my week in review

with all the children out of the house for camp last week i did mountains of homework. i will never, ever, ever do 2 classes at one time unless i no longer have children at home. its too hard juggling my schedule and their schedules without driving myself and them crazy and then stressing out about when am i gonna do homework and i only have 2 weeks to finish this class and 4 weeks to finish the other class. so i finished my biology class on tuesday with a 93. this was the most awesomely hard class so far but its the one i've enjoyed the most. go figure. so when i have to do mountains of homework i just don't have the words or the time or the energy to blog. a big sorry to my faithful readers.

we were able to buy freddie a good, used, low mileage car. she was so excited when we gave it to her on friday night. she just kept walking around telling everyone she had a car, she even thanked Jesus when we prayed over our meal. how sweet is that. and let me tell you i'm already loving the fact that she has a car. she is so eager to run any kind of errand for me. she took moe over to his friends house today and is gonna pick him up tomorrow and take him to his mom's so he can spend the week with her. did i forget to mention. we got moe back friday night. my brother dropped him off at camp on monday and he rode back with the church group on friday. so now he is eagerly waiting for his paycheck so he can spend some money. we are gonna give him some to blow and the rest will go into his savings account. he was a little upset with me because i won't let him buy a laptop but that is a whole nuther story. after i explained why he shouldn't get a laptop he was a little better. i just don't think its wise for a 13 year old boy to have unlimited access to the internet. you can call me strict and thats ok cause i really don't care what anybody thinks. God has given me these children and there is enough bad stuff out there that can't be avoided without adding to it in our homes. OK i'm coming down off my soapbox but nothing riles me up like exposing our children to filth whether it be tv, music, or the internet. so there.

training up

Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

i should be doing homework right now but i just had to take a few minutes to share my week. its been up and its been down. i got squirt all checked in for public school. she is so excited. she didn't realize that they have a 2 year program called ready set teach. she shared with me today that she has been praying and asking God to confirm to her if she is suppose to be a teacher. how cool is that. we pray and believe and pour our hearts into our children and then they go and exceed our expectations. it just blesses my heart that her heart is to do what God wants her to do. it just doesn't get any better than that.

as some of ya'll know from the news we are having another layoff at work. this time it is not directed at my office but because the people getting laid-off have so much seniority i could possibly be bumped out of my job. because we are a union shop they have what is called bumping rights. they have the right to bump down into a lower paying position which could possibly be me. of course there is alot more to it than this simple explanation but i could be looking at either a lower paying position and still doing the same work or leaving the company. we just have to wait and see how it shakes out. normally i am a worrier but i have a real peace about this. i truly have no control over the situation. we have looked at our finances and can do it on just one salary but things will be very tight. i would need to find a new job as quickly as possible. having no job is a very scary thing for me. i've always worked but i also know God has a plan and that plan maybe another job. i just have to trust in Him and allow Him to order my steps.

hard decision made

well as some of ya'll know we have been praying about where squirt would go to school next year. we have been weighing all the pros and cons. she is currently enrolled in a christian private school. she started out in public schools and then during her 5th grade year we realized that she was falling through the cracks and needed a more structured environment. so we moved her to her current school. the last 4 years have been good but now we have decided that going back to public school will be whats best for her. whats cool about the whole thing is that it is her decision. we have talked and guided and prayed and would never allow her to place herself in a dangerous situation but it ultimately boils down to whats best for her and she needed to make the final decision. secretly i have wanted her to go back to public school for a variety of reasons but have been very careful not to sway her while still giving her my honest opinion. so after many conversations she has made up her mind.

baby shane

a very busy week. tuesday morning i woke up to a very messy house and girls sprawled out sleeping everywhere. the slumber party was a success and there is even a youtube video out there with me on it. i promised my peeps i would share but i just don't have the time today so it will have to wait for a later blog. about 1pm on tuesday i get a call from my sister that it was time to take my oldest niece kay to the hospital so she can have her baby. so i wolfed down my lunch and dried my hair and off to the hospital we go. we got her all checked in about 1:45 and by 8:03 we have a beautiful baby shane. the delivery went well and he is just the most perfect baby. squirt was thrilled that he was born on her birthday.

this is shane about 1 hour after he was born with his little old man hat on.

a call to die

I'm starting a new bible study. it looks really good or should i say really bad. good in a way because its exactly what i need right now and bad in a way because its exactly what i need right now. its a fairly short one as bible studies go, its only 40 days but i have a feeling its gonna be a roller coaster ride. highs, lows, twists and turns and just when you think you're safe the bottom drops out and you plummet to the earth at 70 miles per hour. but the thing i like about roller coasters is when its all over and your legs are shaking and your heart is racing your 1st thought is lets do that again. thats how i feel most of the time about my relationship with Jesus. He has asked me to do some pretty scary things but when its all over i would do it all again. even the times that i don't want a repeat of what He has just walked me through i am always glad i went through it. i've always learned something about myself and about Him and isn't that what its all about. so i would encourage you if you feel your faith is lacking or you've checked out on this whole christian walk. find a friend and a good bible study and move yourself closer to Jesus. you don't have to wait for a class at church you can do this on your own or with a friend or two. i'm sure pastor or marme could recommend a good one or better yet pray and let Jesus show you just the right one for you.

slumber party alert

tonight is the night that i get to barricade myself in my room. this is the one night of the year that i let squirt and her friends run amok. the annual birthday slumber party. the boys are gone and freddie has run off to her moms house. i have been stockpiling supplies in my bedroom so that i don't have to come out until the morning. well actually i will come out at midnight load everyone into the car and drive them to the all night grocery store for a scavenger hunt. then i get to go back into my room until morning. the only rules are to have fun and eat everything in sight. somebody may need to check on me in the morning.