Homeschool Blues

I am so disappointed, Luke was up last night puking and having diarrhea. Normally I don't mind these nights to much, but this means that the much anticipated weekend away for Nate and I at the Homeschool conference is not going to happen. Luke is still having cramps and the runs this morning, so even if he was feeling better friday, we still couldn't go because my parents were going to watch them for us, and it might hit the other boys while we are gone. My parents are going on vacation next thursday, so I don't want to take the chance of exposing them and ruining their plans. They will be attending a long time friends wedding up in PA, so stomach problems would be bad. Also ever since my dad had cancer, I try to keep the kids away from him whenever they are sick, things linger longer with older folks. If I am not sick I plan to drive down to Atl on saturday and shop only. I have no idea what materials I want to use for next year, so I was already coming to this conference unprepared. Oh well, such is life, at least I can be thankful that this didn't happen while we were on vacation, in 9 days.

A Busy Weekend

Friday night our homegroup was meeting at Longhorns for some adult conversation and good food, when Nate got a call that his very elderly grandma had died. We didn't tell anyone, because we didn't want to dampen the mood, and also we were quite happy that grandma was finally with the Jesus she loved. I had a shopping trip planned for Sunday after church, but that was the scheduled funeral date, so I called my friend DeeAnn and we bumped it to Sat after her daughters birthday party. I was on a mission to get a swimsuit for our upcoming vacation in May. I've gained 10 pounds this past year, and all my old suits were actually starting to come apart at the seams. Not from the weight gain, but I've had most of them for at least 4 years and it showed. We went to the mall and I tried on pretty much all the modest ones that I could find. I bought a cute skirt and tank top combo thingy. I felt relieved that at least I had one functional suite to wear. So we skipped out of the mall, after having one of those fantastic pretzels from Auntie Anne's and headed to my favorite store of all times, Ross. If you have never been, all I can say is, "I'm sorry for your loss." They have name brand stuff at the most ridiculously low prices of any store I know of. I find Teva, Merrill hiking boots and sandals for 20 bucks. I bought a fantastic powder blue lined Liz Clairborne suit for 40, regularly 200. I get just about everything I own from there, anyway this saturday I found something that makes me just about the happiest I've ever been there. I 've had a hard time keeping my eyes off my feet this weekend. I even put my latest find on the night stand, right next to my Bible, which by the way I do love more. Look on only if you have a strong heart.

My Obsession

I absolutely love my new shoes. They are even quite comfortable, I wore them all day Sunday, even to the funeral. They were on my feet from 10 until 7. Not bad for heels like this. Now all I need are some tortoise sunglasses and I am set.