Problems???

Is anybody else having trouble with blogger? It will not let me load pictures and when I try to do it from Picasa it doesn't work either...Not sure if its my comptuer or blogger, but its driving me nuts. I was all ready for my big long post and now this is all acting up! GRRRRRRR.......

Announcement

I PROMISE a REAL post is coming up soon...so be prepared it is a week's worth of schtuff!

Free Museum Day!

Next Saturday, September 30 museums across the country are participating in a free museum day- where you get into a participating museum for free! I think we're going to check out the aquarium! So, check to see if a museum near you is participating!

Free Blog Design Contest

Ok, so I am entering another contest. I have been thinking for some time that I need a change, only I have no clue how to go about that. So, I am hoping maybe I will win this contest!

http://bluebirdblogs.blogspot.com/ is having this contest, so go on over and see what you have to do to win! Hurry, it ends tomorrow!

Hail the King!

This is my entry to win a camera in the "Capture the Educational Moment" Contest sponsored by Spunky and Academic Superstore.

In J's Bible time we have been talking about Joseph. I even managed to find some cartoons in the church library pertaining to what we were talking about, so last week we were engrossed in Joseph's life. Today as I was schooling H, J walked in and proclaimed, "I am from the kingdom of Joseph!" He then proceeded to walk around in his robe and oh so cool goggles as a King! I absolutely love when I see fruit from what I am teaching!

Kidspeak

J comes up to me earlier telling me, "My swallow hurts again". I don't think I've ever heard a child call their throat a swallow, but it sure makes sense (it hurts when you swallow). Poor boy. He has been such a good sport with everything, although he did cry pretty hard that he couldn't go to Cubbies. He cried more about not going to Cubbies than he did about missing the birthday party! He even laughs when I put drops in his eyes! I just hope my sweet boy gets better soon!

What a Weekend!

Well, this has been quite a weekend. First, our computer has a nasty terrible virus. Thankfully we have a friend who is fixing it for us and we are quite blessed by that! I guess it needs to be completely reformatted. But, then it will be like we have a brand new computer, right? I certainly hope so!

Last night we had some of our friends over and had a wonderful dinner. The guys went to the movie's and us ladies visited and watched the kids. J had a wonderful time playing with his buddy, Jacob. It was a nice time of fellowship. Later in the evening (while they were still here) J comes up to me and tells me his throat hurts. As I'm looking in his mouth I notice his eye has gunk coming out of it. Needless to say my boy has pinkeye. I feel horrible for him, but he is doing well. I bought him some drops from the store last night to treat it and he really hasn't had too much gunk coming out now but it still is pink. I am just praying it doesn't circulate through my house and if it does that it isn't a continuous cycle! So far H and G and good, but we stayed home from church this morning. I think H will go to Awana tonight and I have to teach, but the rest of the gang will stay home!

TGIF

This is probably my 10th attempt at posting this today. If it actually works I know it is my computer and not blogger (I am now on my laptop).

This has been the busiest, most upside-down week I have seen in awhile. We had meetings, appointments, and Zach's schedule has been whacked out all week (and that always throws me off). So, I haven't had much time to blog because of all of this. Yesterday I seemed to be having computer woes, but they seem to be better today, although I think my friend's hubby is going to be working on it this weekend.

I was planning a school lesson last night and realized it was lesson 15. I thought maybe I skipped some lessons so I went back in the book to make sure. It does not seem like H's school started 3 weeks ago! Boy, it is flying by! I thought it was only our second week! We all seem to be enjoying school, although I get irritated about things like the noise level when trying to read! I have told numerous people about the preschool program I am using and they are going out and buying it! I just love it!

G had his two year appointment on Wednesday. I have not really kept up on his appointments, but was planning to begin his immunizations. Well, the two days before he had some looser stools (possibly was teething, but not sure) so I decided to hold off. The doctor tells me that unimmunized children 'scare them'! You know, I bet this boy is healthier than most other immunized kids his age! Most states allow a religious exemption from immunizations, but Mississippi is one of two that does not! He is supposedly in the 95th% for his height. Not sure if I believe that. But he seems to have really sprouted some long legs recently and when I look at him lying down he seems so long!

