Since you asked…

I’ve gotten a few emails asking about my *sabbatical. So here are some of the highlights ~ and lowlights of the past year.

1. The biggest *thing that happened is Thing 6.
2. Thing 6 is 4mths old now.
3. and SOOOO amazingly adorable.
4. I almost can’t stand it.
5. Such a good baby.
6. Ok why do we say that?
7. He’s a baby! of COURSE he’s good!
8. So instead I’ll say,
9. such a content & happy baby.
10. which is awesome, but a little scary…
11. Thing 4 was a very happy & content baby too
12. and now he is a Holy Terror the wild behind the Romper~Room~Gone~Wild.
13. So we did move.
14. And 2 months later we moved out.
15. The landlord we were renting from
16. sold the property.
17. SOLD IT!!!!
18. And the house
19. that ended up being on not 1
20. but 3 acres
21. you know,
22. the one that fell from the sky
23. well
24. it was no more.
25. the phrase The Lord Giveth and The Lord Taketh Away redundantly comes to mind when i think about this.
26. So back to the R.V. we went.
27. 2 parents
28. 6 kiddos
29. 36 ft R.V.
30. You do the math.
31. I KNOW!
32. You don’t have to tell me.
33. I was there.
34. And now we are moving again.
35. but this time
36. we are buying.
37. & I (& all of my *things)
38. are singing the hallelujah chorus.
39. aaand apparently I’m a little off tune
40. so be thankful you can’t hear me.
41. 40 lines to say
42. we struggled
43. we stayed faithful
44. & for now atleast,
45. that particular struggle is behind us:)

random unorganized momble jomble

I’ve been trying this new thing lately. Being quiet. Think before I speak, if you will. I know. I should already know how to do this. I’m sure I’ve learned this before at some point in my life. But I just don’t think the lesson took. Obviously. Or I woudn’t be *practicing the art of keeping my mouth shut. Right now. Probably at this very moment.

And ya know what??? It’s freakin HARD to do sometimes. *Especially when I think I’m right. Or righteous. Since I’ve been keeping my thoughts to myself, they’re overloading my brain. I barely have time to register 1 thought before the next one comes popping along, rudely interrupting like there was nothing there already.

So guess what? It’s your lucky day! If you like random, unorganized, momble jomble. I won’t be offended if you don’t. Really. Not even a little bit. That does mean that it’s not~so~much your lucky day. But these thoughts have to go somewhere. So..either way, here’s some random truthiness.

1. If you’ve never been here before, you might not know that I’m a compulsive listmaker.
2. Unless it’s just that obvious.
3. I think I’ve finally figured out why I like lists SO much.
4. They surface clean my brain.
5. & they somehow make even the utterest of chaos look neat & organized.
6. You know how I feel about surface cleaning.
7. In a perfect world, if I made a list of every single piece of clothing my children have gotten dirty this week if it would *magically clean itself.
8. Have ya noticed it’s not a perfect world?
9. Guess that means I should get on that laundry a little quicker.
10. So I’ll save that list for another day.
11. I know.
12. It’s devestating.
13. I know you’re tearing up right now at just the mere thought of not seeing that list.
14. Me too.
15. You should be careful what you name your children.
16. Has anyone ever told you that your child’s name determines what kind of person they will be.
17. They lied.
18. My sister wanted to name her youngest daughter Harley.
19. I don’t know why.
20. My mom (hers too) told her she would be a hellion with a name like that.
21. So they named her Rebecca Lynn.
22. Such a sweet name.
23. Thing 2 cracks me up.
24. I think it’s because she’s ALOT like me.
25. I tend to crack me up too.
26. Someone has to amuse me.
27. It might as well be myself.
28. Thing 1 *9b did something earlier.
29. I don’t remember what.
30. But I said ‘ Thing 1 I don’t find that humorous at ALL.’
31. Thing 2 *6g ~ in her little girl princess~like little~girl~way ~ says
32. ‘Not even a little bit!’
33. Do you consider yourself a quiverful mom?
34. I do.
35. As far as quivers go, mine feels pretty full sometimes.
36. But I like the organized chaos of it.
37. What I did not know was that there is an entire MOVEMENT.
38. What exactly is the movement for?
39. And where is it going?
40. Why do we take 1 little part of what we are supposed to be about
41. and let that define us.
42. Why are we so intent on trying to make our mark on the world
43. that we forget to leave his imprint in the world.
44. I had a conversation once.
45. I’ve had a conversation more than once.
46. But I had this *particular conversation once
47. A girl I had just met was asking me what I do.
48. As in, for a living.
49. When I told her I was a sahm of 5
50. and a homeschooler
51. she got this really confused look on her face
52. And asked if she could ask me a personal question
53. Sure.
54. why not.
55. we’re used to it right?
56. But then she proceeded to ask
57. somewhat bashfully and embarrassed,
58. ‘How do you give them all a bath? I mean, how does that work?’
59. I promise.
60. That is what she asked me.
61. And just when I thought I’d heard it all

Okay, for those of you who actually made it through that list and are still reading waaay down here, I know you’ve had your Most~bizzare~thing~I’ve~ever~heard & the~absolute~last~thing~I~expected~to~hear Moments. GO post about it right now and then leave me a comment so I can go read it.

I really can’t believe you’re still here. Amazed really. Even the biggest Thing of them all glanced over and said ‘uh baby, that’s a really looong list. And he KNOWS I’m all about the list. So, umm.. great job! You deserve some kind of reward for that endurance. Let me see what I can find for ya.

3 Comments:

Rebecca said…

1. If making a list ever cleans your laundry, let me know.
2. I’d be right there with ya.
3. I think Rebecca Lynn is a pretty sweet name too
4. Though, I heard plenty of “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?” growing up.
5. Never saw that movie (Shirley Temple)
6. Don’t like ‘Becky’.
7. I still don’t know what the movement was and now I’m curious.
8. I’m glad you’ve had more than one conversation.
9. Did you tell confused girl that baths took too much time?
10. So you just hose them off in the backyard – saves on time & water?
11. If not you should next time someone asks you.
12. I’ll have to think of my “most bizarre thing I’ve heard moment”
13. Then I can post about it for you to read.
14. It’s on my list of things to do.
15. Ya know *that* list, the one that keeps growing.
16. I need to type up that list.
17. Is this a long comment list or what?
18.
19. Thought you’d appreciate it.
20. So, now I am craving cookies.
21. Is that supposed to be my reward for reading your post?
22. Great reward if I was close enough to drop by and enjoy some.
23. Guess I’ll have to settle for the Mocha Brownie Avalanche ice-cream in the freezer.
24. Now you want ice-cream huh?
25. If you were close enough to drop by I’d share with you.
26. Sorry.
27. I hope you have a good day.
28. See you on the blog later.
29. I should do some more work on the house.
30. First, I’ll go make that list.
31. Maybe the list will complete the work for me…

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:19:00 AM EDT

Heather said…

ROFL I *most definently appreciate the list comment. You crack me up girl Oh and thanks for the ice cream craving now. You should be a better sharer…

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:29:00 AM EDT

You can see it in her eyes said…

LMAOOO !
Heather i love you .
That was so OCD but it`s all good !

lol