Wednesday, March 3, 2010
One year later...
I can't believe it's been almost a year since I wrote something on here. Well I have been busy. And lately I've been thinking of things that I have learned in the past year. Maybe I'll make a list....
1. You can't force a kid to be potty trained. I tried it in July, but Grace just one month ago decided to be potty trained. She is doing great now, no bed wettings, but she had to do it on her own time.
2. My body loves fat, and I can't go through pregnancy without gaining a bunch of it. Even when I keep up my normal exercise routine. The math doesn't add up, but whatever. I'll lose it later. Another related lesson, exercise makes pregnancy much easier! I even have less heartburn. who'd a thunk it.
3. Here's a spiritual one. I have come into a deeper understanding (probably continually) of how intolerant God is of my sin, and yet how thoroughly and gloriously I am forgiven at the same time. I have been made aware of how toxic and disgusting my complaints are to God; even when unspoken they are a slap in His face. I have also come to understand that because of Christ (and only in light of Christ) I already am the virtuous woman of Proverb 31. This scripture is not a laundry list of godly standards that I fall short of meeting (since that would be the law and not grace), but a promise from God of who I am in Him. It is a profound dichotomy, but so simple. Paul even said that we would stumble on the simplicity of God's grace. God hates our sin; we are truly forgiven.
4. Moving on. No matter how much I don't want Grace to be a vegetarian, she just might be. To spite me. (I like to sneak chicken into her quesadillas.) "Mommy, I don't like meat!"
5. Sweet potato casserole fixes everything. I would say brownies do the same, but they bring guilt. At least sweet potatoes have nutrition.
6. When I am pregnant, every plant I own must die. I don't know what the heck it is, but I can't keep anything alive while I'm pregnant. When I was pregnant with Grace, during the summer, I didn't want to be outside watering, so naturally all my plants died of starvation/dehydration. Understandable. But I thought the plants I had this year would make it through the winter without much help from me. I was wrong. We had a cold snap and EVERYTHING froze and died. I'm still sad about this. My huge jade plant, my gorgeous amaryllis bulbs in the dirt, all the in-ground hibiscus plants out front, everything. Well, some dianthus lived, but of course that would be my least favorite plant. So I had to break my back replacing all the dead plants with live ones for the spring. I'm hoping I won't kill them before the baby comes. Bubba really thinks I'm cursed and didn't want me to buy them yet, but the front yard was just so sad!
7. No matter how many times we sell Bubba's Jeep, it comes back. It's like a zombie Jeep or something. We are actually hoping to sell it AGAIN, this week. And this time get the cash up front :D
8. Never underestimate how fast Grace can grow, and outgrow brand new clothes. Every time I want to buy an outfit for the baby, Bubba reminds me that Grace needs clothes more than Olivia does. I guess he's right.
9. Europe is awesome. I want to go back. Grace keeps asking me to take her to the Eiffel Tower. She is crazy about that, and Big Ben. I can't wait to take her when she is older.
10. I never have enough time to finish a blog post! I guess that's why it's been a year.
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Enjoyed the post! I think the hibiscus will come back from the roots.
Regarding the Jeep, people who have Jeeps and motorcycles and Corvettes have been known to buy the cars they once sold, many years down the road. Maybe it's inevitable, so the Jeep just refuses to go away. :-)
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