It start with me and my relationship with Him.

I have been reading a book in Spanish titled "Married and Happy", the authors are a married couple who work as marriage counselors. The book tells the story of their own life and how they worked out their difference to live happy and help others. I got the book at a Catholic conference two years ago. I read a few chapters then, but somehow the book was abandoned on a shelf. Over the years I kept reminding myself that I must read that book. Perhaps there is something there that will help me. This week, I took the book once again and did not start at the beginning. I had read the few chapters twice and had not gone past that point. So I looked at the table of contents and chose to start at chapter 5, titled The house of "Self". Yes, I need to work on that. There are seven rooms in the house of "self" that need to be taken care of, in a balanced way. The rooms are family, work, soul, friendships, continual formation(education), and community. The authors go thru each area in the house of "self" and ask you questions. In what things I want to improve in each area? Why I want to improve in this? How will I accomplish this? When will I accomplish this?

Suddenly the book became more interesting to me. There are some areas I need to work in my own house of self. In order to do this I must first establish a general vision for my life. "Life does not consist in performing certain task, but in managing your time concerning your values.", states the author. Second step, is to establish a weekly schedule for time spent in each area of my house of self. And the third step is to enjoy your life today. Not worring about the past or the future.
The next chapter talk about your mental health. How to replace negative thoughts into positive thoughts. Another area that I must work on. The author give you different situations of negative thoughts and how to replace them with positive thoughts or actions. This chapter has helped me in how I see my husband. Looking at his positive side and not the negative.

Chapter 7 deals with how to reduce stress in your life. And now, I am reading chapter 8. In this chapter the authors talk about the Soul of autonomy. I was not familiar with the term. But I figured it had to do with self. So I looked up the definition and indeed it means, "self-goverment". According to the authors, "The soul of autonomy, is your spiritual center, the presence of Jesus in you. " " yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me;" Galatians 2:20. " How can the presence of Jesus increase in you, in order to be more like Him? Jesus defined himself like the way, the truth and the life. You can have Him as a role model.", stated the author.

Being more like Jesus is important. Jesus is love we should be love . What matters to God is how much we have loved. That is why he gaves us a commandment. "Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself." Mathew 22:37, and also, "Love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12
We need to live the will of God today in the present time. And we need to do everything with Love. As we spend time with Jesus in his word, listening and living what he teaches. Our life will be transformed in a positive way and will reflect to others. I am not finished with the chapter yet but I am now more interested in continuing reading it. I am slowly beginning to apply wath I am learning into my life. Starting with my spiruatual life. My relationship with Christ is very important for the success of all my other relationships.
Note: The title of the book in English is "Thriving Marriages", the authors are John Yzaguirre and Claire Frazier. You can link to their webpage for more information on their books.

Every Wednesday, we Walk with Him, posting a spiritual practice that draws us nearer to His heart.

Bringing in the new Season

Autom is here and the trees are beginning to change color. The leaves are turning a red golden color and in my house the colors begin to change too.

The prayer corner, has some changes . Added a vine with golden leaves. My tealight candles burn all day long.

My reading basket has changed too. You harvest what you reap. Inside the basket: bible, devotional books, notebook, prayer journal and dictionary for those unknown words, I encounter as I read.

The craft project the kids did today. Foamy angels and a coloring page from Waltzing Matilda

Feast of Archangels

Today is the feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.

I will be doing some research today on these Archangels and will find coloring pages or activities for my children to do concerning the Archangels. I will be praying to the Archangels today to intercede for me. The angels burn incence in heaven to God. The incence is the prayers of us the people. How awesome.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY ANGELS
Bless the Lord, All you His Angels, You who are Mighty in strength And do His Will. Intercede for me At the throne of God, And by your unceasing watchfulness Protect me in every danger Of soul and body. Bless the Lord, All you His Angels, You who are Mighty in strength And do His Will. Intercede for me At the throne of God, And by your unceasing watchfulness Protect me in every danger Of soul and body. Obtain for me The grace of final perseverance, So that after this life I may be admitted To your glorious company And may sing with you The praises of God For all eternity. O all you holy Angels And Archangels, Thrones and Dominations, Principalities and Powers And Virtues of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim And especially you, My dear Guardian Angel, Intercede for me And obtain for me The special favor I now ask (State your intention here...). Say 9 Our Father...

