In the past 2 days, despite being slightly sleep deprived (caused by a number of factors), the Holy Spirit has illumined my mind to many reasons to be thankful and joyful. Here are the top 10: 10. Getting my love enjoyment back for house cleaning 9. Making gradual progress in the deep cleaning and purging… Continue Reading
God must’ve known I needed desperately needed an uber productive day with more than 10 minute intervals for well,….my sanity. The effects of yesterday’s completion of roof removal was hundreds thousands of tiny pieces of brittle, black, 15-year-old composite shingles covering everything (which is way too much junk) in our garage. Perfect. No, really, this… Continue Reading
So there’s this guy. He’s been coming to my house almost every day. I look forward to his arrival; it makes getting out of bed, egggssshausted, with a cold, knowing I have potential tantrums to face & just a required level of energy that is often overwhelming, oddly exciting. He works on my house. For… Continue Reading
This year’s Father’s Day was more than just a day’s celebration. With Tita visiting, it was hard to leave the Emde Resort and miss out on the family fun so….we didn’t! Our 2 days and 2 nights of pure joy… Lots of relaxation in the warm pool soaking in the Vitamin D Alizea with swim… Continue Reading
Seems as though Sweets is changing her little schedule (loosely used). Not that I have been paying very close attention to any sort of set routine, but I do seem to recall 3 naps up until the last week. Now with solids in the picture (3 times a day mind you, the girl loves to… Continue Reading
A few nights ago, I asked Dean if he/we had anything to do or anywhere to go for the coming Friday night. He said “are you asking me out on a date?” Indeed I was. Long gone are the days where I expect him to do all the planning when it comes to spending time… Continue Reading
Well, I did it. It’s official. I can now technically change my title from Boeing Business Analyst to President & CEO of Soto Enterprises, er SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) Doesn’t the former sound so much more glamorous? Anyway, I digress. Today I placed the call I’ve been dreading ever since Dean and I decided we would do… Continue Reading
A beautiful day indeed! We started the Easter celebration last night at the Vigil mass. Although it was over 2 hours, the girls cooperated quite well. Only one trip to the back to nurse ang get drenched in spit-up and a near fire incident (daddy saved the church by sacrificing his shirt when Alizea dropped… Continue Reading
It’s hard to imagine that this small, sweet, angelic, innocent baby girl could be born with the stain of original sin… …but it’s true. Today we got to witness and experience a miracle! Our precious little Genevieve was washed clean. What a joy to know she has been given the gift of the Holy Spirit,… Continue Reading