Good morning all you wonderful people ! 

Its a nice rainy chilly Monday morning, and I, as I’m sure you have already gathered from the title, am enjoying my cup of warm creamer with coffee. Haha

But seriously, when I am having a kind of up tight morning, it is amazing just how sitting quietly for even just a couple of minutes to sip my coffee will help me to relax! 

Hang on I hear my child calling….

I am back, and as it would be it has been a few hours. Surprise, surprise!

Which leaves me to racking my brain, on what it was exactly I was going to say next before I abruptly left…. I feel like Pooh Bear. 

 Oh, Yes, I was going to say that for all of you who were concerned ( Which I am sure was a great lot of you haha) Little Bruce, is still kicking and so far doing fine 😀 

Here is a picture that Aiden was so kind to take, from the other nights feeding.

And as bad as I hate to, I`m gonna leave off here. I can’t for the life of me think of what else it was I was going to ramble on about. Geez louise my memory is something to look for. Haha

Take care and until next time! 

“Toodles!”

In our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Well it`s been awhile. It never ceases to amaze me just how fast a week goes by. Really a year for that matter ! 

I don`t remember being this behind in thought process, that this is really November and Christmas is only a little more than a month away! I think its due to multiple reasons for which I am having this brain fart,which I’m going to use the excuse of being older and having a kid, that the retailers make it a point to start doing their Christmas sales pitch way back in July and August, and that time, I swear is only ever going faster! 

With that being my reasons (or excuses if you rather)  it still doesn’t help how my mind is blown away by just how far behind I really am :`) .

Gee whiz… Don’t get me wrong though, Im anticipating this Christmas more so than usual for the reason being it will be little Mans first and I will have another little sister joining my family! So much joy and excitement ! 

And on the plus side, even if I don’t get the rest of all my desired Christmas shopping finished, I do have Lil Aiden`s gift .(Thank you Craigslist ;-P haha!)

You know when you aren’t really looking for anything in particular, that that is when you find something you didn’t realize you were needing ! Haha

Such as Lil Aiden`s christmas gift, I just happened to see a rocking horse for sale on one of the second hand pages on FB, and I thought ” Well that would make the perfect gift for Aiden, not to mention that the future little Kramers would get use out of it as well! Win Win!”  So got a super nice rocking horse for an awesome price! 

I do feel like this can be taboo for so many people… I can see why, but I also feel like it is something silly to be particular over. I don’t believe in giving junk as a gift to someone, but I also think its practical to search out things that are still very nice, although maybe not brand new, to use as gifts. Especially when it comes to your own children. My own perspective on this is that if my kid gets this ridiculous idea that when he or she is given a gift, that if it isn’t the latest and trendiest item, that they’ll have this spoiled attitude about what a gift is really about. 

Not to mention some of our coolest Christmas gifts growing up as a kid, were those that my parents had found on Craigslist! When you have a big family, it doesn’t hurt to be smart in terms of gift shopping. 😉

Anyways thats just my thoughts on it, and either way like I said… Im done with my boy`s Christmas shopping...  Now for my husband? Pretty sure it wont be as easy. haha

On that note, I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day 🙂 

In our Lady of Fatima,

“Toodles!”

Beth

 

(On a side note; this above picture just kinda captures the last couple of days on how they’ve gone)

Hello All! 

It has been a little bit since I last was on here, but no fear! Here I am! Haha

It has been a very eventful week so far, Saturday my little brother got married it was a lovely wedding, but not going to lie…I am so glad that that is now behind us. Wedding planning its always chaotic even when it isn't your own ;)  Aiden and I had dropped off the newly weds on Sunday morning at the airport for them to fly out to start their honeymoon, and with us doing that we had their vehicle here. So yesterday I had the most unfortunate idea which led  to a most unpleasant turn of events... and my brotherstank was almost on E, and my car had a flat tire, Aiden was gone as well.. and since it was his birthday yesterday, I needed to run to the store nearby to pick up some necessities along with the things I needed to make Aiden`s birthday cake. Well I loaded up lil Aiden, and set out to town which mind you is only a 15 minute drive from our home. I was only out on the road for a few minutes, when it sounded like the car was making a rather weird noise, and it definitely did not sound normal, so I called my younger brother (who thankfully works right in town as well) and who is a mechanic (thank goodness!) to tell him about the noise.

