Monday morning!

Hello there! Well, thought I'd check in real quick before going out to run a few errands. I still have to get Erin dressed and Isaac to get dressed... Isaac got to stay home from school today because his teacher is sick today... we were excited at giving the morning grump a little more time to sleep and about having him home today with us as well (once he woke up in a good mood:)). Well, we had a good weekend - relaxed most of Saturday. I haven't been feeling too well since Thursday night - having contractions (probably Braxton Hicks), but they are a little stronger, but not strong enough to worry about - some pressure and stuff, but I'll just keep on keeping track - they just tire me out is all! I did make 2 apple pies I think on Friday night which one turned out better than the other, but they never turn out quite the same for me! But, we're eating them and that's all that matters, so they must taste ok! Saturday, Jeremy patched a hole in the drywall in the hall. I think Erin must have pulled some of it off and I've been trying to catch her pulling off more and more cuz it seems to be getting bigger and bigger... But, one day last week, I caught our 6 month old kitten "attacking" the wall and pulling more pieces off - sorry, Erin! So, he patched and primed it yesterday to discourage the little bugger! I want to repaint parts of the house anyway... When, I don't know, but soon hopefully! Then, he went out to try and work on the car (1991 Buick) a little bit to see why it's been running "rough" again (not wanting to drive it for fear of stalling out somewhere). Now, mind you, my husband is very talented and works on our vehicles, tractors, etc. all the time and keeps them running and fixes them and is wonderful at it, but we've pretty much given up on making the car perfect! We have saved so much money by him having the ability to do that - he changes brakes, struts, you name it he can either do it or figure out how to do it. But with working an hour away now and not having the time, we decided that the van was a little critical and needed it asap and decided to have someone else fix it since it was a little more complicated... I've been praying for the last few months that we could just take it (the Buick) to the junkyard and get rid of it, not have to pay insurance on it anymore, etc. Well, he came in the house and said, maybe we should just give up on the car. What? Let me get the phone book! We called the auto salvage place down the road from us and they came and picked it up 15 minutes later with money in hand! Now, I did get an expected check this week for 24 hours of unused vacation time from last year (we needed 700.00 to get van fixed). Well, Jeremy came in after they left and said he was telling them about the van and they stated that they would fix it for $500.00. I said, let's take it in! With my vacation pay and the money they gave us for the car, done deal! So, we drove it over there and they said it would be done by Monday or Tuesday - PRAISE THE LORD! Plus, we have some extra $ leftover to go towards our insurance deductible on the truck - someone hit it in the van pool parking lot a few months ago so we're that much closer to getting that fixed! God is so good! I was thanking him while following Jeremy to the auto place and all day that day, I just couldn't believe it! We bought the buick 8 years ago this summer - the year Danielle was born and it was the nicest car and has served us well! It will be so nice to have 2 reliable vehicles again...

Erin is playing with some star wars figure (3CPO?) and keeps taking the arms and legs off of it, I've fixed him about 10 times in the past 5 minutes:( Yesterday after church, we went to the property to get a load of wood - Erin was so excited about snowmanning but unfortunately fell asleep on the drive out to the woods! She missed playing outside in the snow and she's the one that enjoys it the most! Isaac was whining about having to get out of the truck (video games so much more fun), but I kicked him out and heard he and Curt laughing and playing the whole time the girls helped Jeremy load wood into the backhoe bucket! When they were done and climbed back into the truck, I said "Isaac, I know you didn't have any fun out there" He said, "Actually, Mom, I did" and proceeded to tell me about the fort that he and Curt built, etc. Amber and Brooke had some snowball fights while waiting for Jeremy to cut up wood to load so they had fun as well! Thank you Lord!

So, we came home, got ready for church again and I decided to leave everyone else home with dad - Amber and I had to sing and it would be easier than worrying about everyone while I was up there. So, we got to choir, practiced our song afterward a few times and I thought I was ready. Never let a pregnant woman sing too much before a special! Our choir is starting to go up and sing an opener on Sunday nights as well - I waited too long to go up front and had to hurry a little which put me out of breath from the beginning (and entertained the church crowd, as well!). So, after that, I tried to not sing the congregational songs knowing I needed air. But, my nerves still got the best of me and sucked out what little breath I had! No matter how much I sing up there, I still get so nervous and I forgot to pray as well yesterday, too:( Anyway, I had to skip a few lines in the middle of our song to catch my breath... Oh well, I told them no more specials as a duet until after the baby! I have to sing one more time the week before my c-section, but it's with the ladies' group so they can atleast cover up my mistakes!! I do enjoy singing for the Lord, though and just wish I could do a better job of it! I need to do more praying! So, after church, I let the kids be on their own in the living room and came into our room and watched a movie with my husband. I let the kids stay up later than usual (10:15pm), so when I went out to put everyone to bed, boy was the room trashed! Needless to say, 10:45pm they were finally all in bed! So, I have my work cut out for me today in straightening out the house and the rest will have to wait until they get home from school to help!

Well, enough of my rambling - although I do enjoy that, too! I have some stuff to get done before I can leave and want to be home for naptime! So, have a great day and remember God loves you!