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Wednesday plans...

Wow here it is already the middle of the week.. Things have been so busy here. I am looking at the next school year for my children. I will have two in the 12th grade, one in the 10th grade and one in the 9th grade.. oh boy.. fun.. really it is but it is also a lot of work..  Worth it but a lot of work none the less...

So with that being said i am looking at what classes we need to take for the coming year. If there is any classes the kids need to take at the local college and what that would take to do..

That brings me to the health issues... I am really wanting to just move on with the life i have and put all this behind me but it seems like that is not in gods plans.. We seem to keep going back over them.. Not sure why honestly.. But maybe that is the thing maybe i am not to understand why.. Just have to walk it out...

I did have something great happen yesturday.. I have a facebook account and well i have been getting in contact with those i went to highschool with all those 20 years ago.. oh boy i am old. ha ha ha.. anyway i just happen to start talking to a boy i went to school with.. It is funny really he was really down when we started talking. He was angry at God for somethings that have happened in his life.. And well he has had some bad things happen.. But when i started sharing with him how God never leaves us.. NO  matter what is going on  and that  he always LOVES us and wants to have a close relationship with us.. He started to feel and sound better... I told him about everythign that has happended in my life these past two years and i said if God has not left me..Do you even think he would leave you.... See maybe that is what all this is for.. Maybe all our struggles are so that we can show how Gods love and his ever ending love is there for our taking...

just some food for thought...

no struggles are ever in vain.. there is always a reason..

Monday morning...

Well today is a going slow.. I am moving slow today.. I hate these type days... My two oldest girls went to help there sunday school teacher clean her home. They do this about every month or so to help earn money for the family... It is good for us and good for her..

I put on a pot of redbeans with sausage last night for dinner tonight. I will cook some rice to go along with it.. That and some rolls...

Fathers Day came and went.. NO big deal.. It is hard on me and the kids when these type holidays come around... Stevens birthday was Wednesday he was 17 years old.. It was also the date that there dad left two years ago... Wow it has already been two years.... Time has sure went fast...

I go to the kidney doctor on Friday. I am now going to a special doctor in huntsville for the issuess that have happened to my kidney... It is a good thing in some ways becuase this doctor is able to do more in case we have to....

The kids will go on there mission trip with the church in July.. I am so happy for them.. Sad for me because i was going to go with them but well with the health issues that is not able to happen.. that breaks my heart...Maybe next year.. ;)

Well all that updates you on the goings on in the house today.. I have got to get busy looking over my school books for the coming school year... Got to get somethings in order.. I will be out of it for a while with surgery and can not wait until it is time for school to start to get things together..So that means mom needs to work on them now.. ;)

Have a blessed day all

glenda

pic of me and all my kids....

Me, Steven, Jackie, James, Rebecca and Elizabeth at the grad dinner....

pic of me and two of my girls..

Elizabeth, Me and Jackie eating out for Eliz grad...

new pic of me...

It has been a while.. sorry

Wow it has been a while since i logged on.. I have been so busy with doctors, the children and church...

Ok so now to update everyone.. I go to the kidney doctor in huntsville on the 26th to plan what we need to do next on my only kidney... I have another large kidney stone in my only kidney.. It is going to take at least four surgeries to remove the stone... My blood levels are still real low, and I get tired out real quick..

The children all five of them are doing great.. Liz grad this year.. that was such a huge blessing.. Steven and Jackie will grad this coming school year.. James will be in the 9th grade and Rebecca in the 8th grade.. I am still homeschooling each of them and will do it until there is no way i can..

As far as me cleaning houses i am down to only two.. It is not much income but God has been good to us and somehow we keep the bills paid and some food in the house...

Please keep us in your prayers as when i start having the surgeries i will be out for at least four weeks just with surgeries and then another 8 weeks for after surgery recovery.... It is going to be a hard time on the mind... and body...

We are as a family still trying our best to keep our little homestead.. we have now only chickens, ducks, and rabbits.. It breaks my heart when we have to get rid of the animals but have to do what we have to do...

The garden failed with all the rains. we have a small one but i so wish we would have been able to put in another large one.. maybe next year..

Blessings to each of you.. I need to work on dinner prep work.. And get things ready for church tomorrow.. Have a blessed day all.

glenda

Good Morning all.. I pray that all is well

Hello all. I pray that each of you have had a blessed week. I have had a busy busy week.

Sunday we spent most of our day at church. After the snow we headed off to church. It was so sweet seeing all the snow on the ground it was like God had placed a blanket all over the ground.. It was so sweet. I just could not and still can not get the view off my mind... We did not have sunday school at church that broke my heart. I so love being with the ladies in my sunday school class.. They are such a blessing to me.. Anyway we had a great service sunday morning. After service we went home for a few ate some lunch and then had to be back at church by 2 for youth band practice. then i had a youth council meeting at 4 and DT for the youth at 5 and church at 630.. I was booking it all day long.. I WAS TIRED.. by the end of sunday... I got home and fed the kids again.. Boy can those kids eat..hee hee.

