They never cease to amaze me

There is not a day that goes by that God does not remind me of just how blessed I am to have what I have...but not only that, how I have been blessed with such amazing kids. As my oldest continues to blossom into this wonderful Godly young man, I am constantly reminded of just what a great kid he really is, and today was no exception. As I was driving to work this morning feeling sorry for myself because for the past month and a half I have seemed to fall of the wagon of getting to the gym and keeping up with my morning devotions that I tried to recommit to at the beginning of the new year...I was talking to the Lord about how I have been feeling distant from Him again and regretting the fact that I have not been able to keep up with these things. And then of course I got to work and continued about my day. This wonderful young man of mine called to advise me he was home from school as he always does and we exchanged our normal 3pm conversation. 5 minutes later he called me back to give me a word from the Lord that he was pretty certain was for me(that he received while listening to worship on his MP3 on his bus ride home). The word I am most certain was for me because it seemed to have to do with the things I had been discussing with God this morning and of course brought tears to my eyes. It was a wonderful reminder of how awesome God is and that even when I feel distant from Him He is as near as ever(I am pretty sure there is a song out there that talks about that too) and all that from a 14 year old who most times seems to be a better listener to God than his own parents. Not to mention he also called back to ask how to record some Jonas Bros. thing for his little sister. What a great kid. The little one has her moments as well. Just last week there was some sort of usual girl drama going on and when she was talking to her one friend on the phone about the other friend who was causing some issues little C was telling her friend they need to pray for the other one. My kids are are so great and I am truelly blessed. Lord willing they will continue to walk the path God has set before them.

Just some thoughts

Well here I am and I really should be getting to bed...but seems as how I get an evening on the computer w/o my hubby being around I thought I would take advantage of it. My young man had another match tonight...got pinned...not so good. Knowing full well this is his first year and he has so much to learn yet it is still hard to sit in the stands and watch it happening and not being able to help him and having to be patient that he will have his year or years...it is just not this year because he is in a season of learning. It still doesnt make it any easier...especially knowing his potential and having enough people tell us he has great potential.

Then there is my little miss...who lately has not been enjoying dance because of the misfortune of having some idiot girl w/an attitude problem in her class. Sorry people...even though we are christian and we are supposed to love everyone...there are some parents out there who are raising idiots...and we come across them every single day. It drives me insane. I dont expect certain behaviors to come from my children and therefore refuse to tolerate them in others. In most cases that makes me "the MOM" at most events....I am the one who will discipline your children when you are not. What can I say....too many parents out there would rather be their kids' friends instead of parents. AAARRRGGGGHHH. Well in the next couple of Mondays Miss Attitude will have her day of reckoning....but of course I will take it to the teacher first and see if it can be handled that way....if that doesnt work...well....I will just have to pray and see where the Lord leads.

It's been a while...

So I know it has been months since I have been on here so I figured it was about time to try to get back here on a regular basis. So since the new year has begun here are two goals that I have set for myself. 1) - Get back to being in the word on a regular basis using the Chronological bible I baught for one of the Adult Ed classes I was attemting to take....so far so good. With that I have also been trying to pray more on a daily basis...that I am still working on. 2) Get to the gym more than 4-5 times a week...I am aiming for 5-6....so far I have successfully made it 5x (last week) This week I am hoping for the 6. I decided to call these "goals" because resolutions always tend to fail....I am hoping that these goals I will continue to strive to succeed. I can tell you I am detemined....that's for sure.

So on top of all this my son is currently doing very well during his first year of wrestling for his school and has found his new favorite sport...He has stated matter of factly that he is a "wrestler who plays soccer, not a soccer player who wrestles". And as much is I was not thrilled with the idea of my son wrestling (having flash backs to high school where I cheered at my alma mater for wrestling for 6years and remembering how miserable most of those guys were always having to make weight), my hubby and I both have become his biggest fans and even with all the weightloss crap will still most likely NOT pull him from the team. (even though I said I would in the beginning). Caleigh is still loving dance with one minor problem....a girl names Danicka who is always pushing her and being nasty to her...have not dealt with this issue quite yet but plan to at one of her next few classes.

I also remember my rantings about my father from a previous post...and then Pastor Dave did a great sermon on loving people where they are at...so that is what I am TRYING to do. But it is hard.

So I think I will leave it at that for now since I am doing this from work and should probably get back to work. Later Y'all

It's been a while....

