blah!

I totally do not feel like studying! I only feel like being with my family, cleaning my house, doing nothing and not studying.

But I know I need to pull through the next 5 days to get the grades I want. I am not in danger of failing but its a close B in foundations. A definite B in assessment with a very possible A (that will take effort). And promotions up in the air. And a more than likely B in promotions (some grades still pending).

Yet my family needs me. My house is in disarray. My kids are moody, bored and missing their mom. Mr. Potts is in need of a break, big time.

blech! Makes me want to risk a C in foundations. I need a 72 on the final. I can settle for a B in assessment. And I really think promotions will be a B.

But I do not want to risk regretting it later. I want my GPA over a 3.0. If I get a C an A would help balance it out.

SIGHHHHH!

I would like to say a night of rest will help but it hasn't.
I think I just need to suck it up and do my school work. Its only 5 more days and then I am free to be with the kids the rest of the summer.

Honestly, I do not even want to send then the last 3 weeks of school. But they love school for the most part.

I may just keep them home a few times on separate occasions for some one on one time.

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My heart is down at the moment. Something has been amiss between Mr. Potts and I lately. Just kind of crept up or did it? I ponder.
Any long relationship has its blips along the way. We all get a little snappy with each other sometimes. I just wish it was not now. It seems we are in one of those stages in which any little comment can be expressed or taken negatively. I have learned that this usually runs it course fairly quickly. And as usual I feel I am not the culprit. Don't we all? Mr. Potts is actually the one who seems on the defense. I sense something is not sitting right with my mister.

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(wise words today)

i found all of these through a quick browse of we heart it's user.

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My Man.. My Girl...My Wee Ones and Me

{image from we heart it }

Browsing facebook today I noticed so many of the people I once had in my life still have each other. I have always stood just on the outside. I know why. Maybe not exactly. I wonder how I can make that go away. I doubt it. But I can control what I can control and I should hold those that are still close nearby. Time goes by and if I do not then I will be just on the outside again.

I am introverted. I get wrapped up in my own thoughts. I don't give myself whole-heartedly. I give myself to just a few at a time and I move on often. I think this is key. I give myself to just a few at a time and I move on often. Why? And who do I give myself to?

The past matters. The present matters. Living the moment whole-heartedly and interacting whole-heartedly matters. I cannot change my past behavior but I can be conscious of the actions I took whilst not thinking. Reaching out to those that I hold dear and are still near will soothe my soul. Choosing to interact with the people in my present moment with thoughtfulness will establish and strengthen the human connections of today.

Yet there is merit in focusing on the nearest and dearest to my heart. My man, Mr. Potts he has been by my side over ten years now. A true, loving and faithful heart he has. My girl, Amani knows the depths of my being and is my soul sister. And my Wee Ones. My Forevers. My Treasures. Gideon, Yeshua and Molly.

In every moment new beginnings are emerging amidst the doings of today. Many new avenues are intersecting with the paths of my life. All are within my grasp. The rodes I travel rest with the direction I focus my attention and the effort I place upon my travels.

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Five, four, three, two, one Good Night!

FIVE...blogs I'm loving: Freckled Nest, The Meming Of Life, Share Some Candy, How About Orange, Day by Day
FOUR...things I'm thinking about: Blogs, Sewing, Family, Friends,
THREE...items I really like: notebooks, sharpened pencils and pictures
TWO...songs I've been enjoying: Never Go To Work, Man Its So Loud In Here
ONE...thing I will do today: Go to bed now!!
Care to play along? Come up with five things to number off, and be sure to leave a link here!

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As Embarrasing As This May Be One Day

I have to record what Gideon just said......

A little back story here.

Twice he has had trouble with his swim trunks after having his personals get stuck while he was taking them off.Today he had a rare accident at the grocery store.

Just now he climbed over the arm of my computer chair and told me he loved me and if I would please bring him to bed with me later.

He wants to sleep in between Daddy and I.

As he was leaving he was having trouble climbing back over the computer chair arm.

Oops, he says my personals are stuck. After he gets down he says mom my personals cause problems sometimes. They got stuck in my trunks. I had an accident and now I was stuck. Yeshua, my personals are causing problems. ........

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A Betsy McCall Type Of Day

Linky To The PaperDoLL Collection Available Online

Molly has been making friends with the neighbor girl Bree Bree so I printed a couple sheets of paperdolls for their porch playdates.

Here comes Molly typing for us.......

molly
Toodles!!

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Imagine That Drowned In Cheese

I have felt out of sorts as of late and this may be because I jumped off my clean living bandwagon. I got all ghettorific the past three days and hit up seven eleven.

Back in my high school days my snack of choice was a bag of flaming out Cheetos drowned in nacho cheese washed down with a cherry smoothie.

Well, for the past three days I have ate this exact meal for dinner every night.

The horrors! Am I pregnant!? No, No.... just having an old school craving.

So being that my weekend start tomorrow its the perfect time to cleanse myself of my scrumptious sins with a detox Lori style.

On the list of thangs to do:
Silent Teas at Dawn
AM Bike Rides
Green Smoothie for breakfast, Tabouli and Eggs for lunch and Sensible dinners.
Eight hours of sleep three days in a row.
Sunset Silent Tea


This should reset me and keep those cravings at bay. I hope!

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lovely coke video

we heart coca-cola!

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