Well, it appears that I'm turning this into a weekly posting instead of daily posting! I was sick this week. Nasty stuffy head, couldn't breathe junk. If I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe I cannot sleep. One morning I woke up at 3:45a.m. because my nasal spray quit working. I tossed and turned for 45 minutes and then gave up and got up.
I came out an prayed for a bit and then decided to get on the computer and work on a Bible Study that I'm trying to write. I turned on the computer and went on autopilot...I immediately checked my email. Big Mistake!!! I never did get around to working on the Bible study. This is one 'routine' I really need to change. I need to establish something else that I do every time the computer gets turned on, because this is ridiculous.
I generally like to have my Christmas shopping done by now, but alas, I don't. Thankfully, Thanksgiving was 'early' this year and thus I seem to have an extra week to get ready for Christmas. I love to go shopping with my sister and my mom. We have fun! Unfortunately, we seem to be struggling over what day to go. My sister is pregnant and the day that we had planned to go, she has a doctor's appointment. The alternate day, my mom has to work. So, we are now thinking about going on Monday. This is not optimal because they have church twice on Sunday and it is such a busy day for my niece (2yo) that my sister likes her to have a day to recoup. My mom sings on the worship team and wears high heels, thus she needs Mondays to recoup as well. BUT the rest of the week isn't looking good...so we may have to do Monday anyway.
I'm not sure what to get for stocking stuffers this year. I like to get stuff from Dollar Tree or Dollar Deals but the kids are all getting bigger and the guys are so hard to buy for. Oh well, God will provide.
A month or two ago, I bought most of the paper to make my Christmas cards. My dear dear friend, Stephanie, helped me decide how to layer the papers and such. I have some painting to do and I have to re-find what I wanted to print inside it too. I saw it in one of the catalogs my mother had received many months ago and I wrote it down so that I wouldn't forget it. Now if I could just find where I wrote it. I'm guessing that I'll start on them come Thursday. I'll probably go Christmas shopping Monday, run errands Tuesday, and Wednesday I'll need to recoup; I'll probably be on the computer most of the day. So, Thursday I should get busy on the cards.
I did start the list today and it seems that I may have to go back and get more green paper. I knew I'd need more when I got it but I got all they had.
Our pastor is teaching on healing and wants me to have some special songs ready to sing on the subject. I've already done "Precious Blood" and "Rise and Be Healed" several times each. I'm thinking I should go and get another song. I'm leaning towards "By His Wounds" because it reminds me of a song my mother used to sing when I was young. Then I'm probably going to need a Christmas song too. But I have borrowed Emmanuel from my mom, so I may get by without getting a Christmas one this year.
I do need to find something for the 3 children in my Sunday school class and I need to find a gift/craft for them to make as well. I have two weeks for them to work on something, so if I find something by Sunday morning, I'll be good to go. They are ages 7-10 and two are active boys.
I found some very nice Christmas Notebooking Pages and Cards for free. Go to the Notebooking Pages website and scroll down to Christmas. It is a pdf and has a variety of pages included.
Well, I guess I'll go for now. Got to change the Thanksgiving ticker to a Christmas one. And then I think I'll go play a little Toontown. Yes, I admit it; I like the toon game. I recently found out that an old friend of mine also plays this game online and has been playing for about the same length of time that my children and I have. I like it because it is a safe place that my youngest can play and chat online, as the chat is specific phrases only, no free typing unless your parent unlocks the True Friend feature and then you have to have a special code shared with that True friend.
(Me and my dd, Tiffany on an easy to climb tree limb on vacation in VA in 2007.) These are my ramblings on homeschooling and whatever else comes to mind.
Counting Down
The Holidays are over and I'm not quite ready to start a new count down yet. Maybe I should start a counting up the number of days I've stayed on my "diet".
I was sick this week. 
Nasty stuffy head, couldn't breathe junk. If I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe I cannot sleep. One morning I woke up at 3:45a.m. because my nasal spray quit working. I tossed and turned for 45 minutes and then gave up and got up.
I love to go shopping with my sister and my mom. We have fun! Unfortunately, we seem to be struggling over what day to go. My sister is pregnant and the day that we had planned to go, she has a doctor's appointment. The alternate day, my mom has to work. So, we are now thinking about going on Monday. This is not optimal because they have church twice on Sunday and it is such a busy day for my niece (2yo) that my sister likes her to have a day to recoup. My mom sings on the worship team and wears high heels, thus she needs Mondays to recoup as well. BUT the rest of the week isn't looking good...so we may have to do Monday anyway.
Now if I could just find where I wrote it. I'm guessing that I'll start on them come Thursday. I'll probably go Christmas shopping Monday, run errands Tuesday, and Wednesday I'll need to recoup; I'll probably be on the computer most of the day. So, Thursday I should get busy on the cards. 
Yes, I admit it; I like the toon game. I recently found out that an old friend of mine also plays this game online and has been playing for about the same length of time that my children and I have. I like it because it is a safe place that my youngest can play and chat online, as the chat is specific phrases only, no free typing unless your parent unlocks the True Friend feature and then you have to have a special code shared with that True friend. 