Relationships

I've been going through a lot emotionally in the past couple of months.  I've been through a many a box of tissue and many long relaxing bubble baths.. Sean's decision to not get a job and rodeo instead has been my main source of stress.  I love Sean very much and I want to support his dream, It's just stressful when you have to carefully budget your money, and honestly I'm a little jealous that he gets to pursue his dream while I stay home and work,  I want to go too!

Anyway we've had a few tiffs here and there and I've had a sour attitude about the whole situation, but mostly I've been trying to deal with all of our hardships myself instead of trusting in God to provide and see us through this. I want Sean to succeed so much in this Rodeo business, I just want it to be easy...and believe it or not life is hard....gasp..

My Auntie sent me a book that has really helped me and even though I've only had it for three days, I can already see how much help it will be and how much mine and Sean's relationship will benefit from it.  It's called "The power of a Praying Wife" by Stormie Omartian

So far I've learned when praying for Your Husband and to better improve your marriage you need to ask God for a few things:  (Oh and this is just Chapter one!)

Ask God to Change you first.  If there is anything in your life that needs to be fixed ask God to reveal it to you and help you change it.

Ask God to Cleanse your heart and give you a positive, joyful, and loving attitude.

Ask God to reveal to you and your husband changes that need to be made and ask for help in changing them.

Realize that there is a time and a place for everything.  Sometimes your husband may not be in the place to hear what you have to say, or ask, or gripe about and it can only make things worse. 

Also, run the words by God before you say them to your husband.  It will help you to only say nice things to your husband.

Pray that God will penetrate your husbands soul if he's not a child of God.

Pray that God will help you keep your house a loving, clean, home, whether it be keeping the laundry done, the kids fed, or making an income to support your family, make sure it's a "Home."

Pray that God will help you stay attractive on the inside as well as helping you stay attractive to your husband on the outside.

Anyway, this really made me think and has made me have a better attitude towards my husband. I can already tell the difference in the past three days that he's been home.  Even though he can make me really really really really mad, praying calms me down and helps things go much smoother

Birdie

I've finally updated my 365 page check out the latest posting...do you remember when gas was only .83 cents a gallon? I don't!

Ok so I've posted about this before but I just think it is so odd that I wanted to post today's photos of it too.

Birdie likes to collect rocks.  I find rocks on my porch a lot from her and she likes to carry them around sometimes.  Today we went down to the creek for a swim and Birdie was at it again.  Here are some pictures of our day.  Most of these photos are of Birdie in all her unPhotogenic glory.

First she would dive her head underwater to dig for rocks.  Sometimes shed be down for half a minute!

Then she'd bring the rocks up to me..this was a big one!

Birdie's Rock pile got pretty big.

 Then we just had fun.  Like I've said before, She's not very photogenic :)

Oh Bird, you'll be photogenic one day.

Five Questions

I just ran across a really fun little linky post at Melissa's called Five Questions Friday and decided I would participate and see if I could meet some new people! Five Question Friday is hosted by My Little Life And though I've never visited her blog before today she seems like she's a lot of fun!

So Here are today's Questions
1. Worst trouble you ever got into as a teenager?
I guess I was a pretty good teenager because I didn't get into much trouble.  Though I did date a boy my parenes HATED and for good reason too.  I got in a lot of trouble for hanging out with him when I wasn't supposed to be and I always felt in trouble because I was dating him.  But we won't even go there..that's a whole nother blog.  (yes I could create a blog about that twisted relationship)
2. Are you a morning person or a night person?
I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON.  Repeat.  I am not a morning person.  I HATE to get up in the mornings, I HATE the feeling after I first wake up and quite honestly I'm pretty brain dead until about 11.  So just ignore anything I say before then.  I could stay up all night long if I wanted to.  I should totally work a night shift somewhere..but insurance doesn't sell real well at 1 am for some reason?
3. Are you a one-handed or a two-handed Texter?
I prefer to text two handed but when I'm driving uh I mean using my left hand, I'll text with one hand.  I'm about to get a Droid phone and I think I'll have to be a two handed texter.
4. Democrat, Republican, or Independent..or maybe even Green Party (whatever that is).
I would have to say republican though I'm not a right wing nut.
5. Are you a pet person?
Uh.. Yeah.  I LOVE my dogs.  I love pets in general.  I have always had a pet, even in college.  I might not always Like the pet I have but I always have one.

So that's a little peek into my boring life.  Hope you enjoy looking around!!

Happy Friday, Oh I'm pretty sure Sean just pulled in the Drive way!! I haven't seen him in two weeks!  Yay! Bye!

Banjo's Goose

Since Sean's been gone I've thrown a quilt over my bedspread and let Banjo and Birdie be my bed fellows for the past two weeks.  So no, my bedspread isn't a yellow quilt :)  Anyway Last night at wal-mart I bought the Chocolate Children a bunch of chew toys so they would stop bringing sticks into the house. I woke up last night and found that Banjo had shredded an innocent stuffed goose.

My bed and bedroom looked as if a light snow had fallen. Banjo succeeded in getting the squeaker out of the goose though, now it's just a limp piece of fabric that they are no longer interested in playing with.


All that chewing made him really tired. He has now moved on to the stuffed fish.