Well, I had every intention of getting my blog updated with the going ons of the last year and catch everyone up, and, well, I haven't. And I just realized it. Sorry, friends.
It has been a long, draining week...so today is probably not the day I'm catching up on anything, but I will soon. I actually have a couple of things I've been working on to post. Hopefully I can get them done and post it on here. I'm pretty excited about it!! I think I sould start posting about my weight loss journey, too. Anything to make me more accountable!
Have a great Thursday, friends...or friend...or maybe even noone! HA!
Spring Break is right around the corner...can't wait for some family time!
Ember
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Rewind
Holidays, birthdays, plays, milestones...they have all come and gone and I haven't shared them with you (whoever YOU are, out there...anyone?)
So, I thought I would give you a little run-down of some things that have come and gone in the year twenty-ten!
So...the beginning of the year started out with (from what I remember) lots of snow...
Ok, That is all for today! I think I will do this in 3 posts...so, stay tuned for May-Aug!! :)
So, I thought I would give you a little run-down of some things that have come and gone in the year twenty-ten!
and even some frozen fog...FREAKY and so darn cool!!
February was an exciting month, too! (I'm thinking every month will be exciting!! HAA!!)
Corbin had a birthday
We put our house on the market!!
Derek led the 2nd annual FCA superbowl party at the BCAC (so proud of him!)
and then I had surgery the next morning, which was a GREAT success!! It also snowed that night...
March...we had more snow!
We went to Austin, hung out with friends, went to the kite festival...
Remi had her first spa day...(heeee!!)
More snow on the 19th...
We also got on offer on our house, packed like wild maniacs and I got a clean bill of health from my Dr. I had healed in "stellar fashion"...not my words, his!
April...
WE MOVED!!! And, I don't have any pictures of the front of the house...sorry!!
LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of unpacking!
Easter
Corbin got the lead part in the church muscial "Parableooza". He played a game show host and he did so awesome! SOOO proud of him, too!!
Ok, That is all for today! I think I will do this in 3 posts...so, stay tuned for May-Aug!! :)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Broken Record
That is kinda how I feel every New Year. I'm always feeling rejuvinated. Ready for life changing events. Ready to take on the world. Ready, ready, ready. And then somewhere along the way I lose all my steam and fall flat on my face. I pick myself up and start over, but with much less enthusiasm and drive, which starts the vicious cycle. Stumble. Fall. Get up. Start over. Stumble. Fall. Get up. Start over...etc, etc, etc. And then by October, I've beaten myself up so much for failing, I can barely look at myself in the mirror.
WOW! How depressing!! :P
Yes, it is depressing. BUT...yes, BUT...I'm feeling different this year. I can't really explain it, but I do. And I had already started feeling different before the New Year rolled around, so, honestly, it really has nothing to do with the NEW YEAR RESOLUTION mumbo jumbo I try to force myself into believing I'm gonna do every year. I start the year out knowing I'm going to fail. This year, I'm not going to fail. Not only because I've completely changed my "woe is me attitude", but I'm not making any resolutions. This has nothing to do with New Year and everything to do with New Ember.
Another reason this is different is because of my husband, Derek. Anytime we hit a wall and decide enough is enough, the other one is on a completely different page. It is almost impossible to change if your spouse is not ready to or unable to give you the support you need. We had some epiphanies over the Christmas break. Some good, some eye-opening and some a little depressing. But Derek said it best...He said, "This is it, Honey. It's now or never. We talk about it every year and our lives never change. This is it. NOW or NEVER."
Whew...I feel like a weight has been lifted and I'm taking charge of my life and MY decisions. No more feeling sorry for myself. No more pity parties. No more blame game.
For the last three years I have participated in OLW. 2009 was PREPARE. 2010 was CHANGE. 2011 is RELAX.
Relax.
Relax.
Seek HIM first, not me...HIM!!!
I'm also going to RELAX about my blog posts. I always stress about it being enjoyable to others or the most entertaining and intersting. Not so much anymore. I can't promise that I'm going to have a blog post everyday, or every week or even every month. But I do miss blogging. And after reading about a young mom that was killed in a car accident in my area over the break and seeing that she had a blog...a blog that she kept up with for her young children to be able to go to and see what thier momma had to say about them on a particular day...is priceless. Nothing I will stress about, but just a little piece of life to share and have documented.
