Whole....

So apparently, when DH and I thought all the big dishes dropped and busted all over the floor, it turned out it was only a couple.  The large bowl was shattered and some of the small and middle plates.  I really never used the small ones. Boy!  did they ever leave a mess though. 
I was so happy when DS looked in the cabinent and saw the big plates and said, "Mom, there's a bunch of big plates in here!"  I made him count them.  LOL  There was like 6 or 8.  I was elated!  :)


In other news, on our way to Freeport Sunday, dh got a call from a friend offering him a better job in Houston.  After praying and weighing the options, we decided to take that job.  The pay is a little less, but there were more pluses.

• Dh wouldn't have to work in the office and the field (in a chemical plant)
• We would be even closer to family and friends
• We aren't on the immediate gulf coast (always a plus during hurricane season)
• Lots of overtime
• Direct hire with benefits
• Long term
• Gets to work with a group of Christian men!!!

GOD is SO good!  When our economy is the way it is, DH had a job in Amarillo, got another offer which we were going to take in Freeport, and still got a better job in Houston!  I think that's proof of serving a GOOD GOD, and a testimony of if you abide in HIM.  ;)

We drove to League City on Sunday instead of Freeport, so DH could go in and talk to his friend on Monday.  After he for sure got the job, we stayed there until yesterday, visiting some of our favorite friends.  Yesterday, we moved the RV to a super nice RV Resort.  We have all kinds of nifty amendities.

• exercise room
• wifi
• cable
• our dog can be outside during the day, as long as we are here at the RV
• swimming pool
• spa
• dog runs
• dog wash
• trash pick up
• propane refills-yeah, they come over and pick up your bottle!
• store
• next door to a park with a fishing pond
• full hook ups
• level concrete pad with picnic table
• Nice, clean laundry facilities
• Clean restrooms and showers (not that we would use them often)

Might not be a big deal to some people, but after you live in an RV for a long time, you appreciate some parks more than others.  Just ask the boy!  LOL

Still need an apartment for Doodles by Friday morning.  That's a little stressful, but I know GOD will figure it out.  (wish I would let it go, and not worry about it)
Have to go up to KS and help her move and be a hand model for her on Saturday.  I'm leaving tonight, driving as far as I can before I get tired, and finish up tomorrow. 
Prayers would very much be appreciated.

Blessings!

Broken....

While driving on Friday, we had a minor setback.  We stopped to replace the other two tires in Amarillo.  After we went to get lunch.  When we got into the RV, there were broken dishes everywhere. :(  Apparently, someone left the cabinent open and they slid out hitting the stove grate and smashing into pieces all over the place.  I used to pack them, and then one time we forgot, and found out they were fine.  Well until the other day.  No more fancy Corelle Sunflower large plates.  :(  Sad, I liked those dishes.  Not much I can do about it, other than get some new dishes. 

FB-not a place to share your REAL feelings!

On a side note, we made it to the Amarillo area.  sigh~  We don't even know if we ACTUALLY have a job here.  LONG story.  Time will tell. 

I left Facebook.  It was something I already had been planning to do, but after the other day, I decided I had enough.  I was really, really hurt by some of my friends.  I know we aren't suppose to live by our feelings, but I really just needed encouragement the other day, and instead I felt judged, misunderstood, and they were giving me advice on stuff they have NO (completely none) understanding about!

My family and I live in an RV.  We do it because we have to go where the work is, not to mention it's how we keep our family together. Our house is currently leased out.  We might not even get to move back in.  We could be facing foreclosure.  The bank said they would refinance the note, and then never did anything about it, even after we did everything we were suppose to do.  They said, wait and don't make anymore payments, after they decided we needed to pay over $5000 a month, for 6 months! That was several months ago.  That's just part of the story....

