Wordless Wednesday...Sort Of

Where do you find your joy...

Unanswered Prayers...

While I'm usually fairly good about not questioning the why's of things, okay, who am I kidding, I'm really bad about it...but I'm trying to get better (still working on that whole contentment thing!) I AM good at knowing that in due time God's time, all the why's become more than clear! Even all those unanswered prayers...or what we maybe just thought were unanswered prayers!

Awhile back I did a Not Me Monday, one of my favorite blogs to do by the way, just in case you were wondering...you weren't, oh sorry, well now you know! Anyway, it was this about God answering a prayer that I've been praying for years, and me being in denial about Him answering it simply because it wasn't in the exact manner I had been requesting! Imagine that, that He would do things His way rather than mine! Well, shortly after that post it became very clear, that that specific prayer was to still remain unanswered!

Now at the time, I met this with great frustration, as I had no understanding why it was to be this way. I try most times really hard to let most things go, and know that it's allready laid out for me, and no amount of worry I do, will change the course of any of it. But being human, and created to a fault, I can't help but question it sometimes. And question it, I did! Have I recieved answers, not really. Am I okay with that? Right now, yes. I've realized that as hard as is to not have this prayer answered, maybe I don't really want it answered! Of course someone else allready knows that, and maybe that's why for years, this certain prayer has remained unanswered.

As I write this I truly have no idea why this prayer is to remain unanswered but I know that for today I'm gratefull it isn't. I also know that someday it will become very apparent why it was never to be answered, someday maybe a month from now, it maybe five or ten years from now, all I can do is be patient and wait! And being patient is something I'm so very good at (insert large amounts of sarcasm here!!!) One thing I'm sure of is that I'm thankfull for both answered and unanswered prayers...

Not Me Monday!

Are you feeling guilty for feeding your children cereal for dinner three nights in a row last week? Hanging your head in shame because you had to re-wash the same load of laundry four times because you left in the washer too long? Don't worry, Not Me Monday is your chance to let it out and get it off your chest, with no judgement! Started by MckMama, you can head here to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. As for me well...

I was not recently seen acting in this manner...

as if I was re-living my college days or something  wishing I had acted this way in college, ahem! Most certaintly not me in a million years!

While my husband and three of our children were out of town, I in no way took full advantage of the situation and did not cook dinner for Laineybug and myself one time! At least not on the stove. Afterall, that may make me a bit lazy, so of course I still prepared homecooked meals for my precious daughter every night, and not once went out to eat!

Upon entering the living room and seeing this scene...

I in no way just left her to nap there, because I thought it was one of the cutest things I had seen in a long time!

I in no way spent part of my weekend doing something that I've been waiting  for, for a very long time, and I certainly did not enjoy every moment of it! Because I don't believe that good things come to those that wait!

I most certainly did not publish this post soooo fast that there is probably a million errors in it...sorry!!! A good blogger, would never do such things!

So what about you, what have you not been doing lately? I and the rest of the bloggers at MckMama's would love to hear all about it, and believe me, it's very theraputic! Won't you give it a try, and join us?

Goodbye's Got Me Down

Ugh...I'm usually a pretty upbeat person, but today, I just feel, ugh! Know what I mean? The goodbye's have got me down! As a military wife you have more than your fair share of goodbye's, but they never really get any easier! With each new duty station that you relocate to comes new adventures, new places, new experiences, and new friends! But, that also means there comes a time when you have to leave all that behind and say goodbye.

We've been at our current location for six years, so you can imagine we've grown quite close to some of our friends here! Today I had to say goodbye to one of my very best friends that I've ever had (she to is a military wife, and it was her family's time to move on). As I stood in my front yard embracing her one last time, both of our eyes filled with tears, my head swirlled with all of the years of wonderfull memories that we will forever have stored in our hearts! And as hard as it is to have to say goodbye, I do realize how very blessed I am to have the chance to meet such wonderful people and make such amazing friends every few years! Although, the friends I've had to say goodbye to can never be replaced, there is some comfort in knowing that new friends are not far behind for us both.