That same day before the appointment I took the kids to play at McDonald's. G was up playing and all of a sudden got scared, possibly because all of the other kids all of a sudden came out of there. He would not come down for nothing- not even with his sister. So, I had to crawl up the slide and slide down with him! Thankfully there weren’t' too many people there! Not sure what exactly freaked him out, but hoping I don't have to do that again!

Yesterday I won something off of the radio! I had just turned it on while driving down the road and he was talking about some movie and said to call and say who the hero in your life is. Of course, I kept trying, even though it was busy- but eventually I got through! I haven't won anything off of the radio since I was in high school! I won tickets to the movie called “Everyone’s Hero”.

Our weekend is going to be another busy one. Tonight Zach works, so it is out as far as doing anything. Tomorrow I'd like to get out in my flower beds and try to get those how I'd like them to be. We may also have company for dinner. Sunday we have Sunday School, church, a birthday party, CMP, and Awana! Sunday will be busy, busy, busy. It was so nice when our Sundays were relaxing- after all that is what Sunday is for- to worship the Lord, but also to rest! What are your weekend plans?

More pictures

Here are the boys at home. We made puppets last week and these are their results!














Here are the boys again, J shining G's shoes.














H and J are now News Anchors.














And I just love G in this hat! What is it with him and hats lately???
 

My Princess

Here is H, never too busy to smell the flowers. She also enjoyed driving a boat and dressing up.



 

J Boy

Last Friday we took the kids to Lynn Meadows, the local children's museum type place. They love it there! Here is J as a shrimp boat captain and also sitting in a tree.



 

I Promise, He is Not a Gangsta'

Just my cute 2 year old boy being silly...






 

Ticked

I just had a big post written and it disappeared when I tried to publish it. Funny (but not haha funny) because I remember recently reading how somebody copies their post, just in case. Guess I need to begin doing that. I am steamed that I lost my post. The other night the kids had fun in the tent. They all ended up coming in at 1 am and finishing their rest inside. I refuse to write more than that right now. I had a big synopsis as well as other things I wrote about but I don't have time to rewrite it all.

Roughin' It???

Well, my family is out in our backyard in the tent. They are supposedly going to rough it for the night. But so far Zach has been in about 10 times, G was in once and went back out and they asked for the laptop (which I'm on) to watch a movie. It is almost 11 pm and we have church in the morning! It is hot out and I wonder who will be in next and what time it will be. I just hope I can get a good night sleep as last night our smoke alarm started to beep indicating the battery needed to be changed. I also hope the kids have fun out there, despite their stinky, smelly bodies! Daddy will have fun bathing them again before church so they don't smell!!! Why am I not out there? For one, I don't wanna sweat out there. For another, it is nice and QUIET in here. I can enjoy my bed all to myself, for awhile anyway.

At This Very Moment

Ok, Anne has tagged me and it is naptime so I figure what else have I got to do?

1. Are you craving anything and if so, what?
I just ate a handful of chocolate chip cookies, but I sure could use a cherry pepsi right about now (don't forget the grenadine).

2. What is the weather outside, and do you wish it would change?
It is 82 and feels like 86 with 62% humidity. It is too hot to do much outdoors. I wish it would cool off. At 10 am it was still 73 and it felt SO wonderful. Was hoping it wouldn't get so humid. Good ol' southern weather;)

3. What two websites do you think you will go to next after you are finished here?
Probably check wunderground.com for the latest tropical information. Then I need to find some information on cicadas since we read about them in our reader today, so I'll probably do a search. Wow...I feel like such a nerd (no comment on that one Canaan).

4. Do you wish you were somewhere else and if so, where?
Anywhere but here;) No, I guess I am content being here right now, knowing we are here temporarily (although I wish it was only 1 year left instead of 2). I hope to move to Ohio, Illinois or Texas next. Or I wish I could be in Michigan so I could see family too.