Then "friends" on FB say, "time for a change hun" and "set daily goals...."
SERIOUSLY????  SET DAILY GOALS????  Do YOU know what it's like to live in an RV and not know from day to day where you'll be and what you'll be doing?  some how I SERIOUSLY doubt it!!!  What can I change?  I have had a fairly great attitude about "my adventures" over the past 10+ years, but now I'm tired.  I'm stressed....and now I'm hurt!

The only daily goals I can set are spiritual goals, and physical goals of what I eat, time I get up, doing laundry, making dinner.  I can not plan anything....EVER!!!!

All I wanted was someone to say it's okay, it will get better.  I didn't need or want your advice on life...since you obviously don't get mine!!!  I was extremely hurt by that, so I left FB, and I don't plan on going back.  And I seriously doubt the person that said that will even see this.  And if she does, well then maybe that's a good thing.  I don't want to mention names, I don't want to be mean, but I am extremely hurt by this situation.  :( 

I know many people don't understand.  At this point it probably doesn't even matter.  :( 

For those of you that have been praying, I ask that you continue to do so.  I really appreciate not only your prayers, but your words of encouragement. 

I received one of the sweetest words of encouragement the other day from my friend, BK.  I surely hope she doesn't mind me sharing it.

Okay, my beautiful friend

You're sounding pretty frantic and I just wanted to let you know that I love you and am praying for you. I can't even imagine how deeply weary you must be of the constant change. I don't have any wise words for you but I DO want you to know that I think you're amazing, even when you're falling apart. And it's okay.

big hugs to you, Bobbi ((((((((((((((((((((((((Bobbi))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

love ya,

          bk

Amarillo by morning

Well...The saga continues.
Instead of KC, we are headed to Amarillo in the morning. 
Today, dh went to NM with the new/old boss to do a walk down at a job site.  It gave him something to do for the day. 
After posting, and dh got back with the new tires, we were headed to the tire place to have them check the other tires.  On the way over there, the boss from KC called and asked dh what happened in the meeting.  Dh really isn't sure why the guy did what he did.  He has some thoughts on it, but I'll skip on explaining those.  Then the boss asked if dh would mind going to Amarillo.  Dh said, "Nope, as long as I get to keep working."  So the um "adventure" continues.

Because I can't just have a "semi" normal life..............

Nope....I have to have a life of "ADVENTURE"  or most people would probably call it life's mishaps....


First of all, DD did find a place to live until the end of July.  She was at work Thursday night, and I was hanging out in the Bistro section.  A co-worker of her's walked by as she was working in Starbucks.  I happened to be over there chatting with her at the time.  She asked him if he knew anyone looking for a roommate or had an apartment avaliable.  He said his sister was trying to sublease her apartment.  To make a long story short, it all worked out and dd is still in KS.


Now for the continuing saga of my great adventures....
We left KS yesterday morning around 5:30.  It's a 12 hour drive to Midland from there.  We had been on the road approximately an hour before the "adventures" begin. sigh~

We had a blowout outside of Topeka.  We got it changed.  Back on the road. DH informs me that we are going to go to Dallas to meet some friends for lunch. 

Uh...honey, we've been up since 3:45 am.  We've had a blowout.  Dallas is 2 hours out of the way.  Then there will be dinner and visiting time.  So the 8 hours we had still to go (from the destination at time DH told me about Dallas visit) now we have at least 12 hours more to go!!!!  UGH!

After the visit in Dallas, we had 6 hours to go.  We traveled 2 of the 6 and were totally pooped out.  DH talked to his supernice boss.  Boss said no worries, be careful, etc. 

We stopped in Ranger, TX at an RV park.  Spent the night.  On the road by 7:30.  Stop in Big Spring for lunch.  On the road 30 minutes or less....ANOTHER BLOWOUT!!!!  This time no spare.  Midland about 30 minutes away.  DH and DS take tires to get replacements.  $300!  YIKES!!!

