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Why a Daughter needs a Mom

I bought this book to give to my daughter, (12 years old), and I thought I would share a few of the reasons. I didn’t realize until I was in my twenties, so maybe I can pass it to you.

A daughter needs a mom to provide her with memories that will last forever. (That’s why we always have a camera in front of our faces, and stay up really late making creative scrapbook pages!)

A daughter needs a mom who is never more than a phone call away. (The reason she had a cell phone at age 10!)

A daughter needs a mom to assure her that she always has a place to come home to. Because no one understands girls like a mom. To remind her that in faith there is fellowship.

A daughter needs a mom to soothe the pain of a broken heart, to teach her that sometimes choosing to wait is a good idea, and to teach her that you cannot make someone love you, but you ca be someone who can be loved.

A daughter needs a mom to tell her that beauty never fades if you look in the right places.

The Book, Why a daughter needs a mom was written by Gregory E. Lang. Go out and buy it, make your mom or daughter feel loved. I’ll post more later.

Up too late

Once again I sit up in the chair because laying down makes my jaw throb even worse!  It’s late, already tomorrow, or today, whatever!  I have to get up in 5 hours to wake Boo up and get ready for school.  Brian has been a wonderful dad and husband these past two days, taking care of everything and everyone’s schedules so I could zone out in pain.  He drew the line tonight though.  He told Boo that one thing he will not do is go to the store and buy her cheerleading underwear. 

Her first game is tonight, so they are privileged to wear their cheer uniforms to school.  They do have to wear long pants under the skirt, because the skirt doesn’t fit dress code length policy.  (Why is it OK for them to wear it at the game?  Good question…)  As she’s getting everything ready, she can’t find her spanky’s.  That would be her briefs that she wears under the skirt, a very good thing to have, especially since she is a flyer.  But daddy drew the line at going and buying those!  So that is on my list of things to do, as well as get some black nail polish for her.  (School colors are red, white and black.)  Apparently there are too many shades of red, so they chose black. 

Hoping the pain meds kick in soon and I can get some sleep.  Waiting on a call from the oral surgeon to see what he says.  It would be nice to get a quick appointment and be done with all of this. 

On a side note, Brian gave the boxer, Logan, a hot dog.  He has terrible gas!!!!

Blech!

That’s how I feel! Why is it when one tooth hurts, it makes your entire body hurt? My husband called the dentist yesterday for me, and they said to go to the oral surgeon. I went to the oral surgeon, he gave me some penicillin and vicodin and told me to go to the dentist. I saw the dentist this morning, and am currently waiting on a call back from the oral surgeon with an appointment. At least when I left the dentist office this morning I was numb, and that lasted for 6 glorious hours. Now I can feel the pain again. My jaw is throbbing and my ear is ringing. Can I just bury my head until someone figures out what will help me?

7 Weird things

Ok, I’ve been in a funk lately, and sort of grumpy.  I can’t really contribute it to one thing, but a compilation of many.  Jenni over at Peaceful Living Everyday tagged me for some fun.  Be sure to stop by her blog and check out her answers too.  Mkay, 7 weird things about me… this is really hard!

1.  I am a home body.  I would much rather stay home with my family than to go out and fight crowds or traffic.  (Take out is a great thing)
2.  At the age of 35, just a few months ago, I began drinking coffee.  I started looking forward to my morning coffee last night. 
3.  I love to sleep with the bedroom windows open when it’s cold outside, so I can pull the blankets over my head.
4.  My 2nd toe is longer than my big toe.
5.  I would seriously have a unibrow if I didn’t tweeze.
6.  I will lose a handful of hair when I shower, but it grows at an incredibly fast rate.
7.  I once had a wreck when a mouse was in my car.  I was on my way to have my senior pictures taken, and a mouse ran across my foot.  I freaked, and veered to the right which dropped my right front tire off the road and then I overcorrected on wet pavement and ended up crossing over the left lane and hitting a hill.  There was a sherriff behind me.

There you have it, my weirdness for all to see.  Thanks Jenni!

America has voted

I said last week that it was in God’s hands, and His will.  I truly do feel like we are living in the end times, and this presidency may be a punishment from God because we as a country are so morally corrupt, just like in the times of Noah.  I will leave with this passage of scripture, and please take my words in love everyone.  That’s how I’m sending them.  I honestly don’t know how to feel right now.  I’m just relying on God to take away my fears.  There are too many unknowns and unanswered questions for me. 

2 Peter 2:1-10  “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.  They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them-bringing swift destruction on themselves.  Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.  In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up.  Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their desturction has not been sleeping.  For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment: if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)-if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.  This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.  Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;”

Growing Food

Tonight I’m using up the last of my green and serano peppers from the garden in a yummy smelling pepper steak.  I have a small sense of sadness that it’s turned cooler and my plants are dying.  There was a great sense of accomplishment when I was feeding my family good food that I had grown. 

