works.  :)

Welcome to my life.