What Will They Say Next...What Is A Period?

So, I don't know what is going on with our oldest, now that she is in 4th grade she is one big bag heap of emotions and stubborness (much more than usual). If I ask her to do something, she asks why, over and over again or just looks and rolls her eyes.

Cry? Oh my...it seems no matter what I say to her, she bursts into tears. Play your guitar (bawling), eat your dinner (bawling), watch tv (bawling)...it is pretty emotional. More with me, if her Papa says anything, she bursts out laughing to the point of tears...we can't figure it out.

So, here we are at dinner this evening and she gets up and asks if she can make herself and her siblings some chocolate milk. I told her yes and she brings everything to the table and prepares siblings milk first and then makes hers and is muttering about something. I asked her what was wrong?

She looks as me and states, 'I hate Hershey's Chocolate .' I then ask why she asked for chocolate milk. 'I didn't want Hershey' chocolate, I wanted Ovaltine!' Okay says me, then why didn't you ask for Ovaltine? Out come the tears as she says, 'because you said it was for breakfast!' By now she is boo hooing.

In steps my hubs thinking he is being discreet and quiet and he tells me, 'you had better watch this one, I think she may be starting her period soon as that is definitely some PMS symptoms.' The crying stops as if the sun just came out, she looks at him with this incredulous look on her face as she states, 'I know what a period is!' Then she bursts into laughter.

Diva girl on the other hand, is laughing with her (I am sooooooooooooo not ready for this!) and proudly announces, I know what a period is too, it goes on the end of the sentence!' Needless to say hubs and I burst into laughter and here she was thinking she got it right!

Both girls then sat there laughing until tears streamed down their faces.

When dinner was over the oldest let her Papa know that periods come with puberty and her friends are now wearing cups (bras) to school!

What will they say next?

Free Recipes

Thanks to another wonderful blog friend of mine, it came to me today that I have entirely to many cook books, cooking magazines and recipes I will never use...well, I do use them for a friend of mine when I can, however my husband is strictly meat and potatoes and a chicken fried kinda guy!

So, that means if you would like a few cooking magazines, recipes or even a cookbook, let me know and leave me a mailing address at compassionatequilter@rocketmaildotcom and I will ship some of these out to you!

Respect For Our Husbands

I know that many of us work outside of our homes, by the time we have put in our 10-12 hour work day, running the kids to practices, we have nothing left at the end of the day for our husbands and as hard as they work for us and as much as they love us, I am beginning to realize they are the ones that are being short changed!

I don't know what has happened to me lately, but I have become sad, snippy, yippy, no energy and even on what I believe are good days, I don't give my husband the respect he deserves and I am beginning to see that is not fair to him at all.

Do you have challenges in your marriage? Do you feel you are owed something? Do you think you are the only one the feels overwhelmed in today's economy? I know how you feel, many things have happened to our family since we moved to Washington state...my dreams haven't been as beautiful living here as I believed they would, there have been chinks taken out of my mind and heart and none of it is my husbands fault...he just takes the brunt of my depression or anger, but I don't do it deliberately, it just comes.

If you are like me, I ask that you not pray for just your husbands to change, but ask the Holy Spirit to open your heart, mind and hears and shut your mouth. Ask the Lord to work with you and change you so you can support your husband in the way he needs it.

I love my husband dearly, I would stand in the line of fire for him, we have experienced many painful things in our marriage and now, our marriage is wonderful...but I have noticed that most of the niceties lately are coming from him.

Maybe it's menopause...but it isn't right and I know it hurts his soul and I don't mean to...if you feel this way, pray the following:

'Heavenly Father, I come to You in the name of Jesus and I ask your forgiveness for the times I have not treated my husband respectfully in public and in private. Forgive me for the times I have hurt him by my words and actions. I pray that I will become a wife who treats her husband with honor and respect at all times. Let my thoughts, words and actions be pleasing to You as I submit myself to the Biblical role You have intended for me. I also ask that my husband and I will come to you regularly for times of prayer. I ask that You will lead us as we pray for one another and for others. Bless our times together. Amen'

This prayer comes out of my Wonder for Womanhood Titus 2 woman's study. It is opening my eyes and my heart to how I need to change, not how I need to change my husband. I have been blessed to follow inspirational blogs that encourage me to be all I can be and through these blogs I have learned that submission is not such a bad word, it is how we have contrived it to be!

Good Little Kitty

Our beautiful little kitty Kasey should probably have her named changed to something much larger like KILLER or Killer Kasey!

This ugly looking thing is only one of the four large (as in much larger alive then dead) spiders she has killed this week and while I am proud of her...she is an indoor kitty and I have no clue where these things are coming in from or where she is finding them.

Good Kasey, good Kitty...they creep me out dead, I would freak if they were moving!

A Blog Award...V Is For Versatile

Many of you have seen this award around. I want to thank Pokey for giving me a chance to share my versatility with all of you and to pass this award onto several of my wonderful blog followers.

What does versatile mean? To me, it means easy to change like making a wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe and changing the chips to chunks, the walnuts to Macadamias and it tasting as wonderful as it would have using the original recipe.

Versatile is adapability, having various uses, handy. Wow! As a quilter, I have tons of versatility in my stash...I can change a pattern to make it from lap to king, colors from Easter to Christmas and to fit each person a quilt is made for.

As a woman we are all versatile, quickly changing from our mom, to friend to wife to lover persona when needed.

Here are the seven (7) unknown facts about me, unless you have known me forever!

1. I am absolutely terrified of mice! When I broke my leg several years back my husband was out of state. I was in our bathroom when a mouse ran in, I hopped with my cast out the door, closed it, called a friend over and slept on the couch after that!

2. My step-dad was military, when we finally settled down, I grew up in Moss Landing, California a small fishing village...I now work in a small fishing village and I have met several people who know my brother back home!

3. I can't have company over unless my house is in perfect order which is why my best friend just shows up before calling...he knows I will clean!

4. I have never cooked a Thanksgiving meal, my husband and my best friend John do the cooking!

5. I can quilt, but I cannot read a ruler!

6. I married my husband having known him for less than a month!

7. I love Icee's and Slurpee's so much, my kids used to call me Icee Mama and I wasn't sure if they were teasing me or asking me if I wanted an Icee.

Now, to pass this onto several of my blog watchers whose blogs and friendships have keep me sane on many a dreary and dark day & as Pokey said...you are not mandated to participate!

• Ashley at: Always a Piece of Me
• Becky at: Becky's Carolina Journal , Becky is a Christian and takes some pretty incredible photos.
• Sara at: My Sewing Room, she is always letting me know she cares and uplifts me with her comments and her beautiful quilting projects.
• Patrick Lose if you are a crafter, quilter, embroiderer and you don't know about Patrick, you are missing a day without sunshine, he is just an inspiration always cheering us on and check out his latest project Quilting Celebrations magazine in a quilt shop or store near you!
• Rebecca at Thirty Goodness, a beautiful person who is as sweet as sugar!

There are so many...Melinda, Sherry, Cathy, Amy and the many wonderful women who uplift me daily!

Thank you for being so sweet and versatile!

I Didn't Need Roses...But I Love Them!

Today was/is our 29th wedding anniversary and I told hubs all I wanted was for him to quit smoking, but as you can see he thought this would make my day & they did. They are beautiful and smell sweet and even the kids kept them a quiet secret from me!