I have not been in much of a mind frame for writing these days. I do not know what to write about. Mostly when I come to the internet these days I just click around and wonder what I am doing here and then lament over how the internet has changed so many things in this life for the negative. For example, its all too incredibly easy for so many people to waste SO much time. Also, I find the amount of people, things and ideas coming at me to be all too overwhelming. I like to try to keep my thoughts in a straight line and the internet makes that impossible. So if you wonder why i don't write you back, or comment on your photograph, its not because I don't care. I do care very much. I just....can only take so much. However, as much as I would like to go back to the little house on the prairie and be a pioneer because I think as a whole society was much healthier without technology, that just doesn't seem to be happening in our society, at least not yet. I am working on changing that. But for now, my hope is to make my interactions with my computer purposeful, if I must interact with them. So, I hope that I can find more time to be alone with my computer, drinking coffee with him and sharing about life's joys and trials. Maybe then I will spit out more blog posts. For now, I decided to share 25 facts about myself, that you may not have previously known:
1. David Hasselhoff's youtube video "hooked on a feeling" never ever stops amusing me.
2. Therefore, one of my children walks around the house singing "I'm hoot on da feeling..."
3. I think ice cream would be better if they put half the amount of sugar in it.
4. It takes me at least a half hour every single day to find socks for my children. Often time the solution is just to buy more on the way to wherever we are going.
4. I really miss Publix. Particularly the one in South Miami.
5. I would rather explode than use a port-a-potty.
Well, I actually can't think of anything more to say about myself that would interest someone else at this hour. But writing this made me think of more ideas for future blog posts. So see you soon!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Thanking God he Made YOU.....
We've come to the time in the season
When family and friends gather near
To offer a prayer of Thanksgiving
For blessings we've known through the year
To join hands and thank the creator
And now when Thanksgiving is due
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
I'm grateful for the laughter of children
The sun and the wind and the rain
The color of blue in your sweet eyes
The sight of a high ball and train
The moon rise over a prairie
Old love that you've made new
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
And when the time comes to be going
It won't be in sorrow and tear
I'll kiss you goodbye and I'll go on my way
Grateful for all of the years
I thank for all that you gave me
For teaching me what love can do
Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
-Johnny Cash
Monday, November 19, 2012
Happenings of our day.
Today I made the mistake of putting my oldest son in the wrong car seat. There were tears. Lots of big, sad drops. During our twenty five minute car ride, I was reminded at least eight teen times in a hysterical voice that "Matheson does not want to sit in THAT car seat, he wants to sit in THIS car seat." Meanwhile, Matheson is staring very sweetly and contentedly out the window.
Later this evening, the last band aid fell off of Jedidiah's toe. There was a blister that healed over a week ago. But there were bitter tears, and according to him it was entirely necessary for me to pack the kids up and take them to the drugstore in the pouring rain after dark to get him a band aid. He didn't get a band aid though. He did get put in bed.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Some Financial Advise from the expert (me).
Hi. I thought of some ideas that helped us save money and I thought I would share. Some of these are Isaiah's ideas. I will let you figure out whose ideas are whose.
1. Resist the urge to eat out a lot. We have saved TONS of money from not eating out.
2. You will probably eat out anyway, so my next thought is to not buy sodas with your meal. They cost extra and are bad for you, unless you are eating pizza. Nothing tastes better with pizza than a coke.
3. Buy real food, its actually cheaper in the long run than prepared foods. And much of the prepared food sold today is the leading cause of cancer, diabetes, anger, resentment and even sudden death by car accident.
4. Have your husband go on a hunting trip and bring home an elk or deer. It will be a year's worth of meat for free. If he isn't successful on his trip though, be a supportive wife.
5. Butcher the animal and store it in salt to save on electricity.
6. Several nights a week, "Unplug." Turn off your computers and TV's and light candles. Read a book, write a letter. Not only will you be saving on electricity but you might find that you have a much more relaxing evening and better quality time with your family.
7. Buy good bread. I mean, bakery bread. But the way you do this is by going to the bakery and asking them for "day old" bread. Day old bread is just as good as the non-day old bread. It is also cheaper and better than any bread from the store.
8. Come up with a fun project to do at home involving things around your house. For example, you can take a pile of Styrofoam plates and shred them then drive your toy cars through them. It won't cost anyone but your mamma a dime!
9. Quit eating. Okay don't quit eating, at least not altogether. But, I have considered skipping a meal or two a week and saving the money I would have spent on that meal. But I don't know if I will ever calculate how much my meals cost in that much detail to make this an efficient way to save money.
10. Get a Costco Membership. The amount of money you will save on free samples each week will pay for the cost of the membership itself, and then some. Then you will have money to go through the rest of the store and buy lots of other things that you hadn't thought that you needed until you went to Costco.
11. We often buy bulk beans and rice. Black beans, lentils and pinto beans. I make large pots of all sorts of things with them. We eat these types of things several nights a week.
12. Shop at Garage sales and craigslist. Isaiah and I are avid yard-sailers, and I have found that not only do garage sales build community, they also give you a chance to buy enough things to host your own garage sale the following summer. Seriously, though I have found a ton of great things almost new through craigslist and yard sales.
13. Run a hose from your neighbors house into the kitchen to wash dishes. Not only will you be saving on your water bill but you will be encouraging a stronger and more giving community.
14. Eat oats in the morning. I bought a 50 lb bag of oatmeal for 17 dollars from Azure standard and it fed us breakfast for two years. Even though we really don't like oats and throw half of them away each time.
15. Buy Bulk. I buy bulk stuff from Costco, Azure Standard, Winco and Cash and Carry. Don't buy bulk at the Market of Choice, their prices pay for the polished floor and cleverly picked selection of classical music. Which I do admit I enjoy just for fun on occasion.