Need Advice!

A few months ago my sister who is 28 years old, started talking about the twilight series and how she was hooked on reading the books. I have not read the books. But have heard comments from other readers. Today I was shocked to see my daughter who is 10 years old with the book in her hand. She got it from the school's library. What?! I thought this was a book for older teenagers. So I got online and looked for reviews. Indeed, this is a book geared for older teenagers, perhaps college girls. But as a Catholic mom who wants to raise her kids with good moral values, I think I should do something about it.

I spoke with my sister, who said definately not to allow my daughter to read it. Yes, I have already taken the book away. The problem is that since she is a quick reader. By the time I searched for reviews, she had already read four chapters.

Now what should I do concerning the school. Should I let the principal know my concerns. Or shoul I only talk with the librarian. This book should not be at an elemantary. If they have permited this book, who knows what other books they have that are not age appropiate.

I welcome your comments regarding this post.

8 week Organization Challenge Finale

Here are the pictures of the attic before and after organizing some of the items. I am not yet finished, but there is and improvement. There are some boxes that I still need to sort thru. Mostly small items. I dealt with the bulky items first. The problem is that I have so many things that I do not want to let go off. And they are just creating clutter. I have managed to get rid of so much and somehow more appears. I wonder how?

Before                                            After

I still have more to do in the attic. Next are the pictures of the areas I still have to work on. I will work on these area next week. But that will be my own organization challenge.

My Fashion Girl

There you see her. All dress for school. This picture was taken a few weeks ago. But that is how she is all into fashion. Even though she has to wear a uniform, she always finds something in her wardrobe that makes a statement.

10 years old. Not even a teen yet but almost there. She reminds me so much of me at her age. Her long hair. I always had long hair when I was younger. My daughter is thin, I was more chunky.

She looks normal to anyone, but underneath the clothes you find a hard plastic brace holding her straight, preventing her spine to curve any further. I am so proud of her because she has been wearing her brace all day. The only times she takes it off is to take a shower. She sleeps with it, takes it to school. Nobody knows it on there. Doing the job it has to do. I need to buy her larger clothes now. She is growing more this last few months. She is entering the puberty years. She asking more questions. Why this? What that? I already gave her the talk, in terms she will understand. And a friend gave us two books on the subject. She has read those too. But Mother and daughter time is valuable, unreplaceable. I remember my grandmother giving me the talk. We were spending our summer vacations with her that year. I was about my daughter's age or maybe a year older. Grandmother explained what will shortly begin to happen to me. What should I be aware of and gave me the warnings. I am not going to give all the details. We women have been there and now what I mean. And in case there is male readers, I will spare them the details. But it is the course of nature. The seasons come and go. We all change. The trees grow leaves in the spring time and loose them in the fall.

Back to my fashion girl. My joy, my struggle sometimes. (sigh) Yes, she has a strong will character. I have had my hard times with her. But now is getting better. Her room is coming along. I do not worry about her school work. She is gifted in that area. She loves to read. That is why I need to get her good books that will help her instead of filling her head with nonsense and fairytales. I am not saying fairytales are wrong. But lets face it they are fairy tales. Not real. Good literature, with good use of words, no slang language or weird ideas, those are the books I want her to read. And I will do the same for son too.
That is my new goal. To enrich the knowledge of my children with good literature. Fun family activities. And enrich their Faith formation too. Learning about saints, about great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. , Mother Teresa of Calcuta. Also learning about other cultures not just our own.

