SPUNKY MONKEY
I am grateful for the pure joy her "spunk" brings into our home, you can't help but to laugh at her antics at least once a day. She's a handful & keeps us on our toes, but life would should be boring without her.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
BUGS!
This week has been filled to the brim with BUGS!
It all started last Thursday evening. Abbie has dance class on Thursdays and after class I always ask her what her favorite class was that day (she does half an hour each of tap, ballet & baton), her reply was a never heard before "not ballet". "Not ballet" was my reply "why not"? She said it made her dizzy that day - I thought it was funny & we got loaded up & headed home & that was the end of it. Later that evening during dinner she started complaining that her left ear hurt, then I felt bad - suspecting she had an ear infection & that's what had made her dizzy at dance class - after dinner & a quick bath I took her to the urgent care doctor (the one you can go to before going to the ER but after normal doctor's hours). Not only was her left ear infected, so was her right. The doctor said her left ear was so bad that it overpowered her noticing the right was infected too. So home we came & she missed school on Friday, but was on her way to well as of Saturday.
Sunday Nate started running a fever & so we kept him home from church and since we decided to tag team the rest of the meetings the little girls stayed home too - it's just easier that way. Dan & Abbie went to sacrament meeting, then Dan & I switched places so I could go sub in primary (something I committed to do much earlier in the month). Nate missed school on Monday 'cause he was still running a fever (no other symptoms), his fever broke Monday evening but the school has a "no symptoms for 24 hours rule" before returning to school so he missed school on Tuesday as well. However I let him go to cub scouts where they launched rockets they made - SUPER COOL!!! I wish I would have taken my camera - MOM what were you thinking?! Anyway after scouts we cleaned out the van, Nate went on a bike ride around the neighborhood - all was well, I was planning on him going to school the next day - WRONG.
That night at dinner Dan said Kassie had been crying (when we were outside) saying her ear hurt and she wanted to go to the doctor, and had I seen Maddie's eye. I mentioned that it was a little pink earlier but I wasn't worried about it - look at it now he says. It was bright red & swollen, we both were in agreement that we thought it was pink eye. Another trip to urgent care appeared to be in our future that evening - fun times. Then Nate starts crying saying his throat hurts & he doesn't want to eat. It was like one minute they were all fine then instantly they were falling apart! Fast forward, we took all 3 to urgent care. Kassie did indeed have an ear infection, Maddie had pink eye, & Nate strep throat (he then missed 2 more days of school). All this & it was only Tuesday!
Thursday night was Abbie's school music concert, and since everyone had been on antibiotics long enough we felt we were safe to attend. The title of the performance - "Bugz"! How appropriate for us! It was fun, cute - just as you would expect. Abbie had a speaking part:
My gratitude today - I'm glad it wasn't worse. It was bad enough but there is always a "worse" and so I am trying to focus on the "good" that it was only as bad as it was. That and our taxes are done, that's always a relief!
It all started last Thursday evening. Abbie has dance class on Thursdays and after class I always ask her what her favorite class was that day (she does half an hour each of tap, ballet & baton), her reply was a never heard before "not ballet". "Not ballet" was my reply "why not"? She said it made her dizzy that day - I thought it was funny & we got loaded up & headed home & that was the end of it. Later that evening during dinner she started complaining that her left ear hurt, then I felt bad - suspecting she had an ear infection & that's what had made her dizzy at dance class - after dinner & a quick bath I took her to the urgent care doctor (the one you can go to before going to the ER but after normal doctor's hours). Not only was her left ear infected, so was her right. The doctor said her left ear was so bad that it overpowered her noticing the right was infected too. So home we came & she missed school on Friday, but was on her way to well as of Saturday.
Sunday Nate started running a fever & so we kept him home from church and since we decided to tag team the rest of the meetings the little girls stayed home too - it's just easier that way. Dan & Abbie went to sacrament meeting, then Dan & I switched places so I could go sub in primary (something I committed to do much earlier in the month). Nate missed school on Monday 'cause he was still running a fever (no other symptoms), his fever broke Monday evening but the school has a "no symptoms for 24 hours rule" before returning to school so he missed school on Tuesday as well. However I let him go to cub scouts where they launched rockets they made - SUPER COOL!!! I wish I would have taken my camera - MOM what were you thinking?! Anyway after scouts we cleaned out the van, Nate went on a bike ride around the neighborhood - all was well, I was planning on him going to school the next day - WRONG.