My parents have Persimmon trees, and I grew up on Persimmon pudding.  Saturday was so special when my mom had made one for us, and she was talking about not being able to pick them up.  Brooke and I decided to help her out, so we went outside and started picking them up.  Mom came out with a bucket, and said if we filled that up it was enough for 4 pudding.  We filled that up, and another, and then some.  I finally had to call it quits because I didn’t think I could bend down anymore.  I’d planned on my mom keeping some, but she sent us home with all of them.  Sunday and Monday we processed 23 cups of Persimmon pulp!  I can hardly wait to have me some pudding!!

Parent Teacher conferences

Every year it goes like this.
Teacher-  She/He’s such a good student, but so very quiet.
Me- Are you sure you have the right kid?  My kid is quiet?  Would you like to come home with me?  Please…?

What do you get when two introverts have kids?  Introverted kids!  Brooke is 12 and she’s just now becoming the social butterfly, much to my dismay. 

So yesterday it was Zach’s teacher.  She had only two concerns.  The first was that Zach’s best friend L is out of town this week, and she wasn’t sure how Zach would do.  Surprisingly, she said he’s made the effort to choose other partners and has done well!  Secondly, she wanted to know if he was scared or intimidated of her.  I told her that he’s never mentioned anything like that.  Again, she just talked about how quiet and shy he was, and gave the example of him coming up to her desk to ask a question.  She said he would stand there quietly, not interrupting if she was doing something, and wait for her to look up.  Then he would ask the question very quietly and walk away quickly.  Now I think he’s just being respectful with that one, and am proud of him for not just jumping in with his question.  Miss D. went on to say that he’s very bright, and a couple of times she’s seen his sense of humor.  (He is a very funny kid!) 

I always get a kick out of these things, and then I come home and relay to the kids what I heard.  Zach just gets a big grin on his face, he’s so cute!  What can I say about being shy?

Obedience classes

Monday night was the first of six obedience classes for our new Boxer puppy.  About a year ago we had a boxer/cocker mix and an AKC Boxer that we had to get rid of because of severe aggression issues.  It got really bad, and before we bought the new guy, I said we were going to do everything possible to prevent that again.  This was the first step. 

We had an incident at the vet’s office where a fight erupted between Logan (our new pup) and another dog.  Logan actually pulled the leash out of Matthew’s hands and took off for the other dog.  So I was nervous about taking him into an area with lots of other dogs, and I had Brian come with us.  He has a much calmer demeanor with dogs, and can pretty much get Logan to do anything.  I am the one that needs trained!  There were 10 or 11 other dogs there and Logan would not shut up.  The trainer was trying to talk and he just kept yapping.  I was feeling embarassed and trying to pet him to get him to calm down, and then Brian took over.  He was petting him too when the trainer decided to make a point out of us.  she called attention to what Logan was doing, and then what Brian was doing.  He was actually encouraging the barking by giving Logan affection.  Huh!  And we thought the dog was stupid…

The trainer walked over and took the leash, popped it a slight bit and said “that’s enough“.  For the rest of the class he did not make a sound!  Whoa, I’m gonna like this. 

We only had one incident where an 85 pound lab came over and there was a tense moment before they were pulled away from each other.  The trainer explained that most other dogs are scared of boxers, almost like they emit their strength.  The lab was curious and scared, but since he was bigger he walked over to Logan.  Logan was scared and he felt like the lab was invading his personal space, so he tried to show his might.  She assured us that we were doing the right thing by being in this class, and that we were going to have a great pet.  I feel better now, but will wait to see how the rest goes.  We may still call in Barkbusters to come out to the house for some training too.

Pre-teen angst

So my daughter is 12, and in the 7th grade.  She has a May birthday, so she’s one of the youngest in her class.  This can sometimes lead to drama, because she’s not really old enough to make mature and responsible decisions.  Lately, she’s exercised her ability to showcase that deficit to me.  She’s made some really poor decisions when it concerns a couple of her friends.  I try to understand that peer pressure has a lot to do with it, but on the other hand, had hoped that I had raised her with enough backbone to stand up for what she thinks is right. 

Luckily she did come to me and divulge some of the incidents that happened.  Now, I want us to be able to talk about anything, so I was glad that she decided to share the info with me, but I was trying not to freak out!  I didn’t want to scare her off from ever confiding in me again, but I also wanted to let her know that I disapproved of her behavior.  It was a tough situation to be in!

The next conundrum, if you will, was whether I should tell my friend, and Brooke’s friends mom.  I felt like if it were the other way around, I would want to know.  I really struggled with that, and in the end waited too long and something else happened.  Now, nobody got hurt, but someone could have.  I shared with my friend, and she had a discussion with her daughter.  We both learned a few things that had been lied about, and then we talked to the girls again.  It’s an ongoing process where I am learning, and praying.  Praying for good, Godly friends, and the courage to stand up for what is right.