This week is shaping up to be a difficult one to get schoolwork done. We have 2 days when we'll have to take off: one day (praying it isn't more) when I have Jury Duty and one day is my son's birthday. As I sat down to teach this morning, I had to re-organize our 5 days of schoolwork in the curriculum to fit into 3. There are pencilled-in arrows all over our Bible and Geography lesson plans! But we should get it all in, even if some of our Bible gets pushed into next week.

However, I'm glad these things fall in this week and not last. Last week I was making triple-chocolate mousses and dinner rolls for our church's annual Valentine's dinner. It's actually a very special couples dinner - a cozy, restaurant-style dinner for two. My husband and I chose to help serve the meal this year and found that encouraging others' romance was good for ours. We had taken the kids out for dinner on Friday night and then stayed up late by ourselves watching the movie I.Q. - a sweet movie about romance and physics. Many things over the weekend gave me a renewed appreciation for my wonderful husband. I thank God for him daily!