An "A" for effort

So yesterday was a very positive outcome kind of day for both myself and Cody! I am NO Betty Crocker, never have been and probably never will be! BUT....my kids LOVE Chicken N' Dumplings and I have never attempted to make them. I seen where a friend of mine from high school had posted on her Facebook page that she was having this for supper and a couple comments later, I seen where she told someone how EASY it was, so I asked for the recipe and tried it out last night....I didn't mess it up, the whole gang approved which made me feel pretty good (considering I'm not Betty)

Yesterday was 6th grade basketball tryouts for my oldest and he was nervous and so was I, he is left handed and has this crazy left handed shot that he can make from a pretty far distance back, but it's not using the "Proper" form for shooting but it's the only way he has been shooting since Kindergarten and he was worried this might possibly cause him to not make the team. I went to pick him up and he gets in the car with an envelope and says "Coach said we could open these once we were in our cars and it's gonna tell me if I made the first cut or not from tryouts"...I was so anxious/nervous for him! When he opened up his envelope, I knew  without asking when I seen his little eyes light up and get big with excitement, he had made the 1st cut!!!

It was a good feeling when my husband and kids liked my Chicken N' Dumplings, but it was a GREAT feeling to see my son so excited and happy to have made the 1st of 2 tryouts for basketball.  Now I get to have the same feelings again of nervousness and worry until I pick him up from the 2nd and final round of tryouts tomorrow night.

Can't we just enjoy Fall for now....

Fall is my FAVORITE time of year, next to Christmas.  I love seeing the leaves change to the pretty orange, red, and yellow colors. I love the decorating that comes with Fall, scarecrows, pumpkins, haybales, etc etc.  My family also enjoys visiting a couple orchards and corn mazes this time of year as well, not to mention the festivals with all the yummy foods like Deep Fried Oreo's...YUM!!  Scott and I had a "date night" this past weekend and several of the stores we went in already had Christmas trees out and Christmas decorations, can I say WOW!!!  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Christmas and snowmen, snowflakes, Santa and most importantly,  celebrating Jesus' birth, but can't we just get through the prettiest season of the year and take time to enjoy it and also get through Halloween and costumes and all kinds of candy corn and treats before we start thinking about Christmas?? (not to mention Thanksgiving) when we spend time with family and being Thankful for all we have been blessed with!!

A Day in the life of my Dog

I am having one of those "blah" kind of lazy days where you just want to be closed off from the world and not answer your phone, don't leave your house, and just lay on the couch covered up and watch movies all day.......well, I am beginning to wonder if my pet toy poodle, "Pepper" has anything to do with it? I have these big ideas of all these things I need to do around here since the kids are back in school and so far I have only accomplished shampooing my living room carpet and re-arranging some furniture yesterday with the help and company of my best friend. Today's task was to clean the kids room and go through toys and books and shampoo their carpet. Instead, I have woke up with a headache, overslept causing the kids to miss the bus and me take them to school, then I come home and look at my poodle laying all snuggled up in a little ball on the couch and it looked so peaceful and relaxing......6 hours later I have blew off hanging out with good friends, no cleaning or shampooing has been done...instead I have kept my couch, blanket, and "Pepper" company, watched my 2 soap opera's and done absolutely NOTHING!!   Dogs have it so easy, they eat, go potty, and sleep all day without a worry in the world and today, I have been my pooch's BFF.  (I am slightly jealous of my dog's life...LOL)

Back to School Again

Where has the Summer gone? It seems like it goes faster each year!! Chloe started 1st Grade and it makes me sad =( She is my last baby left and there will be no more, both my boys said they were "too old" for first day of school pictures and Cody did not even want me to go with him to see his classrooms and meet his teachers, he thought he needed to run along with his buddies, without Momma, and he's just entering 6th grade! Time sure doesn't stand still anymore, instead it passes us right on by.  There is definitely pro's and con's that come with starting school back (at least in my house) One good thing is Mom gets her sanity and 8hrs of quiet time to enjoy during the day for whatever purpose: Cleaning, reading, watching a movie all alone with no interruptions, or going to the store to get a few things or groceries without kids screaming they want this and that!!! Then there are the cons: none of the three of them want to go to bed at night at 8:30, which I think is a decent time and they get TV until 9:30 and then it gets turned off. That is a battle in itself because they want to lay there awake all night and watch it and then gripe when you turn it off. Also there is the wanting to rush out the door as soon as they get off the bus and think they can do homework later and that is a big NO! Chloe actually sat with me and did hers yesterday with no complaints and she was rewarded with a sticker and gets a ice cream cone at the end of the week, if she gets a sticker every night for doing homework without complaining......so far, Day 1 of homework was successful with a sticker, now I am anxious to see how Day 2 goes and the rest of the year....Haha

Come See.....

   "Come See".....this is the title of the little Inspirational thought for the Day that I read this morning and it sure made me stop and think! 
  
   All 3 of my children are growing up right before my eyes, and it's like I'm not even realizing this is happening.....does that make sense?  I am taking every day, every little moment they want to share something with me, show me something they have discovered, etc. etc. for granted and instead telling them "Not right now, wait just a minute (and then not going to look) or I'm busy right now...usually these moments come at a time when I am cooking supper, on the phone with my mom or a friend, folding laundry, etc.  These are the things that can be put to a halt and never get older, where as my children are going to be grown and out living their own lives within the blink of an eye!!  You always hear mother's asking that same question "When did my baby grow up?" or "Where does the time go?"  I hope that when mine are grown, both them and myself are able to look back at pictures and have precious, fun memories of things we have done together, and know that I spent as much time as possible with them while they were little.