Sorry I've rambled on for so long. I do have pictures and stuff to share. But I think I will leave that for next time.
WOW! How depressing!! :P
Yes, it is depressing. BUT...yes, BUT...I'm feeling different this year. I can't really explain it, but I do. And I had already started feeling different before the New Year rolled around, so, honestly, it really has nothing to do with the NEW YEAR RESOLUTION mumbo jumbo I try to force myself into believing I'm gonna do every year. I start the year out knowing I'm going to fail. This year, I'm not going to fail. Not only because I've completely changed my "woe is me attitude", but I'm not making any resolutions. This has nothing to do with New Year and everything to do with New Ember.
Another reason this is different is because of my husband, Derek. Anytime we hit a wall and decide enough is enough, the other one is on a completely different page. It is almost impossible to change if your spouse is not ready to or unable to give you the support you need. We had some epiphanies over the Christmas break. Some good, some eye-opening and some a little depressing. But Derek said it best...He said, "This is it, Honey. It's now or never. We talk about it every year and our lives never change. This is it. NOW or NEVER."
Whew...I feel like a weight has been lifted and I'm taking charge of my life and MY decisions. No more feeling sorry for myself. No more pity parties. No more blame game.
For the last three years I have participated in OLW. 2009 was PREPARE. 2010 was CHANGE. 2011 is RELAX.
Relax.
Relax.
–verb (used with object)
1. to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
2. to diminish the force of.
3. to slacken or abate, as effort, attention, etc.
4. to make less strict or severe, as rules, discipline, etc.: to relax the requirements for a license.
5. to release or bring relief from the effects of tension, anxiety, etc.: A short swim always relaxes me.
–verb (used without object)
6. to become less tense, rigid, or firm.
7. to become less strict or severe; grow milder.
8. to reduce or stop work, effort, application, etc., esp. for the sake of rest or recreation.
9. to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension, etc.
And I'm not just saying RELAX as in take it easy. I need to RELAX my grip on my life and let God take control. I need to RELAX my heart and open it up for more He has to offer. I need to RELAX my brain from worry. I need to RELAX and have fun with life. I need to RELAX and listen, be still. Less of me, more of Him.
Matthew6:25-40
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Seek HIM first, not me...HIM!!!
I'm also going to RELAX about my blog posts. I always stress about it being enjoyable to others or the most entertaining and intersting. Not so much anymore. I can't promise that I'm going to have a blog post everyday, or every week or even every month. But I do miss blogging. And after reading about a young mom that was killed in a car accident in my area over the break and seeing that she had a blog...a blog that she kept up with for her young children to be able to go to and see what thier momma had to say about them on a particular day...is priceless. Nothing I will stress about, but just a little piece of life to share and have documented.
Sorry I've rambled on for so long. I do have pictures and stuff to share. But I think I will leave that for next time.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Aprons
Well...I have been trying to post these on Facebook and it is not working! AHHH!! So, I am going to try to put them here on my blog...
I have been working on some little aprons, initially for our craft show...but, unfortunately some things came up and I was not able to attend the craft show. Now I have several little aprons that are unusable in MY life...but I'm hoping they are for someone else!!
There are three sizes, according to the pattern...S=3-4. M=5-6 and L=7-10. They are $15 each. I also a few incomplete aprons and some that I haven't even started. Please message me if you are intersted. Thanks so much!!!
The following are SMALL aprons--size 3-4
The following are Medium aprons--size 5-6
The following are Large aprons--size 7-10--
The following are unfinished, can be easily completed if you are interested:
SMALL
MEDIUM
Christmas fabric--MEDIUM
Christmas fabric--MEDIUM
MEDIUM
LARGE
Just fabric...haven't started. These can be made into any size...
This is chocolate brown with a very light pink back ground and the polka dot fabric is choc. with tiny white dots.
I have been working on some little aprons, initially for our craft show...but, unfortunately some things came up and I was not able to attend the craft show. Now I have several little aprons that are unusable in MY life...but I'm hoping they are for someone else!!
There are three sizes, according to the pattern...S=3-4. M=5-6 and L=7-10. They are $15 each. I also a few incomplete aprons and some that I haven't even started. Please message me if you are intersted. Thanks so much!!!
