If you homeschool — you can make a family rule that you don’t leave the house until it’s over 40 degees!!
MAN – is it cold outside today!!!!
Edited to add: Yes, I live in California and realize if I lived anywhere else I’d never leave the house! So, yes, I’m counting my blessings that I get to live here!!
What fun!
Seven Sevens Tag
I was tagged by Boltbabe
She also said about me: “one of God’s newest blessings in my life” Which is probably THE neatest thing anyone has said about me in FOREVER!! Thanks Sweetie!! Right back at ya! (sorry I haven’t emailed….tis the season you know!)
Seven Things to do before I die
1) Become the woman God created me to be. (Ok – I’m totally stealing this answer – I love it!!)
2) Travel across the country to see all my online friends
3) Knit a Christmas stocking for everyone in my family (a legacy my Grandma started) – 1 down – 6 to go for my family and then a bajillion for my DH’s family!
4) Write a book
5) Paint – I’ve always wanted to but never done anything about it
6) Raise my boys to be men of God
7) Catch up on all the filing in this house
Seven Things I can not do
1) Forget the pain of losing Joshua
2) Go back to working outside the home
3) Speak a foreign language
4) Be quiet when I have an opinion
5) Stay awake past 11pm
6) Confront a loved one
7) Blog daily
Seven Things that attract me to my Spouse
1) He is deeply concerned about being in the Lord’s will
2) His eyes
3) His sense of humor
4) That he picks up the slack on my ‘bad days’ and doesn’t resent it
5) His laughter
6) His storytelling
7) His intelligence
Seven things I say most often.
1) I love you.
2) You know what I mean?
3) Does that make sense?
4) BOYS!!
5) I can’t hear whining
6) Can someone help me….please!
7) You think?!
Seven Books (or series) I love
1) The Bible
2) Anne of Green Gables
3) Lori Wick’s books
4) Harry Potter
5) Julie Garwood’s books
6) Peter and the Starcatchers
7) Whatever I’m currently reading
Seven Movies I watch over and over again
(or would watch over and over if I had the time)
1) While you were sleeping
2) Princess Bride
3) All three of the LOTR movies
4) All the HP movies
5) Independence Day
6) You’ve got mail
7) The man who knew too little
Seven People I want to join in too.
1) Eric
2) Beth
3) Sara
4) Perri
5) Debra
6) Theresa
7) Gwen
“Isn’t Christmas the best holiday?”
“Yeah, it’s Jesus’ birthday. And he gets gifts and we get gifts. Hey – Does Jesus get gifts anymore?”
“Yeah – US!”
😉
I’ve been terribly busy and not getting much accomplished – at least that’s what it feels like! However, we did get a new tree. We’ve done artificial since our Seminary years – don’t really need to anymore, but it saves us the cost of a tree! We set it up on Thursday and Friday night DH and the boys put on all our decorations. Some of our favorites are:
Oh, I know there are more, but I can’t think of them. We don’t have a fancy tree – but we have a great memory tree! All our ornaments have a special memory or a special person we received them from!
But, of course, anytime we go down memory lane, I’m a mess. So I helped very little and cried very much! Oh well…it gave the boys a chance to practice their skills of mercy and love.
I finished the Christmas knitting I was doing – and now I’m trying to talk myself out of taking on more! lol I want to post pics of what I knit – but I think the giftees read my blog – so I’ll post them later! I’m soooooo proud of it though! Just you wait until you see how I stretched myself! I never thought I could really do it – and I did it!! 🙂
Well, Dh is at Christmas practice and the boys are too quiet, I’d better get off here and go see what’s up!
We’ve been trying a new schedule using lots of ideas from the MOTH book, and it’s been going pretty good. Today I even found I could stop at the grocery store and buy 6 items and not mess up my schedule. UNTIL….
Jeremy is doing his handwriting and has the realization that he has not eaten breakfast! DUH! That’s where the grocery store time came from!! Life was so much easier when I had my brain fully engaged in life!