So as much as I hate goodbye's, and as much as I tried to prepare myself for today, it really has been an emotional day that I've seen coming for months now, I've have just tried not to think about it! And to add to the ugh factor, tomorrow I have to say goodbye to my husband, as duty calls him elsewhere for awhile...so, ugh is right! Such is the life of a military wife, but you know what? I still wouldn't change it for the world!

Not My Child Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! My Child! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what her and everyone else's children have not been doing.


My darling son most certainly did not sleep walk into my kitchen and open my new fridge, pull his pants down and pee right into it! No way, because that would be an un-speakable act!

I have in no way had to drag my daughter out of Target kicking and screaming, more times than I can count, because all she wants to do is stand in the shoe department and try on high heels! Afterall, my child does not have a princess compex, no way, no how!!!

It is not my sweet daughter that actually likes to go around the back yard with a shovel and bucket and pick up doggie poo! Because surely she listens when her mother tells her that it's not a princess thing to do, and she should let the boys do it!

Two of my son's did not spend hours in the back yard this past Saturday night practicing "fake farts" with some fake fart makers they just acquired, and thought it was THE greatest thing in the world!

I did not in any way have to talk to my son about hitting a classmate in the privates on the playground, just because someone else did it, because I asure you, we have raised our children to be leaders, not followers...or so we thought!

When I walked into the kitchen and found my daughter not sucking on a bottle of chocolate syrup, she did not look at me at say "what, I didn't do anything?" How do you not laugh at that?

One of our older boys did not show us this weekend that he can burp his A, B, C's, and when he didn't do that, we just could not contain how very proud of him we are! Wow, I'm so impressed at what four years of school has gotten us so far!

Not Me Monday!

That's right folks, it's that time again, Not Me! Monday. Who doesn't love the opportunity to admit some imperfection's or let go of some guilt, without judgement!  This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

This week I was not so wrapped up in editing photos that I let my children eat way too many snacks 'till way too past lunch time, before stopping to actually feed them lunch. I would never do such a thing, feeding my children comes first before everything else!

There is no way I let the tops of my feet get sunburned at the beach! Because afterall, I know so much better than that, I know that I hate that worse than anything else, and I always apply and re-apply sunscreen to my feet! I would never let such a thing happen!

I surely have not left a picture hanging crooked in my stairwell because, well, simply because, I haven't fixed it, maybe by next Monday, it will be straight again! I walk by that picture many times a day, and of course would take 2 seconds to stop and straighten it!

This week when my husband made a small joke about having another baby, I most certainly did not freak out on him!  I naturally took it for the joke that it was, and laughed it off as any sane person would do... did not over react like the crazy mother of four would do! (Thank's Dr. W for that fab tubal ;-)

Scrumptious Saturday Supper

So being the foodie that I am, I took pictures of our Saturday night meal and decided to  share it with all of you fine people! First off are my homeade rolls, yes my friends, they are the coveted S. H. recipe! If you know what I'm talking about, then you know why they are picture worthy, they are to die for!

Here they are done rising.

And here they are HOT out of the oven!

And around here, we can't even wait to let them cool off before we pull rip them out of the pan, slap some butter on them and shove them in our mouths...that's how good they are!

There was also fresh asparagus, one of my favorite veggies!

And then there were the grilled portabello mushrooms, mmmmm! Here they are before hitting the grill!

I chose to enjoy my scrumptious Saturday supper with an equally scrumptious Woodchuck draft (amber, of course, not pear, I only made THAT mistake once!). What's that, you've never had the pleasure of enjoying a Woodchuck draft? Oh my, you don't know whay you're missing! And now that I've re-lived this yummy meal, I'm going to go wipe the drool from my chin before it hits the keyboard! But don't be fooled, not every meal is like this around here, just every other meal ;-)!

So, what did you have for supper Saturday?