Busy

It has been busy around here. Trying to get ready to go. I hate that feeling like I am going to forget something so I have written a list and I will check it twice :) I'll post pictures when we get back.

Stuff

It is still rainy!! I can't believe this weather and you can already feel that fall has arrived.

I picked more vegetables from the garden today. We have one little watermelon. The plants are growing very slowly but we will see if it turns into anything before it freezes.

William was trying to get the yellow container on the shelves and couldn't reach it. He was whinning for it, comes over to me and pats me to let me know he needed help. This is his way of telling me he needs something, I love it :)

This is what we had for dinner: pinto beans soaked and then cooked for eight hours, add potatoes, green beans, carrots and celery. It's alright but I need to find something that adds pozaz to it, some kind of seasoning or maybe I just need to add more of what I do now?!

James, as usual, was whinning about not wanting to eat. And then all of a sudden he told me that I should take a picture of him crying. But it turned into a silly smile instead :)

It has been a good day but James for some reason pooped in his pants. He was outside so I think he just didn't make it. Other than that it was a very productive day, thank goodness!

This is how it looks towards Mt. Taylor and then you look to

Grants and it looks like this:

It has been raining here sooooo much! I love it!!!!

This is the thing that I miss the most about living in the south.

It makes my day when it rains!

On the other hand James doesn't like it so much because it comes with

thunder and lightning. So we are stuck inside.

Usually the rain won't last long so he runs outside.

Cubby is the palmerianian, terrier and Ginger is the mix of Jack Russel, pikanese and terrier.

I know I didn't spell these right!!

This is my new bush that we added a month ago to the front yard.

It is a russian sage and I love the blooms. I would've shown a picture

of my other bush that attracts hummingbirds but it has no blooms right now and looks

kind of sad :(

Can you tell he is whinning??

It has been a good day so far and I got my camera to start working yesterday and got all of our pictures onto CDs!! Yeah!!! And I have listed a few things on ebay to help pay off our cc's. I hate debt! Jim is off for four days and I love it when he is off. It is surprising how much I don't dread him going to work these last few months. I used to hate him not being home but now I actually enjoy the time. I think it is because I am doing more with James and I need to make more time with him. My getting away from striving to have a perfect house is getting better but it is still there. In church we talked about "Letting go and letting God". It is hard but when you do He does amazing things. Like I have been worrying about our cc's, about paying them off before we get pounded with interest. Well, today Jim sold our pellet stove to his cousin for 1200! This will really help and I know it is all in God's timing. He has gradually helped us and by gradually doing so I have learned more and more that I don't need so many things. I know it is hard for Jim too. It is hard not to want stuff and I know it is not bad but I am learning to step away a little more. We need to pay off some things. And then maybe I can focus on those things that I have been wanting to get the boys :) We are truly blessed and we have so much. My goal is to be content with what we have and not always want new things. I want to teach the boys that also. This is a load off of me, writing this down...

A Quiet House

Yesterday was good but very busy. I got 21 dictations done and cleaned up my moms house, and organized ours a little bit. I don't have any picts to post because there is something wrong with my camera. I took a bunch of picts and when I went to review them it said "unidentified image". So what I am going to try is to get all of the picts off of the card and onto a CD. So this will take a while to do today :( Another thing about yesterday is that Jim's mom came and got BOTH of the boys. First time for both of them to be away for the night. It was very quiet and still is very quiet. Kind of weird. Hopefully I can get a lot done before they come home, we shall see...

Start

This will be new for me. It is hard to know what to write. Guess that will take time and it will start flowing easier. I'll start with how today has been so far. I stayed up after Jim left for work and he switched again to days instead of graveyard. I went to the Dollar Store yesterday and got some stuff for James to play with.



He had a lot of fun. Playing with glue, cutting and putting the stickers on. I am going to have to do this more often for him. He really gets carried away with the glue!! And with William I gave him some cheerios and a shoe string, strung some on for him and of course he started eating :)




Jim finished (he still has to do the grout and stain it) the back splash behind where our wood stove goes. Next will be the floor...


All in all it has been a great week so far. James went to Awanas las night and had a blast! Jim, William and I went to Smiths and stocked up on groceries. Now I think I might try to take a quick nap. Never mind, I am too awake and James just woke up!! It will be an early night!