MEME and Others!!!

I've been tagged by Julie at Everyday Mommy, for this Bernard Pivot MEME, so here goes. Loved her answers so it will be tough to make mine as good as hers LOL

What is your favorite word? Ridiculous.

What is your least favorite word? Booger.

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? People who inspire me

What turns you off? Ignorance and Back Stabbing.

What is your favorite curse word? Hmmm well I wouldn't say I have a favorite, they're all nasty, but I do let out the occasional S ending with a T.

What sound or noise do you love? My hubby playing with the kids.

What sound or noise do you hate? Fingernails on a blackboard.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Physical Therapist.

What profession would you not like to do? Garbage man/woman.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Being that Heaven DOES exist, I'm hoping that God will say "Sandra, I'm so proud of you". Boy that would be Heaven, literally, well you know what I mean.

Taggity, tag, tag, tag...Janice, Mel, Courtney, Emily, Flipflopmamma, momrn2, Toni, Lisanne.

Alright now moving on to other things, I have to tell you guys that I have the BEST husband in the world. I know he reads my blog everynight, so I'm sure he'll be all proud of himself, but he has reason to LOL

So yesterday being Mother's Day, he got up with the kids so I could sleep in. By the time I woke up they had made me a huge breakfast. The rest of the day I was not allowed to do anything in the house. Everytime I got up, I was told to sit back down and NOT move a finger. He did the dishes, he cleaned up my kitchen, he did the laundry, he made lunch, he set the table, he took care of the kids, you name it, HE DID IT!!!
I think the best part was when he said "honey I'm doing the dishes and putting them away, now you may not be able to find your stuff after that, but at least I tried". LOL How funny is that?!?!?!

It's weird because I always say that I wish I had a day of doing nothing, but really, it's a bit frustrating when you're used to keeping busy each day. So I played "The Sims 2". I don't know if anyone else out there plays that game, but I love it, it's fun making families and houses and watching them grow, I think it's a typical mommy game LOL

Today it's back to the hustle and bustle of school and work. I'm so glad school is almost coming to an end, this has been ONE nutty year.
I think Jasmine is also about done, she always starts the year eager to go and we get to this time and I get the "I don't want to go to school, I want to stay home today". Yeah, well, I'll get back to you on that one!!!

Trying to get Jasmine to school this morning was painful, I would rather settle for a root canal or hours of birthing with no drugs. Seriously, it can get THAT bad!!!
That girl moves at a snails pace when she doesn't want to do something.....so by the time I got her out of the house it was 8:10am, the bell rings at 8:20am so we had 10 minutes to get there. Since the weather is supposed to be in the 90's this week, I told the kids that we would be doing LOADS of walking, I mean, it's good for you right, and it's nice outside.....but seeing that we were late we piled into the car.
I managed to drop her off 4 minutes before the bell rang and then headed to get some gas in my poor little car.

I get to the pump, insert my card and it tells me to see the cashier.

*Mommy I want out of the car*

*No Nicholas, you stay in there while mommy gets gas*

Remove card, insert again (you BETTER work this time). "Please see the cashier", are you friggin kidding me?!?!?!?

*mommy I want out*

Grab Nicholas and head inside to be told that all the cards from my Bank have been giving them problems this morning. So I go ahead and pay for the gas inside and then head back out to gas up.

*I don't want to go in the car, I want to say out with you*
*Nicholas, get in THE CAR*

*ok ok I'm going*

Fill up the car, well, put in $20 and got about 3/4 tank. Not too bad, considering those same dollars would only give my hubby's Dodge Truck about a 1/4 tank if that LOL

*SIGH*, yep I can already tell this is going to be one of those crazy days, it's always like that around payday. Bills to pay, groceries to get and then throw in some running around with kids, library runs, housework......you know Mother's Day was nice because I didn't have to do anything, but come on, now it's back to the usual and I have to wait a whole year, 365 days for that again. Is it bad that I'm already counting down the days to next year????

Well ladies, that's it for me today, I better get my grocery list and menus done, pay some bills and do some cleaning before heading to walmart.
Sending you all tons of sunshine and happy spring days. Thank you all for the sweet comments left yesterday, you guys (well gals), are truly amazing ;)

Happy Mother's Day!!!