Now if any of you know me .. I am one that tends not to pay attention when I should. Just ask my husband, he`ll tell you, If I see a check engine light on on my dash board or his I just brush it off and say it will go away. (I am aware that this is not always the right solution… but I don`t like to think its the worst when it comes to my ride. haha) 

So my brother tells me to get out and see if there is anything dragging or leaking underneath the car… get out , nope. It all looks normal , well at least from what I could tell.  I then ask if I can bring it by for him to take a look at it before I continue on to the store, he says sure.  I still am hearing this awful noise, but keep on putting along to hopefully make it to my brothers workplace, kid you not. Two minutes after me getting off of the phone with him I was heading up one of the curvy hilled roads when the dash went all aglow with lights, and then immediately shut off, and I was just lucky enough to coast off of the road before I lost momentum and there I sat, little Aiden quietly sitting in the back seat, and me sitting in the drivers seat freaking out. Not two minutes after calling the first time, I was already having to call my brother up to tell him that I am now sitting on the side of the road with the car nonresponsive. It was zip, nothing, a NOTTA.

All I could think of was oh, no or well shucks (it wasn’t really shucks, but that at least sounds better.Haha) this isn’t my car, my brother is gone on his honeymoon, and here I am sitting with his disabled vehicle at a bad spot on the roadside. All I wanted to do was fuel it up so we wouldn’t have to do it on our way to pick them up this weekend. Why, why me…another goodie was that I was actually trying to be extra  careful…

I had to sit there and as I waited for my little brother to show up to help me, I prayed that no one would come up around that turn, that would side swipe or run into us. It`s circumstances such as this, when I begin to think the worst that could happen.(Which really doesn’t help the situation none.) Thankfully my brother showed up very shortly after I called him , he helped me get little man across the road to where his truck was and made sure we got home safe and sound.(a thank you to our Guardian Angels as well!)

Once he got the car hauled back here, he looked it over and said it either had had an oil leak that had been going on for a bit, or a line came loose, and dumped oil all at once…

You know family can be ones you butt heads with, but you can always depend on them. Not only did my little brother show up to help me , but a couple of my cousins were there to  help out as well !

Deo Gratias ! For no one getting  hurt or killed in doing so! 

Now I just have to anxiously await my other brothers return home from his honeymoon to inform him that his engine has taken a dump, and to hope like heck that it is still under warranty. Oh, joy

So that have been my last fews hours of excitement.. Talk about being in the wrong place, at the wrong time .

On a somewhat of a lighter note, we got a little unexpected addition to the Kramer farm.

We have a little lamb that we just got this morning that was left with out a momma to tend to him.

Here`s to hoping I can keep the little fella alive n healthy! If all goes well I may even get a picture of him to share with you all. I don`t know about a name for him yet, I`d hate to get to into it to much just to have something bad happen. So i`ll give it a couple days before I stick him with a name.

Which brings me to his next feeding time…

so until next time,

A good night to you all!

“Toodles!” 

In Our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Good morning, all ! 

 Wishing you all a most happy and blessed feast day of all the saints!

We started our day out with going to mass (way before the crack of dawn..haha) and a big thank you to our patron saints who must of helped us out, because little Aiden was asleep for almost all of mass, and neither Aiden or I had to leave with him since he stayed quiet. Yay! 🙂 When we got home , he let me slip in a little nap, but then he was up and rearing to go, to reek havoc in his domain. It`s truly amazing to me just how much a little fella can get into trouble with only in an arms reach within his walker, it is mind blowing honestly. And if you could just see him how he walks around the house in his walker… little booger walks around here like he owns the place. haha But, seriously though!

 So I have a question for all of you mothers out there … When it comes to that dreaded time of dealing with your fussy baby, and when you put them down to let them get it out of their system or to cry themselves to sleep…does it feel like an eternity for you, when in reality  it might only end up being a total of 5 minutes that have passed? I didn’t realize that that was what was going on for me, but here within the last few weeks I really started to pay attention to what the time is, when Aiden or I would have no other choice than to let Lil Aiden work out his little attitude by putting him in his crib to cry it out. It would feel like he was crying for hours, but generally it was really only 5 to 10 minutes at the longest before he would take his much needed nap!

