What Happened….
30 Aug 2008 Leave a Comment
in Random Ramblings of a Striking Diva Tags: ideas, Labor Day, mom, smart alec
….to my kids?!?!?
My daughters are 11 and 12 and becoming more and more smart-alecky (is that a word?) by the second. They used to be so sweet, respectful, kind. Tonight at dinner they pushed me to the edge….
We’re new here so I asked my coworkers for ideas on what to do for this long weekend and got some neat ideas. We were sitting at dinner and every time I tried to talk about some ideas – there was just one sassy remark after another. I was cut off at least 14 times in a row, when I finally just cut them out of the conversation and spoke directly to my husband, the girls were making faces, bad jokes, goofing on my ideas…. It was soooooo irritating!
So finally I cracked and said, “Ok, are you done being smart asses?” They both were shocked…I don’t usually cuss around them, and definitely not AT them. Then I said, “What are your ideas?” My baby girl said, “Swimming?” and I said “Great. We’ll go swimming.” End of conversation. I got up and began clearing the table. I really wanted to ground their little butts…. The girls looked at me with wide eyes and probably a good dose of shame.
Yeah, it’s not so fun to goof on mommy…even when you get your way. My husband had a talk with them and told them that they had been disrespectful and hurt my feelings. They apologized to me and I said they were forgiven. Granted, it wasn’t the most warm and fuzzy moment – I was still a little hot. But gosh, it really sucks to be treated like an idiot in my own home, by PRE-TEENS, no less…. Sheesh! Anyway – just rambling….
Rain down….
06 Jun 2008 Leave a Comment
in My Striking Life Tags: christian, God's Grace, grateful, mom, prayer
Isn’t rain a cliche’d foreshadowing of bad things??
This week has been rainy rainy rainy. It’s June and I feel ick because of this rain. Even the one day that was supposed to be sunny was rainy.
No one had called to see the house. The offer on our house that was supposed to come never did. The yard looks crazy because we can’t mow it because of the rain.
I am PMS’ing.
Someone at work said something to me that made me CRY.
I’m interviewing for my replacement – a job that I love love love so much and hate to leave.
We were budgeting for our trip to Wyoming and realized that gas prices are going to kill us, and we would end up spending $2000 on this trip…and budgeting on the fly is NOT our best quality. In fact, it’s probably our worst quality. Add to that expenses for deposits and first/last month rent on whatever rental we end up finding…. AAAAAACCCKKKKK!
The stress was getting to me. I wanted to cry. Husband and I went to bed and prayed for God to bless us, to work out the details that we coudn’t, to renew our faith and restore our hope. We thanked Him for our blessings and put our trust and faith in Him.
And God moved….
Husband got a call that he was selected for a job interview in Wyoming during the time of our scheduled trip. We found a great hotel with a military rate that fit in our budget – and was much nicer than our last hotel. And we got a call from someone who came to look at our house – they want to see it again with mother in tow….
God had to bring us to our knees. He showed us that once we let go and trusted Him, He would move…. God’s grace abounds and I am amazed.
Bring the rain!
