Friday, August 27, 2010

Pure embarassment ...

I worked in Blairsville yesterday which is about an hour and a half drive from my house one way. It is really not a bad drive but you have to cross a mountain which is horrible.

My morning ride is awesome because I get to listen to The Bert Show on Q100 the entire ride! LOVE them!! But the afternoon drive it not so much ...

I get to Coleman's school yesterday to pick him up and the first thing out of the teachers mouth is, "I need to talk to you". As a parent, that is the WORST thing you want to hear when you get to your childs school. Especially after an hour and a half drive when all you have been doing is totally looking forward to seeing them.

She tells me that Coleman spit at her and then looked at a friend of his and laughed and said, "ha ha I spit on her."

My initail reaction was to jerk his butt up right there for a spanking. I did pop him when we got in the car and he had no TV last night and had to go in time out when we got home. By no means was that acceptable, what so ever, but not knowing the situation that it occured in was a little hard for me.

*side note: I have walked into the classroom before picking him up and totally caught her yelling at him and not being very nice to him at all. She obviously did not know I was there b/c when she turned around and saw me she flipped the script and turned on the niceness.

It is not only embarassing b/c NO one wants to hear anything bad about their child. I want him to be the sweetest boy ever that everyone wants to be around and be friends with.

It is SO hard as a parent to imprint in their little brains how important it is to have respect for everyone around you. Friends. teachers, parents, anyone ...

Pray he will get out of this funk and return back to my sweet little man that everyone loves and adores!!

Put your big girl panties on!

Im an earlier post I mentioned that I was going back to school.

Back in the beginning of August I registered for classes. I signed up for English 1102, Math 1111, and Music 1101. After about a week of thinking about it I decided it probably was not the best idea for me to take 3 heavy workload classes at once. So I dropped the English class and added Psychology 1101.

I am doing all online classes bc with being a full time mommy and working full time I just could not find the time to actually go to class.

I have been talking about this for so long it just became second nature for me to say "when I get into the nursing program" and "Im going to get all A's so I can have a great GPA" and having all A's was just something that was going to happen. It became second nature to me to say "when" and not "if". Well that is slowly changing.

This is hard. This is REALLY hard. I did not have a hard time getting back into the groove of things as far as getting a daily schedule down.

I started off with being firm in not taking any time away from Coleman. He was my first priority. Well as the week started and classes began, I realized that it is WAY harder than I thought it would be and that I would need to study alot more than I anticipated I would have to.

If only there were 48 hours in one day I would be good to go. But theres not. So for now I am going to put my big girl panties on a do this thing!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Eye drum ... WHAT??

Quote of the day ....

"OUCH! I poked my eye drum out!"
-Coleman Lane Evans, age 3.5

Bedtime prayers

I have been praying with Coleman at bedtime since he was a a little baby.

It is really fun now that he is older because he will suggest it if I forget. It is the cutest thing.

This is the prayer we pray:

"Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
May God protect  me through the night
and wake me with his morning light
Amen"

Before the "amen" we always bless whatever he wants to bless. Normally it goes something like this...

..regular prayer above..then..

"God bless mommy, and Coleman, and Aaron. God bless MiMi and Pawpaw and Nana and Robby. God bless the wall and the paint. God bless Uncle Bobby and his truck and his golf cart. God bless the windows and all my friends. God bless Granny and Big Daddy and their dog. Amen"

The Quilt Holes

The Quilt Holes

 
As I faced my Maker at the last judgment,
I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls.
Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles; an angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life. But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was. They were filled with giant holes. Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in every day life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all.I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune. I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened. My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare and empty, like binding air. Finally the time came when each life was to be displayed, held up to the light, the scrutiny of truth. The others rose; each in turn, holding up their tapestries. Their lives had been so filled. My angel looked upon me and nodded for me to rise.My gaze droppedto the ground in shame. I hadn't had all the earthly fortunes. I had love in my life and laughter. But there had also been trials of illness and wealth, and false accusations that took from me my world, as I knew it. I had to start over many times. I often struggled with the temptation to quit, only to somehow muster the strength to pick up and begin again. I spent many nights on my knees in prayer, asking for help and guidance in my life. I had often been held up to ridicule, which I endured painfully, each time offering it up to the Father in hopes that I would not melt within my skin beneath the judgmental gaze of those who unfairly judged me.And now, I had to face and speak the truth. My life was what it was, and I had to accept it for what it was.I rose and slowly lifted the combined squares of my life to the light.An awe-filled gasp filled the air. I gazed around at the others who stared at me with wide eyes.Then, I looked upon the tapestry before me. Light flooded through the many holes, creating an image, the face of Christ. Then our Lord stood before me, with warmth and love in His eyes. He said, 'Every time you gave over your life to Me, it became My life, My hardships, and My struggles.Each point of light in your life is when you stepped aside and let Me shine through, until there was more of Me than there was of you. May all our quilts be threadbare and worn, allowing Christ to shine through!God determines who walks into your life... it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay and who you refuse to let go.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Stone age is NO more!

You might think I am crazy but until yesterday I did not own a computer. Nor have I ever owned a computer.

I thought since I was about to take ALL online classes, that I should invest in one. What do you think?

So thank you to Best Buy for having the best deal ever! You can get a Best Buy credit card and charge anything in the store over $250 and finance for 18 months same as cash! So Aaron and I definitely took them up on that offer!

Is it bad that when they told us we were approved for $2500 and the computer was only about a thousand total (with everything) the first thing out of our mouths was, "LETS GET A NEW TV"

HA HA HA!!!

Needless to say, we ONLY got the computer. Although, I feel a new TV in the near future!!

So here it is folks ... my first step into the new millineum.