I would love to hear if any of you have had this same problem! 

 

Until next time ,

“Toodles!”

In Our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Good Evening, Everyone!

 Hope that this Thursday has treated you all well, It was a decently productive day for me, as Aiden went down to Keeneland for the races today(I`ll be curious to hear about it when he gets home)and I was able to tackle and accomplish my list of errands! (Pretty sure that deserves a celebration drink 🙂

Any who this morning I had the intention and plans of going to the 11 am mass, and afterwards doing some much needed to do errands in town…Well everything was running fairly smooth and I was ahead of schedule (for the first time in forever ) and before getting ready to leave for church..My little man decided to relieve himself, and let me just reiterate, Boy did he decide to relieve himself! It was up to his neck, down his legs, and up his arms. How ? Good question… I am at a loss on how that little of a person can have that much waste to be rid of , and also get it all over himself like he did. So I had to give him a bath which meant I didn’t get to go to mass like I had originally planned and wanted, but I could rest assured that I was doing my duty of state as I wiped the s*** off of his entire body ( where is my crying laughing emoji when I need it? Haha) and God knew exactly why I wasn’t there at mass this morning.

I am thankful though that he cooperated enough with me to not do it while I was out about running errands! There we are, there is my silver lining! 😉  Also it worked out very well for my younger brother ( who is getting married next weekend) who needed my help loading some of his things for him to take to his new home. So he has his nephew to thank for that as well.Haha

Funny isn’t it ? How no matter how frustrating the little mishaps of life can be that there is always some sort of good you can find in it , if you just think to look for it! Yes, that sometimes isn’t the easiest thing to do… because good Lord knows ,I am terrible remembering to do just that! But here we are at the end of another day, happy and healthy. Deo Gratias!

So tell me what are some interesting things that happened to you today ? You may be surprised to realize just how much happens to you in one day if you just stop and reflect over the last 24 hours !

Take care and I look forward to hearing any stories you may have! 

“Toodles!”

In our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Hello, All ! 

I try to generally write in the mornings, but you got to be flexible when you have a son who has his own ideas for my itinerary haha. Not to mention the draft I had previously typed up yesterday that my husband so kindly looked over for me needs a lot of work, I`ll get to posting it, but just not now, since I don’t feel like looking at that mess right now.( You realize how much of a procrastinator I am by that last sentence. Haha)

 

So I got to do some more reading in “Peace of Soul” that I had previously mentioned a few posts ago… As it was written by Archbishop Fulton J.Sheen who has been deceased now for at least a couple of decades, I can’t help, but feel like that there are certain parts in this book that were written almost directly to me. It`s shameful to realize just how much what he talks about applies to me, but yet, I am thankful that I have read what I have so far because as painful as it is to read the ugly truth about your own personal sins it will hopefully only bring me to the fact of doing something more than being blind to it! 

The particular chapter that has hit home for me as of this point is “Morbidity and The Denial of Guilt” there was a point in this chapter that discussed the “nice” person who is the one whose sins may not be public, and these people are usually never tagged as sinners, as those amongst us who all of society knows is a sinner such as thieves, drunks,street walkers, ect.

Yet these “nice” people who are no different than the Pharisee,(Which our Lord had explained in a parable it was the Pharisees​  pride that of which was his source to his own destruction. )I realize now that I am unfortunately the Pharisee. I have this same fault of wanting to in my mind , be the one who thinks to myself that ” I am not as bad as so n` so , or I have never committed this sin such as this person has.”

And may I say  how truly eye opening it has been for me in reading what was written by Archbishop Sheen, that it was the same group of people such as the Pharisees that crucified our Lord. Not the publicly known sinners of the society, but the people who considered themselves the “Saints” of society and in this thought process it clearly shows their sin of pride ,and that it was these same people who sent the Son of God to His death. May God have mercy on me for being just as guilty as the men who crucified Christ.

