hmm. Doh. I don't have a title for this one blog entry.

1. How are you feeling? Cold and unmotivated.

2. How is/was the weather today? Cold and rainy. Looks sort of bright but still cold and rainy.

3. What happened this morning? I got to spend time with my honey before he was off to work, Helaina wasn't being well behaved, and I went to Target to pick up some food items. While I was going back to my car, I was asked by a man in a green full sized car, "Aye! Aye! You wanna make some money?" I was very put off and gave him a look that would kill and said, "Naw I'm good." and got in my car. I have no idea what he had to offer and by the way he offered I was in no way interested. I immediately called my husband to vent. lol. Ugh! Let me add it it's cold and raining. Who want's to be stopped in that for nonsense?!

4. What's on your mind? Well I'm trying to gather my thoughts  I need my job board to keep in on track. I've lost sight of things since we had a hiatus from the internet for a week or so. I still haven't focused. I'm wondering how long my little ones will remain napping.

5. What positive things happened today? The little ones took a nap at the same time!

6. What things did you notice needed a change today? I would like to never run out of milk again lol! I need to work on toddler interaction.

7. What things in the news made you happy? Seems like I never read the news! I should.

8. What did you wear today? I'm wearing a black tee shirt (See it here) and grey sweatpants.

9. What did you cook today and what's on the menu tomorrow? Well for lunch I cooked Salmon with sauteed onions and bell pepper. I had a salad with it.

10. What DIY recipe have you tried today? I haven't. BUT I have tried some really awesome products today! I ordered some samples from OYIN and OMG I'm in love with the Honey Wash, the Frank Juice  and the Hair Dew! lol Yes I make my own butters and oil blends however there are other great handmade products as well! My girls love the smell of the Frank Juice!

11. What new thing did you learn today? I don't have to be afraid of strange people in public. My girls love me enough to interrupt what they are doing to bring me a cup of coffee.

12. What did your kids do today? School work, the older ones were challenged with little Joy's attitude of telling everyone NO! They just sort of were around the house.

13. Where did you go today? Target. I didn't want to get out in this yucky weather.

14. Who touched your heart today? My son who was watching or editing his animation video put a list of thank yous his video. He listed his family members although we didn't help him much with it. Then I read a facebook post Reggie posted to Tony's timeline about a son who wanted to buy an hour of his father's time. True or not it was touching and making a point to be there for your kids.

15. Any spiritual topics on your mind? How not to be angry lol! Is there a such thing? Or better yet, what's the "right" way to be angry and then rid yourself of it.

16. Any new/completed Projects? I think we got the Homeschool High School Newsletter set up and ready to function. I've started to take my locs down.

17. Any progress on projects made? Nope. Not yet. The day is still middle aged.

18. Did you help anyone today? Not yet.

19. Any neat online finds? Yes! I found a blog that reviews Pinterest Pins! It's called Pin or Pass! Another friend created an album on her facebook page for an online Garage Sale. It's for items she's getting rid of or selling. Love the idea!

20. Prayer for others: Father God, I pray that you be with all of my friends, family, strangers, and those reading this blog. Father although I was angry at the man today, please give him wisdom and a better life if that is what he needs. Father God please help my little ones to be in a better mood and let my older ones enjoy their plans for the weekend. I pray that you give blessings and aid those calling out to you. I pray that you help those who don't know your love to experience it in an undeniable way. In Jesus mighty name, amen.


 

Mind made up.

1. How are you feeling? bleh! I'm trying to avoid an asthma attack getting worse at the moment. I haven't had one in quite a while but today painting and allergies got the better of me. So I'm feeling a little odd.

