To actually do what I desire to do...my goal

Heritage Plaza Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is looking for volunteers to dedicate about an hour a week to residents by calling bingo, helping with arts & crafts, painting fingernails, etc. If you would like to be a part of the family, please contact Roxanne Miller, Life Enrichment Coordinator, at 903-792-6700.

So I always said that I wanted to volunteer to help others, yet I have not done anything to pursue it. I rescue a dog, say I want to vol there, and never do. I seem to say that over and over to myself. It is something I really want to do but seem to let one of my my core sins, laziness, get in the way. Well I need to get off my sitting muscle and get to work for God's glory. The great news? I get to choose where to work at. In Texarkana, there is this awesome website www.texarkanavolenteercenter.org that lists TONS of places that need helpers. I called and made an appointment to speak with the coordinator at the place I listed above. Please pray there will be a match with their needs and my desires. If not, please pray that God would show me where He wants me. I really should be taking advantage of the fact that God is allowing me this "free" time with income to serve Him and show His love to others, and not be lazy. Can I get an AMEN?

Football

Tomorrow night we get to go to our first football game in the south. We have been told that the folks in the south LOVE their football, so we are excited to see how the game and fans are. Marcus came home with two free tickets, and his friend had two free tickets. So we called to see if they were going to go. They were NOT, so I asked if we could have their tickets. They said yes!!! Now we get to have a fun family night out for FREE!!!

Yea!! We can't wait.

Cali DMV

First let me say that I am writing this post while still frustrated with the DMV. So I tried to change the address for the car 3 times when we moved here. It never got updated and last week I received a garnishment notice from the FTB. I filled out the forms and returned them so they can clear the account. In the mean time I got a delinquent notice for Marks Bike. We also already have tried to change the address for this. So I called the DMV to see what is going on. The guy tells me that he cant help me since the account was sent to the FTB. And he said that he cant help with the bike since it is not registered. AAAAHHHH!!!!!!

I call the FTB and somehow get rerouted to the DMV. I told the lady the problem. She cleared the account with the DMV and said she was sending a fax to the FTB to close my account. Then I told her that we tried to change the address for the bike. So she cleared that too. even bigger . WHY COULDN'T THAT FIRST GUY HELP ME LIKE SHE DID??
I waited on hold for 20 minutes to talk to her and it was well worth it. Needless to say I can do without EVER having to deal with the DMV again. Now I am on my way to the TEXAS DMV to get my DL. Should be in and out in less than 20 minutes. Cant say that about Cali. This drama is reason enough for us to not ever move back to Cali. I think that my Mom was one of the very few smart ones that worked at the DMV. Now let me pray for the P word!! Patience, before by babies come home.

So cute...and then

Bella and Marcus are KNOCKED OUT! This is a nightly thing. Every night before bed I check on the boys and this is what I find. If Zach is in the bed too, then somehow Bella gets in between them. How do they all sleep in the same bed??? I have no idea. But they never complain.
And then I went out back and found this food bowl all chewed up. Does she really need to eat the bowl when eating her food?

When Mom comes to visit.....

The laundry gets done.... and she puts it all away, in the same day!
And the pots and stove trays gets deep cleaned.
I love it when my Mom comes to visit.

Backpack check #2

Today I checked the backpacks, as I always do, and found Zachery trying to take his Halloween costume to school. He had it wrapped up tight under his school book. :-)

More Games!

Since Mom has been here we have played games every night! It has been so much fun and has inspired me to want to play games with the boys. I am still trying to learn how to be a better mom and spend more time with the boys and this has helped. We taught Marcus how to play Yahtzee and we played JR Yahtzee and Candy land with Zachery. Zachery also gets to roll the dice for us when we play regular Yahtzee. So it is great fun for the family. Mark has not been playing because he is tired after work. Hopefully this weekend we can get him to play with us. But I am so excited to have something else I can do with the boys so they don't drive me crazy! :-) I say that with TONS of love.

Look how much fun we are having. LOL

This morning Mom and I spent from 7:30-1:30 at the school counting money, preparing the bank deposit, and organizing the fundraiser forms for the school. This was my first volunteering opportunity and I completely enjoyed it. I hope they call me for more work!

Today was also the first day of the new sale at my favorite store, Kohl's. And I had a coupon for an additional 30% off all sale and clearance priced items, and you know I HAD to take advantage of that. I ended up buying all my nieces, nephews, my boys, and of course me, shoes for Christmas and the boys some shoes for the future. I got 15 pairs of mostly Scketures, Nike's, and Vans for only $133.24. That is less than $10 a pair!!!! And these are AWESOME shoes!

Please don't let any of my little nieces and nephews see this post cause these are their Christmas presents!! :-)

Tomorrow.... we are staying home and not spending a dime! I am broke.