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14 Days and Counting
In 14 days there will be bells ringing! Yes, I do have bells for people to ring. I’ve been fretting over things, answering this person and that person’s questions. Mostly my mom and his mom. When someone asks if they can help with anything, I don’t know what to say. There is a lot to be done, but I don’t want to fret. My house needs to be cleaned, some paint applied, some weeds pulled. I don’t really think anyone wants to help with these things, do you?
As far as the wedding things go, I’m open. I want things simple. I’m not opting for the florist to deliver flowers, but to pick up a few boquets of flowers and scatter them about in a hap-hazard way, that doesn’t require a lot of thought. Yeah, I know I’m crafty like that! lol! But really, my mom and her sisters are crafty and I hope that I can leave a lot of those things up to them.
I simply don’t want a lot of fuss. My house isn’t perfect, it is getting older and needs work. Do you think my guests will mind? Well if they do, they need not look. My decorating sense is not that of my sisters, or anyone else that I know. I have no decorating sense really. Are our wedding guest coming to see my house! GASP! I hope not!
Our intentions on having our wedding here at home, is so that we can share our home, our wedding, our family and our love. There will not be an abundance of lamb chops and fish, or anything fancy to eat. There will not be a wedding cake….but cakes that are family favorites. Of course there will be a few things that are traditional, a few things that I want, but for the most part everything will be simple.
A simple wedding for a simple couple. In some ways this is simple, and others it is hard. I’m letting go of other people’s dreams to have my own. Some will find this amusing. I’m a pleaser to an extent. I’d love to please my mother by having an outlandish church wedding on a shoe string budget, but guess what? its not happening that way. We do have a shoe string budget, but it isn’t outlandish and isn’t a church wedding. I’ve rarely seen myself in a church wedding. I’ve always seen myself standing by an oak tree in my wedding gown. Right now that oak tree has a horsey tire swing and multiple ropes and brown ribbons hanging from its branches. I’m not sure that I’ll even remove those 
By having simple decorations, and simple surroundings we hope to bring out the conversations that capture the spirit of our families. I want to see smiles and hear laughter. I want to see my kids playing chase, or jumping on the trampoline. We are opting for the two larger dogs to be away from the guests because they would love to jump on the tables and play, but the new puppy may get to stay for the fun.
I want to be pulled into conversations so that we don’t leave our loved ones too soon. I’d love to stay up until the sun greets us in the morning, but I know that we will be fast asleep from all of the excitement of the days before.
After a bit of a devotion tonight, I know that God doesn’t want me to worry over the details. He wants us to praise him in everything we do. That includes our weddings. If I were too busy that morning, putting all of the finishing touches on things, I know that I would be snappy to our wonderful children. God doesn’t want that, so I vow to keep that from happening. I vow to make this wedding simple and enjoyable for all of our family and friends.
PDF Another day in Public School
I’ve not been happy having my kids in public school since day one. This morning takes the cake.
On Friday, my son came home with a bite mark on his wrist. I asked what was wrong and he told me the story. The other little boy wanted something that he had, and bit him. I don’t mean a pre-schooler. I mean the 10year old football prodigy in his 4th grade class.
My son is a screamer. If you tickle him, hold him down, thump him he screams and squeals. You can hear him all over the place.
I sent pictures of my childs arm, and the account of the inccident to the school by email Friday afternoon.
I received a reply. Of course I was called by the wrong last name. That ticks me off. My ex and I were never married, and the vice principal knows that. My name was at the bottom of my original email also. But past that I was told that my son never screamed, asked for help, and no other kids were involved (aka. pulled the biting kid off of my son)
If I bit you, would you scream? If you bit me, I’m gonna scream and more, especially if you are laying on top of me. I wouldn’t ask you to stop, you stop and things would be ok until my mother saw the mark on my arm nearly 4 hours later.
Where was the PE coach, I have no idea. Since my son didn’t scream, he didn’t know anything was going on. Hmmm…. Come to find out our school has a new vice principal…the PE coach. I never knew it, and I’m sure the rest of the parents in the school don’t know it…not all of them, not the majority.
The biting child also happens to be the grandson of a very important person on the School Staff, who’s office is within feet of the principal and vice principals’ offices. Hmm…
I’ve done homeschool before. I’m not convinced that I can handle all three of my kids every day for school, but I’m getting more and more convinced every day that it is my best option for the future. Please pray that I find an answer.
