An Update Post

Two posts in one day! I have much to share, but with all these updates, I may not have much to say for a while!! Here are the updates from around our home....

Homemaking:

I have really gotten off track here. My house has that "ick" feel to it. You know the one, don't you? Please tell me you do! Since I had the cooties here for a whole week, it has not gotten a clean feeling. I read on a friend's facebook status about a Lavender Pine Sol....I plan to grab some of that. Have any of you tried it?

Laundry has been done and that is a plus!Gardening:I am not meant to garden. Sad to admit, but so true. My tomatoes are bursting with lots of green plump tomatoes, and my 2 pepper plants are straining with the weight of all the peppers..........but my cucumber, lettuce and onions died! UGH! Oh, well. Plus I have not kept my end of the bargain. Not that the garden is not weeded and watered regularly, but it is not me doing it....no, it is not Sweetheart either...it is Charlotte and Zach. They are anxious to enlarge the garden so they can grow pumpkins! I think I will give them the other end of the space we have. Maybe I can convince Sweetheart to put clotheslines where the garden space would have been........

Spiritual:I am reading the Sermon on the Mount. It begins in Matthew 5. I love these verses and I can imagine what it would have been like to be there......I may have to spend a week or more in this section of scripture. It is speaking to me.

"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." Matthew 5:13

The Kids:The kids are all doing well. Sickness has left the building!!! Kyle worked on this piece of "art". He wanted his Grandma Dianne to see this picture...make sure you tell him you saw it Grandma!

Charlotte......Charlotte has been Charlotte. What can I say. She is great one day and the next she is struggling. Still, I am so amazed at what she can accomplish. Debi sent her a gift card to Michael's and asked her if she would use it to purchase yarn of her choice and make a Project Linus blanket for a child. Debi will donate this in her name. She finished it yesterday and and I think it is beautiful!!!! I was surprised at the amount of yarn it took to make this....crochet is as costly as quilting!Such pride in a job well done. I think it is her best work yet!

Zach Attack.....he is a pistol and I am grateful It is better than that lethargic little boy burning up with fever last week! He slept alot.....and anywhere he landed. Here he is half on and half off the couch.Quilting:UGH!!! This is not fun. I have made myself work on it and prohibited myself from basting the sailboats until the center blocks of this quilt are done. I just want to get through it and move on.

Grandchildren:

Let's talk about that mohawk....Personally, I do not like it. He is my baby. My TJ Stinky Pants. My sweet little guy who loves to collect rocks, just like I did as a child. (note his few new additions in front of his dirty little feet) However, he is still a dolly and I find it growing on me. *sigh* One day he will be doing stuff to himself that his parents will HATE....it will serve them right! HA! A rite of passage for ALL parents.

Emerson will be the one to put them through their paces. You can be sure of that!!Tomorrow (Wednesday), their Mommy has a birthday. Happy birthday Rachel!!!!!

Sweetheart:

I usually do not update on Sweetheart, but he needs prayer. He took a very big beating today. Yes, I WHIPPED HIS BEHIND in Phase 10! He thought he had me for most of the game, but I came from behind and WAILED on him! He never saw it coming. The winning hand......Zach thought it was "mean" that I was taking pictures of Daddy's failure and Sweetheart told him, "Don't worry Zach. We will start our own blog and take pictures of Mom losing next time!" I don't think so......Sassy:

I think Sassy is a bit upset.People keep saying she is "fat". I think she looks just fine! Look at those lines....she is sleek!Or maybe it is the lighting, cause in this one her butt sure looks BIG! Sorry Sass!Those are the updates. Have a blessed week!!!