"But Why"

is the thing that I hear out of my 3 year old's mouth about every 20 seconds! I know that this is normal but it is driving me nuts. We are also keeping my sister and her husbands puppy for the week while they are on a delayed honeymoon. That along with the fact that Brian has a gig that has had him tied up until 10:30 pm every night this week and this will continue through Friday night, has me worn out and ready to go into a coma like state for a week. I am grateful for the gig and the extra money for vacation in June but this makes me very grateful that I am not a single mom. I have alot of admiration for the women of this world that do it day after day. I know that if God called my husband home that He would give me the grace but right now I really do not see how it is possible. lol

It has also been a difficult time at work. As most of you know, I am a staff accounant for http://www.hobby-lobby.com/ and no this is not the craft store. We are beginning our yearly audit on Monday and so this week is full of gathering information that the auditors will need to issue accurate financials for our company. We are also heading into our Month End next week. Then begins the process of reconciling all the GL and bank accounts all over again... This is a never ending cycle and has been complicated by the fact that we are preparing for a large system change. Have I mentioned that I am ready to enter a comma like state? lol My poor boss the CFO has it much worse than I and I really do not know how she is keeping it together right now. her husband to be is very ill and is on a transplant list. When i see her trying to juggle the kid's, her man and work, it makes me very grateful to have the life that I do.

Anna Beth and I headed out to Smyrna again tonight to check on my sister's house. We went last night and I realized that their two goldfish had already eaten an entire 10 day fish feeder. The are very fat fish! lol As we were stopping at the pet store to pick up the feeder, we saw a gentlman on a motorcycle covered in tattoos. Anna Beth shouted out the she had seen Uncle Brandon! lol Uncle Brandon is a marine based in N.C. right now and yes he is covered in tattoos.

The only other news that is going on in the Wood household is that Brian got a new drum kit last week. He is very proud and he got a great deal on it. I am just glad for him to have his own kit again. It is a DW kit and the guy sold it with all of the hardware which is a better grade than he had in the past as well as cymbals and high hat. The cymbals alone are worth $1000 and he got the whole kit for that!

Speaking of Brian, have I mentioned lately how amazing he is? Our children's pastor at church sent out an email to all the men on his email list today about "bouncing" their eyes away from temptations. Brian and I had recently had this same discussion at the mall. While we were there, we walked past a woman that was not properly dressed by our standards. As we passed I was walking slightly behind Brian and moticed that he had seen the woman but quickly moved his eyes away from her. As we walked further away, I thanked Brian for the respect that he had just shown me by looking away. Brian began to tell me about a book that he had read that talked about bouncing your eyes off things that might tempt you to lust. Brian stated that he tried to do this all the time so that he could be faithful to me in all areas of our marriage! Wow! What a lucky girl am I?!!! I am so proud of the husband that I have and am grateful that he works very hard to keep his mind pure. Not that he can't lust after me all he wants! lol There are times that I forget what a struggle this can be for him and fail to pray for him in this area. Brian is such a strong man with very strong morals but only by the grace of God can any of us remain faithful in our relationship with our heavenly Father and our realtionships with each other. I try often to let Brian know how proud I am of him and what a man of God I believe that he is and has become.

That is my brag session for the days so I will sign off and get the girl, dog, cat, fish and myself ready for bed! Anna Beth and I have a great day ahead tomorrow for we get to spend it with each other!