Vantastic!

We got a 2002 Chevy Venture today. Now we can drive around with our whole family using current safety standards (J1 was squished in between the car seats with only a lap belt). This is a bit of a miracle as our debt load is abnormally high until our house sells. It feels strange to enter the world of mini-van owners. But they sure are convenient! I could hop out of my seat and take care of any of my kids (we weren't driving). Didn't get the best best trade on our car, but not horrible. The financing is on the high side, but at least we can pay it out if we get the chance. I'm just really happy we have a proper vehicle for our family. Maybe it will help the cabin fever I've been developing.

Better?

Well, I'm over the worst of this cold. Unfortunately the raw, chapped lips/nose have activated a cold sore. Trying the ice/tea method since it's still in the beginning stages (both ice and tea are supposed to have anti-viral properties and limit the growth of the virus). I really want to nip this thing in the bud because it's very contagious and I don't want to spread it to my kids. Oh, and get this...I'm supposed to avoid close contact with infants. Right. I'll do my best!

A Bad Code

I hab a bad code. By dose is stuffed up. Well, it was uh-dil I sdorted the Dristad Bist. Dow it's just leakig badly. Duh garbage cads are overflowig with Kleedexes and toilet paper. I wish it were next week already. Den it would be all better (Pause to blow). At least it beats throwig up.

What do you think?

I'm reading a book called "Fight Like a Girl" by Lisa Bevere, which encourages women to embrace the way they were created. In it, she talks about how God is not a man and what we ultimately desire will never be completely met or found in one, and that only God is perfect...there is no perfect man. Yet, we often try and change our men to more closely match our ideals. In her discussion, Lisa quotes Devi Titus (a woman):

"Most women serve their children and train their husbands, rather than the other way around."

This strikes me as true. What do you think?

Recovering

I feel mostly recovered from birth...hurray! Now if I could just fully recover from this nasty nasty sore throat/swollen glands...but I think I'm close. Got it just after Christmas when I had a couple of bad nights and refused to nap/go to bed early while celebrating with my family at the CanadInns. Oops. Now I pay for it. I think hubby just came down with it today. J is just starting to get over his fever/cough thingie. Thankfully the other two are still healthy.

Had the most wonderful time journalling by candlelight last night. Hadn't done that since the day after J2 was born. Also had a lovely visit with friends on the first day of this new year. I really want to have people over a lot more this year. Realizing that it will be a challenge to not let mothering consume me. It's so easy i.e. with a newborn to just be glued to them. But I really need my own time and space to stay sane and to be the woman I am meant to be. It gets much harder when feeling sleep deprived though. Everything tends to go out the window.

Things I am thankful for today:
- special Christmas memories like the look on R's face when her parents and grandparents all sang Christmas carols together by candlelight on Christmas Eve and the Jingle Bells "dance party" that had everyone hoppin'
- all the snow
- cuddles with my new baby
- Vanilla Rooibos tea and Candy Cane Lane tea
- candlelight