Its such a beautiful day here in my neck of the woods in Texas!!
It was 53F with 93% humidity this morning when I woke! Felt so nice and chilly!!
This was our coldest morning here yet. Now this afternoon it is 74F. Love it!! Such a relieve from our long hot summer. But i know we will have very warm weather yet. We have such a late fall here. It rained here pretty good over Firday night and Sabbath morning. We needed the rain!
We've had some collard greens come up on their own from some plants that had gone to seed this summer. So we are digging them up and transplanting them. So we will have some collard greens to eat later this fall and into winter. Plus we want to plan some turnip seeds yet this week. But other than that we are not planting a fall garden. I am always so happy when the summer garden is over and want a break from garden work! Plus of course busy with the kids school.
I have things to write and share, but have been busy getting things ready for a yard sale. So i have not had much time to take notes and make a lengthy post. So after this coming weekend I should be back and at it again. I have had a lot on my mind.
So glad to be decluttering. I keep walking around the house looking in cupboards and corners looking to see what i can get rid of!!! The kids helped me sort through toys on Friday and found several we were all glad to part with. I want to live with less. Then i will have less to take care of and should make house cleaning easier.
Still been keeping up on our morning routine of getting kids up by 7:30 and reading at the breakfast table. I am very excited about this.
I have just bought a devotional book a couple weeks ago that we have started to use. It seems very good. Its called Daily Light On The Daily Path. It is for one year of devotions. It has morning and evening readings, and is composed of Scriptures on arranged in subjects. This book is complied by the Samuel Bagster Family. I ordered mine through Above Rubies. Their web site is www.aboverubies.org I may share about it more in a future post.
Well until next time,
In Christ , Mae
But Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6
Monday, September 27, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I taught my son to sneak
I know your proabaly thinking, " she did what"?
Yep, you read right, and yep, that's true I did.
No, I am not proad of it, but niether can i deny it.
So i am sharing it here so others can learn from my experience, though I am certain i am the only one who would do something like this in the first place.
Here's how it happened. It started when my son Samuel who is now 5 1/2, was between 2 and 3.
He would ask me more say some chips, and I told him no. Well when I am not looking he gets on the cupboard top and gets the bag and opens it. Then i come on the scene. I think well the bag is already open now, so i guess it won't hurt if he has a little bit. So i give him some in a bowl, and say next time don't get them if Mommy said no.
Then another time he asks for gum. I say no. Again i am in another room and do not see whats going on. Before i realize it he has got the gum and stuffed it in is mouth. When i see him i am very displeased, and let him know that. But i think well hes already got it now, what the heck. So i leave him be.
Yet another time its a coke hes ask for and got the answer no. When my back is turned he quickly opens the can. I am like well its open now, it will just go to waste , he may as well drink it now. I tell him it was wrong to do that though.
Well this was happening often . He soon caught on if he opened that package or bag or can fast enough that he could have it, regardless if mom had said no. And he got good at it!! He was fast and he was sneaky! And he was getting to be a professional !!
Then we spent a whole summer at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Canada in 08. He had just turned 3. Well Grandma doesn't let no monkey business go on like this by no means. So she started cracking down on this wise guy!
She could not believe how I could possible allowed that behavior to go on. She gave me a few tips.
The chips or any other thing like that, was to close up the bag and put it away. ( i know, a no brainier)
She said for the gum even if its in his mouth being chewed on, i was to take it away and throw it in the trash.
The coke, was to be poured out, or given to his siblings.
He was not to be rewarded by no means for his sneakiness. And also to have time-out or other correction if needed. I let her handle most of the situations while we were there. I think he didn't like grandma too much! :)
It took awhile but he soon learned that sneaking was not going to work. He slowly got untrained from sneaking. To this day though things still come up. But he is doing very well.
On occasion though i do see him turn his back and quickly try to get into something. But i have always took it away and sent him to time-out. Just recently he got a cookie with out asking and took a bite. When i seen him i made him put it back for not asking. " He replied but i already bit it, you can put a bit cookie back can you.?" I said, " sure you can."
So let don't let this happen to you. Nip it in the bud earlier!! My 3 year old Sarah is trying to follow in his foot steps but I am having nothing of it!! This is one of my big changes.
Yep, you read right, and yep, that's true I did.
No, I am not proad of it, but niether can i deny it.