Monday was a little more layed back thank the Lord.. I got the kids up and they got dressed and out to do there outside chores.. While they were out i got breakfast done and started on the second load of clothes, everyone ate we got the kitchen cleaned up and then it was time for them to start school and mom to start on her baking. I had to get bread baked up, brownies, cookies, and pies.. Now i did not have to bake all the others but the kids wanted something to snack on so i thought why not.. Bless there hearts they ate one pie with there lunch and the other one with there dinner.. I have a few cookies left and a few brownies... I have no idea where in the world they put it all.....;0)

Life here is on the go all the time.. It is funny i think sometimes at night  why am i so tired and then i think of everything i did in the day... it is at that point i am tired just thinking of everything we did... ;0)

Today i have got to run into town, there is somethings we are out of that i have to have. I have 30dollars to my name and well i have to use it to its fullest.. I go back to the doctor  in two weeks. I am praying that he will say that i am doing good. I still have a total of four more weeks before i can even think about going back to work.. i know when he finds out everything i have been doing he is going to have a fit.. but like i said i am a single mom and well i have things that i have to do..

Well all.. I have got to get busy.. like i said there is school work to get done with the kids, there is baking to do and we have got to run into town sometime today...

Have a blessed day all.

glenda

Living the good life means

You know it is funny living the good life means different things to different people... For me i have found that today has been such a wonderful day.. I got up got the kids breakfast fixed, got a shower and came into the kitchen got breakfast cleaned up.. Then I started grinding my wheat berries to make homemade bread.. This to me is the good life.. No there is not much money.. But the facts are money does not make one happy.. if so then there would be far more happy people in hollywood.. and well we all know how unhappy most of them are..

Anyway i ended up fixing 9 small loaves of bread, 2 large loaves of bread, and a large pan of cinnamon buns... And oh the smell in the house.. The sweet smell of fresh ground wheat and honey... there is no sweeter smell in the kitchen...

So what does the good life mean to me.. It is those times with my children when we are just hanging out and talking. It is those times in the kitchen when i am baking something great and healthy for my children and friends. It is those times in the garden when i am pulling weeds and picking those vegs... It is those times in the kitchen when i am canning those vegs and thanking God for the jars in the pantry when i know that my family will be taking care of... Those are the good times.. Those are the times that i can honestly say are what make life worth living..

God is good.. I think we just need to take the time to look and be still and allow him to show us his beauty..

glenda

Wednesday...

Good afternoon all.. Well things are going slow around here...

Tonight is church however with this head cold and all the coughing and sneezing i am doing i am not going to go.. I will however take the children and drop them off so that they can do there bible study.. I do not want them to miss their bible study...

I am doing good as far as the surgery. I have noticed however that i am still getting more tired than normal quicker than normal.. I guess when you have two surgeries within six months that can be normal... That and the fact that my blood levels have not got above a 8 is not good either...

I did get some homemade chocolate cupcakes made today for the children. They seem to really love them.. I have been baking things for them daily.. I baked enough cup cakes that i should not have to bake anything tomorrow... It is funny my children love homemade cupcakes with icing but there favorite is the ones without icing.. So i iced some and then left the others with nothing on them.... hey it is so much cheaper to not have to ice them anyway... right.. hee hee.. I think if i used store bought cake mix they would want me to ice them but with the homemade ones i make i use a good amount of chocolate and chocolate chips in them that they dont need iceing.. sometimes i even put mini marshmallows, chocolate chips and chopped up nuts into the batter when it is cooking... they love them that way.,.

Well i will go for now.. I pray that all is well with each of you...

god bless

glenda

Monday...

Wow.. here it is already monday again.. Today has been a good day.. I have been sick all day but it has been a good day..

I got up this am and was running a fever.. It is a low grade fever but yet a fever still.. I called my doctor i have a nice little cold.. oh boy.. But anyway i got up and got some meds in me and started to feel better..

So when i got to feeling better i decided that i was going to bake some cookies for the children.. So off to my kitchen i went.. i am doing good on my peanut butter stash so i thought hey why not bake them some peanut butter cookies... I have to say they sure looked nice.. oh course by the time i got them almost done i was done in for.. ok as it is tonight peanut butter cookies round one.. Glenda NONE.. not good..

I also was able to get a menu done up for the week. And guess what i am spending NO money.. WE have everything in the house.. yea....

Here is the menu..

mon B: oats with fruit, pumpkin bread toast, yogurt

        L: tomato soup, sandwich and crackers

        D: pasta casserole with steak pieces, mixed greens,  and bread, and a  cookie for desert.

Tue B: Grits with bacon pieces and cheese, toast, yogurt

       L: treet sandwich, popcorn

       D: salmon patties, rice, pinto beans, cornbread

Wed B: Biscuit with pepper gravy

       L: Chicken noodle soup with cracker

       D: chili mac, green beans, cornbread

Thur: B: Cream of wheat with fruit, toast

       L:Tuna fish sandwiches, popcorn

       D: Fried rice with chicken chunks, mixed greens, biscuits

Fri: B: cereal with milk, apple

       L: Vegetable soup with crackers

       D: Children will eat at the church (mom will have a salad)

Sat B: children will be at church (mom will have yogurt)

      L: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, popcorn

      D: fried potatoes with cornbeef, green beans, bread

Sun: B: pancakes with syrup, fried treet

      L: Philly steak pasta meal with ham chunks, and crackers

      D: spegetti with sauce, salad, and garlic bread

For deserts this week i will cook things like

Peanut butter cookies(did this today)

brownies

lemon bars

For drinks we can have the following

juice( cranberry juice)

tea

water

coffee(for mom)

hot cocoa(for children)

I dont think anyone will starve to dealth.. And the great thing is i dont have to shop all week. yea....

Have a blessed day all.

glenda