What are the chances...

I am holed up in my "room" at a hotel where I am having a slumber party for Hannah.

Great plan...no clean up....no little brothers bothering them.

Only thing I didn't count on...

A group of 11 year old boys from Orlando here for a soccer tournament!!!

God help me!!

They were discussing who was cute.....girls will be girls!

Giving Back

Through all my 7 surgeries, I have never had to receive blood - for which I am very grateful.

I was able to finally give back two days ago when I donated blood for the first time in many years (I have been either pregnant, nursing or had cancer)!!!

It was wonderful....easy....and well worth it!!!

The Simple Things

Sometimes it the simplest of things that makes your heart melt....

From my boys.!!!

He is listening

I know God heard me because Davis has been great tonight!!

I was reminded tonight why we have to get through the rough days.....this was the conversation we had tonight while Davis was reading to us (parenting points for us!!).

D: "Pam ran so fast" (you have to imagine it read in a 1st grade manner)

D: "I always laugh when I see that word and imagine what it says when there isn't a 'S'" (he pointed to the word 'fast').

D: "Sometimes I laugh when I see a fat person"

Mom: "Davis, it isn't nice to laugh at fat people"

D: "I laugh in my head"

Morning Prayer

Dear God,

I hope I have thanked you enough in the last 7 years for letting us have Davis....he really did save me.

What I need now is some (okay A LOT) of patience to deal with the horns my Angel Boy has grown.

I know he doesn't mean it when he said he wanted me to die so that he could make his own rules.

I know he is grateful (somewhere deep inside) for the money and time we spend on motocross for him.

I know he wants to do what we tell him to do, when we tell him to.

I know he can do his homework without complaints!!

Please help me to remember that this most likely just a phase that he will grow out of.

Can you help me to remember to buy shorts that button (not elastic) and shirts that don't "bother" his neck?

I know these issues are really small in the whole scheme of things and I am really thankful for the continued good health of all my kids. It is just that right now I am struggling and I would really appreciate your help and guidance.

Thank you...I love you!

Amen

Seriously

On May 20th a hailstorm went through our neighborhood and caused a lot of roof damage. Most everyone got their insurance check and upgraded to 30 year shingles (they look much better than the 3 tab shingles). I didn't know a thing about roofs a couple months ago, but now I can't drive down a street without checking out everyone's roof.

Across the street, these two homes are sporting new upgraded roofs.

Two doors away, they are getting the same roof as we got.

We are LOVING our new roof!!!!! The picture really doesn't do it justice.

I round the corner after work tonight to see the new roof going on across the street.....my only thought was

WTF

I know I am a bit of a roof snob now, but what in the hell were they thinking with that color? 3-tab???? I doubt you can see the true ugliness of this roof in the picture, but you know it is bad when my 7 year old says "wow, that is really ugly". I can't believe they paid for that!!!

Confession

I am sure I will feel better when I share my sinful actions from yesterday....

1. Yesterday was the 1st day of religious education for Matt during mass and I just couldn't seem to drag myself out of bed to get him there!! Hopefully my mom won't think I am terrible!!! I had plans on going...early even to meet his teachers and sign whatever needed to be signed. I will repent and make sure I get the other two kids to their first class tomorrow evening (I will even go to the parent meeting during their class). I WILL take him next week....I promise (even though I am concerned because my parents still won't be back to save me a seat - guess I will have to be on time).
2. Yesterday there was a birthday pool party for one of Davis' classmates. Pete had met the mom at the open house last week and said "she is kind of a MILF" (translation for Mom - he thought she was hot). My second sinful action yesterday was the fact that I wanted to go to this party just to see what he was talking about. For the record...she is a lovely lady, very pretty. However, I quickly discovered that I don't think my husband even saw her face....I am sure you know what caught his eye. When I called him out on this he said "of course I didn't see her face". My response...."you know they're fake"!!

I will say 10 Hail Mary's (if I can remember it all).....