Just a Quote!

I'm reading this great book called The Deity Formerly Known As God by Jarrett Stevens. It's a great book by a young man, father, pastor. It's about the many ways people view God. Anyway, here's a passage that I found outstanding.

"In a world where there is the undeniable presence of AIDS, death, heartbreak, pain, and longing, there is also love, laughter, forgiveness, and friends who light up when they see you. And while I wrestle with understanding God's role in the former, I should not be confused about God's presence in the latter. This is the moral of our story, that in a world filled with pain and fear and confusion, there is a God who is more good, more generous, and more full of grace than we could possibly imagine. And as wildly as he offers himself to us, so should we offer ourselves to him, no longer living the risk-free distance of all assumptions, but up close and personal, so we can see just how good and generous this King truly is."

The Farmer's Marker 2010 season.

Ware Neck Produce in Gloucester is officially open! I was actually in the shop as they were hanging the 'open for season' sign! I love this place. I just have a hard time remembering to go there. From our old house I would drive right by it, but it's out of my way now. However, while dropping off a car seat, I saw that is was opened and stopped! Their prices are so good and it smelled so wonderful in there. I grabbed my green bag and left the kids in the car right out front. I was in and out with a huge bag of produce in under 5 minutes! I got romaine lettuce, iceburg lettuce, red bell pepper, 2 cucumbers, 3 bags of baby carrots, 6 oranges, a 3 pound bag of apples, a huge stalk of celery, and a container of fresh basil for $17.50!!!! They have fresh eggs too which I forgot to grab, but I will next time. For a little more than store prices they have jams, jelly, and lots of hot sauces, and spaghetti sauces. I think I'll budget to try some different stuff this year. Anyway. Here's some shots of my yummy finds today!.

Anderson Boy Project! Part 1

So after hearing a few dings and clanks coming from the garage, I went to find out what was going on. What did I find? Another Anderson boy project! This one is entitled "Our First Hot Rod". I'm not sure what the exact end result will be, but it seems that Johnny has found a way to entertain our little people for awhile, and himself as well. :)

 

  The Before part of the Hot Rod.

  After the paint job, that's dirt all over Sam's face. Right after his bath of course. And Shane here with the hot rod, looking way to grown up for my taste.

 

And here we go again!

It's the start to yet another week. Here's hoping that this on is better than last week. My meds are finally working and I got to leave the house twice this week :) We're looking for a new to us car and we spent much of yesterday afternoon hunting something down. No luck yet. This week should be awesome! Wednesday is Mom's Night Out with a fab group of women! Friday my Steph is coming up to visit and on Sat. just me, her, and Jackson are heading to Greene for Casey's Baby Shower!!! And the The Lollipop Shop will be open. AND the Green Valley Book Fair will be open and I get to see my brother's new place! Sadly it will also be little man's first weekend visit. Not looking forward to that part, but I won't be here, so I think it will be a little easier on me.

 

 

  

The boys really interested in the story last night LOL!!!

The Lollipop Shop preview!!

...I bought it....

My blog, my opinion:

See these things, 2nd grade, Kindergarten, and preschool for an entire year! I bought it.

 

All from my wallet, every single penny of it! (except for the help from my parents) So no, I don't think it's fair to pay even more taxes into the school system. My blog, my opinion! $51,000,000 they have 51 MILLION dollars to educate the kids for a year. Figure it out and leave my tax dollars alone! And to those who think it's a luxury to homeschool. It's NOT! We sacrifice on a daily basis. We go without certain things so I can stay home. I don't have a cell phone, we just have basic cable, we don't go on long summer vacations (we have to save just to go every two years!), I buy clothes at thrift stores and yard sales, but to me it's worth it! I am with my kids EVERY day teaching them.  I don't think I should have to sacrifice any further to bail out the system. Yeah, they aren't asking that much. From what I've heard $100 per home owner to make up the 6 million dollar cut. However, that $100 tax hike could pay for my whole math curriculum. But instead I'd have to use take that money from MY kids education to give it to the system. Just doesn't seem fair.

And now just because the song is in my head. 

Standing outside with our mouths open wide!!!

Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh...if all the snowflakes were lemon drop and milk shakes oh what a snow that would be. Because lemon drops and milk shakes would sure as heck beat the pants off of MORE snow. After bragging about the crocus and daffodils that have popped up, they are now covered by 3 inches of wet slushy snow :(. I'm not sure why the winter is trying to drive everyone crazy, but it's sure as heck winning the bet it made with spring. It's March for Pete's Sake!!!! Enough is enough, I say we all revolt and throw the windows open, turn off the heat, put away the winter coats/gloves/hats/scarves and tell winter exactly where it can go! I'm so looking forward to light hoodies and daffodil picking!

 

  

And now some beauties from last spring:

  

  

Oh please Spring, please come visit soon, we miss you oh so much!!!

Recovering Mama!

Uggg. After a very long week of being sick, I am finally on the mend. I NEVER go to the doctor for illness. I've been exactly 4 times in 6 years and TWO of those times have been in the last month. Annoying. It doesn't help that my doctor's office can never get me in for two or three days. I mean who wakes up and says...hmm, I think I'll be in terrible pain in the three days so I'd better make an appointment. Really! So I have to pay double the co-pay and go to Urgent Care and get in and out in 20 minutes. Twice in the last month, once for strep and now for this awful sinus crud. I get sinus infections all the time and they go away in a few days with liberal use of Advil Cold and Sinus, but not this time! Everytime I woke thinking, I think it's better, I would sneeze and my head gave me a tiny explosion. So off to Urgent Care we went. Three prescriptions later, I'm feeling slighty more human. Dr. Justis said it's been the worst sinus season that he's seen in years. Lucky me. So here's what mommy being sick looks like around here.

 

The directions on one of the prescriptions was so insane that I had to make a check list to make sure I took them at the right time and I quote "take 2 pills by mouth 3 times daily for 3 days, take 2 pills twice daily for three days, take 1 pill twice daily for 3 days, then take 1 pill once daily for the last three days" Yikes! And the meds say that it can leave user with a feeling of "euphoria", I'm eagerly awaiting that side effect :)

I must say my dear hubby really stepped up. He took off early on Friday to take care of me, but I wasn't quite so miserable yet, all weekend, he got up with the kids, and ran the outside so I could sleep and nap. He made dinner and took off on Monday and drove me to Urgent Care, got my meds, made dinner again, I got a three hour nap. Then the kicker was he folded and put away ALL the weekend laundry. On the downside, this is the result of ONE day of me not doing laundry around here.

There is already a load of towels in the washer at this point. Insane, laundry is the enemy! Well at least I didn't catch Desperate Housewives on Sunday as a result of the worst headache I've ever had, so I'll be watching and folding this afternoon. Now, off to teach my kids something, they got an impromptu school vacation.