So i am sharing it here so others can learn from my experience, though I am certain i am the only one who would do something like this in the first place.
Here's how it happened. It started when my son Samuel who is now 5 1/2, was between 2 and 3.
He would ask me more say some chips, and I told him no. Well when I am not looking he gets on the cupboard top and gets the bag and opens it. Then i come on the scene. I think well the bag is already open now, so i guess it won't hurt if he has a little bit. So i give him some in a bowl, and say next time don't get them if Mommy said no.
Then another time he asks for gum. I say no. Again i am in another room and do not see whats going on. Before i realize it he has got the gum and stuffed it in is mouth. When i see him i am very displeased, and let him know that. But i think well hes already got it now, what the heck. So i leave him be.
Yet another time its a coke hes ask for and got the answer no. When my back is turned he quickly opens the can. I am like well its open now, it will just go to waste , he may as well drink it now. I tell him it was wrong to do that though.
Well this was happening often . He soon caught on if he opened that package or bag or can fast enough that he could have it, regardless if mom had said no. And he got good at it!! He was fast and he was sneaky! And he was getting to be a professional !!
Then we spent a whole summer at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Canada in 08. He had just turned 3. Well Grandma doesn't let no monkey business go on like this by no means. So she started cracking down on this wise guy!
She could not believe how I could possible allowed that behavior to go on. She gave me a few tips.
The chips or any other thing like that, was to close up the bag and put it away. ( i know, a no brainier)
She said for the gum even if its in his mouth being chewed on, i was to take it away and throw it in the trash.
The coke, was to be poured out, or given to his siblings.
He was not to be rewarded by no means for his sneakiness. And also to have time-out or other correction if needed. I let her handle most of the situations while we were there. I think he didn't like grandma too much! :)
It took awhile but he soon learned that sneaking was not going to work. He slowly got untrained from sneaking. To this day though things still come up. But he is doing very well.
On occasion though i do see him turn his back and quickly try to get into something. But i have always took it away and sent him to time-out. Just recently he got a cookie with out asking and took a bite. When i seen him i made him put it back for not asking. " He replied but i already bit it, you can put a bit cookie back can you.?" I said, " sure you can."
So let don't let this happen to you. Nip it in the bud earlier!! My 3 year old Sarah is trying to follow in his foot steps but I am having nothing of it!! This is one of my big changes.
Monday, September 20, 2010
i once knew a quiet mother
Several years ago in my middle teens my family and I spent 3 years in Belize, Central America.
Well it was there i met and got to know this wonderful mom.
We never spent awhole lot of time at their house, but on the occasions that we went there to visit, I was always so amazed at the way she was with her children.
Her quiet way that she had with them is what caught my attention the most.
She was always so quiet in her communication with them.
Even in correction.
In fact it seemed her voice would even lower a few notches more while she was getting after them for something.
On one visit to her house , my mom and I were chatting with her, and a issue came up with some of the children. (I believe she had 6 or 7 at the time)
So she get up from where she was sitting , goes to the child and gets down on their level. She looks in to thier face. In a very low voice that we can barely hear whats going on, she gets after the child for what he/she did. She explains to them what they did wrong and how they should have behaved. Then the child goes back to play. And the mother goes back to visit.
Mom and I looked at each other , and thought, wow!
All the children were so quiet by nature. None talked loud. The Dad also was equally quiet with the children. An i suppose that's why the children were they way they were. Because they knew nothing else. The parents were never loud around them. They were all very happy children.
The children obeyed instantly when given a command. They parents were very firm and strict with them, but never raised their voice . The quiet command meant business and children knew it. A raised voiced was not necessary.
Now it could be the parents just did that when people was around, but i seriously doubt it. The way the children reacted it seemed very clear that this was everyday rule of correction.
I loved the way this mom was with her children. I so longed to be just like that mom when I became a mom my self. But sadly I am not.
But i realize I can still work on it , I could still achieve to be that way. I know my children are trained for the louder voice. They know that when that shout comes they must jump or else. :)But i know too that could be untrained.
I still long to be that quiet mom.
And I so long for my children to be like hers.
This is on my list of changes.
Well it was there i met and got to know this wonderful mom.
We never spent awhole lot of time at their house, but on the occasions that we went there to visit, I was always so amazed at the way she was with her children.
