July Twenty Seventh

Only two weeks til school starts… son3 has barely gone in the pool… he prefers to play his video games… Just as well as I’ve barely gone in the backyard… I haven’t trimmed the roses, cleaned the pool or watered the plants… although the sprinklers are on a timer too…

I had three days off for the boy’s birthdays… I had so many plans of things I wanted to get done… I knew they wouldn’t happen…

Maple is a big stinker… She gets into everything… Even when Indy gets into something, Maple takes over and ends up getting blamed for it… She scratches the furniture, scratches my carpet trying to get into doors that are closed, she runs into rooms she is not supposed to be in when you open the door, and she can jump on the kitchen counters now… She is sleeping behind me on the couch now… Isn’t she too cute, when she’s sleeping…

Holly hates the kittens and the dog… She hisses at all of us… Even when I try to pet and hug her…

The boys were on a coloring kick a couple of weeks ago…

Son3’s…

It’s been four weeks since my car accident… AAA called today to let us know that we didn’t have to pay our deductable, so if we had already paid it when we picked up our car, they would reimburse us… We said we haven’t picked up our car yet nor have they called us with an update… she was surprised as she thought we had our car, so she called the mechanic and called us back saying the shop had sent the paper work to AAA saying the car was a total loss and not worth repairing, however she had never gotten any paperwork… so she is researching as to what is going on… and yet how can they give us an estimate for repairs and then three weeks later send a report saying it is a total loss…

Girlfriend’s…

I worked Thursday through Sunday… Friday we got Carl’s Jr… I felt like a special treat… Teriyaki Turkey Burger…Sunday I had to close so son3 opened his presents in the morning…

Son2’s…

Monday and Tuesday  I took vacation days… Son1 also had Monday and Tuesday as vacation days… So Monday before hubby went to work son1 opened his presents… Monday when hubby got off work we all went to Home Town Buffet, girlfriend too… It was so good… the food is better since they remodeled… Then when we got home we had birthday cake for both the boys… Tuesday we went to Transformers Dark Side of the Moon… Not son1 though he had seen Captain America on Friday… Transformers was so intense…

Son2’s…

Today I had to go into work for a minute to put the hours in the schedule… I had a ton of hours… Found out we have an audit visit on Tuesday… I don’t even have enough associates to use all the hours I got… Son2 came with me so he could look for back to school clothes… He got five character shirts and three plaid button shirts… they were all 50-60% off… we also found five character shirts for son3 and a windbreaker jacket that were all on clearance and then an additional 40% off… also got son1 a Captain America t-shirt and hubby a Marvin the Martian t-shirt…

Son1’s…

Movies we’ve seen lately: Just Go With It, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, it was actually kinda cute; Hall Pass, Owen Wilson, not good at all although I watched it til the end; Rango, Johnny Depp, So Good, we watched it twice… Tonight we saw Season of the Witch with Nicholas Cage, it was interesting and strange and a bit scary…

Son2’s…

We’re watching How I Met Your Mother season 4 that we got son1 for his birthday… So funny!

Maple in the box that son3’s video games came in for his birthday… The kittens claim every box and bit of wrapping paper that comes in the house… Son3 has slept for the last three nights without his bedroom light on… our agreement since he’s ten now… we still leave the hall light on for him though…

It is now after 10pm… time to get everyone to bed… and watch my latest episode of True Blood season 3 and put my laundry away… Back to work tomorrow…

Happy Journaling…

Birthdays

 

It was son3’s birthday on July 24th… He turned 10…

It was son1’s birthday on July 25th… He turned 24…

Singing Happy Birthday to each other…

Happy Journaling…

God Wants You To Know

 

On this day, God wants you to know

... that peace will come when you let the presence of God settle into your heart. If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you only need to Ask. God is waiting for your Asking, waiting to reach out to you.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that happiness has nothing to do with pleasure. You feel pleasure when you want something and you get it. Or when you don't want something and you remove it. Pleasure is always relative. Happiness is absolute. Happiness is the understanding and acceptance of life as it is in this very moment as completely perfect, because every creation of God is perfect. The degree to which you do not accept life in all of the Divine forms is the degree to which you suffer.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you have so many gifts! - use them. God has given you so many gifts to sow love and to give hope, to shine light and to spread joy. Abundant gifts. Use them. Give to yourself and give to others. There is an endless spring where they come from.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that your pilgrimage to God is your pilgrimage to yourself. It's never too late to start, and it's never too soon to take one more step on your pilgrimage.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that every little part of you is magical. Yes, even the parts that hurt, even the ones that are feeling disease right now. It's alright to love what is in pain. More than alright, that's exactly where your love is needed the most. So why not touch that part that hurts and smile at it, at yourself through it, and whisper: ''I love you.''

On this day, God wants you to know

... that understanding comes from love. You might believe that you need to understand another to love them. The truth is you need to love them to understand them.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that to find out who you are becoming find stories that move your heart. Just like a seed has an image of the tree in it, so does your heart have an image of who you are becoming. Look for stories in movies and books that resonate in your heart, and you will find glimpses of your possible futures. What is your favorite story?