That night at dinner Dan said Kassie had been crying (when we were outside) saying her ear hurt and she wanted to go to the doctor, and had I seen Maddie's eye. I mentioned that it was a little pink earlier but I wasn't worried about it - look at it now he says. It was bright red & swollen, we both were in agreement that we thought it was pink eye. Another trip to urgent care appeared to be in our future that evening - fun times. Then Nate starts crying saying his throat hurts & he doesn't want to eat. It was like one minute they were all fine then instantly they were falling apart! Fast forward, we took all 3 to urgent care. Kassie did indeed have an ear infection, Maddie had pink eye, & Nate strep throat (he then missed 2 more days of school). All this & it was only Tuesday!
Thursday night was Abbie's school music concert, and since everyone had been on antibiotics long enough we felt we were safe to attend. The title of the performance - "Bugz"! How appropriate for us! It was fun, cute - just as you would expect. Abbie had a speaking part:
"Of course we've been invited. I checked it with the planners"
Too bad the microphone got unplugged & you couldn't hear her say anything - but you can see her mouth the words.
There were songs about a picnic, ladybugs, fireflies, but the one about the army ants was my favorite (sorry I don't have complete videos on a couple of them - juggling a camera while trying to keep Nate & Kassie quiet was a chore to say the least).
The kicker to our bug week was that I got sick on Friday. I probably wouldn't have gone to the doctor but when Abbie fell off the bunk bed and we thought she might have broken her hand (just a sprain) and I had to take her to be seen & got myself checked - guess what I now have antibiotics too! I joked with my mom that I wanted to bug bomb the house to kill all the germs - really I've had enough of the sickies! At this point fingers are crossed that Dan doesn't get sick - this week coming up is spring break & we plan on having lots of fun (stay tuned), so we don't want a sick daddy - he doesn't want to be sick either!
Flashback - June 2010
It's funny that I can remember (clearly enough for a blog post) this particular month. It was good & horrid all at the same time, and anything worth noting happened within about a week's time.
It all started when Dan took his first trip for work since I had Maddie, the first time I had all 4 on my own for an extended amount of time. It was harder than I thought, but we all survived. I learned several things from that trip, the most important being that if activity days (my current calling in the church) happens when Dan is out of town that I need to get someone to cover for me, and doing that is just fine. This was the first time the situation had arisen (it has happened a couple of times since) and I got a sitter for the oldest 3 and took Maddie with me. By the time I was done with the activity, got home to get the kids to bed it was entirely too late, especially for a school night - so never again if I can help it! (Not to mention now that Maddie is mobile, having her with me would be just this side of impossible.)
Then the storm hit, I ate a really late dinner that night, finished my "work" (office work that is) and headed to bed way past midnight - my usual MO when Dan is out of town - not much I can do to change that, but I digress. I was up SICK all night long - I convinced myself that it was what I ate and because I ate it so late. Then next day didn't get any better - I got Nate & Abbie off to school & then did what I needed to do to survive the day - I was miserable & there was no relief in sight. I finally started feeling like I was getting past things that evening - which was a relief to me since the next day was Abbie's Kindergarten graduation, and with Dan out of town I felt I really needed to be there for her big day (which I was both looking forward to and dreading - from a purely logistical point of view).
Kindergarten graduation was a BUST. Abbie woke up and said she didn't want to go to school, but it was only 3 hours and her special day so I talked her into going - she got to wear her fancy dress after all. She decided she would go. I got Nate & Abbie off to school, and still feeling less than stellar I got the little girls ready and off to the school we went for Abbie's big day. I had both little girls in the double stroller and we parked ourselves near the back door (as out of the way as I could muster) and we waited for the big moment.
She just stood there, her smile vanished & for the "goofy" picture she was stone cold - I was in the back encouraging her to participate, nothing - then WHAMO! SHE PUKED!
All down the front of her dress, all over the floor in the classroom, right in front of all her classmates, teachers, & parents. They rushed her out the back door - right by me as fortune would have it (it was way too crowded to get back out the main door). I left the little girls sitting in the stroller and rushed outside with Abbie & let her finish in the bushes (sorry it was the best, quickest option), soon after another teacher came to check on Abbie & I stepped back into the room, gathered all of Abbie's things, the little girls & went back out to Abbie.