While waiting to get tires mounted on rims, and as I am typing this....DH goes to office and meets the boss and the client. After the meeting I get a call from DH. The client doesn't want DH on the project, SO after all this "ADVENTURE", we are now heading back to KS in a few days.  DH is going to NM to do a walkdown tomorrow with the new/old boss.  DH still has a job in the KC office, though.  That's certainly a plus!  (Thank YOU, LORD!)  and the company is paying for all the expenses, minus the tires.

I wonder if I can have my job back at the park?  ;)

House deal etc.

The house deal fell through.  :( The owner decided he didn't want to owner finance or lease.  Not good for us, because DH is suppose to start work in Midland on Monday. Now we don't have a place for oldest dd.  We have to leave our stuff in storage-spread all across the country.  :(  We have no idea how long we will be gone. This really cause a problem because dd works here after months of searching for a job-is she suppose to drop her job only for us to be gone a few days, weeks, months? 

Thanks all for praying.  I've kinda come to the conclusion over the past 2-3 years it doesn't matter....GOD's will is done either way and we can't change that. 

The Stars at night are big and bright....

Dh started a new job today in KC.  We will at some point be going to Midland for him to solidify the relationship with the client and work on the project. We could be there six months to a year, then dh would return to work out of the office in KC. 

In the meantime, Doodles plans on staying here to go to Beauty school to become a nail tech....eventually wanting to own a salon....and working at the grocery store and Starbucks (inside the grocery store).

We need to find her a place to live.  We'll of course be taking the RV with us.  We found a cute little 3 bedroom/2 bathroom house, on the outskirts of town, on 10 acres.  DH spoke to the  owner about owner financing or leasing.  Hopefully he will agree to one or the other.  Doodles would have a place to live, we could finally pull our stuff out of storage, and have a place to call home when we return to KC.  So prayers would be appreciated that we have supernatural favor in the matter.  Thanks!

God Morning, etc

Part of my lack of blogging was because I was/maybe still am angry with GOD. I didn't want to post negative things, even though I'm struggling with my faith and life in general.  I can't explain all of it, but I know I'm getting pretty tired of living in an RV and never knowing what's next.  I know I should just accept the fact that that's the way my life is, but I want a "normal life".  Yeah, I know, "what is normal?"  Normal to me would be, living in a house, having a daily routine, hubby going to work and coming home.  Living on the road is sometimes like that.  Sometimes it's not.


I really would appreciate prayers and encouragement here on my blog if you stop by to read.  Life isn't always peaches and cream.  I, too, need encouragement. 


A friend of mine on FB posted God Morning....I wonder if she meant God Morning or Good Morning?  I thought it was interesting.  It made me think, It is a GOD morning.  Every morning is.  I wonder how many times I think that though?  Do I wake up every morning thinking, "This is a GOD morning!"  I'll have to admit I don't.  I really don't wake up all happy and joyful in the morning, usually.  I kinda wish I could sleep all day most days.  It usually takes me awhile to wake up.  I don't drink coffee, either.  Once I'm finally up, if I don't have anything to do, I usually just drag. Somedays, I read the WORD, other days I don't.  (hey always trying to keep it real, here) 


GOD morning reminds me of the day is what you make of it. 

Blessings for now!

not such a good day :(

It was raining when I woke up this morning.  The ceiling had water dripping from the roof.  Somehow it comes through a speaker.  We've had problems with it before. 

I wake up the kids.  I need Joe Bug to help me unscrew the speaker and stuff a towel inbetween the ceiling and the roof.  We take care of that.

The awning was also out.  It was collecting water.  I tried to close it.  I couldn't get it closed.  Somehow it snapped and bent the whole frame up.  :( 

Even though it was not such a good day, I try to remember it could always be worse. 

LORD, thank YOU for this day. Thank YOU that YOU will compensate what the enemy meant for evil. 

Blessings until next time!

Free Rent!