I don't have much time to post this morning, for obviousy reasons :)
But I wanted to wish all the moms out there, a wonderful Mother's Day. All the wonderful mother's in my family, my mom, my stepmother, my mother in law, my sisters in law, my grandmothers and my friends and last but not least, the wonderful mother's and friends I've met through the blogging world.
May you all have a beautiful Mother's Day!!!! I love you all :)

MOTHER'S LOVE

Her love is like
an island in life's ocean,
vast and wide

A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the wind, the rain, the tide.
'Tis bound on the north by Hope,
By Patience on the West,
By tender Counsel on the South
And on the East by Rest.

Above it like a beacon light
Shine Faith, and Truth, and Prayer;
And thro' the changing scenes of life
I find a haven there.

~Author Unknown~

You know you're on a diet when........

you are so immersed into a book and then certain words have you sallivating. Really, it happened to me last night!!!
I'm laying in bed reading a book, not food related, and these words come up: "Listen, remember she's my daughter, not one of your cupcakes." *DROOL*.....ooohhhh cupcakes, imagine a big chocolate one with chocolate frosting, oooh oohhh no, one with cream cheese frosting and coconut on top, or a white one with sprinkles.....*DROOL*......UMMM where was I???

That's exactly how it went, I had to put the book down and remind myself that I'm watching my weight and cupcakes are a big no no right now. Wow who knew a book called "Navy Brides" would have me craving a cupcake????

I ended up not going to the party last night, Nicholas was not feeling well at all and was running a bit of a temperature, and now it seems Curt and I are heading the same way. It just seems that there's always a cold going around this place, just when you think you're safe, out come the Kleenex again.
Since I didn't go to the party, I did however speak with Valerie in the afternoon and placed an order. Now, I'm not one for spending tons of money and The BodyShop is a bit pricey, but it's only this one time so I thought "why not?", call it my gift to myself for Mother's Day!!!
I got the Papaya Body Butter, Papaya Shower Gel and Papaya Body Scrub, plus a bottle of Strawberry Body Lotion for Jasmine. Can't wait to get those in :)

While reading through "Another Fine Mess Lord", one of the subjects was "It's a List, A Choice". This is what it said:

"Do you face each day knowing God is right beside you? Do you have the great belief in Him that frames everything else? Do you have the faith that can move mountains and the strength that can slay giants? It's more of God first, in these ways and many others, that brings you the order you want.
Finding that order means filling the voids where you need God to be, allowing more of Him in your home and heart so you can keep what you need and discard the rest.
Remember: What you need and don't have is disrupting the order of your life, and what you have and don't need is disrupting the order of your life. Understand both, and order and peace will follow."

"I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands"
ISAIAH 49:15-16 NIV

Again I say WOW. We've lived our whole lives in this thought that the more you have, the better off you are. We struggle through life to make money to buy those "material" things that only seem to bring more unhappiness and stress, but that is what society finds acceptable right???
Change like anything, is a hard concept to grasp, it means going out of your comfort zone and doing something that many will not accept, many will criticize, but if you do it, the rewards far outweigh those times. I'm willing to do it, I'm willing to get ready of those things that are only weighing me down, in order to make room for those things that will not only make me spiritually lighter but also happier and stress free.

"Lord, You know what I have and what I don't want to have. Please help me bring order to the chaos".

I thought that every Saturday I would post a list of the sites I visited during the week, those that caught my attention for one reason or another....call it Sandy's Weekly Surfing. Why not?!?!?

Lori Foster - I've been visiting Lori's site for a while now, I actually help her make graphics for her site and her Cafepress store. If you love romance books, then be sure to check out her site, she's awesome :)

FamilyLife - My MIL actually introduced me to this site and I'm sure glad she did, it's a christian site with so much information and great articles. There are devotionals for couples, Parenting tips, Family Issues etc. Great site, be sure to check it out, and if you have little ones, this article "I Want To Do It Myself" is wonderful.

PrayerCentral - Great place for prayers and for teaching you how to pray hence this quote "If you don't want wimpy results, don't pray wimpy prayers."

Nooma - Remember the Nooma DVD's I've mentioned before? This is the main site for the, you can read about them, you can watch previews and even download discussion books for each DVD.

The Salt Cellar - Christian Store with a wide selection of music, books, kid products etc. Check it out, it's wonderful :)

Well my coffee has gone cold and my toast is now soggy, so I think that means my blogging for today is done. I truly hope that you all have a wonderful weekend, whether spent at home with the family, or out camping or having fun. I will be here tomorrow with a special "Mother's Day" wish to everyone and then back to normal blogging on monday :)

Remember When???

This post is late today, I just couldn't think of a story to share with you all due to being extremely tired and not feeling too great.

But it's friday, and what would fridays over at Diary of a SAHM be, without our usual "Remember When???".

