Well, we went out of town this weekend to a Bible Quiz Competition, a mini vacation and to my Dad’s birthday party. We stayed at a real nice Motel, the girls swam in the pool (the best part of the trip according to them.) We stayed extremely busy the whole time there, but it is was relaxing because we saw family, we took our Pastor hat off most of the time, and slept great in that bed.

The girls are doing great in their testing. Belle is getting A’s and B’s. Sissy is getting B’s and C’s. I am happy for Sis, with her learning disabilities, it is hard reading, and filling in the little circles. She takes a little longer than her sister, but she is getting it done. She is reading for it to be over though, LOL. Today, should be the final day, we hope. We will be heading to an out of town library and Ice Cream tomorrow for celebration.

I did miss one thing this weekend that I am still tore up about. A great friend of mine graduated from college and I missed her party, which was uncontrollable. I love you, Rachel and CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The girls are testing this week and they got a little frustrated yesterday! English/Language Arts/Spelling they both passed with “B’s”. Then we went to Math and they were a little flustered. Each test is timed, and it was hard at first. By time 11:00 rolled around, both of their brains were fried, so we took a break. We got back on it around noon. Needless to say, we quit for the day an hour later because Sissy was almost in tears because according to her “my brain is liquefied” HEHE….I do understand and feel for them. So, we stopped!! We are hitting the “testing” again this morning, with breaks every so often. It is not fun, but important to me, because I want to make sure they are learning everything they need to learn.

Good Morning!! Had a wonderfully busy weekend. Saturday was our annual yard sale at the town beside us “TOWN WIDE YARD SALE”. We worked for 7 hours and made close to $1,000.00 for the Youth. And we only packed up 6 boxes. We were ecstatic. We made $50.00 the first minute we opened the garage door of a parishioner. :”) People were waiting outside the door. It is because they know we are there every year and we have good stuff. It was a lot of work, but we had a great time. The boy was late getting there because he slept in, but we worked him good and proper. The girlies worked this year and had a grand time. Sissy was manning the “Refreshment Tent” (as she called it) selling Hot Dogs, Chips, Drinks, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, and Doughnuts. She LOVED it. I think we have a seller on our hands. :”)

Mother’s Day was lovely. We had a program at church. If you would like to see the pictures, we have a Facebook page now. Christ Gospel Church of Attica, IN. If you can’t pull it up, let me know and I will send you an invitation. My family bought me plants, gave me money, took me out to eat and a cord for my Nook (I lost my other).

Yesterday, the husband and I cleaned out a storage container for the church. We threw away, gave away and stored items in totes instead of cardboard boxes things we were keeping. That was a 10 hour job. WOW, we want things to be kept and looked nice for the LORD. IT is just as important as our spiritual life. God expects us to be like that. And we stored it all in our attic. We downsized a lot as well. It look so nice and neat. It makes my ADHD mind calm and steady. And my soul is relaxed HEHE…

Today the girls will be tested to see if they have past for this year. Haha…they are “nervous” Pray for them.

So, Sissy and I have had a rough week. She is so done with school, but she has 2 weeks left. I have tried to let her have more breaks, but just not happening. Plus, we both have had allergies off the roof. UUGH…Yesterday, I knew we both needed to do something. We both had hollered at each other and said things we shouldn’t have. When the husband came home, we left to go on a Mother/Daughter date. We went to Sonic to eat because she loves the roller skate delivery, :”) We went to the Library because it is one of her favorite places in the world. And then we went to the Mall. When we got there, we found out it was Mom’s Night Out. We got a “goody bag” filled with coupons, pencils and pens. There was a raffles for around 25 prizes and the “big” prize of the night was a $250.00 gift card. I did win a prize from Mary Kay products. I laughed when I won it because I don’t where make-up, but later in the evening I asked if she had skin products instead, and lucky for me she did. :”) Sissy insisted we stay till the end. We walked around and into almost every store there was. I am NOT a shopper nor a walker in the Mall. :”( But, we stayed until the end. Our date ended up being 6 hours long. But, we talked, we apologize, we made new commitments, and we prayed. I was wore out when I got home, because I did not wear my “mall walking” shoes. But, it was well worth the tiredness. She told me thanks numerous times, she smiled a lot, she held my hand, hugged me and kissed me. Not an expensive or elaborate date, but it made my daughters day.

The birdies are just tickled pink the weather has turned warm. Feathers has not layed an egg yet, and IDK when it will happen. Dixie, the male, simply loves the husband. UUGHH…that silly bird rarely talks all day, but when the husband comes thru the door, he starts in. As we are eating supper, he is constantly squawking. The husband has to turn around and talk to him some. And he continues non stop for the next two hours chirping and going on. Yesterday, the husband was tearing down wall paper (the whole house is covered in wall paper and then the landlord just painted over the wall paper), and wasn’t talking to him. Dixie commenced to squawking to the top of his lungs, over and over and over. It was enough to run you batty. Needless to say, they took a trip outside so he would shut his mouth. And I thought the girlies were loud. Hehe…

On another note, I am looking for patio furniture. Nice, but not to expensive. With the umbrella, table and chairs. We have checked at Menards and Walmart. Does anyone have this furniture? If so, were did you purchase yours? Is it worth the price and is it nice?

