We had a real good weekend. Lots of family time and relaxing together. Today was cleaning and laundry day, and that went well.
This week is going to be a busy week for us, and truly I'm not sure how often I'll be on to blog. We are leaving Thursday late afternoon/early evening to go to my parents house for the weekend. So this week we need to get to the library, bake some cookies, make a dirt cake, finish up laundry and of course go to church on Wednesday night. We are also celebrating my nieces' highschool graduation so the kids have been busy making a gift for her, Nana, Aunt Carrie, and for Paul and I. It is so sweet to watch them make gifts and cards. But it got me thinking, and I decided I want to make bookmarks for my neice, sister and mom (I've already made bookmarks for my hubby and the kids ). So that is another thing that will keep me busy this week.
I started on of the bookmarks yesterday, worked all day on one, and after I ended it and cut the floss, I realized I forgot three rows. Since I already ended it and cut the floss there was no way to fix it. so I gave it to Sarah and started another one. And though my whole list of things I need to do this week is fun, it will keep me away from blogland sometimes. So we'll see how often I can pop on and say hi to everyone. I plan on taking lots of pictures to share of our mini-vacation. I'm off to do some work on the bookmarks. I hope you are all having a great start to your week.
Paulie and I are fine from our stomach pains. Thank you Lord. I think it was just tiredness and the heat. I'm just thankful it didn't lead to anything.
We had a good day yesterday and I had a great time at the woman's bible study. We started a new book, Contagious Joy, and it was great. The fellowship was extra special, no particular reason why, we just had a nice time chatting. We won't be having a study next week because too many of us will be gone. Since I'm one of the ones that will be gone, I'm glad we are taking a week off.
Today we did our grocery shopping and then went to a friend's house for a few hours so the kids could play and me and the mom chat. It was a good visit, and the kids had a great time. The mom and I talked about finances, how the cost of things is rising and especially the cost of electricity. Everything in our house runs on electric, except the heater we use. As we talked, I realized how much more our bill was than theirs, and we were talking about different ways to cut down on how much electricity we use. We talked about the normal things like lights turned off when no ones in the room, keeping the house cool so you don't need to turn the air on, things like that. And this leads to my question.
I'm trying to cut down on the use of our dryer. Our electric company does have off peak hours, but it really isn't easy to do laundry at 2:00am. So I'm thinking of hanging our laundry. We don't have an outside line to do that on, and truly with the wind and dirt around here, I don't think it would be good anyway. If we had a basement, I would make laundry lines down there to hang the clothes on, but obviously with no basement, that doesn't work. So we're thinking of getting those folding dry racks, having one in each room, and the 'hanging' the clothes to dry all day, putting them away either before bed or in the morning. I guess my question is, does anyone have any other ideas beside that one? Do any of you hang dry your clothes inside, and if so, how? I'm not real big on hang drying, but we really need to cut down on our electric bill, and that is a thought. I did re-read the tightwad tips on Mary's blog, and I will have to try the two dry hand towel idea. There will be some things I'll still use the dryer for, sheets, jeans and some towels. Just looking for some dryer tips that you might want to share. Thanks.
Well, that's about it. We don't have to much planned tomorrow. My nephew should be coming over in the morning for a bit, and then of course church in the evening. I should start looking at some school things, but truly, I don't even want to think about it until after the 4th, so I won't. I hope you are all have a great start to your weekend.
It's been a good, but busy week. We had a great day at play group on Tuesday. The kids always enjoy running around together, and I so enjoy the fellowship with other moms. They are always so encouraging, and it's nice just to talk about things that we are dealing with. Tuesday night was boys hair cut night. That's always a fun time. I think I'm getting better at buzzing their hair.
Today was a busy day. I baked cookies, muffins, and wheat bread and I made some salsa. I was a bit bummed though. My wheat bread never fully rises like it should. I just use the recipe that came with my bread maker, and I just bought the flour and I know the yeast was fresh, because it worked with the last loaf I made. I think maybe I put a bit too much flour in, or maybe the water wasn't the right temperature. The bread tasted o.k. just very dense. I guess I should look for a new recipe. If you have a good wheat bread recipe that I can use in my bread maker and I don't have to grind my own flour, could you share it? I always like trying new bread recipes.
