Guess who's back?!  Yay!  It's quiet time in our house for a little while.  A rest and a little peace in our nice clean house.  All morning the girls and I cleaned house.  They were fabulous little helpers.  I did have to be Miss Hannigan... then I could get the girls to be Annie & Molly.  Haven't seen the movie "Annie"?  Watch it.  It is a favorite in our house.  Bethany and Natalie act it out daily.  Whether it be a song or a dog named Sandy, Bethany Annie sitting in the window sill singing "bet they collect things like ash trays & art..." and Natalie Molly crying for Annie to save her from her nightmare.  These are things that make me smile..... anyway, this is how we got the house cleaned :)  Do what ya gotta do I guess... and have a little fun in the meantime :)  So that was our morning.  The rest of the day holds who knows what!!
It has kinda been a while since I've been on here, huh?  Been busy I guess.  My mind has again been in so so many places.  So many questions, so many memories... so much.  I guess something I did was quite relevant in my week.  A day off!  Yep!  I took Thursday off and went to Sioux City to do a little shopping... alone.  It was so refreshing.  Had a little quiet God time on my drive there, that alone relaxes me!  Then a little shopping fun.  I had a blast finding matching outfits for the girls... Kinda lame maybe, but they look so cute AND there's no fighting or tears when it comes to having their own clothes.  One of my favorites is for Bethany a bright purple (twirly) skirt with a white tank and denim jacket... Natalie's skirt is bright pink.... but they match...love it!  They also may be seen wearing identical polka dot dresses :)  I bought a book for myself from the Family Christian Bookstore called "Becoming Fearless".  It's written by Michelle Aguilar (winner of Season 6 Biggest Loser)... when I read the foreward I thought she had taken some of the thoughts out of my head... when I started reading the book, I was SURE she had taken the thoughts from my head.  I'm not very far in it yet, but I love it.  It is basically about a person's on-going journey of learning to trust God.  Something I've really got to work on.  I feel like on some days my full trust is in Him and He can do absolutely anything.  Great miracles even.... then the next day my mind is again certain that I can do this all on my own... life, I mean.  Usually within the first few hours of the day I realize that it's simply not working... and I can either continue on with the day as it is or change my attitude.  Ever notice that the worse your attitude the harder it is to turn it around?  Sometimes I feel like it's one thing after another and then old "junk" piles on top, and by the end of the day I'm angry and bitter... but those days are simply exhausting.  I am trying so hard to not have those days anymore... I know everyone's got them once in a while, but it's better to have as FEW as possible... That's kind of what I've figured out anyway :)
I guess I don't have much more rolling around in my head at the moment.  Guess maybe a little nap for the mommy is okay too?  Yes?  okay!
Peace.