2008 in Review

2008 has come and gone already.  It sure seemed to go by quickly…sometimes a little too quickly!
January
The year started out with me beginning to work on Power Lab VBS (Ah Ha!).  I was also homeschooling Michael.  We were pretty on top of our schooling and things were going pretty smoothly at the time.  I was [...]

My Newspaper Theif

A few weeks ago, Michael came home from school and I noticed that his backpack was pretty full.  Here’s how the conversation went…
Me: “Michael, what’s in your bag?”
Michael: “Newspapers, Mr. Stewart wants us to collect newspapers so we can recycle them.”
Me: Thinking this is a great idea…but we don’t subscribe to any newspaper subscriptions. “Ok, [...]

Christmas Past

When I was young, every year we had Christmas for my mom’s side of the family on Christmas Eve at our house…well, mom and dad’s, I just lived there because I was too young to get a job and live on my own
Anyway, I can remember standing in the doorway a day or [...]

My dad

He had surgery on his foot.  He has gout bad and when he walked, the bones in his foot were rubbing against each other.  He was apparently missing the cartridge between the bones.
Since his Surgery (Nov. 13, 2008), he has been in excruciating pain.  I went to visit him on Saturday (15th) and he was [...]

Happy Birthday!!

Today is my wonderful hubby’s birthday!  He’s 38…
Happy Birthday Kevin!!  I love you!

Where does the time go?

Michael came home yesterday from school all excited.  He had been preparing for this trip since the beginning of school.  The time had come to pack his clothes to go to camp.
Mommy, on the other hand, has been worried about this trip.  This is the first time that Michael has ever spent the night away [...]

What does a child spend $20 on?

For Noah’s birthday, he got $20 in cash from his Grandma and Grandpa.  Usually when our children get money, we take it so that it gets spent wisely…you know on toys that we approve of or just a small amount of candy, not something that would rot his teeth completely out.
He was given this card [...]

8 years ago today

At 3:30 am…8 years ago, I woke up to go to the bathroom, then realized I was having contractions.  They weren’t bad or anything and I have been having Braxton Hicks for months, so I figured it was more ofthe same!
I sat on the rocker for a little while (my mom was visiting us, she [...]

Random thoughts

Dad’s home from the hospital!  He got home yesterday!!  Thanks to everyone who was praying for him.  He still has a lot of things to figure out (insurance, retirement, disability, etc.).  He still has some pain in his feet, but not nearly as much, his kidneys are working properly again.
Hurricane Ike hit Ohio!  Sounds funny, [...]

My dad

Could I please ask you to pray for him?  He’s in the hospital.  He went in on Wednesday for a MRI on his feet since they have been swollen and so sore he couldn’t walk on them.  After they did the MRI, they admitted him into the hospital.
Diagnosis:  He has arthritic feet and the gout [...]