I guess it wasn't totally a wash

 Today was a difficult day.  My baby cried at me for most of the day.  I must have heard "I'm thirsty!" 100 times.  I had a zillion phone calls to make and things to do.  My kids lost my Stargate Atlantis Season 5 disc 1 disc.  I am not happy.  I did have some things to be thankful for though.

Our house across the country closed today! We are officially homeless!

My daughter cracked me up.  I was turning the car on the way to meet Daddy at the park and she said,  "That was a nice left turn mom.  Now we go down the hill. Weeeee!"

My son says words like "Look!" --> "Wook!" and "Ball" --->  Ba..Ba..Ba..Ba (ball, ball, ball, ball) and I think I heard "Out" today.  I also discovered why he keeps trying to dive out the other side of his car seat every time I put him in the car.  He's been trying to get Daddy's big piece of ratan!  Of course!  Like Daddy he loves to carry around a big stick!  Why didn't I notice that before??

August Word of the Month: Patience

So, at the beginning of the year I asked my facebook friends what word they would choose to focus on for the year.  There were so many good words that I decided I was going to pick 12 and have a word of the month.  In hindsight, I think next year I will go with one word of the year.  It's hard to really study and focus in and think about what you are trying to BE in only a month. 

That said, it's amazing how drawing 12 words out of a hat and writing them in my planner has often fit with my life all year.  In case you didn't think God was in the details!

Last month was Valient and honestly, I felt good.  I finished up my Book of Mormon study, things were getting ready to close on the house we were trying to sell, I was feeling pretty good!

The end of the month sort of set me up for August.  House didn't close on time.  Had a mad dash to find car titles and get our cars registered in our new state. Our old state is still sending me notices about our car registration. ( I am hoping in the next week to have most of this sorted.) In fact, we're still waiting for the house to close.  Today I found out it will probably be delayed for the 3rd time.  So we have to delay closing on a new home here.  I had to get a new lawn care guy, because the kid I paid to do our lawn flaked.   I had to buy new tires.  I found out I need new brakes and shocks - probably in the next month. My husbands computer needs a new fan. 

So Patience is coming into play.  All I can think of is Psalms 46:10, Be still and know that I am God
This is what comes into my mind when I want to rip out my hair and scream.  All I have to do is my best and trust Him and all these things will work together for good.

Hiatus

Hello friends!  I know I keep taking a hiatus.  The truth is I think of lots of things to blog about during the week but forget about them by evening, or run out of time, or frankly, spend time on something else! 
Last month I finished a 40 day book of Mormon reading challenge.  I finished it on time but it took some focus!   Recently I was keeping a weight watchers blog, but that too has somewhat fallen by the wayside.  This months word is patience.  I find I need it!  As I sit around waiting for our houses to close,  I still feel like life is on hold.  I also need increased patience with this stay at home parent venture.
What are you up to these days?