Our New Family Journal

Yesterday was the Back to School night at their school. I got some great information from both teachers with great family activities to help the children learn and enjoy reading and writing. And idea that I had already read at Holy Experience was given in one of the school's papers. Making a family journal. A fun family activity. A great way for kids to express themselves in writing and share with the family something about their day. Not just with words, but with pictures. So I found a new notebook. And we decorated the front of it with quotes, bible verses and pictures that kids picked from a magazine. We will keep the journal on the coffee table and I will have the magazines, scissors, crayons, pen, pencils, and glue stick near by in a basket. When they return from school they can share something with us in the journal. Find pictures in magazine or draw a picture of themselves. On Fridays we will share our stories by reading out loud to each other. Sound like a great idea. Starting a new tradition that will at the same time improve my children's reading and writing skills.
You might also like to read this post regarding a mother's journal.

Daughter's room

Before picture of desk area









The mess on the floor, this area was not visible from the door, it was the place where I will find stuff forgotten.











This is how the closet looked and the mess on the floor.












Now the after pictures. This is the wall where the bed was located. I am not finished yet with this area. There are still many things on top of dresser that where removed from the other walls. Picture frames, posters, and achievement certificates.





This is where the bed is now. You can see in the reflection of the mirror, that it is opposite the closet and dresser.








The floor in between the desk and bed. No more clutter.









The floor in front of the bed and closet, viewed from the door.









And the floor in between bed and window. You can see no more mess on the floor. It took her 15 minutes to clear in order to be allowed internet access. I know she likes to stuff things in her drawers and closet, but today after school we will take care of that.

Home Blessings in pictures

Tomatos from our garden, picked today. Plenty for us and to share with family and friends. Thank you God for our tomato blessings.








The piece I found in the attic to replace the other one which is now in my bedroom. (forgot to upload the other picture of the bedroom)







This image of Our Lady of Guadalupe we brought from Mexico two years ago. It is very heavy. We wanted to have it in the garden but husband decided to keep inside. The basket with bread, I just bought from a friend that makes them to bring more income into her home. The bread is desiccated.




Here is my prayer altar. I placed two ceramic punkins as fall decoration. Picture of Saint Padre Pio. Today is his feast day. I am slowly beginning to decorate with fall decorations. I still have my Mexican decorations on display.





Last but not least. Son doing his homework. We had to time his reading. On the table you can see their markers and colors. They colored a picture of Padre Pio from Matilda's blog. Thank you God for the blessings you have brought into our home this past few days. Continue to bless us, so that we can be a blessing to others.



Tomorrow, I will post pictures of daughter room. before and after changes. And on Friday the big finale of 8 week home organization challenge. I will have pictures of the attic.

Walking with Him Wednesday

What better way to walk with him on Wednesday, but to have a women bible study here at home. United with other women reading his word and in prayer. That is my desire. I have invited some ladies to come today for the first meeting.



I am praying that God will give them the desire to come. And remind them that better is one minute with Him, than thousands elsewhere.



I am listening to worship music as I type this post. In ten minutes the guests will arrive. But the best guest is the presence of our Lord Jesus among us. I am so happy that God is giving me once again the opportunity to reach out to the community and provide a time where we can refresh ourselves in his word.



I better end now, want to spend some time in prayer before my guests arrive. Have a blessed day. Go over to Holy Experience to read more of Walking in Him Wednesday.

Over the weekend

I always start my home organization projects on Saturday and if am able to finish that day is awesome. But this past weekend the project was started and not finished. I had been wanting to moved the furniture in daughter's room. But I wanted husband to help because that bed frame is three pieces and either we need to take it apart or move it slowly to avoid any damage to the piece. Last time I moved it myself. With the help of plastic circles called "moving men", I moved the entire bedframe to the other wall in the room.

I asked husband to help me this time to make it easier for me. But he said he will not help me. "Why do you want to move it again?"Because I want to move it, I replied. He went to paint the window frames outside, and left me to do the work myself. I used the circles once again, placed them in specific spots, to make it easier to slide the bedframe to the other wall. I had my daughter help me place the circles in place, while I slightly tiped the bedframe to allow her to place it underneath. I was afraid it will tip over and crush us both. But thank God for our Angels helping us, we managed to move it. Who needs a husband when you have "moving men" and Angels to help you.

