Me time

A common theme of my post may be that I am overwhelmed and burned out. Well, God wants us as parents (single or not) to take care of ourselves so that we can take care of our children. I am not taking care of myself. I feel ashamed, embarrassed, or just hate to bother others when I need help. But even the best mother in the world needs help...God places people in our lives to help us.

My prayer for this week is that God gives me the peace I need to ask for help. I pray that God places people in my path that are more than willing to help and I pray that my children behave for those who watch over them while I'm receiving much needed help!

In Acts 20:28 we are reminded to take care of ourselves and others.
"So guard yourselves and God's people. Feed and shepherd God's flock -his church purchased with his own blood -over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders."

Oh yea Kindergarten

I mentioned yesterday how overwhelmed I am feeling but I should have mentioned the kindergartner has a lot to do with this. My five year old is in her second (quarter?) of kindergarten and boy oh boy am I realizing that I am the mother of a school aged child.
I love kindergarten, I love her school and teacher...what I am not so crazy about is the lack of communication. I get very little comments from my child and her teacher has 23 children and emails are only if the child has been bad or in response to a question or email I've sent her. Any way, we have daily homework and so far so good. First report card (um, needed help understanding it) showed good progress and the thing I'm most excited about is...she got a good mark in conduct!

So, this year is almost over and I'm hoping to set some personal goals to write more about kindergarten and our home life...hoping to have some BIG changes coming to our lives soon!

Overwhelmed

I miss you! My non readers, my venting ground, my great plans and ideas!! I long to sit and write and plan and oh wait...to live! I want to live the life I dream off and dream of the life I live or something like that. I am so overwhelmed and exhausted I barely have time to shower so my dreams of writing, planning, and creating fall short or become extinct.

My family of three has been sick on and off for a while...we share the bug but I can't seem to rid myself of the bug...ugh! Any way, I am trying to get these ideas of mine on paper (or screen) and even if no one is reading but me and my mother I still feel good typing away my thoughts, ideas, and life!

So, overwhelmed as I may be I need this time...the quiet time to type away and let my brain enjoy some me time!

Blessings

My birthday is in November. My children and I baked cupcakes (nothing beats homemade icing!) and they were so very sweet to me but the sweetest blessing came to me my birthday week.

My coworker placed a treat on my car for my birthday and as she was doing so she noticed I needed new tires. I could not then and cannot now afford new tires. I explained this to my co-worker and she researched, found a dependable yet affordable place, and replaced my tires. I cannot begin to express how this helps me. I don't know how to show enough gratitude to my coworker for her kindness. It feels so good knowing she cares enough and is kind enough to look out for me and my family. This birthday I am truly blessed to have people in my life like my co-worker!

In need of strength

Happy Sunday! In preparation of this week I am a little overwhelmed. The school year is no longer new and life is in full swing. My little ones and I are struggling to be on the same page. I am struggling to be the mother I want to be. It may be hard to understand but I am not the mother I want to be...I am tired, lonely, and overwhelmed. My mind, body and soul are tired and I am trying to not to continue this way.

I pray this week that God gives me strength! I pray that God will fight my battles, help me control my actions, and help me become the mother I long to be. I turn to my God in need of strength.

Scripture:
Psalms 73:26
"My mind and my body may grow weak, but God is my strength: he is all I ever need."

Head of household

I have trouble being the "Head of my house". The fact is I am. There is not man around to help with any thing. There is no man making decisions for the betterment of my family. So, I am head of household. As a leader God wants me to lead not scare away and hide from important decisions. Sometimes I sacrifice personal study, mediation, and personal time with God and this causes me to lose focus on God's plan. When God's plan is not my focus my leadership fails...I don't want to fail God or my children.

 I have to continually strive to put God first so I can be a good leader for my family. I need to show my little ones that when God is in control all things are possible. I pray that God gives me strength to lead my family and to put Him first always.

Scripture:
Psalms 21:13
"We praise you, Lord, for your great strength! We will sing and praise your power."

Planet Box...

Okay, so last year I spent a lot of time (and I mean several weeks) looking into lunch boxes. I spent too much money last school year replacing cheap lunch boxes with new cheap lunch boxes so I decided that a big purchase for kindergarten would be a new nice lunch box that could grow with us and up hold several years of elementary school.

I enjoy packing items in separate containers but do not trying to find all those containers and fitting them into a too small lunch tote so when I found Planet Box I was very excited. The website impressed me and the reviews from blogs and other websites were very promising...the price well I was not a fan but after months of contemplating I purchased one planet box with fairy magnet covers and a pink bag. Almost fifty dollars but divided by the months of use and the happiness of mom and daughter I thought the Planet Box was worth it.

The week before school I brought out the lunch box and showed my daughter how to use it and how to care for it. The night before our big first day we packed it together and to be honest I enjoyed every minute it. Here comes the bad part...day three of school our PlanetBox is ripped. My daughter only caries the bag into the classroom the teacher then hands it to her at lunch, then the bag goes into her book bag until carpool. No way should three days of use cause the lunch box to rip. My heart sunk when I thought about how much money that was spent and how much time we had planned on using our PlanetBox.

Okay, I've contacted customer care, sent in photos of the box and ID tag and am waiting on a response...I have high hopes that the lunch bag will be replaced with a sturdier bag. I would love to give a wonderful review of this product but I have to wait and see how this situation is handled.

Has anyone else had trouble with PlanetBox lunch boxes? What lunch box do you and your child love?