We all are doing somewhat better. We are up and going. I went yesterday and got 90% of the flowers I will be planting this year. And the vegetables to plant. We got home to late to fix it up, so we decided to wait until today. Wouldn’t you know it, it is dark outside and we are fixing to have a thunderstorm. Hehe….God always fixes me right up. LOL…

The husband and the boy fixed the trash can so the coon can’t get into it. Well, the first night, that coon must have been extremely angry because there is deep scratch marks on the can. And he has some strength to knock over a full can. Needless to say, we haven’t seen any evidence of him being back. And I hope he is gone because I don’t want my veggies eaten. :”)

The boy has applied at every business in town I think, but none will hire him. So, a gentleman in church has hired him to help once a week in yard work. And unless God performs a miracle, we won’t be able to move for a bit. We decided to fix the old rental to look a little better. We are paying him to paint, and other odds and ends jobs. He also is teaching a boy in the church to play the drums and we pay him for that. He is already in a better mood having a small cash flow. :”) He has a birthday at this end of this month, 17 years old. Already :”( And he has asked for one thing $70.00 pair of shoes that look like bedroom slippers to me. :”) He says “Mom, they are Tom’s” Like that means anything to me. Hahahah

So, we didn’t get done what we wanted to this week. We got some flowers planted in the front of the house. But that’s it. Belle is sick. She has a virus. But, today woke up with breathing problems. Doctor here we come. She wants to wait until her Daddy gets off of work, so he can go. He calls her his little “nuss” and she just loves it. Sissy is picking up the slack and doing her chores for her. They are so sweet to each other, most of the time. :”) We will wait another week and get our vegetables and other flowers planted, Lord Willing.

So, I joined Facebook for our church. (Having a professional looking media page is harder than you think) And we know a lot of people, probably because we have kids, LOL. I started to get friend requests. Of course I knew all of them, some of them more than others. But, now the majority are calling me Mama, Mom, Mother, etc. Although I don’t mind the kids, tweens or even teenagers calling me that, BUT young adults? Wow, that was a bit more than I could chew for the moment. But, chew I did. I am old enough to be there mother and that is just a fact of life. A group of 6 get sending me messages because there Mother is to far away or not in church. And I am a few hours away from them. Hehe….funny really. I knew that age would catch up with me, it hit me square in the face. LOL…Lord, help me to say the right thing, “Truth in Love”.

Oh by the way…we had no “wild animals” to visit us last night. I had a long rant, I mean talk with the men in my house last night at the supper table. And well, lets just say I must have got my point across. LOL…

I have been up for 3 hours already and not feeling tired yet. Feeling yucky due to allergies and mold related stuff. Yucky from meds making me drowsy and such. And my mind is going CRAZY. Sometimes living with ADHD is not fun. You are all over the place a lot, when your schedule is off, it sends you off. And the medication is out of the question for me. My sleep and rest has been whacked up with the Allergies and with a new found leak in the bottom of our house that has created mold has sent me way over the edge. Thank you, Jesus! Here is a tibbit of what’s been inside of my head the last 3 hours.

White sugar is completely out of our house. It has been replaced by Raw Nectar and honey. The husband and I have reduced our sweet intake in our sugar and tea.

Tea has replaced soda. White, Green, Peppermint and Chamomile Tea to be exact. It is either unsweetened or sweeten with honey. The girlies are getting used to this one.

Salads and fresh veggies have replaced majority of canned foods. We still use can, just very little.

Fruits have increased 2x more than previously. This is in season fruits. The boy loves it, Belle will eat apples all day, Sissy is adjusting more slowly than all of us and stills complains we are starving her. :”)

I cannot give up coffee. Not only do I love the taste, but I just like having a hot coffee cup in hand in the mornings. It is half decaf, so it is not giving me much energy. I think it is more mental than anything. But, one day I want to give it up and not go back.

And lastly, I wished that stupid raccoon would leave us alone. This morning, I looked outside to check the neighborhood (I do this quite often, IDK why). We have two trash cans, one without a lid for yard waste, another with a lid for food, trash, etc. They are side by side. I noticed the yard bag moving in the one. I turned on the porch light and the raccoon peeks his face out of the can. And then goes back to digging. Then it gets up on the one black can (without a lid) turns, lifts the lid of the other and jumps inside. A few seconds later the lid comes up and that thing has food in its teeth, closes the lid, jumps on top and chows down. I watch this until it is done eating. I wiggle the knob on the door, it just looks. I open the one door, looks. I open the screen door and that thing just stares at me. It finally scampers off AFTER I started beating on the side of the house. I ended up running that coon off three more times after that one. I told the husband he needs to do something. I hate them things. UUGH…Sissy insists we need to feed it so it can become her pet. NOT!! Just the thought of it now makes me shutter. Kill it…and give it to some of these people who eat coon. Yuck!!!

We had our annul Walk-A-Thon on Saturday. It was a beautiful day to be walking. We raised $1,200.00 for Missions that day. We were so excited to raise that much. It was awesome. I walked 4 miles and then crashed. The husband walked the whole 5 miles. Although he said that last lap his legs felt like rubber. I am completely out of shape, LOL. I put up a few pics on my Facebook page, it is a whole lot easier to post there than it is on this blog. It is because I am so stupid when it comes to Media stuff. Sissy could probably show me how in one step. :”)

We had a great time in services yesterday. But, it is back to normal routine today. Except the husband is off today and we are finally going to be able to plant our garden and flowers this week. The locals told me last year and reminded me this year, don’t plant until the first of May. I listened this year. We are growing our garden in pots this year. Fingers crossed and lots of prayer. Oh yes, one exciting thing to share is local Farmers Market starts this Saturday, totally pumped for that.

Have a great day!!