Moving?

Mauricio was wondering if I'm willing to move to La! I keep debating to myself if we shld or shld not.

I wld like to because there are so many things to do as a family, farmer's market, go to the beach, Mauricio will see his family more, etc.

I don't want to because it's expensive to live there which means small house, too many people, fast pace, not safe, traffic is awful, and so on.

I guess I'll just listen to what God have to tell me or guide me on those decisions.

How to keep a marriage last long?

I went to church with Mak this morning and it was sooo good to be back. Kerry(interpreter) and Pastor Ron have been married 40 yrs! They were talking about how they keep their marriage work. There were 11 of them. Can't remember all of them.

1. Can't change ur partner or to try to improve. Only ur partner will do it when he or she want to. Accept it.

2. Don't expect if your wife is not like ur mother or ur husband like ur father. Never compare them. Like u love ur mother's way of cooking but ur wife don't cook that way.

3. Learn to forgive and move on. If keep think too much about an issue will lead to wrong path or more plms.

4. Do lil things for ur partner like do dishes, take trashes out etc. Makes u appreciate ur partner more.. Can't expect 50/50. Sometimes, it will be 10/90. That's part of everyday living. Get use to it.

5. Even if u are not interest in things that ur wife or husband like go to colorado for them. Kerry loves to go there but not Ron. He does it for her because he loves her..

6. Feeling of love. Sometimes ur feeling toward for husband or wife will come and go. Just try to remind ur wife or husband that u love him or her everyday. And good thing about the person.

7. Try to laugh more cuz it's best medicine.

8. No secret w money! Always let each other know.

I couldn't think of 3 more. It was a good one.. They said their marriage are not perfect and it takes a lot of hard work.

It's Sunday!

Wow.. It's soo nice not have to go to work last night and come home at 9am on Sunday! I love it. I'm soo glad that I'm working only Thursdays and Sundays! Amen! I'm thankful to have a good boss! Now we can go church which we are leaving soon! Talk some more ltr!

FINALLY!

It's about time we do something for the house! We are going to work on taking wallpapers off. Then hopeful start painting next week. I would like to buy laminate flooring and padding next week and it will be ready whenever we are done with painting! The laminate flooring is for the dining room and the hall. Mauricio want to do the laminate flooring in the living room room but I told him to wait and see. Since that living room floor if u jump the tv shake. I'm getting sooo exciting! I want it all do be done by March because we will be gone out of town for spring break. Then Mathew will have a surgery either in end of March or early April! We are going to paint the dining room, our bedroom and living room. Then will worry about kids' room and playroom(as soon as Uncle Ernesto move out). I want my house to look BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE! The bathroom is all DONE! Complete remodel but need more decorating! hehe..

2008!

It's been a while since I write a post! Now it's the beginning of 2008. Time goes by toooo fast. For past 2 months have been so crazy. I start working part time at a shelter home for single women and families. Which means I work overnights. It has been a challenge and a big adjustment for me. Since I have to take care of kids full time. Not getting enough sleep, etc. Start study medical coding and billing school online. Right now, I'm study Anatomy and Medical Terminology. As you can see why I haven't post lately. Now that Christmas is over.

Makenzie is going to preschool 2 times a week which is nice! Mak was looking forward to it then on her first day of school and she freaked out! Cried. I explained to her that Mommy will not stay with her, etc. Then on 2nd week, she didn't cry this time. She really enjoyed going to school.

Mathew is doing really good. He loves going to his school. He has been walking a lot without his crutches. His left leg is making it soo difficult for him. He depends on his right leg a lot. When we went home for Christmas and everyone was surprised to see him walking around without crutches! LOL. Of course, he fell sometimes. Sometimes, he need some supports like walk by the wall, etc. Also, he's qualify for neurosurgery!!!! I'm soo exciting for him. I will be more nervous as time gets closer. Prolly plan to have his surgery end of March. It's suppose to help him walk easier, easier to sit, etc. So will wait and see. *crossing my fingers*

Got to go. U know kids!

Woman loved life as a 'farmwife'

Yellow jacket is Grandma Dee and her very close sister, Jean

By Kathy Hanks - The Hutchinson News - khanks@hutchnews.com

All her married life, Deloras Harkness brought meals to her family working in the fields.It was just before noon on Tuesday when the Scott County farmwife was heading to the milo field with sandwiches and milkshakes. On a road she traveled for more than 50 years, just one-quarter mile from home, Deloras, 76, didn't see the other vehicle through the blinding dust from truck traffic. The two collided."I went with her thousands of times," said her sister, Verene Dearden, Garden City. "She was always careful."Harkness' sister said the two were raised in a close-knit family of 14 children on a Sioux Indian reservation in South Dakota. Some of Deloras' domestic skills were gleaned during high school, when she boarded with a Scott City farmer and banker, Henry Parkinson, and his family. Keeping house and cooking allowed her to earn money to attend school.Soon after graduating in 1949, she married Robert Harkness, and together they farmed by Dry Lake, in Scott County. "Her fondest dream was being a wife," Dearden said. "She learned to be a farmwife through Bob."The couple raised three children, Mike of Scott City, Kenton of Garden City, and Deb Gruver of Scott City. She also had 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. "She loved being a farmwife, and made sure the men had food," Dearden said. "She had a beautiful home and they always had the big family meals there during the holidays." Daughter Deb Gruver said her mother hung at least 40 Christmas stockings every year. So many, Bob Harkness had to create a special bar and chains to hold them."Mom taught us to be thoughtful, kind and respectful," Gruver said. "She was a very unselfish person, the last to sit down at every meal." In his grief, Kenton Harkness was cherishing the things his mother taught him. "She was Christ-like," he said. "She liked everyone, knew no strangers, was not racist and embraced everybody."Known for her sewing skills, every one of her 10 grandchildren received a homemade quilt when they graduated from high school. Deloras passed along her sewing talent to her daughter."I remember spending hours with Mom in the sewing room," Deb Gruver said. "We'd talk and giggle." Her sons recalled their mother as a willing gopher on the farm."She'd run to town for parts," Kenton Harkness said. "She moved pickups from one field to another at the drop of a hat."But that's not all; she even vacuumed the inside of the tractors and combines, and kept the windshields clean on the vehicles. That was one way she made sure everyone was safe.

Books

"Found" by Karen Kingsbury. I'm almost finish that book. I love it. I just find out that it's a series! Pfft. It's #3. Baxter Family Drama-Firstborn Series. Trying to decide if I shld read #1 and #2.


The other book I finished last week was "Over the Waters" by Deborah Raney. Wow. It melts my heart!


"The Nanny Diaries" is my next book! Then I want to see this movie. It looks like HILARIOUS!