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Name: p
Gender: Female
Interests: Creating...food, projects, decor...I like to use what I have and turn it into something good. Helping other women find peace with God while learning how to manage daily life, home, etc. Growing up in God.
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Member Since:
8/22/2004
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Cutest picture with Santa...ever. | | |
| Christmas is coming...
Just a brief update. It is so late and I am seeing three screens.
?I am working on my Christmas cards
?I am tired of being busy and tired
?I am done shopping! (just need a few boxes and to pick up things hidden at the neighbors!)
?I am almost done with child care!
?because I am almost done with child care, I am a bit worried about the extra income.
?I am officially so tired I cannot type correctly and am falling asleep while typing!
Until tomorrow...
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Thanksgiving was a great day...very relaxing with just the immediate family. Grandparents had come in the weeks prior and every person we considered inviting was busy or had already been invited somewhere. I think it was a gift actually to just be together and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and read all the adds in the paper and then eat yummy food all made from scratch (except the rolls!). 
A fun day for the Maddox clan of So Cali!
It has been a busy time since summer. Which was full of great memories and started with a visit from two friends from up north...Traci and Troi. We surprised Troi when Traci walked up to a table while we were at a restaurant to celebrate Troi's birthday. So fun! 
Some fall memories include fun neighborhood pumpkin patch activities for the kids and networking for me (met a realtor who likes to donate $ to schools for education and am trying to get $ for books and a "reading counts" program). 
We enjoyed Halloween with grandparents visiting and friends from church. Although, it was the coldest night in so cal and we were freezing. We opted to go to a local 4 church sponsored event at the fairgrounds. I am not sure I will do that again. It is too dark and I don't think you can hear and connect well. I rather liked last year, caravanning around the neighborhood and stopping to talk to neighbors (lots of people set up shop in their driveways and just socialize with trick-or-treaters) Although, we are trying to cut back on sugar and unhealthy foods. So, I don't know what I will do about candy next year??? 
Some current events include:
♥ me trying to start a business- organizing and decorating. I have one official client and another one scheduled for next week! I love creating.
♥I have been watching 2 boys 3 days a week. God's provision...for a season. But, I have child care is not my thing. I love families and children, but I am not good with all day crowd control! And, I like order in my house, with my space and decor and furnishings...I think I am too type A!
♥Trent is teaching piano, drums, and offering beginning guitar as well (he finally is able to lead worship with guitar!)
***If you haven't noticed the theme, so cal living is very costly, so we had to get creative and use our talents to bring in extra income. It has been totally God's provision. We just told a couple of friends and God has opened the doors. As for me and the business thing, I have wanted to do this for the last 15 years. I really have felt God saying now is the time. It is hard to put myself out there. You are allowing people to look at your "art" and say, "I don't like this" or "yes, this is just what I wanted" I think God has been teaching me in the last few years that it isn't for others to validate me, but God in me is sufficient. Still, there is a battle to stay on task and not let myself get caught up in being defined by other people.
♥Sophia is going to write a series of books. She is getting advice from my friend who is a published author and has worked in book marketing. So ambitious for 8 1/2! BTW she just got straight A's (some A+'s!) She's also been helping lead worship for the kid's church...sounds like someone I know.
♥All 3 kids like music and are taking piano from their dad. (Caesar just does some solfege for the purpose of getting a treat after! whatever works!)
♥I am food journaling based upon my readings in a book called Potatoes Not Prozac. It is about sugar sensitivity and keeping beta-endorphins, blood sugar, and serotonin regulated through diet. It is good and intense. I think I fall into the sugar-sensitive category and at least one of my children. Although, I also believe in the power of God to watch over every part of my health and my families, but I will try to learn to be healthy and responsible. I read a scripture, "Happy is the land whose king is a nobleman and whose leaders feast only to gain strength for their work." Ecclesiastes 10:17a
Trying to live this way can be hard when faced with a piece of pumpkin pie or dark chocolate. Hmmm. Food for thought!
I think this update will suffice as I really should move on to other tasks like spray painting shutters for Sophia's room or cleaning the kitchen, or getting lunch ready for the 3 cherubs I am watching, or laundry (my new worst habit is forgetting clothes in the washer and having to rewash them :( so sad), or fun things like my Christmas cards...later.
Happy Day!
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| I should not have the word daily on my site, except for the fact that i do experience daily candy...i just don't share it! i want it all to myself! no really, i have this habit of writing notes, blogs, cards, letters, dramas, scenes, etc., in my head! yes, this mind is overly active! just ask those that are closest to me. my daughter's said it this morning...1 says, "you are weird." the other says, "no, she's undignified for the Lord" well, i may be a bit of both, but i know God made me and that's enough!
so i am blogging...literally and it's not just in my head! i think now, i am avoiding paying bills, folding clothes, ironing (ew! love crisp clothes, don't love the process. my mom used to put on her swimsuit and take the ironing outside. they had electricity in the middle of their garden under a little pergola of flowers! i think oh, i'll turn on a movie i have wanted to see...guess what? all i do is watch the movie!). anyway, i will do these things, i will do these things...
i'll let you know how it turns out...
P.S. pray for my brother to come back to God and for his failing marriage...his wife left him recently...
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| I want to blog but it's just too late...more tomorrow. But do check out my hubby's xanga site, soulpatchguy71. He finally crossed over! | | |
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