(Night) owls prefer not to see mornings

My family has a funny weekend habit (funny like stepping in dog poo is funny) They find a way to wake me up wayyyy too early on Saturdays. Oh hahahhahah har har he ha blah! Grrrr....
*1) child #3 finally remembers to set his alarm before falling asleep, unfortunately he only remembered to do this on a Friday night.
*2) my hard working husband gets up to head to our business property to work, waking me up when he gets up AND again after his shower AND again as he heads out the door (thanks for the kiss hun)
*3) the kids zone out to tv and don't realize the dog is dying of a full bladder...so she barges in to my room to lick my hand hanging over the edge of the bed 

Soooooo, I'm up, at 8am. on a Saturday. When I have no real reason to be awake until at least 9am. I soooo love sleeping in. I spent over a decade sleep deprived and want nothing more now than an hour or two of extra sleep on a Saturday morn.

sigh....done whining. have a good day. I hope you got to sleep in.

I know it seems odd to have logged back on to my blog to voice this, but it was too long and whiney for FB. Also, if I don't get this grumble out of my head I am going to continue to have a less than productive day.

Need to get back on the blogging horse

I fell off the horse and have only made feeble attempt to get back on.
Between working now
FB
Pinterest
Netflix
Books
Keeping the house up.......

It just seems like one more thing to do.  I do believe FB is a huge part of my lack of blogging.
I can spit immediate thoughts out of my head instead of storing them up until I had enough to blog about

But it is March and I am stuck in the inbetween
In between winter and spring
In between our business starting and it just ending
In between being depressed and knowing I am soon going to be in heaven with green grass and Spring flowers and warm sun.

Just waiting....................

in a holding pattern I guess, and you know how antsy you get knowing the airport is just right down there but you can't get to it



p.s. here is a great website I found through Pinterest: http://creativeconnectionsforkids.com/

Pictures because even though I had a brilliant thought today I lost it

We have been having the most amazing sunsets

and for days upon days 

the hoar frost was brilliant

it stuck to everything and just kept getting thicker

until one day it finally fell off 

making it look like it was raining snow

our business is picking up early

that is good for this season's outlook

but leaves us scrambling to be ready so soon

If you think the sunsets have been gorgeous 

you should be here for the Winter sunrises. The light

casts of colors warming night chilled rooms

It makes Winter almost bearable

This particular morning it was so amazing

I was late because I stopped to take pics and admire

It was so worth it

Now as I said, I had the most amazing thought today on the way to work (still trying to get used to saying that).  It was absolutely revolutionary in it's process.....but a head cold took over and shut my brain down and it is gone.  Sorry, next that happens (and I think- you should write this down....which I totally thought mid-moment of this great thought) I will write it down.  This is why I always carry a notebook. Little good it does me if I don't use it!

A Frosty February Morning in MN

Work? What? What have I been doing for the past 11 yrs if not work?

So back to work. I remember kind of liking Mondays (and totally feeling guilty about it) when my oldest was a wee one and in daycare.  Well now I have been a SAHM for 10 yrs and 11.5 months. Today I end that cycle and move onto a new phase. One where I get paid for the work I am doing.  I am only subbing and today (my first day) is only for 3 hrs. But oh man how I have dreaded this day

Here I go.

There is a reason- words to remember

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.

They may seem like a godsend and they are.

They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die.

Sometimes they walk away.

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.

The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON,

because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.

They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it, it is real.

But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must

build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

TODAY

THANK THE PERSON WHO IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR LIFE

Even if a small way you can make them feel

That you are indeed thankful for their

Presence as well as the beautiful moments that they have given -

No matter if they are your reason, season, or your lifetime.

Food tastes better when it's pretty (or when your kids aren't crying that they don't like it)

Eating is something I enjoy far more during the Winter vs Summer.   With the sun sitting so low in the Winter sky the beams cast a glow on my counter top right around lunchtime.  This makes my food look that much prettier (plus it helps that there are not 4 kids running by saying "I'm starving, I'm going to die, When can we eat?, I don't liiiiiiike egg stuff, can I have your orange?)

Lunch today- Egg Salad and oranges

Egg Salad Recipe:
4 hard boiled eggs sectioned
heaping kitchen Tbsp of mayo or miracle whip
(not the measuring kind, rather the eating kind)
a squirt of brown mustard
salt to taste
and a pinch of sugar (this is the secret ingredient)

Eat on toasted bread or bagel with a heap of fresh spinach and a tomato if you like (which I don't)

Enjoy.