Worst sound in the world

I have found out what the worst sound in the world is. Let me set the mood first. I am pretty sure I have sinus infection and last night was wanting to just go to bed around 7:30. Alex was at my mother's so I called and asked for them to bring him home. He comes home a little after 8 and I immediately start getting him ready for bed.

I was in no mood to go through the usual bedtime ritual, so I decided to let him just sleep in my bed to save myself from having to read 2 long stories in the dark(so JJ would be waken by the light).

So we get into bed and Alex is tossing and turning and I keep threatening to send him back to his own bed(real great, hah, using his bed as punishment), when suddenly I hear him gagging. I hurring and turn on the light to find him throwing up all over John's side of the bed. I hurry and get him out of bed and rush him to the bathroom, with him puking all the way. Call my mom to see what he ate(which turned out to be ALOT of grapes), call John to inform him he is sleeping on the couch(which he said he totally enjoyed this morning), grab towels and clean up the puke and lay down over the wet spots, so we can go to sleep.(I was in no mood to find new sheets, so I improvised. Alex threw up 2 more times(luckily this time in the trash can I put by the the bed, before he finally went to sleep.

Luckily he is feeling better this morning, even though I did find him in the bathroom this morning, (apparently whatever grapes were still in his system were making their way out) and he had diahrrea all over the floor and I got to clean that up also.

Needless to say I got no sleep last night, have a killer headache, sent John to church with the boys, and am on my way to Walmart to get some sinus meds once I find the keys.
Mandi

Turning over a new leaf

I decided I was sick and tired of how I felt about my body, so I decided I wanted to loose some weight. But not just loose weight, actually get fit, so for the past week I have been doing Denise Austin workouts every morning and a couple nights also. Already I feel better, my pants are loose in the thighs now. I am just so happy to actually see results in 1 week. And I have lost 5 lbs already. Totally awesome!!

Today was the first workout just on abs I had done. WOW do I hurt now!!
Mandi

My new baby!!!

Here is the newest addition to the Schimek clan. I know some people think we need another dog like we need a hole in the head, but we got him anyway. Our other dogs are basically outdoor dogs, so this is our house dog.


He is a pure breed pug, that my mom gave us out of her batch of puppies. His name is Bucky(Alex named him after his favorite singer, Bucky Covington) and he is a sweetheart. He is already proving to be better behaved and easier to handle than Rowdy. Alex drags the poor dog everywhere he goes. I feel sorry for the poor little guy. The other dogs are awesome with him.
Mandi

10 years

Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of when John and I started dating. Although at that age we were not dating, we were "going out." I can't believe that we have been together that long. John asked me yesterday if I had thought when we first got together that we would ever be married with 3 boys and a sharing a life together in 10 years and of course who at that age thinks they have found the one God has for them. It is just amazing.

Well we are off to see Casey today. He is going to be in Kearney for work and is going to be able to have dinner with us. We just have a few errands to run and then we are off.
Mandi

Pictures

Here are some picture of the boys.





Mandi

WOF conference

I just got back from the Women of Faith conference in Denver and it was awesome. Lately God has been talking to me about my relationship with my mom. He has been saying just give it to me, actually I have been hearing him saying to me much like a parent trying to get something from a kid, "would you give that to me, give me that, JUST GIVE IT TO ME!!" He wants all my pain, my fears, just every feeling and hurt I have with it. And I have very stubbornly saying NO, I don't want to let it go, work in the other areas of my life, but just not this one.

Well as most of you know, when we don't give EVERYTHING to God, when we don't open up every part of our heart for him to work in, we miss the full annointing that he has for our lives. And that has been what I have been doing. I have been afraid to give it to him, because my biggest fear has always been to be out of control. To just lay broken before the Lord, weeping at his feet, with all my hurt, my sins, my everything just there for him to see and work on.

I have felt like we often feel when we have something in our eye: Man that piece of sand might hurt like heck, but the thought of trying to get it out is worse, because we know the pain will be so much greater, and knowing that we must go through it to heal, but not wanting to. That has been my life for a long time. I know that my relationship with my mom hinders my marriage, my kids lives, my relationship with others, but most importantly God.

This whole conference was on Freedom. It was truly a freeing weekend. I realized that just like Luci Swindowl said "Just show up, Shut up, and Let go." That I was never in control and by trying to be in control I have not let God do all he can in my heart. And forgiving my mother doesn't mean forgetting, but giving it to God will heal my heart and let God do things in me I never dreamed he would do.

It is a truly freeing, wonderful weekend.
Mandi

8 bad habits of my husband I will fondly remember

I decided to make a list for myself about John also.

1. The fact that the kids can be screaming right in front of him and he can ignore them.

2. That there are always coke cans all over my house. (guess it bets beer cans)

3. The fact that when he gets up in the morning he is not ready to run out the door to do whatever I was wanting to get done.(I mean the nerve of him, so what if I had at least an hour to wake up and get dress already, lol)

4. The fact that he will watch bits of movies he finds on tv over and over for days in a row. Sometimes it takes days to watch the whole movie.

5. That he cant watch tv and talk at the same time. (I guess all people aren't that talented.

6. That he alway puts the parking brake on my car, even though it doesn't need to be.

7. That he turns my radio station to a different station every single time he is my car.

8. That he always manages to remember he needs something the minute we are ready to walk out the door, that he really doesn't need at all.

That is my husbands bad habits in a nutshell, and you know what I wouldn't change him for the world. I love him, corny movies watcher, coke drinking, late all the time, dorky man that he is.