The following are SMALL aprons--size 3-4
The following are Medium aprons--size 5-6
The following are Large aprons--size 7-10--
The following are unfinished, can be easily completed if you are interested:
SMALL
MEDIUM
Christmas fabric--MEDIUM
Christmas fabric--MEDIUM
MEDIUM
LARGE
Just fabric...haven't started. These can be made into any size...
This is chocolate brown with a very light pink back ground and the polka dot fabric is choc. with tiny white dots.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Calling all scrappy friends...
The scrappy blog I visit and subscribe to (it's also a kit club)...Studio Calico...is having a sweet giveaway for NSD (that's National Scrapbook Day for you non-scrappers) on the forum. The rules and info are here...
It's easy, just sign up and add your name and my user name (Ember S.) to be eligible for a 6 month subscription. That's a prize worth around $180. SOOO...go check it out!!!! :D
It's easy, just sign up and add your name and my user name (Ember S.) to be eligible for a 6 month subscription. That's a prize worth around $180. SOOO...go check it out!!!! :D
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Memories, like the corner of my mind...
And the changes just keep rollin'...
See this little family here...
That's Jason and Hope and their 3 boys...our friends. Some of the closest friends we've made since moving back to Borger. And we had to say goodbye to them on Monday. Even knowing that we probably wouldn't be in the same town forever, didn't make it any easier. I knew that one of our families would move away someday, but I think I secretly hoped it would be us. But you never know what God has planned, and His plan for our friends was moving them...moving them to a new town to be a Sr. pastor. Which is RIDICULOUSLY exciting. I'm beyond excited to see what God has in store for them. IT IS going to be awesome. So while I've shed some tears over their departure, I can't help but feel excited at the same time. We'll huuuuuuuuug again (inside joke)! ;)
So enough of that mushy business...
We are getting closer and closer to our closing date! See, there's always a silver lining. The painters started working on the outside of the house yesterday, but are postponed today due to inclement weather...rain, sleet, snow...not sure what we'll have, but it's cold and wet. Not ideal conditions for painting the exterior of a house. They did leave all their ladders, so I'm confident they will come back when the sun is shining again and complete the job. YAY!!
Well...I guess that is all for today. Happy Wednesday!!
Ember :D
See this little family here...
That's Jason and Hope and their 3 boys...our friends. Some of the closest friends we've made since moving back to Borger. And we had to say goodbye to them on Monday. Even knowing that we probably wouldn't be in the same town forever, didn't make it any easier. I knew that one of our families would move away someday, but I think I secretly hoped it would be us. But you never know what God has planned, and His plan for our friends was moving them...moving them to a new town to be a Sr. pastor. Which is RIDICULOUSLY exciting. I'm beyond excited to see what God has in store for them. IT IS going to be awesome. So while I've shed some tears over their departure, I can't help but feel excited at the same time. We'll huuuuuuuuug again (inside joke)! ;)
So enough of that mushy business...
We are getting closer and closer to our closing date! See, there's always a silver lining. The painters started working on the outside of the house yesterday, but are postponed today due to inclement weather...rain, sleet, snow...not sure what we'll have, but it's cold and wet. Not ideal conditions for painting the exterior of a house. They did leave all their ladders, so I'm confident they will come back when the sun is shining again and complete the job. YAY!!
Well...I guess that is all for today. Happy Wednesday!!
Ember :D
Monday, March 1, 2010
Some things never change, that's just the way it is...
While we do have a lot of changes going on in our lives right now...one thing that hasn't changed is that I'm still a crappy blogger! HA!
Today starts a new week AND a new month. I can't believe it's already March! Anyone else with me?? We were forcasted to get a HUGE snow storm last night and today, but it didn't happen. Maybe it's all the prayers I've been hearing at church, mostly men, praying for no more snow...LOL! That while they are so thankful for the moisture, please no more snow. I think it's kinda funny. Maybe they're tired of having to drive their wives to and fro. It doesn't really matter to me, I peeked through my blinds this morning fully expecting to see a wintery blanket of white, but nothing. And life goes on! :)
(Here are some pics of one of the snow days we had last month)
The lovely snowman that Derek and Corbin built...they wouldn't let Bryson help because he kept trying to knock it over.
And the boys playing in the snow.
Snowball fight!!
