My husband wrote this poem for me back when the boys were younger. I just became a stay at home mom and of course he thought that would be the easiest job! He stay home with us for a couple of days because he was sick and saw what I really did throughout the day. Here is his poem.
Motherhood
Bounding wounds and killing colds just part of her routine.
All while knowing that in the war she’s her own regime.
Capture that hill of pots and pans, defeat the spot on the floor.
Round up the troops and scrub ‘em down,
wait there’s a knock at the door.
Another company enters the field and slows her momentum down,
but she conquers the group and waves them off, to continue to
cover her ground. She feeds and beds her own troop
ending the daily fight remembering that soon tomorrow begins,
continuing her endless plight.
2-4-1999
Wasn't that neat?! He's actually good at writing poems. Our youngest son has also picked up the gift. I'll have to post some of his stuff also.
The picture above was taken July 17, 2009 after a major thunderstorm here in our area. Can you see the double rainbow? It was awe inspiring! I'll try to send a video of it later if I can figure out how to do it!!
Until next time,
Carmen
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My very good friend Jenifer is the writer of the Soothing Waters and Bath blog. It’s very informative and I know you’ll enjoy checking it out. Recently I sampled some of her products and I just had to tell you all about it! First, I’ll list what I got.
I’ll review some of these on a different blogs. The first one I want to talk about is the Lemon Verbena soap. I really like this one. It’s the first one I tried. It was super creamy and it didn’t leave the soapy film on my skin like most soaps do. In fact, I usually don’t use soap for that reason. This rinses clean and my skin feels soft. The scent isn’t overly powerful (though I personally like a stronger scent) and it reminds me of old fashioned soap your grandmother probably made. It has a luxuriant feel to it. While it’s a great body soap, it’s also perfect for using as just a hand soap since it’s not very drying. This one is definitely a hit! I’m almost out!
The next one that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, is the Pink Grapefruit Body Scrub by The Body Shop. WOW!! It smells sooo good. It’s mentally stimulating, so if you have a hard time waking up in the morning, this is the scrub for you! The gentle exfoliating beads and the wonderful grapefruit aroma does an excellent job at rejuvenating you after a good night’s rest (or maybe even a not so good night’s rest). So far this is my favorite! I personally would also get the shower gel and the body butter since I like to layer my scents. So go over to her website and check it out!
Well let’s just say I went in with a good attitude! I’ll check off what I got completed then I’ll tell you what happened.
-research small business liability insurance -call insurance company -clean bathrooms
-wash clothes and iron
-declutter night stand -pay bills
-make deposits ended up not having to do this
-plan dinner (thaw meat) -plan menu for next week and plan grocery trip
-pay phone bill and cell phone bill -today is the last day of sale for drumsticks! -study for meeting
-burn movies to DVD -convert and burn audio of assembly for Bobbo Fet :-)
-research and learn how to podcast! (your late on this one)
-get caught up with magazine reading
-look up info on less than perfect -look up library info online and request books for next month
-watch Ironman (probably won't happen until next week sometime)
-organize desk area
-prepare to get info for school next year for the boys
-wash, deep condition and color hair
-gather older magazines for bookmobile
-switch out winter clothes for summer clothes
-declutter closet by giving away clothes you don't wear anymore
-hang blinds and put curtains back up
-sweep out and organize garage
-clean out the truck and wipe it down to get rid of dust (maybe I should let the boys do this)
OK so not too too bad. The thing that took the longest and most draining energy wise was researching the insurance stuff. I’ve never had to get business insurance before and it’s best to know what it is you’re buying. Then you have to get the right price for it. Once I knew what I was asking for I called around to a bunch of places. Oddly enough though, it’s not as easy to find an agent to sell business insurance as it is to buy auto, home, or life insurance. I ended up going online and getting a free quote from about 5 different companies. Once I get an idea of pricing I’ll start looking for some place a little more local. I think I just didn’t know where to look.
I started looking in to the podcasting stuff but it appears I’ll need a web hosting site for my audio files. The tutorial says there are free ones out there, but the ones they listed were not free. It started to get late and all the words started to blur together! I was so tired. I think I could have gotten more done but after awhile all the energy drained out of me! I was IM’ing with a friend while I was working and I told her I needed to take a nap! Of course that never happened. For the life of me I can’t take a nap during the day. I don’t know what that’s about. Anyway…
I’m going to try and stretch out the rest of the stuff over the rest of the week. You know the ironing will be one of the last things on the list and that’s even with my great iron! :-) It’s all in a day’s work!
