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 [...]

Happy New Year

My this new year bring you blessings!
Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas

May your Christmas be filled with blessings!
Merry Christmas to all my readers (all 2 of you!)

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 [...]

Black Friday

So, what am I doing today?  I’m shopping!!  This is Black Friday, so that means that I am standing outside some store in the cold at 3 am waiting for the doors to open so we can get some good sales!!
Yeah, I’m weird like that!

Thanksgiving

Hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday!!

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

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, [...]