Everyone brushed off Abbie getting sick as heat & nerves (the room was SOOO Hot), and I was hopeful that was it, as I was still thinking my ickyness was due to what I ate. We walked around the corner of the school to Nate's classroom, I knocked on the door & let his teacher know what had happened & asked if I could check Nate out early (at that point it was only 20 minutes early) and she said he was in the bathroom, but sure. He came back to the class I told him to get his things, say goodbye that we were leaving early. When he came out he told me he had just thrown up in the bathroom. All hope then went out the window. We were all sick & it wasn't going to be any fun. We came home immediately, got "cozy" and took care of what needed to be taken care of until Dan got home late the next day. Maddie never got sick which I was grateful for, but it sure beat the rest of us up. It even tackled Dan once he got home. I wasn't very empathetic I'm afraid. As he was complaining about being sick I told him "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I can't help you get better, but I can promise I won't leave you home with 4 kids alone while you are sick." I think I got my point across, and true to my word, I kept my promise - I even took all 4 kids to church on my own that Sunday so he could rest and get a nap in a quiet house, something that I would have given anything for when I had been sick. So as much as could have probably been a little kinder about it, I did try to help him as much as I could. Even though (truth be told) I was grumpy about just getting myself & the kids better & I now had a sick hubby to take care of.
I am grateful that it's all in the past now (although I was a little surprised how vivid the memory was when I stated to document it all) - the best news is we all came through it with no lasting effects/scars - physical or mental. When I was working on the post Abbie watched over my shoulder for a bit, I asked if she remembered that day - "I forgot all about it", THANK GOODNESS! Hopefully she won't be upset with me for documenting it, but hey it's what happened.
It all started when Dan took his first trip for work since I had Maddie, the first time I had all 4 on my own for an extended amount of time. It was harder than I thought, but we all survived. I learned several things from that trip, the most important being that if activity days (my current calling in the church) happens when Dan is out of town that I need to get someone to cover for me, and doing that is just fine. This was the first time the situation had arisen (it has happened a couple of times since) and I got a sitter for the oldest 3 and took Maddie with me. By the time I was done with the activity, got home to get the kids to bed it was entirely too late, especially for a school night - so never again if I can help it! (Not to mention now that Maddie is mobile, having her with me would be just this side of impossible.)
Then the storm hit, I ate a really late dinner that night, finished my "work" (office work that is) and headed to bed way past midnight - my usual MO when Dan is out of town - not much I can do to change that, but I digress. I was up SICK all night long - I convinced myself that it was what I ate and because I ate it so late. Then next day didn't get any better - I got Nate & Abbie off to school & then did what I needed to do to survive the day - I was miserable & there was no relief in sight. I finally started feeling like I was getting past things that evening - which was a relief to me since the next day was Abbie's Kindergarten graduation, and with Dan out of town I felt I really needed to be there for her big day (which I was both looking forward to and dreading - from a purely logistical point of view).
Kindergarten graduation was a BUST. Abbie woke up and said she didn't want to go to school, but it was only 3 hours and her special day so I talked her into going - she got to wear her fancy dress after all. She decided she would go. I got Nate & Abbie off to school, and still feeling less than stellar I got the little girls ready and off to the school we went for Abbie's big day. I had both little girls in the double stroller and we parked ourselves near the back door (as out of the way as I could muster) and we waited for the big moment.
Abbie's teacher, Mrs. Smith, giving us the run down of events.
They had a little mini procession, Abbie was all smiles.
Getting her "diploma"
They sang a couple of songs (Kindergarten Cute - "Each of us is a Flower") and then posed for pictures
Half a smile
Super "Cheese"y Smile
Is she still taking pictures?!
Then Abbie just checked out. 
Everyone brushed off Abbie getting sick as heat & nerves (the room was SOOO Hot), and I was hopeful that was it, as I was still thinking my ickyness was due to what I ate. We walked around the corner of the school to Nate's classroom, I knocked on the door & let his teacher know what had happened & asked if I could check Nate out early (at that point it was only 20 minutes early) and she said he was in the bathroom, but sure. He came back to the class I told him to get his things, say goodbye that we were leaving early. When he came out he told me he had just thrown up in the bathroom. All hope then went out the window. We were all sick & it wasn't going to be any fun. We came home immediately, got "cozy" and took care of what needed to be taken care of until Dan got home late the next day. Maddie never got sick which I was grateful for, but it sure beat the rest of us up. It even tackled Dan once he got home. I wasn't very empathetic I'm afraid. As he was complaining about being sick I told him "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I can't help you get better, but I can promise I won't leave you home with 4 kids alone while you are sick." I think I got my point across, and true to my word, I kept my promise - I even took all 4 kids to church on my own that Sunday so he could rest and get a nap in a quiet house, something that I would have given anything for when I had been sick. So as much as could have probably been a little kinder about it, I did try to help him as much as I could. Even though (truth be told) I was grumpy about just getting myself & the kids better & I now had a sick hubby to take care of.
