ready, set go

I better be ready anyhow, because the semester is here. really I am- especially after Friday. I thought I could watch them, but apparantly I couldn't Bear took Freckles to the highway and all it took was once. let's just say the weekend was pretty sad. The house is so quiet now without her and I miss her alot. I will have a really hard time replacing her, not too many people are breeding them. I called the man we got her from and he lost his male bulldog, so that is out. Full day of class tomorrow and then i am sure thursday and Friday will be busy getting back in the swing of studying. I hope to at least be back on the internet Friday and obtain a new printer in the next few weeks. PTL A&M has a wonderful computer lab where I can print everything for free!

Well I found some great deals at JCPenny's yesterday. All the kids were gone, so my sweet husband went with me and helped me pick stuff out and held piles of clothes for me. There was one bright yellow sweater that I didn't get and I am going back to get it today. I thought I had less money than I do. That will give me two full outfits. Plus the boots and other jeans I found before. It's funny I couldn't find hardly anything the week before and I found a ton of stuff right off the bat. Only took us an hour. I have to go back today and shop for door prizes and GA stuff.

Amberly has decided to do the Foreman school pagent. Oh boy. Tina will help, thank God. That is just not my thing and I have mixed feelings about her being in it. But she really wants to do it and it could be good for her. I can see how it got Marina out of her shyness. And I was reading about how Sarah Palin paid for school with pagents, hmm. If she really wants to be vet, she's going to need lots of money, LOL. I have finally reached the point during my break where I have almost everything done and can relax a bit. It only took 3 weeks, lol. Oh well, too much time sitting around is not good. I should be ready for school to start back next week.

Did Hannah announce the class last night in service? I wonder if she is waiting to see if I change my mind, lol. I am certainly enjoying it. We are just going through the new testament. hannah was at Galatians. Audie just continued the lesson in service. Sometimes I wonder if the kids catch that. If I were to keep it, I'd probably have to get some curriculum. They really need solid, foundational stuff. To know WHY they believe what they believe, not just because we told them! Anyway, I will do it until class starts if she doesn't find one and if I can handle it that would be great, but if not then I'll have to stop :(.

Freckles was acciently left out last night. She behaved and didn't have any accidents, so maybe we will be able to leave her out at night soon. We'll try another night and see. We have decided she has to stay off the furniture though, which will be hard to break. She is short-haired, but we still have hair all over the furniture.

I did manage to get my menu done. I had almost forgotten it! I am sure that is enough exciting information for now, lol.

the big chill

Ugh it is cold. 16 is the low at my house according to the thermometer Shawn got for Christmas. (I can read it in side, I'm not that crazy). Apparantly no one told Bear it was cold because he was been swimming in the pond in the mornings?! Got the house pretty clean yesterday, feels good. And what am I doing today? getting out in the cold and going to town. I have my xmas money to spend and I need groceries. I also have to shop for GA's, but will do that next week. Ladies meeting stuff today... oh that reminds me, I need to look up a recipe... Oh and I need to find out which bus goes to winthrop, get Rosia and Rachel's addresses and find out what bus goes where. I still need to get everything ready for GA's and get my desk and school stuff organized. Should be no problem getting everything done next week.

We have been seeing lots of ducks and some geese on the pond. That is nice. I only wish it wasn't too cold to walk down closer, lol. It seems I had lots more to say, but I can't remember it all now!

Shopping

I went and picked up my books yesterday, all $600 worth. UGH I could have saved a little bit online, but couldn't do that this time. With almost all of them being science books (which usually have to be the most current version), I wouldn't have saved that much, but probably at least $100-200. :( Oh well, I'm grateful to have them all. I stayed after to try and help Dina with some scheduling, then we all (Tina) went to the mall. I forgot my 1x sweater to exchange, but I still got a couple of things. Everything is 70% off. I wish I would hurry up and get my gift card so I can shop while everything is on sale. Sounds ungrateful doesn't it. I need to get to a printer (my printer died) so I can do the survey and get an extra 15% off. All my books look really interesting though, especially biotechnology- stem cells, DNA analysis,all sorts of cool stuff...

Callie decided to make life interesting last night. She came through the door with something hanging out of her mouth. I thought it was a rat and we were all yelling at her when she dropped a small flying squirrel, and no it wasn't even remotely dead! You should have seen Shawn Sr. and Blake trying to catch it!

tic toc tic toc tic toc

I can hear the clock ticking for school to start. Two weeks from tomorrow. I have so much to do it feels like. Really I have plenty of time, but it feels like I need to hurry! It's like my vacation is just now starting today... I need to get everything ready for GA's, shop for a few craft items, clean out the tub, yes Rosia, I said clean out that tub! I also need to find some seniors/widows that would like us to do a project for them. I wish they made Children's Minsitry day in march or april, lol. Feb. is cold and as cold as Jan was---ugh! Maybe we will have lots of housework to do...Anyway, the theme is 'hometeam' so if you now anybody in the church that needs help, please let me know... Lisa I need to put that in the bulletin...I also need to rearrange and 'spring clean' amberly's room, get the house in order and plan the ladies meeting. My spirit has really enjoyed the reprive. I am ready for a schedule again though, that's for sure.

Church was good yesterday. Audie was in a grateful mood if that is the right word. He seemed really happy to be back home even if his trip was short. I'm really bummed that I haven't been able to jog and I hope my feet clear up on their own. I'm sure I would be avoiding all this cold, but that ellipitcl is not the same as running. I really am grateful for it though!

I pray you all have a good week and a blessed year. I'm grateful that God put each of you in my life.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I had to make a short post for the first day of the New Year. We had a blast at the New Year's Eve party at church. The last few years have been kind of a dud, but this year was great. How do you have so much fun playing cards? My stomach is paying for it today though, lol. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of Shawn & Blake's truck's saran wrapped and TP'd. Someone came and did their token tp on Blake's old truck in the drive way. Funny, that happens every year, just a token amount. Of course the dog was out so maybe I got lucky. I've got to get to work and prep GA's over the next couple of weeks. I am looking forward to 2010, it has so much potential, lots of exciting things will be happening. Shawn Jr. will graduate and begin college, Blake will move up to be a senior, and I'll start my last semester of school. Yay! Well, I've got some cooking to do, so I better get off of here and get busy, just wanted to say I pray the year of our Lord and Savior 2010 is happy and blessed for you and yours!

the Doldrums

I guess I have the cold-weather doldrums. The doldrums are an area of wind currents where NOTHING IS moving, haha, that is me today...I've plenty to do around here, I just don't feel like doing any of it, lol. I'd really like to curl up by the fire with a great book, a cup of tea and a quiet house. NOT HAPPENING, LOL. One, I don't have a 'just gotta read it' book right now. I have two on the way, but they aren't here yet. Pl- there are 5 kids here right now. I have lots of need to do items, polish more silver, wash clothes, clean off my desk, work on GA stuff- just nothing is appealing to me. I need a good couple days at home with no kids to get the house they way I want it... Oh well, I will get it in gear. I don't even have a good end-of-year-reminisce post in me. Ah the mass text's/emails have begun. You are really important to me so I sent you this message along with 300 of my best friends, lol.