We have enjoyed a rather quiet Christmas holiday. I actually had Christmas Eve and the rest of the weekend off from work. Santa did make a stop at our house with a few items for each person even though our main gift for the family was the laptop that we didn't wait till Christmas to start using.
Mark's mom came for a visit on Saturday morning till Monday afternoon. We enjoy her visits and she is a great help with getting caught up on dishes and laundry which is never ending around our house.
The weather was such that on Christmas Eve, Mark & I almost hit a parked car directly across from our house head-on. There had been some mix of light precipitation throughout the day so the side roads were turning very slick. As much as we always enjoy the Christmas Eve service at our church, we didn't feel that we could chance wrecking a vehicle to go so we stayed home. Our candlelight service was held with a Gaither Homecoming Christmas in Atlanta (I saw a little of it but slept through most.).
Mark did get to use his snowblower again over the weekend. It was debatable as to whether he should bother with the blower or just use a shovel but the blower it was. No one was predicting much but we did end up with a couple of fresh inches here & there.
I have been back to work since Sunday evening so not much excitement for this week. I have Wednesday off but then back to work for New Year's Eve & the weekend.
The kids go back to school on Monday & we will all be getting back into the routine of things around here. Stephen is done with basketball (at least through school) so that should lighten up on some of the evening activities & running around that we had during Nov. & Dec. We haven't decided if we are signing Stephen & Joshua up for more basketball through the Y during their next session. We would sort of like to though because it is exciting to see their improvement each session.
That's about it for here. All's relatively quiet & I rather hope to keep it that way. I would really prefer that to some of the other options (illness, injuries, & such).
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Survived
Well, we are all surviving this busy season. The puppet performance at church went very well. All three of our kids are developing into quite the little puppeteers.
Rachel turned 15 on Sunday. She had a party last night. We let her have 5 friends over from school. It got rather noisy around our house with 6 teenage girls. They watched videos & tried to make gingerbread houses. The Longenberger mold came in rather handy. Unfortunately, the houses didn't stay together very well. Ended up each girl took a part of the house and decorated it separately. Of course, that did make them all happy because they all had plenty of sugar in the decorations. I think Rachel had a good time!
Now we are focused on all the last minute preps that always need done. So not much out of the ordinary here. I am actually working until Wednesday night then will have 3 nights off. I will be working the New Year's holiday this year instead of the Christmas weekend. Some jobs just don't come with time off for holidays. The residents still need care.
Well, that is about it for now. Guess I just am not very "chatty" tonight but wanted to try to make sure it wasn't too long between posts.
Rachel turned 15 on Sunday. She had a party last night. We let her have 5 friends over from school. It got rather noisy around our house with 6 teenage girls. They watched videos & tried to make gingerbread houses. The Longenberger mold came in rather handy. Unfortunately, the houses didn't stay together very well. Ended up each girl took a part of the house and decorated it separately. Of course, that did make them all happy because they all had plenty of sugar in the decorations. I think Rachel had a good time!
Now we are focused on all the last minute preps that always need done. So not much out of the ordinary here. I am actually working until Wednesday night then will have 3 nights off. I will be working the New Year's holiday this year instead of the Christmas weekend. Some jobs just don't come with time off for holidays. The residents still need care.
Well, that is about it for now. Guess I just am not very "chatty" tonight but wanted to try to make sure it wasn't too long between posts.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Try again...
Well, I am going to once again try to start blogging regularly. I am hoping that it will be able to be a much more regular occasion because we finally did it...we broke down and got a laptop. We just really felt it would be beneficial to all of us, especially the kids. Our desktop is so old it doesn't have the software the kids need for school projects not to mention it is sooooooooooooo slow that it takes forever to do anything. When you have 2 that have lots schoolwork that requires either research or to be done on software it gets pretty frustrating. Of course, the only time I am actually awake enough to blog is when I have to be here at work. I won't go into all we went to get this laptop on Black Friday because that is a major blog in by itself.
It was so nice to see all the family for brother Mark's 50th! I just wish that it had been for longer. So many to visit with and so little time!
We are all doing fine since then. Busy is really an understatement to our lives right now. I hardly know where to start telling you about all that is going on. I am so glad that the kids didn't start sports till now. That seems to have added so much to our already busy schedule. We are so glad that the both boys are in basketball and are thrilled to see their improvements over the last year but I'm not sure I could have handled this for too many years.
Also adding to the craziness of this time of the year is the weather. We went from having no snow at all to getting 9 inches over night (forecasts were for 1-4 inches). That was the first week of December and all the kids got a snow day. Then last week we had a 3-4 day storm (near blizzard). The administrators just didn't know what to do with themselves. Ended up that Stephen & Joshua had 3 days off while Rachel only had one day off. One of the days she went may also not even count toward the states required hours because not enough kids were in attendance. In the 10 years that Rachel has been going to school, I don't remember a single year that they have had 4 snow days for the whole year. Now it is only December & they have already had 4! Or 2 in Rachel's case! This week now we have had 2 days of above freezing temps which has brought rain & fog. Today we are headed back below freezing & the lake effect is starting up again. None of my kids' school closed this fall for the flu though so we did bypass those days off. There are some systems in the area that I think used up all the "Snow days" as "flu days" this fall. Those kids may be in school till 4th of July next summer.
The snow days have also affected the basketball schedule which in turn dominoes and affects all the rest of our carefully planned out activities. It did, however, give Stephen lots of time for a research paper he had due this week.
Now don't expect something every night because I do sometimes get nights off, not often, but occasionally. And also, like I said, I have to share it, especially for homework. I also have other things I like to do when I have the chance too.
Love to all who actually keep checking on our family.
It was so nice to see all the family for brother Mark's 50th! I just wish that it had been for longer. So many to visit with and so little time!
We are all doing fine since then. Busy is really an understatement to our lives right now. I hardly know where to start telling you about all that is going on. I am so glad that the kids didn't start sports till now. That seems to have added so much to our already busy schedule. We are so glad that the both boys are in basketball and are thrilled to see their improvements over the last year but I'm not sure I could have handled this for too many years.
Also adding to the craziness of this time of the year is the weather. We went from having no snow at all to getting 9 inches over night (forecasts were for 1-4 inches). That was the first week of December and all the kids got a snow day. Then last week we had a 3-4 day storm (near blizzard). The administrators just didn't know what to do with themselves. Ended up that Stephen & Joshua had 3 days off while Rachel only had one day off. One of the days she went may also not even count toward the states required hours because not enough kids were in attendance. In the 10 years that Rachel has been going to school, I don't remember a single year that they have had 4 snow days for the whole year. Now it is only December & they have already had 4! Or 2 in Rachel's case! This week now we have had 2 days of above freezing temps which has brought rain & fog. Today we are headed back below freezing & the lake effect is starting up again. None of my kids' school closed this fall for the flu though so we did bypass those days off. There are some systems in the area that I think used up all the "Snow days" as "flu days" this fall. Those kids may be in school till 4th of July next summer.
The snow days have also affected the basketball schedule which in turn dominoes and affects all the rest of our carefully planned out activities. It did, however, give Stephen lots of time for a research paper he had due this week.
Now don't expect something every night because I do sometimes get nights off, not often, but occasionally. And also, like I said, I have to share it, especially for homework. I also have other things I like to do when I have the chance too.
Love to all who actually keep checking on our family.
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