Easter Eggs

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Easter Eve

 

I’ve been busy at my new job… I had Wednesday off and then this weekend… The boys have been on Spring break all week and next week too… The kittens are getting so big already…

I go to work, come home and make dinner, watch TV, go to bed and do it all again the next day… Throw in a load of laundry here and there… Seem to be getting more sleep, but so tired… maybe I’m getting too much sleep… Slowly getting into a routine at work… So much to do, the day goes so fast… May 12th all the shoe leads will come to my store for a training seminar… and then in June we will all be certified in our own stores… I will have to have my department ready both times…

Hubby has been busy with the boys at home for Spring break so not too much job applying at the moment… I did find him a few to apply at once he gets a moment… I’ve been feeling a bit apprehensive that he hasn’t found something yet… But I know he will when it is meant to be…

We are watching Bones and Angel and son2 has brought me a root beer float…

Son2 has still been having tennis on Spring break as not all the school districts are on break at the same time… still enjoying his break too by playing video games…

Son3 still all about the video games and has a diorama to build by May 20th… He is also getting wise to all this Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy thing… but I’m able to keep the boys going way into their teens… Son3 also lost a tooth recently, although I thought he was done losing all his teeth… he’s almost ten… he said hubby and I were the ones who made the baskets and that we put the money under his pillow… I continue with the illusions however, cause it’s more fun… the older boys know the truth now but also keep the illusion going… hubby and I will probably still wait for Santa and the Easter Bunny long after the boys grow up… lol…

Still waiting for son1 to move back home… his roommate is very upset with him right now and making things a bit difficult by not helping get himself set up for when son1 moves out… so afraid son1 may just have to leave and let the roommate figure it out on his own… son1 has covered his basis with the apartment complex already… just needs to sort out his storage and move out of the apartment… another week or so… he and girlfriend went to the rodeo with friends last night… and tonight are visiting with his Dad’s side of the family… we may see them for a bit tomorrow afternoon for Easter…

Today son2 and son3 were a bit grumpy with each other as one week of spring break together is enough and then being too excited for Easter coming too… Got them settled, sent hubby out to work in the yard and I got busy cleaning… as I’ve not done a bit of cleaning with the new job… I did a couple loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed, cleaned the boy’s bathroom, cleaned up after the kittens, filled the bird feeders, pruned the roses and cooked the ham for tomorrow… hubby colored the eggs with the boys… son1 stopped by waiting for girlfriend to meet up with him to go visiting with relatives… I made fried eggs and steak for dinner… I’ve finished my root beer float and we’re watching Angel… I still have all the laundry from the week to sort and put away… and get ready for the Easter Bunny…

 

Happy Easter…

Happy Journaling…

 

April Twenty Third

On this day, God wants you to know

... that God is glad that you are You. Sure, we all have things we want to change, to improve about ourselves. But underneath the flesh and bone, you are an immortal and perfect soul. Always remember that.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that change is the very nature of life, - welcome it. No glass ever became sand again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened fruit ever became a flower. Welcome change, and choose what kind of glass you create, what kind of bread you bake, what kind of fruit you harvest.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you've been driving yourself too hard lately. Sure, there is time to invest yourself fully into work, but there is equally important time for joyful resting. And for you, this time is now. What is the absolutely most wonderful little treat you can give yourself? Do it today.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that there are appropriate times to stand in your power. Power isn't always evil. If you stand tall in the power of goodness, you can have a powerful impact on a situation.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you are blessed. You may think you have challenges, but you have so many blessings. Sometimes it takes only a moment of conscious effort to recognize those blessings. Once you focus on the gifts instead of the problems, your whole perspective will change and you will see blessings everywhere.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that working together is good. We are meant to support one another in this world. Let go of the feeling that you have to do everything alone. Ask someone if they want to join you.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that today is a big day for you. Yes, today. Keep your eyes open for a message. It might come in a shape of a bird flying overhead, or a graffiti on a wall, or a phrase said by a passerby, or... Whatever shape it has, this message has been trying to reach you for years, and today is finally the day. Keep your senses open.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you've been talking to God too much, and not listening enough. Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you become quiet and listen to God. You've learned how to talk and ask well. Time to learn how to listen and hear, because God has been answering you.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that letting go makes you wealthier. Wealth is never measured by what you have, but by what you can give away. You are rich with money when you can afford to donate. You are rich with love when you can give love freely. You are rich with God when you can behold your enemy with compassion.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you are asked for very little, - just the totality of your being. God demands the totality of your being. That you invest all of yourself into celebrating the glory and the preciousness of being alive right now, no holding back and saving for later.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that your soul wants the freedom to sing, dance, love. As your body needs nourishment - food, drink, sleep, so does your soul need nourishment - sing, dance, love. Life is not all work, work is not all hard toil. Nourish your soul with the food that is right for it, for it is the altar of your own inner temple.

