What I’d like you to believe…

*That I’m a “real” redhead even though Ms. Clairol makes monthly visits to my home ;)

*That I’m a size 0 or 2 at the most… although I’m mostly a 6 and sometimes a 4 on my non-bloaty days.

*That I cook every night and do it in heels. Oh man does that one make me laugh! I do love to bake, but cooking is NOT my specialty. I cook *most* nights- but during the summer we mostly grill out. And I can’t remember the last time I wore heels, although I do love them. I just don’t think heels are worth the effort when you mostly wear your hair up and have a baby in a sling.

*That I’m the most die hard Christian ever. I do love God and I’m most certainly a Christian and try to represent Christ in a honorable manor, but I struggle with my human side and fail every day.

* That me and David have the best marriage! We do have a pretty good one, but I’ve been known to fling a peanut butter jar at him when he’s made me mad. (It is a long story and a long time ago… but alas I admit it!) Not to mention I fuss at him when he does the laundry wrong. Oh my… I’m reminding myself of my nagging mother in law.

*That my teenagers are perfect. But if you have read my blog for long, you already know that isn’t true. They are normal teens and push the limits sometimes. I think I handle them very well… or as well as I know how. Lots of prayer goes into raising them!

*That I’m miss Polly Patience with the little kids! Ha ha, boy is that one a funny. I’m not patient. At all. I have my days when I lose it and feel like running away. And I tell everyone that I’m going to. LOL But then I calm down and get through whatever I lost my patience with and I’m ready to be a Mom again :)

*That I shower everyday… well, at least every other day.

*That I always love that I still breastfeed Makenzie. Most days it’s good-when she only nurses once maybe twice. Some days though she wants to nurse off and on all day and that’s when I seriously regret nursing her this long.

*That my body looks like a supermodel! Ah well, one can dream… right?!

*That we are rich! We are definitely not rich. My husband works a lot of overtime to pay for our house and provide for us. We are blessed with a house big enough to fit our large family, but have the big house payment to go with it.

*That I never swear! Oh well… you guys know that one isn’t true. Enough said.

*That I don’t have any annoying habits! Oh but I do. I bite and pick at my lips.

*That my house is spotless! Oh my how I wish that were true. I do my best to keep things picked up- and things are clean, but boy is there a lot of clutter around here. I guess one day when all the kids are grown, I will have a spotless house and not know what to do!

*That I’m not a gossip! Well, I don’t really tell anything… but I do love to hear it. Who doesn’t want the scoop on things?!

*That I always have something funny to say… hey, that one is pretty much true :)

*That I don’t have a dirty mind. Lord help me… I do. Bad. But you know what they say… a dirty mind is a bad thing to waste ;) ha ha

Oh well. I guess what I’d like you to believe about me really doesn’t matter. When I blog, I blog about me. My kids. My life. My opinionated, bitchy mother in law. And it’s not edited. What you get from me is real. Really me. Really my life. Because why would I ever want to make you believe something different? What you see is what you get… I hope you like it ;)

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