Count your blessings

Today David was doing his homework, tracing seventy seven number 3's!, anyway as he was doing his homework, he looks at me and tells me "mommy, I love you all the time." I immediately told him, "sure, just wait till your a teenager and you want nothing to do with mommy!" Nah, just kidding, I was thinking about how big my kids are getting, and about how I love them so much. I can still remember being 10 myself, and now I'm 31, married with kids! What happened? It's unbelievable. I can remember being in my room, or watching TV, and my mom calling us to come and eat. And now I'm the one doing that. I'm more than sure you all look back and remember all those things. How easy our life was when we were young. No bills, no car problems, no responsibility, no nothing. But, back to reality, I thank God for everything that he has given to us. We don't have everything that we want, but we have everything that we need.

Our Anniversary

Today is my 11th year wedding anniversary, and it has been a great day. The best part is that my husband and I have been together all day. I want to take time to brag on my husband a bit. We haven't always had the best of times, but it gets better as time goes on. What can we say, we're human and are always going to have problems, but we always seem to get through them. And that's all God. My husband has always been a hard worker. It is so hard to try to get him to get a day off for whatever reason. He could be sick, in the hospital, with kidney stones, but as soon as he's released, he goes back to work. I love him for this, because I know that he is going to do everything possible to be my provider. To some people, we might not have the nicest or best things, but they are all mine, and we have them because of his hard work. But the thing that I love about him the most is that he is the best dad ever. My boys love him so much. He is hard on them, but they know its because he loves them. He can be so tired from work, but he will still go outside and play with them. He can sit in their stinky room for hours playing PlayStation with them, or just roll around on the floor and wrestle them. He is, in my eyes, the best dad. God definitely had us picked out for each other because I don't think that anybody else would be able to put up with us. I know that our marriage isn't perfect, but I wish that everybody could be as happy as I am. And Sal, I'm glad that we make you sick, because that means that we're doing something right! LOL

IT'S COLD

It's cold outside! I love the cold weather, but only for a while. I was talking to Ms. Kim and she was making fun of me because she says I think that 70 degrees is cold. But it is! How many of us think that its cold? I am more than sure that's all of us, we're so used to the 100 degree weather. This cold front might not last long, so I'm going to take advantage of it while I can. It's time to break out the hot chocolate and sweet bread. (Yeah I know, I'm on a diet!) But anyway, enjoy the weather everyone. And to Ms. Kim, IT IS COLD!

Smiling

Yesterday my husband came home from work, to work on my car. He put the car on the ramps, and got underneath to fix the problem, and by the time I knew it, Mikey and David ended up underneath as well. It was nice to see them trying to help their daddy fix the car. They would fight about who was going to give him whatever it was that he needed. Well they must have gotten bored, because not long after that, Mikey was skateboarding and David was thrown on the floor in our "kitty litter" as we like to call it. Our driveway is sand, and the cats come and do their business there, which I really hate, but David loves to roll around in the sand, and throw it up in the air. He has a blast. We try to make sure that he doesn't pick up anything that might look a bit suspicious, but other than that it looks ok! LOL We had fun just watching our boys run around, fall down, and just have a good time. These are the days that I won't ever forget.

Pray

As I'm sitting here, thinking, there is a burden in my heart for some of the friends and family members that are in my life. I don't understand a lot of the things that go on in their lives, and I sometimes wonder why things happen. I know that my life isn't perfect, please I am the worst of them all, but how I wish that they could be as happy as I am. I don't know if it's just their time of trials or if it's just something that they chose to go through. Be it though it may, it saddens me to know that they have so much to go through. I want to get in there and help, but sometimes things are better left unsaid. My life, since I have been saved, just seems to be so wonderful. I have gone through some hard times, but it's been easier to deal with. I always try to get around some godly women that I know are going to help me out, and not try to make me see things they way they do, but the way that God sees it. I have a best friend that will totally call me out on anything that I might be doing wrong, and of course, it's up to me to either grin and bear it, or be foolish and prideful, and do it my way. I've got a preachers wife that is willing to listen, and also put me in my place, but again, will I take her advice, or do what I want. There are many other ladies in the church that I can count on, but it all falls on me. Will I listen to the people that God has put in my life, or just follow what I "feel" and run with it? It's a hard decision, but I am so glad that God is not the author of confusion, and He makes it that much easier for me. So for these few people in my life that are going through these hard times, give it to God. He will take good care of you. He only gives you what you can handle. "We're just passing by on our way home!" It can only get better, if we try. I am living proof of this.

A day in the life of me!

Ok, I haven't written because there isn't anything to write about! I had been thinking about writing but there isn't anything.., nothing comes to mind. I wake up, read my bible, take the kids to school, walk, come home, eat oatmeal, do a little bit of exercise, take a shower, check my mail, then I start lunch for my hubby, go pick up David, finish up lunch, eat, wash dishes, clean up, then I get to do whatever else is left (washing clothes, putting it away, ironing, etc.....) Sorry! Nothing interesting has happened. But I am not complaining! I love to do all these things. (sometimes!) I just get caught up in doing it, that time flies, and by the time I know it Mike's home, then my husband gets home. But now that I'm writing this, a lot of things come to mind! Weird, huh? So there you have it, a day in the life of DeeDee.

Ok, so I'm missing Ms. Kim, what can I say. I have been walking by myself and now I know why you need someone with you when you do things like this....... because you want to just give up! You really do need that motivation from someone. But anyway, besides that, it's not cool not having a piano player at church, and then once church is over, it's like hummm, now what? I don't know if anyone else felt like this, but I did. So anyway, to Ms. Kim, HURRY UP AND COME HOME! Love ya!