Sweet Sunday&Laundry Soap

It's a cold, cloudy, dreary day here in the Sunflower State...at least where I'm at.  Boo. Hiss. I do not want any more cold weather.  What happened to 84 and sunshine last weekend?  No wonder we have sick cattle.  I will be happy when they all get well, get gone and enjoy their lives on the ranch east of us.  20 more days...and yes I'm counting :)  Love it all, but I'm tired of missing church because we can't seem to get chores done in time to make it.  Never fails, seems to be a sick one or two that have to be pulled and doctored.

I'm armed and attacking my home.  It's just filthy.  I'm embarrassed.  I've been gone too much.  I apparently have not taught my boys the NEED to clean.  I expect too much because I assume that all the men in my home see the EXACT same things that I see.  Clothes to be folded.  Trash to be taken out.  Muddy boots inside the house.  Fingerprints on my front glass door.  Toothpaste in the sink.  The giant piles of dirty clothes.  The floors that need swept.  The dust on the coffee table.  The un-made beds.  I should never assume.  I already knew that.  But I choose to forget.  Pretty silly choice.{smile}

The boys and I were in OKC on Thursday and had a great dinner with LeAnna and little Sprig.  We met up at Toby Keith's restaurant.  My boys and I try to eat somewhere different each trip down.  That was their choice for the day.  LeAnna was kind to oblige.  Such a fun time visiting and playing with Miss Sprig...she is just precious, not sure she knew what to think of the boys and I.  There was a point and time while I was holding her, she did not know if she wanted to laugh or cry!  So thankful for my friendship with LeAnna that all started with this darn computer!  I would love to meet more of my blogger buddies!

Last weekend...my scrapbook buddies and I were discussing making our own Laundry Soap.  I have a poll going..but would love to get some feedback on personal experiences with it. #1 I want to try it, but I want to use liquid-I have a front loader and liquid soap just seems to work better in it. #2 I want something that is going to work on the tough stains I fight on a daily basis(ex. cow manure, grass stains).  #3 I am not going to make my own soap to use in the laundry soap.  I really look forward to getting some feedback on this.  I'm really interested and want to know what my best option is.

I must return to cleaning...I will now attack my boys bathroom.  Pray for me-LOL!
Have a wonderful day.  I'm on the road to a clean house! 

Fun Weekend-Beautiful Sunrise

Slate Creek Lodge was the place to be.

A fun weekend of scrapbooking, visiting with old

friends, meeting new friends, accomplishing much,

and enjoying good food.

That's my table...pretty messy looking. But that's ok

I got ALOT done at my Scrapbook overnight trip.

This was the view we had while we scrapbooked.

Big Pond.  My boys would have loved to been

out there fishing.

A few pics of some of my finished pages.  I think I completed

20+ and was thrilled.  So much fun with great company.

We will go back.  For sure!

We got stopped by a train on our way to the

get-away.  I loved all the colors of the cars

on this train and had to get a picture!

Sunday Morning...I woke up around 645.  Got my shower,

Made some coffee and hoped I would see the sunrise.

It was kind of cloudy that day.

I was not disappointed.

At all.

I just love a beautiful sunrise.

Don't try to tell me there isn't a God.

Isn't he just the best artist?

I think so.

Another Year

Older.

I am knocking on the door.

of the big 4-0.

In many ways I feel older.

In other ways I can't believe I'm 39!

Until the last few years, my dear, sweet darlin

had convinced my boys that I was 4 years older

than him.  LOL

I had a great birthday supper last night at my folks house.

Today, I had a good birthday dinner with 2 dear friends.

Tonite, hubby and ZB aren't feeling so great.

I am needing to continue on the laundry and house cleaning.

I need to get organized for a little scrapbook

get-a-way this weekend with some friends.

I need.I need.I need.

I want. I want. I want.

What I really need to do is get on my knees and be in prayer for those

suffering from great devastation.  It is literally everywhere I look.

What I want is for everyone to know the Lord and seek his face.

Has anyone else noticed these things?  I feel so guilty at times for

not doing more to win people to God. 

Before I can do that...I must look at myself.  Am I showing the light

of Jesus in my words/actions?  Do people see something about me that is different and want

whatever it is?

I know I certainly don't Shine at all times.  But I am thankful that I am a

work in progress. 

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,

the name of the Lord is to be praised.

Psalm 113:3

Isn't this gorgeous?  Sunset on our way home from

the basketball tournament Saturday night.

We were in the Flint Hills.

Beautiful Country.

CB's Team.  He is back row, 3rd from the left.

These boys played their little hearts out!

We have been on this traveling team.  Didn't get

to make it to a lot of tournaments~which was great

for us.  There are three 4th graders and then six

5th graders.  So we are a young team.  All of our

tournaments were against 5th-6th grade teams.

We decided at the last minute to play this tournament(they had a cancellation)

 haven't played in over 1 month.  We had 3 games.  First game was a blow out-we were

the ones blown out(let me say that the boys had not won a game all year)

The team we played had 4 boys as tall as me(5'6"ish ;).  CB is the tallest

on our team at 5'ish.  Second game, we play with them, it's a 1-3 point game

until about 7 mins left and we just kind of fell apart.  But played MUCH better!

3rd game, playing for 5th/6th place.  CLOSE game the whole time,

we get behind 3 points, we shoot a 3 pointer at the buzzer and tie the game!

O*V*E*R*T*I*M*E

2 minutes.

We win by 1 point!!!!

We were sooooooo EXCITED and so Proud!

Great effort and so much fun to watch! 

Well, I should have posted a warning about LONG POST. 

Be Blessed this week and better yet...BE a Blessing to someone!!

Giveaway

Check out the neat give-a-way that I'm NOT having! LOL
Go to Creekside Creations...on my favorites and see the goodies Mandy has!

Whew

I'm glad to be back.  I'm tired.  I'm Thankful.  I'm behind at home. I'm glad wrestling is over.  We have 1 b-ball tourney left. 

ZB working on a Pin

YES!  He got his pin!

We had an end of season Pizza Party for the team

One of the mom's had this cake made.

We celebrated Mr Ben's 2nd bday on Sunday

Scrapbook paper I have for sale...lots of

girly-girl and pink in there.  I won't need it!

More paper for sale.  I can put it all together and sell it or by the sheet

68 sheets total for $14.00 or $.25 each

It's been a crazy month(Feb).  Lots of great things, but all busy things.  I can honestly say I'm glad February is over, but I don't like wishing time away!  So, how have ya'll been?  I've missed posting and keeping up with my blogger buddies.  I need to get moving...it's already 6:30 and I need to hit the shower for the day.

I'm leaving you with this scripture and I pray you will be encouraged by God's word and not discouraged by the world.


You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.  The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.  The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain;  they shout for joy and sing.  Psalm 65:11-13

Vanished

I have not.  I have been so absolutely busy I can't keep up and have NOT had time to post!

We have been wrestling, preparing and having our annual Farm Consignment Sale and taking
care of cattle.  Plus...working and trying to keep up at home.  Let me say, it's been C*R*A*Z*Y and my house has been a disaster! LOL  We are there just long enough to sleep, shower and pile up more dirty clothes.  Even though it's been busy, it's been good.  ZB is doing pretty good with wrestling, Little Brother and I are faithful to make all matches while Dad has been working alot.  We will finish this week and I must say I'm relieved. 

I have pics to share and more stories to share, but for now..I must get busy.