1.  Elisabeth’s favorite movie is “Because of Winn-Dixie”.  She is two. I know! You too have a bewildered look on your face. It’s beyond my understanding as well. I guess this is what happens when one has three older siblings…Veggie Tales goes out the window and movies like Cats and Dogs and Because of Winn-Dixie become their favorites.  (And I know, you are thinking “What a horrible mom she is for letting her two year old baby watch a big kid show. I know. I agree. But at least they sing a few hymns in the movie.)

2.  About my photos…have you been wondering what happened to them? Well, maybe not…but I’m going to tell you…Shutterfly changed formats! Did you know? You too huh?  You have my sympathies. Almost all of my pictures were attached via Shutterfly and now with their new format (the white background thingy) all my pictures are a mess.  I wish they would return to the old way of doing things or tell me how to fix this problem cause now my blog looks…not so good. And in order to add pictures I have to use Photobucket. Which is fine, except that all my pictures are already on Shutterfly.

3.  The podcasts disappeared. Yes, I know…and you were waiting with baited breath for the next installment…so sorry. No, Mark didn’t stop teaching, I stopped posting. Here is my lame excuse…first there were technical difficulties, then Mark had a week off, then I just didn’t catch up and post and, well that’s it… I’ve decided that I probably won’t post them unless someone is just dying to hear them.  (Sorry, Hon.)

4.  This has been my teacher in-service week (still in progress). This means, yep, you guessed it, school starts next week. So my next post will be something to do with scheduling…probably Ben’s schedule.

5.  If you are looking for some neat organizational tools to help you get a grip on your out of control life check out www.getbuttonedup.com. I bought the Nothingelse.pad and the Shopping.pad and I love them. And yes, you can buy them at Target. (Wahoo!)

6.  Bess (Elisabeth) is watching “Because of Winn-Dixie” right now and they are singing “Glory, glory, hallelujah…since I lay my burden down…”  I love that!  Don’t we all need to lay our burdens down. Hand them over to the Lord and let Him carry them.

GLORY, GLORY (HALLELUJAH) (SINCE I LAID MY BURDEN DOWN)
Traditional Negro Spiritual

REFRAIN:
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Since I lay my burden down
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Since I lay my burden down
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Since I lay my burden down
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Since I lay my burden down

All my sickness will be over
When I lay my burden down
All my sickness will be over
When I lay my burden down

All my troubles will be over
When I lay my burden down
All my troubles will be over
When I lay my burden down

Lord, I'm feeling so much better
Since I lay my burden down
Lord, I'm feeling so much better
Since I lay my burden down

Amen.