Women Who Eat Chocolate

Well, I survived my weekend. Hunter had a birthday sleepover on Friday night with 13 boys invited! People tell me I'm crazy...but how many times after your kids leave home will you say to yourself, "I wish I would've let them invite more people over, and worry less about how my house looks?" I can honestly say I've always been the crazy mom and let them have a ton of people over for sleepovers. Hunter begged me to take him tp'ing for the first time...and of course I caved. I've taken Belle and her friends for so long that I can't remember when it started. Then I started taking Selena and her friends.....and how could I say no when it came Hunter's turn to do it? So there they were, bunches of boys getting dressed in black & camouflage and looking at me with pleading eyes. I caved. So out we went around 12:30 am driving around the countryside looking for the perfect place to hit. When I've taken the girls, there were always some of...

Life goes on in an endless circle. Whether we have or have not...whether we're happy or sad...it just keeps on going. Sometimes it would be nice just to step off that circle and watch everyone else go around. My favorite saying right now is this, "When you come to the end of your rope .... tie a knot and hold on." Or maybe it should be tie a knot in Jesus' robe and hang on.... :) I think things are looking up around here. That knot of anxiety I've been living with for the last six months seems to have loosened up just a bit. I started a new job...again....but this time I love it! I am officially an "opener" at the Berlin Village Inn. Who would've thought that getting up at 4:45 a.m. three days a week would appeal to me? Not I. But here I am and I really like it. I set up the continental breakfast and tend it...and I check people out of their rooms, and I'm done by 10:30. It's fun, and the people are super. Thanks for telling me ...

Did you ever stop and think about clothes? Why we need them....how many we need? How much we should not spend on them? During this past winter, I've realized how much I don't need new clothes. It used to be that whenever there was an occasion, I.E.: birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving....that I thought I needed a new top or an outfit. I guess it would make me feel good about myself. When you don't have alot of money, you begin to realize how foolish buying new clothes all the time is. You see those ladies walking in the mall with bags from Aero, Gap, and everything else in between. Don't get me wrong, I love to shop. But is all that money well spent? When someone tells me they got a deal on shoes for only $40 dollars I cringe. I have a hard time spending more than $2.50 for flip-flops at Old Navy every summer! No that's not true....I have spent $10 on shoes before...:) I'll tell you though, those occasions would come and go and I wore something...GASP...

OKAY...I feel my movie itch has been scratched. I rented 6 movies yesterday evening (oh yes...I had coupons! only ended up paying for like 2 of them...nice), and so far we have watched 5 of them as follows: HAPPY FEET....good movie and so funny! THE HOLIDAY....oh my gosh...so good and romantic...I cried.. CHILDREN OF MEN....so thought-provoking..loved it.. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS....cried again... BLOOD DIAMOND....can we just say LEO? THE GOOD SHEPHERD...haven't watched it yet....tomorrow afternoon It's been a couple weeks since we've rented movies because our DVD player has been acting kooky. But we got through them okay. It is now 11:59....one minute officially away from Easter. Looking forward to...

Okay...I know...it's been like weeks since I've posted. I'm not sure why I haven't....I've been looking at everyone else's blog. I just got used to the warm weather from Heaven the beginning of the week, and now there's a blizzard outside! Honestly, I love snow...just not over Easter break. I want the kids to be able to play outside...not be cooped up indoors. Things seem to be looking up for us a little more now. This winter has been rough financially....so rough that I was ready to pack up everything and move to Mexico. I wanted to crawl in a hole and move slowly into a fetal position. Being self-employed has it's pros and cons. These last two years were total cons..... It first started with George's accident, then with everything that happened with Belle. George just couldn't seem to pull himself out of it after the latter happened. I think Belle's situation put him more in a funk than his accident. So now, after major desp...