Friday, 5/17/13

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:44:44 EST

Confession…. Did not go to the gym yesterday for no other reason than my body was just screaming at me through those muscles so I chose rest. I got them stretched out pretty good by evening and at this point am planning to get my gym schedule going again on Saturday morning as I’ll go before picking up my fruit and veggies. No guilt…just taking care of what my body is asking for this week.

As I was de...

Wednesday, 5/15/13

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:52:23 EST

Another day that did not begin at the gym. Tomorrow...nothing will stop me! (That's the plan anyway!) Today it didn't happen because the kids and the hounds decided 5 a.m. was a good time to get up, but I knew there was no way that was enough sleep for any of them! I got them back down with melatonin and we were good until 8. I also knew the hubby was still not moving well so just shut the alarm off.

Tuesday, 5/14/13

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:40:34 EST

Definitely a different day than I had planned! The gym was out as the hubby couldn't move so I didn't think it would be wise to just leave. He fell once and had to stay on the floor for almost an hour or so until his pain pill kicked in for him. I went ahead and got school done with the kids (most of it anyway) while we waited for him to be ready to get up and then we could head to Quick Care and get him ...

Monday, 5/13/13

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:58:50 EST

Had a full day here getting things in place for the week after being gone. Started out with grocery shopping and then a few other store visits after putting the groceries away at home. I also had five loads of laundry to conquer....still have one load in the dryer ready to fold and it is almost 11 pm. Otherwise, food prep and just stuff going on with the kiddos. Tonight we headed to church about 8 pm as ...

Sunday, 5/12/13

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:29:42 EST

We made it home by early afternoon and then biked to Subway for lunch before unloading. After the unloading was accomplished we tackled the lawn which looked more like a lush pasture grass. Yep...over 8" tall! Took all of us about 90 minutes to get it mowed and raked. Didn't help that it was about 94 degrees out either so many water breaks were necessary to stay hydrated. Now we have showers done and tim...

Saturday, 5/11/13

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:14:02 EST

A much calmer day on this vacation than we've had all week and I think everyone was ready. Fatigue has set in! LOL We took the kids over to the pool after breakfast and then we went went on a 20 minute bike ride. After lunch we went to the Fish Hatchery for a short time. They have salmon at this one. Couldn't get photos as the places they had them were too dark and they weren't in the huge growing tank...

Friday, 5/10/13

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:12:56 EST

This sums up how I feel right now. Exhausted!

We began the day with schoolwork and then had decided to head out on our bike ride about 11 a.m. as it was supposed to be 75+ this afternoon. We were taking the "long" ride today which Tim clocked later to be 4 1/2 miles when he went to the store. Twice as long as he thought it was! LOL Our first break was once we made it to the main street of town and w...

Thursday, 5/9/13

Thu, 9 May 2013 18:09:52 EST

Today the kids got finished with their schoolwork a little sooner than they have been so we headed to the pool at the fitness center before lunch. I went and swam laps off and on for 40 minutes. After lunch we tried a bike ride, but my legs were just exhausted (Can't imagine why! LOL) I was willing to push through and walk up some of the hills as necessary, but little boy's attitude wasn't fun to be aro...

Wednesday, 5/8/13

Wed, 8 May 2013 22:06:33 EST

Started our day with school and I sure didn't like that Isaac was in "can't need help" mode once again so we had some trouble getting him through his math. Wish he could understand how much harder he makes things with this choice. Oh well....

After lunch we headed out for ice skating. Public skating is only for 2 hours each afternoon, but that's more than enough time! I only fell once right at...

Tuesday, 5/7/13

Wed, 8 May 2013 00:15:01 EST

The day began with getting schoolwork done while the temps were still on the cool side. After lunch we headed out for our first bike ride of the week.

We headed into town with our destination being the skateboard park. Biking time was about 40 minutes but we were gone longer so we could ride around the park or watch Isaac try ...

Monday, 5/6/13

Tue, 7 May 2013 01:10:42 EST

This is the view from our "home" away from home for the week!