I did some photo assignment work today, and posted some new pictures. Plus I tried to do some computer work today, though I don't feel like I got a lot accomplished. I'm going to get together with the woman who runs our homeschool group and talk to her about the website I'm suppose to work on. Plus there is some other computer work that I need to do. Towards the evening, my stomach started feeling upset, and I didn't think I would make it to church, but we did. Paulie was so sweet, when we said we might not go he says, "But I like going to church, I learn about the bible there." I thought that was so sweet. Usually he just wants to go because of friends, it's nice to know he's listening during the teachings. So we went, and I was so blessed that we did. The worship and teaching was just what I needed to hear. My stomach did start hurting a bit during the service, but I lasted just fine. Then I asked Paul to give me just a 'minute' I wanted to talk to a friend real quick. OK, so they were waiting for me by the time my minute was done. Of course, right before Paulie went to bed, he said his stomach felt upset. Hmmm, I thought it was my monthly time that was causing my stomach pains. Maybe we have something going around here. I'm up a bit late typing this entry, making sure he falls asleep o.k., and that his room is cooled off. I'm sure he'll be fine, at least I know I am now. Oh, and Sarah fell off her bike waving at Paul when he came home. She slammed her foot down on the ground real hard and has been limping for the rest of the night. We gave her some pain medication and now she's sleeping. She said she was feeling better before she feel asleep, so I think she'll be o.k. too.
I'm getting a bit of a headache so I should get going. Oh, some good news, we are going to be spending two nights with my family for 4th of July! We are excited about that. We'll be leaving Thursday night and spending Thursday and Friday night out there. We are going to have a mini-vacation, how fun. Though the one bummer of it all, is a friend of mine had free tickets to the local baseball game we've been trying to save up our money for. FREE, but it was for 4th of July. We had to turned them down. But she said they get free tickets a lot and maybe she'll have some in the future for us. It's just a blessing to know she offered. Thank you Lord for that.
Tiany has announced such a cool thing, a homeschool toolbar. I saw it over at Lynn's, and me being the computer geek that I am, immediately went and downloaded it. I'm already having fun with it. She's also having a gift certificate giveaway too. Oh, who wouldn't want a $25 gift certificate? I know I would like it. So go check out her site as soon as you can.
Things are going good here. We went to a local carnival last night. It was a great time. It as a small carnival and only a few rides, but the kids really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the carnival food. I have a few pictures I'll share in a minute. After the carnival we went for a family drive and took some cool pictures. I didn't realize, but high up in the mountains about 15 minutes from us is windmills that produce energy. As funny as it might sound, these windmills were beautiful. The land up in those mountains was just gorgeous. We hadn't been up there, that far before, and we loved it. We are going to go farther next time, but we didn't have any water or snacks with us, so we didn't go too long. Around here, when you are up in the mountains, you want to make sure you have some food and water, just in case.
Today I am going to be reading my camera manual. Why, you ask, would I want to do that, because it was my first assignment from Hallie. She is giving a free Photography 101 class, giving tips, how to's etc... about photography. I've always had such an interest in photography, and I love taking pictures. I've always thought of taking a course on it, but never had the time or money. This seemed like lots of fun, so I've joined and already I'm learning new things. The first assignment was to actual read our camera's manual to learn what it can do. I tried something new last night when we were up in the mountains, and already I've noticed a difference in my photos. I'm not sure what I did, so I definitely need to read the manual, but whatever I did it was an improvement. So I am going to start using my other blog as my photo blog. I'll try to put a notice here when I update that blog, but I might not always remember. I'll try though.
OK, I'm off to read my manual and change the template of my other blog. I hope you are having a blessed day and weekend. Here are some pictures so far.
That's me on the Fanny Flyer. That is higher than it looks, and I was pretty nervous when I got to the top. But Paulie was with me, so I had to keep going. It was fun going down.
We talked Sarah into trying it with Paulie. Can you see her face? She really wasn't that scared.
