Makeover

Take 2 on the blog post. Miss Rose decided to reboot the computer while I was teaching a lesson.

So it's day 455 of the living room and kitchen remodel, and if you find any errors in my counting, just know that you are wrong, because I'm quite sure I have my facts straight. Every day that you live in disorder counts for more that one day. I'm sure it's even higher for Mr. Tech, because he's having to live with me living through this.

See that little teeny light way far off? That's the light at the end of the tunnel. It's barely in focus, but I'm sure it's there and that I'm going to love these rooms when they get finished. Since it was my bright idea, I'm attempting to keep from being frustrated, but it's going SOOOOOOOO slowly. I'm finding how much I really appreciate order and how it balances my sanity. Knowing this, you might be surprised that I'm already thinking about the next room to be made over. I've decided that the garage and basement must get cleaned before that happens though. The good thing is that the next room will have a door on it that can be closed, and I can pretend that everything is normal in the house.

I don't remember what else I said in Take one of this little post, so I'll just call it good and close.

Shadows

Do you ever have one of the mornings when you know the Lord is trying to get your attention? This morning on the way to music camp, there was a song on the radio playing just what I needed to hear. The chorus goes like this:

Here I am, Lord send me,
All of my life, I make an offering,
Here I am, Lord send me,
Somehow my story, Is a part of your plan,
Here I am

Shortly after that I turned onto a road, and the sun was behind me. I was looking off to the grassy area on the side of the road, and I noticed that each street name sign had cast a shadow...every one was a perfect cross.

4 days to launching

Top Ten Excuses Not to Start School on Monday

10) None of our summer projects are finished.
9) The dog ate our school books.
8) Our living room is in chaos.
7) We missed the tax free weekend sales.
6) The computer wants a vacation.
5) My pencils need sharpening.
4) My brain is overloaded.
3) None of our summer projects are finished. (yep...these deserved two slots)
2) I still have a stack of books to read.
1) We's already so stinkin' smart, we don't need no schoolin'.

More Flakes

Those of you who know me know that I can be a bit on the flaky side, and I've forgotten a few things that I shouldn't have, especially since Miss Rose burst into my life. I choose to blame my eccentricities on the continued loss of brain cells and overstimulus of the remaining few (recall the triple music fest from a few days ago). Today, however, gave me hope that if I asked, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the flakiest of them all" that it would not be me. Nope.

I think I'll buy this T-shirt.

Snowflakes on my eyelashes

We visited the Narnia Exhibit at Union Station today. It was enchanting to see all of the costumes they had on display. Some of them were so beautiful! It was a bit too short for our liking, but it was well done. I did have one scary moment when Miss Rose disappeared. She was supposed to be with Mr. Al, but she wandered off from him. I checked at the gift shop at the end to see if they'd seen a little girl in a floral dress (that was my first worry, because if she'd gotten out who knew how far she would wander), but Miss Daisy found her by the catapults a ways back. We finished going through the rest, her hand in mine, and then she wanted to go back to the beginning. I wasn't sure why, but my friends graciously waited with my other children and niece while we went back. I discovered she wanted to go back through the wardrobe. I told her that wasn't the way out, and she said, "but that's the way Lucy got back!" I'm pretty sure that is why she had wandered back on her own earlier. She was ready to go home!

Hello, Monkey buddy.

This entry is dedicated to my bestest banana buddy in the whole wide world (since you are almost the only one who ever reads this). Now I have to think of something to say.

What were the odds that on the day Miss Rose chooses to put one kernel of popcorn up each nostril that dh is scraping off the popcorn ceiling in the kitchen (we did the living room last night)? It just makes me want to go right out and find some hot sand and see if the Iroquois(?) had it right. I'll let the dog taste test it for me. Maybe we could fry some eggs on the roof while we are it.

Tomorrow is design day. Woo! I get to go see if the designer came up with some amazing plans and color schemes for me. I hope she a least picked a great color scheme. My mind has been working on the design aspect since she left my house, but I hope she has some great ideas there, too! Best things in life are free! hehehehe

Music camp is around the corner, and I think I've only got two or three loose ends left, and I'll take care of them tomorrow. Yay!

The week after that, it's going to be all about school. I hope I can work on that a bit tomorrow while the kids are gone. The house is in a bit of chaos from living room/kitchen project, but I'm pretty sure I can focus without LOTR, Steve Green, and Dust in the Wind in the background. Maybe I'll blast some of MY music while I have no one to complain. Hmm....what shall I pick?

Friends Forever

Today started out as a flurry of activity and with me a bit disgruntled as I realize that we are running behind and will be late for the tour of my high school alma mater. Yes, I got a bit snippy, and I had to apologize in the car, and I prayed as we were heading there that the Lord would calm us and allow us to be good witnesses for Him today.

After the tour several of my elementary buddies met back at my parents' house (behind our old school), and we ate and visited and just relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful day God had made for us. It was quite a pleasant time, and I'm glad we followed through with doing it. I think it's going to become a yearly event. We shall see. :-)

Did you ever see The Fox and the Hound? They are so close and have so much fun and declare that "we'll always be friends...forever." They move on and have separate lives and have their differences, but when it comes right down to it, that bond of friendship is still there. It was like that today, and I'm so thankful I had so many good friends growing up. Until next time...