Are you God's answer?

For the past few days I have been freaking out. I am doing the family budget and this month has been hard. It seems that when it rains it pours. Not only were our taxes due (we always have to pay state) but we had to buy propane also. I swear...as soon as I save for one thing an emergency pops up. I'm not trying to bring you down or asking for pity...just showing a back story here. So, I have been wanting to go to A-day with the family. A-day is the spring practice game that Alabama plays..it's free but we do have to come up with gas and food. Also I have been wanting to paint my bedroom for almost a year now. I finally found a color that Nate and I both agreed on. So, I saved some money for both of these things...until this month. I was about to tell the family that we just couldn't do either of these things.... last night I was at the end of my worry rope. I decided to just lay it out to God. So...he listened and I waited. Something happened today that was God's answer to my prayer. I can't say who or even why, but this person happened to give us a gift. I don't think they know how much it is/was appreciated. I started crying and couldn't even tell them thank you because I was afraid that I would start crying again. I know that this person could use their gift also but decided not to. I tell you: I truly love them. They are such wonderful people and I would just feel weird to tell them how I really felt about them and how much they mean to me...it would be very awkward. Can you imagine? I think you are kind, beautiful, caring, thoughtful, special, loving, God-fearing, God-centered, amazing, I'm jealous of them...they have it so together, they are everything I want to be, etc... yep awkward! But I do love them and would do anything for them (I just can't do anything that they need). Ok I'm rambling now.
Anyway...maybe there will be a time that you do something and it doesn't seem that big to you(or maybe it does), maybe that is when you are God's answer to someone else. I pray that one day I will be able to be God's answer to someone.

Easter

Today has been a good day. First we went to church. Then we went to Gran's house. The food was good and Nate's grandparent's were there. After pigging out we watched a few old videos of the kids (Ali had to show Ginny the one of Matt dancing to Mickey Mouse..too funny!) Then we headed down to my momma's. On the way the car started riding funny. We pulled over to the side of the interstate and found out that we had a flat. I tell you, God was watching out for us. It was a miracle that the tire didn't blow. We drove about a mile to the exit and Nate changed the tire. When we got to mom's we ate again and everyone went outside to play ball. Funny sight! Me my brother DJ, Nate, my mom, Jeff (her hubby) and the kids...What was funny? All the grown-ups running!!! After we caught our breath the kids, Jeff and DJ went down to the lake and fished. Both Seth and Ali caught fish. Yeah.

Now we are home and I'm doing laundry and running the dishwasher. I've got a book just ready to be read and my bed is looking more and more comfy.

Oh, the kids watched the Passion of the Christ last weekend and I think that today had a little more meaning to them than normal. I am glad that it's not about how much candy or eggs you find, but the real reason. Don't get me wrong...they still liked the eggs and candy, but that wasn't the only thing to be thankful for today.

Stollen from Gab girl

ABC's-Embellished (i found this on a fellow-bloggers page, which i currently lurk, and had to do it myself. hope you'll all follow suit!)

A-Age: 37

B-Baseball or Ballet: ballet

C-Chore you hate: mopping the floors

D-Dream Vacation: island in Caribbean

E-Easter candy: resees's peanut butter eggs

F-Favorite Flowers: tulips

G-Games: football (either Alabama or Seth's team

H-Height: 5'5 3/4 (yes, that 3/4s is important!)

I-Instrument you play: used to play the piano

J-Job title: slave...just kidding...sort of

K-Kindergarten memory: getting spanked by a nun for breaking in line.

L:Luxury you live without: maid service

M:Mexican food choice: guacamole salad

N:Nickname: Dani, babe, mom, hottie (Ok, I added the last one if you must know)

O:Overnight hospital stay: 4, 2 with the kids, one with my appendix and one for my hysterectomy

P:Pet Peeve: hocking up a loogie (makes me literally gag)

Q:Quotes you like: "act like you've been there before"

R:Rain forest or Redwoods: redwoods

S:Siblings: 2 brothers (one older, one younger...yes I am a classic middle child) 2 step-sisters and 1 step-brother.

T:Television favorites: i'm a reality-tv junkie. Just about anything on Bravo.

U:Ultimate dessert: My grandmother's Cherry delight...or her hummingbird cake.

V:Vegetables you dislike: onions unless they are cooked

W:Ways you run late: uhhmmm....no one in this house "usually" runs late. we're the early birdies!

