Coffee Break

able to blog for the past couple of days. It sure seems like time has just flown by. There's been a lot of activity in our house over the past couple of days. My children have all bought presents from the school's Christmas store. I even gave them an "advance" on their allowances. I explained to them the dangers of borrowing money and that they need to spend wisely. I also expressed to each of them that I do not want a gift this year from them, instead I want them to think about giving a gift as a family, to either adopt a child through missions, or to support a mission family. That would be the greatest gift they could give me. The more I think about my life, the more I realize that I am so blessed with an over abundance of just "stuff". Part of my goal for 2010 is to minimize the things that are in the my life, the stuff is really just not that important to me. I want to fix the septic, replace the carpet w/ different flooring so the kids allergies will mi...

when you know that you really need to simplify? I wish I had an answer for that questions, but I am still searching for it. I am really over stretched and my desire is to get all the unnecessary activities out of my life. It seems like I'm doing this all the time though. I know how I want my life to go...it's getting there that seems to be the challenge. So what is my ideal day you may ask? Wake up, shower, dress, pray, read a chapter of my Bible. Eat breakfast w/ my kids, get them off to school and then go into work. Get the kids from school and then help them with their homework, and then if they are in an activity...take them...as a family...and enjoy that time together. I want to have an hour a day to practice piano everyday and have a seamless worship practice every week. I would love to have no guilt when I feel happy and I would love to not feel like everything I am doing is an issue. Maybe, one day, I will have that, but for now I now I need to complete the tasks set be...

it pours! I mean that in every sense of that phrase. I had no time to blog at all yesterday. To start, I got a call from my mom to let me know that her car had died. We quickly came up with a plan "B" to get a things done, but only 1/2 of them did. I tried to drive her car after the battery was working again, but then there was a problem with the car not defrosting and then the car informs us that the coolant level was too low. We made it to the store and was informed by a very nice person that helped us that the temp gauge is stuck...that is what caused my Nissan to crack the engine so I told mom that I was driving her home and that I would drop off the 7' Christmas tree to the station and pick up the 5' tree for her office. So that was all I really got done the first part of the day. I picked up the kids from school and quickly got them ready to go right back out the door. One to a friends house and the others to my moms...I drove all over the place! Off to work I ...

you guessed it...Monday! This has been a week of Monday's for me and I'm not real sure why. I know that I have to get all the "stuff" out of my head and down so I don't feel so overwhelmed with details. So here it is. Yesterday I was blessed, BLESSED with a suprise paycheck. God is so good. Then had a great Christmas lunch with all the staff of the station. I sure am blessed to be where I am. It was a crazy night at my part time job. I take care of Room Service and To-Go at the Millhouse, and it's a fun p/t job, but I know that it is coming to a close. Mike has taken a job offer to head the events and festivals for another resteraunt so that means that I will need to be home. Honestly I am glad...I miss tucking the kids in at night and I really want to just concentrate on the ministry at the station. So today, I am so tired and it's hard to do a live show when I am not able to focus. I have so much that I need to plan out and make sure gets done, it's...

of my life that I am glad is over. I know that may sound a bit strange, but let me start by taking you back a couple of years. My husband and I have had a business from home. This was great and it allowed me to be a stay at home mom with our children. The business had been doing well during the housing boom and all though we weren't "rolling in the dough" we were able to be comfortable. As you well know the housing industry has all but come to a complete halt and with that, so has the drafting business. With God at the wheel and knowing what was to come, I have been blessed to go back to work in my field of radio. I work for a Christian station and even though it was slow to begin with as I was getting back into the swing of things, I enjoyed going back to work. At the time, we did not need me to work, but the children were all in school and I need to stay busy...it's in my nature. Over the course of the two years as I said, our business has slowed down to the point o...