This time of year

There is something about this time of year

that makes me want to cook and bake warm, comforting food~

I made a pumpkin/banana cake late last night

and also a pumpkin/banana pie

Jessica was very helpfull-- she smashed the banana!

I rolled out some whole wheat noodles just the other day

I cooked a chicken in the crock pot,

Today, I plan to add the chicken and the noodles for

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Sick day

My dear son ... is sick ---
I knew this was coming on, but I was praying that it would just disappear! ha..ha!
I am not in charge!..God is~great
I am not in charge!..God is~all-knowing
I am not in charge!..God is~loving
So, far it is only a head cold that seems to be in his chest,
but my mommies' heart just hurts when I hear him cough.

although...looking on the bright side...???
He sneezed during a breakfast of sugar free-strawberry jam on pumpkin pie--

and ... it was a very nice... ummm.... specimen! LOL!
Hopefully I will continue to have a ..."bright" outlook on this topic today!

And the voices in my head, start laughing hysterically!
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On another note...yesterday Shane was full of things to tell me... [sarcasm ahead...]
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"Mommy, do you want to lose weight?"

"Yes, I would like that--why?"

"Well, if you lose weight then you will no longer be in charge, and Daddy will be ~~I like Daddy being in charge, he lets me do what I want ... That's cause, he's cool!"

"So, if I'm not....fat... then I can't be in charge?"

"You have to be big, like a giant to be in charge!"

I might just have to look into shrinking my kids,
and myself so that I can always,...BE in charge!
Heaven, only knows what would happen if
Daddy was in charge, that is the stuff of night mares! AGH!
{I say this only in the most loving way... Jerry likes to eat chocolate,to spend the day watching video's or playing video games,has eaten a ...Nutria..REALLY!--}
Let's just say that Daddy is good at being who he is...(don't say red-neck is a ..bad thing!)
But , Mommy is better at being... the Mom in Charge! {when do I get my pay-raise?}

Monday mumbling More sleep PLEASE!

Being a human being is like being a pumpkin.God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you.He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff-- including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc.Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see. This was passed on to me from another pumpkin.
(my dear Aunt Patsy) {thanks!}

I didn't want to get up this morning, I was warm and comfy in my bed, I didn't want to know that it was another glorious day...(insert sarcasm...)But the alarm, (annoyed me enough to...) to roll over and get moving~
Jessica was slow to get moving this morning, I went outside and started the car, hoping that it would get warmer and the windows would clear up~ Shane decided not to get dressed--so I wrapped him up in his favorite blue blanket and put him in the car.Jessica finally made it out to the car and off we went to drop Jessica off at school, I gave her a kiss and wished her Happy Monday.(I was trying to give her a Good start, hopefully it worked!)
On the way home I was looking at the sky to see if the weather might change today, and I saw a most welcome sight--- [You, will have to use your imagination-- I didn't have my camera with me...]
I saw clouds all around that were shades of grey, and then I looked some more and I saw beams of light shining down, it was like seeing proof of God's promise, --there wasn't a rainbow but ... it was such a beautiful sight that it filled me with the knowledge that He is there and watching,
and the small things just help to make the big things easier!
Life is never easy, but seeing the sky and knowing that someone was in charge was a blessing, I hope that today I look at EVERYTHING in my day --- as a blessing!

I wasn't able to take a picture of the the turkey noodle soup, it got eaten too fast...
There was almost a fight, over the Pumpkin/banana pie that I made-- so please use your imagination,...again! {lol}
{usually I give the biggest piece to my "dear hubby" but I had worked hard on the soup and the pie, I figured that I DESERVED to enjoy --more than usual...so.. my poor dear husband, Jerry only got one... piece of pie!--oops...hehehe...
I bet God will forgive me !
I ...pray! LOL! }
But, I do want you to know that the food was ....sooooooo good ! yummmmm!
nananaanana I had good home cookin! What about you???

**** I did finish reading some of the books, from a previous post, I plan to comment on them later today!****