Peace

God is so amazing in giving us peace. It probably helps that I am home today too.


I am cleaning house, almost done and so happy to have a house that not only looks clean but has that fresh clean smell to go with it. :)

I am watching my neighbors pug, Pugsy and she is so sweet. I have one pug on one end of the couch and the other (Milo) on the other end of the couch. Both SNORING! But in the midst of all of this I am an undeniable peace running through me. Thank you everyone so much for all of your prayers.

My child sits on the couch and is "testing" her mommy to see if I really will take away the TV if she doesn't clean up that pigsty of a room. It was clean last night and in the coarse of 3 hours this morning it looks like a tornado actually swooped into only her room to make it look like a state of emergency. Oh children, such a blessing and so much work all at once. So off to convince her that if her room is not clean "scooby doo cant visit for a fun filled marathon today on Cartoon Network. Wish me luck and lots off it cause I KNOW I will need it.

Remember Prayer is the best gift anyone can give someone. ~Jess

Laughter is the best medicine

Do you ever notice that when someone is giggly and happy you feel so much more at ease?
I find that if I don't laugh at times I would just plain old cry.
I love to laugh, I love to see people smile and hear what wonderful laugh they poses.
I know this is a short one today but remember Laughter is the best medicine!

OH and do not forget to do your FRIDAY dance! I did mine :)

God is love~ Jess

When in doubt

So I am in the class room today and there is this little boy that just would not go to sleep at nap time. I tried everything. Being sweet, being stern, telling him to just plain go to bed. Well finally the light bulb above my head went off and ding ding ding, I had a great idea. When in doubt join in. So I thought well I will just talk to him, I learned a lot from a 4 year old today. But he learned something from me too- to meditate. Yes that is right people I had a 4 year old sitting 'criss cross apple sauce" with his arms held out to is sides and making the all so normal pose for meditation with his hands and we "ummmmed" for 10 minutes. This kid would open one eye look at me and go back to it. It was great. Kids are awesome. No matter whose they are.

Oh and not to forget today is Friday Eve!!!!

Tomorrow I will do my Its Friday Dance and mean every move I make!

I hope all of you had a great day. I had a much better one. God is so good to me, he gives great family, great friends and unconditional love. ~Jess

Do you ever . . .

Do you ever have days of wanting to hide?
I remember when my daughter was little and I went to the ummm . . . potty as she would say, sometimes I would close the door for a 1 minute "break" then I would see these little fingers under the door wiggling and hear "mommy" for the sweetest voice I have ever heard. Well that is not the kind of hide I mean, even though I do love that story :)

I mean the kind when the world swirls around you and you feel like you are in the house in Wizard of Oz. I feel like the control I used to have over my life is gone. I do turn to God every moment that I just need to breathe and even when I just NEED Him.

Life is so short before you know it you are Graduating High School and college and then married and then sweet babies come along but somehow other factors come into play and you remind yourself that this is all Gods plan, his master plan. Who am I to question it? But when you are swirling around and you just want to "hide" then you realize you are only human and that he has more mercy and grace than we can imagine. He never said this life would be easy, just worth it!

Family is EVERYTHING, don't let anyone come in between that. God is love. ~Jess

To Be or Not To Be

Okay so to be healthy or not to be healthy?
Dumb question huh?

Well I have struggled with my weight for all of my life. Then today I woke up and remember I said I was going to let God interrupt my life? Well He has. I am on a total kick about getting FAT off. As my husband would say though I do tend to not follow through. So with this blog I am thinking I will put in little hints about how my day has gone. And if you feel like cheering me on, all the better :) So don't think you have heard the end of that okay?

Well I know I haven't written in a few days. Our security on the computer went down, down, down. But do you think my lovely husband stayed off the computer. Nope. I had to renew it as fast as possible . So with that we are back up.

We have a new addition in our house. A PUG. Another one! Well she really isn't ours, she is our neighbors but we are bringing her over a few times a week for social time with our pug, yeah you know the fatty one, I guess that runs in the family. Come to think of it maybe Milo the pug will diet with me, oh how he will love that ha ha. So the new pug, she is a sweet little thing, named Pugsy. Her nose is squished in more than Milo, she sounds like a pig snorting all the time but that's okay its just how God made her.

Well I am going to go make dinner: Baked chicken, veggies and french bread.

Have a wonderful evening and remember today is the Lord's Day! ~Jess

Something More

I used to think being a "peon" was a good thing. Then God messed things up, but in a good way.
I no longer want to be the peon anymore. I want to be in control, in charge but not more in charge than God. I want Him to guide my path and for me to have enough sense to follow.

Life is too short to just, be. I want to live life to my fullest. All people have different views on "the fullest" some want to have millions and live in lavish homes and show off all their name brands.

Me, I want to watch my children grow up, not have to pawn them off on someone else to raise them. Which I wouldn't do anyway. But some do. I want to have wisdom to live life the right way. God's way. A house and a career in writing my books would be a plus don't get me wrong. But its time to just let God be in control and stop fighting him on things.

Do you ever notice, that when you throw your hands in the air and say "Okay my Lord, its all you, what do you want me to do, cause I will do it, no matter what it is?" And you mean it. Everything falls right into place. EVERYTHING.

I have been taking a lot of time out of my days to just listen to Him. I am allowing myself to be interrupted. In a good way. When you finally allow yourself to be interrupted by God, amazing things happen. Try it. You wont be disappointed! ~Jess

Give it away

Oh what a week and its only Tuesday. I actually told a parent this evening, Have a good weekend, then I said wait it's only Tuesday.

I keep telling myself to give my problems to God. Do I? Yes, and then, and then I somehow take them back. What is wrong with me? Okay so I have come to the conclusion I am just human. I strive to do this everyday and everyday I fail. But I am on a current and every moment walk with the Lord to do this.

My newest saying I tell myself: I am not responsible for others actions nor their responsibilities.

I am responsible for my own, yes. But ultimately not theirs. God wants to be God. He doesn't want me to be God. So this is part of my walk also. To give it over.

My prayer for myself and others: To show not just me but others the path, and lead us and for us to follow. In the whole aspect of it allow us to make it financially and emotionally and last but never, ever, ever least spiritually.

God is so good. Never failing. Awesome. Loving. The essence to my very being. How I love him.

True Story

So before I start my true story. I have to say ITS FRIDAY. Yes I did my happy dance. Even though I did it at 6pm today I still did it. My husband saw my dancing up the stairs and looked at me like I was a total dork but that is okay because he kept saying dont rub it in. Cause he has to work early, like 530 am early! But guess what?! ITS FRIDAY :)


Okay so my true story.
This involves me, and two 3 year old boys. Both of whom are now the proud big brothers of baby brothers. I will call them Ryan and Mark.
So it goes like this:

Me to Ryan: How do you like your new little bother?

Ryan: I like him but wait, Mark have you gotten yours yet?

Mark: Yeah I got him.

Ryan: Oh cool, I didnt know you got him.

Mark: Yeah I got him a couple weeks ago.

(It sounds like they sell baby brothers at the store now lol)