Wednesday, January 24, 2007

2007: 124 (4144)

124. A free chest freezer.

123. I am staying caught up with my 90 Day Bible reading.

122. Lainee did a page of work today with the most beatiful handwriting. I knew it was in there, and she finally just decided to work at it enough to make it look nice.

121. This blog.

120. When someone asks how they can pray for you. That happened recently.

117-119. As described in this post.

116. Getting something accomplished at the library with kids in tow.

115. It's 11:00 pm. I am taking my shower and going to bed.

Friday, January 19, 2007

2007: 114 (4134)

114. We had a rain check for a camera that we kept bringing back to a store only to find that they still didn't have it in stock. There was supposed to be a rebate along with the sale price, but the rebate had expired while we waited for the item to be restocked. This week, I was at the store, taking advantage of their monthly deal (5% off of groceries, 15% off of general merchandise if you use their credit card) and I figured that 15% off the camera would put the price back in the range we were hoping to pay (after rebate) for the camera. So, I asked if it was in stock. It was. They gave me the sale price (naturally,) and the 15% off. Then they took the rebate amount off the price of the camera as well. So, we got a brand new Canon Powershot for $93 and change. SWEEEET!

113. Grinding flour from wheat and making pancakes with the kids at a Metropark preschool program.

112. Lainee's reading is coming along.

111. Chatting with April after the fellowship dinner on Sunday night.

110. The fellowship dinner on Sunday night.

109. Scrapbooking tonight. GREAT conversation, as always.

108. And Stephanie joined us.

107. And I got three pages done too.

106. A cool shirt for $10.

105. Lainee read two books yesterday and one today.

104. Helen has travel dates for going to adopt her two sons in Ethiopia.

103. Keeping up with my 90 Day Bible study reading.

102. An e-mail from Addie.

Friday, January 12, 2007

2007: 101 (4121)

101. Making ice cream with the kids today. Each of them had a cup that they had to stir while it sat in the ice/salt mixture. Bethany could not be bothered with this. She just drank the liquid.

100. Insight into the Word from the ladies doing the online study with me.

99. Bethany grabbed my face last night, pulled it to hers, and gave me a kiss. She did this repeatedly.

98. She can say "pizza."

97. And "yuck."

96. My BIG girl lost her first tooth tonight. She was so excited, and I made a big deal of it. Paul asked her if it made her feel like a really big kid. She said, "I feel like I'm ten!"

95. Gas for $1.88/gal.

94. A friend at church who was 26 weeks pregnant went into the hospital today with bleeding. The decided to deliver her twins by C-section. They came out breathing and are doing okay. My friend is recovering.

93. Going out to dinner with the family, and everyone swaying to the music while we ate.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

2007: 91 (4111)

91. Reading Scripture.

90. Exercising.

89. Making homemade butter with the kids.

88. Watching the kids show the homemade butter to their Dad.

87. Getting my act together with Lainee's lessons... slowly, but surely.

86. And the lessons went well today. Got more done than usual in less time than usual.

85. Having two kids old enough to trust that they can go into the bathroom at a store without me, and make it out without any major catastrophes.

84. Dance night with the family: living room full 'o rompin'.

83. Helpful Heather.

82. A better schedule today with B's nap and the kids' bedtime.

2007: 80 (4100)

80. Watching Jonathan dribble a basketball.

79. Bethany repeating the words at the end of our sentences.

78. The driver's window on the Civic was smashed when Paul went to leave for work on Tuesday morning. This was a very good thing. He ended up staying home because I needed to take Bethany to the doctor. The thing is, I forgot to set my alarm. So, since he was already awake, he was able to wake me up in time to get out the door for the appointment.

77. And he kept L and J while I was there too.

76. Dinner on the fly isn't always so bad.

75. Getting the second table out of the kitchen.

74. B-dawg turned 2.

73. And when you ask her how old she is, she says "two" in a really cute way.

72. A good party with family.

71. And chocolate crock pot cake.

33-70. The 38 women who joined the Bible in 90 Days study online.

32. Working out the kinks as moderator/owner of the online group.

31. And the ladies have been so patient about it.

30. Good first day of reading. Good, good stuff. Even learned something new.

29. E-mail from Uncle George.

28. One of the moms at church said that she sat in on her son's AWANA class when they first starting attending. It happens to be jonathan's class. She said she wanted to me "his mom" because he was so kind to her son and included him in what they were doing.

27. A quit chat with Boomama on Monday night.

26. A walk around the block in the cold weather with the kids.

25. Sunny weather.

24. The quilt our SS class is making is WAAAAY cute. I am excited about it.

23. A few days after the fact, Lainee told me the name of the waitress who had served us as a restaurant. "Her name was Jess," she told me. When I asked her how she knew that, she said "I read her name tag!"

22. Cupcakes.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

2007: 21 (4041)

21. A new year.

20. Happiness without drugs.

19. Getting over the winter hump, which exists only in my mind. Once all the Christmas stuff is on clearance and the days are getting longer, winter is as good as over to me.

18. Bethany did not seriously hurt herself when a chair fell on top of her and she used a (working) pellet stove to try to steady herself.

17. Doing something about my health.

16. Veggies.

15. Hummous. Even though my jar of it that I bought broke today, I am glad for hummous, because I like it AND it's good for me.

14. A new workout video.

13. A good first day back to homeschooling after the Christmas break.

12. Going to story time with the whole family.

11. Then walking over to the local restaurant and having lunch together.

10. Friendlies.

9. Bethany gave us a few good poses when we got her portraits done.

8. A large bag full of fabric scraps from my mother-in-law to use on some scrap quilts.

7. And some of those scraps are really just 3 yards of fabric she never used. All this fabric for FREE enables me to try some things I have been wanting to try. Then I can donate the quilts!

6. Ribs at my MIL's on New Year's Day.

5. Bethany slept all the way through the night last night.

4. Finding a coat that Jonathan has agreed to wear. On clearance.

3. A great picture of Paul and the kids.

2. My sink is clean.

1. Paul grilled pork chops for dinner tonight. I got out the applesauce and heated up the mac and cheese that Deana made for our meal-sharing group.