Love Notes and Pictures

Happy day everyone! Sorry for the absence from blog land. I believe I got food poisoning last Thursday and it took me down! I couldn't eat for 4 days and I was so weak I could only lay down. I would get so dizzy if I stood up, it was terrible. But by God's grace, I am feeling much better. So onto today's post. I don't know if everyone knows but, Dustin has been going to school for the past 5 years. He works full time during the day and his school is in the evenings. His classes start at 6pm and usually finish by 9pm and then he has an hour drive home. He will be finished with all his classes in March. This is a HUGE HALLELUJAH!!!! I can't wait until he is done. I know it is worth it in the end, but it has been a journey. Allison was born the year he started! So needless to say, we (me and the kids) are usually by ourselves, meaning I am by myself. Some days mommy (I am speaking in first person because this is how I explain it to the kids) gets REALLY TIRED! Mommy needs to go to bed. Mommy can't because I have a thousand things I have to do before I go to bed and I still have to get you three in bed! OK. It is usually not that bad but sometimes it is. So after I get the kids in bed and do my thousand things before I can lay down, I will walk in my room and someone has left me a note!

I seriously have no idea when Emma snuck this in my room! She hung it on my lamp shade right beside my bed. I was so surprised. The Lord knew I needed this that evening and he used Emma to give me a pat on my shoulder. It made me feel so good! As a stay at home mommy, and any other stay at home moms out there, I need to be told that I am doing a good job. I am so thankful that the Lord is mindful of me! And I am so thankful he has given me these children to raise! So, I guess Allison saw what Emma did and decided she wanted to try it too. Of course, Allison does her own little thing.

Aaahhh yes, portraits of Dustin and myself. These pictures are still hanging up in our room and I can't take them down. They make me laugh and it is so nice to wake up and see myself through Allison's eyes. Seriously, this is what Dustin looks like in the morning. Just joking....... kinda ;)

I have been doing a little updating in the girls' room and I am so excited about the most recent project. I have been looking for a chandelier for their bedroom to replace the cheap one we bought when we first moved in. I finally found one on Craigslist (love this place!) a month ago and I had to paint it. It was a bronze color and to get it more girly, I painted it white. I love how it turned out.

Here is the before

      And here is the after

So pleased with the way this turned out. I had to hand paint the entire chandelier because their were crystal petals and little beads all over it. So, it took me a while to finish it. I made the cord cover for the chain and bought the canopy to hide the hole in the ceiling. I can now check this off my very long to do list.

Till the next post, Lord Bless You!