Another one of the changes in my life happened three weeks ago. I had a hysterectomy. I haven't really put it out there via cyberworld...well, because I think it's a little uncomfortable to talk about, for the whole world to see. I grew up/was raised to be VERY (extremely extreme) modest. And for the most part I still am and talking about that kind of thing seems a little private. So, I apologize if that makes you uncomfortable, too! But it is a huge change in my life...and possibly my hubby/boys, too!! If I had a dollar for every woman that told me it would be the best decision I ever made, I'd have a lot of dollars! ;) And so far so good. I really researched EVERYTHING about it. Pros and cons. And prayed over all of them. I didn't want to be depressed that my ability to have children was gone forever...(one con that stuck out to me) and I'm not. I'm completely satisfied with my two gifts from God. And I didn't want to be writhing in pain for days from a giant incision on my belly...and I didn't have to have that incision, so virtually NO pain! Anywho, these are just a few examples. I feel great and just continue to feel better everyday. It's so exciting! I can't believe how much God has blessed me through this
Ok, I'm kinda done talking about that.
I have been able to get some scrapping in, due to being ordered to "take it easy" for a few more weeks. I had forgotten how much I love it! Maybe I'll share some of that soon, too.
And update on my last post. We officially have a contract on our house! I can't believe how fast this happened. But just confirms even more that this is a good decision for our family. So now we have 15 days to get the house inspected, etc. and then it's another 30 days after that, when the contract will be "pending" (so more official, I guess). And we the same goes for the house we are looking to buy. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. Praying that all goes well with inspections on both houses and everything continues to go SMOOTHLY!!!
Well, I guess that is all for now. Hopefully, I will be back to normal soon and have some exciting things to blog about! HA!
ETA: It's spitting some snow, as I type! We went out to catch some!
Today starts a new week AND a new month. I can't believe it's already March! Anyone else with me?? We were forcasted to get a HUGE snow storm last night and today, but it didn't happen. Maybe it's all the prayers I've been hearing at church, mostly men, praying for no more snow...LOL! That while they are so thankful for the moisture, please no more snow. I think it's kinda funny. Maybe they're tired of having to drive their wives to and fro. It doesn't really matter to me, I peeked through my blinds this morning fully expecting to see a wintery blanket of white, but nothing. And life goes on! :)
(Here are some pics of one of the snow days we had last month)
The lovely snowman that Derek and Corbin built...they wouldn't let Bryson help because he kept trying to knock it over.
And the boys playing in the snow.
Snowball fight!!
Another one of the changes in my life happened three weeks ago. I had a hysterectomy. I haven't really put it out there via cyberworld...well, because I think it's a little uncomfortable to talk about, for the whole world to see. I grew up/was raised to be VERY (extremely extreme) modest. And for the most part I still am and talking about that kind of thing seems a little private. So, I apologize if that makes you uncomfortable, too! But it is a huge change in my life...and possibly my hubby/boys, too!! If I had a dollar for every woman that told me it would be the best decision I ever made, I'd have a lot of dollars! ;) And so far so good. I really researched EVERYTHING about it. Pros and cons. And prayed over all of them. I didn't want to be depressed that my ability to have children was gone forever...(one con that stuck out to me) and I'm not. I'm completely satisfied with my two gifts from God. And I didn't want to be writhing in pain for days from a giant incision on my belly...and I didn't have to have that incision, so virtually NO pain! Anywho, these are just a few examples. I feel great and just continue to feel better everyday. It's so exciting! I can't believe how much God has blessed me through this
Ok, I'm kinda done talking about that.
I have been able to get some scrapping in, due to being ordered to "take it easy" for a few more weeks. I had forgotten how much I love it! Maybe I'll share some of that soon, too.
And update on my last post. We officially have a contract on our house! I can't believe how fast this happened. But just confirms even more that this is a good decision for our family. So now we have 15 days to get the house inspected, etc. and then it's another 30 days after that, when the contract will be "pending" (so more official, I guess). And we the same goes for the house we are looking to buy. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. Praying that all goes well with inspections on both houses and everything continues to go SMOOTHLY!!!
Well, I guess that is all for now. Hopefully, I will be back to normal soon and have some exciting things to blog about! HA!
ETA: It's spitting some snow, as I type! We went out to catch some!
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