Her quiet way that she had with them is what caught my attention the most.
She was always so quiet in her communication with them.
Even in correction.
In fact it seemed her voice would even lower a few notches more while she was getting after them for something.
On one visit to her house , my mom and I were chatting with her, and a issue came up with some of the children. (I believe she had 6 or 7 at the time)
So she get up from where she was sitting , goes to the child and gets down on their level. She looks in to thier face. In a very low voice that we can barely hear whats going on, she gets after the child for what he/she did. She explains to them what they did wrong and how they should have behaved. Then the child goes back to play. And the mother goes back to visit.
Mom and I looked at each other , and thought, wow!
All the children were so quiet by nature. None talked loud. The Dad also was equally quiet with the children. An i suppose that's why the children were they way they were. Because they knew nothing else. The parents were never loud around them. They were all very happy children.
The children obeyed instantly when given a command. They parents were very firm and strict with them, but never raised their voice . The quiet command meant business and children knew it. A raised voiced was not necessary.
Now it could be the parents just did that when people was around, but i seriously doubt it. The way the children reacted it seemed very clear that this was everyday rule of correction.
I loved the way this mom was with her children. I so longed to be just like that mom when I became a mom my self. But sadly I am not.
But i realize I can still work on it , I could still achieve to be that way. I know my children are trained for the louder voice. They know that when that shout comes they must jump or else. :)But i know too that could be untrained.
I still long to be that quiet mom.
And I so long for my children to be like hers.
This is on my list of changes.
Friday, September 17, 2010
theres a change a' coming
This home needs a change.
And i can feel it coming.
I can feel it in my heart, and in my bones.
Its a change that's been needed for so long, and its on its way.
I am excited and a tiny bit nervous.
I don't know what its going to look like at this point yet and what all its going to involve.
But my heart yearns for it, and I desire it like nothing else.
I ask the Lord to open my eyes to what all changes we need done, and to give me the courage and strength needed to make those changes.
I will post along on this journey. And i hope i can be an encouragement to others walking the same path on this.
Just a sneak preview at some of the most obvious changes that need to happen.
And i can feel it coming.
I can feel it in my heart, and in my bones.
Its a change that's been needed for so long, and its on its way.
I am excited and a tiny bit nervous.
I don't know what its going to look like at this point yet and what all its going to involve.
But my heart yearns for it, and I desire it like nothing else.
I ask the Lord to open my eyes to what all changes we need done, and to give me the courage and strength needed to make those changes.
I will post along on this journey. And i hope i can be an encouragement to others walking the same path on this.
Just a sneak preview at some of the most obvious changes that need to happen.
- More effective and consistence in training.
- more structure and regular routine
- firm and sound rules
- less computer games
- no begging and wining in stores
- learning to be content and satisfied with what we have
- learning that having the other special 'new car' or other 'certain toy' is not going to make happiness
- learning that less is really more
- living with less materialistic things
- switching over from "movie night" to "game night"
And just what ever else that God may impart on our hearts. I am laying it all at HIS FEET. My plea is for God to work in me, change me and mold me into all that he wants me to be. That i can be the vessel he needs to do the work he needs done to raise these children for Him. And i am not just praying for my self but for both my husband and I. It will take a joint effort.
So bring on the changes I can wait to see whats going to happen!!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
it's one of those things that gets sweeter with time
Yesterday, exactly 11 years ago, my sweet hubby and I both said, "I DO". I was 20 and he 21. We were young and we were in LOVE.
To have and to hold. To love and to cherish. In sickness and in health. For better or worse. Till death do us part.
And as we said our wedding vows we meant it.
It wasn't just for how ever long we felt we wanted to be married, or say until some issue came up, or say until someone else came along that suited our fancy better.
No it was a FOREVER commitment. We knew before we were married divorce was not an option for us.
Now we wern't dumb and assumed life would always just be so sweet and perfect and that there would never be any disagreements or arguments or trouble. No, we knew that wonderful, jittery, heart-fluttering , bliss we felt on our special day and on our honey moon would not last forever.
But we knew our good ole' deep , strong, dedicated love would last as long as time did.
And we knew that come what may in life, we would see it trough TOGETHER. We knew God hated divorce, and also knew those who do not see it as an option try much harder on their marriages.
