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cialis indiaWell, no, not really. It’s just that my hubby said I should blog because I haven’t blogged in a while. Sorry, no incredibly profound thoughts rattling around here. Here’s a blip into my life:
- tired, so very tired - work is taking a lot out of me, but after March it should slow down a bit
- I’m taking holidays the first week of April so I’m looking forward to trying to rest - but maybe I’ll worry so much about making sure that I rest during those 10 days I’m off that I won’t actually rest and the closer I get to the end of my holidays and the lack of ‘resting’ happening, the more stressed I’ll get so by the time I get back to work I’ll be just as stressed (or maybe worse) than I am right now - that doesn’t sound very good at all; please pray for rest for me - I haven’t been doing a lot of it lately
- I received an awesome expensive flat iron for Christmas and am loving it! Doing my hair is so much easier with that thing
- I love going on adventures with my little girl. On Saturday we went to Pooh Corner at the Library and then we went through a touchless car wash (as a kid, it was rare that we went through a car wash and I always remember it being so fascinating for me), and we had lunch at Tim Horton’s. It was a lot of fun.
- Still learning lots about being a manager and leading people, learning about the unnecessary stresses I put upon myself - still needing work on becoming free of those ones
- Reading through the Bible in one year. I’ve got a one year Bible that puts the books of the Bible and Bible passages in chronological order, which I love as I like to relate the different prophetic books with what was happening in Israel’s history in particular
- reading through Deuteronomy - I get the sense that Moses really knew the heart of God
- just created a “Jar of Doom” for the boys - for any infractions (not following the rules or doing their chores, or not listening, etc.) they’ll have to draw a piece of paper from the “jar of doom” and do what it says - I’ll keep you posted as to how it’s been working after we used it for a while
That’s all for now…
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November 11th, 2008 by Carol
Guess what happened here…
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October 7th, 2008 by Carol
Oh wait… we’re in OCTOBER already. Well September’s been so busy it hasn’t really sunk in that we’re actually in October yet.
New employees at work, new people to train, busiest conference season of the year… it’s been intense.
Home renos.
Not a lot of breaks.
Daughter did a faceplant off a slide on Friday (her nose looks NASTY! - it’s now a disgusting shade of green, but she’s a trouper). Daughter got the stomach flu on Saturday.
Rest of family sick with stomach flu on Monday. Have been home sick for the past two days.
Seeing friends from afar this Saturday - really looking forward to it.
Going to try to take a break in the next couple of weeks.
Too much to do… too little time to do it.
Coming to accept that I just won’t get everything done… and that’s ok.
Need to learn how to delegate more.
Feeling “unspiritual”. Need to fit more “me” and “me and God time” into my life - it’s never a bad thing.
Need to go to bed. Work tomorrow.
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September 20th, 2008 by Carol
Life has been busy. It feels like I haven’t stopped to rest in while (though I did a bit of that today).
- We’re insulating our home to take advantage of rebates with the EnerGuide program - a few weeks ago we insulated our attic; this week Leighton insulated our main floor (using spray foam insulation injected into the wall cavities); we are still going to insulate the floor and attic of our veranda so we can use in during the winter
- Home-schooling our oldest boy - choosing curriculum (I’m happy with what we chose); getting into a routine has taken a bit longer than I thought it would take, but David is enjoying it (and Leighton is a great teacher)
- Work is crazy right now - it’s the uber-busy time of year and our admin assistant quit a couple of weeks ago, someone else gave their notice last Friday and another person gave their notice this past Friday. Luckily we have someone to replace the one person and I’ll start training them on Monday.
- I feel very tired and weary.
- Loving our house church! I love the social interaction, the richness of studying God’s word together and being able to share in people’s lives and to pray for them and encourage them.
- I watched the last four episodes of Avatar, season 3 and LOVED IT! We purchased the entire third season on ITunes and are going through it.
- Heroes begins their 3rd season on Monday. Stop Sylar!!!
- Went shopping today for the fun of it - haven’t done that in a long long time
My computer is running out of juice. Signing off…
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September 3rd, 2008 by Carol
I have a little girl. She will be 2 years old in November. When she was first born, there were many people who asked me, “What’s it like having a girl?” (as opposed to the two boys I had already given birth to). It seemed a pretty silly question at the time, because for the first year of life, a baby is basically a baby, whether male or female. They eat, sleep, cry, poop… and the cycle continues. They learn to roll over and sit up and maybe even walk (although Lynae decided to wait a lot longer than that - and we’re not complaining about that because they can get into a lot more things once they’re really mobile). But boys and girls are pretty much the same. They just have different parts.
