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Funny When Ya Think About It...

..... well, funny in a ridiculous kind of way.  We're getting ready to leave in the morning for San Antonio, Texas.  Hubby has a business conference there... so we'll be there thru Sunday.  I'm not particularly looking forward to the 8-9 hour drive... but AM looking forward to seeing & visiting with my BFF from high school, Lisa.  I've not seen her since my Jeremey's funeral.  I'm anxious to see her & her hubby, as he's been diagnosed with MS in the last couple of years.   As it turns out, she works for Schlitterbahn Water Parks.  Not sure exactly what she does, but I know she doesn't sell tickets or work in the snack shack.  She's an artist... so I'm thinking it's something to do with art director/ marketing.... something along those lines.  (I'll let you know for sure when we get back).  All I know, is she's offered her office for me to cool off while we're there.

OK... so anyway, I was packing earlier... getting things together.  I was down to my bag that carries my toiletries, make-up, & such.  As it turns out, EVERY TIME we go anywhere that requires strenuous packing (lol) , I find myself cleaning out ALL my make-up & skin care products.  So today I was going thru... & I have enough make-up... LIP GLOSS... to support a small family in some very foreign land.  Keep in mind, I worked for Lancome back when Kennedy was born... & still have TONS of stuff, some still in packaging, & as I was going through it all... I actually found myself thinking 'keep'....'trash'....'oh, I need to keep this'.... 'trash'...etc.  OK... WHY would I keep ANY of it!?!?!  Sure, it's fun to look at, fun to use, fun to just HAVE... but I NEED NONE OF IT!  Let me just tell ya... not only did I throw it ALL away.... but I also threw away the bag it was in!  Why do I think I'll use some makeup I've YET to use.... but I think I'll use it on this jam-packed whirlwind of a trip we're taking?!?? Kennedy's 11 yrs. old... I quit working when she was FIVE MONTHS OLD~!!! You do the math.

You know, after my "What- the- Heck?" moment, I thought about my own life.  The life deep inside... that no one gets to know about but me.  How much am I holding on to that God just wants me to LET GO of?  How much easier could my life be if I 'cleaned out all the clutter'?  "Re-decorated", so to speak.... that's what I think I'll do... & see how much wasted space I clear out.     

Here we go again...

Looking Ahead

Well, I have lost my first subscriber because of "Offensive, strongly disagree or disapprove".  I am assuming this reader found my post on Barak Obama offensive.  So be it.  My Bible tells me that we will know our fellow Christians by the fruit that they bear.  And, quite frankly, there is a rotten smell coming from his direction.  Not exactly who I want directing our military or our country. 

Anyway, Ron is heading out to Phoenix today until Friday.  I would imagine it is beautiful there.  He and Michael have been to Arizona before and said is wonderful.  Perhaps I will get there one day.  I've heard that area is good for those of us with Fibromyalgia.  I would like to try it out and see if I can tell a difference. 

I have a hundred things to do before we leave for Charleston, WV for our Free Will BAptist National Convention next Friday.  If only they didn't involve having to take a shower, put on makeup and do my hair.  The older I get the more I hate the idea of getting ready and going out.  What's up with that?  Once it's done I feel great about myself - it's just the doing it that I hate.  If I really didn't care what other people thought about how I looked then I wouldn't fool with all of that.  But I just don't want to have to subject people other than my family to my plain face and ugly hair.  So, I will go through the process.  YOu all can thank me any time.  I prefer bowing to me instead of just a simple "thank you" but you can do whatever you like, I suppose. 

Speaking of our national convention, I just love going!!  It is exhausting and I always overdo it.  But it is so much fun.  I will be taking lots of pictures to share.  The week will consist of shopping, shopping, shop - oh wait..............the week will consist of student Bible and Music Competitions, seminars, church services, denominational business, visiting with old friends, seeing friends you haven't seen since college days, concerts, dinners.........and since our hotel is connected to a mall there will be a little shopping done as well, I'm sure.  I don't personally know of anyone who will be DOING the shopping but there are always a few. 

Well, I suppose I will go and begin the long process of getting ready to go out today. 

Hair Do Fun!

On MOMYS.com someone recently introduced us to a GREAT blog!  I have always loved to do fun hair styles, but for awhile Hannie was tired of being my guinea pig.  Seeing this website renewed the fun for both of us!

Kaitlyn did this one...  two loose french braids that joined into one.

This one turned out cute and stayed nice all day!

 

If you try any new styles, please put up pictures and let me know! :)

Our weekend/ Homeschool shopping

We made it out to the Learning House homeschool store on Sat.  I've been wanting to visit there for a long time now and since they were having their yearly yard sale it was the perfect time! 

We arrived about mid morning and I found lots of great stuff on the clearance tables.  I had to be strong LOL.  I picked out the Five In A Row Holiday book and a human body activity booklet.  Then went on to get the other things on my list.  They had a nice play area set up for the kids and comfy chairs to.  So dh was happy to sit and play with the kids while I looked around. 

I made one change to my plans this year.  I'm going to use the Exploring Creation with Botany with Botany instead of God's Design.  I have been looking over the samples of them for a while and really liked it when I got to sit and peek through.   I wont need to supplement it at all unless I want to.  With the GD book I would have had to do all the lessons from supplemental books to fit my children's ages.   And I love the project ideas, it fits in well with our notebooking/lapbooking love.

I also picked up the following that were on our list:

• Christian Liberty Nature Reader 1
• Bob Books #1
• Leading Little ones to God
• FIAR Christian supplement
• Before FIAR
• Canada My Country
• Ecoutez! Parlez!  Book/cd 1

I also picked out some of the story books for B4 FIAR that we needed and dh picked out a really nice story bible for dd6.

After we were finished there we walked down to the big craft show that was going on that weekend.   It was huge!  We had to be really strong there were so many nice things LOL.  We did buy each of the girls a nice kerchief though as they all managed to forget their hats.  We had a nice lunch and lessoned to some of the music playing.

Announcing Arrival of Baby Number Seven

It's a BOY!  Baby number seven arrived on the Fourth of July weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz. and measuring 20 inches.

We left home at 11p Thursday night and baby was born at 3:03a Friday morning, July 4th, 2008.    I was 5 cm when we arrived at the hospital, so all those annoying contractions the days before must've done some good after all. 

The hospital stay was like a luxury vacation and I was able to get lots of rest.   We are home now and the kids are ecstatic about their new baby.

We are so thankful for a successful VBAC and a healthy little boy!