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What Your Latte Says About You

You are very decadent in all aspects of your life. You never scale back, and you always live large. You are a very frivolous person. You don't take anything too seriously. Why should you? Intense and energetic, you aren't completely happy unless you are bouncing off the walls. You're addicted to caffeine. There's no denying it. You are a child at heart, and you don't ever miss the opportunity to do something playful. You are sophisticated and daring, but you are never snobby.

What Does Your Latte Say About You?

Hit and Run

Okay people,
What's the deal??? I mean really... You hit someone, you should deal with it. not leave them baffled and bewildered with"What the heck happened?" and "How do I deal with this..?"
Okay...venting...feeling better....coming down..... breathe in through the nose...and out through the mouth....GGRRRR!!!!!!! okay, one more time, I think I can do this..... In......out.....okay..
Now that I've lost everyone, here's the deal-i-o.
Husband out of town in TX.
Me alone with the kids 24/7 for like 4 days.
Normally not bad, just having a busy week.
Boys are getting older, so needing more activity and energy release.
Soooo..... this story begins in a rather large town, not so far, far away.... It was a beautiful Monday morning, the birds were singing praise to their Creator..... the smurfs were happily toiling away whistling while they worked...and I in my kerchief...wait. hang on...strike that..
Okay, so the birds were singing...and my aunt and I decided to make a day of it with the kids, both hers and mine, so we prepare to set off. Snacks are packed, plans are made, and off we go to be heroes and solve the boredom of the day that lay before us. Up til now, all is going well, even smiling through the kids in the back seat of the van "stop touching me!". "No, You stop touching Me!." "Mom!!!" ...."I said stop, I'm tellin on you!". "Moooomm!!!!....
"Boys!, girls! Enough! 1 - 2 - don't you let me get to three or I'm pulling over!!!
" 3, okay you've done it, ".....pulling over.....parking .....
Suddenly they are sitting with their hands on their knees..sobbing....I haven't even done anything, lol... ahhh....the power of the stinky eye.... God seems to have blessed me with a particularly stinky one....it can paralyze three young boys and one girl with a single stinky-glance....I'm laughing on the inside, truly, because I don't want to spank them... so I get back in the driver's seat, and off we go..... again......smiling....still...
So, we go bowling...sounds like fun.. and you know?? It was, we had a blast, little friendly competition with the kids, me and my aunt hung out and had some fun with them, and we burned a little over an hour there....so what's next...
Peter Piper! There we go, it's lunch time, and they still have energy to burn, so let's go... it's in a nice part of town, not much ever happens in front of Sam's Club, so fine, let's go....
Okay, so Peter Piper goes off without a hitch, much laughing, playing, giggling, eating, and Benny tells me I'm the best mom ever... yup... I know... (jk) Ain't mother-dom great?! Thank you God for moments like those....
Anyway, okay....so we leave......and....
my van.... While we were in there, oblivious to the world....someone proceeded to back out, and completely take out the back fender of my van... and LEAVE!!!!!
There is white paint all down the back fender, and a piece of their headlight is EMBEDDED in the side of my van... there's no way they coulda thought..."must have driven over a can".... the rest of their headlight was on the ground....and no one saw a thing....
My first insurance claim ever... my first vehicular damage, ever.... crud. Here go the insurance premiums and I didn't even DO anything, I wasn't even in the vehicle!!!! It wasn't even MOVING~ That's what gets me most, it's not the van, it's not that it is dinged up now, I could care less, the van is just a thing and it belongs to God... He blessed us with it, it's the principal that now there's nothing I can do... no way to pay for the damage, no way to be compensated from whomever did it...there are no security cameras on the lot... well.....let me restate that....
FYI People... The cameras in the Peter Piper parking lot on Dysart are decoys.. They do not work and aren't attached to anything. We tried Sam's club, too, to see if theirs reached far enough.... missed it by that much! They get to within 3 spaces, but just not quite close enough to my car, so for future reference, if you want to be safe and covered, if you are going to Peter Piper pizza, park as close as you can to Sam's and huff it.... trust me , it will be worth it.
And now ladies and gentlemen, I have vented, I feel better....and I know that it's just one of those things....there just seems to be alot of those for our family lately.... let the refining continue... and in this moment right here and now...clarity....

