Woo-Hooooooooooooooo!

We survived

Well we have made it through the blizzard of 2008! I'm not sure if I would really call it that but it was pretty bad.We were basically stuck in the house from Friday to yesterday.We tried to get out on Sat afternoon but there was another car stuck smack dab in front of our driveway and there was no getting around it and through the 3 foot snowdrift beside it.
It's hard to believe that Easter is in 2 weeks and it's supposed to be almost Spring here people!!!
What did I do stuck in the house for 2 days with 7 kids you might ask?? Well,we played alot with play-do,watched many movies,colored,ate,argued,fought and then argued and fought some more.It was rough going by yesterday so I made my escape and went to the grocery store and Target.I felt like a new woman by the time I came home!
While I was out I picked up one of my very fave magazines

I grew up with Victoria and when they stopped publishing it awhile back I really missed it.I was so glad when it came back last winter.
My mom and my aunt used to sit on the phone when the new issue came out and discuss every article and photo in it.I think it was an escape for them.My mom actually has the very 1st issue ever!I'm hoping she might pass it on to me someday.
I must say this new issue is just beautiful.I don't get much time to look at magazines but I actually sat down with this one and was so glad I did.


I made meatloaf and after dinner we watched "The Goonies" ,I love that movie. The kids don't seem to enjoy it as much as I do but I guess you have to be an 80s kid to really appreciate it.It's funny though because my 2 oldest love other movies from that time like "Brekfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles".It's quite surreal watching them again with your children.

Once again we "Sprung" forward an hour and we'll be disoriented for days.It's dark outside still and 2 of the kids have already left for school.


So anyway,this is a rambling post so I'll just share a few pics of the snow till tomorrow.

Come on Spring,I know you're out there!!!

Looky what I can do!

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My Friday feel good~

Well with the foot of snow that we're expecting here by tomorrow and being snowed in the house with 7 kids and a cranky hubby for a couple of days I thought this seemed like a good day to start this weekly post.
It will be images of my fave things~places,people,music,books all the things that lift my spirit,sooth my soul,take me to another place and make me smile.
My kids are watching a movie,the fire in the fireplace is going, the chicken is roasting in the oven,and the 9,000 other things I need to do today can wait~ off we go!

The 1st is one of my very fave places in the world to be...the mountains in Tennessee.I love to go all times of the year but the spring and fall are absolutey the most beautiful.

view of the city in Autumn

my fave restaraunt"Park Grill"

more of fall

Spring

gorgeous

A lovely old church in Cades Cove

these are redbud trees and bloom every spring,they're all over the place


the skylift~you will NEVER see me on this


The old Mill~another great place to eat

a magnificent cabin in the mountains


seriously now,you can't go there without eating here

one of my fave spots to visit~The Christmas Place.It's christmas all year long!



Well now that we've done a bit of sight-seeing let's grab a towel and a glass of wine and head out here...........

and while you're out there watch out for THESE!!


Yep,I feel better

I still have it!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-03-momnesia_N.htm

Well,they've finally figured out that this exists.I'm sure we moms have been clued in for some time now but at least we can assure ourselves that all of our absent-mindedness and general kookiness after having a baby is validated in some way.
I just wonder....what if it never goes away?It's been 2 yrs since my youngest was born and I know for a fact it's just as bad if not worse than it was right after he was born.
My wonderul hubby says it's just me getting older and my mind slipping but I'm sticking with the "MOMNESIA"!!Yep,I'm blamin it on the babies.lol

It was then that I carried you

Christian Glitter by

My faith in god has always been with me but the last few years especially it has become my saving grace.
Sometimes it's truly all we have to go on.
I have questioned it,wondered what my faith was,and at times I might have even rebelled against it but now................I see that it has always carried me through the storm.

My pity party is over~

I've been so bad about blogging this last week or so but it's been difficult for me to collect my thoughts and feelings into anything even sensible or read-worthy.
There are many things going on in my life that have sent me plummeting into that loathsome world of self-pity that I've been wallowing in for months now.
I won't go into all the details here but suffice it to say our lives have been turned upside down and twisted almost beyond recognition.
I always fancied myself to be a pretty strong and resilient woman but I had let myself turn into a crying desperate shell of myself,someone I really did not like at all.So very, very sad.
I feel like I'm coming out of that.Thank you god!
I have many wonderful family members and friends,(their prayers and words have seen me though more than you can imagine)and of course my own husband and children that keep me going even when I feel like crawling in a hole and never coming out.your kids have a way of not tolerating their mom giving up!
We've been through many changes and challenges and I have no idea what tomorrow,next week,or next year will hold for us but today we're ok.My family is here and healthy and we are blessed in so many ways.
I know that whatever lies in store that I'll survive it one way or another.
It's funny that no matter how dismal a situation seems there is always a lesson to be learned and a light at the end of the tunnel.At times that light seems dim but I think in my case anyway, it's getting a bit easier to see.