Finding the upside

     Well, family... It's been a couple of days since I posted here and just thought that I would come and pay my respects.  Hope that you all had a swell day 'cause I surely did...not.

I was awakened by a gentle south wind, the warm sun gently kissing my eyelids, and the sound of birds chirping my name.  UMMMM!!! NO!!! It was actually the sound of my husband getting ready for work. Which, I guess is a good thing. The Bible says if a man doesn't work, he ought not to eat (2 Thess 3:10). And since I am no longer employed, the sound of somebody going to work ought to be pleasantries in my ears, right? Yeahhh, about that..

I'll make sure to keep repeating that to myself...

In the mornings, I am forced to "listen" to the sounds of:

1. the rapid fire sound of machine gun pee pellets hitting the toilet water
2. the shower head screaming as hot water finally makes it way to the master bath, and
3. my husband's body release the night's pent up farts and  raucous pig-face snorting that I'm sure a surgical procedure is needed to correct.

Great start. Well, at least I am alive to see another day.

Jesus, coffee, kids and cake. The name of my blog. Pretty much sums up my life, I suppose. Oh wait, the above mentioned that I am married. Where's that in the blog title? That's the cake. Duh! Because being married to a man completely my opposite is SO easy! It's a cake-walk!

NOT!!!

The cake in my blog title is actually...cake, folks. I am a sucker for sweets. Hence, my ever expanding waist line...

Well, back to my un-swell day.... Homeschooling the children today was like trying to catch a greasy pig or asking the Texas sun to leave the sky or trying to sell used matches or...you get the picture, right? It just took them sooooo long to do everything. I had planned on a short day but they made sure to foil my plans. Lots of resistance, lots of protests, and lots of breaks... They were definitely trying my patience. And my 3 year old has been the brattiest little booger for the last couple of weeks!!

Aaargh! What have I done to deserve this treatment?
Is this you Lord, lol? Are you trying to get my attention?
Are you showing me myself again? I surely hope not!

I've got to get a game plan together to deal with these children of mine. I love them to death
but they need some twirking. There are a few bugs and kinks to work out before I can confidently present them to anybody. I offered my youngest to my sister today. She refused. :/

Maybe next week, we will spend our time discussing and working on behavior. I've never put any stock in this but maybe there are some things in their diets that need to be taken out? They definitely need more physical exercise. So, time to re-invent this at-home learning thing again.

Soon, I will find what works "perfectly" (knock on wood) for our family.

On the upside, I am still ecstatic about the opportunity to homeschool. I love opening their little brains and pouring in Jesus, who has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Pe 1:3)

Upside #2, when my husband and his bodily sounds returned home, I was able to steal away a few moments to ride my bike around the subdivision and walk the darn dog :P

Upside #3, tomorrow is the women's fellowship. Brunch at the Grand Lux Cafe. Looking forward to some "me" time!