Thank You, God, For Mommy

Absolutely Amazing!!! I love love love this book! I read it to my son and he sat through the whole thing. I love the illustrations. I love the words. I love the meanings. I sat there and read this to Jude and had tears in my eyes cause I could relate. This book is GREAT!
Usually i'm not one for wanting to just focus on mommy or daddy , but this book hit the spot for the sappy mommy. I'd like to see them make one geared for the daddy too. I could only imagine how lovely that one would be.
I save these books so my son doesn't destroy them and read them periodically and I find myself wanting to pull him aside and read this one to him all the time.
I definately recommend this book and would most assuredly recommend it to anyone else. Thank you Thomas Nelson for another amazing book!!!
5+++ stars in my book.

Adventures in Booga What?

Adventures in Booga Booga Land: 'Squid Sushi Loses His Marbles' & Other Episodes

We recently received this dvd from Booksneeze. My son watched it for about 10 minutes and then claimed he was done with it. It wasn't a very interesting dvd and it certaintly didn't catch his attention. The stories are good and moral, but the graphics on the film aren't very good. It reminds me of some sort of cartoon network show, with a christian theme. I also wasn't too thrilled with the idea that on the main menu of the dvd it didn't give me the "play all " option to start, without a dvd remote I couldn't select play all and had to wait for it to run. Although, it did play through all the shows, i didn't like the lack of play all feature.
I don't think that I would really recommend this to anyone, unless you like choppy graphics and lame plots.
I give it 1 stars.

Precious Moments storybook Bible

Amazing, beatufiul, great. I love this book. The words are big enough to read without squinting. There are all the major stories. There are even songs at the end (no cd though). My son and I will have a lot of relaxing moments reading this book together.
I highly recommed to anyone wanting a childrens storybook bible.

Really Woolly Bible Stories

I've had a bit of trouble figuring out my blog and how to post things in the different sections. I've wanted to write this review for awhile now but i always end up forgetting

Really Woolly Bible Stories is an AMAZING book. I love to read it to my little one. Over and over we read it and it's a different adventure everytime. It gives you most of the basic stories throughout the bible. Its only flaw is that it doesn't really focus a lot on the stories in the New Testament, but it reflects on some that even I didn't learn as a child.
It is a rhyming book and i love rhyming books. Also, it is beautifully illustrated and you can follow the animals in every story as they lead you through the book. I think my favorite part was that underneath the illustration on each story was the part of the bible in which you could read the entire story. Simply Great! I give it 5 stars!

Updating

I'm in the process of updating and making my blog more interesting. Stay tuned.

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• 1 christmas present for my brother
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Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids

Each day starts off with a date, title, and verse.
The verse is a reference for the reading and the readings themselves are written as if God is speaking them directly to the reader.
Each devotion ends with verses for you to read in your bible for further reading of Gods' word.

It's a fantastic daily devotional. I got this book thinking it would be suitable for me to read with my young son, however, I think that "Jesus Calling" should be geared towards older children, teens, and even adults.
There aren't really any child specific topics and I was disappointed in that aspect of it.

I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone with young children, but if your teen or yourself is looking for a simple and quick daily read, then this book is for you.

I give it 3 stars

A Christmas Prayer- Amy Parker

Instead of focusing on toys and presents the child in this book goes through each character of the Nativity story. From Gabriel to Baby Jesus, thanking God for the blessings of each.
What a lovely book! Full of colorful illustrations and a perfect, short but sweet, outlook on christmas through a child's eyes.
I definately recommend this book; to anyone with small children who want to teach their child(ren) the true meaning of christmas.
***** five stars from me!

One Hand, Two Hands

I recently received the book " One Hand, Two Hands" by Max Lucado. It is about all different things we can do with our hands, it's a child's book with lovely illustrations. My son enjoyed it and actually sat through me reading it.
The only problems that I have with the book are that the illustrations are just girls.
I have a boy and while he loved looking at it, it's not always his first pick because of the fact that it's "girly".
I also didn't like how some of the Colorful words indicated what the hands were doing, while some didn't. I think they should have made all the words in color, be those that were actions so that the children could identify with what the hands were suppose to be doing.
As always, I thoroughly enjoyed the book i received and would recommend it to my friends and family. Good choice for a children's book.

Howdy

I know it's been awhile since I was last on, but i'm still here. I got a new book from Thomas Nelson Publishing that I will be reviewing for you all in a few days.
I have been sick this past week, my whole family has been sick. I started school and work is kind of crazy. I am going to go to bed soon, so I will update more later.

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First Hair Cut

His hair was super long and it was annoying both of us, so we took him today to get it cut. He did so great, he only got scared one time, when the lady tried using the trimmer.

We made a big huge deal out of it, told everyone and he got a sticker for himself and Pluto from the greeter man at walmart.