We got off for our vacation about 2:30 this afternoon and had a very fun drive and the weather was gorgeous. After we got things unloaded and somewhat put away the first . order of business was me figuring out the VCR so I could tape Danicing With the Stars. (Watching it right now.) Then we headed to the grocery store for somethings I didn'...

Sunday, 5/5/13

Sun, 5 May 2013 22:37:07 EST

We weren't a family divided for worship after all. Again our daughter wanted to attend our current church. We're just staying on our knees about this situation. After worship we decided to go out for lunch (fancy times at Arby's...LOL) to celebrate what would have been my FIL's 100th birthday. Once home a friend from church was over to help clean up the barnyard (a very stinky job) and I got lots of littl...

Saturday, 5/4/13

Sun, 5 May 2013 00:17:35 EST

Backing up to Friday for this blog as I never got around to it after coming home from Mom's Night Out. The day went fairly well and I took Isaac to meet with Kenzie for the last time until she returns to the University in August. The basketball friend is willing to work with Isaac during the summer so I need to get him signed up for payment too. God has provided in this area in a big way! Right after "Ken...

Thursday, 5/2/13

Fri, 3 May 2013 01:05:45 EST

Finally sparking and it's 11 p.m. Long day! Started out fine, but hit a snag with little boy during math. As the morning/early afternoon progressed I noticed too many weepy moments so I finally realized it was hormone swings. Finally got them leveled out by about 3 p.m. The snag with Isaac did set the tight schedule off quite a bit and we didn't even get schoolwork finished. I wish I understood why per...

Wednesday, 5/1/13

Wed, 1 May 2013 23:43:38 EST

The day began at the gym as planned and once home I learned Isaac was already on "zero tolerance" due to behaviors. Thankfully we only had a couple other rough spots during the day, but the consequence of ZT was enough to help.

School went fine and then after lunch we began our Wednesday circuit of therapies, Kenzie, piano and Bible study. I'm ready to be done and watch Survivor.

One highlig...

Tuesday, 4/30/13

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:25:39 EST

The day began as planned, but then took a turn after finishing up schoolwork with the kids. Came up from the basement to find the wind had kicked in very much and was coming from the north. I think our high was less than 50 and they are predicting 28 for the overnight low. We were 85/60 just a few days ago! Anyway...scrapped the mowing plans and will take care of it on Friday instead.

After lu...

Monday, 4/29/13

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:34:30 EST

Today was our first day without co-op for the "summer" break so we headed to the zoo. I really thought we were beating the end of year field trips, but no.... piles of preschoolers were there. We had a good time and actually think we caught the best of the weather as about 2 p.m. the wind blew in and hasn't stopped.

This afternoon I worked on our current unit study and printed out the sign-up sh...

Sunday, 4/28/13

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:40:54 EST

Today was a quiet one and much needed. Headed to our current church and then Tim & Maegann were going to leave about 10 to go to one they've only tried once. Found out once I got to class that they were staying after all as Maegann had been asked to help in the nursery with her friend Katie and she wanted to help out. They will go to the other one next week as it will probably only take one more visit there to t...

Saturday, 4/27/13

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:28:12 EST

Last night was the final presentation night for our homeschool co-op. It went so smoothly and was a lot of fun! It is truly beginning to feel more like a family all the time. We started the evening off with a worship band (Maegann, on the end with green top and capris, and Kayla were the vocals) and they led "Our God."

Not...

Thursday, 4/25/13

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:46:14 EST

Today was definitely one of those days that you just want to put behind you and move forward. Things were going well in the beginning and then the storm hit the school room. It began with a simple mistake on Maegann's math paper and turned into a huge blow up. I finally lost my temper (I did apologize later, but stood firm.) because of the things she was saying/yelling to/at me. (Isaac told me later toda...

Wednesday, 4/24/13

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:07:10 EST

This is my Wednesday theme as I wade through an afternoon spent sitting at therapies and piano with a quick time home to create supper and then go to bible study.

The morning began with me heading to the gym. I only did resistance machines and hand weights today as I had two days of much walking. Tomorrow I will go and do cardio. Once home I tried to get school done with the kids but it was tough wit...

Tuesday, 4/23/13

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:11:59 EST

I would love to be there tonight!

