While watching the news the other day Josh and I saw a clip piece on the big news stories from that last decade.  9-11, Katrina, and Obama topped the list of life changing events.  With tears in my eyes I asked Josh where 10 years had gone.   The last decade was a big one for Josh and I.  Our lives are not even remotely where they were in 1999!  Our biggest fear were computers crashing and the power going out when the clock struck midnight.  Little did we know!!!

Ten years ago we had been married for 3 years, Caleb wasn’t even a year old and I had all of my grandparents.  The last 10 years have held so many heart breaks for me.  In this past decade I lost my 2 grandpas and my Mamaw.  I lost my triplets to miscarriage, we lost Josh’s grandma, our first house and Josh had open heart surgery, just to name a few!

But amongst the lost we have had wonderful, great, awesome, life changing events too.  The birth of Brayden and Andrew.  The revile of God answering our prayers in our time of need.  Josh recovering  from his heart surgery in record time and doing better then we ever expected!  The addition of so many wonderful  people in our lives, like Margie and Beth.  And the reconnection with Manda, has been such a blessing!

We are nowhere close to where we were 10 years ago, but we are so much stronger in self and in faith then where we were a decade ago.  And I can’t wait to see what this next decade and God has in store for us.

Happy 2010!!!

January is here and the holidays are gone!  After weeks of anticipation and preparation, I always seem a bit down after the first of the year.  But as always things have been busy around here and I don’t have a whole lot of time to get to down.  :o)

Tuesday I was talking to Beth and Margie on the phone.   Margie said since she had to work Thanksgiving Day and they didn’t get to eat a Thanksgiving meal, she had made a turkey, stuffing, fresh bread, and all of the trimmings and they were going to have their Thanksgiving dinner that evening.  Joking I said I can be there in about three hours.  This was at about 1 pm and Josh was working, but by 8:30 we were on the other side of  Cincinnati.

Josh got with Don the next morning and stayed with him for two nights.  One of which was New Years Eve.  I missed not being with him and getting my New Years kiss,  but I talked to him as the “ball” fell!  And I was able to kiss Caleb and Brayden (Andrew was asleep by midnight).

New Years Day Margie watched the boys so I could go shopping for some jeans.  Beth and I went to the mall and I was lucky to find two pair, both on sale!  Josh wanted to stay one more night with Don so they could watch  U of Cincinnati  in the Orange Bowl.

We headed home Friday morning.  We had a nice trip home with light traffic and stopped at  Cracker Barrel for breakfast.

Since we have been home I have been busy trying to get the house cleaned.  Before we left I had packed up all of the Christmas “stuff” and rearranged the living room.  Kathy gave us an entertainment stand that she no longer needed and Josh and Glen brought it in Saturday.  I am really happy with it.  It hides all of the Wii games and remotes and guitars.  That makes me REALLY HAPPY!

Caleb started basketball this week-end too.  This is a new sport to him so I am excited to see how he does.  So far he seems to like it.

Today all of us are back into the daily grind.  I am babysitting.  The boys are  back to school and Josh is back at work (for a full week, those LONG week-ends sure were nice!)  I have to go to Brayden’s class this morning to help with the Christmas party.  Caleb has his today too, since school was closed on Friday before break started.   So, I guess this is the last gasp for the holiday season.  LOL!!!

I hope that everyone had a WONDERFUL Holiday and has a blessed 2009!!!

Although I had a wonderful New Years this year, with my family, I was rather bummed and down all day New Years Eve and New Years day. I really am happy with where my life is, being a mother and wife. I love waking up in the morning and hearing their feet steps coming down the steps. I love kissing the older two good-bye each morning that they get on the bus. I love cuddling with Andrew watching Blues Clues, I love getting after school snacks, helping with home work, sitting down eating dinner as a family, giving baths, reading books, and giving night-night kisses. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the whole wide world. I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!

But, there are those few and far between times that I miss my “life” before we had children. I miss my friends, I miss going out and staying out half the night and not having to worry about anyone but me and Josh. I really wanted to go out this New Years Eve. Just Josh and I! No kids! But I didn’t have anyone to watch the boys. So, that meant plan B, which is what we did, we stayed at home and played games with the boys. I kept wavering back and forth between “this is so much fun, being home with my kids and hubby playing games” to “oh, I really miss my old friends” Back and forth I went.

Yesterday, I was talking to Josh and telling him how I felt, how I wish we could go back for just a few hours to New Years Eve 2000, how much fun we had. I asked him, don’t you miss that. He looked at me and said, “How old were we then?” The answer to that question is 22 and 24. We only had Caleb and he was just a baby that year. We were two totally different people back then. He then told me that he really had fun with the boys and me the night before. OK so I was feeling a bit better.

Then, this morning I check my e-mail and find this comment left from a dear blogging friend…
how sweet! The trouble master huh, we’ll look back on this when you have to try to convince him to stay at home on New Years! Nice pics. Blessings, Regina

Regina is right! I no longer feel bummed and missing my “before kids” life. I now feel bad for not realizing how lucky I am. I was with the most important people in my life, making wonderful memories with my children that are growing up way to fast! I am going to treasure my “now life” and this New Years Eve was the best I have ever had!!!

(I still missed Margie and Beth)

It seems as if just yesterday I was worried sick over the upcoming year of 2007. Last year at this time we were waiting for our world to come crashing down around us with the threat of Con Agra closing the plant. We were making the decision to put our house on the market and were making plans to move to Cincinnati. That was what we thought 2007 would hold for us. But as they say “the best laid plans”…

Here we are at the end of this long dark tunnel that we called 2007. We are now standing in the light again and with the challenges that we faced we are so much stronger. I am still amazed at the way God’s plan has worked in our lives. Josh’s plant is staying open, our house sold (though be it a long and winding road) we are all healthy and happy. AND WE HAVE EACH OTHER!!!

So, here is to 2007 and whatever God has planned for us in 2008!!!

This year is going to be a big one here in the Wiseman household…

With the uncertainty comes the one cold hard fact: Our lives will not be the same after the changes of this New Year.