Blessings in disguise

Isn’t she so pretty!?!

I know it’s been awhile since I have last posted but I’ve just been trying to adjust.  Maddie is doing pretty well with all of it too which makes it so much better on all of us! 

This past week I only had to work 2 days because there was no day care these past 3 days. They start back up on the 29th but Shane has that week off so she is staying home with him that week and going camping one of those nights.  She’s really excited about that!

This weekend we are heading to the Osteology Museum and then we will be going down to Lawton and Medicine Park.  She loves going there!  Glad I can make it on this adventure since I will miss out on all the fun next week. 

Going back to work has been easier than I thought it would be.  I’m really getting back into the swing of things but it is a lot more walking than I remember!  I have been wearing my pedometer and in one week I walked a little over 20 miles and then this past week one just one day I walked 13 miles!!!  And that is all at work!

I know that with God’s help that I will only get stronger!  He’s already helped me do more than I ever thought that I could do!! (Thirteen miles in one day! and just the fact that I listened to Him and took this job)

I have really enjoyed just plugging in my phone and listening to some praise music as I clean too, it just makes it go by so much faster and makes it that much easier as well.

This job has really just been a blessing in disguise!  Not only is this helping us financially, it’s helping Maddie to bond more with Shane, it gives me a chance to talk with some other adults and get a workout in the process!  Thank you Lord for dropping this job into my lap when I wasn’t even looking!!  You have blessed me more than I deserve!!!

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. ~James 1:2

Therefore I will praise You, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of Your name. ~Psalm 18:49

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Weekend Catch up

Sharing my post from my other blog for those of you that don’t follow that one.  Hope you all have a very Happy Mother’s Day tomorrow!!!! 

 

 

This was my first week back to work.  It went pretty well and by the second day I was getting back in the swing of things.  Alberto, the guy that had the job before me stayed with me all week to jog my memory.  It was a fun week and since I have worked with him before, it was nice to catch up on things.  I am very sore but I know that in the weeks to come it will get better.  I wore my pedometer one night and just cleaning and walking to different buildings it was a little over 6 miles!  (lost 2lbs this week!) No wonder I was sore! 

After staying at home for almost 4 years and not doing much besides walking Maddie to school and our own small walks it did take its toll on me but it will get better!  It was good to see everyone and I have really missed the guys in maintenance that I work with.  Some are new but most are still there from the last time I worked there and its like I never left!

I was really happy with how well Maddie did with all of this too, she still says she wishes I would have told them no but there have been very few tears.  She is really enjoying eating lunch at school now and is making some new friends in SAC. (school age care)  She has also been doing pretty well at home with only daddy, the first few days she was doing really well and towards the end of the week she was back to being her old strong-willed self so I think all is well.   

Today was nice spending time with both Shane and Maddie and I will really enjoy tomorrow too.  Going back to work wasn’t as bad as I thought but I know this is only the first week and in time I will really start to miss them but I know in the long run this will be good for us.  It is nice to have some other adult conversation too!!!

Friday she had her field trip and she went to lunch all by herself so no pictures from that.  Next week she said she wants me to stay home and she will go to lunch with her classmates and then on to SAC. 

Here’s some pictures from the past week.  Monday’s pics are here.

Tuesday was hamburgers!

 

Wacky Wednesday- for teacher appreciation week they were doing different things to show their teachers how much they loved them…

 

Wednesday they had grilled cheese

 

Thursday they had sloppy joes

 

So  proud of her!  She got an Outstanding Student award for knowing all the letters in the alphabet and their sounds!!

 

This was what I walked at work Thursday night!

 

This was Friday, the day of her field trip

 

The flower pot she had painted for me. 

They planted seeds for Mom’s for Mother’s Day

 

One of the baby frogs out where I work.  They are everywhere out there this time of year!  I missed them!  lol  Had to save some and some toads from Alberto because they freak him out.  Silly little man…

 

And today, at On The Border, where they took me for my early Mother’s Day dinner!

 

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An update

Sorry I haven’t been doing the Jesus Calling Devotional posts lately.  I will do my best to catch up for the last of April over the weekend but I won’t be doing them anymore.  You’ll have to go buy the book! 

I have been thinking about going back to work for awhile now but I didn’t plan on looking until the end of summer since Maddie will be in school all day next year. Of course I was wanting something that would give me weekends and holidays off and days would be a bonus! A few weeks ago my old job called me back and asked if I wanted my job back. I had to think about it for a bit, talked to my husband and he said it sounded good and I should take it. Besides it was something I know, already know the people and the routine. The only down side is that it is from 2p-11p Monday thru Friday.

It was a hard decision for me to make. After being home with Maddie for the past four years, not really having a schedule and just crafting, playing, learning and fighting… I really didn’t want to take it. I wanted to stay home this summer and play in the pool everyday and have fun! Well… hubby has been working so hard these past 4 years, being the only bread winner, doing well and not struggling but there are always those thoughts of what if? He seemed really relieved when I told him about it so I decided to take it.

It is going to be so hard and Maddie will now be going to daycare. Her school provides a daycare which is good and they even have it during the summer times which is better! They are also close, 10 min walking distance and only a minute or 2 driving and it is on the way to work. That is what made us decide to go with them. Maddie is excited about going and then the next minute she is telling me she doesn’t want me to get a job, that dad already has one and mommy’s are supposed to stay at home with the kids! Smart girl… knows how to tug at my momma’s heart.

I start on Monday and she will be going to daycare on Monday as well. They will let me come up and sit/eat lunch with her and I am very thankful for that. I will be doing that for the first week or so or until she tells me to stop. I will only see her maybe an hour in the morning and an hour at my lunch, then the times she lets me sit with her at lunch time. This is going to be hard on all of us! Maddie and I at separating from each other, Shane and I not seeing each other much either, about the same amount of hours as Maddie, and then it will be hard on him having to take over all the parenting rolls in the evening time. Praying this all works out and it is God’s plan!

Just wanted to let you all know so when you see days… well weeks since I already go days without posting you will know why.

I’m scared but ready for this new journey to begin!

 

 

Just a  few pictures of my sweet baby girl and the hat I crocheted for her today!

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