Happy Hearts Homeschool

Ode to a "Joker"

My dad has told stories of when he was a boy.                                                                                  

he talks of a "Joker", a favorite toy.

It wasn't a tractor. it wasn't a truck.

But a lttle of each, a strange looking duck.

Part Dodge and part Chevy, part Case and part Deere,

Pieces hobbled together.  What was what, wasn't clear.

It could plow a field, and cut down the hay.

Bring the boys swimming and plow snow from the drive-way.

My dad came to visit, imagine my pride,

When I took him outside to show off my new "ride".

His eyes opened wide, I thought he was pleased.

"What is that!" were his words, I thought "Oh Dad, you're a tease."

"Why, a joker, of course", a big grin on my face,

"It's a real beauty." (Perhaps not in this case.)

She plows and she cuts, she loads and she rakes,

The joker on my farm is all that it takes.

Stupid Sock Creatures

My daughter received a Stupid Sock Creature Kit for Christmas.  The past two days, her and her brother have been busy creating-

What they're good for, I don't know, but my children are sure having fun, with visions of a new business on the horizon.

Tuesday

Well i talked to my children last night and this am. They are having such a good time. I am so thrilled for them. Jackie did get a upset tummy along with a couple of the other girls. No one is sure if it is something they ate or if it is just a tummy bug due to it only last about 12 hours.. crazy thing really.. So far it has only hit the girls on the trip... But all the kids are having fun... I am just praying they are a good witness for the Lord.

As far as mom yesturday I got my house cleaned oh my I dont remember the last time it was this clean.. All the clothes in the house were washed and put away.. ALL no clothes coming in after i had finished the laundry... :-) Most of my walls have been wiped down. I will finish them today and I am going to finish dusting everything that i was not able to get to yesturday.....

I got to talk to a dear friend from florida last night.. It was so good to talk to her. She was my best friend when we were younger. It was so nice just being able to talk to her and know that she is doing good. Both of us married the wrong men and well have had some hard times but we are both on the right road now.... I even got to talk to two of her daughters.... Wow that was mind blowing it is so hard to believe we are old enough to have children that are almost grown... grown.. when did we get that old.. ;-)

Well I want to get a few things done this am. I have a friend coming by from church today. I would like the house to be nice and clean for when they get here. Have a blessed day...

glenda

Monday...

Well the children are all off on there trip.. I ended up having another child come home with us last night so her mother did not have to get up early to bring her to the church.. So this morning there was six teenagers to get out of there beds and off to the church.. I have to be honest i feel LOST.. I came home looked at my little dog and said ok now what do we do.... The dog looked at me like why you asking me... Oh if i would have had my phone at that point to take a pic of her. It was priceless... So I grabed my cleaners and started cleaning the kitchen. NO it did not need to be cleaned but what else do i do.... Ok it is official I AM BORED OUT of MY MIND.......

So anyway it looks like this is going to be a very different time for me. I am not really suposed to do as much as i do but heavens i just can not sit and do nothing.. I was told before everyone left NO painting or moving furniture around. period. I helped yesturday at church move some chairs and well ended up sick... I ended up having to lay down and take pain meds.. so that cleared up the issue of me doing any real work these next few days.. I guess i am going to have to do what the doctors have told me to do. Rest and get prepared for the hospital.. I am going to be honest i can think of so much more better things i would rather do then lay around. I do not lay around well...

But on a good note i can do up a menu for our food, I can do a good dusting job in the house. And i can just get things picked up real good around here. That i can do....

I think i am going to call one of the ladies from church and find out if they would like to go for  a cup of coffee. I think it would be good for me to get out with a couple of the ladies from church and just have some women time. I have never did that ever in my life.

The kids did get a kick out of the adults that were there this morning that are going went on the trip with the kids.. They kept saying that i had better behave myself while everyone is gone..  Me behave myself. Now what in the world whould i do. The kids just laughed and had a good one with that....

Well all I am going to go for now..

Have a blessed day.

God bless

glenda

Church...

Oh how i love Sundays.. We spend most of the day at church. With the kids and all there stuff that they do between the dramas, and clowns and now with steven being part of the youth band we are there most of our day on sunday. It tires me out but it is a good tired if that makes any sense to those out there. We normally come home long enough to change clothes check on the animals, and eat a quick lunch  and then back to the church. Today will be no different. I work with the youth and this afternoon I will make sure there is snacks for them to eat. So that means mom needs to make sure she has some things baked up... I so love it. I feel so safe when i am at church.. Like the world is blocked from me when i am there. Now i am not dumb i know that the world is there just as much as it is at home but there is a sense of peace there.