I am grateful that it's all in the past now (although I was a little surprised how vivid the memory was when I stated to document it all) - the best news is we all came through it with no lasting effects/scars - physical or mental. When I was working on the post Abbie watched over my shoulder for a bit, I asked if she remembered that day - "I forgot all about it", THANK GOODNESS! Hopefully she won't be upset with me for documenting it, but hey it's what happened.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Blogging Band Wagon
In reading different blogs I've seen something called "Wordless Wednesday". I thought it would be fun to to try, but to any of you who truly know me - wordless may be too much of a stretch for me so mine will be more like - mostly wordless Wednesdays. Gotta stay true to myself after all :)
I can't say enough how grateful I am that we have health insurance & access to good medical care. We've made good use of it lately as you can see!
It started with a double ear infection, then we added to it another ear infection, pink eye & strep throat!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Fasting & Prayer - A Flashback from Dan
Dan sent me an email on October 7th at my work email address. It's been sitting in my inbox ever since waiting for me to do something with it. When he sent it he asked me to post it for him on the blog, 5 months later I am finally doing it.
The Lord blesses us and others a short faith building tale.
Today I woke early and traveled to Oakland to teach a class. I chose to fast as I had a lot on my mind I chose to fast for Luke Schaser who has been sick and is now in the ICU which I didn't know at the time I also fasted for Krista, Nate and our family.
During the fast I prayed to know how to help Luke also that we could find a good van to replace my car.
Fasting seemed harder than normal everything looked and smelled so good I was reminded of how blessed we are to taste and smell so many good things in life the Lord has seen fit to bless us with. When I got home I broke my fast not thinking much about it.
Around 9pm Luke's brother Matt called to ask me to assist in a priesthood blessing for Luke, which I was able to give. I just wanted to mention that I am very grateful I listened to the promptings of the spirit, which I did not recognize at the time I started my fast.
Looking backwards it is obvious the Lord worked through me to help Luke, I was able to fast and get in the proper frame of mind to use my priesthood to help someone in need. It is rather humbling to be an instrument (no matter how crude) in the hands of God and His Son and I am grateful I was able to be worthy to help. I got the impression Luke will pull through via the faith and strength of his family, I pray he does.
Dan
Krista here again - Dan was Luke's home teacher. Dan was asked to give him another blessing the evening that he passed. Luke passed away on October 12. It was all very overwhelming for Dan. Luke's family received great comfort from both blessings Dan gave to Luke and told Dan so on multiple occasions. Dan was Dan about all of it, taking no credit to himself.
I am grateful that Dan is the man that he is. That no matter the circumstances you can trust that he will always do the right thing.
Today I woke early and traveled to Oakland to teach a class. I chose to fast as I had a lot on my mind I chose to fast for Luke Schaser who has been sick and is now in the ICU which I didn't know at the time I also fasted for Krista, Nate and our family.
During the fast I prayed to know how to help Luke also that we could find a good van to replace my car.
Fasting seemed harder than normal everything looked and smelled so good I was reminded of how blessed we are to taste and smell so many good things in life the Lord has seen fit to bless us with. When I got home I broke my fast not thinking much about it.
Around 9pm Luke's brother Matt called to ask me to assist in a priesthood blessing for Luke, which I was able to give. I just wanted to mention that I am very grateful I listened to the promptings of the spirit, which I did not recognize at the time I started my fast.
Looking backwards it is obvious the Lord worked through me to help Luke, I was able to fast and get in the proper frame of mind to use my priesthood to help someone in need. It is rather humbling to be an instrument (no matter how crude) in the hands of God and His Son and I am grateful I was able to be worthy to help. I got the impression Luke will pull through via the faith and strength of his family, I pray he does.
Dan
Krista here again - Dan was Luke's home teacher. Dan was asked to give him another blessing the evening that he passed. Luke passed away on October 12. It was all very overwhelming for Dan. Luke's family received great comfort from both blessings Dan gave to Luke and told Dan so on multiple occasions. Dan was Dan about all of it, taking no credit to himself.
I am grateful that Dan is the man that he is. That no matter the circumstances you can trust that he will always do the right thing.
