May-Day Book

Outside my window...

It looks like it's going to rain.  It's fairly warm, high 70's, but I think the humidity is bad too.  We have the windows open which is nice.

I am thankful for...

A day where I have the time to sit and blog.  We have been running.  Today has been a lot of running, but I might be done for the day.  We still need to pick up Logan, but Kevin will probably go so I don't have to.

I am thinking about...

Summer!  I can't wait!  Two more weeks and we're there.  What normally happens is I start taking on all these small summer projects until my summer isn't restful either.  Hopefully I can catch it before it happens.  I'm also thinking about the new school year already.  I want to be prepared and have lessons done before the new year starts.  I think I say this every summer.

In the SchoolRoom...

Two weeks!

From the kitchen...

Kevin and I are about to start our eating healthy again.  We fell off the wagon for Rory's birthday, but hopefully we can climb back on before chopping it up, selling the wood, and buying cupcakes.  

I am creating...

Nothing.  I have things to paint for Atrium, but I haven't gotten there yet.  Maybe once school is done, I can sit down and crank them out.  Who am I kidding?!

I am working on...

Budgeting.  I'm not good at it, and I forget about a lot of things, but I keep trying.

I am reading...

True Devotion to the Holy Spirit by Luis M. Martinez.  I'm in a bookclub!  It's a group from church.  I love it so far.  This is the second book we're reading.  I'm excited for it because I seem to be in a phase where the Holy Spirit is trying to tell me something, and I need to listen.  I haven't started the book yet, but our first meeting is the last week of the month, and we're to read 10 chapters.  I hope I can make it!

I am praying for...

A lot.  If you're reading this, I'm probably praying for you.  ;)

I am hearing...

Birds and my phone vibrating because Logan is texting me that he's on break.  He went to an all day CPR/First Aid certification class.  He says everyone has passed everything so far!

Around the house...

Things are getting done when they get done.  I try to keep up vacuuming, but this darn dog sheds so much.  The kids are good about helping as long as I ask.  I sat them down the other day and explained to them that they were all old enough to look around and see what needs done and do it without me asking.  For instance, if there's a piece of trash on the floor, I shouldn't have to point it out and ask them to pick it up while they're passing it.  

Also, we got a new quilt for the bed.  Our other blanket was a winter blanket.  I used a birthday giftcard and found a pretty cheap one with great reviews.  So far I think it's great!  I don't like the color, but oh well.

One of my favorite things...

We still have family prayer every night.  We've pretty much always done this, but during COVID we added the family Rosary.  Sometimes it's hard, and it's late, and everyone's cranky, but we still pray it, and it's beautiful.  

A few plans for the rest of the week...

Well, it's Saturday, so there's school all next week except for Friday because that co-op is finally done!  It's the last week of school (except for a Monday class the following week) which means it's the get everything together for the last day madness.  Sometimes I get myself into pickles when I try to do too much, and this last week of school is no different.  I hope I make it!

Some pictures!

My birthday dinner

Prom!

Rory's B-day

Rory's B-day again

Yes, she had a b-day party for her hamster and invited the neighbors.  

Happy Easter!  He is risen!

Right now

I haven't done a blog in I don't know how long.  I realized that when the main person you're blogging for is no longer there, it's a lot harder to blog.  So I changed my person of whom I'm blogging for.  ;)  Here's to many more blogs hopefully to come!

SHE:

•  Is not feeling well but came for a visit for my birthday
• rocking her work as assistant manager doing ART!
• Is still a master procrastinator and embraces it fully
• Turned to me in Mass the other night and told me that when I was her age I had a 10yr and a 2yr.  I told her I didn't recommend it.  ;)
• Is a momma to Mo the moss ball

SHE:

• Has fully embraced dating and that's all I have to say about that
• Is a hard worker when she is able to wake herself up for her shifts. ;)
• Has planned her next five years of life - You know what God says when you make plans right?
• Rocking all things make-up
• Is a momma to Hiccup the cat

HE:

• Is a sophomore in high school and has managed to keep his eyes on his studies this year
• Is learning to drive.  I expected him to be a different student for some reason.  As if boys have an inherent ability to just know how to drive or something.  Is that sexist?  Anyway, he's learning just like his sisters did.  We're making him learn stick shift too.  He doesn't like it.
• Has excelled at social distancing these past two years and made it into an art form. ;)
• Is happy reading Manga, watching Anime, or eating (bonus for all three together!)
• Is a papa to Soap the gecko

SHE:

• Has come into her own as little momma of the family
• Is my personal assistant which is a title I just gave her because she's my right hand gal
• Has different relationships with all of her siblings just like old times.  Clashes with K'lyn, Journals with Rory, and takes whatever she can get from Logan
• Is the most organized with all her hoarding.  All of the kids are hoarders to some extent 
• Is also the momma to Boone the hamster

My Bubble

 This blog is coming to you motivated by an angry Miss Mar.  She keeps ragging on me that I said I would blog more frequently, so to get her off my back, here we go.  We're getting back into the groove post C-word.  Sometimes I'm fine and other times I get winded so easily.  I'm hoping to get back to running on the treadmill soon.  Maybe the holiday breaks will bring exercise.  I'll probably need it!

