HOMESCHOOLING AT OUR BEST

WE REALLY DO HOMESCHOOL, IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER "SCHOOLING"

CAUSE AND EFFECT,
FINE ARTS-BUTT NAKED(HEY, I BET MOZART DID IT"),
AND OF COURSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO BLOW BUBBLES,

Life is Never Solid, But God IS.....

I WAS REMINDED, AGAIN THIS WEEK THAT MY PLANS ARE NEVER MY OWN, THAT THE THINGS THAT I STAND ON, OR COUNT ON WHICH I THINK ARE SOLID, ARE USUALLY FLUID. GOD, HOWEVER IS ALWAYS SOLID, THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOOK TO HIM.

LOUIS CALLED ME ON WEDNESDAY, WITH THAT OPENING PHRASE, THAT ALL OF US ARMY WIVES, LOVE TO HEAR "WELL I HAVE GOOD NEWS, AND BAD NEWS".....DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THAT. I DON'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING NOW, I JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND BRACE MYSELF.

ANYWAY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THIS ONE WASN'T SO BAD; OR MAYBE IT'S JUST THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE GAINED THE LAST FEW YEARS. LOUIS TOLD ME THAT HE WAS STILL PLANNING ON CHANGING OUT OF COMMAND ON OR AROUND MID JUNE AND THEY WILL FLY HIM TO THE LOCATION OF HIS NEW COMPANY, NOT SO GOOD; HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE WILL BE HOME ON TUESDAY!!! YIKES, CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL THE THINGS SPINNING AROUND IN MY HEAD.

I LOVED MY EMAIL FROM LEIGHANNE, WHO OF COURSE KNEW ALL OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO ASK, LIKE DID YOU GET NEW SHEETS, AND FLUFFY TOWELS, YET? AND DID YOU GET A NEW OUTFIT!!!
WELL, I HAD TO SETTLE FOR 300 COUNT PX SHEETS, BUT THEY ARE NEW, AND MY NEW OUTFIT ARRIVED COURTESY OF THE GAP TODAY, THE UNMENTIONABLES, WELL THE PX IS DEFINITELY UNMENTIONABLE, SO I GUESS I WILL JUST HAVE TO BE CREATIVE!!!

ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY IN ALL OF THIS. I HAVE HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME THE LAST FEW WEEKS. JUST REALLY FEELING LIKE THE LADIES HERE IN BAUMHOLDER WERE GETTING BEAT DOWN; AND THE WEATHER HAS LIFTED, MAKING IT EASIER BUT I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED SOME "ICING". ICING TO A DEPLOYED ARMY WIFE, CAN BE SOMETHING AS LITTLE AS THINKING SHE HAS A DEAD BATTERY; AND FINDING OUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE CHARGED FOR AN HOUR, OR HAVING SOMEONE MAKE HER DINNER FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO IT.

OR, EVEN ONE WEEK, WITHOUT A CHILD GETTING SICK....THAT IS NOW THE REALITY OF ICING. BUT GOD DECIDED TO GIVE ME THE WHOLE "BETTY CROCKER"!!! I SURRENDERED, YET AGAIN ABOUT A WEEK AGO, TO LOTS OF THINGS, MAINLY NOT LETTING "NOT KNOWING" WHAT LOUIS'S FUTURE WAS OR R&R; AND BEING OKAY.......

AND, OF COURSE NOW HE IS COMING HOME EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. BUT THE REAL DEAL IS THAT HE WILL BE HOME FOR THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN FIVE YEARS; AND FOR MOTHER'S DAY!!!! THAT'S GOD; AND THANK YOU!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WONDERING; NO WE DO NOT PLAN ON HAVING ANOTHER R&R BABY, BUT THEN AGAIN SOMETIMES OUR PLANS ARE NOT ALWAYS GOD'S.

THANKS, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS BLOG. I KNOW I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN IT FOR AWHILE, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I LOST IT; YES FOLKS I LOST MY BLOG(FOR THOSE OF YOU, WHO REALLY KNOW ME, YOUR NOT REALLY SURPRISED, ARE YOU?

FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE LOUIS HOME FOR TWO WEEKS; I WOULD LOVE YOUR PRAYERS THAT THIS WOULD BE A RESTFUL TIME FOR OUR FAMILY; AND THAT ON THE 25TH, WHEN HE GOES BACK, THAT OUR FAMILY WILL JUST GET THROUGH THE DAY WITH AS MUCH PEACE AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THE KIDS.

Food For Thought? "What Would Be your Frosting"? Let me know......

Love, Patty