Exhausted

It has been a really long time since I last blogged, but like I said awhile back, we've been super busy with finishing up the house...and right now I barely know what day it is, I'm exhausted, and can seriously barely move...and yet I still have a bunch of cleaning, laundry and then helping Tom move furniture tonight, all for carpet tomorrow, but thats just the upstairs, then this weekend we will move the downstairs furniture for carpet downstairs on Monday...and then I am taking a BREAK!! lol Well sorta, our summers are always so busy....anyways...sorry to rattle on. I am not complaining, I am so grateful that we can get all this stuff done, and feel beyond blessed that after wanting carpet for 3 years or so, we are getting it...I need to write a post on paitence=good deals sometime lol another day...

Anyways, I will post all sorts of pictures after the carpet is in...nothing else is really new right now....so until next week...hope you guys have a great weekend!!

NEW BALANCE shoes giveaway, check it out!!

I love shoes, and I really like New Balance tennis shoes! over at Peanut Butter and Smelly's Dad's blog, there are some great giveaways to enter, this being one of them...and man oh man are there TONS of ways to enter...so go over to their blog by clicking on the blog title.. :)

Mother's Day

I'm not always best with words, but I heard about this first over at my friend Molly's 2nd blog...make sure to check out her personal blog too, she is a really great friend!! (click on Molly's name and it will take you to her personal blog, and click on "2nd blog" and it will take you to the 2nd blog, that I am referring to) but after reading it on her blog, Tom read a story about it in the newspaper as well...but as many women anticipate mother's day with the flowers , the applause to recognize mothers at church, and the cute gifts from your children...there are many other women who dread that day...who think about skipping church, JUST so they don't have to deal with the pain of empty arms and staying seated during the applause for mothers, knowing their story in their heart, and fight back tears...

That's why this Saturday is Birth mother's day...from what I understand it was first intended for birth mothers who have selflessly given their babies up for adoption, and then they decided to include all women who have empty arms....birth mothers, women who can not have children, those who have had miscarriages, those who have met their children, and then had to give them back to Jesus...so this weekend, when you are celebrating with your family, and standing in church, think about the women who won't be.Who won't be celebrating with their children physically, but who will be thinking of them and remembering them in their hearts,or the women who have never been pregnant,but long to be a mother as well, and hold HER baby in her arms. 

I am so excited this is being recognized! I really think this sort of thing isn't talked about enough...people don't know how to handle grief or uncomfortable situations with others who might be feeling down...but it really isn't hard...most times, women who are experiencing this pain of empty arms, all they want is for someone to acknowledge them and their feelings, and that what they are feeling is REAL...so this Saturday AND Sunday...let a mother know you are thinking about them or praying for them...and remembering them this weekend...weather their children are in Heaven, in their arms, or in their heart. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! 

busy,busy,busy!!

Well its been awhile since I have blogged...but I was hoping to have my next giveaway project done before blogging again...but I don't...I'm trying to get our house back in order from the finish of the construction project of the middle room and basement stairs...and now my next important thing is to get the foyer,upstairs hallway and the stairway in between painted, before the carpet is installed in a few weeks! So that is where I have been, just busy around the house...anyways...i will be back soon!! :) I can't wait till I can post pictures of everything when its done too..:)