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It is time for Blog Trail Tuesday hosted by Melissa over at Coffee With Me!

A blog I recently discovered is Life As Mom. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading over there this past week. The title says it all. It is fun, encouraging and real. I have found a few helpful tidbits here and there. Booking It 2010 is also hosted at Life As Mom. A few book reviews were given today so I’m heading to my library to see if I can snatch a new read for the kiddos.

If you have a blog to share, head over to Coffee With Me and jump on the blogging trail!

I often joke with my husband that I love being stuck in a rut. And I do. Constant excitement? New adventures? Exploring the unknown? Nope. I don’t need any of that, thank you. There is something so sweet about a routine. You know, the excitement of knowing that little piece of chocolate is waiting for you at the end of the day. How can this be a bad thing? A chocolate rut. Amen.

Seriously, though, routine is a good thing. It gives one a sense of security. Safety. Comfort.

Our oldest child is 11. And for 11 years, Saturday nights have been “get your hair washed and nails clipped for church” nights. 11 years. 7 kiddos. A nice, sweet rut of clean smelling hair, squeaky clean skin and clipped nails.

They know what is coming. Every Saturday night, as I’m washing a little one’s hair, I will be asked, “Are we going to church tomorrow?” And a little smile comes to their faces. They know clean hair means church on Sunday, lol. I love the smile that comes to their faces. I love that they love going to church. I love that it is “rut”. A constant, steady part of their life. What rut could be better than looking forward to a time of fellowship and worship with the Savior?

Now everyone is in bed. Snuggled under blankets, snores floating in the air and baby dolls cuddled tight. Waiting for tomorrow…

Ok. I have a wonderful husband who keeps me stocked in chocolate. Love. That. Man. I am blessed with 7 beautiful children who seriously crack me up and I have a little one worshipping at the feet of Jesus. Life is good, yes? Of course it is, well, at least in blog land. I can paint any kind of picture I want and erase the rest.

I’m feeling a bit bold and decided to “keep it real” and without a single picture. No cute smiles, no endearing stories, no charming imaginations. Just real. I’m not even a good writer so this would be a good time to numb yourself with some chocolate. I’ll go get mine…..

Ok. That was yummy. I had a chocolate chip cookie. Oh, I was supposed to savor it through the whole blog post. I hate when I forget that.

So here is life for the Tribe right now. Eddie is looking for a job, he is no longer pastoring a church and we are living with a wonderful, amazing family right now during this time of transition. Almost everything we own is sitting in a storage unit. I’m not sure what tomorrow holds but I know that God provided for today.

That’s the short version. Anyone want to hear the long drawn out version? I might need more chocolate.

The past several months have not been as we would have planned. But God’s ways are not always ours. And thankfully so! We are in the midst of some transitions and changes so my online time is very limited right now. I love my little blog world and am going to try to keep blogging over the next couple of weeks. So to my faithful two or three readers ( I love ya!) I’ll try to keep news of the Tribe coming.

We have been battling a cold in the home for the past couple of weeks. We thought we were finally over it and another round hit. Six out of seven kiddos had to stay home from church today. Rebekah was the only one able to go with Eddie. Thankfully, it is just runny noses and coughs; no fever or upset tummies.

Yesterday, I ventured to the health food store to get Elderberry Syrup to try to help with the cold. The health food store was out of stock. The owner said as soon as he had it on the shelf it was gone and it will be another week before they get any in. Lovely. For now we will have to be happy with snacking on vitamin C.

The sick ones and I spent some time reading in the Word and having some prayer time. They have played a bit and had lunch. One of their favorites; a snacky lunch. You know, cheese, crackers, apple slices, orange slices etc. Now it is quiet time. Mary and Lydia are playing with Legos building houses and listening to Prince Caspian, I believe. Caleb is listening to the Last Battle and relaxing on his bed. Sarah and Hannah are sleeping by my feet all cuddled up with pillows and blankets. Samuel is snoozing in my room. I’m waiting for Eddie and Rebekah to return home and tell me all about the message.

I have plans to start a pair of longies for Sam. My yarn, however, is in my room where he is sleeping so I’ll wait. Don’t want to risk waking him up. He needs a good nap!

I have fabric washing to make a couple of skirts. I need to check to make sure I have the correct measurements. Oh! I also need to get the girls to make some more cloth wipes for Sam. I seem to have lost some.

I have so many blog posts in my head and never seem to have time to type them up. And now that I have time, I just wanted to ramble about my day. No surprise there. Maybe in a bit I can blog about something of a bit more substance or at least have a picture to share.