can i have this?

please? chris can you build this for meeeeeeeeeeeeee?
please?
please!

sigh one can dream can't she? 4 comments

Posted by mel at 3:43 PM

ouchy!

Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy

recent i've experienced the above. a true friend (they tell you what you need to hear not what you want) chris too. but i won't share his ouchy ouch boo boo. but i will share mine

a friend shared something with me, that made my back stiffen a bit, for a sec or two. until i realised that they were indeed right. they saw something that i couldn't. then they braved up butter cup and shared what they saw

it changed everything. after the words came, i reacted in fleshy mcfleshy. i stopped admitted to the big g that i was wrong and seconds later the screen left and i saw clear

i saw the truth. it freed me. i slept that night, free and dreamed. good dreams

i can't imagine the guts it took to correct me. how much they care for me to put our friendship on the line

that is a true friend

i am thankful for them
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Posted by mel at 11:59 AM

wanna share this amazing site that was sent to me yesterday! jess you will be all over this!

http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/

happy monday everyone! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 1:13 PM

lists!

i am not a person make lists and actually follow them but over the holidays i've slacked a lot around the house, the house work added up leaving me a feeling of utter overwhelmingness, which leads to anxiousness and can easy spin out of control

so
i've started to make a daily list. and it's working! every morning i sit and write down all the things i want to do for the day. then i check them all off. i feel like i am doing something and i haven't gotten overwhelmed much!

i've also started a long term list, goals over the next 6 months

AND

i've even sat down and seriously gotten into the home schooling stuff. reading books, making notes, finding curriculum. over the holidays our weekly actives are off which opened my days up a lot. so sunday (or mon if i was away) nights for the last 3 weeks, i've sat down and planned out mini lessons and what i want to do with nate for school. i want to get him in to a routine early. i feel like we are getting somewhere....slowly

AND! it's working! we spend 30 mins a day working on 3 main topics, then the last 5 coloring and talking. he is one stubborn little man so it's a lot harder than i thought to get him to stop arguing, talking and just listen to me. any h/s's have some help for me???

i am blown away by how organised i feel, how clean my house is somewhat staying and i am not freaking out over all the things i need to get done before spring

AND i've cooked REAL meals, baked REAL treats everyday
AND the laundry is caught up


so exciting! i do wonder what will happen when the acitvities start back up. ha

so, anyone else making lists? 3 comments

Posted by mel at 1:56 PM

hali pics

on the way we dropped in j&j's. love their view, there house and property is divine. the perfect house in the country. love it. anyways nae got play doh and lego. i have to say i love, love, love these gifts. they are playable resulting in nate using his imagination and he spends hours playing creatively with it.

then we hit c&s's house. but i was unable to get a pic of n opening his gift from aunty...the boys (quinn!!!) had the package ripped open before i had my jacket off...and they spent house riding around on it waking everyone up. hahaha

charlie and quinn with their gifts from nate. the boys look happy

haha. it was a cardboard castle that they color. its 6' high. hahaha. love me now shawn????just think of all the skills quinn can develop, coloring, patience it's hours on endless fun! ha

and that was all the pic i took!

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Posted by mel at 10:18 AM

fresh and new

i woke this morning feeling fresh and new. a very odd feeling for me....esp in the morning...BEFORE my coffee. ha

i sat down at my computer to check emails and on goings, i looked out my window and saw the sun shinning brightly over the trees (i have a nice view from the loft of trees and not houses.haha)

i then thought, man i do enjoy new things. maybe that's why so many ppl like a new year. new starts, new goals and what not. i don't make goals, resolutions or even make plans (other than social things...bawahhhh) but today i pondered how much i do enjoy new things...like

i love new fresh snow (for 1 minute than loath the cold)
i love new fresh starts
love new books and note books! adore the first crease
i have a total love affair with stationary, new markers, papers, pencils, pens...sigh
fresh bread! fresh baked goods!
fresh rain....the smell
fresh coffee ahhhhhhh

whats with the desire for new, fresh and all that?

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. ecc 3:11

he made every thing, all of it, beautiful in his time. not mine. what does this mean? he makes everything beautiful his way, order, harmony, beauty, fresh and new. his way. his plan, his time.

beautiful means :

having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.


excellent of its kind: a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.

wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.

i think god enjoys beauty in new, fresh things

i am off to a fresh start, after i enjoy my fresh coffee. ha! 1 comments

Posted by mel at 9:04 AM

nate cleaning the ball mill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-MVRiMx6g&feature=youtu.be

enjoy!
and i must add. nate was NOT in his work clothes. sigh another adorable outfit covered in icky shop dirt!

we spent new yr's in hali and for some reason i took little to none pics at all! but we were able to enjoy family, each other and play catch up from the past few weeks. nate and quinn played SO well. not one fight was had! wheeee!

i was a total partay gal. i was in bed at 9:30. maybe i will party next yr? haha. i much rather have sleep....sleep.....oh how i love you...sleeepppp.....zzzzzzzzzzz

anyho! happy new year! and i am sure i will have more exciting posts soon

happy new 2012 to you all! 1 comments

Posted by mel at 7:23 PM