Friday, Friday....

gotta get down on  Friday", so the song says, right?  I'm thinking "Friday, Friday gotta do diaper laundry on Friday"  Life changes.  Five years ago I had almost committed myself to a life as a bachelorette.  I gave up on the dream of family for myself.  I was tired of trying.  I was sick of dating.  One more first date and I was literally going to vomit!  I was going to grow old as a spinster.  Neighborhood kids would think me and my 83 cats belonged to a cult.  Rumors of flying broomsticks and spells would spread through their little mouths into the ears other little grungy brats.  That was going to be my life.  I was going to travel and have fun in the mean time though.  No crazy cat lady until I was at least 70.  That sounds about right.  Right? 

I met my husband and these were my first two thoughts: Wow, cute!  and Wow! Young!!  I found out that this cutie pie was in fact 7 years younger than me.  Great.  We dated a few times and I really liked him, but was reserved because of our age difference.  We split up.  We got back together over some McNuggets and sweet and sour sauce. 

We did things out of order.  The baby came first....then the marriage.  I couldn't believe I was in love, with child and husband.  My life had changed so much!  No more gettin' down on Friday or Saturday for that matter.  So imagine life when my little girl was joined by a sweet little mama's boy!!  I can't imagine my life as it was.  I admit that a night out on the town with a tasty Margarita in hand sounds mighty nice, but a night in with my little family trumps it every time!! 

Today is an important day in our household.  First things first, it's Good Friday.  I was raised Lutheran and quit going to church after high school.  As I had my children I felt the need to go back to church but was embarrassed about being away for so long.  We had our daughter baptized and then quit going.  The birth of our son found us talking about going back to church....again.  Our minister had retired and our church has an interim minister.  He's an older gentleman, but is forward thinking and he WORKS to make you feel welcomed to return. My husband has very little experience with any church so it's all new for him.  I'm thankful to God that His Word is a part of our lives!  I'm thankful to our congregation for their warm welcome and look forward to Sunday morning when our son will be baptized!!

Earth Day has found a lot of meaning with me as my family has grown from two to four.  We started our recycling system in January 2010 after seeing a successful  set up at our babysitter's home.  The goal is to drop our recycling off once a week, but it really happens every two weeks.  As summer with it's heat and humidity approach it WILL be once a week or possibly twice.  Our biggest Earth saving change for 2011 is cloth diapering!!  I wish I would have done it with our daughter, but wasn't educated about the wonders of modern cloth diapers!!  We proudly use cloth for our son full time and the big sister wears one to bed every night!!  It's extra laundry twice a week, but it helps the environment and will save us a ton of money over the next couple of years!!  

Welcome to the ramblings of me, The Hoosier Housewife!  Have a wonderful and blessed Easter weekend!