After moving the bedframe, we moved her desk and bookshelf two the wall were the bedframe used to be. I made sure to vacuum well and dust behind the furniture. We placed the mattress in its place. Then the bedskirt, covers and bedspread. We were not done yet, but had to stop our project. We got a call from friend that there were doing crafts at our local Michaels craft store. So I took the kids to do some crafts. We returned home, had the kids take showers and got dressed to attend a birthday party. We did not get home until late.

On Sunday, we left to church at 8:15 AM, after Mass we went to first communion preparation class. And in the afternoon went to sister-in-law's house for dinner. No house chores done on Sunday. Monday morning, I decided to take bookshelf from my room to use in the attic for my craft supplies. Then I need something to hold the things I had on the bookshelf. So I started scanning my house for the perfect candidate. The piece in living room that hold the vcr, dvd, and cable box, will be perfect. Then I notice the mess in the living room and kitchen. I first need to take care of this before I start moving more furniture. So I spent 15 minutes in each room. I even moped the floors. And did some loads of laundry. Put away all the clean laundry done last week that was still in baskets in the laundry room. Then I moved the piece of furniture from the living room to my the master bedroom. Now I needed something to hold the dvd, vcr, and cable box. I found the perfect thing in the attic.

The piece that is right next to the tv, that is holding the lamp, is the piece that I used in the master bedroom. I will post the after pictures later.
I am going to start now with my house chores, and spent some time organizing in the attic. I will try to post some pictures of my progress tomorrow.

Week 7 Gone! Week 8 Goals

Another week gone by and my attic is still not done completely. I did do just a little. I cleared all the clutter from the craft area table and sewing area. I do not have a picture to show you. I will wait till it is all done.



Other things accomplished around the house. Cleaned the bathroom including tub this week. I took three bags to goodwill. Took care of all those areas where I tend to pile things. The office desk, and the laundry room. The kids rooms were cleaned on Saturday and they have stayed clean, the kids are doing the work. You can see the pictures of son's room here.


Another very important thing I did this week, not concerning home organization, but very needed in my life was to spend more time in prayer and quiet time with God. I have been reading my bible and meditating on what I read. Staying quiet for a while to hear God's voice. I finally read a book that I been wanting to read, I read it all in one week. Awesome book by a local Pastor. The book talks about the beauty of a Christian woman. I had the book for almost two years and had not had the time to read it, but once I started I could not put it down. Great book. It has motivated me to see myself just like Jesus sees me.

My goal for week 8, our final week. I am not going to say the attic. But if it gets done, I will show you the pictures. Pretty much most of the organizing is done. I have removed most of the clutter, but like you know. Our work is never done. There is always an area or a place in our house that gets unattended, and soon ends up needing some organization. I want to thank Melinda for starting this 8 week organization challenge. I have learned a lot during this 8 weeks. Thanks to all of you who follow my blog and have left comments.
Have a great weekend, and God bless you.

In my Quiet Time

Love is patient, love is kind,

It does not envy , it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

All things come and go but faith, hope and love, always remain.

And the greatest of these is Love.

Without Love we are nothing.

How awesome and beautiful are the words in this chapter of the first letter to the Corinthians. We always hear this scripture at weddings. I chose it as one of the readings on my wedding day. Is beautiful, but do we really pay close attention to what it says. What is God telling us, through Paul here in this verses. I have read this passage many times. But today, it had more meaning to me. I have been asking God to talk to me through his word, to show me his will for my life. And today as I read this I understood what Love is.

Love is Patient. How many times have I been inpatient with my children, with my husband. Do I love them, Yes, I do! Then, I should be patient. Right?

Love is not quick-tempered. I loose control of my emotions often. And it does not make me look good to my children or husband. Who is this woman who reads her bible all the time and goes to church, look at her getting all mad and screaming as loud as she can?

Love always protect, always trusts, always hope, always perseveres. We protect our home from the thief who comes only to steal and kill and destroy(John 10:10)

We trust that God will be our protector, our provider, our healer.

We hope and persevere to the end.

