Or at least I hope so. Again, one of my goals this year was to plant a garden. I've always wanted to and just never have. So Isaac and I got up this morning and worked on it. I don't really know what I'm doing. I'll actually be pretty proud of myself if something green sprouts up out of all of this. My friend had some leftover seeds she gave to me yesterday so I decided there's no time like the present! I planted some heirloom tomatoes, roma tomatoes, zucchini, watermelon, green beans, and various lettuces. I'm pretty sure I planted it all too close together but we'll see. I'm going to wait to invest in a wire cage for my tomatoes before I actually see if it starts to grow!
I'll keep you posted!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Raise the Roof!
Or ceiling that is. Mike just finished putting up the drywall on our ceiling using one of those fancy drywall lifter things you rent from Home Depot. Now he is going to tackle the mudding/taping part of it which we hear is not too much fun. So if any of your home improvement gurus out there have suggestions, we'll take 'em!
I think they should invent paint that smells like the new house smell. I like the way our basement smells now with all of the lumber in it, reminds me of a new house. Maybe we'll just stick some random pieces of lumber around our house or under the couches to get the effect . . .
I think they should invent paint that smells like the new house smell. I like the way our basement smells now with all of the lumber in it, reminds me of a new house. Maybe we'll just stick some random pieces of lumber around our house or under the couches to get the effect . . .
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Saving the world, one milk jug at a time. . .
My effort to participate in saving the world started today. I made a resolution this year to start recycling and I've been saving all of my lovely trash so that I can drive 20 minutes to drop such lovely trash off to a place where they will make it into something better (hopefully). I'm hoping the fuel requirements don't discount my efforts. I have a million excuses as to why I've never recycled before, mainly where to store it. Now I found a place in Kent County who will take my used plastic/paper/glass for free!!!
Less trash for me, more recycled plastic benches for you and your kids in the park. How lovely.
Less trash for me, more recycled plastic benches for you and your kids in the park. How lovely.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Missing My Boys
Mike and Isaac have been in Kansas now for about a week and are coming home on Sunday. I'm VERY excited to see them! It was a good decision b/c I basically come home sleep til 4:30 in the afternoon, get up, and go to work at 5:00 so I'm glad Isaac is getting to see his grandparents/greatgrandpa/and cousins.
Last night was a pretty easy night at work and I had lots of time to myself. Sometimes as a mom, it just seems like kids grow up so fast. I was really thinking about that last night and had a lot of time to just pray too, and it was perfectly quiet, peaceful, and I didn't even get any interrupting pages.
I know people always say kids grow up fast and they really do. I feel like all I can do as a mom is pray that Isaac knows how much I love him and hope that he grows up to love the Lord. I think that is my strongest desire for my children. No matter what they do, where they live, what job they have, as long as they are happy, love others, and love God, I think that is the only thing important in life. We spend so much time doing things that aren't to glorify God, that sometimes it's hard for me to realize that me working is important and what God wants me to do. I guess somebody has to work in our family =) But really, I think for any working mom, it's a struggle to find a balance between working and being at home.
It's nice to have this time to recollect and make sure my life and my family's life decisions are focused on Jesus. I have to say, it's very hard. It's hard when I get grumpy being on call, hard when I miss my kid(s), hard when I feel like Isaac wants to spend more time with Mike b/c he's home more, and just finding a couple of seconds to myself to read the Bible and try to grow in someway. I know many people can relate, including stay-at-home moms/dads. Anyway, these are a lot of ramblings but it sure is nice in a busy, loud world, to appreciate a quiet moment and I certainly did last night.
I still can't wait for my boys to come home though- I wouldn't want it quiet for too long!
Last night was a pretty easy night at work and I had lots of time to myself. Sometimes as a mom, it just seems like kids grow up so fast. I was really thinking about that last night and had a lot of time to just pray too, and it was perfectly quiet, peaceful, and I didn't even get any interrupting pages.
I know people always say kids grow up fast and they really do. I feel like all I can do as a mom is pray that Isaac knows how much I love him and hope that he grows up to love the Lord. I think that is my strongest desire for my children. No matter what they do, where they live, what job they have, as long as they are happy, love others, and love God, I think that is the only thing important in life. We spend so much time doing things that aren't to glorify God, that sometimes it's hard for me to realize that me working is important and what God wants me to do. I guess somebody has to work in our family =) But really, I think for any working mom, it's a struggle to find a balance between working and being at home.
It's nice to have this time to recollect and make sure my life and my family's life decisions are focused on Jesus. I have to say, it's very hard. It's hard when I get grumpy being on call, hard when I miss my kid(s), hard when I feel like Isaac wants to spend more time with Mike b/c he's home more, and just finding a couple of seconds to myself to read the Bible and try to grow in someway. I know many people can relate, including stay-at-home moms/dads. Anyway, these are a lot of ramblings but it sure is nice in a busy, loud world, to appreciate a quiet moment and I certainly did last night.
I still can't wait for my boys to come home though- I wouldn't want it quiet for too long!
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Photo Time!
Here are some new photos. Mike and Isaac went to the Whitecaps baseball game together. Isaac seems to like hockey more though . . . but daddy's working on that =) Hockey is more interesting for little bears b/c of the fast pace but I'm not a huge fan of Isaac playing hockey b/c I don't find it that interesting to watch! Maybe if my own boy was playing I would like it?
Monday, May 03, 2010
"Mother's Day"
Our little family has such a wonderful weekend. I am so happy with how it turned out. I was really grumpy going to call on Friday night b/c I knew that I was going to be missing my family for the next couple of weeks and was trying to get ready for Mike's 30th birthday party on Saturday night. Fortunately, I had the best call night ever and actually laid down for a bit so I was up by 11:00am on Saturday, enjoyed the day and had time to get ready for the party.
