Tuesday, January 02, 2007

STOP THE CLOCK....

Jared decided he is not going to have his 13th birthday when Mike is gone. This led to Jamin deciding he is not having a 16th birthday, Nolan is not having an 8th birthday and Josiah is certainly not having his 18th birthday while Mike is gone. I doubt Zander will note his birthday, if we don't tell him. It looks like I am not going to have 6 birthdays and an anniversary between now and 20 Feb. 13, 16 and 18 are all special birthday and so I'm more than willing to let the boys have their say in this one. I don't think 43 is necessarily special but I'm going to follow their lead and wait for Mike for my birthday too.....I guess I'll remove that countdown clock tomorrow when I have the "add/remove page element capabilities". LOL

Now what will we blog about for the next 6 weeks if we don't have birthdays and such.....

Well, now....

It seems I should say something, but I'm not quite sure what that may be.

Another bittersweet day.

We were excited the girls could get on their way back to their lives and ministry in WA - sweet.

We were sad (wimpy word - doesn't come close) to say goodbye - bitter.

We were glad that Josiah "happened" to go in late today to work and could come to the station with us - sweet.

Talking with Mike, Mom, Dad and Uncle Olie - sweet.

I miss Mike more tonight than I have in a bit of time - bittersweet.

I was "leaking" today and Zander gave me a big hug. When my eyes refused to obey and kept leaking he said, "When Dad comes home, he will give you a BIG hug!" - sweet. I guess he figured he'd done what he could and it was time to call out the big guns.

Talking with local friends is sweet - though I warned this was not the day to discuss the girls...August is a long time from now.

Watching my sons try to cheer me up - sweet! Oh, I've raised good ones; I tell you I can't wait for a few daughter in laws to realize THIS fact! ::snort::

Jamin, Jared and I took the tree down. This meant we could begin to put my bedroom back in order. SWEET!

We packed away the main nativity. I leave one out each year and I'm trying to decide which one it will be this year....alas not the Willow Tree nativity...it's still safely at the Family Christian Bookstore. I'm now thinking about buying a piece at a time instead of trying to get the whole thing. Now - this isn't bitter or sweet - it just is.....humph...ruined my rhythm. ::snort::

Jamin came to Sam's with me to get milk after dinner and bought me a Godiva Ice Cream bar - definitely sweet!

Being out-numbered when the guys treat you like a queen or princess isn't a bad thing. ::snort:: Sweet.

Arielle would like Stacia back in her room. Bittersweet. I need to figure out how to turn the crib into a daybed because Stacia climbs out of it and has spent the past two months in my bed.

Stacia gave me big hugs and pats tonight. Sweet! Until I realized she was looking at herself in the mirror over my shoulder and the chatter was to HERSELF and not to me....hilarious.

Random observations:
I dressed the part for the bus depot and then ruined the image by slinging a Nikon D70 around my neck! ::snort::

We stopped and checked out the YMCA. I'm not sure it will be a good expenditure for us. Still thinking....and budgeting...it ain't happening this month regardless! ::snort:: I've been thinking about this since September....maybe if my thoughts and dollars ever converge at the same time....

We'll start school next Monday. We have GOALS and PLANS for this week. I love goals....not resolutions...GOALS!

Zander hasn't been chewing his fingers since the girls have been home. I'm wondering what will happen now.

God really blessed with the bus. If the girls had had their original plane tickets, they wouldn't have been home for Christmas. ALSO - today we realized that if the girls had been flying it would have been AWFUL for Zander. He would have thought we were all going to pick Mike up. As it was, we walked out of the bus station and he said, "Well....the girls are gone...let's go get Dad now." God had this one all thought out, I was clueless. ::snort::

I'm surrounded by joy, but that's another post.

Journey Begins



EARLY Morning Play



Zander sets "herbie" up for the jump of his life....leaping novels and nativities