On this day, God wants you to know

... that a successful relationship requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Always with the same person, but deeper and deeper every time. Each time on a whole new level you together open in love and discover the truth of your beloved anew. There is no limit to the beauty of your beloved. If you think you've reached the end, stop generalizing.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. You have to agree that you are less and that someone else is more to feel inferior. If you don't agree, you can not possibly feel inferior. You might know something less, or you might be able to do something less, but you ARE unique and hence simply incomparable. Do not buy into being reduced to an object of comparison.

Happy Journaling…

Engagement Announcement

Son1 and girlfriend got engaged over the weekend…

They went camping with her family and friends…

So son1 came armed with an engagement ring…

He had planned to propose to her four wheeling in the jeep to the top of a summit over looking Shaver Lake…

She didn’t want to go four wheeling so she stayed behind at the campsite…

Before dinner the younger couples all went for a walk and came across a bridge…

Son1 seized the opportunity…

Only one other person in the group knew he was going to propose so they were able to take pictures…

Girlfriend has no idea…

Son1 had the ring on his finger and whispered in her ear his proposal…

Girlfriend crying…

Wiping away the tears…

Happy Couple…

Pictures in the backyard from when they came home on Sunday… after they went over to friend’s to BBQ and have a bit of engagement celebration…

Pretty…

Congratulations…

Happy Journaling…

July Sixteenth

Today was a nice quiet Saturday… I have the weekend off and I am trying to relax and enjoy it… I have been a bit grumpy this week… Ok a lot grumpy if you count Wednesday when I lost it and went off on poor hubby… don’t you just love mood swings… I would say it’s just being a woman… but then son2 has them too… so gotta love those hormones of life…

Today I was up early with a bit of a headache so had some quiet time on the laptop playing frontierville… hubby was up next and made breakfast of scrambled eggs, hash browns, corn beef hash and English muffins… the boys were up for breakfast and then I did a bit of online ordering for hubby and my vitamins and birthday shopping for son1 and son3… their bdays are July 25 and July 24… hubby and I then showered and got dressed and went on about a five mile walk… we walked to the new neighborhood park they built that has a loop trail behind it… the trees are all brand new so no shade on the trail for a few years yet… but it was nice to be able to just be together and talk without the boys interrupting… the boys stayed home to watch My Little Pony… supposed to be all the rage among girls and boys at the moment… all new cartoons though not the ones from when we were kids… Now I’m making dinner and we have Battle Los Angeles to watch tonight…

 

Only three and a half more weeks til school starts… the boys have done nothing but watch tv and play video games… son2 did read two books; Eragon, Eldest and is now on the third book in the series; Brisingr… Son3 has picked out books to read but that is as far as he has got… I’m reading The Ignored by Bentley Little… Not as freaky as some of his books but still out there… they did color too for a few days with son1… I’ll have to post their pictures…

Son1 is off camping this weekend with girlfriend and her family… AND he is going to propose, tonight I think… he picked out her engagement ring at Roger’s Jewelers… he had also bought her promise ring there too so they have a deal that if you bring back the last ring they will use it toward the down payment on the next ring… so he got over $300 credit toward the engagement ring… the hard part was getting the promise ring from her without her suspecting… so the jeweler said to tell her that it was time for her annual cleaning and maintenance… she handed it over Thursday night without a thought… now we are just hoping that she isn’t disappointed in the promise ring being gone for sentimental reasons… son1 went to the jeweler on Friday morning to pick up the engagement ring and have it sized… and then met girlfriend for camping Friday night with story being that he can’t pick up the promise ring til Saturday morning and they would be camping… they are camping at Dinky Creek and has plans of taking her up to the fire look out where you could see Shaver Lake and the surrounding valley and proposing… I’m sure she will say YES as she gave him a picture recently of the rings she likes as they had planned on getting engaged once they had been together two years…

Time to eat dinner………

Dinner was good… Turkey burgers, au gratin potatoes, macaroni, chicken strips and other leftovers… I didn’t much care for the Battle Los Angeles so I checked out the pinning at Pinterest… Then we had sherbet or ice cream… I had Arbor Mist in my Sherbet and watched a couple episodes of Angel… Now it’s almost 11pm and time for bed…

Tomorrow hubby and I will be going to Target, Dollar Store and Harbor Freights for toilet paper, cat food, laundry soap and more birthday shopping…

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you can't rid the world of sorrow, but you can choose to live in joy. Sorrow is with us not because we are bad at stopping it, but simply because it's part of being human. What matters is not whether good or bad things happen - both will, but your relationship to them. Just think back over the last 24 hours, - what had you taken hard that you could have taken lightly?

On this day, God wants you to know

... that it is the day of deep peace for you. Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the shining star to you.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that when people tell you nice things, stop shrugging them off as if they are nothing. The sincere compliments you receive are your jewels, - collect them in your heart, - they highlight the beauty of your being and empower you during challenging times. Never say 'oh, it's nothing' or shrug your shoulders when you hear a sincere compliment. Pause, breathe it in, and really feel its m

On this day, God wants you to know

... that you cannot let this day pass without telling the people you love that you love them. Do not take for granted the people closest to your heart. Nothing is permanent, celebrate them now.

On this day, God wants you to know

... that when what you are doing is not working, do something else. Anything else. You'll only get the same results if you do what you have always done.

Happy Journaling…