2. How is/was the weather today? It was beautiful! 80's with a slight breeze!

3. What happened this morning? Depends on what time "morning" started. I had a very long night with a toddler. So lets start there. Joy didn't want to go to sleep so she stayed up with me until after 2:30 a.m. I just knew she would fall asleep way before then but no. She played with her toys while I worked on marketing and website things. Around 1 a.m. or so she went over to her toy box took some toys out, turned the light off behind her and started walking back over to me. The moment she headed my way a toy fell from being off balanced in the toy box and it startled her enough to make her scream extremely loud enough to wake one of her sisters up who was sleeping upstairs. She was scared and I rushed to her. My heart about lept out of my chest at that scream. It was completely unexpected and unlike her. So I scooped her up in her yelling fit and calmed her down. Then we went over slowly to examine the toys. She held on tight and loosened her grip as she realize nothing was over there. So we went back over to the couches. She watched Backyardigans on the ipad while I worked a bit. Every so often she would look up and say, "Mommy, I'm not scared anymore." I'd say, "That's good!" When we finally went to bed she sat up in our bed and stated, "I not go to bed. I want to go downstairs and play with toys." I rolled over and tried to go to sleep. She did this until she finally knocked out around 3 a.m. The Fia woke up in the 5 a.m. hour. Got up, made her a bottle (yes she still has a bottle at night as a bedtime routine.) and rocked her back to sleep. They slept until 9 a.m. then the day went on as usual. Green smoothies, kids doing chores, school work, yada yada.

4. What's on your mind? the time bed time will be tonight!

5. What positive things happened today? Well we got some painting in the old house done! Progress was made! Lots of positive things happen every day. Kids got school work done, they were obedient, had fun with them. God blessed us with life.

6. What things did you notice needed a change today? Things in the old house. My way of saying things, my motivation for marketing, the kids being an example to their younger siblings, by bedtime.

7. What things in the news made you happy? Not in the media, but I saw a photo of the Pure Natural Blends samples Ria posted on facebook for the Bus tour trip she organized!

8. What did you wear today? Pj's most of the day. For painting I wore a green shirt and grey "I've never seen a yoga class" pants.

9. What did you cook today and what's on the menu tomorrow? Today we had bratwurst for lunch and went to get fast food for dinner since we were painting. Tomorrow I'm going to fix a vegetarian dinner that is sort of alike a chunky vegetable with Alfredo sauce on pasta noodles. It's yummy. I made it up one day out of trying to think of something to eat. It's got eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, and mushrooms all sauteed together served on top of noodles and alfredo sauce.

10. What DIY recipe have you tried today? Didn't have one but saw one on facebook. Here it is, but this one I have not tried and can not tell you if it works or not. Another friend brought up the expensive of febreeze making it pointless to make in cost.

Carpet Shampoo Solution:
1 cup oxiclean*1 cup febreze*1 cup distilled white vinegar*The homemade versions work fabulously!
Pour contents into shampooer tub and mix with hot water to fill tub completely. This will not only clean your carpets it will also deodorize. It will smell slightly of vinegar until the carpet is dry.
Be sure to test spot with the solution just to be safe, however this should be safe for ALL carpets.

11. What new thing did you learn today? I learned that I have made up my mind about something I've wavered back and forth about. Today after coming home from the house in IL, moving back to the IL home is not an option. I'm solid on that. The kids allergies flared up and I was fighting off an asthma attack that was sort of winning. I took my inhaler and that made my mind up. No move back to the IL house, we will be staying in MO.

12. What did your kids do today? They did school work, chores, helped us paint, and the older ones looked after the little ones while we painted. They got on my nerves and made me laugh a lot more than annoyed me.

13. Where did you go today? We went to IL to paint the house, then to Dobbs to pick up the car.

14. Who touched your heart today? Helaina fell today and bruised her chin :( My girls in choosing their Samaritan's Purse charity goal.

15. Any spiritual topics on your mind? Giving and spiritual warfare.

16. Any new/completed Projects? No new, none completed yet.

17. Any progress on projects made? Yes, painting the old house. We are still working on the 1st floor. The mudroom, and bathroom needs to be painted. I'm still working on website and marketing.