I am so thankful to have had access to this book, and God willing I pray He forgives me for my sin of pride, and that I will practice in that in which I have learned! 

Now that I accidentally made this post into more of a opening up of my personal wrongs, I pray you didn’t suffer to much in reading along with me being just down right honest with you. But I do thank you for taking the time to listen to me! 

May you all have a good (and peaceful 😉 )night !

Until next time,

“Toodles”

In our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Good morning, All!

 Adventure is in everyday .. Of course when I say this I don’t mean the once in a lifetime kind of adventures such as climbing Mt. Everest or discovering a new depth in the ocean, or skydiving ect. Because if we are going to be honest , we all know chances of me doing that are 1 in 1,024 (might as well jump on that bandwagon haha !) But I am quite content from the day to day surprises I receive from God. Such as for instance this morning.. I come walking out to my kitchen to go walk over to the pantry only to see that the glue traps( I was worried they weren’t going to be worth the few dollars I put into them ) Had a mouse on it. The only thing is the darn thing wasn’t dead yet, so as I came up on it it started to squeak and twitch as much as it could to try to escape.  Which in turn by being taken by surprise I couldn’t help, but do my natural reaction which was to scream and avoid that side of the kitchen until Aiden came in.(Pathetic I know, but I don’t care. haha) Honestly I am glad he wasn’t out “slaying dragons” this morning, because I would have hated having to wait all morning to get that thing out of my way.

 See ? that one little instance got my blood pumping even if it was only for a split second. Life is always full of the unexpected whether it be big or small . Thankfully as well we got our little unwanted guest taken care of . Yippee! 

What are some surprises that you have been met with in your day?

Take care and until next time, 

“Toodles!”

In our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Hello, All! 

 If you could have only seen how many times the title of this post has changed. I realize I am not one that is super tech savvy, but yet I wouldn’t consider myself completely incompetent. I guess I must be though, because I was having the most difficult time changing some settings which ended up me losing that which I had typed up… which is where I came to either wanting to chuck this lap top across the room or scratch completely this idea of being a blogger !Haha (but,seriously though.) . Anyways let my try to remember what I had previously typed on  my rough draft and try this again.

 

 I hope that you all are enjoying this Tuesday afternoon. It is relatively quiet here in our little home today. Mainly because my little man is taking his second nap for the day( Praise be the Lord!) 🙂  Also please bear with me as my mind is running a million miles a minute,and I will most likely go wondering off as I type. Although it is a quiet afternoon it has been super busy around here with new horses coming in batches by the week to be trained. My husband is well up to “his neck in horses”, but we are thankful for the work God is keeping him busy with. Granted he does have his rough days and ornery horses, but I guess you can’t get away from that in any line of work.

It is interesting to say the least of all the different personalities that these horses have. They are all at this point wound just a bit to tight, but they are learning to calm down with Aiden working them to getting them to be respectful and to use their “thinking” part of their brain.  Do note too that I don’t know Jack Squat on how to work or train a horse, but you can`t help, but feel like you may have a better idea in what goes into all of the hard work of saddle breaking and training a horse,  when you are married to a man that does this for a living as well as him constantly referencing  to the horsemen who have been doing it for years.(Not to mention the many evenings listening to Clinton Anderson or Pat Parelli to name just a few)

We tease about our little guy being into the horse business when he gets older. Its hard telling now since all  that he is interested in,is how much trouble he is able to try and get into before I catch him. He has mastered the crawling as well as trying to figure out how to take his first steps without the aid of his walker. He is keeping me on my toes just like his dad does. Don't get me wrong though, I do love how ornery and energetic my two guys are. Can`t thank God enough for them. They are some of biggest blessings !

It is interesting to me (more like mind blowing) when I stop and think about where I am in my life right now.  How it seems just like in a blink of an eye that I am married, have a child and a home to keep. Just seems like yesterday doing school and thinking that turning 16 seemed like an eternity away. And here I am… over 10 years later being where I had only ever thought could be a dream, and leave it to God to always make a life better than what you imagined possible. Deo Gratias ! 

