No Kids Allowed.....could be TMI for the best of us.

So, I ran across an interesting blog with a very interesting challenge. It's for us married ladies and it's all about sex and having more of it, and doing things to spice it up and all.
Oh, did I mention it's from a CHRISTIAN perspective?!?!?

1 Corinthians 7:5 says:
So do not deprive each other of sexual relations. The only exception to this rule would be the agreement of both husband and wife to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time, so they can give themselves more completely to prayer. Afterward they should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt them because of their lack of self-control.

The Bible tells us to!!! Ha ha, I love it.

This area in life has been a bit hard for me lately. Pregnancy, prolaspe, hormones running haywire....None of it really helpful to love-making.

Anyway, so this challenge is called the "1 Corinthians 7:5" challenge and the author gives a challenge each week to help out the love-making.
For instance, week one is all about getting the bedroom set up to be a haven for the couple. (this may take me awhile, as I still have to get David OUT, LOL).

Anyway, take a look, even if you don't want to join the challenge! And lets all have a lot more sex with our hubbies! (oh my!!!)

January Round Up--Filing Cabinet

Here I am at my first Round Up! Before I begin, can I just say that I think Laura from Organizing Junkie is a pretty cool gal for doing this (AND menu monday, and a ton of other amazing stuff) and I am excited to be a part of it.


So, for January, it was filing cabinets. I must say, a rather appropriate one for me, as my files had gotten out of hand in a big way. When you take a look here at my "before" pictures, you'll see what I mean:

Papers, bills, magazines, stuff stacked everywhere. That little green container in the upper left corner was my only "cabinet". I had put a bunch of archived bills in a 3 ring binder, but it wasn't big enough and I don't have enough binders for everything. Wanting everything in one place nixes this really great organizing idea.

I knew I was in for a long haul, as there was sorting to do, a new filing system to work out, and it all to put together and organize into something useful.

During this process, I ran across of box of nice, professional-style filing boxes that we have hiding behind the door in our bedroom...left over from when we moved. Knowing that we didn't have the money to go all out with a fancy filing cabinet, I decided to utilize one of these boxes and make my own filing cabinet. I think it worked well.

In the end, I got done almost a week early, which I was happy about because in the middle, I wasn't sure I'd be done by Round Up time! But, take a look at my finished work (I guess this doubles as an "office space" or "desk" Round Up too, ha ha:

ABC Wednesday---B

"B" was a hard one for me. I was thinking about what to pick, and there are so many choices for me!
Just to list a few:

*boys, I love all my boys so much. My house is full of boys. Even my cat is a boy.

*babies...I love their cuddliness, their softness. Their littleness.

*Blankets, who doesn't love to curl up in a favorite blankie?

*Board games, love 'em!

*Books...can't get enough of books! I love, love, LOVE to read!

In the end, my "B" pick was actually kind of easy. This "B" has saved my sanity in so many ways and so many times. And so, without further ado (and because I'm ticked off at myself for having to re-write all of this), here is my "B" pick:

B is for Binkies. They have been such a help for this mommy. I applaude mommies who don't use them, but for me they are a life saver.....sanity saver....et cetera. Below is a picture of a binkie (using my camera's digital macro option, it's SO cool!) and a couple pictures of my boys with theirs, enjoy:

Davey-Boy, I went and took a picture of him sleeping (yes, took the risk of waking him up, couldn't resist!)

Little Liam and myself. We both look so young in this picture! Look how little hair he has!

That's it for me and "B". Check out the rest of the ABC Wednesday group here!

For the love of the vaccuum

Don't know how many people know this, but Liam hates the vacuum. H A T E S it!
When he was little, he'd scream and sob the whole time I was vacuuming. Now, he either hides on the couch, or runs around trying to shoot and kill it. I'm not even kidding.

So, I was curious about how David would respond. Especially since we haven't done much vacuuming around here (I wasn't allowed to after prolapsing this last summer). Well, I'm finally easing back into vacuuming, and...well, I'll let you decide for yourselves what you think David thinks of the vacuum (just so you know, it's ON in the first two pictures. I had to turn it off to even get the third):

That’s right, folks. In picture number two, he’s KISSING the vacuum (ok, I admit, it's more likely that he just likes the feel of the vibrations on his mouth, but which is funnier?!)! I pull the thing out of the closet, and he gets this, “What’s this now!?” look on his face. The second I turn it on, he beelines it to the vacuum, and has to be touching it, climbing on it, kissing it….he LOVES it.

I should have guessed. He’s been so different from Liam in so many things. Baths are the other biggie. Liam hated them too. Took YEARS to get him to do anything other than stand at the side and cry. David only cries when I take him OUT. I think he’d LIVE in water if we’d let him!

distraction

"what a cool ceiling fan!"

Feet Friday---feet at the park

My parents came over last Monday and it was such a nice day that we all bundled up and took a walk to the local park.

my sweet baby

ABC Wednesday----I'm joining with A!

I have noticed this weekly blog idea on this beautiful site, and liked the idea. Also, my mom has talked about it a bunch too, although not on her blog....yet.

As they are just starting a new round, I thought it would be fun to join in this time. But, I figure I need a theme to help me along, and I thought what fun it would be to do a "my favorite things" theme.

So, here is my favorite "A":

Animal Friends.

As in this little feline, who resides with us:
Sal is sweet, kind, generally patient, even with the boys, and all around the type of cat who give cats a good reputation. We love him around here!

Also, this little friend has been seen around our house the last couple of days:

Have to add a shout out to a few of my Puppy Friends:

This little guy is not so little, but I don't have a recent photo of Mr Finn:

And, last but not least, our stuff animal friends. Lee calls this little guy "Curious George" and he often is who's chosen for the animal to snuggle with at bedtime:

What a fun post idea!!!! Don't forget to check out the master ABC Wednesday site and take a look at others who are are joining in the fun!!!!

Make Me Laugh Monday

Last night, I looked over at David, to find him here:
He had gotten in the basket of the stroller all by himself. And, of course, in true brother fashion, Liam just HAD to climb in when David got out:

Fun times. I love these kids!

New Year and a New Game

When we had our New Years party at the Elder Butchers', they had a game I'd never seen before. It's called "Chairs". You play with little plastic chairs, trying to stack them into towers, seeing how high you can get it before they collapse. It is great fun.
Our friend, Tony, managed to make a chair tower using every chair. It was amazing for about a minute (long enough for me to get a picture or two.) and then it fell over.