Anyways, as my little girl is getting older I am now starting to see more and more ‘girl’ in her. I realize every child’s personality is different, but there are things about Lynae that seem more ‘girl’ than strictly personality. She’s more emotional. She’s more dramatic when she’s emotional. She will sprawl on the floor and cry if she’s not happy. She likes to wear pretty clothes (although I’m not sure if that’s because everyone makes a big fuss about her being a ‘pretty girl’ - she definitely likes the attention). She also likes it when I put her hair in a ponytail (although again I wonder if the reasons are the same as what I just mentioned).
I was talking to my husband this morning about the ‘girl’ features of Lynae. I was trying to put into words the differences I see in her versus my boys. Finally I said, “Girls…just…get upset.” My husband was killing himself laughing. He seemed to think that was a pretty good explanation. And he added that sometimes I…just…get upset. lol
(it must be a ‘girl’ thing then)
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August 8th, 2008 by Carol
I just finished reading the book “Flight of the Dragonfly” by Melissa Hawach. It’s the true story/autobiography of a mother whose husband (they were seperated at the time) kidnapped their two daughters and ended up taking them to Lebanon during the summer war with Israel in the summer of 2006. It was 6 months before she was actually re-united with her girls and it was two months after that that she was able to get out and get herself and the children home.
Its an incredible story. The thing that made it even more interesting is that Melissa Hawach grew up throughout Saskatchewan, finally ending up living in Saskatoon for her primary and high school years. She listed off places like Yorkton, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, and she went to high school at Bishop Mahoney. This isn’t the true story of someone who lives in some big city in the U.S. or someone in a country overseas. This is someone who lived in my city. You just don’t think things like this happen to people who live here.
It is a very good book. I would recommend it to anyone. It was heart-breaking, uplifting, and challenging. It amazes me everything this mother went through to get her children back. And it forced me to ask myself if I would have been that determined. Or would I have succumbed to defeat and given up? (not that I have any worries about dealing with a parental abduction of my kids, but there are other forms of child abduction not involving a parent). I hope I could say ‘yes’ to those questions, but I’ve come to realize that you don’t know how you will react until you’re faced with the crisis. And I also know that God prepares us for whatever comes across our path. And He knows what is coming so he is the best equipped to prepare us in advance (although we may not know we’re being prepared for whats’s to come).
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August 7th, 2008 by Carol
We were childless for five days (we shipped the kids off to various grandparents). It was wonderful. All families should do this. It’s good to remember what life was like with no kids. Although for us, the only other time we’ve had no kids (for more than a day) as a married couple was on our honeymoon (we were at the lake for a week). I think we should make this an annual thing. Here’s some of my thoughts:
- It’s so quiet
- Our house would be too big for us if there was just the two of us
- The house stays a lot cleaner
- Life is simpler
- It’s so quiet
- Life would be much more boring with no kids (although as my hubbie pointed out, we would just fill it with other things)
- There is more time to play “Guitar Hero”
- I can leave the house without having to make arrangements for childcare
- Life is more relaxed
- Planning for a night out is much less complicated… planning? No need to plan. We can just go!
- Did I mention its really quiet?
I really love my kids and will be happy to have them back (the youngest one is back already), but its a really nice break to take once in a while.
I’m really thankful for my hubbie. He was a bachelor for many years which means he strongly values time just by himself to think, read, write, reflect. I think for those of us that have had kids for a long time we’ve forgotten what it was like to regularly take time just for ourselves. But it really is needed (for everyone’s sanity). So because of my hubbie I’m learning to take time for myself. I feel much better when I do.
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July 21st, 2008 by Carol
It feels like I shouldn’t even consider myself a ‘blogger’ since I’ve been posting so sporadically. I really haven’t felt like posting anything lately. But here’s an update:
- our family road trip was not all I had expected it to be - more stress than fun (although there was some of that), plus our videocamera/camera was stolen. Poopie!!!
- I was watching our 20 month old daughter a few days ago - she was trying to do ‘rock-paper-scissors’ because as I’ve posted recently, this is our ultimate decision-making tool. She was so excited to try to do it - her little hand was balled up into a fist and she was shaking it up and down. She couldn’t figure out how to change it to scissors or paper, but she’d giggle each time we did it. The thought came to me: “why can’t I be like her? - she takes delight in simply trying and doesn’t get upset if she doesn’t get it right the first time.” I, on the other hand, expect to get everything right the first time and I get upset and think its the end of the world when I don’t. Why am I like that? I want to be like my daughter.