The best ride in the park for the kids, the roller coaster. Paulie is so excited that he has now been on an actual roller coaster. The other photo is from the mountain looking toward our town.
And this was us having some fun. It looks like the windmill isn't that big, though they are huge.
The only 'pain' I feel is from the abscess I had. I don't think I mentioned that last time. After he took my top tooth out, which is the one that I had an infection behind and what started all of this, he found I had an abscess. The bottom tooth he took out was a wisdom tooth, and had to go because the top one was now gone and it had nothing to hit when I chewed. So I'm still on antibiotics, plus I'm rinsing my mouth with a prescription mouth wash, that is helping. The bottom tooth area feels fine, I have no pain from that one, just the abscess part. But I slept through the night, and only woke up with minimal pain. After I took a couple of regular ibuprofen, I felt great. Just a pinch every once and a while from the stitch too. I'm so blessed and thankful that it's not continuing on today.
We didn't go to church last night so I could stay home and rest. Tonight is the first night of Woman's bible study, we are starting a new book, on joy. I really wanted to go, but was a bit worried with the pain yesterday. Today I'm doing better, so I plan on going. I'll probably take a nap here in a bit, make sure I'm resting, things like that.
I've been printing out pictures, and I'm going to put together the kids 07/08 school portfolio's. I might get them together today or tomorrow. Now that VBS is done, and my teeth are taken care of, it's pretty mellow around here. So I get to do some work on the school portfolio's, work on some crafts, read some books and do some online work. It feels nice to not have to rush out every morning and be on the 'run'. Though there is a part of me that misses it. But only a part of me.
I guess that's about it. Probably seems kind of boring in our lives right now, but it's nice. We really didn't want to be running all over the place just because it was summer. We wanted to be able to have some 'down' time and just go do things that are fun as a family. We plan on trying to get to the local single A ball park here in town, plus there's a carnival this weekend. Though I don't think we'll be making it to the carnival. With the money we just spent at the dentist, I just don't know that we have the money to go. It's a blessing that there are lots of beautiful sites around here which are free to see. Maybe we'll do a picnic soon and go on a hike. We haven't been on a hike in over a year, it would be fun. So no big plans this summer, just exploring and enjoying our new area. I hope you are all having a great summer so far.
This will be short, since I've taken some pain medication and I don't know how long I'll be awake and able to type.
They took two teeth out this morning , but it all went well. Paul took the morning off of work and took me to the dentist. I kept thinking I could go by myself, with the kids, crazy thought. I was so nervous and shaking afterward, I'm so glad he was there. I knew there was a possibility of two teeth, and I'm actually glad they did it at the same time and got it over with. It went pretty smooth, and was over in less than 30 minutes. The bottom wisdom tooth was a little harder, but it came out. They had to put one stitch in each gum where the tooth was (there was one on the top and one on the bottom, on the same side). I am thankful its all on one side, its easier to eat and such.
We stocked up on soups and soft food, got my medicine, then Paul took off to work. I called to chat with my sister for a few minutes (she lives over an hour away) and she said she wanted to come out and help. I told her not to, but when I hung up I knew she was going to come. Sure enough about 30 minutes later she called and said her and her daughter are coming out, take the kids out to lunch, and make sure I'm o.k. She'll stay with us until Paul gets home. I love my sister so much, she's always there for me.
I'm not feeling much pain yet, but I'm still a bit numb, and like I said, I just took the pain medication they prescribed me. Usually any kind of pain medication knocks me out, so far, I'm not feeling anything. I'm sure it will kick in soon, I hope.
OK, I'm going to try and read a few blogs, if I can, and rest. Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement. I'll be back in full tomorrow or the next day.
We had a nice weekend and a good Father's day Sunday. We were very relaxed and lazy on Father's day. Paul got to relax, play his games and eat some fast food, which is exactly what he wanted to do. He said it was a great Father's day and that was the best thing to hear.