5. Do you wish you were someone else, and if so, who?
I don't really have anybody in particular I wish I were like, I just wish I could possess better Christian qualities in my life. Patience, kindness, joy. I wish I enjoyed every bit of my life all the time, most especially my children who seem to zap the patience, kindess and joy right out of me.

Now I will tag Canaan, Christine and Kay.

How Do You Spell Relief? N-A-P-T-I-M-E

That's right. If it wasn't for naptime I would not be a sane woman. I still make H, at 6, lay in her bed for awhile and have a quiet time. I need that time! This morning I am not sure what J's problem was, but he wanted to cry about every little thing. And it grated on me. I still have a headache. He and G seem to fight alot lately over toys. I need to really work with them on that one. I know the solution, I just need to get my butt in gear and do my work in it. But it is hard. Do you ever lay in bed at night and think over your day and what you could have done differently? Maybe I shouldn't have yelled. Maybe I should have played dollhouse. Why didn't I do this or that? And then I think, well tomorrow is a new day and I will ask God to give me strength not to yell and I will spend time doing what needs to be done (spending time with the children). The morning comes and immediately you are woken by a child banging on your wall or up too early or they are already fighting. And you wonder if you will have the strength to make it through one hour of the day. But today I have made it to naptime. Hooray!

And I know that this is all worth it. I have nowhere else I'd rather be, although sometimes I just wish I could send my kids away for a couple of hours for some peace and quiet. But that is ok. Before I know it it is time for Zach to come home and that seems to be a relief. Another adult to help with things!

Then there are times when I struggle to read something over so much noise, and I feel I am yelling to read and do school. But, eventually it quiets. Did I mention that I made our playroom more efficient for schooling? My closet in here ROCKS! I am going to get a childproof handle to put on the door- but I put special toys in there for the 2 year old to play with during school. Today he even did some school with us! So, we have our roller coaster moments here. Up. Down. Up. Down. Sometimes I feel I will puke, but I make sure to walk away and take a break from the dizziness of it all.

Another nuisance of my day is that yesterday I think I finally quit bleeding. It was 4 weeks on Friday that the whole ordeal happened. I called the doctor last week and talked to a nurse. Sunday I saw the doctor at church and he told me I could go on birth control to regulate my body. No way. I don't do birth control. So, I just prayed that God would regulate my body. Then I quit bleeding. However, today it seems to have possibly come back. I am SOOOO tired of it. I just want my body back to normal now.

To end on a funny note, yesterday I was doing math with H. I put a car on her desk and asked her how many cars there were. She said 'One'. Then I asked her how many giraffes there were (zero) and she answered 'One'. I look down at her desk and forget that the stenciling on her desk is of a Noah's Ark scene, and there as big as can be is a giraffe;) I thought it was too funny!

 

Will I make it

through the day? I. Am. Going. To. Lose. It. And it is only 11:20 am.

My Seal

I saw this over at Amie's site and had to give it a whirl by going to this site. Can you tell I am bored? I have things to do but am procrastinating. It's a holiday, I have a right!

Cross-Dressers at Wal-Mart

I was talking with a friend today and told her the latest with Wal-Mart. She told me she was in a local store today and that the managers were dressed as women in red dresses, nylons, the works. I was aghast! So, I called that Wal-Mart and asked a manager why. He told me it is for the American Heart Walk and they wear red for women (it is a women's thing I guess). I guess it is something all of the Wal-Marts here by us do. I could not believe my ears about that one! I then asked him about the recent news with their support of homosexual organizations and he said he has not heard anything about that, but a customer approached him today asking the same thing. Supposedly they get Wal-Mart news all the time and it is something they would have heard about and he said there are various organizations out there 'trying to bring Wal-Mart down'. He told me he doesn't think it is true. Who knows?

In the mean time I have been shopping everywhere but there the past two days. I just hope it is not true! Until then my business will be done elsewhere.