I forgive whoever it was, Lord.... because at this point I realize that I really didn't get all that angry, it was more of a sort of sadness over the principal...So God, I give it up to you...what man intends for evil, You intend for good. You saw it, you know who did it, and that's all that matters...that's up to you to handle, I release it...I realize that I am at a place where what happens here doesn't really matter, and whatever Satan throws our way is just laughable at this point. And you know the best part God?? Well, of course You do, but I'll share it anyway.... My husband didn't get mad either...
He just got to business on the phone with the insurance and claims, and everything that needed to be done, but he just sort of laughed and said "oh well".... God, that was awesome, and if it hadn't happened, we wouldn't have seen how far we've come...so thank you for those moments that reveal growth...thank you for lessons, and thank you for loving us enough to still want to teach us...
We love you, and pray that we may one day make You proud...
Since this one includes me AND my hubs, here's the tally.....

MamaLil' - 4!!
World - 0

Can't touch this...can't touch this....hammer time!

Milestone

Well here we are... Mother's Day!! Every year up to now, Mother's Day hadn't been a big deal to me really.... my kids were still too little to understand the relevance, and my husband just didn't seem to get it... so I just ho -hummed through the last nine years of Mother's Days...
'Til today... :-)
Today, ladies and gentlemen, I have arrived.. full fledged Mother-Dom.. Is that a word? Well, now it is..
I awoke around 8:00 which is LATE for me, but still early for some, the birds were singing, I got a text from my best friend in Mount Shasta, and I got to speak at an unhurried pace to my MaMa...in North Carolina..I miss her so much, but through the distance we've become such great friends, that she's even more than a mom to me now... I thank God that I grew so much to see her for who she really is... I just couldn't seem to see it when I was younger....anyway, moving right along...
I tried to go down the hallway, and was stopped by three wonderful, beautiful, bright eyed boys, who henceforth commanded me back to the back of the house, and excitedly informed me that I was not to come out until I was told....hmmm.... (one eyebrow raised in joyous curiosity) I quickly received hugs from all three, they shared their "Happy Mother's Day" words with me, and quickly ran off... I feel the lump in my throat... Through my smile this morning, there are tears welled up...little tide pools... My little men are making me so proud, and I'm rejoicing in the fact that they are learning the importance of making OTHERS feel important... They are letting their little lights shine...and I couldn't be happier... I'd have to say I'm MORE happy with what's growing in their hearts, than at the prospect of having my first official Mother's Day.... I can hear them laughing, and trying to make breakfast...I hear something frying....who knows...lol..doesn't matter...I hear them with their daddy and their uncle, having MEN time, and it's just awesome... I would be happy with fish sticks and tater tots for breakfast, at this point...
I just hope that this morning makes God smile... as it has me... I can only remind myself of how thankful I am to have been blessed and entrusted to make Godly men out of these beautiful little boys.... Thank you Lord... I know you love them more than I, which is an amazing thought, considering what is just bubbling forth right now... Thank you Lord ,for my cup runneth over...

Progress:

Mama Lil' - 2
World - 0

In him,
Lily


This little light o' mine...I'm gonna let it shine.....
1 John 3: 16-18

Getting Started....

So here I am...desperately trying to come up with something awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, laughable, even remotely interesting, and all I can do is stare at this screen blankly, deciding to ramble aimlessly until I come up with something worth sharing. So here's an apology to those of you that decided to give me the time of day to check this thing out. It's probably gonna be like this until I really have something funny to share, like my son calling me a biatch and not knowing what that is, but somehow overheard it on a movie so decided to say "get me a juice box biatch... " Hmmm... How does one address that? How does one handle that without the immediate urge to shove soap in his mouth? Pray to excorcise the minions of Satan? Get thee behind me?? Or do I go to the owners of the house in which I now live, and beg them to watch more appropriate television around my children... Well, ummmm...to be honest, I sort of did all of the above.. Did I overdo it a bit? Probably..but what else is new? Maybe I should have counted to like 100!!!!!! and then figured out a gameplan as I sent him to his room, but at the time, he had no idea what he'd done wrong, lol....and now my five year old is staring with these grotesquely saucer-sized eyes, trying to figure out what just happened... Needless to say, I think we nipped that one in the bud.... anyone agree??
No matter how hard we try to be good, and try to create the best environment, we are still going to have to learn to address the influences of the outside world...
So here's the tally
Mama Lil' - 1
Outside world - 0

Will keep you updated on the progress of life.

Much love to you all.....

In Him,

Lil'

1 John 3: 16-18