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I've been up late tonight, actually it's early Thursday morning, trying to secretly shop online for Lauren's upcoming 18th birthday. 18 -- Wow, do I feel old! What do you get an 18 year old that doesn't want anything? She's not really into the things most kids her age are. I told her the other day that she was born old. I was finally able to pick her something out, but that's all I'm saying about it. I just hope she likes it. So, now that I've already stayed up till after one in the morning I'm having a hard time winding down. It's been a crazy week, I'm surprised I'm not sleep-typing. Jeff took the van to the shop for work Monday, so that meant I had to pick him up when he finished (60 miles round trip). The kids were so tired Monday from going to two church picnics on Sunday that I let them be lazy and take the day off from school work. But, because I can't stand to get behind on certain subjects they've been catching back up since then. Morgan has had a horrible swimmer's ear infection this week and after playing phone tag with the doctor's office for half the day Monday, I took her in Tuesday so she could get some ear drops -- which we had to wait and wait on. She's better, but not well yet. Then Wednesday, Troy and Rhonda called from the road. They were about an hour from us and hadn't got a load out, so they thought they'd come stay the night. We stopped school work and rushed to straighten up, vacuum, etc., but before we could even finish they called back to say they got a load and would have to leave. (I hate we didn't get to visit with them though, it's been April since we've seen them.) So, I figured while we were at it we'd go ahead and finish cleaning the house. Then back to work trying to finish school lessons. I feel like we should have just taken the week off from school. Tomorrow (I mean today) I've got to ride in with Jeff at 6:30 AM to get the van back. Since I'll be in town I really need to do my grocery shopping for the next two weeks instead of making an extra trip back. One plus side to that is I can get fresh donuts and coffee from Amazing Glaze while I'm waiting for the auto repair shop to open up. We'll have to miss our Bible study (CBS) -- just not enough time to get the van, get back home, and get to the church. But Friday we get to go to our homeschool co-op and see all our new friends. Then on to dinner and fellowship at one of those new friend's house. So, things are looking up this week. If only I could just learn to go with the flow a little more when those interruptions come up that prevent us from getting every single bit of school work done that I had planned for the week. Because in the middle of all those spelling, grammar, vocabulary, writing, literature, math, history, science, and Latin lessons -- life happens. After 2:00 AM! Bedtime! |
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Not much has really gone on since I last wrote on. Really, all that has been going on is school pretty much. Let's see...Last week was Mom's birthday. So, we were out of school that day. I think she had a pretty good one. I wasn't able to ever get her anything, so while she was gone to town for a while on that day, I cleaned house for her. I also cooked her dinner and cake - her favorite of course, red velvet. It all turned out really good. The only thing that I had never cooked before was the cake. And it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The only thing that was hard was icing the three layers. I have to admit though, Mom helped me with the icing. I know isn't that bad! She had to help me ice her own cake. School is going well. We finally got to go back to worldview class last week. Week before last it was cancelled because one of our teacher's sons broke his leg while skiing. Then, this week she wasn't there because she had back surgery the day before class, so she has someone filling in for her. I don't know when she'll be back. I think she'll be out for at least three weeks. Anyway .... I'm not sure about this new president of ours. What do y'all think? Don't get me wrong, it's not because of his color that I don't support him -- I would happily vote for an African-American any day, but having a Biblical, Christian worldview I could not vote for someone who supports abortion, gay "rights" and etc. I would happily vote for anyone no matter what their skin color, but that same thing would go for them also. So, it is not about the color of his skin as to why I'm not sure about him. He is for a lot of things that I don't believe are right. Has anyone seen the the White House web site? On the day of his inauguration, he already had things changed from pro-life to pro-abortion. How can someone have the nerve to say that they believe it is alright to kill unborn babies?! It is just wrong. Let me set this straight for everyone, unborn babies are not parasites! They are human beings from the time of conception. It just makes me sick to the stomach to think that people are okay with killing innocent little babies. I am definitely for pro-life, just in case anyone is wondering. But I do have to say, I think the prayer Rick Warren said at O'Bama's inauguration was very good. However, I was offended by Reverend Lowery's racist remark about "whites embracing what is right." Oh, and Obama keeps saying "Change We Can Believe In." But just exactly what kind of change is he talking about?! Is it a good change or a bad change? I don't know what the future holds or anything, but I'm not sure it is going to be good. All I know to do is just pray for the man. That is the one thing he needs! Well, I guess that is all I have to say for now. Lauren |
Then later on that week Dad took her out for dinner and bought her some things. So, in the end she got some birthday presents. 
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Lately when things start to weigh heavy on my mind and I feel like I'm stepping backwards - this song comes to my mind, and I praise Him in the storm. If you've never heard it, it's worth listening to. ---- Larissa
Praise You In This Storm by Casting Crowns |