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Favorite Things Tuesday-My Neighborhood

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Ok, I must admit. I had to pull this one out of my,,uh,, a  hat,, but here it is. And I am very sorry it is late. I know it says Favorite Things Tuesday, but this is going to have to be Favorite Things Wednesday this week, ok? :)   I also realize that I forgot to let you know in advance what this weeks theme was, but hey, that’s just the way it’s been for me lately, so just cut me some slack this time! Just kidding,, really (:   And you know, I just can’t ever remember which direction that smiley face is supposed to be in order to show up here as a smiley face…hmmm… Anyway, without further ado..

Ok, my favorite things about my neighborhood.  I love that we have great neighbors.  You would think that this street and this part of town wouldn’t be the best place to live, but we really do have great neighbors and have never had problems with them.  We even live right between two rentals and one of them is a duplex, but the renters have all been great!  We have lived in several other places before, and this is the best spot we’ve been in neighbor wise.

I love that we can walk to the park, and actually there are two parks close enough to walk to. We can walk to the stores if we need to, like when 2 of your vehicles are broke down and you’re 8 months pregnant, pushing a stroller with a 5 year old riding in the seat and a 2 year old riding down below in the storage basket…… Yes that really happened. We even had to walk down to the urgent care one night because of an ear infection. Now that was a bit too far, but I made it and I didn’t go into labor! 

I love that there is a pet store right across the road from us and Dominoes Pizza is also right across the street. Everything is pretty much in walking distance. I don’t always want to live in town, but that is a plus side to it.

Well, that’s it for me! Now it’s your turn!

Write about your favorite things about Your Neighborhood! Then post the link to your blog post here!

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I’m Still Here… Really!

Getting Organized
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Sorry I haven’t posted for a bit, but I’ve been a little preoccupied! I’m not going to tell you about it right now because we need to get ready for bible study pretty soon, but I’ll get to it later tonight. I stumbled across something pretty cool a few days ago! I’ll also be posting the Favorite Things Tuesday later tonight too, so stay tuned!

By the way, we had a great Easter, and the kids have already devoured all thier candy!LOL

Happy Easter!!

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I hope everyone has a wonderfull Easter this weekend! And even with all the hoopla about the Easter bunny and candy and egg hunts,, let’s remember what Easter is really all about. Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who suffered a horrible death on the cross for each and every one of us! But that’s not all! He also rose from the grave and now sits on the right hand of the Father! He died for your sins, and if you haven’t done so already, all you have to do is repent of your sin and trust in Jesus! He paid a great penalty so that we could have this free gift of eternal life!
John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him,I am the way, the Truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Luke 24:6″He is not here, for He is risen….”

And now I must go and finish getting ready to go to my parents house. Plus it’s hard to think with a crying baby on your lap!

Happy Easter!

One of Those Days

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Ever have one of “those” days? Oh, of course you have…everybody has, but you feel like your the only one at the time having “a” day. Yesterday was that day for me. It started just as most days have been starting lately… with Nboy and Ekid (I’m starting to rethink those nicknames….They just sound funny to me now) arguing over every little thing. And that did not go over well with me yesterday. I was in a MOOD. It also did not help that I had a huge headache half the day. Baby was not very content much of the day either so between him and his older brothers, I felt as though I couldn’t get anything done,which really isn’t unusual, but lately it has really been getting under my skin.  So my head hurts, self pity is setting in, and I probably yelled a few too many times at the boys for petty little things.

So, we went to church last night for Wednsday evening service, and afterwards I dropped everyone off at home except baby, and baby and I went to the store to get groceries. You see, it was DH payday yesterday and our cupboards were bordering on bare.  So, long story short, we are on the WIC(women, infants, and children) program, and I had my vouchers and had put everything I needed for 4 of my vouchers into the cart, plus the other groceries that I was paying for myself.

Well, the checker didn’t seem too thrilled about all the WIC that he was going to have to do. I payed for my non-wic items and then he started on the WIC items. Well what do you think happened?  He says “these vouchers aren’t valid untill tomorrow” Oh, My , Goodness!  I wasn’t thinking and those vouchers weren’t valid untill April 1st! I tell you,, my brain has been out to lunch lately!  So then he tells me that he’s probably going to get in trouble now because he didn’t look at the date on the 1st voucher which was for $10 off of fresh or frozen produce, and that one he didn’t have to do separately from my non-wic items. So the wic check will probably get sent back to the store and they won’t get reimbursed for it.  Wow! I felt about 2 inches tall and embarrassed completely! 

