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Because I Am, I Write Again!
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Jan 28, 2009 8:37 am
Mood: tired,
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I tried and tried to edit that post I wrote last night, but it would only load half of what i wrote! I hope that by typing another one, I\'ll be able to finish what I was going to say.
I have to add a little more, too, because a little more time has passed and a few more things happened during that time that I have to record.
It still gets me that the other blog only posted half of what i wrote.
Anyway, when I woke up this morning, took my shower, and got ready to dry my hair, i discovered that my contact lense wasn\'t in it\'s container. I remember putting it there, but it was gone...so I searched all over the place and couldn\'t find it. I wear those rigid ones that don\'t just shrivel up when you can\'t find them.
I hadn\'t had to get that one replaced for almost three years, so I think I did pretty good...but that means that I have to have a doctor\'s appointment to find out if my eyes changed and that means another $160. I don\'t have insurance. It might just be because I\'m stubborn, but insurance companies are all a bunch of greedy pigs, in my opinion.
If anyone sells insurance who reads this...remember it\'s just an opinion and I\'m not really trying to offend anyone.
I scheduled that appointment for next Wednesday at ten. I had to write that or I might forget.
About last night...the book Chris wanted to get was a sequel to \
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Because I am, I Write.
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Jan 27, 2009 7:11 pm
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I just can\\\'t understand some people. Never mind about that, though.
I lived today, so I\\\'m here.
Just a few minutes ago, I got back from Walmart. Surprise, surprise. They shouldn\\\'t have built one so close so I wouldn\\\'t go there so often.
My youngest son, Zach, wanted more poster board for another green screen so we could make more movies. I can\\\'t believe the awesome thing he did today and yesterday. He recorded all the kid songs on his synthesizer, made it into a cd, took photos of the toddlers and baby I take care of, made those photos into cd covers, and handed out cds to the parents of the kids with their children\\\'s photos on the covers. They were so surprised to get them, too! Zach is only ten and can make cds, cd covers, and just about anything else on the computer! I wish he would teach me!
While we were at Walmart, my son, Chris picked up another sequel to \
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An Ambulance, A Hamster, And Only a Few Minutes
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Jan 25, 2009 8:37 am
Mood: good,
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This morning, I heard sirens, then silence when they stopped in front of my house. It was an ambulance. shortly after, I heard more sirens. It was a firetruck. I guess our next-door neighbor isn\'t doing very well, because when I looked out I saw they put him on a stretcher and drive him away in an ambulance. He\'s in his seventies and been in a wheelchair for quite some time. His sons take care of him, so I really haven\'t talked to him much. Maybe it\'s time I start.
I went over there to see if there was anything I could do, but no one would answer the door. I tried calling, but no one would answer the phone. I just hope he\'s okay. I know I haven\'t been a good neighbor...not having much to do with that family for a couple of years. I\'m going to go over there later and see if there is anything I can do.
Yesterday, I spent several hours cleaning. Zach helped a little bit, so I took him to a movie. Even though I said I wasn\'t getting him any more hamsters, I thought of all the fun he had with them while they were still living and decided to let him have another one.
This one is really cute...blonde, long hair, and black eyes. He named him Peanut. I hope he lives longer than the others we\'ve had.
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No Brakes, No Chances.
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Jan 23, 2009 8:15 pm
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I hate it when it snows. I was going to drive to the Y tonight to jog, then decided I could have just as much fun power walking at the mall until it closed. The boys finally decided they wanted to go, too...then we went outside and there was snow on the ground. WE didn\'t even know it snowed.
We got into the van, anyway, thinking everything would be fine...but when we almost had an accident two blocks away from the house because we don\'t have snow tires and can\'t brake, we turned around and came back home.
