Oct. 10, 2008 - My Dad
Oct. 10, 2008 - BFS Assignment #105 - Never Leave Home Without It
Assignment: In the memory verse Jesus tells us that He will never leave us, not even at the end of the world. He assures us in this verse that He will be with us and that means through everything we go through in life. I thought it would be interesting to write about the things we would never leave home without. For some it might be baby needs, others it might be a gym bag and bottle of water, and for some it might be your Bible and a notepad or small journal, maybe even your son or daughters favorite blankie! I’d like for you to write about something that you would never leave home without.
What an interesting assignment. This one also took some time and thought since my youngest is now 3 and I don't have all the baby necessities anymore. I did come up with two things I never leave home without. In fact, I keep them both in my van so I'm never without them when I need them.
1. Box of tissues - Camille has year-round environmental allergies. The poor kid sneezes all day long without her Zyrtec and some of day even when on the meds. She is allergic to cats, pollen, mold, ragweed, oak, and a host of other trees. Being the playful three-year-old she is, it's not possible to keep her inside, so I keep a box of tissues in the van at all times. I should know by now to keep tissues in my purse for when we're indoors, but... I'm still learning.
2. A local telephone directory - This one's for me. I don't know this area very well since we moved here only a year ago and live outside the city limits. I use the van copy of the book to find business addresses, phone numbers, maps, and so on. I have used it often and if it's ever missing, you can bet it would be a day I need it.
Oct. 10, 2008 - Ok, Lapbook pics are posted-minus a couple stickers and such
Wanted to get it up before things became crazy again....it is up on the scrapandlapbooks.blogspot.com blog.
Enjoy.
Sheri
Oct. 10, 2008 - Book Review For TOS
This morning I reviewed a book that will be coming out in stores soon. The name of the book is And Then..Momma Said It Takes Time To Read. Even as an adult, I enjoyed this book!
If you have a child who is struggling to read, then they will most likely identify with Splish the frog, who also has this problem. All his other friends his age can read well, but not him. Momma frog continues to encourage him to try and not give up. This book is full of great wisdom, character building, perserverance, and family love and togetherness that any child would fall in love with.
As soon as this book becomes available, I will let you all know, so stay tuned for the release of....And Then Momma Said, It Takes Time To Read.
(available in stores soon)
Friday, October 10, 2008 - Happy Birthday Emily!!
Emily from Diamonds in the Rough turns 5 today!! Pop on over and leave her a happy birthday message on her mom's blog or Cbox.
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Oct. 9, 2008 - Just thought I would post real quick...
I will be out of a computer in a day or two, so I thought I would say Hey and wish all of y'all the best. I will not be able to do the Blogger School thing or post much for a while. I also will probably be moving from here soon, at least I hope and pray! This place is SO mold & mildew infested and I am keeping a headache!!! So pray for me and my girls, ladies, PLEASE!
I will miss you all and as soon as I can I will get hooked back up on the computer and give you the up to date on where I moved, to. AND how the girls and I are doing along with up to date pictures!!!!!!
So keep us in your prayers and don't forget about us, I WILL be back, it just may take a month or so!
Love,
Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Stuff
Emily has the BIGGEST smile on her face most of the day today since this is her last day of being four years old. Tomorrow we will have chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, decorated with yellow icing by Emily herself. And some fudgsicles -- those are more fun for a little kid than a scoop of ice cream is. As for me, I'd rather have a bowlful of Moose Tracks! I am so relieved to have switched to this plan. For 362 days this year Emily insisted on another popcorn cake for her fifth birthday, and then suddenly she matured and asked for chocolate. Yea!! Oh. Maybe that is not a good thing. We already have two chocoholics in this house...
Pete Falcon (see previous post) is under the attack of mega doses of antibiotics, and after a week of being on them his digestive system is finally rebelling. Yogurt helped for a while, but no longer. We might have a now-you-see-him, now-you-don't preacher tonight if he is running to the bathroom between scripture passages.
We are doing out best to wrap up our first quarter of the school year, so we can go to Grammy and Grampy's for a few days for a combination birthday celebration and trip to the San Diego Zoo. This trip was supposed to take place this week, but Pete Falcon couldn't walk around the house, let alone the zoo. He has a few days left to heal, and we're praying for a very quick and complete recovery now.
Seems like I had something important to tell you all... sorry, the brain is kaput. There's nothing left!
Well, that's the news from the dry and thirsty land. Have a great weekend, everyone!
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalm 63:1-4
Oct. 9, 2008 - He's Here!!
Announcing the long awaited arrival of our new baby boy!
He arrived yesterday, October 8th at 9:58 am and weighed 7lbs 10 oz.
Thank-you all for your prayers and well wishes!
My labour was reasonably short and swift and no stitches!
I will post more of the birth story and pictures later. We have only just got home from the hospital, but I wanted to share my happy news.
Oct. 8, 2008 - What's For Dinner Wednesday
Our dinners are changing for awhile. Jay and I both signed up to start Weight Watchers!!!
Ok those are all the emotions I have about it!! LOL I am not going to do the cooking swap for the next couple of months but will still cook in batches on my own. I need to lose baby weight still (not just from the last baby mind you
) and especially if we are considering adding another baby I want to lose some weight first and Jay needs to loose weight and get in shape so we are doing this together. This is a program we can do together and I can do while nursing (I get extra points this way 
)We are just using the on-line point program. Jay thinks it would be helpful to have a blackberry now. Go figure! Men and their toys!
We are in our third day and so far so good. I think it will be a good program for us and now we just need to add in the exercise!!!! I signed up for Moms of Many excersise challenge but have yet to start it! I need to get on the treadmill twice this week at least. Yes, the treadmill that sits in the corner of our playroom and constantly calls my name. The same one my kids are all to eager to get on and the same one I promised my hubby I would use all the time if we bought it. The same one we have had over 3 years now and neither of us have put very many miles on. Okay I am going......
Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Thank you!
Thank you Sally (Diamondsintherough) and Amy (Booklover) for updating my smilies in chat box!
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