Took him over to the cookie counter at Walmart and got him a cookie, and finally took him to McDonald's playplace for the first time. That went well till some little girl started smacking him, by then i'd had enough of the noise and the bigger kids going nuts with no one watching them so we left.

All in All, it was a good day. He is the best son ever.

Money Saving Tip for Women #1

So, if you shave your legs and buy the ridicuously expensive shaving cream to make them smoother, why not try buying some dollar store conditioner (or an equally inexpensive brand) and slathering that all over your legs.
I just did this evening when I shaved mine and they are smoother and smell better than when I use to use shaving cream!!!
Try it out and let me know what ya think!

I don't think...

I don't think that I ever wrote the review on this book, so here goes...
I loved the fact that this book had a devotional with verses for a lot of different life expereiences. It was interesting to read and I hope to some day, when my son is older, read it to him and then give it to him to read. If you're looking for a good, simple, devotional book for children then this is definately one to pick up.
They make it in the girl's addition too! Good pick.

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I am so happy, i have been looking for blogs that are interesting to me, where i could find people that i could actually talk to and what not, so i did this swap and there are so many blogs to look at, it's unbelievable. Not only can we visit people who visited us:

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But we can also visit other people, then other people, then MORE people. It's endess and I love it. What a fun thing to do when i'm bored.
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Lately...

 

 

 

 

 

Lately i've been thinking about all the possibilities of life. I haven't finalized any of my future plans, but i'm wondering if the ideas floating around in my head are that of any worth.

I feel bad knowing that pretty soon I will be not only a full time mommy, but a full time employee and a full time student. As I was watching my son play today the thought came to me " am i doing the right thing" i couldn't help but wonder if i should just slow down and not worry about it till he's older so that I can raise him right and myself, instead of what i feel is pawning him off on my mom. I thought that maybe i would hold off on school and beg and plead for more hours at work so that i could make enough money to support him, but then I think that i wouldn't be that great of a mom to him because I would always be thinking of those " what i should be doing"s.

I'm still not sure though. I'm getting ready to embark on a journey and i'm scared. I'll be the first to admit it, i'm trying to figure out how I 'm going to juggle it all without feeling too guilty or pressured, there's always something floating around in this head of mine and sometimes i wish that it would make sense, but it never does.

Here's what I have figured out this week though:

1. I desire to put God completely first in my life and I am struggling to get there.
2. I desire to make sure my son is raised with love and respect, and that he won't hate me for "not being there" (since i have to work and can't be with him)
3. I am going to school to obtain a certification in administration so i can support my son
4. by the new year i want to have a better paying, full time job
5. 2011 will *not* suck like the last, oh, 5 -6 years have
6. I am not divorcing my husband, i've been reading a lot of what the bible says on the subject and the 2 things that stick out the most are " God HATES divorce " and "love one another as christ loved you"
7. I am still confused as to what God wants and I desire to feel productive, but i don't.

so there ya have it. I'm going to school and i'm not leaving my husband. I am going to leave this blog now though cause i really don't think what i'm writing is making any sense what so ever!

I should update

I realize that i haven't updated since july 3rd. I don't really have the mindset to really sit and write a lot. My brain has been so full of a million different things.
I'm going to school in August, i'm trying to find a new job, i'm trying to deal with the overwhelming guilt I feel everytime i think of divorcing my husband, i'm trying to be a good mom, etc etc.
I'm mostly updating this because I hope to start writing more, once i start getting a little more time to focus. I am working on cleansing my soul of doubts, so hopefully i'll be writing a lot more.
Till then, i can't focus, and will be back soon.

We're baaaaack

We're back from our hiatus, it didn't go as expected. It was supposed to be a year long adventure full of saving money and being relaxed, but there was more drama than one can fathom and people who were so disrespectful and hateful that it was overbearing. I was invited home, "Home" what does that mean? I always grew up hearing my mom say that " home is where the heart is" so i guess in that regard my heart is always traveling because my heart belongs to Jude.
I have moved so many times in the last year that I have lost count. I have lived in nice places, bad places, and worse places. My husband currently lives in jail, there was only one place that i lived that was as bad as that and i was only there 2 weeks, and was allowed to leave.
So now here we are back at my parents. Jude is where he is loved, comfortable, and won't have to have angry mexican women slamming doors in his face.
Mommy is stressed over hours at work. I am going to go back to school in August, for which i am extremely excited, yet nervous about how much time i will be able to spend with jude.
I juggle these emotions all the time... I feel as though everytime i have something i want to accomplish, God tells me to do something different. I no longer know what the right thing to do is, other than making a better life for Jude and hoping he doesn't hate me for it in the future. 90% of me knows he will be proud of his mommy who sacrificed a lot for him, but that other 10% knows he has the genes in him that could cause him to absolutely despise me.
I constantly pray and ask God to help me, help Jude grow into a wonderful, Godly man. Please pray for that with me.
I actually must go now, because he is getting into things he shouldn't be getting into. I have to go but i'll write again soon!