Happy Journaling…

April Tenth

These pictures of the roses and the kittens are all from today…

It has been weird being off today… but then after having two days off now I want more…

I had plans of getting a few things done today but it turned into a family day, son1 and girlfriend came over, and play with the kitties all day… and did some laundry…

I did fill out some recipe cards for son1 and copy all my notes from work that I have been writing on scratch paper into one notebook…

We did come up with names for them… Actually girlfriend helped the most as she got our brains moving as we couldn’t think of anything… so we started with candy names, flower names, color names, spice names… after much laughing and surfing through google… and we are pretty sure they are sisters… actually son2’s kitty is turning out to be a calico as her colors are really showing through now… Son2’s calico is named Maple, like maple syrup… and my tabby kitty is called Indy, after Indiana Jones… She was almost Ivy or Hershey… and son2 was thinking cinnamon or ginger…

We were up at a better hour this morning, 8am… although Danny had us up at 3am as he had to go out… of course my mind started thinking about work… but I finally fell back to sleep… when I get up and moving I don’t think about work but a bit early to get up at 3am… Hubby made pancakes for breakfast… son3 got his homework done… just finish a couple of definitions and finish drawing a picture… Son1 brought son2 home about 11:30am… They played with kittens… and then girlfriend came over to play with the kittens too… We had dinner of lasagna, veggies and garlic bread… son1 and girlfriend have now left and we are watching Rocketman…

Son1 is very serious about joining the military and has even decided I think on the Navy… he and girlfriend have worked through their feelings and girlfriend is feeling better about it now… she will be busy going to cosmetology school… they both agree that son1 going in the military and her going to school will bring them both to the next phase of their futures together…

The hard part is talking with son1’s roommate… actually son1 is disappointed on how their roommate situation is working out… he feels like they are in a relationship like when he moved in with his first girlfriend… more like they are married than roommates… his roommate is constantly texting him when he is coming home, what are they having for dinner and why aren’t they hanging out together when son1 is with girlfriend or even visiting with us… although son1 feels bad about telling roommate that he wants to join the service and leave roommate hanging after they just got the apartment together for just a couple of months now…

So son1 has some plans to make, talk with roommate, give notice with apartment, he wants to wait til after girlfriend’s birthday in May before signing any papers with military, and he needs to organize storage, move back in with us before finding out his bootcamp plans and orders, plus study for the test to join the military… plus give notice to his job… so lots of changes coming up for him…

Lots of changes for all of us this spring… final change….. it’s hubby’s turn to find a new job now too…

Son3 keeping an eye on the kittens… they are really getting around now… still wobbly but moving onto running…

Hubby, son2, son1, son3, Danny and the kittens…

Indy…

Maple and son2…

Indy breaking through the blocks of the fort…

Maple, calico kitty…

Indy sitting on hubby…

Son1, Indy and girlfriend…

Indy and Maple tired from their day of playing…

Time to get the boys in the showers and start getting ready for work and school tomorrow…

On this day, God wants you to know

... that God doesn't give you what you want, God gives you according to who you are. Change who you are to change your life.

Happy Journaling…

April Ninth

We got new kittens…

Just home from the neighbor's, they had found a stray cat who to their surprise had kittens… They still have four more that need a home…

We are still determining if they are girls or boys… and thinking of names…

Son2 has claimed the one of the left as his and the one on the right is mine, although of course they are family cats too…

Falling sleep after their trip across the street from the neighbors…

Exploring their new home…

Shoelaces…

Danny wondering what these creatures are and what he is supposed to do with them…

Six weeks old and eating kitten food…

Hubby’s lap is comfy…

You don’t want to know what Holly did today… Don’t look at the feathers surrounding her…

Looking at a pen…

Take my picture too…

Holly’s bed is very comfy…

No one’s paying attention to me…

Sleepy from all the exploring…

We made a kitty fort out of son3’s blocks so they can’t wander too far…

Falling asleep…

Holly has discovered the kitties… She was curious but hasn’t wanted anything to do with them… probably wandering why they have her bed and her toys…

Today  has been a lazy day… I worked til ten last night and went to bed at eleven still buzzing away… My first night closing went well… learning all the closing procedures… another day gone by so quick… I also hired another new person… I was up at five this morning but since no one had to get up I was able to fall back to sleep… so well that I woke up again at nine and hubby and I actually snoozed in bed to eleven… only cause son3 was starving and wanted breakfast…. so we all had cereal… son1 was texting son2 all morning as son2 was going over to son1’s to spend the night and had forgot to tell us that they had made plans… however son1 didn’t pick up son2 til three, so son2 was still here to go with us to pick up the kittens… son3 has had an emotional day of getting new kitties, not being able to spend the night at son1’s, playing games, learning how to be gentle and quiet with the kittens and he still has homework to do this weekend…

We made breakfast for dinner of eggs, hash browns, corned beef hash and English muffins… We’re watching Angel and Bones… son3 is off playing his games… Going to fix some ice cream after Bones…

I’m off again tomorrow… going to be weird… been so long since I had a whole weekend off… today I have been on the laptop, eaten all day and played with the pets… I did start vacuuming but haven’t finished… I still have tomorrow… The kittens will be sleeping in the boy’s bathroom at night, so need to put the litter box in there so they can learn to start using it… Holly will be sleeping in the garage til I see how she interacts with the kittens…

Time for ice cream…

On this day, God wants you to know

... that there are no accidents. What you think of as accidents are simply your conversations with God that you haven't yet been able to understand. But take heart, all happens in God's will and every conversation has deep meaning for you.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that it's okay to receive. Have you been the giver for so long that you have forgotten how to receive? Allow others to give you some of the love that you give so freely. Seek a balance between your giving and your receiving.

Happy Journaling…