18. Did you help anyone today? Not that I know of. My kids but that's it.

19. Any neat online finds? Not yet. Well I guess I did, I like that Samaritan's Purse has a way to help others in different countries. Oh and these detergent recipes.


20. Prayer for others: Father God, please help all those that have prayer requests. Please touch their individual situations and give them your blessings. Lord I as that you keep us all safe, healthy and give us wisdom. I thank you for those reading this and pray they will have a blessing as well. In Jesus name Amen.

Blogging just to Blog.

1. How are you feeling? Alert at 12:31 am. Not real happy about that but I've been working on home business things so plenty is on my mind.

2. How is/was the weather today? It was a little cool. Drier than yesterday though. I hear it's going to be in the 80's tomorrow! Yeah!

3. What happened this morning? We went to church. We actually had a pleasant morning for a Sunday. Not a lot of hassle and fussing. I actually enjoyed the "getting out of the door" routine. Well we actually don't have a formal routine but there is an unsaid way we go about getting ready for church. My son wanted to go to the early youth service but only gave us 30 minutes to get 4 out of 7 people ready. The two little ones were fast asleep for longer than expected. So we made it to 2nd service. He was ok with it. Turns out a few his friends weren't there. I enjoyed talking to friends I had not had a chance to chat with in a while. The girls served in the two year old classroom. After church we came home.

4. What's on your mind? Blogging, the next steps of marketing on a shoestring budget, and my little Joy who is sitting up with me. She's up too.

5. What positive things happened today? I got to chat with friends, we had a peaceful morning, and I actually got to take a nap!

6. What things did you notice needed a change today? Oh I would really love for the Youth service at church to be held during 2nd service, and my little one needs to go to sleep!

7. What things in the news made you happy? Hmmm... well not exactly in the media, but a friend told me she is in better health due to some better health choices!

8. What did you wear today? Sneakers that resemble Chucks but are heels, black jeans, a coral tank with a black wrap shirt.

9. What did you cook today and what's on the menu tomorrow?  I didn't cook today! Rich cooked again. LOL why is it every time I've blogged, he has cooked? Just know that the days I haven't blogged, I have cooked. Any how dinner was good, simple and yummy. He did a noodle, cheese, broccoli, and sausage dish. Don't know what's on the menu for tomorrow yet. I guess I should take the meat out of the freezer.

10. What DIY recipe have you tried today? Um nothing. I do need to make some more general purpose cleaner. 

11. What new thing did you learn today? I took a nap, made a google business page for Pure Natural Blends, and community called Healthy Handmade all a part of marketing.

12. What did your kids do today? They all went to church with us this morning. The girls served in the two year old classroom, Joy and Quirky went to their classes and  later on they just were about their own amusment around the house. The two little ones enjoyed bouncing around on the bed for quite some time. My joyous one is still up. She will soon fall asleep though.

13. Where did you go today? Church and to the gas station.

14. Who touched your heart today? Christine, Cindy, Ria, my little Joy, and a couple who lost their child today.

15. Any spiritual topics on your mind? Respecting leadership in the church and leaders respecting their members as well. Order and harmony.

16. Any new/completed Projects? Well I'd like to get those toy boxes organized better! My husband has done a good job with starting it. I can see the light and have a vision for it. It's a simple project. I'm still marketing. I achieved creating a google+ page and community! Please join them both! Links are above.

17. Any progress on projects made? Well no. The other house's paint job still needs to be completed.

18. Did you help anyone today? My kids. I don't remember doing anything extraordinary though.

19. Any neat online finds? Yes an article titled 30 Free Ways to Market Your Small Business and this neat site to download 50 Free Social Media Mixed Design Icons

20. Prayer for...: Father God, I ask that you help the couple who lost their baby during labor today. I pray that you comfort them and give them hope and ease their pain. Lord I pray for my family, friends, and all the people connected to us to have wisdom and seek you daily. I pray that you give us good health and a positive outlook on life. Lord I ask that you heal those that are sick, help those that need your direction. I ask that you change hearts for the better and encourage those that are down. Lord open eyes for those that need a vision, and please bless those that have a vision but don't know the next step. I ask that you be in our lives, touch those that need you and the very person reading this blog. In Jesus name Amen.

