Waitin' for the green...

I am sitting in the truck today, kids crying, contemplating the the pros and cons of being deaf...waiting FOREVER for the green light.

I wait, and wait some more.

I really am about go nuts with impatience because this STUPID light wont turn green already!!! The anxiety and stress continue to build. Kids are crying even louder now! Help!!!!!!!

I grip the steering wheel even tighter and beads of sweat begin to form, my chest is tight with stress...this is when I realize stop signs never turn green.

hmph.

(Side note: This is not the first time I have done this either.)

10 Annoying Things About Me...

1.I use way too many exclaimation points when I write!!
2. !!!! (see! I can't stop!!)
3. I hate to change lanes when I am driving. Seriously. If I know that I need to turn right off of a street or highway, I will totally stay in the right-hand lane the entire time. It drives people nuts who ride with me.
4. I watch the news religously. Except, my "news" is E! celebrity gossip. I hang my head with shame as I type this...sigh...
5. If I can make it through the day with out someone wiping their nose on my shirt, using it a handiwipe, something quick to stop the bloody nose, or an a shield to protect the carpet from the fluids that project out of my kiddies...you better believe I am wearing that shirt again tomorrow. And proudly!!
6. When I don't know what to say next, I have a terrible habit of saying, "sooo...anyway"
7. I have an odd obsession with buying certain items when I go to the store. Even if I know I have some at the house, I still buy it! Mascara, baby wipes...tubs of butter. Gross, I know.
8. I make stirfry every single Monday. No one in my family even likes stirfry. I just make it. And have a ton of left overs.
9. Okay, so this one is more of a confession more than anything else. I, (whew...starting to sweat and shake as I type this one!) I have sent my kids into childcare knowing they have a poopy diaper. Ohhh...I know this is so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the few (I promise, just a FEW times) I have done this horrible disservice to humanity, it has been out of dire need of a break. I have a had kids in diapers for the past 8 years, which 5 of them (collectivly) I have been by myself. A girl needs a break, OKAY?!?!?
10. Sooo...anyway...

Innocence at its best...

Years ago, when my now, 7 year old son, Caleb, was only 2 or 3 is in the kitchen during a magnificent Texas lightening storm. Of course it was night time, so the sky is just lighting up in a spectacular display...

Lightening strikes, and Caleb high-tails it into the living room. I hop up expecting him to be frightened, and he looka up at me with his beautiful awe-filled eyes and states:

"Mom! God is taking pictures of me!"

Sigh....love it.

Church Germs

A volunteer at church walked past us wearing her red Keystone Staff shirt. My son, Noah, stops dead in his tracks and pulls at my arm (I am surprised I even felt it, carrying 2 kids, and trying to explain in a hushed voice why it is not appropriate to fart in church to my 3rd son.)
Noah is wild-eyed and pointing at this dear lady in red.

"Staff!" he yells..."she has staff! Don't touch her!!"

I then had to stop my detailed explanation that"passing wind" is not the same as the Holy Spirit even if you do it in church, to the difference between STAFF and STAPH (infections).