Good Old Fashioned Update
Dan
Working tons! Lots of traveling lately, with more on the horizon. Construction project at work coming along nicely - major milestones reached recently (pictures below). Not much time for scuba, but he did sneak in getting a little wet on a recent trip to California. Current free time being used up by family, home & derby.
Work, kids church, home. Not much time for anything else. Trying desperately to get back to where I want to be, "just keep swimming, just keep swimming" is my mantra for now. No pictures for me - I try to avoid those as much as possible ;)
Nate
As a family we got a Wii for Christmas, Nate's favorite game is Lego Batman, he & Abbie have been capturing bad guys as often as mom will let him. He's working on his derby car for this year (he's very excited about it - he says "it looks wicked, not bad wicked, cool wicked"), and with Dad's help created a super cool "disaster" cake for our cub scout Blue & Gold Banquet (they won the Popular Vote). He's working hard in school, loving cub scouts & trying to talk mom into letting him be a stage hand for the school talent show.
Abbie is getting over a double ear infection, that has slowed her down only just long enough to make her dizzy in ballet class. She started taking Baton class (along with Tap & Ballet) after Christmas & is looking forward to marching in 2 parades this summer. She has a music concert upcoming this week at school & can't wait for us to see the show. She is working on the "Pack Car" for our derby and is excited to be making her own car (bring on the glitter paint - I'm not kidding!)
Holy cow she keeps me on my toes. She's SO adventurous. She's FUNNY (and she knows it, she will even tell you so, "I funny"). She's daddy's girl (they all are), a jabber box, a monkey (lover & imitator). Loves books, loves to be read to, loves her siblings. Learning manners and potty training (when you ask her if she wants to go potty she'll say "umm no thanks" - well the manners are well on their way, the potty training is a work in progress - she's in no hurry and for now neither am I).
Walking - need I say more?! Maddie rolled over right on schedule at 4 months, crawled at 6 (early for any of my kiddos) and started taking a step or two or four on her own at 9 and a half months (a month earlier than any of my others). I'm not sure if she's trying to keep up or escape but either way she's on the move. She's growing up way too fast for my liking, but I've not yet figured out how to slow her down. Funny thing - she still only has 4 teeth, you'd be amazed at what she can eat with just four teeth (I am) - she's been boycotting baby food for almost 2 months now, even her favorites!
Well there I did it. Week 1 of my new goal accomplished. Baby steps.
Now just for giggles:
I am grateful for time for reflection, attitude changes when needed, and the chance to "try again" no matter where we are or what we are doing.
Working tons! Lots of traveling lately, with more on the horizon. Construction project at work coming along nicely - major milestones reached recently (pictures below). Not much time for scuba, but he did sneak in getting a little wet on a recent trip to California. Current free time being used up by family, home & derby.
Topping Out Ceremony - the highest point on the new building.
The background on topping out is really cool I think.
For more info you can go here.
The frame of the new building is complete.
The bottom floor will be warehouse space the top 2 floors will be offices for Dan and all other Amtrak personnel.
Krista
Work, kids church, home. Not much time for anything else. Trying desperately to get back to where I want to be, "just keep swimming, just keep swimming" is my mantra for now. No pictures for me - I try to avoid those as much as possible ;)
Nate
As a family we got a Wii for Christmas, Nate's favorite game is Lego Batman, he & Abbie have been capturing bad guys as often as mom will let him. He's working on his derby car for this year (he's very excited about it - he says "it looks wicked, not bad wicked, cool wicked"), and with Dad's help created a super cool "disaster" cake for our cub scout Blue & Gold Banquet (they won the Popular Vote). He's working hard in school, loving cub scouts & trying to talk mom into letting him be a stage hand for the school talent show.
Derby Car - getting started
Disaster Cake (Insert evil maniacal laughter here)
AbbieAbbie is getting over a double ear infection, that has slowed her down only just long enough to make her dizzy in ballet class. She started taking Baton class (along with Tap & Ballet) after Christmas & is looking forward to marching in 2 parades this summer. She has a music concert upcoming this week at school & can't wait for us to see the show. She is working on the "Pack Car" for our derby and is excited to be making her own car (bring on the glitter paint - I'm not kidding!)
Ready to be part of the "Angel Choir" for the ward Christmas party.
Ready for tap class.
KassieHoly cow she keeps me on my toes. She's SO adventurous. She's FUNNY (and she knows it, she will even tell you so, "I funny"). She's daddy's girl (they all are), a jabber box, a monkey (lover & imitator). Loves books, loves to be read to, loves her siblings. Learning manners and potty training (when you ask her if she wants to go potty she'll say "umm no thanks" - well the manners are well on their way, the potty training is a work in progress - she's in no hurry and for now neither am I).