Last night the girls went to a birthday party. They had a blast.. That has to be one of the handful of birthday parties they have ever gone to... I am so glad they were able to go. They brought home pizza.. Oh boy did i think i was going to loose my tummy.. Galbladder just does not like the smell of cold pizza in the frig... I told them to put it in plastic bags. But I guess the words did not get from there ears to there brain because all they got was put it in the frig.. So this am when i got up to get me some lime to go into my water oh boy was that smell ever in my frig... I could have killed them. Oh well that is teens sometimes the brains just does not go all the way to the top floor.. :-)

Breakfast this am is going to be breakfast tacos.. It is quick and easy to eat and run to church. The kids will eat that leftover pizza for lunch along with some leftover bread sticks. Hey it keeps me from having to cook.. Isnt god good.. :-)

Monday am early all five of my children will be leaving for there trip with the youth group. I have made a list of things mom needs to get done while they are out of town. Things that i need to get done before my surgery... One thing is going to be a menu... It will make it easier on me and the kids if i have one all done up and we know what to cook each day and how much... Just will make my life so much easier.  Also i am going to work on there school work scedule. With me being in the hospital and all it will need to be a little laxed. Also with me being out of commision it needs to be alittle laxed. However i figure they can still get the basics even with me being on the couch. So i will get that done this next week also. Other than that the only other thing  i would really like to get done is my base cabs done in my kitchen. I want to give them a fresh coat of paint. They so need it. I am going to look to see how much material will cost to sew new curtins for the bottoms and if it is not to much i will work on that.. Who knows the kids could come home to a home that looks so much nicer if i can get it all done...

So that is my plans for the next few days. If i do not get to post for a few days you all know it is because i got over my head and I am trying to dig my way out of it.. :-)

Have a blessed sunday all..

god bless

glenda

Saturday....

Well the next few weeks are going to be crazy. For one all the kids will be leaving on monday to go to Tennessee for there sebc trip with the youth group.They will be gone on monday, tuesday and wednesday.. Mom is going to be home by herself.. Oh the things i am going to do. Like NO COOKING, No cleaning up after everyone. MOM IS ON VAC. Oh the joy.. Oh how bored i am going to be....  Once they get back it will be a matter of me getting things all together for me to go to the hospital. I will be there for at least two days. My children will be staying with friends from church. I am so thankful i have them. When I get home I will be down for at least two weeks. And out of work for six or more weeks. I plan on planning a menu for the kids so that they can keep meals cooked up while i am not able to do much. It will make things so much easier for all of us.

So when they are out of town mom will be planning meals, buying what groceries we will need along with supplies we will need to cook those meals. Get all the last minute things done that i can so that when i come home the house is in order. I want things cleaned real well and what better time then when i am at home by myself with nothing to do. 

Tonight we are having such a simple meal. Meatloaf, potates and vegs along with bread. Cant get to much more simple than that.

I figure while i am out of commision i can have liz cook things like stew in the crock pot, chili and just simple things like that. Beans are always a staple in our home and well that is another things with rice and cornbread that will fill them up and yet does not make liz live in the kitchen.. ;-)

So that is what will be going on here in this house. As far as new years eve well we will sleep the new year in. And new years day will be a normal day of cooking and spending time as a family....

God bless all

glenda

Lessons I am learning...

You know it is funny no matter how old you are there is always lessons in life to learn. For me this happen in the past few days... We are now back online and i have had people after people tell me oh you need to set up a myspace account.... So I did. My sons told me mom i am not sure if you want to do this. Now rememeber he is 16.. Smart child i am finding... Mom not so much... Anyway off we went onto the internet highway with the help of my son.. Downloaded pics and set up the account and information.... Everything was great the first day.. Then the emails and pics started pouring in...................... NOT ones you would want to have............... Oh boy... I mean i told everyone that I am a christian.. CHRISTIAN... And you would not believe the stuff that came into my mail box.. i finally had enough after telling one person off and reporting many more.. That to say the least the myspace account is now longer there. I CANCELLED it.. They really got into MY space... I tell you I so much better love the blog land.. I mean i am sure there is times when there can be freaks but oh my you just dont know the freaks that are out there.. I have learned that  i am not ready for the big internet highway not that way....

