Courageous Joy

Whew - Thank God the Day is over!!!

Stacia was up late and early. Need I say more?

It seemed we had barely begun school and it was time for me to head for the base. Today was the monthly Parish Advisory Council - ummm - guess it is a bit like an elder board or a lay leadership board in a civilian church. The meeting went past the one hour mark.... I was supposed to have contacted one of our Catholic ladies to see about doing a joint Thanksgiving "something" for the students. We didn't connect all month. {G} This turned out to be good because others had more ideas of things they wanted to do and it was good that we hadn't agreed on a plan already. We were going to have turkey sandwiches and such at the big student center - The Crossroads - on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Now, it appears that we'll have bands playing in the parking lot and such. I'm sure it will all come together....delegate, delegate...that's what I'll do. Kathy already agreed to handle all the publicity (fliers, getting word to instructors, and out on the global email at base) because my computer is crashed!!! I can handle getting it in the Protestant News and getting sign ups for food and volunteers. I simply need a bit of quiet time to get my thoughts together. LOL

We DID manage to have tea today. I figured school was a bust anyway. That is NOT true. I have always prioritized our school and had to laugh at the timely message last night at Mom's Night Out. The lady was talking about reading to your children. A favorite past time around here. She went on to say that she had prioritized her school and did the most important things first. For HER that was devotions and reading. Those are mine too....it cracked me up that TODAY would go so awry that all we got done were devotions and reading (well the kids did table school on their own). What a timely reminder Becca provided last night. I took it in stride and we enjoyed tea time with our freed up time instead of stressing about cramming one more subject into the short amount of time. I bought some cute tea cups on sale. I was looking for something for PWOC and these will fit the bill perfectly AND they are great for family tea. They are special and yet not TOO SPECIAL. In other words, they are nice, pretty and delicate (not a mug) but they aren't terribly expensive and won't bother me if one of the kids breaks one. They were marked down to $19.99 too. The only problem is I forgot that I have more than *6* in my family and so I need to go back and see if they have any others. Unfortunately, during tea, Zander was so excited for his yummy AhLaska hot drink that he took a big gulp and royally burned his tongue and mouth. Poor baby. He cried and cried....asked for milk, ice cream and smoothie and finally fell asleep holding his tongue. He is fine now.

Ah bummer...the photo of Arielle with the tea cups won't load. I'm thinking that these will make a darling set to give her when she is older...after they are filled with memories of family tea time. We'll see.

I made "shake and bake" tonight. I still don't' have my computer and my recipes but I found several on line and combined. We really liked it. We also had a salad, fruit, bread and roasted veggies!!! YUMMM....I LOVE roasted veggies.

Tonight was PWOC. Study went well. Fellowship was sweet. The ladies like the new tea cups. I FORGOT TO TAKE THE KEY and couldn't get into the chapel. I did have my cell phone and called Marty to have Mandy bring a key. She was gracious enough to stay longer than she wanted so we could clean up and lock up. I think the tea tasted better in real cups instead of Styrofoam. :::gag:: The secret is out - I really hate Styrofoam and have a thing about using it. ::snort::

I came home and read 3 chapters out of Pinocchio to the crew (age 1 - 17). I really liked the name of the town Pinocchio visited tonight "land of the blockhead"...I think I've been there a time or two. :::snort:::