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Household News

jeremiah almost fell down the stairs the other day. he was rushing ahead of me, as i was helping josiah down the stairs. he wasn’t holding on to the railing. he went head-first, and was going to roll down the whole way. i grabbed the neck of his shirt, and pulled, scratching his neck in the process, but i stopped him from falling, thank the Lord. he was near the very top, so it would have been more serious than his last stair tumble. it was very scary to all of us. josiah was too scared to walk down the stairs after it (he usually likes for me to hold his hand going down) and jeremiah has been kind of skiddish around the stairs since. he has agreed that he MUST hold onto the railing now, so that’s at least good.

josiah has been saying so many words lately. he’s a little talker!! today, when he first went into go take a nap, he started calling, “maaaa-maaaa, i neeeeed youuuuuu” clear as day, just like jeremiah says it!! honestly, for a minute, i thought it WAS jeremiah! jerry was here so he can verify for me lol.

please pray for jerry. yesterday he was really sick with his heart thing again. he was down almost all day, feeling lightheaded, dizzy, very out of it. it normally passes quickly, so it was rather scary. he is at work now, so pray it doesn’t return.

yesterday the boys, mom and dad and i went to texas roadhouse with my brothers, sister-in-law and baby neice. my brother jay’s birthday was last friday. reagan is getting so big!! and she is sooooo cute. jeremiah really enjoyed visiting with her. josiah just eyed her with an amount of distrust. we had a good time, tho the boys were quite rowdy and noisy. josiah was really cranky, mostly because of lack of sleep.

last night we went to amanda’s church, where they were having a halloween alternative. they did bible story skits in different sections of the parking lot, and when a skit was over, the kids got candy. because we arrived late, and because it was already really dark and really cold, we didn’t go to all of the skits. we ended up in the garage/barn area, eating cookies and drinking apple cider. i haven’t seen the pics yet, but i’m hoping they are good!! jeremiah was dressed up like a cowboy, and josiah was a fireman.

jeremiah is sooo friendly now. he says “mama, i wanna talk” because he knows i want him to ask permission before he talks to just anyone. it’s so cute. :)

i have been battling major headaches. i think it’s from lack of sleep, but i’m not positive. if you could be praying for me, i’d appreciate it.

i will be revealing some adorable designs that jerry made in the next post…i think you’ll love them. :)

stats:

jeremiah; 37 inches, 33 lbs

josiah; 31 inches, 24.5 lbs

ttyl – love ya!

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i am SO sorry!

i thought jerry had used the redirect script on both blessedmama.net and blessedmama.net/blog, but it was only on blessedmama.net. i apologize, especially since it was such a suspensful last post!!! no, i am NOT pregnant. i had the “visit” from evil aunt flo. but i’m praying for THREE ladies that we’ll all be preggo pals! :D this is a good month, girls!! :)

please continue to pray about jerry’s job – he is really searching for a new one. he had an interview today, but it would be the same work and the same distance for less money. :( he really wanted to take it, but knows we can’t do it. and ALSO please pray for our business. he is working like crazy every spare minute to get the site up. we AT LEAST want it ready for holiday cards – that would be SO GREAT if we could get a lot of business for that. OH while i’m thinking of it, if anyone wants a photo mousepad for a gift, please let me know!! :)

i had what i thought was a blow to my ego this weekend. i am on a creative team for a very nice lady. [a creative team gets to use free kits by digital designers so they can show off the layouts using kits, so that other people will want to buy the said kits.] i accepted it not really knowing how much time it would take, and i didn’t know what her stuff would be like. she really needs people, so i have stuck with her, but i haven’t been doing many layouts because i’m not overly inspired by her stuff. i’d tried out for a creative team on gottapixel, my absolute favorite digital place, and was fairly certain i would win. well, i didn’t. i was REALLY upset. i mean REALLY – ask julie! but like i told her today; sunday and today, i have had a thought breeze by that i ingored and i finally actually THOUGHT about it today. i feel like the Lord was saying, “jenn, why would i bless you with a new responsibility when you haven’t cared for your committment to dana’s group?” WOW that hit hard. so i’m going to try to get all of dana’s kits made up. when i think about it, it has been very rude and disrespectful to her that i haven’t followed through. so i guess it was actually a blessing that i didn’t make the creative team, because i can get all of dana’s kits caught up. i’ll be ready if another team call comes along. :)

speaking of dana’s kits, here are two i did last night and this morning:

oh and i also redid (called re-scrapped) the “where’s jo-jo” page, because i really didn’t like the original. i LOVE the new one. :)

and here is one of my adorable niece, that i finally got permission to share ;) :

i hope everyone is doing great! have a wonderful week, friends! i love you!

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Wow.

sorry for the long absence again, and sorry for the hasty new layout topper. i’m working on something nifty but for now that will do. they are pretty recent pics. :)

still no news on the other thing. :? i am due to start on wednesday, so i’ll wait. i was going to test tomorrow, which is our 8th anniversary, but i decided to wait until wednesday to be sure. i’m pretty sure i’m not pregnant. sigh. oh well there’s always this month, right?

i can’t believe we’ve been married 8 years. i mean, that’s almost TEN years!!!! it seems like we’ve been together my whole life! i can’t imagine me without him. i love jerry more now than i did on that lovely autumn day. we have grown closer than anyone can. close enough to be horrible to each other and still be madly in love. close enough to put up with each other’s crap, and also close enough to know when not to take each other’s crap. lol. we drive each other crazy, and i love that. kind of like the couple in the notebook. ;) he is the best father in the entire world. i love watching him with the boys, or even eavesdropping on them with the monitor. ;) he is so much fun, so sweet, so patient, and so loving with his boys. and he’s thankful for them. he never goes a day without telling them they are blessings from God. he never goes a day without telling me they are miracles. i love you, my precious bear!!!
in case you missed it, the blog has moved again. it’s now on my store server. we just couldn’t handle all the closings and stalling going on with the other host. :(

if you are planning on me doing your holiday cards, will you let me know? i want to know an approx. of how many i will be doing for Christmas so i can know how much time i have for other customers.

are you watching any of the new shows? our favorite can’t-misses are jericho and heroes. love them! jerry also really likes stark. i can’t remember all the others…lost’s new season is as good as ever! gotta love that show.

we saw the notebook the other day. if you haven’t seen it, you should. it’s one of the best movies i’ve ever seen in my life.

i have been reading books again! i was given some books and also bought a few at a sale. Christian fiction-romance. set in the old west usually. i’m going to read them and then sell them probably. lol. we need money so badly it hurts right now. would it be tacky to have a fall garage sale??

i have done a few digiscrap layouts lately! i’m trying out for gottapixel.net’s creative team. i am praying i make it. i made it past the first round but this round will be much harder!!! care to see what i’ve been working on?


i hope everyone is doing well. i think of you all and pray for you often. i am sorry i haven’t been by as much as i used to. :( i miss everyone a lot!!

i love you, and may God bless you!

ETA: happy anniversary to jerry: i started my period. :(

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Christmas Card

candy stripes Christmas card!

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So What Do You Think?

major moodiness
food aversions
food cravings (and the need to give in)
not hungry when i should be, suddenly famished when i shouldn’t be
ultra-sensitive smell
nausea
stomach crampiness & bloated feeling
very tired/exhausted feeling all day
gaining weight (which could be connected to the giving in to cravings LOL)

breasts growing
just “that feeling”

yeah, that’s what i thought. but i have six, count them SIX negatives. :? so what ELSE could be wrong with me?????????????????????????????????????????

please pray for me!!!!

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