I have been married for 12 years and six month. Quite a long time considering that most of my other friends and relatives have not made it that far. So what keeps me here? My faith, my trust in God. So I ask God what is missing in other peoples marriages. Why are they ending in divorce? Is it Love? Did they stoped being patient, hoping, persevering? They gave up. Is sad to hear when friends and family end their marriage in divorce. Specially when they have children. My heart goes to the children. To have their parents separate is shocking to a child. Yes, there are times that is necessary for a separation, if there is physical abuse or a life threating situation involved. But is divorce the will of God?

I cry out to God. Lord what is your will in this situation. Help this couple know your will. Let them see the pain they will cause their children, let them see the pain they are causing each other, with their words and actions.

Yesterday, as we were entering the driveway, a couple that live across the street, was arguing and screaming at each other. I prayed. Lord help them. When we were inside the house. My son said, " Mom is true that some Father's are very mean." It broke my heart to hear my son say that. But how many times, have I done the same? I felt ashamed. I too, have argued with my husband, and many times in front of the children. How heartbreaking to them.

My parents were divorced when I was a young child. I know what it is to not have a Father figure there in your life for so many years. I do not want that for my children. Lord, please help me to be more kind, more understanding, more patient with my husband. Help me to not loose control of my emotions. Help us to deal with our problems in a quiet way, and not scream and shout in front of our children.

Love is not selfish. And Lord, I pray for those marriages that have lost all faith, all hope, and all Love. Lord may your will be done in their lives too. May they renew what is lost. I pray in your Holy name Jesus, Lord hear my prayer, Amen.

Walk with Him Wednesday

Today at Holy Experience there will be no sharing of posts. Ann has suggested that we have a quiet time alone with God. And next week we can again share our posts at her blog Holy Experience.

I do need my quiet time with God. Lately, I have been busy with so many projects at home. I homeschool after regular school is over. My children attend a public school. And I stay home, to make sure all the house is clean and organized. I also have time to read inspirational blogs. Computer can be addictive at times. Taking away my time for my chores and my time with God. However, there are times that I come across a post that encourages me and uplifts me spiritually. I meet other Mom's that have faced difficult situations and I learn from them how to deal with my own. Through prayer. We pray for each others needs. We do not know each other, but we know Jesus, and he brings us together in unity, in prayer. Encouraging the younger women and getting encouraged by the older generation.

Today, in my quiet time with God, I will praise and worship. Repent for my wrong actions or words. Ask for special intentions in my heart, and yield to Him. I will end my time with Him, in silence, waiting for Him to talk to me. Letting me know what He desires of me. I will stay quiet, listening, and write in my journal, what the Lord has requested of me, so that I would not forget.

Mexico's Independence Day

As a decendant of Mexican parents, I take pride in my culture and teach my children about it. Yesterday, I printed out coloring pages of the Mexican flag, a map of Mexico, and a picture of Father Miguel Idalgo. The Creole priest, who fought for the Independence of Mexico from the Spaniards. I also read to them a short biography of Fr. Miguel Idalgo.

Today, Daughter ( The fashionista girl) wore a headband with the colors of the Mexican flag. For son, we made a pin button with a small paper flag on it. My daughter took the short biography of Fr. Miguel Idalgo to share with her class. At home, we have mexican sarapes(covers) on the living room chairs. I placed the Mexican flag on one of my front windows. On our kitchen table and living room coffee table we have colorful vinyl tablecloths with mexican icons such as, a guitar, a sombrero, cactus, red peppers, and maracas.

My husband was born in Mexico, and he loves spicy food. When I chose a theme for my kitchen, I chose the jalapeno peppers theme. I have plates, glassware, and linen with jalapeno peppers on them.

We speak both Spanish and English at home. My husband does most of the Spanish. And I am bilingual. I know some families that at home they speak only Spanish. I do not have nothing against that, I grew up in such a family. My father said it was disrespectful to my Mother, because she did not understand English for us to communicate in English. The problem was that Mom never learn to speak English. And now she has a hard time communicating with other people who do not speak Spanish. She is getting a little better at it.

I think is very important to not forget your native language, but it is also very important to learn the language spoken in this nation.

