With A Hopeful Heart

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

For Today...4.13.2010

Outside My Window...some scattered showers for today after some thunderstorms hit last night. We could use a good rain to green things up around here.

I Am Thinking...that I can't watch Kate on Dancing With The Stars much longer. Sorry, I just HAD to watch, but Kate is REALLY driving me nuts.

I Am Thankful For...faith, hope & love. I've been sent an armload of it from so many different sources lately.

I Am Praying...that God brightens my path so I can see it and makes the journey ahead a little more obvious.

I Am Creating...plans for our last two Little Flowers meetings and our end of the year Tea/Picnic as a group.

Around The House...there are plenty of windows that were neglected last fall and could use more than a little cleaning. Just waiting for the perfect day and the time to tackle that project.

From The Kitchen...Pesto Chicken Penne; Chicken in Mushroom Sauce; Super Pizza Subs.

For The Rest Of The Week...Lily's piano lesson today; Little Flowers meeting & errands tomorrow; doing a garage sale with a friend and her family on Saturday.

Lyrics In My Head...'I've seen dreams that move the mountains..hope that doesn't ever end, even when the sky is falling..I've seen miracles just happen, silent prayers get answered..Broken hearts become brand new, that's what faith can do'

One Of My Favorite Things...McDonald's Mocha Frappe is my new drink delight. I even did some online searching for a recipe and tried creating one at home that turned out quite similar and yummy!

Picture Thought I Am Sharing...

Monday, April 12, 2010

Muffin Tin Monday

Thanks to Stacey's post last week about this fun lunch idea, we gave it a try today. And we all loved it! It's a great way to start out the week with something out of the ordinary and it's easy preparation as well as clean up too. With the spring/summer seasons upon us, I think this will quickly become a very fun way to enjoy our picnic lunches on the porch.

My kids are already asking for it next week again!

Our menu today:

Crackers
American Cheese & Salami
Strawberry Cream Cheese
Bagel
Mandarin Oranges
Carrots

Boosting Up!

Because sometimes we rush things and sometimes we moms just forget about the lapse of time and suddenly realize there's a change that we should have made several months ago...

I suddenly realized last weekend that our children were both fully capable of being loaded into Booster seats using just the provided lap/shoulder belt in our vehicles. Lily already had a full-back booster with the lap/shoulder belt, but Jonah was still in the converter/booster seat with the harness straps. I simply had forgotten to check both my children's height and weight for some time to see that they met the new requirements.

I also found that both kids could be in those booster seats without the back, provided that the vehicles they ride in have headrests. They all do. So, both of my kids are riding in style like very official "Big Kids" in the back of our minivan.

Of course, changes lead to a mama reveling at the new stage and the ease in which car seat transfer will be made available between our two vehicles. It also is that faithful reminder of stages and phases that we walk along in the journey of motherhood.

And for Lily, it's just another reason to ask me when she can FINALLY ride without any type of additional seat.

All too soon, my dear.

But then, unless she goes through a major growth-spurt any time soon, it will be MUCH LONGER than she cares to know before she can make the big graduation.

I don't think she needs to know that right now though.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

When You've Got It, You've Got it....And When You Don't, You Just Don't

And right now, I just ain't got it.

It's been a tough week on the inside and when/if I'm ready to deal with that publicly and on the outside, you'll be one of the first to know.

But until then, your prayers are appreciated.

I know, what a cliff-hanger, huh?