We are staying at a state park.  They needed volunteers to help  at the gate.  DH and I got information, thinking it might mean we could stay at the park without having to move every two weeks. (You can only stay at a state park camp for a certain number of days.  You then have to leave for 5 days and can come back for another 2 weeks).
We are now volunteers at the gate.  We help sell fishing licenses, annual passes to the state parks, day passes, etc.  We get a 50 amp site for free and we don't have to move from site to site or park to park.  PTL! 
Yesterday was my first day.  I did okay.  I only messed up twice.  :D  It was fun.  The woman that is training me is an older lady, and she's very kind and nice.  We enjoyed visiting with one another.  It's also entertaining meeting the people that come through the gate. 
Blessings until next time!

heading out for a few days

we are taking mini vacation to AZ to meet up with some friends that flew down to stay with her sister. we are taking rv...should be fun. Please pray for safe journeys...I'll try to blog while gone, but won't make any promises...lol...
and if you didn't, please sign guess book below....thanks to those of you that did!

fun stuff

Dh and I moved the RV over to our POA's campground, so while the open house was taking place, you wouldn't see the driveway filled with stuff. Last night dh says his back and neck are hurting from our mattress at home. We actually drive over to the RV at 1:30 am and crawl into bed there! Yeah, we're nuts...but dh has spent so much time sleeping away from home, he's use to the other bed!

more funny things:
The other day Doodles and I were at Curves working out. (yeah we do that sometimes...lol...yeah, I know, ya can't tell) and somehow we started talking with some other ladies about elephants gestation period. Another lady said she was watching a show the other day on Discovery (or one of those shows) about a baby elephant being born. One lady said, How does it come out? Head first or trunk first? and the lady thought she meant does that baby elephant come through the trunk! Oh my stars was that funny!!! Can you even imagine? ugh the pain...not like it's not painful enough...I mean almost 2 years of pregnancy, a 200+ pound baby....but through the trunk???? roflol!!!

The other day when I was at the credit union trying to take care of my bounced check (heavy sigh) the banking lady, Britina said, It's okay that's what we are here for. I said, "Well you're not here on Sunday"LOL and she replies, "NO, that's what church is for!" Amen sista!!! lol it was very funny...sure put a smile on my face! You have to understand, our CU is one of those that still believes in knowing everyone's name...we use to go in a start singing the theme to Cheers! LOL (um, they don't serve beer there though...LOL)

Okay, I think that's it for now...
Blessings until next time!

this could have been me!

Geez, little did I know all it would take was writing a letter to TLC and tell them I live on the road (and have on and off) for the past 9 years! Yes, it's true, TLC is starting a show called "Our Loud Family" about a family that lives in a 34 ft RV and homeschools!

I could have been a star! sigh...
Then while checking out info on the show I found this...this adding insult to injury!!! I could be the owner of this site...I'm still trying to figure out how I can join so I can share my wealth of vast knowledge! :P LOL

In other news...
Today is my blog's birthday. I did hope to have some kind of giveaway...but with the moving from one rv to another and all that's involved, I didn't get a chance to prepare one. Maybe later down the road...lol (literally!!! play on words?)

Just a thought, that goes along with yesterday's post about praying to move mountains...GOD showed me this yesterday after listening to Pastor Creflo Dollar...Pastor Dollar was talking about the power of our tongue. Not that I didn't already know what he was talking about. We have been learning how to put this in to practice for several years. (Some might think this is hokey...I can tell you right now, we wouldn't be where we are now if we hadn't done it. I'm sure we'd be living under a bridge somewhere-and no I'm not joking about that! )

Life and Death are in the power of the tongue. GOD has given us that power. So...in regards to the election, GOD showed me this...the "world" predicts that Obama is going to win this election. Well the "world" doesn't have power and authority to speak life and death...because they don't have the authority until they become Christians....so if they don't have the authority, who does? WE DO and WE have the authority to speak McCain in to office. Because life and death are in the power of our tongues. We are born again Christians that have that authority. I urge you to take your authority in CHRIST today and start speaking it into existence!

Blessings until next time!

Exhausting Weekend...

