I’m alive! Sorry for the blog silence over the last week. My mom had surgery on Wednesday, and we have been a little busy. Mom’s surgery went well, and we are praising God for that. She is not allowed to bend or twist for two weeks. She can walk though, so she was able to go for short walks and enjoy the nice weather when it wasn’t raining.
We had a week of fall-weather here. It was beautiful! The windows were open every day with a cool breeze in the mornings. We loaded up the wagon and walked to my parent’s house last Friday. I was regretting my light-weight long sleeved shirt because it wasn’t THAT cool when hoofing it with a heavy wagon and backpack. Hindsight. Living 2 miles from my parents is a blessing that I won’t take for granted in this season.
The kids have VBS this week and have loved it so far. Believe it or not, this is their first year ever of going to Vacation Bible School! We’ve never been at a church that does it. It’s filling all of our free time, but it’s so fun to see how excited they are every day. Even little Harper is in class, which blows my mind. Scott and I get a little alone time each night while they are in class, which is an added bonus. I turned down working VBS this year, and I’m really thankful I did. I think I would have run myself ragged.
Between my month+ long sickness and everything else going on, I feel like I have accomplished NOTHING at home. I spent yesterday cleaning my house because it was like a really dirty tornado came through. There was a mountain of clean laundry to fold, gross bathrooms to clean, floors that needed swept and vacuumed, and meals to plan. I started cleaning up our school room and Addi’s desk broke. It was cheap, and it’s not wanting to go back together. The girls have already trashed the school room again today, so I’m not sure why I tried yesterday.
Here’s what needs to get done over the next couple of weeks. Maybe putting it on the blog will be more accountability for me to accomplish it all.
-clean school room
-find a school table to replace the desk that broke
-organize school books for this year
-sell 2nd grad curriculum (it is changing, or I would save it for next school year)
-yard sale– I don’t know how we have so much STUFF, but I’m overwhelmed by it
-plan Chloe’s lego themed birthday party
– clean out garage– we still have boxes from moving in last year
– Pull the weeds in the garden
– organize girls’ clothes– pull out what doesn’t fit, is torn, not in season
-get the last of school supplies
I know there is so much more to do, but my brain is feeling fried. Hopefully the fog clears soon and I will get back to blogging on the regular. Thanks for being patient.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
