Finding Simplicity

It's 6:43a.m. and I have spent the past hour browsing through friends of friends on facebook.  Carefully searching for people I may have connected with at one time or another.  There were dozens of people I knew from high school, only a few worth adding to my friend list though.  After wasting the last hour facebook stalking people, I have come to the conclusion that I need a large, floppy sun hat.  Yep, that's it.  Social networking is strange isn't it?  I love the fact that people can reconnect with long lost friends so easily.  I mean just imagine how our parents must feel.  But for all of us "young folks," it's like we never really escaped high school.  We didn't get the chance to create long lost friends. That's life I guess. In this day and age things are rapidly changing. Most of us can't keep up with all the new space age technology.  As for me, I don't care that much about all of it.  I am just going to buy my big, floppy sun hat, sit in my backyard while I read, and pretend to live in simpler times.

For those of you who don't know, this is Marilyn Monroe.  A lovely picture of her reading in the sun...

Someday...

So, this one time at band camp.....just kidding.  I know, that was so 1999.  Anyway, I love farms.
The other day Mandy and I took the kids to hang out with some farm animals at Oak Mountain State Park.  I take my kids there a lot, it's cheap entertainment and really close to my house.  We love the outdoors and all the little farm animals running around in the barnyard.  But this time, it was the first time either of us had ever seen a male peacock with his tail feathers fully extended.  They are such beautiful birds.  I want one, in fact I want a farm.  Oh how I long to move out into the country somewhere with lots of land and fruit trees.  A few goats running around, some chickens for fresh organic eggs, a big fluffy collie (I used to own one and they are the best dogs ever), a little pond stocked with catfish and a couple swans, and of course a peacock running around.  Maybe a male and a female.   I could grow a big garden full of peppers, tomatoes, carrots, and potatoes.  We could live in a an old, completely restored plantation style home.  It would be painted white and yellow, and have a giant wrap-around porch with rocking chairs.  And I can't forget the white picket fence to go around the front. I could have a room dedicated to homeschooling my seven children, (yes, I know I only have three at the moment, but who knows what the future holds).
Ah yes, that's the stuff dreams are made of.  One day...  But until then, I am going to enjoy my home, it may not be huge, or on a farm, but it gets the job done, and I love it just the same.

Trying to stay awake as I write....

After a week of company my house feels a bit empty tonight.  The kids are asleep and Brian is watching Through the Wormhole on the Science channel.  I am usually not a fan of this show, but tonight's episode is quite interesting.  It is about a "sixth sense" in our brains.  I would go into detail, but I think that everybody needs to just watch it.  It just proves to me that we are capable of so much more that we realize.  It coincides with what The Word says about the amazing powers the Lord has given to us.
It saddens me that t.v. shows like this absolutely refuse to give any credit to our Loving God.

After walking through my cluttered home earlier this evening, I decided that I am going to simplify my life. Mainly, my home.  I have a plan to come up with a theme for each room and go through boxing up anything that seems inadequate.  Maybe one day I will learn how to be completely organized....

I have been so tired lately, it must be lack of sleep.  I suppose it's worth it for the quiet time I get while my children sleep.

I know this post is relatively boring.  Most of them are, but nobody reads them anyway.  I could write about my opinions on natural childbirth, breastfeeding, or homeschooling.  All of which I am a strong advocate for.  Those tend to be touchy subjects among some moms.  This is the world we live in.... I'm so tired, I need to go to bed now.  Hopefully this blog will make sense in the morning.  If not, oh well.  I need sleep now.

Just Random

Most people are way too trendy. Manikins are strange.  Everything is overpriced.  Salad Fingers is really creepy. Mario must be super rich now, I hope he is not still fixing toilets.  Kids grow up way too fast. Some people never grow up.  Waiting for anything isn't fun.  Babies can bring a smile to anybody's face.  Spring and Autumn are the two best seasons.  The Beatles really rocked in their day and still do how many decades later??  A dolphin's brain is bigger than a human's brain. 

25 Years and Counting

Well, it's Tuesday night, way past my bed time, and I can't sleep.  I don't know if it's due to the fact that I feel like I am in abeyance this week, the excitement from my new Wii microphone and Glee game, or just because I had two cups of coffee late in the evening.  Either way, I figured since I am up anyway, I may as well write a blog.  The reason I have been MIA the past few days is because I have a house full of guests.  I had a fabulous birthday on Saturday.  My sister-in-law, Mandy, and I took the entire day to shop.  I can't begin to express how nice it is to go to the mall without little hands constantly tugging on my shirt.  After we decided that we could not possibly walk anymore without our legs popping off we headed home to relax a little.  I came home to find that my incredible husband had not only watched six kids all day, but had actually managed to bake me a cake and cook dinner!  Tell me I'm not married to superman and I won't believe you.  I must also mention that this was the first time he has ever baked anything.  Everything was delicious.  Once we fed the herd, we all headed out to see the firework show.  All in all my turning 25 rocked, and I am so blessed to have such an amazing family to make it all worth while.


Here is a picture of Makayla (my niece and the other birthday girl), who was cool enough to let me take pictures of her wearing a fake mustache.  Isn't she adorable?  Look at that gorgeous red hair!

Eleven Reasons I have kept a smile all week...

1. Brian and I have been exchanging sweet emails all week.
2. He has also been reading my blogs all on his own.
3. My house was the quietest it has ever been yesterday with my children actually awake.
4. Alex has kept a smile on his face in spite of  his fever, diarrhea, and the worst diaper rash ever.
5. And even though he has been feeling so under the weather, he started to crawl with his tummy off the floor.
6. Mandy and I have realized that our friendship is even stronger than we thought.
7. Ethan held up a french fry from McDonald's and asked, "What is this called again, Daddy?"
8. Adelyn yelled at her princess puzzle yesterday.  Out of the nowhere she shouted, directly at Sleeping Beauty, "I don't like your boobies!"
9. The temperatures outside have been incredibly pleasant.
10. We get to see our Family today.
11. The Lord has shown me how much I have changed in the past few years and really made me appreciate everything he has so generously blessed me with.