A Moment with M.O.M.: A Moment with M.O.M.- Saturday Ramblings and our Fun Friday Freebie Winner Announced!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

A Moment with M.O.M.- Saturday Ramblings and our Fun Friday Freebie Winner Announced!

It’s a beautiful morning here in KS friends!! My Joe arrived home last night and will be with us till the 28th or so of Dec. What a treat it is to have daddy home. The children run and cheer as his big semi pulls down the drive way honking his horn, my heart starts to flutter in anticipation to hear him say my name and feel his hands embrace me, the meal of his choice is simmering (90% of the time he requests spaghetti), and he breaths a sigh of relief to finally be home where he’s free from the strife of life. Oh, it’s a very happy time indeed!!

The children had been waiting all day for daddy to get home so we could do our yearly tradition of Gingerbread house making. Now, before you get to excited thinking we must do something elaborate and magazine worthy let me reassure that is NOT the case! This isn’t a time of stress trying to create an image that isn’t real. This is simply a time of creative and delicious play for the children. Some years our house barely stands, other years it stands but tastes more like cement than any type of Christmas goodie. This year we teased that we were going for the “minimalist” look since the children were eating the goodies faster than they were putting them on the house. It’s a fun time full of memories and that’s what the true purpose is! The children talk about the year that Grandpa, a civil engineer, even joined the activity and tried to help a very pitiful looking gingerbread house, and the year that it couldn’t stand so we snapped a picture real quick and then ate it before we were even done making it! It’s messy and loud but it’s perfect in my mind. I wouldn’t want it any other way! I want to encourage you to embrace all those messy, loud, and less than magazine worthy moments with your family. I have found that most often those are the moments that are memory worthy and that makes them worth something for eternity! Dear friends, enjoy the memories and don’t put your expectations on it being “perfect”.

With all that said, today we pulled the winner from the Christmas hat in front of the recently constructed gingerbread house! Sarah would like to announce the winner to you all this morning!

And the winner is:

LISA FROM TX!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Make sure to email me with your mailing address by Monday Dec. 13th. Cyndi with Patches of Thyme has told me that it will be mailed immediately and should, Lord willing, arrive before Christmas! ENJOY!!!

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Lisa in Texas = )December 11, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Hello! Yay! I won! Thanks so much! I have e-mailed you my address.
So glad that your husband has a chance to be home with the family for a few weeks. Enjoy this time together!
Lisa :o)
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HollyDecember 12, 2010 at 7:30 AM
Hi Jeanette! That is a beautiful gingerbread house & looks similar to the ones we do. We haven't done ours yet, but will soon. My stepfather used to work as a tractor trailer driver, so the scene you described sounded familiar. :) Holly
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Mrs Mary Joy PershingDecember 13, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Jeanette, I love your gingerbread house...I also love your philosophy. We spend a lot of time getting messy and laughing and giggling and just enjoying our time together. There is nothing perfect about our house or our Christmas...but they are both filled with lots of memories, some old and some new. I gave up on creating a "perfect" Christmas a while back...its impossible and only created a lot of stress for me and the family watching me be all stressed out...having a relaxed Mama who has Daddy who shares the joy of creating simple but wonderful family memories has been an amazing gift to me this year. We are focusing our decorations and activities to enjoy family and focus on the "perfect gift" that our Lord blesses us with...that of our SAVIOR.

Thank you so much for sharing your excitement of hubby/daddy's return with us. I love sharing your family's joy. You are all such a blessing!
And an inspiration to stick with the enjoyable instead of the stress of outside expectations for our family and the holidays. So good to be reminded that we are not alone. :D

Blessings!

Mary Joy
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TheresaDecember 18, 2010 at 10:53 PM
I am new to your blog but am so thankful that I have found your blog. My husband also drives OTR - it has been VERY hard for me over the years and I would love to have fellowship with another woman who knows what it is like. There are many things I would like to share and ask about but would rather do so privately. I couldn't find an e-mail address so I will share mine and if you would like get in touch with me you can do so. www.everydaysacred@hotmail.com

~Theresa
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Real Moments in my Home!

I purchased a butterfly net for my children since we are having a delightful time watching them this fall. As Matthew ran out the front door he exclaimed with great pride, "I'm the BUTTERFLY hunter!"

As I cleaned out my purse, Sammy and Matthew sat on the bed watching as I went through each item. I found skittles at the bottom of my purse, a cheez it, nickles, dimes and pennies, lip gloss, receipts and more. Sammy said, "Mom it's like another world in your purse!" That child makes me smile!!

