Friday Confessional

Time to check and see how we did this week! Not too bad!

1. Most Important EVER... Keep a lid on my temper this week (I'm really working on finding my sillly)

I did pretty well on this one is I must say so myself! Used my brain for some serious therapeutic parenting techniques yesterday when Miss P came home from school with a note from her teacher~ she landed on RED for trying to deceive both myself and the teacher! Whew! I kept my cool and gave her an opportunity to make it right (she chose not to) and she actually told me she was angry with me! BIG stuff for her, she is usually scared to admit anger towards me!

2. Remember to go to my first ever booby squeeze (I'm trying really hard not to freak out!)

Got rescheduled due to Josh's need for yet MORE Birthday Golf

3. Get Patience's form for NOT getting her Chicken Pox vaccine from her Dr./the state.

I dropped the ball here- gotta get this done by the 20th, or be forced to give her the vaccine

4. Once again get on track for school... last week threw us for a loop!

YEA ME! (and the kids too) We are getting in the groove!

5. Start science on Thursday and Friday.

We started Science yesterday, plan on finishing it this afternoon.

6. Do art (Pastels with Nana) on Wednesday... shouldn't be a problem, the kids are begging for it!

Well, if you've been reading this week, you know we did art and then some!

7. Request the needed books from the Library on Friday

Done and Done~ picked up the books after Co-op

8. Cook dinner every night this week and put at least 2 dinners in the freezer

I did it, I did it, I did it!!! I have spaghetti and Taco Soup in the freezer too! So Proud! LOL

9. Smile more, especially at the children!

Tried hard, not so sure I did as well as I could have, but it's a start!

10. Celebrate my honey's birthday on Thursday!!! Happy Birthday Big Daddy!!

Been celebrating all week, or at least HE has! He got the most hilarious dinner last night...

Yep, that's right... a meat patty, mashed potatoes with brown gravy (yuk!), and green beans, all made to look like a birthday cake! Made him smile sooooo big! Made me smile too!

Manic Mondays

List for the week...

1. Buy a printer and get A2's glasses... hopefully today

2. Remember to be back here by 2 for A2's first math tutoring session

3. Print out the rest of weeks one and two for Tapestry of Grace

4. Find and order a grammar and spelling curriculum for A1 and L

5. Shop for the supplies needed for our first week of science and hands on history assignments

6. Start Co-op on Friday

7. Start week one of TOG with the kids

8. Start week one of Science on Friday after Co-op

9. Call and make all the arrangements for Cam to start Pre-School next week

10. Remember to fix dinner every night this week... maybe even start my freezer cooking for the fall.

11. Remember to EAT LUNCH every day this week! Sounds silly, but I often forget

12. Start exercising in the mornings before I go get lil T for the day... maybe I'll start tomorrow

13. Locate and start a family bible study... Thinking about this

14. Find time to relax every day... even if it's only 5 minutes (and be grateful for the time I get)

Ok, so this seems pretty do-able. Well, at least most of it! Remembering to eat and cook may get the better of me, but I'm going to try! Look for a weekend wrap-up post later this afternoon!


Lori

I got SOOOO close!

Ok, so this morning I had a number of things to get done today. I never thought I would get it done... and I didn't, but I got soooooo close!

1.School the big kids and do my chores~ I got my chores done, and the girls got math done, not too shabby considering they got their chores done and got their room SPOTLESS!

2.Call the Pre-School for lil one~ had a nice long visit with the director, and we're all set for the trial day, she really believes her teacher can handle all his quirks, and I believe in her.

3.Called the school district~hit a brick wall! They are not willing to work with us at all! PISD (Paerland ISD)is right! Left a message for the counselor at the school we don't want to go to, to determine what we can do to make this work.

4. Dr's office for shot records~ ok, so I slacked on this one, just couldn't get all the kids naps in line with the moon today.

5.Go through the clothes bucket for P~ Done and Done!

6.Call two women I don't really know and hold a coherent conversation~ YES!!! I was brave and had a one hour visit with each of them! I am SO very proud of myself!

7.Return shirt and get school supplies and clothes~ NOPE! But I did fix a great dinner for our family plus one extra neighbor kiddo... Roast, REAL mashed potatoes, and my famous fried zucchini. YUM


So all in all I feel pretty good about the day. We'll venture out to finish the rest tomorrow, maybe even get brave and return my WAY over due library books. LOL

God is so good to help me through these kinds of days, and have me come out the other side refreshed and renewed by the people I met along the way.

Monday Monday

Today I have a LOOONG list of things to get accomplished! It is Monday, and after a weekend full of support from my family, I am ready to tackle the seemingly insurmountable tasks in front of me. So the list is as follows...

1. School The big kids, and get my chores done... vacuuming downstairs and two loads of clothes

2. Call the Pre-School to set up a trail day for the 3 year old little one and get all the licencing info

3. Call the school district and get info about transferring youngest RADish to a more emotionally supportive school. This may prove to be the hardest of all!

4.Load all the kiddos in the truck and go get immunization records from the Dr.'s office

5.Go through clothes bucket for Patience to find out if we have any clothes that suit the dress code for school.

6. and probably the hardest of all, call two women that I do not know at all and try to establish a connection so that I have at least two mom's who REALLY understand this crazy life I live.

7. If time allows after all that, I would like to return a shirt that doesn't fit, and go get school supplies and clothes for Miss P.


I know it looks like a fairly easy list to most of you. In our world though, almost every task is a mountain to climb. I'll post tomorrow and let you know how far I ACTUALLY got. Happy Monday to you all!

You Know It's going to be a Day when....

You wake your child up and they sneer at you!
You tell them to do their chore and they do everything but... notice I said chore, singular
The pull-up on your *5* year old is soaking wet, and she's been "potty trained" for years
You have to drag yourself out of bed and convince yourself to let the little herdlings out of bed
Your 3 year old is screaming at the top of his lungs at 6 am, just for fun (we don't get him up until 9)
Your first hug of the day is stiff and insincere
You make your child cry within seconds of being with her
You go to fix breakfast only to find out there is no milk, no cereal, no bread, no oatmeal, and the only option is eggs- and half your herlings ABHORE eggs
Your child with the hair (read Patience) has once again pulled it all out, after you spent 2 hours on it the previous night.
Your three year old hits you before he hugs you
The first words you hear are lies...


well, you get the idea!

Today we're praying for a good day, not just a day! So far we're doing ok.