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HE LIFTED ME OUT OF THE SLIMY PIT, OUT OF THE MUD AND MIRE; HE SET MY FEET UPON A ROCK AND GAVE ME A FIRM PLACE TO STAND. -PSALM 40:2


Friday, February 6, 2009

The Motherhood Stream of Consciousness

If I had more room on facebook this is what it would say:

Jennifer is...

-laughing at her oldest who just said, "I can't find my fairy wand. And I WON'T be able to find it for 100 YEARS!"

-grinning at Ava who is asking to read "Fwancy Wancy" (Fancy Nancy).

-taking the plunge and hiring her first high school babysitter for an afternoon on the golf course with Chad. Deep breath.

-needing to get serious about this decorating stuff. I still don't have curtains up. What's up with that?

-missing her Marine Corps wives a lot lately.

-wiping copious amounts of snot off her daughters faces, still.

-hoping (really, really hoping) the restaurant near the new grocery store is a Chipotle.

-loving her neighborhood, all her kids' friends, and the great new people we've met since we've moved here.

-wishes she loved her church. It's just so, so big. Which I've always loved. But, now for some reason doesn't feel right despite the fact I like the pastor a lot.

-so glad Chad's schedule is back to normal. SO!

-reading again...after a ten year hiatus. It's been like water for a man in the desert.

-pretty much hooked on Karen Kingsbury.

-is about to spend way too much money at Gymboree. (Kimberlee, there is a yellow dress that would look WAY cute on Maddie! The little girl who is modeling it could be Maddie's twin or at least little sister. Go look. : )

-making the family cookbook the numero uno priority for this spring. : )

-aching to travel to some exotic, foreign land.

-finding that one silver lining to food allergies is I can give the kids "raw" cookie dough with no worries. : ) Yippee!

-thinking she has some tall kids! Julianna is a string bean who eats all day long these days...while Ava, who has always been a string bean, is turning into a little pork chop.

-willing spring to come early so we can head to the park and play all day long, go to the nursery and plant!

-lovin' the mom's group she ran into at the jump place on Tuesday!

-looking forward to mom coming, visiting with Kari in the ATL, girls weekend in St. Augustine, the Master's and all the other adventures the next few months bring!