Ezekiel just informed me that making my coffee everyday should count as school work... he thinks it falls in the chemistry section since he is mixing coco with my coffee! lol!

After reading our proverbs for the day the children will tell me what verse they liked and what it meant to them. Today, Sammy was extreamly excited to share and raised his hand saying, "Pick me! Pick me! I know what my favorite verse was." "Okay Sammy, what was your favorite verse?" I asked. He replied, "My favorite verse is the one that says: Let no man throw a frog at his brother." The entire family started to laugh. I instantly read through the text again to see what might have sounded like that to him. Finally, I said, "Sammy, I can't find what verse you are talking about." He remained confident and said, "That's the way I heard it." When I told Grandma about it she said, "Well you know that is kinda biblical.. frogs are a curse so what Sammy was saying is: Let no man throw a curse at his brother." It's a good thing we always discuss what we hear in our Bible study.

As Matthew approached his fifth birthday he seemed disappointed. When I questioned him he said, "Momma? Can't I please just skip five and be six?!" I replied, "No... you have to be five first. Why don't you want to be five?" After a pause and with a discouraged countenance he said, "Because five is odd and I don't want to be odd Mommy!"

After all the children had their dentist visit Samuel began explaining how he had such good results. He said, "If you want to be like me all you have to do is only brush your teeth sometimes... the rest of the time... EAT THE TOOTHPASTE"

Bekah walked in while Matthew and I were working on his addition flashcards. She asked, "Matthew what are you doing?" "Doing my Plusing," He replied. I said, "You mean doing your addition" With confidence he turns to me and says, "Yes, that's it's middle name."

Bethany was helping Josiah look for beef cattle online when she came to me and said, "Momma, they had these really sad looking cattle that were super skinny called 'Commercial Cattle'. Momma that's all they would be good for - there wasn't enough meat on them for anything else." My Beth is just too sweet!

Timothy and Elisha were talking about all the contents of the Ark of the Covenant. When Elisha told Timothy that God had put the 10 commandments in it. Timothy replied with confidence, "Well He had too so that Moses wouldn't break them again!"

After several trips to the emergency room with my Timothy. I said, "Timothy, you really must stop hurting yourself like this. Each time we go through that hospital door it's costing Daddy 100.00!" He sweetly replied, "Is there another way we can get in Mommy?"

As Ezekiel and I poured over the garden magazines we ran across the brussel spouts. Ezekiel had never seen them before and with excitment said, "Momma, Look! They sell bite size lettuce!"

As we prepaired to vacume seal our newly butchered chickens. My Beth-Joy said, "Mom I know we want to seal our chickens but I can't figure out how we are going to get that chicken through that skinny slot!"

Jed was about five years old when he ran out to the kitchen and met me with excitement saying, "Mom I think God made my wife last night! I counted my ribs and now I am missing one!"

Matthew and Samuel were playing when the girls and I overheard them and couldn't help but giggle. Matthew wanted to play house and have a baby but Samuel informed him that, "You can't have a baby, Matthew- you're only a 2T"

While driving I often lose cell phone reception with my Joe. I never realized how much the little ones were listening until one day I overheard them say, "Mom and Dad broke up again!" "No Mommy broke up with Daddy" replied Matthew. "No! It was daddy. He broke up with Mommy again!" Replied Sammy. As I listend I thought it was a good thing no one was ease dropping into their coversation- they would think my Joe and I had a pretty rocky marriage! LOL

While on one of our "girls days" Bethany was having a hard time falling asleep. Grandma encouraged her to count sheep. After a few moments of slience we heard Beths sweat voice say, "Thump" We all thought about it for a moment and then Grandma asked, "Beth what was the thump about?" "Oh, one of my sheep ran into the fence... that's all Grandma."

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Welcome to a Moment with M.O.M(Mother of Many)

Have you ever wished someone would answer your questions, pray for your requests and listen as you ponder, pray and pursue your duties as wife and mother? Well, then you've come to the right place! Please join me as I, Jeanette Wood, share my heart, real moments from my home and loving encouragement on heart issues and practical tasks alike. If you have a question please feel free to email me and I will respond as the Lord allows. I don't claim to have all the answers but I know the One who does. I love to share what He has done in my life with others so that you might glean some of the gems that I have learned over the years. Come, sit on my porch or walk with me through the pastures as we share the goodness of the Lord.
Because of His Love,
Mrs. Joseph Wood

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

A Moment with M.O.M.- Saturday Ramblings and our Fun Friday Freebie Winner Announced!

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