We were taking our usual summer trips from Idaho to Oklahoma, to visit Curt's family. Jasmine was about to turn 1 year old and we thought it would be great to have a celebration with the family. We set out on the road and it was a really good drive until about 5 hours into it.

Just as we got to Evanston, Wyoming, the van started acting weird, but we didn't think anything of it and tried to keep going. Not much further up the road, about a mile or so, it finally gave out on us. We tried to get it restarted but nothing, it seemed like we needed a new battery, which didn't make sense because this one was not that old.

So we make a call to my in laws and decided that this is not going to work, there's no way we will make it to Oklahoma in this van.
We get back in and start driving back, well we went about another mile and had to pull over again, the van was JUST not working. By this time we realize we are in serious trouble, here we are on a friday afternoon, there are no auto shops in sight and the one that is in the town is already closed. We started getting hungry, so Curt got out and walked about 2 miles to the nearest town to get some Arby's for us.

We quickly ate and then decided to try and get back on the road. It was pure hell, we could only go about a mile at a time before the van turned off again. We managed to do this all the way to Tremonton, Utah, which is right on the border with Idaho. We found a Denny's and had some dinner then called a friend on base back home and asked if there was any way he could come get us, he said ok and here we are thinking we're saved.
Wel,l our friend ended up not seeing us on the road and the van broke down for good before Idaho, now it's night time, we are in the middle of NOWHERE, surrounded by mountains, with an infant and no place to sleep, eat, or use the bathroom.
I prayed and prayed and prayed that God would get us out of this situation, imploring with him the need for us to somehow find a way back home, especially for the baby.

No sooner had I said that than we saw a car pull up with an older couple. The husband got out and asked what the problem was and we explained that the van had broken down, he told us it seemed that it was a blown head gasket, which pretty much means you're not going anywhere, it's part of the engine.
They then offered to tow us all the way back to our house at the base. Turns out they were mormon and he had been stationed at the base before so he knew exactly where it was.
Praise the Lord!!! He not only found us a tow for free, but all the way to our front door.

Just another sign that he is always at our sides no matter what!!! All you have to do is ask :)

TGIF and Remember When???

Boy am I glad this week is over, I feel like I've been running on overdrive.
Nicholas is still sick, and if he's not better by this afternoon I think I'm taking him in to the ER, he has a horrible cough and this wheezing sound in his lungs. Agghhhh nothing like that to make a mom go bonkers.
Know what I mean? I used to be fine with all kinds of sounds, they meant nothing to me, then I became a mom and boy did that change fast.

• Wheezing - OMG they must have bronchitis.
• Coughing - What if it's pneumonia?
• Screaming - Someone is badly hurt!
• Ow Ow Ow - YIKES what if a bone is protruding?
• Sneezing - Dagnabit he's got a cold again.

See?!?!?!? That's how my mommy mind works. Pretty scary huh?

Tonight I have a BodyShop Party to attend. I really want to go just to get out of the house, but now I'm faced with this decision. Curt is working his usual hours which means he won't be home until at least 12am. The girl throwing the party said I could bring the kids and let them play with hers, but my whole worry is that I won't be able to have fun having to constantly watch what they are doing, or rather, what NICHOLAS is doing since he's only 3 years old.
Should I still go? I need some input here, pretty please!!!!

So last night I watched ER, I always do. All I have to say is, OMG!!! I cried my eyes out the whole show. If anyone else watched it you will know what I'm talking about, watching anything military related really hits home, it's heartbreaking. I think I let it all out though, I started crying over the show and then just let my other sadness come through, and boy do I feel good now. Nothing like a good cry once in a while right?

This morning the base commissary is having their usual Case Lot Sale. It's a great place to buy in bulk, last one they had I was able to purchase a box of 4 big laundry detergent bottles for only $7. Can't beat that right???
So that's where I'm headed this morning.

Today is Military Spouse Appreciation Day. I want to send a HUGE thank you and a Happy Day to all the wonderful military wives out there. You are such an incredible and important part of the military life and I hope you know how much you are appreciated. Veronica, Court, Emily, Kbug, Courtney, April, dzygoneby, syvanna, airforcewife, stacy. There are so many more out there, wish I knew them all.
If you're not a military spouse but know someone who is, please go by and let them know how much they are appreciated. :)

I've been so busy lately, and with Nicholas sick I haven't had time to think of my "Remember When???" story for today, so I will just leave it out for now, and will come back this afternoon with one.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, enjoy your friday. :)