X:X-rays you've had: teeth, foot, pelvis, neck and back

Y:Yummy food you make: the kids would say my (Trudy's) Green chile chicken soup, Nate would say my brisket or spaghetti

Z:Zoo animals that you're favorite: elephant or monkeys

My um, photoshoot

The other day a very good friend came to my house to take some photos. She is an awesome photographer and sometime last year she mentioned to me that she needed more practice with people...(she has some wonderful pics of food and other things). She has an amazing eye for dramatic flair, so I mentioned to her that I would love to have some pinup photos of myself to give to Nathan. Plus I am only getting older and it would be nice to have some cool photos of me instead of me eating or other such nonsense that I'm doing when others have the camera. Some of the pictures didn't turn out but that just means we get to have another "girls day". Brandi, I'm going to read up on some poses....no pressure. So with all that said, here are a few that she took. And yes, I know I do look somewhat like my mom did at my age.....scary.

Praise God!!

Thank goodness. I ran to the store this morning (yes, I wore a hat) and had only 3 colors of brown to choose from...I got the medium. All is well in the house now! I finally have normal hair. It does seem to have some strawberry blonde highlights and some dark brown low lights...heck, the last time I had either I had to pay out the wahzooo. This only cost me a small freak out. It's sunny and I am getting spring fever.

Other news...Ali is taller than Seth. He is not happy about it, and she walks around saying "let me have my moment, Seth". Yes she is very happy. I also signed her up for a beginning sewing class and it starts tomorrow at 9. I hope she likes it. Ummm Seth is playing video games...that's about all he's into now. That's all for now. Go enjoy this sunshine!

Oops I did it again

It's that time of month again...you knew it was coming after reading my last rant. So, I've been feeling really ugly. Yes, not just homely but ugly. So I decided to color my hair...again.

This one time in high school I decided to color my hair and for some reason it didn't "take"...this was after I bleached it. So there I was with this odd yellow color on 3/4s of my hair and at the end was this carrot orange. Well, tonight I decided to "lift" the color off of my hair. Nate and I had decided to color our hair black together...well I've had black hair for 2 months now. I always say that after I color it black that I'll never do it again...it makes me look sallow plus it is so hard to grow it out or change it. Now I lifted the color and then waited and then re-colored...a normal brown....it didn't take! so now I have orange spots, with some white blonde spots and some black mixed in....yep, I'm gonna wear my wig tomorrow. At least until I can get back to Sally's to get more color...maybe my brown was to light? Who knows...if all else fails I'll pretend that I wanted it like this...hey I always say "fake it until you make it"....God, please let the color take.

I don't know if the pic captured the true color...it's 11:30 and I had to use a light....

ok, here it is...I know you want it!

You want to know why I love the 1950s housewife stuff?? I know you do, (and even if you don't) I'm gonna tell you anyway. This is also a venting session too.
A woman knew her place! Yep, I said it...I probably won't win any popularity votes but this is how it was. A woman's job was to keep the house, the kids and herself looking nice. It didn't matter if all you had was a potato sack...you rocked it anyway. A woman carried herself with grace and dignity. There was shame...almost everyday you hear of something or someone that would have brought shame to the family....I think we need more nowadays. It might make the news a bit less depressing.
Oh, ok, back to my rant....so, a woman kept the house, planned meals, made the "man" feel like a man. The man also had his place...work and in the yard. I wish it was so simple to say "yes, I'll keep the house, kids, meals and myself...you go to work everyday...etc" But now it is completely different. A woman (most that I know) works just as much as her husband but she still has 99% of the housework, kids' homework, meetings with the teachers...birthday parties (don't forget buying the gifts for those parties), meals, grocery shopping...and everything else (I'm sure I don't have to tell you...you know) So here is a lady who is trying to do her "job" in the house plus she also has work outside the house....add in yard work, fixing up the house (both decorating and fixing), trying to make the outside look nice too....see? You knew where I was going... :D. Now, if that said woman has friends where is she supposed to find the time to enjoy them? What if she has a hobby? I tell you, if I have 30 minutes to myself...dangit, I'm taking a bath and locking the door! I don't think I was cut out for this 2009 crap. But if you know me then you also know that I hate to clean house...I'll iron, do laundry, heck I'll even dust; but make me hold a mop in my hand and I'll smack ya. So I guess I do have some 2009 woman in me. I'm having a hard time trying to find a balance between them....and so far the only thing I'm doing is hiding under the covers. I know this is dis-jointed, but hey, I'm dis-jointed. At least now that it's out I wont have a breakdown...unless I get a 30 minute bath with that!