Making Time 4 Home

I love to set back and relax while watching a movie. Sometimes you just need to escape and not have to think about anything, and watching a movie in the comfort of your home, curled up on the couch with your family  is just the thing, especially after a long day. Wouldn't it be nice if you could find a movie that the WHOLE family could watch. A movie that you don't have to worry about fast forwarding scenes, or pushing the mute button (always a few seconds AFTER the swear word has been said). How nice would it be to pick a movie, pick out what you want to see in that said movie, and watch without a care in the world? It sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Enter Vid-angel! A service that can do all that and Much more...their catch phrase "Watch whatever the bleep you want" is catchy, and makes you want to try it out.. Read on to get my opinion on this popular filtering service. I was so excited to try this out. not only was this app going to let us watch...

loving to write, and actually having something to write about are two different things. I have sat down and stared at a blank computer screen, wishing that all the thought swirling around in my head could come together into something cohesive that you would want to read. and yet nothing would come. Oh I have a TON of thoughts, a ton of new ideas, and a ton of lessons that I have learned in the last few months, that I could have written about...but none of them were what I wanted to write about. nothing that would inspire anyone to change, or lift someones spirits. Sigh... So what do you do, when you have nothing that you want to say? Me, I try to dig deeper. pull out the broom and sweep away the cobwebs that are cluttering up my mind and heart. Ask the Lord for Wisdom, and then sit back down, and try again. My 1st goal when starting a blog was to be transparent, to let my raw emotions be available in case someone else was walking the same path we were, and needed to know th...

 In my Dreams....My home is SPOTLESS  I dreamed I had a maid...not a maid, but a fairy, one that came into my home, sprinkling magic cleaning dust all over my home. This magic fairy, then folded all my clothes and placed the gently into the CORRECT drawers. The towels were folded correctly and placed one by one  into the linen closet. My kitchen floors were somehow swept/mopped and there was NO mystery residue left for me to find early in the morning as I walked around, still half asleep, with no shoes on. No it was SPOTLESS! with all the work done, and no one around I was free to sit and relax and get lost in a book. Sigh....I could live in this dream forever. and yet... the sound of birds chirping woke up up way to soon from my wonderful dream (seriously thinking about changing my alarm tone).  As much as I wanted to snuggle under my covers and return to my restful dream, I remembered that while I had remembered to start my laundry...I had failed to swap...

How can it only be Wednesday? I feel like I have lived a month in the last few days. I think distress, worrying and spending time in a hospital will do that to you. And to think it all started just a few days ago. Monday was a perfect morning (OK, it was colder then cold and I wasn't able to wear sandals, so it wasn't so perfect). When I hugged my daughter goodbye and gave her a kiss, I yelled out to my hubby that I thought she had a fever again, and she would need some more medicine and I went on my way. She had been fighting a fever/cough for a few days and we had been praying that she was on the tail end of it.  I hopped into my freezing car, and headed to work. That was the last thing that was normal about my week. At the ER Ever have those days where one thing can set into motion a tilde-wave where you feel like you are on a ride you NEVER wanted to be on, and you have no idea where you will be forced to get off. My work day started off like normal, and ...

Its been a Monday of a Thursday. Today is day 7 of sitting and keeping my leg elevated in an attempt to let it heal...let me tell you something, sitting around and doing nothing is not all it is cracked up to be. you could say it is downright BORING! I mean, seriously how many Netflix shows can you watch without going stir crazy? Turns out for me it's only FIVE! Sitting also makes it hard for you not to take stock of everything around you...like the dust that seems to be waiving at you from your piano...I know it's saying " look at me, I'm just sitting here and you cant do anything about it." I think it will be saying something different tomorrow when cranking up "The Greatest Showman" soundtrack and give my daughter a dust rag and set her loose in the living room! Does dust talk?? Anyway...I digress. I think the issue is that I can't stand idleness...I have become so accustomed to being busy all the time, that I can't stand bein...

In just a few short days I will have been married to my best friend for 17 years!! The last 17 years have flown past us, and I find myself drifting back and reminiscing about our life together. This man, that I have given my heart to, that I look up to, that leads our family, that LOVES me for who I am....he is mine. For better or for worse :) A brief summary of our life together just so you can know how awesome he is. On our 1st date, I collapsed and wound up at the ER with Meningitis. He stayed with me in the ER and then came over EVER day to read to me (This is when I fell in love with him). When I wound up dehydrated and had to go get fluids, he went with me! When I freaked out because  they needed to take more blood, he held my hand (pretty sure I broke some fingers...I am TERRIFIED of needles) He stuck with me. When we got engaged and I turned into a bridezilla...Ok maybe not that bad, but I was super stressed, he just said: "whatever you want." He stuck w...

Making Time For Home is the name of this blog....and yet sometimes I find our life so hectic and busy that I don't actually have time for my home. And I don't like it. I LOVE being at home and taking care of my family, but this past week I feel like I haven't been able to so what I love. I looked around today and this is what I saw. 1. The mountain of laundry is getting higher even though I have a load in the washer and the dryer 2. My daughter is sick, and camping out in the living room, so the Living room is filled with blankets, toys, books etc 3. I STILL have to unpack the totes sitting by the front door from our Vendor Event we had last Saturday. 4. Shoes are PILED by the front door 5. My bed has not been made today (not going to lie, it probably won't get made today) In the midst of all this chaos, my home, the place that is meant to be a refuge, looks more like a tornado came to an end and dropped everything into my home. I want the perfect home, th...