So we are 11 years later down the road and 5 children. Have we had arguments , disagreements, and spats? Yes, but nothing that wasn't quickly and easily worked out. Have we ever had our feelings hurt from each other? Yes, but nothing that couldn't be covered in God's Love and healed in time. ( that almost makes it sound like there was something bad in our marriage, but there truly hasn't been: just little minor things)
Our love for each other has only grown over these years. Our love has become so much deeper and stronger than we could have imagined.
Marriage does take work , it also takes God's true love for one another, complete unselfishness, giving of your self, tons of patience, and constant communication, and 100% commitment for each other. You have to put the other person ahead of your self. With those things your love and marriage can do nothing but only grow and flourish!
And I believe our love truly has gotten sweeter with time.
And we're still young and we're still in love!!
So I say bring on the next 11 years!! I can't wait to see what they will hold!!
I love you more than words can say sweet hubby of mine!!
To have and to hold. To love and to cherish. In sickness and in health. For better or worse. Till death do us part.
And as we said our wedding vows we meant it.
It wasn't just for how ever long we felt we wanted to be married, or say until some issue came up, or say until someone else came along that suited our fancy better.
No it was a FOREVER commitment. We knew before we were married divorce was not an option for us.
Now we wern't dumb and assumed life would always just be so sweet and perfect and that there would never be any disagreements or arguments or trouble. No, we knew that wonderful, jittery, heart-fluttering , bliss we felt on our special day and on our honey moon would not last forever.
But we knew our good ole' deep , strong, dedicated love would last as long as time did.
And we knew that come what may in life, we would see it trough TOGETHER. We knew God hated divorce, and also knew those who do not see it as an option try much harder on their marriages.
So we are 11 years later down the road and 5 children. Have we had arguments , disagreements, and spats? Yes, but nothing that wasn't quickly and easily worked out. Have we ever had our feelings hurt from each other? Yes, but nothing that couldn't be covered in God's Love and healed in time. ( that almost makes it sound like there was something bad in our marriage, but there truly hasn't been: just little minor things)
Our love for each other has only grown over these years. Our love has become so much deeper and stronger than we could have imagined.
Marriage does take work , it also takes God's true love for one another, complete unselfishness, giving of your self, tons of patience, and constant communication, and 100% commitment for each other. You have to put the other person ahead of your self. With those things your love and marriage can do nothing but only grow and flourish!
And I believe our love truly has gotten sweeter with time.
And we're still young and we're still in love!!
So I say bring on the next 11 years!! I can't wait to see what they will hold!!
I love you more than words can say sweet hubby of mine!!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
I also like.....
- .... hearing the sound of rain on a tin roof
- traveling and seeing new places
- ice skating ( though its been so long since i've done that it's not even funny!)
- chatting with an eldrly person
- home births ( though i have only had one so far)
- bike riding
- camping
- playing out side after dark ( yep, I loved that as a child and still do!)
- going on pic-nics
- picking wild berries
- living in the country, i mean way out in the country, like way out back ( but we arn't right now)
- having a pantry fully stocked with canned vegys from the garden ( though i do not like the canning part)
- playing card games and board games
- watching my baby sleep
- and meeting new people
Friday, September 10, 2010
I like...
- ....a pretty sunset
- leaves falling from the trees
- the fresh smelling air after a rain
- walking with my dear hubby and children
- watching falling snow
- a hot cup of coffee on a cold morning
- sitting around a camp fire
- sweet baby feet
- reading to my dear litttle ones
- home schooling
- taking pictures of my darlings
- talking about my heavenly Father
- a good nights sleep :)
- watching my children work together
- picking fresh vegys from my garden
- being out doors
- animals
- cool days
- praying with my dear ones at bed time
- a good laugh
- wearing long skirts
- being with family and friends
- pretty fall colors
- the smell of laundry that's been hung on the clothesline
- cuddling my baby
- shopping at thrift stores
- playing hid-n-seek with my kids
- any out door game for that matter
- talking about God to my children
- chatting with my dear hubby
- gardening
- raking leaves
- baking cookies with my boys
- a cold crisp morning
- sharing my thoughts on my blog
- living cheaply
- writing letters
- feeling a baby in the womb
- making others happy
- snow capped mountains
- the simple things in life
- hearing my children's laughter
- and the early mornings before everyone else is up!
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