- Recently I saw what decades of insecurity can do to a person. I realized our insecurities are very damaging, not only to ourselves, but to others. Our insecurities take the focus off of what it should be and onto our insecure selves. Why? Because our self-worth is at stake and we desperately try to maintain that level of self-worth. In this state, we are unable to focus on others or show them care, concern, love. I admitted to myself that although I can identify areas of insecurity within myself, I’ve largely come to accept them - not that I don’t want God to work on them, but I didn’t feel any sense of urgency to have them dealt with. I didn’t think they were as big of deal as I’m coming to realize they are. I don’t want to go through life hanging onto my insecurities. I want my worth to be found in God and nothing else.
- I’m putting together a Partylite order (cause I want free stuff) so if anyone wants some candles, let me know (plus reed diffusers are on for $25 for the month of July - that’s 1/2 off) - Ok, there’s my shameful sales pitch. I’ll move on…
- I’m reading “Flight of the Dragonfly” - its a true story of 2 girls that were kidnapped by their father and their mother’s journey to find them and bring them home - its really good so far
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May 31st, 2008 by Carol
- I’ve decided I like my old blog design better
- Life has been really hard lately, although this past week has been better
- why does life always seem so busy?
- I really really love my husband and am so glad I’m married to him and that we’re in this together
- I love my kids - my heart breaks for them sometimes (I guess that’s what love is about)
- My day job is hard but rewarding - its no fun being in an industry with major labour shortages
- I still like my house and am looking forward to finishing my ‘prayer room’ - if only life wasn’t so busy, I’d be done this thing by now (maybe I’ll get closer to the end this weekend)
- we planted a garden - I wasn’t too terribly excited although I wasn’t opposed to the idea; I have memories of weeding in our very very large farm garden - it was very big - there were a lot of weeds; our garden this year is tiny in comparison so I should survive; plus I can pass on the tradition of weed-pulling to my two sons (I’m sure my daughter will want to help too, although she won’t know the difference between weeds and and peas…)
- we bought a Matrix and its fun to drive
- I’m very thankful for our house church friends - I love hanging out with them (and they’ve been praying for our family which has meant a lot to us)
- I’m thankful for my other friends, too (I get to visit one of them next Thursday - yay!)
- I’m glad its the weekend (and its sunny and warm outside)
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May 11th, 2008 by Carol
On Friday, my husband and I attended a seminar given by Dr. Ross Greene, the author of the book The Explosive Child. I own the book and have read it a couple of times but hearing the author speak shed new light on the topic. The basic premise of what he was talking about is that children will do well IF THEY CAN. Just as there are kids who lack certain skills in order to read, there are kids who lack certain skills required in social situations that many children naturally develop. These kids might be diagnosed with ADHD or Oppositional-Defiant Disorder or Aspberger’s or a variety of other disorders. The fact still remains that they are lacking certain skills that make it difficult for them to respond appropriately in situations that demand those skills.
In response to this, Dr. Greene has developed the Collaborative Problem Solving approach. This is a way of helping those kids learn the skills they need to better function socially and behaviorally.
Part of Dr. Green’s talk was spent laying out the arguments for and against a Rewards & Punishments system in order to motivate these kids. If a child is lacking a particular social skill, giving them a punishment when they behave badly is not going to teach them the skill they need in order to respond more appropriately the next time.
Besides not being able to teach skills, the Rewards & Punishments system teaches children that “might makes right”. With a big enough external motivator (punishment), kids will be forced to comply. There is no opportunity to dialogue and work together towards a solution.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what this system communicates to our kids. It communicates that it is acceptable to make people do what we want them to; that with enough ‘might’ we can force our will upon others.
There is also no grace in a Rewards & Punishments system. If you do something wrong, you are punished. I have been thinking that the problem with people’s lack of understanding of God’s grace comes from the message the church preaches (which I still think is a part of it), but now I’m seeing that the Rewards & Punishments system accepted by our society in its very nature makes it difficult to understand grace.
Which leads me to my son. He’s been having great difficulty at school lately. He already knows right from wrong but when he gets to the point of frustration where he can’t think anymore all of that knowledge goes out the window. If he’s feeling that things are out of his control, he tries to take back control and sometimes uses force to try to do it (hmm…I wonder what system he learned that from?). And when he calms down after ‘losing it’ he is very hard on himself which is not helping his self-worth. But if we punish him every time he loses it, how can he learn to accept himself? All it’s telling him is that he is a horrible person because he can’t behave appropriately.
I’ve definitely been rethinking things. My husband and I both want our son to be able to learn the skills he lacks and to learn how to love himself. We’re going to be changing some things to help our son. And it looks like this new approach will better align our lives with the gospel of grace. I like the sounds of that.
Having gone to the seminar on Friday, it seems like the lenses of my sight have been re-adjusted and I can see things more clearly now. After two extremely difficult weeks, I have hope again.
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