Have you been listening to Mom’s Morning Show at all this week? Carrie Lauth made the suggestion of talking about A Man is not a Financial Plan for one of the weekly themes and this is the week. Seems how it was Carrie’s idea, she has been the ‘host’ for the week and it’s kind of nice to let someone else run the show! LOL

Anyways today’s show was good (well it’s been good all week) and I had an epiphany, at least that’s the word I think I mean…lol. Anyone that knows me, from way back when or has known me long enough that I’ve talked about my past, knows that I used to be a very needy woman. I always felt like I needed a man in my life. Unfortunately I attracted a lot of not so great men and went through emotional and physical abuse to have a roof over mine and Caleb’s head, etc. I put up with a lot just because I thought I would never be able to provide the basic necessities for Caleb and I. That thought process came from being told I would never be able to provide, I would never make it on my own, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

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My heart goes out to the family that is dealing with the loss of their loved one, PFC John Bishop. (PFC, for those that don’t know, stands for Private First Class…I’m actually learning some of the Army terms finally!) My heart especially goes out to his wife. They were supposed to celebrate their first wedding anniversary in July! I can’t imagine what it must be like to be a widow at such a young age! I guess it doesn’t matter what age you are, it hurts to become a widow no matter what. It just seems so much sadder to me that she is only 21 and he was only 22 - they had their whole lives ahead of them. But it’s a risk he took to fight for our freedom and although I don’t understand how any of our soldiers do what they do - I thank them that they are/were selfless enough to put their lives in danger to fight for our freedom! If you would like to read the newspaper story, you can read it here.

I totally related to the part in the article where it says “I knew,” Diane said, implying she knew something bad happened to her husband. It gave me chills to read that because I’ve experienced this now too. The night before I found out Seth was hurt, just recently, this horrible feeling came over me, deep down in the pit of my stomach just out of the blue. I couldn’t shake it. It gave me goose bumps and the feeling just wouldn’t go away. It took my breath away and suddenly the tears were there. I cried, I prayed, I talked to Tammy. I think it freaked both Tammy and I out when we found out the next day, not even 24 hours afer I had that feeling, that Seth had been wounded. Just as Diane said in the article, I too just ‘knew’. It was weird and I still can’t explain it.

My heart just really goes out to his family and friends!

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My sister-in-law took some pictures a couple Saturday’s ago. I’ve picked a couple to share.

The sun was shining right in my eyes so my eyes are squinted pretty bad:

Again the sun was shining right in my eyes:

And Just for Fun:

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Softball:
I’m sure it’s probably not a good thing that here it is 11:15pm and since last night, when I got home from softball practice, I’ve been popping Tylenol or Ibuprofen! I am amazed at how sore my body still is today. I need to just suck it up and get used to it. I’m assuming my body is going to hurt for awhile until I get into a routine and my muscles get used to being used again.

I’m a little concerned with the fact that the team doesn’t have a sponsor yet. The sponsor fee is $250.00 and if we don’t find a sponsor we won’t be playing! It’s taken me several years to find a team to play on so I’m certainly hoping that a sponsor will pick us up because I will be totally bummed if we can’t play!!!!

Caleb:
Where to start? Let’s see…school gets out June 5th! It doesn’t seem possible that yet another school year is almost over. Where does the time go? He of course is excited that it’s almost over. The poor kid hates school with a passion and I guess part of me doesn’t blame him. He’s been picked on so much for the past several years that I would hate school to. It really frustrates me that the label ADHD has followed him around from one teacher to the next. It’s like every year the ‘new’ teacher has preconceived ideas of Caleb because they receive notes/info about him (and of course his ADHD is always mentioned) from the previous teacher. I forgot how mean and cruel kids can be and although he has several friends, there sure are an awful lot of kids that pick on him. It breaks my heart when I hear that he’s been called stupid, idiot, dumb, etc. He’s not any of those, in fact he’s very smart but he struggles with things in school.

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First off I have to say I can’t believe I’m participating in this! I mean HELLO I’m not a cooker! In fact just the other day I ruined a hotdog! Yes you read that correctly. How on earth can anyone mess up a hotdog? Well let me tell you…it certainly doesn’t require 5 minutes in the microwave. The outcome is anything but pretty and certainly not edible. Yeah let’s just leave it at that. Well no, I’ve got to try and redeem myself here…it had been YEARS since I cooked a hotdog in the microwave and because it had been so long I just thought 5 minutes was a good amount of time. If only I had a digital camera! It was the funniest looking thing, I’m not even sure it still resembled a hotdog

Anyways…here is my menu for the week!

Monday: Polish Kielbasa & Sauerkraut (cooking in Crockpot) with cottage cheese and corn

Tuesday: Hamburgers with mixed vegetables and baked beans

Wednesday: Pork chops, baked potatoes and broccoli

Thursday: Left overs

Friday: Salad (Caleb goes to his dad’s house so I won’t need to cook dinner)

Wish me luck

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