We did it...we moved into the new RV, which we picked up on Friday. There was the walk throughs, the paper signing, the minor repairs, the moving stuff from one rv to the other, some more waiting on the repairs...sigh, and then finally on Saturday we got to take it to the rv park and leave it to go home and get the original mattress for the old rv. Needless to say it was a very tiring and busy weekend. Today I get to spend the day organizing and cleaning.

In other news, my sister's friend Erin, has a wonderful, heartfelt post on her blog. I encourage you to read it!

Blessings until next time!

Thank you and other stuff...

First of all, I just want to thank each one of you for your kind and gracious remarks about the new "home". It's a blessing to have people be happy for you! (instead of mad or jealous/covetous-which we've experienced before...sad, but true) Also, a couple things along those lines...GOD is the one that blessed us with this new home! And I want to give HIM all the glory and praise for it. HE is our provider! Thank YOU, FATHER GOD!!!! Also, I want to say, I know it makes my dh very happy to make us happy, but I think really he's the one that gets the bigger blessing out of the whole deal...he thinks he's making us happy, so that makes him happy....does that make sense? Not that we're not happy, lol, we're very happy...but in the long run I think my dh is the one that is really happy, because he likes to be a blessing...and believe me he is! Thank YOU FATHER GOD for a loving, kind, generous, patient, GODLY husband/father.

Second, we have enough room for 10...so there's 5 in our family, when we are all together...so that leaves plenty of room for you all to come and visit and hang out with us...and YES, I mean that!!! (did I mention that the sofa has an air mattress? so cool!!!) And Yes, we would love for you to come and visit us and let us bless you. We are blessed to be a blessing!!!! :D

Now on to other stuff...

I'm so confused about this bail out thingy...I'm trying to be an educated voter...but the more I read the more confused I become...especially after reading the bill. Healthcare? I thought the bill was on the banking system...$700 billion now $250 billlion? Help!?!?!?!? (M, at this point I need the condensed, layman version-lol)

Didn't see the VP debate last night...but I don't care who did better...I already know who I'm voting for...and if you know me, you know who I'm voting for too ;)

on a sad note...
One of the moms that did BFS last year, went on to be with the LORD on Wednesday. :( Mamasmurf aka Chrissy had battle a sickness for some time. Please keep her dh and ds in your prayers as they go through this sad time.

Blessings until next time!

It's BIGGER than a bread box...

okay, so I don't feel like I mislead anyone by saying I have something BIG to tell you about...because what I'm telling you is big! I also said out wtih the old and in with the new. For those that know me, know my living arrangements. We live in an RV on the road most of the time with my dh's job. Last year we got a 30ft Holiday Rambler tow behind travel trailer with one slide out. Here's what our home away from home looks like (well actually this is what it looked like before we moved in. LOL, clean and no clutter)I love my RV...but living in an RV can get a little tight, especially when homeschooling! Yes, we actually live in it! We were just in SC for 4 months living in it. We actually had another one (similar to this-that we lived in for a year)

Recently my dh got a new truck...big enough to pull a bigger RV...and when I mentioned it to him, in passing, not really serious, he just said yeah, we could do that someday. The other day dh called me and said, "I want you to come look at something. I'll be home in a few minutes."

I asked, "Is it a new RV?" "Yes, but before you say anything I want you to just look."

We looked at the one dh wanted to show me along with some others. Dh thinks we need more room to be comfortable and he would like another bathroom...(He doesn't like to be cramped...I think because when he was growing up he lived in a shot gun house with two bedrooms and one bathroom and he had 5 sisters. He got a small front room that was cold and drafty in the winter and hot and sticky in the summer. I think the room was the size of a walk in closet. It was small)

Anyhow after looking, and talking price...we are now the proud new owners of this:

By the way this is the one dh wanted to show me only a different color. (He showed me one in green, I prefer this color and so it's on order now...we should have it in a month or so)

