Lauri's Daybook

FOR TODAY:  DECEMBER 7, 2009

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW:  A light snow has fell this morning, mostly on the grass & roof tops.  It is a dreay day now, since it has now turned into rain.

I AM THINKING:  Of everything I want to do for the Christmas.  I guess I better get moving.

I AM THANKFUL FOR:  My kids being healthy and happy.

I AM WEARING:  Sweat pants & sweatshirt, with my slippers.  Nice & cozy.

I AM REMEMBERING:  My good friends, who have lost their mother, this past week.

I AM GOING:  No where, except to pick my kids up from school.

I AM HOPING:  That my friends understand that their mother is in a better place now & she is no longer suffering from the pain, that was brought on by cancer.

ON  MY MIND:  My husband, who is working in Virgin Islands.  Hope he stays safe.  He will be home Dec, 18th.

FROM THE LEARNING ROOM:  Homework later with the kids and finishing up on the slideshow I am making for our 1st grade religion class.  They had to do a Christmas Service Project.

NOTICING THAT:  This holiday season is so much harder for my family & friends financially, but yet they are still happy.

FROM THE KITCHEN:  Not sure yet.  Need to think about what I want to make for dinner.

AROUND THE HOUSE:  Just laundry, laundry & more laundry.  Playing catch up on the computer with emails & other task, since I was on vacation.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS:  Playing with my kids in the snow.  Oh how I wish we would get a big snow, when we are off on Christmas holiday.

FROM MY PICTURE ALBUM:  This is how I felt after all the catching up I had to do when I got back from Virgin Islands.  But, it was sooo worth it.

    

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HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE DAY!!!!
LAURI

Lauri daybook Tuesday.

FOR TODAY:  NOV 10, 2009

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW:  It is a cloudy fall day.  Nothing like the beautiful 70 degree temps, we have had since Sat.  What a beautiful weekend we had.

I AM THINKING:  I need to have my hubby put up the Christmas lights on the house this weekend, since he leaves for the Islands next weekend, for his job.

I AM THANKFUL FOR:  Having a wonderful & supportive husband & family.

I AM WEARING:  Blue nylon pants & TX orange t-shirt.  My lazy clothes.  Getting ready to get dress for work.

I AM REMEMBERING:  How beautiful it was this past weekend & how we got to relax on Sat & Sun and enjoy the weather & each other.

I AM GOING:  To work at noon.  Only working a 1/2 a day today.  Needed some down time for myself.

I AM READING:  A new series from Thomas Kincaid.  Taking a break from the Cedar Cove series from Debbie McComber, for awhile.  Will continue them later.

I AM HOPING:  That my daughter truely does understand my reasons for taking her out of the 2nd cheer competition, that is coming up in 2 weeks.  Too much stress for a 7 yr. old to go through.

ON MY MIND:  My thoughts are with my daughters cheer coach, as she is upset with me.  :(

FROM THE LEARNING ROOM:  homework, homework, homework.  Why do they give our kids so much homework?  Ughhh.

NOTICING THAT:  Life is just going way too quickly & I don't like that.  I need to savor every moment I have day in & day out.

FROM THE KITCHEN:  Making something for dinner with the chicken that I thawed out.  Not sure yet.

AROUND THE HOUSE:  Lots of laundry. 

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS:  Sitting outside on a warm fall day, watching my kids play together.  Also throwing football with my kids & hubby.  Fun times.

FROM MY PICTURE ALBUM:  My middle child, after her competition this weekend.  They came in 4th place and she was happy about that, which in turn makes me happy.

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HAVE A BLESSED REST OF THE DAY & WEEK.

LAURI

FOR TODAY:  NOVEMBER 2ND 2009-from Lauri's Daybook.

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW:  It's a cold 38 degrees outside & the leaves have fallen off of a lot of the tress.  We had lots of winds here over the weekend, now some trees are bear.  :(  Signs of winter everywhere you look.

I AM THINKING:  Of something fun for our family to do this weekend, since we only have 2 weekends left before my DH leaves to work in the Islands for 6 LONG weeks.

I AM THANKFUL FOR:  My DH job, even though it takes him away from us at times.  With all the layoffs around us, we have to take the good with the bad, concerning his job (the bad being his traveling).

I AM WEARING:  My pj pants, a long sleeve t-shirt & socks.  Hair is pulled up in a clip.

I AM REMEMBERING:  My babies, when they were smaller.  They are growing up way too fast and I want to hold on to them forever, while they are still a little young.  I wish time would stand still for awhile.

I AM GOING:  Take my girls to school.  Then I need to run to the store for just a few things.  After that, no where until it is time to pick the kids up from school.  Later, my daughter has cheer practice for 2 hours.

I AM READING:  Just still reading my same book, almost finished.  I have a new book from Thomas Kincaid, that I started, as well.  Also reading my favorite blogs every morning.

