Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Baby Isaac

I am so humbled to be writing this... of all the things I complain about... this situation humbles me and makes me so thankful about most of the things I think stress me out. A cluttered house and lots of laundry is not so bad after all.

I don't have time to blog much about this, and I couldn't explain it very well, so I ask that you go to babyleino.blogspot.com and pray for this baby and this family. This is a very young couple, and this is there first child. There are literally thousands of people praying for baby Isaac all over the world. Even though things look impossible, all things are possible with God. Even God raised Lazarus from the dead so that He would be glorified.

"I pray, Father, that anything that is happening to baby Isaac is so that more people will come to know you through this. We pray that You would choose to miraculously make his body work the way you intended it to work. We pray that your plan is for this baby to be a world changer and have a testimony that tells of your miraculous power in our day and time. His little body is so tired, but you created it. Please help his little body to get rid of the co2 and stablelize all his organs..., but if you choose not to, I pray for it to be for the reason to reach millions of lost souls for you."

Friday, March 23, 2007

Basketball & Laundry

It is a sad day in the Witcher household. There will be no Tennessee - Texas A&M matchup. In fact there will be no more Tennessee Orange or Texas A&M Aggies for the rest of the tournament. Both teams were beat last night in games they both could have won. THEY WERE ROBBED!! Okay maybe not. I even called a friend of mine who is a fan of Ohio State when Tennessee was up by 20. I told this friend of mine I would regret this phone call... and I did.

Okay, so what else is there to blog about. It's Spring!!! Time to add one more clothing activity to all moms who already have loads of laundry (exchanging winter clothes for summer clothes). I'm not sure I can express, as a mother in a 6 person household, how much clothing is laying around our house right now. Well actually it's mostly in the guest room, but there are PILES!!! The "sharing shop" is about to be blessed with a lot of cute clothes. I have decided I only want about 8 outfits per each of my children, then when my laundry basket is full, the closet is empty. Currently when the laundry basket is full, the closet is still full, and there are still piles of clean clothes laying in piles waitin to be put away. Why in America do we feel like we must own so much.

I don't want to sound like I am complaining, because I have been blessed with two sisters who are big shoppers. I have the cutest outfits for my kids, I just have a hard time getting rid of the cute ones even if I already have 20 outfits hanging in the closet for one child. But I am learning quickly no matter how cute an outfit is, if it's one of 20-30 outfits.... GET RID OF IT!!!

Okay, there you have it the extent of my thoughts this evening. Okay, maybe not all my thoughts.

Can I just say, "I LOVE MY GOD, because He is God even over all my laundry.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

March Madness Fever!!

Do any of you know what March Madness is? It is a term used for those crazy basketball fans whose lives are turned upside down for about a whole month watching all the basketball that eventually tell what team is the best in the country... and I have to say the Madness has taken over our house.

Needless to say March Madness has been very exciting this year for us. Reason being, we are not your usual March Madness crazies. In fact March usually comes and goes and we don't even remember to turn on the TV until of course the Final Four, and then only if we know one of the teams in it.

Well, this year has been a complete turn around. My husband and I have been converted... Being college football junkies, we both went to Big football schools (well, at least I did... He likes to think he did) :-) I am actually a Lady Vol (that's short for Volunteer ... "Tennessee Volunteers" - and the "Lady" means I actually participated on a sports team while I was there) and Ken went to Texas A&M.... need I say more. Aggies are crazy for their school. When we were first dating and was talking about college football and I said, "Who is Texas A&M?" I really thought that was the end of our relationship... and you think I am kidding. It's probably the root behind all of our fights anyway. I mean who would go out and cut down large trees just to stack them who knows how high, and stand around and watch it burn singing the school fight song. Of course my joking about that was a whole 'nother fight in our relationship. :-)

Anyway, back to basketball. If you are a football fan and you have been keeping up with college basketball this year you probably know the name Acie Law. He has been the superstar on Texas A&M basketball team who has won the game many times over in the last second with some huge crazy shot from over the three point line. He scores most of his points in the last 5 minutes. He is amazing to watch and has made us basketball fans for the first time in our lives. Tennessee has also had a pretty good year and has made it to the second round in the tournament which is also a huge deal for Tennessee.

So needless to say we have sat around and watched basketball almost all day for the past few weeks. And I have got to say this is hard. I don't know how people hold down full time jobs here in NC this being such a hot house for basketball fans. Of course Duke fans don't have to worry about missing work this year. (Did I just say that? Sorry it slipped.)

Anyway this is fun!! Texas A&M made it to the third round I think for the first time in the schools history in a nail biting game against Louiville. Go A&M!! And Tennessee plays tomorrow in hopes to make it to the third round to play #1 seed Ohio State (Wow I even know the lingo!). I could really get into this. It doesn't mix well with having to take care of kids, though, because I have to keep telling them to be quiet, and can't they get their own food, and get out of the way I can't see. (my kids are 6, 4, 2, and 1)

We got it so bad if the game is not shown in our area, Ken hooks up his mama jama laptop and we watch it on there. This could be bad if both our schools make it to the top eight; Texas A&M would play Tennessee. Can you say family crisis!! We will definitely need counseling after that. So I admit! We are hooked!!

And how 'bout VCU!!! I always loved the story of Cinderella as a child.

Friday, March 16, 2007

More thoughts from a mother of many small children

Well, I guess I've taken the easy blogging road for a while and now I actually need to write something for myself. So many things go through my mind throughout the day but they get lost somewhere between dinner and putting the kids to bed, and cleaning up after dinner, and then cleaning the house, and staring at that pile of clean laundry in the guest bedroom that, well, really has become the laundry room.

Thoughts:

What exactly does washable markers mean? Does it mean only in the washer with "Tide with bleach" after soaking a few hours? ... or does it mean off the wall with that special soap and special scrubber finishing it off with primer and then paint... because I must have misunderstood the advertisement on the bottle.

What exactly does a clean house constitute? Clean once in a while when the kids are sleeping? or does it mean able to keep the house clean enough for guests to drop by? or does it mean able to walk through a room on the actual carpet without hurting yourself on a toy?

Laundry!!! Don't have very many kids until you can grow one up to help you with it.

Getting rid of the kids for a day can save you a whole lot of money for couseling down the road.
I actually got rid of the kids for a night and I can't remember the last time we had part of a day and a night without the kids. The house was soooooo quiet, and I didn't have to get up one time in the middle of the night, and I got to sleep in as long as I wanted. My husband and I actaully sat on the couch and watched March Madness basketball for hours without having to get up and referee a situation. We also actually had many conversations without any interruptions (I can't remember the last time that happened).

but.... Picking up your kids after a night away (especially your 1 year old).... Priceless.

Final thought: I love my kids!!

Monday, March 05, 2007

All Roads Lead To Paris

Why France? Why us? Why now? Go to my hubby's blog to get the answer. It just keeps me from having to say the same thing twice. :-)