The party was so fun. I made a few things but the highlights were smoked cheddar burgers wrapped in applewood bacon, goat cheese and roma appetizers (yum!), and german chocolate cake. The cake was new for me but it is probably my new favorite recipe, though it used about 12 eggs to make the cake! My frosting was a little dry but I will try it again and I think I can make it better next time. It was so nice to get together with our friends. I have a few good friends from my intern class who are married and who Mike (and Isaac) have gotten to know really well. We also had our neighbors over and they have a little girl Isaac's age so it was fun to see them play together and get to know them better.
Today (sunday) was an absolutely beautiful day. Mike worked on the basement today a bit and Isaac and I played outside, reading books outside, playing ball, and just having fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it. We then all went to Holland for the Tulip Festival. It was nice just to be outside and the tulips were pretty, not quite as many as I was expecting to have a whole festival named after it, but a fun experience. I pretended like it was my Mother's day because Mike and Isaac will be in Kansas on Mother's day. I really wanted to do a Mother's Day run pushing Isaac and carrying Dosito but maybe next year =)
Mike and Isaac are going home because I start block nights this month (actually I'm on nights right now), so if you feel like praying for us, you can pray for me to have a good attitude, get sleep during the day, and not get depressed about working so much. Block nights are hard for lots of reasons. It's lonely. It's ~ 80 hour work week, which isn't out of the ordinary, but it's packed into 5 days so I basically go home and sleep and go back to work. So since I don't see my family during this time they are using the opportunity to go home and see extended family which is great! It's also just not fun, handling call and admissions all night. Additionally, I have 6 other calls this month on top of my 10 nights so it's just kind of a lot to have ahead of me this month. Oh well, only 2 weeks and then never again!!
So onto more happy stuff! When we put Isaac down to bed and he thinks it's so funny to roar like a lion at me when we leave the room and then I have to pretend that I'm scared. He started doing this at lunch and loves watching me jump at the scary lion! He's also a pretty sweet boy. Of course, he's testing his limits as he should but the other day we were getting into the car which he was not happy about. (He wanted to play at "hard worker store" a little longer, that being Lowe's) He kind of hit me on the face and I said, Isaac that hurt mommy, that's not very nice. So he said "Sor" and then patted me on the cheek and gave me a kiss. He was so sweet to me =) We are working on the sorry word and I think he's getting it. He's kind of a tough boy and he has a lot of war wounds today to prove it. Today he fell down the deck steps, fell on the steps on the shed, I accidentally popped him in the head with my foot, Mike dropped a 2x4 on him (seriously!), and he cut his lip and nose on something else. You would think we were bad parents but he's just quite the explorer!!
Anyway, I could probably keep typing since I'm just trying to keep myself awake now. At least when Mike drives home at 3am on Friday morning, I'll have somebody to talk to.
Have a happy day!
Kristi and Dosito
The party was so fun. I made a few things but the highlights were smoked cheddar burgers wrapped in applewood bacon, goat cheese and roma appetizers (yum!), and german chocolate cake. The cake was new for me but it is probably my new favorite recipe, though it used about 12 eggs to make the cake! My frosting was a little dry but I will try it again and I think I can make it better next time. It was so nice to get together with our friends. I have a few good friends from my intern class who are married and who Mike (and Isaac) have gotten to know really well. We also had our neighbors over and they have a little girl Isaac's age so it was fun to see them play together and get to know them better.
Today (sunday) was an absolutely beautiful day. Mike worked on the basement today a bit and Isaac and I played outside, reading books outside, playing ball, and just having fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it. We then all went to Holland for the Tulip Festival. It was nice just to be outside and the tulips were pretty, not quite as many as I was expecting to have a whole festival named after it, but a fun experience. I pretended like it was my Mother's day because Mike and Isaac will be in Kansas on Mother's day. I really wanted to do a Mother's Day run pushing Isaac and carrying Dosito but maybe next year =)
Mike and Isaac are going home because I start block nights this month (actually I'm on nights right now), so if you feel like praying for us, you can pray for me to have a good attitude, get sleep during the day, and not get depressed about working so much. Block nights are hard for lots of reasons. It's lonely. It's ~ 80 hour work week, which isn't out of the ordinary, but it's packed into 5 days so I basically go home and sleep and go back to work. So since I don't see my family during this time they are using the opportunity to go home and see extended family which is great! It's also just not fun, handling call and admissions all night. Additionally, I have 6 other calls this month on top of my 10 nights so it's just kind of a lot to have ahead of me this month. Oh well, only 2 weeks and then never again!!
So onto more happy stuff! When we put Isaac down to bed and he thinks it's so funny to roar like a lion at me when we leave the room and then I have to pretend that I'm scared. He started doing this at lunch and loves watching me jump at the scary lion! He's also a pretty sweet boy. Of course, he's testing his limits as he should but the other day we were getting into the car which he was not happy about. (He wanted to play at "hard worker store" a little longer, that being Lowe's) He kind of hit me on the face and I said, Isaac that hurt mommy, that's not very nice. So he said "Sor" and then patted me on the cheek and gave me a kiss. He was so sweet to me =) We are working on the sorry word and I think he's getting it. He's kind of a tough boy and he has a lot of war wounds today to prove it. Today he fell down the deck steps, fell on the steps on the shed, I accidentally popped him in the head with my foot, Mike dropped a 2x4 on him (seriously!), and he cut his lip and nose on something else. You would think we were bad parents but he's just quite the explorer!!
Anyway, I could probably keep typing since I'm just trying to keep myself awake now. At least when Mike drives home at 3am on Friday morning, I'll have somebody to talk to.
Have a happy day!
Kristi and Dosito
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