I also think it is good to attend Churches that are bilingual and multicultural. We need to have fellowship with other cultures not just your own. Like at my parish. We have English Mass and Spanish Mass seperate. Occasionally, there is a Unity Mass where they ask all parishioners to attend. Very few Hispanics attend. I do not understand why? The parish makes special programs of the mass in various languages so that you can understand what is being said in English at this unity celebrations, so there will be no problem with understanding what is being said. Yet the hispanic community does not attend.

I remember the first time that I took my children to a parish where most of the community was African American. My son did not like the music, he said this is not like our church. I felt so bad, because my child was not open to fellowship with other communities. I decided that I will try to attend Multicultural events, to have my children have fellowship with other brothers and sisters who are not hispanic. I want my children to be nice to all, to have friends that have different cultural background. I told my daughter, that I wanted her to be nice to all the girls in her classroom, no matter if they are African American, White, Asian, or Hispanic. They are all your sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus. Everyone is special to God.

So I am hoping that later today, I will be able to make a cake or cookies, something special for when kids return from school. To continue celebrating this special day for Mexico, remembering our roots.

Encouraging good habits

How do you teach your children to keep their room, clean and organize. I have tried many ways to encourage my children to keep their rooms clean and organized. I have provided a home for everything they own. Clothes, shoes, toys, books and other things always end up on the floor.

I keep reapeating, put things back, before you take another toy out. Pick up your clothes, place in hamper or hang up if is still clean. I made labels for their drawers and toy boxes, so they know where things go. I made it easier for them to reach their clothes. So how does a room get like this. A total nightmare. But I told them, is not fair that you make the mess, and I have to clean it.

So on Saturday, I helped my son clean his room. I told him, start with your toys. Place them in their box. If they do not have a box or they belong elsewhere place them in this laundry basket for now. I had three laundry baskets, one with a plastic bag for trash. One for items no longer needed, and one for items belonging elsewhere. While he picked up the toys, I organized his drawers. Then I organized the bookshelf.

After, all the toys, clothes, books, and trash had been picked up from the floor, I vacuumed, moved the bed away from the wall, to make it easier for him to make his bed each morning. And here are the after pictures of our teamwork effort.

Right next to the door, I place a plastic clear box for his backpack and library books. I also placed a yellow envelope on the wall for his homework packet. So that we always know where his homework is and where to get from when is due on Thursday. The toys are in their clear boxes. The boxes are labeled with a picture of the type of toy in them. We made rules for his room, that he need to follow. The House Fairy will come home to inspect his room each day. And if its clean, and rules have been followed, he will get a sticker on his chore chart and a surprise. So far this has worked since Saturday. He is seven years old, and very happy to have gotten a visit from the house fairy, she even left a white feather from her wings.

Now Daughter room, is another story. To be continued tomorrow. You can also read this post I did last month about my daughter's room.

Week 6 Victories, Week 7 Goals

Well, my goal for week #6 was to clean the attic. I did 10% of the room. Just two hours this week. I have been busy doing other projects, and yes spending to much time on computer. We have two more weeks left and I hope that it will be done.

I did other organization projects around the house. The storage closet in the laundry room, and my kids closets. Just the closets. The rooms are still a nightmare. But we told them, if they do not clean their rooms on their own, no tv, no eating out on Sunday. Daughter's excuse, " I have to much homework". She sits with a book for hours, or her nintendo DS.

Son, he just pretends he cleans but makes a bigger mess. They both make everything to one corner of the room, and that is their way of cleaning. Lord, have mercy of me!

Ok,enough whinning. I have some fault too. I am not a good, disciplinarian. And I get to busy doing other things or spending time on computer, instead of spending time and make sure they clean a little each day. I really need to work on this.

This week, I organized the kitchen. You can see pictures here. I organized, all my tupperware, and plastic containers. I also clean out a drawers, where I keep all the ziplock bags, and extra foil paper, twisties, etc. I organized all the tops to the plastic containers by size and type in ziplock bags and keep them in a deep drawer in the kitchen. And I organized the pantry. I only took after pictures.