Grinch to Happy in 1 Daisy Scout flat
I’m a Girl Scout Leader this year. It’s my first year and Saturday we went on our first scout trip. Scott came home on Friday night, and we had the Homecoming game at school. After working all day, driving 3 hours and part of the game he decided he’d better get some sleep. So on with the Benadryl. Saturday morning we had to leave relatively early for someone who took a sleeping aid. Scott didn’t wake up grouchy really but very groggy. I proceeded to call him the Grinch for the rest of the morning. Well that’s until a little Daisy scout took to him.
The Daisy was scared to do everything. We wanted to take her picture in the corn, and she wouldn’t. So I offered to walk her behind the structure. This little Daisy had taken up with me on the Wednesday before and was such a wonderful helper, but I couldn’t convince her that she’d be safe behind the big corn. Well if you had X-Ray vision you could see Scott crouching behind the big corn structure so that he can’t be seen. I don’t know what it is about big fellows and little girls, but they sure do work out well for one another.
A little trip through the corn maze….
And voila! Our evil plan worked! Ha! Ha! Ha!
So next time you have a Grinch, find a frightened Daisy Scout! 
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LHS Homecoming 2009
Yep this is what we do around here at 5:30am!! GO BEARS!
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13 things I love about Halloween
I know that I’m a Christian, but I love Halloween anyways. I have to think of things in a different light. I found a story once about the light from a Jack-o-lantern being like the Holy Spirit shining through the darkness, so yeah its not all bad, right?!
Jack-O-Lantern
These are my favorite things about Halloween
- Carving Jack-O-Lanterns
- Roasting pumpkin seeds
- Dressing up
- Theatrical makeup
- Fake spider webs
- fake blood
- all of the spooky food!
- Trick-or-treating
- Trunk-or-treating
- Hay Rides
- CHOCOLATE!!
- Decorating Inside and Out
- Smiling, glowing, and funny faces of the kids I see
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Kayla and Dottie getting the mail Picnik style
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Today is the only day…
of the year that you can stand an egg on its end! Happy Fall everyone!
Happy Fall!
Thanks Scott for calling to remind me of this, I’ve never done it and the kids loved having a science experiement so early in the morning. I will say that 4 out of 5 eggs didn’t work! Is that strange or is it normal?
Music Calms the wild beast, and the sick
As I sit here today, my head is foggy, hurts and I’m starting to get body aches. I’m the last of our family to get the flu. My oldest was diagnosed with swine flu. The kids are better but the adults are not feeling as well.
As I sit here today Scott is playing Cannon in D on the piano. The sound of music is wafting through through my home setting the mood for a much calmer afternoon. I never realized how much I missed the sound of music in my home until last night. I used to play all the time, but eventually grew apart from my piano.
Scott of course isn’t a piano player, but plays guitar. At least that’s what he says anyway. He can’t play very smoothly yet, but with a little practice he is getting better by the day. Its funny to watch him play, because he taught himself. He knows the notes better than I do, but his fingers look so awkward. Music encompasses most of his life. No matter what is going on, there is music around him.
When we met I knew that he played rock music, and wasn’t into country. What I didn’t know however, was that he loves classical music also. To hear classical music in my house on a day like today is like having a wonder drug. It has calmed me more than any medicine. My headache has nearly lifted, and the tightness in my back is easing. His stress level has come down, and this has been a really rough week for him. Last night Kayla went to sleep while he played.
I usually have the television on or the radio, but having a piano or guitar being played, has made my house into a home.
Its 100 Days until Christmas, do you know where your list is?
Yep that’s right, only 100 days until Christmas! Can you believe it? I always thought that Christmas took forever to get here, as a kid. Now its like I blink and its here again. Dragging out that dang tree, putting up lights, wrapping presents and oh my the lists upon lists.
- Vintage Tree Print
This year I’m wanting to implement a few new traditions for my family. I’ll be sharing those as we get a little closer to Christmas. If you have any traditions that are unique to your family, please let me know and I’d love to have you guest post.
I’m loving SpringPad for lists and things, and I’m sure you will too to clip things from the internet for Christmas presents and decorating ideas.
As for decorating, I want a new tree. Maybe more than one tree, because really I have room for them. I want this year to be a great holiday for everyone, and not to reflect back to past years that went to heck in a handbasket.
This year I think I’d like to have a vintage Tree
, a traditional Tree
with handmade ornaments, and maybe a Feather Tree
. I hope to make a lot of things this year for decorations like using this embroidery transfer on some cute towels, and just have fun with everything. I think that if the house is a joyful place, then it will raise my spirits.
One thing that’s for sure, is that I’m in the planning stages already. I’m writing my lists and checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice!
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