Ch-Ch-Changes??

So..I have been doing some thinking lately.

I think I am HATING the "Kitchen Table Parenting" name. I only named this blog that to go along with my fitness blog's name, but now...after my blog has come along I don't like it. At. All.

So..I am considering a name change. Although, I haven't decided WHAT to name it. That's the difficult part. Because once I rename, I'm not going back.

I used to blog a blog with the name "Mamaritaville". But I'm not thinking I want to bring that back. Any thoughts?

Also. I am SO wanting a custom blog design...but lack the funds to pay for one. Or pay VERY MUCH for one. Any suggestions there?

I promise I'll be better with posting next week. I've been a little "blah" this week. PMS has gotten to me. That and rainy weather.

I did finish reading "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. Totally ROCKED! I had borrowed it from my (nice) neighbor, and now I am considering going out and buying it for myself. Although I will probably wait until it's in paperback. I really like paperback books better..and not just for the price. I absolutely despise the paper covers that go over a hardback book. They're annoying.

Now I'm reading "Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates. Good. So far. But I was expecting it to be, I mean they have made a movie out of it right? And best of all..I got it for just 25 cents at Goodwill. I didn't even KNOW Goodwill sold books. I'm SO going to be a regular patron of their literary section from now on!

Have a great weekend. If you're lucky enough to have nice weather..enjoy it. We on the other hand will be bundled up in our sweatshirts and jeans and heading to the ballpark in a few hours. Woo. Hoo.

Reason Why It Was The Best Weekend...

...minus pictures because I am too lazy it's too nice outside to mess around with trying to find my USB plug to upload!

My husband took off Friday, Saturday & Sunday!

We bought a new (to us) minivan!

We had two nights of hanging out until the wee hours of the morning on our breezeway with my husband's adult sons laughing and enjoying the warm breeze.

Our kids rode their bikes and played with the neighbor boy for hours on end, thus NOT whining about being bored.

I finished reading "The Shack".

I started reading "The Host", by Stephenie Meyer.

I got a suntan.

I got to hang out with my favorite neighbor & enjoy some great laughs.

My son's t-ball game went off without a hitch.

We grilled out twice!

We ate all of our meals on our outdoor dining set.

My husband finally installed my old fashioned wooden screen doors on our breezeway.

I then spent the entire weekend opening them just to hear them smack shut.

We bought some new plants and did a little landscape work.

We enjoyed EVERY SINGLE MOMENT!!

How did YOU enjoy YOUR weekend?

I Live In His Glory

Last night I was awake most of the night. I started reading the book, The Shack by William P. Young. It's a little hard to read (so far) as a mother and I was tempted to stay up all night to read it all so that way I could find out if it had a good ending. But I didn't. Instead, I layed awake worrying for my own children. Now, I'm not saying not to read this book. I can't give a true opinion of it yet because I am not even halfway through it. It was loaned to me by my mother, and she never loans me books to read if she knows they will scare or upset me. Especially when the storyline involves a child. So..I'll update on my feelings for the book once I finish.

Anyway, I have been having heightened anxiety over my children's safety and health a lot lately. There was the scare that Twinkletoes gave me. And then of course I have been reading a few blogs from mother's who have sick children or who have lost children, and that certainly isn't helping this anxiety. I know I could just stop reading these kinds of things. But I don't, because I want to continually pray for these women and I can't do that without knowing what they are going through at the moment.

While I was laying in bed, wide awake, around 12:30 in the morning. I heard Ducky. She sounded terrible. Some sort of dry coughing was coming out of her. Then silence. Then a raspy breathing. I instantly freaked and ran to go get her out of her crib. (I honestly think she was just thirsty, now looking back.) But because I was shaken from the book I was reading, I was sure something was wrong. I took her and her favorite blanket into the family room and turned on a dim light. I held her and she kept doing that weird coughing, breathing thing and I just held her. She lay on my chest, refusing to look at me. Probably thinking, "What the heck Mom, give me a sip of water and let me get back to bed!!" But no, I just left her there until she fell back to sleep and her breathing was back to normal. That steady in and out of a sleeping child. I sat there for at least an hour, smelling her sweet head. She's 20 months old as of a few days ago, and she's losing her "baby smell". But I was breathing in what was left of it and admiring the love that I felt for her. I silently prayed my thanks to God for blessing me with not only this sweet miracle. But my other two miracles who were sound asleep in their beds.

Today, I awoke, after not much sleep, feeling very calm. I need not worry about what could happen. Why waste time in worry? For it says in Matthew 6: 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And again in Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it's own. I am writing these verses on an index card and taping them to my fridge today. I need to take each day at a time. Enjoy the blessings that I have been given, and NOT WORRY ABOUT ALL OF THE "WHAT IF'S"!!

Feeling rejuvenated by God's Love, I got online to catch up on blogs. And found this update. God truly is Good. God truly does give us hope in any storm. This mother may still have a very hard road ahead of her, but for today. She is happy. Praise Him!


And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:11