One Mean Mother!

I started a new blog dedicated to the joys of being a mean mom! So many mom's feel the need to be their child's best friend, not me! Hope you enjoy my ideas and anecdotes! This is also a place where I can pick on, torment, and most importantly show my love for each of my wonderful children...of course Courtney is first! Check it out! http://www.onemeanmother.blogspot.com/

Jamesville Balloon Fest

Check out the link guys http://www.syracuseballoonfest.com/ you can't go wrong with $5 a person, 10 & under FREE! Plus you can stop by and say "HI!" to me and enter to win some free bling! Have a fabulous weekend!

Show about a Talker!

I just realized what my show should be titled:
A Show About A Talker
Who cares about blogging and facebook...I would much rather be talkin' to y'all! Why am I continually on alert to share some marvelous idea, random thought or words of wisdom? Because that's how God made me! For some reason in my adult life I look forward to challenges and (dare I say) change. It keeps life fun and I need to maintain those few brains cells I have left!

As long as I have breath I'm going to follow the "signs" from my Creator and enjoy my blessings!


Now, back to the show...I'm not getting a whole lot of feedback, so if you are a blogger: Leave a comment here! If you are on Facebook: Leave a comment there! Here a laugh, There a laugh, everywhere a Ha Ha! Sorry, I couldn't help myself!

Talk Show Host!?

Okay, I have exciting news for all of my faithful followers who encourage my insanity...I am going to find a way to start posting my very own talk show! I am so excited, but first I need your help...

1. I need some entertaining brave soles who are willing to be on "camera" and have something interesting to discuss or teach others...referrals always welcome too.

2. I also need ideas and/or topics that you are interested in so I can start researching all of these ideas. For example: garden tips, low cost activites for a family, best bible translations, how to build your dream home, etc.

3. Spread the word because I need people to watch or listen to me if I'm going to have fun with this! Find out what they want in a weekly talk show...or I could try small daily video segments.

4. And, most importantly I need a name for my show...Looney Loren won't work!

Thanks dear buddies!

I can do all things!

Have you ever stopped to think about what you are capable of accomplishing? I am ever amazed at all that God has accomplished in my life, but I am even more amazed at what I am able to accomplish as a result of how God made me. We often sell ourselves short and give up on difficult tasks way to easily...taking the easy way is never rewarding, is it? Plus, if there's a lesson God wants to teach us...He's not going to say, "Well, I'll just let them do it their way this time.", No way! God is continually loving, teaching, and pruning us and sometimes it is a painful process!

We (my bible study gals & myslef) have been ready A Women after God's Own Heart, by Elizabeth George. It is an amazing book...read it girls...it will be painful, but sooo worth it! We have been working on our marriages/husbands for the last 3 weeks or so...it has been so awesome! It's never easy to put another's needs before our own (well, maybe with children it is) and it has been great to bless my husband! Everyday Joy in a marriage is so nice!

My new Niece!

My stepsister & her husband have a dopted there daughter Maria from China! They arrive in Syracuse tonight & we are excited to meet our new niece Maria! You can check out ther blog at www.mariashomecoming.com

Detour!

I am not always impressed when life does not go the way I want it to? I hate detours! How about you? To be honest it's kind of scarey! Maybe you're starting a new career or business, buying a house, newly married, having health problems...you know what you are dealing with! No matter where your life heads, even if it's not where you want to go, how you live your life where you are at that moment says a lot about who you are. Do you complain and whine when things don't work out the way you planned, or do you trust God to work it out through prayer? Do you praise God and rejoice in the blessings when life is good, or do you pat yourself on the back for a job well done? We all have missed out on some great blessings by taking things into your own hands, let God do His thing! You won't be sorry!

When I found out that I was pregnant with our 4th child (and now 4 year old son) I was not a happy camper! Our 3rd daughter had just turned 1 and I was getting too old for this pregnancy thing! Do you know what my husband's response to my poor spell was? "Well, there's not a whole lot you can do about it now is there!" What?!?!?!? I wanted sympathy, not factual reality that felt like a slap in the face! Why would he think something like that would make me feel better?

Needless to say, I got over my pity party and looked forward to the possibity of having a son (I really wasn't convinced he was a boy actually). It was both exciting and scarey...we have 3 girls, what would we do with a boy? Well, Brayden arrived and was referred to as "she" and "her" for the first few days of life by his mother and we had to get used to not saying "the girls and I", but our brains learned to adjust! He was so cute with those big blue eyes and blonde hair though! Sometimes that is the only thing that has saved him from being strangled! Why do boys get into so much trouble?

Even with all the added chaos in my life, I can honestly say I'm glad God is in charge! His plans are way better than mine! Plus the biggest blessing of all of this is that he will never be a teenage girl! That is a whole different topic for another day...maybe I can find a sign that says "do not disturb between the ages of 13 and 25" for that one!

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11