Wow...feels like forever since I have taken a moment to get on here and post some thoughts. I am trying really hard to avoid getting on here in the evenings when the family is home so as not to infringe on family time, and work has been real busy and quite frankly I probably should not be on here at work anyway. I just finally have a moment where I dont have to rush off somewhere and do have any major supper making to do since we are eating leftovers. All is well in the Sulli household. Just the normal busy stuff. My young handsome guy does not start wrestling until 11/17 and praise God we only have one more soccer game left this Saturday and then I get a couple of weeks off and then Wrestling begins. Little miss is excited because she has finally started to learn her routines for ballet class. They are Doing "You cant touch this" and "Getcha head in the game". She cant wait. Although no ballet routine this year...it is all jazz. My kids have one marking period of school down already...3 more to go. They both are doing very well so far.

I am pleased to report that I am doing a little better in the talking to God area too. I find it is easier for me to Journal my prayers so I have been trying to do that. Even though I am not doing it every single night I am still talking/writing to Him a couple of nights a week. Better than not at all. Well I cant think of anything else to report for now. Take care all!

How I appreciate my friends

After spending time with some new friends this weekend I realize more and more how blessed I am that God lines up these kind of friendships. I am blessed to have all my christian friends in my life and Thank God for all of you often. There are certain one's whose personalities that are very like mine that I feel especially blessed to connect with most times. Thank you Lord for my friends.

Now here being another Monday - funny how I noticed that was the last time I was on here was last Monday - I am hoping my schedule finally starts to die down just a tad. Although my young handsome man has decided that he now wants to attempt wrestling (God Help Me!) They are at least scheduled a little later in the day so there wont be as much rushing, but still infringes on my getting to church on Wednesday! ( not liking that). But such is my life! It is what it is!

Monday

Well here it is just another Manic Monday....not sung just by the Bangles...today sung by me, and sung by me just about every Monday. We had a great weekend. We stayed at the MIL's all weekend and it was pretty fun. The little princess is not feeling well tonight, has a cold...again. This is her second one in only a couple of weeks. I seem to think her last one was at the beginning to mid September. It could be allergies but it is most likely a cold. So with that there is no ballet tonight which means I dont get to the gym. Bummer. Unless the LH gets home at a semi desent time so I can go later, but then I still want to get up and go tomorrow morning... so I dont know what I am going to do. For those of you who are interested in any kind of help in the weight loss area, I found this web site today that is free to join and has calorie counting tools on it and stuff like that. It is www.everydayhealth.com or www.my-calorie-counter.com. I just found it and started it today but it seems to be a pretty cool thing. There are still a few pounds I would like to shed and I know that keeping track of what I eat will help me achieve that. Anyway that is all for now...not much else here to report. Everyone have a blessed day!

Frustrated

So last night I get a phone call from my biological father. For those of you who dont know me so well my parents have been divorced since I was 9, and then at age 16 my father and I had a falling out where he did not even bother to communicate with me or my little brother who would have been 7 at the time for 6 years. He just dropped off the face of the earth for that amount of time and then when I had my son in 1995 I got back in touch with him. He is my father and the grandfather to my children and I know God's word says to honor your parents but there are some parents who make that extremely hard. So here is what has me so frustrated right now.
We havent seen him in probably a little over a year and phone calls are usually hit or miss (mostly miss since we are always running so much) but we were actually home for once last night and get this phone call from him and in the course of conversation he mentions how it has been so long since he has seen us or the kids. Now...every soccer season and ballet school year I email my childrens activities to all of the Grandparents (My LH's parents are divorced as well). I realize during the weekday it may be a little more difficult for them to get to a soccer game but my handsome guy is also playing on a Saturday league. So when my father mentions how it has been so long since he has seen us I say well you know there have been plenty of Saturday games they (he is living with his girlfriend/fiance) could have been coming to. And do you know what he says? They have Yoga on Saturdays!!!!!!!! Now....we cant miss just one yoga class for his grandson????!!!! It just angers me. Yoga...yoga?! What is one Saturday morning or afternoon even to see his grandson play soccer?? I guess I shouldnt expect too much since he did the same thing to me when I was a kid, and realizing I need to give that up to God...because obviously I still carry that around...but to be repeating the same behavior to my children is just unacceptable. I do realize it is more important for me and my LH to be at their activities...but I know in their hearts that they wish their grandparents would come and see them too. Now I have to give props to our mothers...they at least usually make it to one. My LH's father and step mother usually choose to babysit my LH's step sister's dog instead of attending something for our kids. I guess there is a part of me that wonders what kind of house hold did these men grow up in? Were their fathers as uncaring and uninvolved as they are? Is that what has made them this way? Is it the era? Are all men from that time period the same? One thing is for sure...last night when I was venting to God about this one thing he impressed on my heart is that one of the reason's we have these men around us is to see what type of grandparents we dont want to be to our future grandchildren. Well, anyway...I obviously need to make time to pray about this matter...it has me so frustrated or maybe the right word would be hurt.