My name is Jamie Garcia and I am 31 years old, a mother to two daughters, 2 yo and 4 months, wife to Sonny Garcia and child of Jesus. That all should have been written the opposite way honestly :)
Today was 90 degrees plus humidity, which is normal here in MD. Lucy and Mary both had decent nights, so I got pretty good sleep for having two young children. Lucy and I woke up and had breakfast while Mary continued to sleep (4 mo). Then we did laundry and I tried to get work done on the computer (just ordering supplies for home, banking, etc I don't work for anyone but my family right now) while Lucy played with the enormous playdough play set that Jenna and Dan got for her last Christmas (my sister and her husband).
Jenna is 37+ weeks pregnant with her first child with Dan, not sure of the baby's gender b/c Dan wanted to wait and Jenna honored his request (which is the first clue to how much Jenna loves and respects him since she is not known for her patience :). Last I checked with my mom she was "only" at 3-4 cent, which any woman that's had more than one child knows the measurements mean nothing in relation to how long labor will be. She unfortunately admitted herself to the hospital when she came in to be monitored for a slightly elevated BP and headache, they gave her fluids again (she got some last week) but they failed to stop the contractions this time. It's so much easier to labor at home, ESP if you want a natural delivery, but it's so hard to talk to women who have never had a baby before. There is BB (Before Baby) and AB (After Baby) women in my opinion, the two have nothing in common when it comes to talking about giving birth honestly. You just cannot give it justice when explaining all that happens and BB women just really don't get it! (neither did I btw). This also goes for having a completely natural birth vs medicated birth, you just cannot explain to each other what birth is like without the other's eyes glazing over (goes for me as well) or back getting up.
Sonny came home on time and we cooked burgers on the grill for the 2nd day in a row with rice. We desperately need to go grocery shopping but I'm waiting on a color cartridge for our printer to show up from amazon.com so I can print out my coupons for Target etc. I'm still struggling with this new experience shopping with coupons, especially since having two small children doesn't exactly give me the time, energy, ease to go to multiple stores. So I must pick the store that will give me the best price via coupons or pricing for that week (we shop about 1-2x/month only...I'm not a fan of shopping 99% of the time) and have everything else that we need so I don't have to make more than one stop. We get our milk, butter, cream, eggs, pork, chicken, cheese, etc etc from Your Family Cow in Chambersburg, PA (Raw, grassfed, organic. no exceptions for our family) and our meat from a longhorn family farm that treats their cows like pets (except they eat some of them!). We buy a 1/4 cow 1x/year and get it for $3/#...that includes steaks which usually go for $12-30/#. They are not registered organic or completely grassfed, but they are trustable, likeable, and dependable, not to mention LOCAL; so it works for us completely! They only give grain in winter as a 'treat' and during the last 1-2 weeks before slaughter to put fat on the cow/steer, the taste is beyond exceptional, even my cheap in-laws love it. :) It's from Columbine Manor, the Palmer family, love Celia and steve.
We did a devotion out of In Touch magazine, right now I cannot even remember what it said honestly.
We are in a holding pattern, slowly sinking...not diving mind you but not keeping the water out either, when it comes to time, energy, will to spend time together.
Sonny got a new job, it will allow him to stay up 1-2 hours later at night, I'm excited to see if we can eek out some family time and couple time for the two of us.
I hope that this blog will be a family diary of sorts, something that we can look back to for kicks and for understanding. I am really aiming to get off of FB completely by the end of the year, if not sooner. The ads and the time I spend on it are alarming. That includes on my phone, I think I will be a much happier person once they stop giving us internet through our walmart track phone plan for free--after the withdrawal period that is. I am seriously considering taking a technology break, go on a diet so to speak. My time is precious and my energy level is low, which makes getting on the net and vegging very ideal most days unfortunately. Then in turn Lucy gets put in front of a DVD too often, Christian but still a movie and not ideal for her time here.
I'm tired and need to change, but change takes energy and a good burst of it to get the enertia started to do a good job of change.
There are a few things that God wants me to do that I just haven't moved on, not that I don't want to do them, just it makes me cry to think about the time and energy that will have to be spent in order to accomplish them. I need to rely on Him more, I need to actively rely on Him more, it takes will power to actively rely on Him and not do it myself. If I don't I am afraid of what consequence I bring on myself and my family. Is this what it means to fear the Lord? I am just not sure.
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