I AM HOPING:  To go walking tonight, after I drop my daughter off to her practice.  I do drop off & my friend, picks them up. 

ON MY MIND:  I am trying to think of ways to organize my life more & to have some time to myself, to work on my blog.  I want to use this as my journal, but I am having a hard time finding the time.  I use my mornings to read my favorite blogs & in prayer (which begins at 5:00 am). 

FROM THE LEARNING ROOM: All the kids homework & reading.

NOTICING THAT:  When the sun is out, like today, everyone seems happier.

PONDERING THESE WORDS:

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

FROM THE KITCHEN:  Made muffins for breakfast.  Chili is made, just need to cook the noddles.  Making a pumpkin pie.

AROUND THE HOUSE:  Laundry, straighting up around the house, and more laundry.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS:  Watching the kids play in the leaves.

FROM MY PICTURE JOURNAL:  My kids at a National Forest, we went to, last Sunday.  Spending some quality family time together.

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Have a wonderful rest of the day!!!!

Lauri

Too Muct To Do, Too Little of Time.

I am still here alive & well.  We are just soooo busy with school work, Halloween things, & my daughters first competition, that I have no time for my blog right now.  I need a vacation to myself, just to catch up on everything.  I have a load of towels sitting in my living room staring at me, right now as I type. 
I just wanted to check in & say HI!!! to my one follower.  LOL.
I will be back on here very soon.

Have a good rest of the week.

Lauri

For Today: Oct 12, 2009-Simple Woman's Daybook Entry.

FOR TODAY:  OCT, 12, 2009-LAURI'S DAYBOOK.

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW:  The air is crisp & cool this morning.  I can actually see my breath when I was going out to the car, to take my son to the bus stop at 6:30am.  Poor guy :)  The leaves are turning more prettier everyday.  I just love fall colors.

I AM THINKING:  The peaceful silence is getting ready to end because I am getting ready to wake up my two youngest for breakfast & a wonderful start to a new week at school.  UPDATE:  My oldest daughter has not had a wonderful start to the week, she woke up with a fever, sore throat, & cough.  The doctor said wait for 24 hrs before bringing her in because there is a 12/24 hr. virus going around as well, as the flu.

I AM THANKFUL FOR:  My hubby getting home safely.  He had to leave at 6:00am for work an hour away and work for 15 hours, then drive an hour back home.  He didn't get in until 11:00pm.  Poor guy was worn to the bone.

I AM WEARING:  Nylon pants, with a long sleeve t-shirt.  Trying to stay warm and it is time to clean.

I AM REMEMBERING:  What our priest said in his sermon yesterday.  That our faith should be in our list of top 5 important things in our life.  My faith is very important in my life, that is for sure.

I AM GOING:  No where now.  I had a follow-up appt. with my doctor, this morning.  She put me on a low fat weight loss program in Mar.  I have lost 22 lbs total.  I am so happy & I have only 12 more to go.  Woo hoo.  And because my daughter woke up sick this morning.

I AM READING:  Still reading the same Debbie McComber book and my favorite blogs.

I AM HOPING:  That my daughters sickness is just a 24 hour virus and not the flu.  We already had it in the house once, don't want it again.  :(

ON MY MIND:  My daughter, hope she is better by tomorrow.  Going to let God handle it for me, besides the medicine and waiting on her hand & foot.  Wouldn't have it any other way.  Also, my husband has been working way too many hours.  Don't get me wrong, I am very thankful he has a job with plenty of hours, however, I am worried he is not taking good enough care of himself.  I will be keeping my eye on him.

FROM THE LEARNING ROOM:  Organizing our computer desk downstairs & organizing my kids 1000 of books, they have.  Homework later when the kids get home.

NOTICING THAT:  There are some really RUDE people in our world and I cannot let them get to me, at all, and I won't let them.

PONDERING THESE WORDS:  "Mommy, I love you sooooo much," from my youngest daughter yesterday.

FROM THE KITCHEN:  Nothing right now.  My hubby is bringing home Chinese tonight.  Yummy!!!  Since we curved pumpkins the other night, he is wanting a pumpkin pie now, so I am going to make that later.  I am also going to roast the pumpkins seeds we saved from the pumpkins. 

AROUND THE HOUSE:  Needing to clean, but every time I start something, my sickly child hollers for me :)  Lots of laundry to do, working on that most of the day, so far.  At least I am getting some things accomplished on my to do list.

ON OF MY FAVORITE THINGS:  Decorating or curving pumpkins with my kids & husband and spending Friday night at home together.  Love it.

FROM MY PICTURE JOURNAL:

These are pumpkins made out of stainless steel.  Since my husband works at a stainless steel, copper, & brass plant, he had me take this picture when we were in Brown Co. so, he can make us some.  Hopefully they will be done by next year. 

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Have a wonderful & blessed day.
Lauri

FAMILY TIME & A WONDERFUL LIFE.