My day began by taking Isaac to his physcial therapy appointment. His focus was not very good, but I did get the printout of exercises to do at home so that was a positive. Following this appointment we headed to the hatchery so Maegann could get the chicks she had ordered.

Once h...

Monday, 4/22/13

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:11:33 EST

This is how I feel tonight! Today was our final day of co-op for this school year and as I figured would happen, families stuck around and some that don't usually stay for lunch were there longer. The 4th hour class even ran long and it took awhile to get the building cleared out. I finally got home about 4 p.m., but it's all good. Glad I planned tacos for supper. Nice and simple!

The hubby did hear...

Sunday, 4/21/13

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:52:26 EST

Began our day heading to separate church buildings, but it was good for everyone as we all learned different things and had fun sharing the lessons we had learned over lunch. I truly believe God is making us walk through this for a reason yet to be known, but I also believe He is with us each step of the way.

Because of what we're walking through regarding dd being bullied at church we are not going to...

Saturday, 4/20/13

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:29:04 EST

Had another full day here. Calm, but full. I slept in until 7:30 and then got ready to head to the gym. I didn't get as much time as I'd wanted at the gym, but that was my fault for being slow getting out the door! I headed to volunteer at Bountiful Baskets as the delivery was two hours late. (This is why I slept in too.) Was nice being able to do both the gym and volunteer. Next was the grocery store. Once...

Friday, 4/19/13

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:25:46 EST

The day began with me sleeping late once again. I remember hearing the hubbies alarm go off, looking at it (6:25) and saying "I thought it was going off at 6:45." Evidently, I went right back to sleep! Guess I needed the rest! I did wake up joyful, but it wasn't long and I was back into the cycle of praying for help and trying to remain joyful. Once we started schoolwork I turned on some praise music (Wo...

Thursday, 4/18/13

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:42:40 EST

I've been counting on that today and as long as I kept my eyes on Him I did better about keeping it together. I'm exhausted. I feel depressed. I just want to run away and hide.

Things were going okay until after skating and then Isaac just fell apart because he didn't get to go where he wanted to for lunch. His dad and sister had chosen the location. After that it just kept going downhill and he ha...

4/17/13

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:25:28 EST

Sleeping in was a good plan for today. Everyone was in much better moods after an extra hour or so of sleep. After breakfast we tackled school and it went very easily so we actually had time to make pancakes for lunch. Usually we're grabbing something fast to make it out the door on Wednesday's. I enjoyed fresh blackberries on mine!

Did my usual waiting through both the kids' appointments and t...

Tuesday, 4/16/13

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:21:12 EST

The day began with snow and rain falling from the sky and then the next storm blew into the kitchen and we call it Isaac. For some reason he woke up with an angry attitude and he never was able to quite shake it all day long. Guessing he was just too tired from three busy days in a row. So I kept pushing him as we had to get to his physical therapy appointment at 8:45. We got there and it was time for him...

Monday, 4/15/13

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:05:24 EST

Another tiring, but good day at the homeschool co-op. I admit I am thankful we only have one more week left before our four month break. Tomorrow night the leadership team gets together to put the class schedule together for next year and that is always fun as everyone is excited about what is being offered.

Once home I took a nap (still tired) and then it was time for supper. Thought I'd Spark ...

Sunday, 4/14/13

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:44:01 EST

We were not a divided family this morning for worship after all. No idea what happened but Maegann told us at breakfast that she just didn't feel right about going to the other church today and wanted to go to our current one. We were surprised! Praying that God continues to work in her heart! I skipped Sunday School today as I received an opportunity to visit with a friend that I rarely get to see anymore due...

Saturday, 4/13/13

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:39:00 EST

The morning began at the gym and then I headed out to pick up my Bountiful Basket. Lots of yummy stuff as usual!

One funny from the basket was when I was making my salad for lunch and I wasn't quite sure what type of peppers I had received. I smelled them and then Isaac came over and wanted to taste test for me. I told him...