We have 9 foot ceilings - she was trying to get a toy down. She's very safe (she climbs up, shows us what she wants and climbs down and we get it for her) - I do my best to NOT freak out, so she doesn't get scared. She's a brave little monkey
Cozy reading time with dad.
MaddieWalking - need I say more?! Maddie rolled over right on schedule at 4 months, crawled at 6 (early for any of my kiddos) and started taking a step or two or four on her own at 9 and a half months (a month earlier than any of my others). I'm not sure if she's trying to keep up or escape but either way she's on the move. She's growing up way too fast for my liking, but I've not yet figured out how to slow her down. Funny thing - she still only has 4 teeth, you'd be amazed at what she can eat with just four teeth (I am) - she's been boycotting baby food for almost 2 months now, even her favorites!
Blurry I know - She just doesn't understand "hold still" ;)
It's still one of my favorites - I just love her in this outfit!
It's still one of my favorites - I just love her in this outfit!
She was trying to get upstairs to play with Abbie & Kassie.
Well there I did it. Week 1 of my new goal accomplished. Baby steps.
Now just for giggles:
1pm Church - My new hope
So... every day I take a few minutes to read all my friends' blogs who've written since the day before (I usually have at least 1 update to read, I love the days when there are several). I love reading what others are up to, their adventures & their thoughts [even the ones that DRIVE ME CRAZY - Sara this is for you ;)]. A few weeks ago, I got a message from a friend via our blog - they noticed our blog somewhere else - the title of my last post "Late Breaking News" it was from 6 months ago and how funny that was, insert red face here - it's now been more than 7 months since I've posted YIKES. Every day I wish I could find the time to write/update our blog, but then life gets in the way - there are diapers to change, meals to make, laundry to wash, toys to pick up, dishes to do, homework to help with, my own "job" to do, my church calling... as anyone knows the list is endless.
Then yesterday hit and so did a bit of inspiration. As we were de-mucking (I'm not sure if this is a real word or not, but frankly I don't care, it's what we were doing) a certain area of the house that had been neglected a bit too much lately and my thoughts were wandering to just how much I HATE our current church time (1pm - DOUBLE UGH!) and just how much it ruins my Sunday and how I can never seem to get anything done of value on Sunday - TA DUH (I do mean DUH, it's not a typo or miss-spelling - just in case you are wondering) - my blog. So here's my thinking.... If I get up with the kids (which IS sleeping in from any weekday) I get them "settled" for the morning (breakfast & whatever else needs to happen), with no bus to catch & office work to do, then maybe just maybe I could take time for myself to sit in front of the computer and do what I've been wanting to do lately - blog.
Since I started this to be our family journal of sorts, it's time to get going (again), 7 months is just too long for an update. So here's my highly ambitious plan - 2 blog posts each week - 1 for the current week & 1 flashback to document things I wanted to during the time that I was wanting to blog & not finding the time, and maybe I'll even surprise myself and pull this off, but if not I'll keep trying to find time to document this grand adventure we are on.
Today I am grateful for sunshine. We've had a LOT of rain lately and the sun really does make a difference!
Then yesterday hit and so did a bit of inspiration. As we were de-mucking (I'm not sure if this is a real word or not, but frankly I don't care, it's what we were doing) a certain area of the house that had been neglected a bit too much lately and my thoughts were wandering to just how much I HATE our current church time (1pm - DOUBLE UGH!) and just how much it ruins my Sunday and how I can never seem to get anything done of value on Sunday - TA DUH (I do mean DUH, it's not a typo or miss-spelling - just in case you are wondering) - my blog. So here's my thinking.... If I get up with the kids (which IS sleeping in from any weekday) I get them "settled" for the morning (breakfast & whatever else needs to happen), with no bus to catch & office work to do, then maybe just maybe I could take time for myself to sit in front of the computer and do what I've been wanting to do lately - blog.
Since I started this to be our family journal of sorts, it's time to get going (again), 7 months is just too long for an update. So here's my highly ambitious plan - 2 blog posts each week - 1 for the current week & 1 flashback to document things I wanted to during the time that I was wanting to blog & not finding the time, and maybe I'll even surprise myself and pull this off, but if not I'll keep trying to find time to document this grand adventure we are on.
Today I am grateful for sunshine. We've had a LOT of rain lately and the sun really does make a difference!
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