This was just going to be a trip across town...but we didn\'t want to chance it. Tomorrow, I was going to go to Kansas City to get out of this city. It\'s been so long. But if the snow doesn\'t melt, I won\'t go anywhere. I remember a year ago when the van wouldn\'t brake on the ice and I barely made it home at all from a doctor\'s appointment. It was so scary. I even tapped the car in front of me, and was so glad the driver didn\'t care very much.
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Maybe I Should Start Titling AFTER I Write.
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Jan 22, 2009 1:25 pm
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Since I come in here to think, and record, and relax, or maybe just to play with words, putting them in some kind of dance with each other to make a poem or song...perfect rhythm, perfect rhyme, perfect escape from monotony and the stench of smelly diapers...I'm thinking I shouldn't title my blogs before I write them, anymore...because I'm always changing the subject.
Where did this week go? Tomorrow is Friday, already, and I didn't even get the chance to blog all those other days in between Sunday and today! Monday night, I had to go to an inservice meeting on taxes. I'd been to one before, several years ago...and it didn't make me any better at it, then, either, because I'm just too disorganized to write down every little thing I spend my money on or save my millions of receipts, and the parents I work with don't care about getting receipts from me because they must be kind of the same way I am.
It's just so much easier to estimate...probably not very accurate, but easier.
Then, on Tuesday night, the boys were getting cabin fever, so I took them to the dollar movie and Madagascar II was hilarious. Gotta love those kids' movies.
I put two checks in the bank at Walmart and picked up some paper towels. I'd forgotten to buy those when I went shopping Saturday.
Wednesday night, I was going to go to choir practice. I fed the kids early, resisted the urge to clean and really wanted to join again...but Chris wanted to go to the library and I really underestimated the time it would take to drop him off at the library, then go to the church. It was twenty minutes after six by the time I got to the right street, so I turned the other way and went to the Y. I had a good workout, but really wished I could have made it to choir because I do want to be part of it. I just know that the new director doesn't want us to be late.
It's too hard to be on time when I live on the opposite side of town.
This day has been crazy...and it had a rotten start. I rushed to the bathroom, in the dark, tripped over a walker and got some really nasty bruises. I still hurt.
When one child came, she was so dirty I had to give her a bath, and that meant the other one wanted one, too. Now everyone's clean, because the baby ...well, I know no one wants to hear what he did...but it was a mess.
At least it's going to be nice out this afternoon. When they wake up, we might go to the park. I know they miss that.
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It's A Blog
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Jan 18, 2009 8:55 pm
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It's a what? It's a blog.
Or it will be...when I write it...after I think about what I want to write...maybe.
This weekend was a pretty good one. Yesterday, I took Chris to tryouts for the Passion Play. I wasn't sure I would be able to get him out of bed, but he did go with me and it was so exciting to see him try out. Of course, it was exciting for me...I'm his mom! And he sang so well I wanted to cry! Yes, I'm one of those over-emotional moms that gets excited whenever one of my babies does something. I confess...and I did bawl at my daughter's wedding.
I think I did okay when I tried out for a solo, too. That doesn't mean I'll get one, because there are only four female parts in the Passion Play...that aren't women in the crowd or angels. It doesn't matter so much if I get a solo. I just like being in the musical. It gives me the chance to sing some awesome music to such an awesome God.
After play tryouts, I took Chris to the library because I got a hrochure for child care providers to attend a meeting at the library. It did say it was at the library...what I didn't read was that the library was in Shawnee...and that isn't where I live. So, I was asking everyone at our library where this meeting was that wasn't there. Of course, nobody knew...but I did find out about some meeting that were there that sounded interesting...like a women's Bible study, and a parenting meeting. I could have used both of those...but decided I should probably be getting groceries, instead.
After Chris checked out what he wanted, we went grocery shopping and I ended up spending way more than I would have without him along. He's good at persuading me to get things we don't really need. I hope I won't have to go shopping next week.
Today, I took Zach to church. After church, we had planned to get the rest of the ingredients for twinkies because Zach found a video clip on how to make them. He had already made the molds for them out of aluminum foil last night. When we got home, we tried to do what the video said, but it was a bit trickier than we thought to get that creamy middle figured out.