This weekend, we were suppose to go camping.  It was cancelled do to all the rain we had.  We decided to give our site to some friends of ours.  We were going to spend the day up there with all of our friends because it was a big Halloween weekend.  But, we decided to stay home all together & spend some family time together.  Yesterday I got up & made a huge breakfast for my hubby & kids.  I usually save the big breakfast for Sun. before church, but my hubby was working this Sun.  Later we watch my daughter cheer at the football game, we came home to relax for an hour & let the kids run off some of their energy.  We then went to dinner & went to buy pumpkins.  We came home & decorated the pumpkins.  It was really fun & my kids loved it.  Even my hubby was enjoying it.  We were laughing & acting silly & it felt so good to see my kids enjoy this family time together.

This was some much needed family time.  Don't get me wrong, we spend everyday together, but we are usually going to practices, games, or some kind function.  We really never have the time to just sit home & enjoy ourselves.  I told the kids & my hubby that we are going to have "family time" once day or night every weekend.  We will either go to a park, ride bikes, walk, play games, watch movies or even go to the movies.  We use to do this all the time when the kids were younger, but now that 3 out of the 4 are into sports, we can't do it as much as before.  We are always running.  Now that the weather is getting colder, we are able to make more time to just hang out & relax and the greatest thing is, how much we all love it.

This morning my kids & I (hubby was working)went to church and the priest was talking about us making a mental list in our minds about what are the top 5 most important things in our lives with #1 being the most important.  I was listing them in my head with My faith, Husband, Kids, Parents & Brothers-Sisters, House, & Job all being part of my top 5 list.  He was trying to make a point that most people do not include their faith or God as an important part of their lives, however they should.  We cannot go around here, especially with how our world is today without having faith in God, faith in our families, and faith in all things will work out, if you just leave them with God. 

This really hit home with me because I have been having some issues at home with some people in my home.  Not mentioning who or what those issues are.  Anyway, I felt that God was telling me to give my burdens up to him & things will work themselves out.  And you know what, I am going to do just that.  I am going to quit fussing at this certain person and just give it up to God.  Let him open this person eyes & see what they need to do.  It is going to be hard, but I have to do this for the sake of our relationship.  I don't want to fuss anymore, I don't want to get angry at them anymore, I don't want to think this person is driving me insane.  I want to think how much I love this person & I want to get along better with them day in and day out.  I want to have fun with this person and enjoy coming home with them here.  This is what I want & I am giving my request to God, so I can let go of trying to control things myself. 

I needed this sermon at church today because you know what, at the end of the day, my faith & my family are everything I need in life.  We are going to be okay because God is behind us 100% and has a watchful eye out on all of us.

Life is Great.

Lauri

My Daybook

For Today

Oct. 4, 2009

Outside my window:  Just a little activity outside on the streets.  Some people are already going for their morning walks, cars driving by probably on their way to work, and beautiful leaves starting to fall off the big tree in my front yard.  Sun starting to come up.

I am thinking:  Of everything I need to buy & get ready for my son's field trip on Wed.  He is going with 49 other students & 5 teachers to a 3 day trip to Pine Mountain Settlement School in KY.

I am thankful for:  My step-son recovering from the type A influenza, without any problems.

From the learning room:  Nothing until Wed.  The kids are out of school for conferences.

From the kitchen:  Getting ready to make kiddos some breakfast.  Then need to get meat cooked for chili tonigh.  Cooking it in the crockpot today.  I think I might make something yummy for dessert too.

I am wearing:  Sweat pants, long sleeve shirt, socks, with my slippers.  It is cold this morning.

I am creating:  A binder for all my receipes that I have printed off.

I am going:  Need to go to the store later for some travel size things for my son to take on his trip.  Also need to get him some boots & nylon pants.  He has grown out of everything.  My daughter also has cheerleading practice tonight for 2 hours.

I am reading:  Still reading Debbie McCombers, 44 Cranberry Point.  Don't have much time for reading.

I am hoping:  That my son has a wonderful & safe time on his first trip without one of his parents with him.  I am also hoping I will not go insane with worry while he is gone and I can give up all my worries about his trip, to God.

I am hearing:  My son & daughter talking in his room.  I love when he is nice & lets his sisters come in there.  I am also hearing my cat meowing non-stop & he is driving me nuts.  :)

Around the house:  Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning and laundry, lots of it. 

One of my favorite things:  Listening to my kids play nicely together.

A few plans for the rest of the week:  Need to go to the store, get stuff ready for my son's 3 day field trip, get sleeping bags washed, get camping stuff ready for this weekend, my son's conference Tues., religion class Wed. night, daughter has cheer practice 3 nights this week.  Then it is off to our annual Halloween camping trip with our great friends. 

A picture of thought I am sharing:  This is the lake at the campgroung we are going to.  So peaceful.

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Enjoy your Monday and God Bless.

Lauri