Thursday, July 24, 2014

Friday Quick Takes

1.
We are nearing the end of my seester's holiday here. :(  I am very sad.  She wasn't able to stay as long as she normally does, and that's been really hard.  To end the festivities, we are staying at my parents' house for the night.  All of us (minus Kaelyn) in one room should be interesting, but maybe something we'll have to get used to (stay tuned for that tidbit).
2.
It's been nice not dealing with life.  Honestly, my days have revolved around what adventure my seester and I were going to try next.  Throw in some things that couldn't be ignored (like lessons, Adorations), and it's going to be a wake up call to get back to the daily grind.  August will be dedicated to getting my classroom ready to go for eight kindergartners this fall.  Yes, it's only two days a week homeschool, but it feels like the real deal to me.  
3.
Kaelyn is on a trip with her boyfriend's family right now.  They're visiting Maine and Rhode Island.  It's pretty exciting for her to visit new places, but she's so nervous about the whole family thing.  She's meeting Justus' grandparents and his mom's 8 siblings and their families.  :O  I'm nervous for her!
4.
The kitchen is still not done.  The last things to be done are paint touch-ups, moldings, trims, and doors.  They all have to be painted white.  Most have been primed, and then Maria came to stay with us for a little bit, and that got pushed down the priority list. I would like to redo the bathroom in the future, but I think Kevin might divorce me if I try.  ;)
5.
I figured that since I was going to be a kindergarten teacher, then I should have some nicer clothes to wear to school.  I made my seester come to Marshall's with me today, and we got me some girl clothes.  I can now say that I own a pair of hot pink capris.  Yes...me.  It's crazy.  I'll post a pic if I ever get the nerve.  AND  as if hot pink pants wasn't enough, I bought a pair of white dress pants.  I have NEVER worn a pair of white pants.  EVER.  It might have something to do with my friend, Jessica, wearing a white skirt on an unfortunate day in fourth grade when her womanhood decided to show up during lunch.  I whined to Maria that I bought pants I would never wear to school since you can't wear white until Memorial Day and not after Labor Day, but she says those rules don't really apply anymore.  I'm trying to find some nice long necklaces, but I don't want to get crazy or anything.  Yay for GIRL CLOTHES!!
6. 
I have not been to the gym in three weeks, and I fell off the Paleo wagon.  Actually, my seester pushed me off the Paleo wagon, but we won't talk about that.  I've been living it up on grains and sweets.  Monday I will be back to Paleo, which should be easy to do, since I'll have to pack my food for chemo.  What better place to get back on the wagon than sitting and receiving medicine for the reason you're doing it in the first place?  And this will be my second to last chemo.  Can I get a woohoo?!?!
7.
It's 10p, and Rory just went to bed after playing electronics for hours with her cousins.  :O  I'm not proud of it, but they won't get to do it for another year, so my seester and I let it slide.  I have nothing scheduled (besides chemo) next week to fully detox my kids from the sugar and electronics.  It's going to be ugly, so you might not hear from me, or I might post pictures of their meltdowns.  :)  You've been warned!
This pic was taken by Marley in the dressing room today.  Luckily she listened when I told her to only take this one photo!  I was worried she'd be flashing away the whole time.  This is one of the tops I bought.  :)

Sunday, July 20, 2014

A Little Girl and a Horse

     Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved animals.  She begged her parents, and had some fish, a lizard, and a cat at one point, but none of them stuck.  One day friends of her parents asked them to watch their farm while they went on a long trip.  Their farm consisted of 15 chickens, 7 cats, 1 fish, and 1 horse.  
     The job required a morning and evening visit daily.  Let the chickens out, feed them, feed the cats, feed the fish, and make sure the horse had water.  In the evening, put the chickens back in the coop and feed the cats again.  Easy.
     The first visit went smooth.  The little girl went to visit the horse, Emma, to introduce herself.  It was love at first sight for the little girl.  Emma had a hard year.  She lost her mate the winter before and was lonely.  Next door she had a friend that was boarding at another farm, and they visited often, but she was still lonely.  Emma and the little girl became fast friends.
     Even though her only job was to check Emma's water (and clean the bins out every four-five days), the little girl would brush her, clean out her shoes, feed her carrots, and love on her every day.  It was the little girl's favorite part of her day.
     After a couple of days, the little girl's mom noticed that Emma started coming to welcome the little girl when she arrived in the mornings and visiting with her friend on the farm next door less often.  The little girl's dad took her to get fly spray for Emma because the little girl hated how they swarmed her friend.
     This went on for almost three weeks.  On the last day of the job, the little girl's mom told her to go out and say goodbye to Emma.  Her mom checked out the window and saw the little girl weeping.  She went out to her.  The little girl asked her mom to take a picture of them together hugging.  The mom took out her phone to take the picture, and as the little girl turned to hug Emma, Emma bent down and wrapped her head around the little girl.  
     The mom, who did not care for animals of any sort, started crying.  The whole time the little girl cared for the horse had been more of a nuisance because she took so long brushing her when she wasn't required to, fly spraying her when she wasn't required to, picking her shoes when she wasn't required to, loving her when she wasn't required to.  The mom knew the little girl loved Emma, but it moved her that Emma felt the same.  So she didn't rush the little girl into the car as she had every other morning.  She let her brush, and fly spray, pick, and love her friend.
     The mom talked to her friend and told her about the relationship that had grown between the little girl and Emma, and the friend let her know that the little girl was welcome any time to visit her new friend.  This made the little girl and her momma happy.

The End

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Things I've Been Doing Instead of Blogging


  • The kitchen
  • Day trip to the beach
  • finding flashlights from no power
  • Sleeping
  • Painting
  • Spending time at my folks with my seester
  • Taking care of the farm animals
  • Sitting in the kids' room because they won't go to sleep
  • Sanding
  • Taping
  • Cleaning
  • Laundry
  • Ordering out
  • Picking up whatever was ordered out
  • Watching TV
  • Ordering school supplies
  • Ordering school books
  • Eating
  • Sweeping
  • Shopping
  • Celebrating birthdays
  • Kissing boo-boos
  • Driving
  • Adoration
  • Not gyming  :O
  • Praying
That's not it, but I'm stopping there.  Be back soon.  I have lots to tell you!

Monday, June 30, 2014

It's On....Like Donkey Kong

Guess who I picked up from the airport yesterday?  Let the summer adventures begin!

Two for Two!

  I made it back, and it wasn't that long!  Continuing on with the pic collage of 2026.  Here we roll... January This guy's birthday...