We ended up with a lot of fillingless twinkies and a lot of extra filling we're not sure what to do with. The mystery of how that creamy middle gets inside the twinkie is still a mystery to me.
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Leaving In 20 Minutes
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Jan 17, 2009 7:39 am
Mood: grateful,
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I had to use that title so I could remind myself to not get carried away blogging. In twenty minute, i have to go back to the church for an informational meeting about the Passion Play our church is having. They do it every year. Last year was the first year I was part of it. This year, I'm thinking I might actually try out for more than a spot in the crowd. I was considering doing the part of the adulterous woman everyone wants to stone...but she sings, "My Redeemer", and when I did that song on karioke for my daughter's wedding, I really butchered it. I love that song, but don't know if I could ever do it justice.
Last night, our music ministry had a potluck at the church. Lots of people went to it! I didn't realize there were so many interested in being part of the music ministry since our other director left. We're going to start up small groups within the musicians, too. I think that would be awesome. Maybe I can share some of the songs I wrote!
AFter the meeting last night, I went to the Y and ran laps. I didn't think I'd be able to run very long since I've been sick a lot of this week. Monday night was the last night I went to the Y. Still, I was able to run seven laps without stopping. The laps at the South Y seem longer than the ones at the North. That could have been the reason I couldn't run as many..or it might have been because I didn't get to powernap, first.
Thursday night, I took the boys out for pizza since we'd been cooped up all week. We invited Rob and his daughter. Then, we went to the movies. We saw "Fireproof", again. I love watching good Christian movies like that. They always remind me that God's Way is the most rewarding Way....that God's Plan for us is so much bigger than our own plans. Not being much of a planner, I'm really grateful for that.
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Letting Love Rule in My Life
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Jan 15, 2009 8:56 pm
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I've made a decision to stop worrying about my next move in anything. I'm taking one day at a time...one hour at a time...one minute at a time.
I'm not going to be afraid to love these children. I can't help it, anyway. And I'm not going to be worried that they won't stick around forever...that they'll grow up and leave...that eventually, more will come...more will go. I'm not going to worry about how I'm doing my job...only that I'm loving these children, constantly letting them know I love them, and being there to do for them what they can't do. Love is the most important part of this job. I should never forget that. When anyone takes care of anyone for a living, the most important thing they can do for them is love them. The same applies to parenting...and when a parent puts anything in front of what's best for the child...that isn't showing love.
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Do I Love Too Much?
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Jan 14, 2009 12:45 pm
Mood: exhausted,
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As Baby Ben started squirming on my lap, deciding he's had enough cuddling for awhile, I started to realize something. He's eight months old and I haven't even attempted much to get him to crawl. I mostly just carry him around. I started thinking that the reason he's not crawling might be because I just never put him down.
My own sons didn't crawl until they were nine and ten months, either, and I'm considering that it might have been because I carried them everywhere they wanted to go, too.
And now, that they're ten and twelve, I think I might just be doing the same thing...not carrying them around. That's pretty impossible when they're so big, but I think I might be stopping them from being all they can be, too...because I took them out of school to homeschool them.
I won't go into the problems i have getting them motivated. I do try to get them to consider what they would like to learn about. I'm just wondering what my next move should be.
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Strange Monday
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Jan 12, 2009 8:50 am
Mood: tired,
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Already, today, I've taken the baby and toddler for a wagon ride to get the kindergardner to school, fed and cleaned them up, helped the toddler paint a picture and bake banana nut muffins, put a great stew in the crockpot that will probably be done between lunch and dinner, had a great hot shower, and put them to bed.
I don't know why Melanie didn't come or if she might still be coming.
All I know is that I'm about ready to fall asleep, myself...but the smell of that stew and the muffins, and the fact that I should stay awake till the kids leave, after five, are keeping me awake for awhile.
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