I have no claims to this pic.  Mars obviously took it.

We finally got a fire going this season.  Unfortunately I think that when we have a fire, it makes Rory's room colder.  She has since acquired a heater, so hopefully that will help.

This is Hiccup's new favorite place in the house.  Relic is jealous because he's not allowed on the rug in this room, but I still see him catching glances outside.  I know he longs for his daddy, so I let him just sit there sometimes.

This car already rules the roost.  Rory lets him up on the couch against my wishes.  This is the very reason it's against my wishes because he thinks he can just get up on the couch now even when she's not there.  No bueno.

Guess who showed up at our co-op last week?!  Jim Caviezel!  He's the guy who played Jesus in the movie The Passion.  It was so exciting!  He gave the kids a talk about the right to life and then visited with people after.  I didn't fangirl at all and went back to my lunch monitoring post.

Our co-op had a How Down and Chili Cook off over the weekend.  I volunteered Kevin and I to work the ticket table.  I think the kids had fun.  They both had friends there.  I think we all had a good time.

This is a towel we have at the back door to dry Relic off when he goes out in the rain.  Sometimes he just likes to lie down in them.  Hiccup seems to think it's a good idea too.  He's so cute here!

I was trying to get everyone together to make a video of us singing happy birthday to a friend, and Logan snapped a pic instead.  Chaos!  

And saving the best for last, this is Logan and I dancing at the Hoe Down.  He asked me to dance because his friend made him, but I'll take it!  You might notice Mars in the background dragging her friend around the dance floor.  She didn't even mean to photobomb since we didn't know Kevin was taking pics.  It's funny.  Excuse my fat arse in the pic.  Ugh.

Other than all this, I'm looking forward to the break next week.  Even though you would think we would rest, it's actually pretty busy.  This weekend is helping our friends move, K'lyn's birthday bash (including her beau who had a birthday recently too), and getting ready for her actual birthday and Thanksgiving.  Whew!  I might need a holiday from this holiday.  

Happy Halloween and Other Things

 Before you get too mad about me not blogging all of October, we had COVID.  Since everyone can use that excuse for all things these days, mine is actually legit.  We all had COVID.  I'll have a different blog to that although Kevin told me yesterday to stop telling people we had it since they treat you like you have the plague.  For this blog, since it's been a while, I'm going to run with pictures.

Relic and Hiccup bonding.

Kevin had a great idea to have a fire pit at the end of the driveway while we handed out candy.  All the parents loved it and said they were stealing it themselves for next year.

We had our friends over to come trick-or-treating.

We made it to a pumpkin patch!

The boys disappeared and didn't tell the girls they were at the pumpkins cannons.  They were actually firing apples.

Mar at the top of a hay mountain.

Mar was so proud of this photo bomb.  

We made extra sure that we would have enough candy.  We have a lot leftover.

Rory wanted me to get a pic of her sleeping with her cat.  When I was trying to get this picture, Logan was on his VR headset, so he couldn't see me.  I was hit in the thigh and the back of my head for this picture.

Mars carved this pumpkin.  A lot of people commented about how good it was.

Little Red Riding Hood and her Big Bad Wolf.

The girls were invited to a murder mystery speak-easy birthday part, but they couldn't go because of COVID.  This was Marley's costume she had bought and ended up returning.

Unfortunately this is NOT Rory dressing up but actually going out into public.  She was playing with make-up and did go out, but she was being silly and doesn't actually wear this much.

Hiccup sleeping next to Relic's bowl.

Relic thinks he's still a lapdog.  

I think I posted this for the kids going to the dance.  

Rory's way too big Captain America whatever they're called.  

These two decided to be a starving artist and a musician.  

K'lyn was the "This is fine" dog meme.  The kids had to show me the meme.  I didn't get it.  

She made her boyfriend and family grandma's chocolate "ghost" pie for dessert.

and her stuffed pumpkin peppers for dinner.  She's made this dinner before and added green mac-n-cheese, but I guess she left it out for this dinner.  ;)

I hope this is enough to make up for my absence.  Coming into the holidays, I should be posting more regularly, MAYBE.