Friday, 4/12/13

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:51:56 EST

A busier day than I figured it would be, but a good day spent with family. Began by taking my dad for his bi-annual carotid artery check (all fine) and then doing school with the kids. That was a little bumpy as we came home to find duckling Suzy had died. We had to bury her before we could move forward. After school we decided to go to McD's for lunch and then tackle our projects. I got the bread in the mach...

Thursday, 4/11/13

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:16:01 EST

Ready for this day to be finished. It was going very smoothly until about 2:30 which coincided with getting Isaac ready to go to his therapies this afternoon. I know it wasn't brought on by hunger as we had a late lunch with our friends and he ate a lot. He seemed okay on the drive but then chose a pretend game while we waited for his therapist and then he was actually a bit rude with it when she came to get him....

Wednesday, 4/10/13

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:53:17 EST

Survived my busy Wednesday. I did not get to the gym after all. Totally slept through the alarm! Got school done with the kids, had an early lunch and then off to therapies we went. Home around 4:30 and I started in on dinner and then off for bible study. Just finished watching Survivor (a good one tonight!) and now we're watching an episode of Columbo off Netflix before bed.

Isaac's physical ...

Tuesday, 4/9/13

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 23:29:50 EST

Got Isaac to his physical therapy evaluation this morning and rearranged therapies Wed/Thur to accomodate another session so we can hopefully get it done this week. I think she'll want to see him a couple times, but we both think our recently hired worker can handle this with him. Yeah!

Made it through most of our schoolwork and then after lunch (we went out and then to the library) I finished laundry,...

Monday, 4/8/13

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 23:12:50 EST

Began the day at our homeschool co-op (only 2 more class days for this school year) and we even had to cancel our after lunch class because the teacher was very sick. The positive on that one is I got home by 1:30 instead of 3:00. Was extra nice because we had a college student coming for dinner at 5:30. Gave me time to get co-op things done, take a nap and leisurely prepare dinner. And yes, the bbq chicken, ba...

Sunday, 4/7/13

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:24:42 EST

We had a quiet Sunday which was very much needed after a couple of very busy days. I didn't care for the sinus/migraine type headache that made itself known mid-morning, but it has felt better after an hour nap this afternoon and me focusing on really stretching my shoulders and neck consistently. I'm sure the ibuprofen is helping too.

Tim took Maegann to our pediatrician's church this morning (h...

Saturday, 4/6/13

Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:15:39 EST

The day began with a trip to the gym and then to go pick up my Bountiful Basket. Afterwards I had two stores I needed to stop at so I got that done before coming home. Laundry was the first thing to attend to so I got that started before putting all the veggies and fruit away. Got the finances updated and then it was time to go to Isaac's Bible quizzing party. Next came cutting up some strawberries and o...

Friday, 4/5/13

Sat, 6 Apr 2013 00:54:23 EST

Started the day off with school and it was going well until my son chose an attitude. When he does this it is so hard to not let myself get drug down into it, but today I managed to succeed. This attitude made school go much longer than necessary. I was also fighting a sinus headache (still have it a little bit tonight) and I am sure it is stemming from my shoulder tightness. Thankful my monthly massage ...

Thursday, 4/4/13

Thu, 4 Apr 2013 21:43:58 EST

Making it through another week full of therapy visits, piano lessons and planning ahead for things to come. Today I spent my free time at home working on some small things that I've been wanting done for quite some time so it felt great to check them off the list. I am still procrastinating on one of those though even as I type. The paperwork to hire people to work with Isaac. I can't believe how many for...

Monday, 4/1/13

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:26:33 EST

Co-op was very tiring for me today. Always more attention needed by members on days when we have sign-ups. I had also forgotten a couple things at home so made a quick dash home to get them and just got back in time to lead my class. Today was group picture day for the yearbook cover and I was thankful we were only missing 2-3 families.

Sunday, 3/24/13

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:22:42 EST

It was a good day of worship other than me downing allergy pills as everyone waved their palm branches to the music! LOL I will admit that I dislike having our family split up on Sunday's, but I know it is something we must do for right now. It was good hearing that Tim enjoyed the class he chose at the other church and Maegann is still enjoying attending there any chance she can. Once my responsibilities are ...

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