This is the closet in the laundry room. I removed all my craft supplies and took up to the attic. Just left items, that I used more frequently or that I want at close reach.

This wall cabinet, is extra pantry storage. Most of the items are seldom used. Here is my pantry. This armoire used to be in my room, we had the tv in there for a long time, until we decided to use it as the pantry. On the top shelf I have all the cans. I use bread pans to keep organized. And a lazy susan for the other items in the corner. Second shelf, the cereals, bread, and snacks at easy reach for my kids.
Here is the drawer, that I talk about earlier. I keep all the ziplock bags, and foil paper rolls. Everything organized and easy to reach.


I did not take the picture of the kids closets. The rest of the room is messy, so when its all clean, I will show you their accomplishment. I am not going to clean it again for them.



I still have high hopes for the attic. I hope that I do not get distracted by other projects or the computer. Now let go see what the others have accomplished and posted on Melinda's blog.

A prayer of gratitude

You work in amazing ways Lord. I thank you for all those little details that you always seem to meet and the unanswered prayers that where not in your plans. For those prayers that were answered at just the right time. Father, thank you.

My Prayer

Heavenly Father,

I ask in Jesus name, that you search me, and purge in me anything that is not good. Fill me with your light. May I be more like you and less like me. May I always have a word for that someone in need. May I see you in others. Heavenly Father. Help me to be patient in waiting for your response to my prayers. Help me to understand when things do not go as I have plan. Your word says, " that in all things God works for the good of those who love him." Romans 8:28

I have confidence that you have good plans for me. Open my eyes so that I may see, those who need help. Open my ears, so that I may hear your voice when you call me. Remind me that one moment with you is much better than thousand moments spent elsewhere.

Jesus, today I ask for a special request. My husband will be without work for a couple of days. May this time off from work, be a time of calmness. Husband works hard, and is the only provider for this household. I understand he need to take time off to rest. Lord, I hope this is just for a few days, and that there will be more work for him soon.

I thank you, that at the moment we are well financially. And that a few days off from work, will not be a problem for us. I pray that you help those other families, co-workers of husband that will be without work too. I do not know their financial situation, but I know a few families that have been barely making it. Father help those families that are facing financial problems. May they be able to find work. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen

Every Wednesday, we Walk with Him, posting a spiritual practice that draws us nearer to His heart.

Under God's Tent

I had already mention in one of my posts regarding my prayer journal. I use a prayer journal almost like a diary. It is my letters to God. When I will travel to Mexico or to visit my parents, I will take my prayer journal, along with my bible. As a matter of fact. I have a bible in my car at all times. Is my co-pilot. I keep another bible at my desk, and another bible in my reading basket. This way I always have a bible close by when needed. On wednesday, at Holy Experience blogers share their experience in their walk with God.

I like to read what others write about. One blog I was very interested in was Getting Down with Jesus . In her post titled Tent, the writer describes her tent and her altar. Her tent is a tote bag, and her altar is her bible, prayer journal and or any other book she is currently reading. She got this idea from a book she has been reading, the author of the book talked also about her tent and altar.

I liked the terms they used. So now I will refer to my reading basket as my tent. Inside my tent is my altar: my bible, prayer journal, novena books, prayer books, and any other books that I am reading.

Today and every day, I will be under God's tent. Reading my bible or any other inpirational book. I will try to have a set time each day. As soon as kids leave to school. My alone time with God.

Love my digital camera

I love my digital camera. Its so nice to take your pictures and if you do not like them delete them. No waste on printing or waiting to develop pictures. You can share your pictures instanly with family via email.

Since husband did not work today, I took the camera, and started taking pictures of my accomplishments of today.

Here is my kitchen.

The oven. Is not spotless, but is clean.


This is my living room, I changed the sofa cover and chair cover. This month is Hispanic Heritage month. Mexicans celebrate their independence day on September 16th.
This is why, I like to decorate with Mexican sarapes and the colors
of the Mexican flag, red, white, and green.




This is a dry erase calendar that I bought a few weeks ago on sale.

I plan to replace my huge paper calendar.

Use color markers to distinguish different activities:

Church, school, and family events.