Makes me giggle too, thinking of when Aiden and I first met. Looking back although it being only just a little over 4 years ago it seems like we were such kids. I guess that is thanks to the responsibility of being an adult and a parent to boot that makes those years seem so care free when looking back on them. There is the magic of being married as well. Yes, you have those moments sometimes those days, where you will butt heads or the misunderstandings, but as long as you don’t give up on one another you can come up over those “hills” stronger and deeper in love.  Keep on trying and praying and it will never be in vain! 

Better get, I hear my little “alarm” stirring in his bed !

Take care and until next time.

“Toodles!”

In our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

Good Morning everyone!

Do hope you all had a marvelous weekend! Our Sunday with it being in October was rather nice and warm, Like they say and I sincerely believe that God does have a very good sense of humor ,and He does keep us on our toes with this weather . hehe 

Yesterday I got to ride along with my husband down to Lexington as he was bringing back a weanling to it`s owner that he had worked with. With the little road trip, I`ll be feeling off on my days probably for the rest of this week. But this week will fly by fast enough as it is so I won`t be dealing with it to long.

My little man and I came down with a cold over the weekend( and lucky us!it was a “man-cold”haha ) thankfully I do feel like we are hopefully nearing the end of this one !  Which always brings me to realizing how much I take for granted our health. When I start to whine about a simple cold… I realize how very blessed we are for not having real serious health problems. I know so many dear friends and relatives that do,  and have their precious ones going through something terrible, and it makes me ashamed for being a big baby over a little sniffle ! It also amazes me just how these same people that have so much stress in their lives over the worries of the health of their loved ones and ,or the financial problems as well, that to meet them or talk to them you would never guess for it to be them.As they are so kind and never complain, and they will be one of the first to help another person in need! I do believe in this quote ” God sends His biggest crosses to those He holds most dear”  and not only will He send those big crosses, but the graces needed to carry them. God is good.

Which makes me jump to the next realization! Which is doing the daily housework and the changing of a diaper or wiping of a little nose… That is truly where the magic is. (Yes, that sounds crazy, but give me just a second to explain) The magic or more so the graces,is doing our daily duty no matter how small or minor they may be for the greater honor and glory of God. As I myself will forget the full meaning of what my vocation consists of it is good for me to take just a moment to realize that God has so much love for all of us that He will take even the most minuscule of chores, and if we have the love behind that which we do, He showers us with so many of His gifts just for doing something as simple as sweeping a floor or picking up a toy! 

And what joy we do receive from doing our duties and doing them well. That little smile you may receive if it be from your own child or helping a complete stranger in need. I don’t know about you, but getting a smile is above and beyond what I deserve in payment back for doing a service for someone. God put so much meaning into a smile.

 

And on that note,( because I keep losing track of my train of thought every time I think I hear the baby stirring in his bed)I best just end it on that.Good Lord knows it will probably only get more gruesome as I try to continue on with my thoughts. haha 

 

So have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday and, Remember God makes every day with His Divine Grace, another day to become closer to Him.

Toodles!

In Our Lady of Fatima,

Beth

 

 

Well hello!

Not going to lie, I’m honestly surprised that I am getting to write on here again so soon. Don’t be expecting this to happen on a regular basis though,but hey I might actually become consistent on something for once ! (But Let’s not hold our breaths )

Has anyone ever just picked up a book and surprisingly found it so hard to put down with only being 1 chapter in ? This rarely happens for me, but when it does it’s like striking gold!I came across one book just like this this morning while doing our family’s holy hour at church. ( It is First Friday of the month and is a devotion for Catholics ) Our holy hour is just early enough in the morning that it can be at times hard to stay awake so we generally try to bring some form of spiritual reading to help keep our mind from dozing off. And I happened to grab “Peace of Soul” by Fulton J. Sheen. Let me tell you I am only 2 chapters in ,but it makes you think, it makes you open up your eyes to what is going on in your own life and this world! I already would suggest this as a definite good read! And I can’t wait to be able to read it more this evening! I do hate to just end it here so abruptly, but I Best be getting back to Saturday’s cleaning since my little man is down for his nap👏🏻

Have a lovely weekend and hopefully we will be back here to say hello next week!

Toodles!

In our Lady of Fatima,

Beth