I asked if there was anything he could do, but he said it was too late.  I apologized profusely, and then I looked at all of the other wic stuff that somebody was going to have to put back because of ME. And then I apologized some more!  Then he told me as I was leaving “have a nice night”  I thought “yeah right!”  Then, on the verge of tears, I packed everything into my car, and cried all the way home!

DH tells me after I get home and tell him about it(still in tears),”At least you were early and not late!”  HAHAHA! Very funny!

Favorite Things-My Town

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I’ve lived here for about 9.5 years. I moved from Oregon City, where I grew up, when my husband I got married. For a few years, I would get homesick for my home town where I grew up. Every time we would go visit my parents, I would see all the old places and the countryside and all those flood of memories and really, really miss the place. 

Now, though, I can honestly say that where we live now is where I want to be.  I think it happened when we moved farther south for about 3 years and then came back because it just wasn’t working out. God wanted us here, I truly believe.  Once we came back, I realized that I wasn’t home sick for where I had grown up anymore. This town feels like home now, and I love it!  I love that there are so many parks and they are very well kept.  It seems like almost anywhere you live in town, it is most likely within walking distance to a park. 

A Tree Shadow at the Park

NBoy Playing at the Park 

Big Tree at the Park

I love that it isn’t a huge town, but it  has 2 of almost every fast food place and it has all the big stores like Fred Meyer, Safeway, Target, Sears. There are an abundance of restaurants to choose from like Izzys, Mongolian, several Chinese places, several Mexican places, Sizzler, Denny’s and many more!

I love that the country with it’s hay fields during the summer is just a couple minutes drive away. I love the smell of the smoke of burning fields in the summer too!  Someday I hope we can afford to have property again and live in the country.  That is my only regret, and the thing I still really miss from my childhood. But I would want it to be here in this town.

I love all the beautifull trees here, even in town! I love that we are known as the “Grass Seed Capitol of the World”, even if that means the pollen count can go through the roof! haha   It’s a good thing I don’t have major allergies!  I love the smell of fresh cut grass and hay!  I love that our town is right by the river.

Ok, I could go on a bit more, but I think that’s long enough. Now it’s your turn!  What’s your favorite thing about your town?  Blog about it and then come back here and post the link to your blog post!

Write about your favorite things about Your Town! Then post the link to your blog post here!

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Story of Baby Moses-Basket on the River

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I was reading a true story tonight that brought me on the verge of tears. Happy tears. I’ve read it before, but it’s been awhile. It was the story of baby Moses.  Tonight I was studying my bible about priorities.  I got a bit sidetracked when DH said something about Moses and I was thinking, how did Moses know that he was a Hebrew? Someone must have told him. Possibly Pharoahs daughter, who raised him as her own.  But I also remembered that when Pharoahs daughter found Moses in the basket on the river, his sister had been watching from the brush, and she asked Pharoahs daughter if she should go and get a nurse of the Hebrew women to nurse the child.

You know what, I think I’m just going to write what it says there in Exodus 2:5-10 because God tells the story so much better than me. It gives me chills every time I read it and makes me cry! I can’t imagine having to be separated from my baby in order to save his life!

” And the daughter of Pharoah came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark(basket) among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

Then said his sister to Pharoah’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

And Pharoah’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

And Pharoah’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharoah’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.”

Isn’t that just the best story? I mean Jochebed had to put her baby in a basket on the river to save him from being killed by Pharoah, and I’m sure she did not know what God had in store, though she did know that God would take care of him somehow.  I’m sure she had no idea that she would get to nurse Moses and raise him until he was old enough to be weaned or old enough to be taught?. I’m not sure how long that was in those days but I’m sure it was probably at least a couple years.  If anyone has any info on that I’d love to hear.

Can you imagine? Wow,, God worked everything out so perfectly, as he always does, and baby Moses’ mother, Jochebed, was able to be reunited with him, and she even got paid wages for it!! Jochebed was rewarded so much because of her faith that God would take care of this child.  And then for Moses’ sister to be so bold as to approach Pharoah’s daughter and ask if she should get a Hebrew woman to nurse him!

Well, I just had to share that with you all. I love it and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :)

P.S. Did you realise that Jochebed actually kept the law that every son born to the Hebrews was to be cast into the river? I just now realised that. Sure she hid him for 3 months until she couldn’t hide him any more, and then put him in a basket, but she did put him on the river!