Tired, sleepy and blogging.

1. How are you feeling? T.I.R.E.D. I'm up importing files to my itunes library from the homeschool expo. The speakers on my iphone are louder than my laptop. 2. How is/was the weather today? Beautiful! It's definitely spring time. I got an Accuweather alert that we were under a tornado watch until 10 P.M. at 8:30 or so in the morning. It's that time! A tornado has already hit the area about a week ago. 3. What happened this morning? I woke up to little Quirky's antics as usual. She's such a busy little bee. I tried organizing the Mud room but had to take a break to console the little ones. Little Joy isn't feeling well. She's been quite crabby but we understand why. It's hard being a toddler and sick :(. I finally got it done. It's not perfect but it's a start and a leap from how horribly bad it was. Our mudroom became our family dump site. I hope it stays organized because I loathe clutter! 4. What's on your mind? Blogging, looking at the time again and wondering if these files will play via itunes on my phone. 5. What positive things happened today? I got to clear up the mudroom. We are alive and well. 6. What things did you notice needed a change today? My morning needs to start with music. 7. What things in the news made you happy? Um, well... I didn't read or watch the news today. 8. What did you wear today? I wore a pink t-shirt and knit activewear pants. 9. What did you cook today? I made green smoothies, the kids made mac and cheese with sausage. Dinner by the Hubs was Tuna Casserole. 10. What DIY recipe have you tried today? I haven't tried anything today. 11. What new thing did you learn today? Oh that I need to get in bed before 10:30 so I can remember the answers to these questions. 12. What did your kids do today? School work and watched Little Joy and Quirky  They also cleaned up and helped a bit with the mudroom. 13. Where did you go today? Dobbs. The car needs work done. 14. Who touched your heart today? Ria Scott. She is such a gift of a friend! She knows, teaches, and gives! 15. Any spiritual topics on your mind? The Spiritual gift of discernment. 16. Any  new/completed Projects? Yes! I cleaned the mudroom! 17. Any progress on projects made? Yes! 18. Did you help anyone today? My kids helped me! 19. Any neat online finds? Yes! It's Taylor Made's Fabric Organization! 20. Prayer for others: Father God please be with those who are suffering. Please be with our nation. Father please send comfort to those who have lost loved ones due to the recent crazy events. Please send your Holy Spirit to comfort all.

New & Improved? Yes :D

Hello Everyone!
I've updated my blog. Trying and new look. It's the finicky graphic designer in me. Let me know if you like it or not. I've titled my blog Seven Tulips because we are a family of seven and my favorite flower is a tulip. Simple right? I've added a new closing signature to my blogs. It's gone from Live Well, to Live Well Acts 20:24 and now to Love God Love People Matthew 22:35-41. I hope you like the new look.

I've updated my format too. I just made it 20 Questions to answer. I probably won't follow this with every post but it's something to get me thinking about things. I know it can be a go to when I'm frustrated and need to focus on good things. So there you have it :)