16. Walk! If you live in a place where you can walk places do it! There is no reason to spend the extra gas money if you don't have too. It will be better for your health and even for the earth, if you're into the earth.
17. Don't get cable T.V. Instead, find a neighbor who has cable and watch it through your window at night. Not....that we have ever....done that....
18. Buy a cow. We bought a quarter of a cow this year and the meat is AMAZING and much much cheaper than the store.
19. Finally, attend Dave Ramsey's Financial peace University. We went through this last year and it has helped us re-orient our thinking about money for the better, thus saving us a lot of headache and helped us see clearly enough to get out of some of our debts.
I can't actually think of a 20th. Please share if you come up with something interesting.
1. Resist the urge to eat out a lot. We have saved TONS of money from not eating out.
2. You will probably eat out anyway, so my next thought is to not buy sodas with your meal. They cost extra and are bad for you, unless you are eating pizza. Nothing tastes better with pizza than a coke.
3. Buy real food, its actually cheaper in the long run than prepared foods. And much of the prepared food sold today is the leading cause of cancer, diabetes, anger, resentment and even sudden death by car accident.
4. Have your husband go on a hunting trip and bring home an elk or deer. It will be a year's worth of meat for free. If he isn't successful on his trip though, be a supportive wife.
5. Butcher the animal and store it in salt to save on electricity.
6. Several nights a week, "Unplug." Turn off your computers and TV's and light candles. Read a book, write a letter. Not only will you be saving on electricity but you might find that you have a much more relaxing evening and better quality time with your family.
7. Buy good bread. I mean, bakery bread. But the way you do this is by going to the bakery and asking them for "day old" bread. Day old bread is just as good as the non-day old bread. It is also cheaper and better than any bread from the store.
8. Come up with a fun project to do at home involving things around your house. For example, you can take a pile of Styrofoam plates and shred them then drive your toy cars through them. It won't cost anyone but your mamma a dime!
9. Quit eating. Okay don't quit eating, at least not altogether. But, I have considered skipping a meal or two a week and saving the money I would have spent on that meal. But I don't know if I will ever calculate how much my meals cost in that much detail to make this an efficient way to save money.
10. Get a Costco Membership. The amount of money you will save on free samples each week will pay for the cost of the membership itself, and then some. Then you will have money to go through the rest of the store and buy lots of other things that you hadn't thought that you needed until you went to Costco.
11. We often buy bulk beans and rice. Black beans, lentils and pinto beans. I make large pots of all sorts of things with them. We eat these types of things several nights a week.
12. Shop at Garage sales and craigslist. Isaiah and I are avid yard-sailers, and I have found that not only do garage sales build community, they also give you a chance to buy enough things to host your own garage sale the following summer. Seriously, though I have found a ton of great things almost new through craigslist and yard sales.
13. Run a hose from your neighbors house into the kitchen to wash dishes. Not only will you be saving on your water bill but you will be encouraging a stronger and more giving community.
14. Eat oats in the morning. I bought a 50 lb bag of oatmeal for 17 dollars from Azure standard and it fed us breakfast for two years. Even though we really don't like oats and throw half of them away each time.
15. Buy Bulk. I buy bulk stuff from Costco, Azure Standard, Winco and Cash and Carry. Don't buy bulk at the Market of Choice, their prices pay for the polished floor and cleverly picked selection of classical music. Which I do admit I enjoy just for fun on occasion.
16. Walk! If you live in a place where you can walk places do it! There is no reason to spend the extra gas money if you don't have too. It will be better for your health and even for the earth, if you're into the earth.
17. Don't get cable T.V. Instead, find a neighbor who has cable and watch it through your window at night. Not....that we have ever....done that....
18. Buy a cow. We bought a quarter of a cow this year and the meat is AMAZING and much much cheaper than the store.
19. Finally, attend Dave Ramsey's Financial peace University. We went through this last year and it has helped us re-orient our thinking about money for the better, thus saving us a lot of headache and helped us see clearly enough to get out of some of our debts.
I can't actually think of a 20th. Please share if you come up with something interesting.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Camping
We love to camp. Actually I take that back, Isaiah loves to camp, and I don't mind it. I might prefer to sleep in a luxury hotel with a swimming pool and cable television, but camping is a much more reasonable option. And it does bond a family together in a special kind of way. Some friends from our church invited us to go camping with them early this fall. It was a wonderful, beautiful place, and a wonderful, beautiful time which I will share with you right here:
Saturday, November 3, 2012
90th Birthday and other Montana Musings from 2008
90th Birthday and other Montana Musings from 2008. This was prior to Children. Now there is an entire nation of little James Men formulating in our midst.
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| Montana Sky, big rainstorm (Okay that sounds like the name of every city in Montana) |
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| Manna From Heaven |
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| Brotherly Love |
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| Wash clothes And Towels |
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| Grandpa's 90 today! |
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| And Grandma is proud of it |
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| In Love |
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| Surprised!! |
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| Sisterly Love |
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| Isaiah running away from his bored brother |
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| Little Baby Dilly Joined us! |
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| Some earthy types |
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| Cutting Banana for baby Dilly |
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| JoAnna trying to escape the clutches of her in laws quirky behavior patterns. Mother in law is too strong for her to escape. |
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| Another earthy type |
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| Beautiful Family before the others came along |
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| Our Handsome Husbands |
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| There goes a husband off the ledge. Oh no. |
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| Inappropriate |
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| Happy Hitchhiker |
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| Isaiah finding himself |
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| Butterfly finds himself on Susan's hat |
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| 32 degrees |
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| Pretending to be brave |
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| Joyous reunion of mother-in-laws |
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| He is not actually Chinese |
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| Isaiah and his old man. |
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| I take camping seriously. |
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