Sunday night, my cold had me coughing most of the night, so I kept waking up. Then Paulie got to hot while he was sleeping and around 11:00pm he threw up. I was thankful that it was just from the heat and it was nothing else. We cleaned it up, cooled him and the room down and then he was fine. Though I kept waking up off and on all night between my coughing, Sarah's coughing and wondering about Paulie. Needless to say, I didn't get a good night's sleep.
Monday started out normal, with cleaning and laundry. It felt good to be back on our routine again, and though I was tired, it wasn't too bad. Then I found out there was a mother/daughter dinner at a friends house. We had talked Wednesday night about it, and I thought it was 'possible' and she would call and let me know for sure. But VBS week being so crazy, I guess she told me it was definite. So I confirmed at 4:00pm that the party was at 6:30pm. Sarah and I picked up some soda, and headed to the party. I was tired, but I really wanted a nice relaxing time with friends, so we went. I'm glad we did. It was a fun time. I got to know some new ladies from church and Sarah got to know a new friend of hers better. And I guess I wasn't that tired, since we didn't head home until 10:00pm.
Today was good. It is getting hot here, which is nice. Homeschool playgroup is now at 10:30am, to beat the heat. I got to chat with my friends and the kids got to play, we had a good time. As I was coming home the dentist office called. Remember I said I had to have my tooth pulled the end of the month? Well, they had a cancellation tomorrow, so I get to get my tooth pulled at 8:00am tomorrow morning. I want it done, but I'm not looking forward to it. Paul is going to go to work late tomorrow morning so he can go with, make sure I get through it o.k. and the kids and I get home o.k. I don't know if you'll hear from me tomorrow, we'll just wait and see. Because of tomorrow, I ran some errands this afternoon, that I was going to do tomorrow. Plus we went to the library and we all have stacks of books. I'm not sure what I'll feel like doing tomorrow, but I wanted to have some things around to keep me occupied.
So that's about it. If you think of me around 8:00am tomorrow morning, my time, please keep me in your prayers. No school has been done this week, but we'll try to do some soon. OK, well maybe next week.
This blog is so I can share my journey with the Lord, my journey as a wife and mother, and my journey as a homeschool mom. I pray that you will see the Lord in my life through happy and sad times, and that this blog glorifies the Lord.
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It is so sweet to watch them make gifts and cards. But it got me thinking, and I decided I want to make bookmarks for my neice, sister and mom (I've already made bookmarks for my hubby and the kids 
). So that is another thing that will keep me busy this week.
Since I already ended it and cut the floss there was no way to fix it. so I gave it to Sarah and started another one. And though my whole list of things I need to do this week is fun, it will keep me away from blogland sometimes. So we'll see how often I can pop on and say hi to everyone. I plan on taking lots of pictures to share of our mini-vacation. I'm off to do some work on the bookmarks. I hope you are all having a great start to your week.
Of course, right before Paulie went to bed, he said his stomach felt upset. Hmmm, I thought it was my monthly time that was causing my stomach pains. Maybe we have something going around here. I'm up a bit late typing this entry, making sure he falls asleep o.k., and that his room is cooled off. I'm sure he'll be fine, at least I know I am now. Oh, and Sarah fell off her bike waving at Paul when he came home. She slammed her foot down on the ground real hard and has been limping for the rest of the night. We gave her some pain medication and now she's sleeping. She said she was feeling better before she feel asleep, so I think she'll be o.k. too.
It's a blessing that there are lots of beautiful sites around here which are free to see. Maybe we'll do a picnic soon and go on a hike. We haven't been on a hike in over a year, it would be fun. So no big plans this summer, just exploring and enjoying our new area. I hope you are all having a great summer so far.
, but it all went well. Paul took the morning off of work and took me to the dentist. I kept thinking I could go by myself, with the kids, crazy thought. I was so nervous and shaking afterward, I'm so glad he was there. I knew there was a possibility of two teeth, and I'm actually glad they did it at the same time and got it over with. It went pretty smooth, and was over in less than 30 minutes. The bottom wisdom tooth was a little harder, but it came out. They had to put one stitch in each gum where the tooth was (there was one on the top and one on the bottom, on the same side). I am thankful its all on one side, its easier to eat and such.