1. How are you feeling? I'm feeling rather accomplished. Somewhat  I've still got a ton of things to do on my "job board" but getting my blog updated has been on my mind. So it's one thing that... actually wasn't on my list of things to do but it got done. 2. How is/was the weather today? Cold and rainy. It wasn't too bad but it sure wasn't my favorite kind of weather. It makes me want to be lazy and sleep the day away. 3. What happened this morning? I woke up, got the kids ready and out the door to go to their homelink classes. I actually slept in until a little after 8:45 a.m. 4. What's on your mind? Blogging and my job board. Looking at the time again... 5. What positive things happened today? I updated this here blog, refreshed our fruits for smoothie making, and saw one of my girls display responsible behavior in the dealing with stress and heightened emotions. 6. What things did you notice needed a change today? My morning routine, and my nightly "got to stay up and get this done" routine. I need a better morning routine and an earlier night routine. 7. What things in the news made you happy? Um, well... I didn't read or watch the news but my husband brought up some Egyptian biblical historical facts that were rather interesting. Joseph may have been Imhotep.  Imhotep was the first named architect who built Egypt's first pyramid. 8. What did you wear today? I wore a black t-shirt and jeans. Creative I know. 9. What did you cook today? I made green smoothies (Spinach, Banana, Grapes, and Blueberries), coffee, and Mac and cheese with sausage. Hubby cooked dinner which was Pork Tenderloin, Broccoli and mashed potato. 10. What DIY recipe have you tried today? I made deodorant spray and All Purpose Cleaner --->See Video 11. What new thing did you learn today? I learned that Homelink does a podcast, Joseph may have built the Pyramids, or at least the first one. 12. What did your kids do today? The girls went to class, my son put two shelves together for me, Little Joy was a bit fussy today since she's not feeling well and, Little Quirky One was well quirky. 13. Where did you go today? I dropped the girls off at their class, Target, & Gas station. 14. Who touched your heart today? My daughter by the way she dealt with things, and my son who put shelves together for me. 15. Any spiritual topics on your mind? Loving one another. 16. Any  new/completed Projects? Blog updated, Job board still full. 17. Any progress on projects made? Yes some. 18. Did you help anyone today? My kids. 19. Any neat online finds? Joseph may have been Imhotep.  and the DIY Deodorant spray   20. Prayer for others: Father God please let everyone Seek the Lord, proper sleep habits, good health, and wealth. In Jesus mighty name Amen.

Trying out a New Format

I think I'm going to start a new format of blogging for a season. I sat and made up my own blogging questions. Here we go.... How are you feeling? I'm feeling well. Nothing unusual. I'm thankful I don't have a headache or tense feelings. How is the weather today? The weather is beautiful. The last time I looked it was 79 degrees with a nice breeze. It's my favorite midwest weather. What happened this morning? We went to church. My son has been wanting to go to the Jr. High youth service at 9 A.M. but since we live 45 minutes away from our church it has been a challenge. I do wish the church would change the youth service from 1st to 2nd service. A lot of parents would appreciate that. Just getting kids out of the house is a work out. We made it, and we enjoyed church. Pastor Rick spoke on forgiveness  Great topic we all need. What's on your mind? Well I've got to go get my kiddos. They are still over in IL at the moment for small groups and hanging out with friends. That's a 45 minute drive I've got to make. Hmmm. What positive things happened today? We all woke up! We got to church on time, we got to have lunch with great friends, the weather is beautiful, Helaina is enjoying playing outside with daddy, Fia is taking a nap and it's only 4:26pm! What things did you notice needed a change today? My motivation to do alterations to my daughter's prom dress. I really need to focus on that. What things in the news made you happy? I haven't read or watched the news yet. What did you wear today? A dress! I wore a colorful long comfortable dress and my daughter's Toms shoes. What did you cook today? Nothing! We went out to eat and usually when we do that, I'm full. I'm not sure what's for dinner yet. Maybe Liver and Mash Potatoes. What did your kids do today? They attended church with us, went to a small group and hung out with friends. Besides that, they always make me laugh with their sense of humor. Where did you go today? To church and to have lunch with friends.I'll need to get ready to pick my older 3 up in a few minutes. Oh and we went to Menards. Any spiritual topics on your mind? Spiritual warfare. Any projects going on? I've got to shorten my daughter's prom dress, work on Pure Natural Blends things, find a power washer and listen to the CD's we bought this weekend from the Homeschool Expo. Oh and I want to make this shampoo! I'm just missing the coconut milk! Any progress on projects made? I started on the prom dress, but that was only a few stitches. I listened to a little bit of some seminar talks. Ok so that wasn't so bad. Maybe it will get better... maybe. I need to write more because now I'm thinking about the details of my day.