This is a Montana Mountaineer 2009 model, 5th wheel. It has two bathrooms, 4 slideouts, and 4 bunks! A real, full size closet in the master bedroom! Lots of storage!!! and if we want (which we decided not to) we could have a washer/dryer combo inside next to the master closet! No more boxes on the extra bunk to hold clothes or dvd's. No more cramping our clothes in and they hit the bottom of the dinky side bed closet space! No more hollering to the kids (where everyone in the rv park can hear) "Please bring me some toliet paper!!!" Because there is no room under the sink for it...no, this one has a shelf above the toliet to put stuff like that! It's the little things in an rv that make a huge difference! :P This also will be a real plus when we sell our house and find some property to build on. We can just live in this while building. Now when we travel from sea to sea, we'll have lots of room. Oh and it even has a stove outside with two burners...so if I'm in your neck of the woods, come on over for dinner!!!! (and I really mean that!!!)

Blessings until next time! (oh and aren't you glad I surprised you? :P)

A divine appointed camping trip

You probably all know by now, that I don't take anything as coincidental. I believe things happen for a reason, including being sent to a certain time at a certain place. Well that happened this weekend, when we finally decided to go camping at Garner State Park. Thursday morning we finally decided to go...but first there were lots of things to do. Wash clothes, go to the store, wait for dd to come home from school, etc. So we finally got going around 6 pm that evening. We stopped in Marble Falls for gas and a few things we forgot. We stopped in Johnson City at Dairy Queen for food, which might I add was disgusting....gag! Anyhow we finally were driving down the road with a goal in mind...to stop in Boerne and then finish the drive in the morning, a little over half way. So that's what we did. We camped at Walmart overnight, and then headed out early.

We got to Garner about 7:30 am. We drove around and then went into the ranger's office when it opened at 8 am. We registered, went and drove around again, because we went to set up. The ranger told us to come back after we picked out a site....so we went back in again around 9 am. When we went back in we had to wait in line. There were two young hispanic fellows in front of us. They looked pretty rough, but as usual that didn't stop dh and I from talking to them. :)
He found out they were there from Galveston. Brothers, with families, and mom and dad, staying at the park. Lost everything due to Ike. Were staying somewhere else, but money got tight, and heard the parks were letting hurricane victims stay free, so they came. They had a good outlook on the situation. Dh and I visited with them for a few more minutes, they were called up and we found out what site they were staying in.

When we were done dh and I got in the truck and knew we were suppose to help them out. Dh felt they probably needed sleeping bags and pots and pans. We went over and asked if they needed things and how they were on food, etc. They said the kids were sleeping on the floor of the camper with some blankets. So sleeping bags would be perfect. They also needed some frying pans, and their vehicles needed gas. I'm so thankful my man hears from the HOLY SPIRIT!!! We said we would be back to get them in a bit, we needed to shower.

We took showers and went back. When we got back over to their site, the one brother said that as soon as we left they started getting calls from FEMA and food stamps, and that they were going to be able to be set up in a hotel on Sunday. Both brothers were excited, and said as soon as you left...well, we had already told them earlier, they needed to check out our home church when they get back. So we knew it was GOD putting things in motion. They still needed gas...so we knew this would be our blessing. We had to go to Walmart and get dh's oil changed (new truck tells you the oil has to be changed...sign won't stop bugging you until you do it). We went to Walmart got a few gift cards for gas and a few things for the kids to color with.

Dh went back over later and delivered the goods...it was indeed a time to minister. He was able to share some of our history and how GOD has changed our lives. He was able to share to the mother and father and the wives of these men, as well. Shared the gospel and salvation and to check our home church out, and to pray with them and tell them GOD wants us to prosper according to HIS WORD.

We knew it was an divine appointed camping trip! We knew GOD sent us there for that very reason. We are blessed to be a blessing...and boy does that feel good!

I don't share this story to boast on myself. I shared this story to share about how good GOD is!!! HE is so good to us. HE loves us so much. HE wants the very best for HIS children. GOD's not up on HIS throne, waiting to hit you with his gaffle. HE's a good, loving, and kind GOD. He wants you to know HIS truth.