On a better note i have updated my info here and have my new email address posted so that you all can email me now... It is so good to be here and to be around others that have some common sense about you... Because LORD knows that there is those out there on other sites who have NONE...

So no matter how old you are there is always lessons to learn..

God bless

glenda

Wow what a day!!!

Today has been a wonderful day. It has been a busy day but a good day... I wrote earier today that i felt like God has given me a second wind and it is funny but it is almost like he has given me a new vision a new veiw of my life and my childrens life..

My life has been so crazy as those of you who have followed my blog know all to well. For years I wrote about things as they were to some degree but yet not as they were all the way honestly.. I honestly kept alot of stuff off the blog as I am sure most of you do. I wrote about how i in some ways wish things were. I made excuses for why we did the things we did.. I learned a hard lesson with that. You have to be true to first God and then true to yourself if not you are only distroying yourself and everything you hold dear to you. Once the kids dad left I honestly did not know what to do. I mean i was alone for the first time in my life. And even worse i had five other people that depended on me.. ME... How was i going to do this... But you know what god is great he already knew what was going to happen and he had prepared me in ways that i did not even know at that time... I can now look back and I know that well things were not right from the start with my x and I.  I covered up things for him, I allowed things to happen that should have never happened all out of fear. Fear of being alone, fear of what others would think of me, fear of him even. How sad life is when you are driven out of fear. You do things and even write things that are not true just to keep up the view of what you think people what  to see...

No more.. Here I am world. I am what i am... I am a christian that Loves the Lord with all her heart. I am a single divorced mom of five wonderful teenagers. Yes you heard me right five teenagers that are wonderful. NOT perfect but wonderful., I am scared of what the furture is going to bring and yet at the same time i am so looking forward to what God has instored for me and for my children. Life is so full of wonderful possibilities... God has showed me that with him i have NO need to be scared.. He already knows what is going to happen. All I have to do is trust. If i trust him he will be there for me and the children. That just sets us free...

I have so much to be thankful for. To many things honestly to list. I mean i have a wonderful home, I have my children, I have dear friends that Love me and all my crazy moods. I have those I love to cry on when things are just not going right. My bills are paid and there is food in my home.. So much more than we had a year ago... God is so good he has restored to the children and I everything we had and more. And most of all he has restored my peace of mind..

Thank you God for sending your son to die for me... To save me from a pit of fire. So that i can be near you when i die to praise you and worhship you... Forgive me where i fall short.

God bless you all... I pray that your day has been a breath of fresh air for you also..

god bless

glenda

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL. I PRAY THAT EACH OF YOU ARE HAVING A BLESSED DAY AND THAT GOD KEEPS HIS HANDS ON EACH OF YOU THRU THE COMING YEAR...

Dinner is cooking.. God is so good at providing us just what we need when we need it... He did it again this year..  We are listening to christmas music and oh how i so love the feel in my home... We are going to be fine. We have came around that bend in the road and i know in my heart that we will be ok...

God bless all. and again have a Blessed day...

love

glenda and children

God Is so good...

Have you ever felt like no matter what is going on around you that things are going to be ok... That things are going to get better. It is like for some reason today i have a second wind to me. I know that things are going to be just fine. We will be just fine. No matter what we have God and that is all we need... Everything else will work out...

People have asked me how i feel about my test results and how i feel about being cut  on again. At first i was honestly upset. It felt like Lord what have i done to have all this done to me and what have the children done....... But you know what it has nothing to do with me... Yes he is using me but it is to show his mighty work.. He has done a massive work with me in me and thru me.. My church family has grown, my children have grown, I have grown.. Our faith has grown.. And with that all of this is so worth it...

I feel as if i have a new wind today... I am still hurting, I still have much to go thru but I know that no matter what God is there and has gone there before me... What more could i want. Things will be ok..

I am so pleased to be back online with you all. I have so missed each of you... You all are like family to me.

Well i am going to go and rest as few and allow my children to open a few gifts from a dear friend.. Thank you Debra... And then it will be time for me to answer some much needed emails and send the kids off to bed... Mom also needs to get the ham in the oven in a few hours so it will be done tomorrow... You should see the size of this ham we were blessed with.. God is so great.. We will be able to eat off this thing for some time and have enough to put in beans.. Thank you God...

I pray that each of you have a blessed night and a merry christmas..

love

glenda