The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY August 16, 2009...

Outside my window... Trees swaying in the breeze...a lonely swingset, left vacant because of the heat

I am thinking... About how much God has blessed me and how I long to become the woman He wants me to be.

I am thankful for... A God that loves me for who I am but isn't content to leave me this way. Who is continually challenging me and changing me for His will and His purpose.

From the learning rooms... getting ready to start my daughter on pre-K stuff and possibly my son on 1st/2nd grade stuff. He also wants to learn to play the guitar.

From the kitchen... needs attention....

I am wearing... Black slacks and a hot pink blouse

I am creating... just ideas for new photomanipulations I can do.

I am going... back to church in about 2 hours.. :)

I am reading... Anything I can find on homeschooling and am really wanting to start reading Scarlet Feather again if I can find it.

I am hoping... That God does something fantastic tonight!!

I am hearing... hubby playing with the 2 older kids and the gentle sucking noise from the baby and her pacifier.

Around the house... needs a major tidying....having a 6 week old, I can't get much done...

One of my favorite things... just spending time with my hubby

A few plans for the rest of the week: cleaning this house and hopefully working on lesson plans

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

My baby girl goofing around at the park!

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So much going on!!!

First off, here is Noah and Anya with their new baby sister Maegan. She was born on July 3rd at 8:24pm. She was 8lbs 14oz and 21 3/4 in. at birth. As of her 5 week appt. (she's 6 weeks now) she was 12lbs 11oz and 23 in. She eats all the time. She a good baby. The only thing that makes her mad is not getting fed as soon as she's ready for it. We just love her to pieces!
Well, the restaurant our bead shop was in closed. So we are closed for the moment too. But we are going to try to put the shop in the back of our house. As long as we don't have any problems with zoning, it's going to be awesome. We can be open more than just the weekends and it will allow for more family time since we won't have to leave the house to run it.
And I am thinking about homeschooling Noah again. I didn't want to put him in school in the first place. He wants to be homeschooled too. And I truly believe it's what God wants. So it should be an easy decision. Hubby says he'll support it as long as I'll do it this time. I slacked off too much last year. Partly because I was sick with the pregnancy and partly because I was lazy and bored. The curriculum didn't hold Noah's interest or mine.This time I'm looking into a more relaxed/eclectic homeschooling with some unit studies incorperated in.
God's really been doing some stuff in me. I had alot of yuck to dig out...still do, but He's getting the job done. It'd be done alot faster if I was more cooperative. I have a hard time letting go sometimes. But I'm getting there. He's been doing alot in my hubby too. I will post more about all that later. That's all for now.

Stone House Merchant Beads

Our shop is opening today!!!!! We still have alot of work to do to get it ready for our "Grand Opening", but we thought we could have it open to anyone who happens to wonder in while we are working to get it totally set up. The hubby is working there right now. I will be going to help after lunch when my mom picks up our kids. Between the inventory the previous owners are selling us and the orders we've made, we've got a very nice selection of beads. It's going to be a challenge to get things displayed in such a small space. But we are up to the challenge! I am praising God for yet another dream He has brought into reality for us!

I haven't updated it yet, but soon I will be posting on our business blog, Stone House Merchant. So check back there periodically to see what's going on with our new adventure!

How much have you changed in 20 years

I snagged this from Amy from The King's Table. She didn't tag me, but it looked like fun so I stole it. I'm kinda sneaky that way. Love you Amy! :)

****20 YEARS AGO (1989)****

1) How old were you? 8

2) Who were you dating? yeah he was an older man...hehe NO I was 8!!!

3) Where did you work? nowhere, they had child labor laws back then

4) Where did you live? Springfield, MO

5) Where did you hang out? My friend Tara's and at my own home

6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? glasses

7) Who were your best friends? Tara

8) How many tattoos did you have? none

9) How many piercings did you have? none

10) Had you been to a real party? slumber parties :)

11) Had you had your heart broken? nope

12) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? Single

13) Any Kids? No

****15 YEARS AGO (1994)****

1) How old were you? 13

2) Who were you dating? no one

3) Where did you work? nowhere

4) Where did you live? Joplin, MO

5) Where did you hang out? home and Myra's

6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? glasses

7) Who were your best friends? Myra and Angel

8) How many tattoos did you have? None

9) How many piercings did you have? ears

10)Had you been to a real party? nope

11) Had you had your heart broken? yes but it was the puppy love kind. Although that still hurts pretty bad

12) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? single

13) Any Kids? 0

***10 YEARS AGO (1999)***

1) How old were you? 18

2) Who were you dating? not really

3) Where did you work? Taco Bell

4) Where did you live? Joplin, MO

5) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? contacts and glasses

6) Who were your best friends? Heather

7) How many tattoos did you have? none

8) How many piercings did you have? ears

9) Had your heart broken? oh yes

10) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? single

11)Any Kids? no

****TODAY (2009)****

1) Age? 28

2)Who are you dating? Married

3) Where do you work? at home

4) Where do you live? Joplin, MO

5) Who are your closest friends? My hubby, my mom and Heather

6) Do you talk to your old friends? yes

7) How many piercings do you have? ears

8) How many tattoos? None

9) Had your heart been broken? yeah hardcore breakage but I'm much better now

10) How many kids? Almost 3... Noah (7 , Anya (3) and The Little Squirmy Lump (due this summer)

11) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? I will have been happily married for 8 years in just 19 days!!!!

Now you try!!!!

Hello!

Oh goodness! I need to keep this blog up better! Not much new is going on. Just trying to keep up with life.
Today is my birthday! I am 28! Although it feels just like any other day. Noah’s at school, Hubby’s at work and I got lots of laundry to do.
I only have about 4 months left to get ready for this baby! Time flies! I have a lot to do, and PRAISE GOD! a friend of mine is loaning me pretty much everything I’m going to need. We had gotten rid of all our baby stuff. I wanted another one but we weren’t real sure it was going to happen so we just sold our baby stuff or gave it away. So this is such a blessing!
We still haven’t come up with a name yet. We have been thinking Emily maybe. But now that she’s been moving more, Emily just seems to be too much of a laid back name for her. I don’t know. Any suggestions?
Been doing inventory at the bead shop. It’s taking forever! It’s tedious, yet somehow enjoyable, work. Most of the beads are sold by the bead, so we get to count each and every bead. Seed beads are bagged up so we only have to count the bags of those. But the others, my gosh! There are hundreds upon hundreds! But we are determined to get it done so we can open up the shop!
Noah is doing good in school. He’s really liking it. I still don’t like the idea of public school, but until things change, I’m not going to be able to focus on home schooling him. I do plan on taking him out in a year or two, once things settle down and I can get more organized. Until then, he’ll do fine in public school. I just don’t like the idea of the government having that much control over MY child. But that’s a whole other blog post!
Anyway, I better get back to my laundry. Take care!

So much going on!

I can't believe it's been two whole months ince I last posted!!! Where should I start?

I guess with the business. We are soon going to be taking over a bead shop! When I was pregnant with Noah we went to a local bead shop and made some good friends. They're the ones who gave us our love for beads and actually taught us how to make jewelry. To start with, it was a bead shop/coffee bar. Well the coffee bar expanded to a little vegetarian restaurant. Now that's what they are focusing on. They don't have time for the beads anymore, but they don't want to close the bead shop altogether. So there is a room in front where they are keeping the bead shop and my hubby and I are going to run it. It will be all our business! We've wanted a shop of our own for so long now. And the plus of having it there is (beside the VERY inexpensive rent) they are keeping their inventory there for us to sell. We just pay them a percentage as we sell it. Plus, they are very business minded and are going to help us along and let us use their suppliers! It's the perfect situation! And we'll only have the shop open Mondays and Saturdays so I will still be able to be home with the kids the rest of the week!

Which brings me to something else. I put Noah in public school today. I wasn't keeping up well enough and with the new baby coming I knew it would just get worse. And today I found out that I had been doing worse than I thought because they had to do an assessment. They recommended putting him back in kindergarten. :( It was my choice. But they showed me how he did on the assessment and what he should be able to do and it looks like he would struggle too much if they put him in with the other first graders. I'm pretty mad at myself, but Noah doesn't seem to care at all. He's just happy to be around all the kids.

And yesterday I went in for my ultrasound! Everything on the baby is perfect! And it's a girl!!! We don't have a name picked out yet. We have a long list of them but can't narrow it down. We will soon enough though.

Isn't she sweet?

Well, I need to go get some stuff done. I've slacked far too long. Today was an eyeopener to that.

Love and hugs to all!

It's a baby!

I went for my first prenatal appt today! Everything is going great! I even got an ultrasound to determine exactly how far along I am. 11 weeks and 2 days! A little further than I was thinking. But that's cool! It was so awesome to see that little thing in there! It really made this pregnancy a reality for me. I know I've been sick, but it hadn't set in that there was an actuall baby in there. But the sweet little thing made itself very known! It's awas wiggling and kicking all around! Like it was doing a little jig for me! It was awesome!!!

Check out my sweet new baby!
This first one is the head. You can kinda make out a face. And the second one is from the side. See the little feet!
Here are a couple from the front.


I am so excited. Bet you couldn't guess that, huh?