While I Am Out

I’m taking a bloggy break this week because it’s one of the busiest weeks of the year.  It’s the week leading up to the Junior High retreat.  And I’ve made matters worse and procrastinated on all the things I volunteered to do.  But I’m also really excited for, um, obvious reasons:  loads of candy and [...]

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Five for Friday

1.   I’ve almost blown the Disney surprise a few times this week; clearly keeping a secret is hard for me!   This week I’ve made some final details for the trip and got a better deal on the hotel.  It pays to stay on top of things when planning a Disney vacation.
Also, did I [...]

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Again. Again. AGAIN.

So I scratched my eyeball again.  Can you believe that?  Twice in the same month?
I’m sure it has to do with the smoke lingering above my head at night.  And possibly the harsh cleaning chemicals that wiped it away.
The cleaners were here for five days.  They said it would take 2-3 days.  Every day I [...]

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Update 2

The phone rang at 7:25 this morning and it was the fire restoration company.  They asked if today would be a good day to send the cleaning crew and they could be here at 8 a.m.
Well, that got me up in a hurry!  I quickly took a shower and got the kids ready and when [...]

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Update

The oven/range will be delivered on Tuesday.  Still deciding on paint colors. Hope to hear from the fire restoration company Monday – a project manager is supposed to call.
Max jumps when he hears the toaster oven timer (beep) go off.  I think I smell smoke about ten times a day.  It’s psychosomatic I know, but [...]

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State of Relativity

Looked in my rear view mirror as I drove up the street out of our neighborhood.  10 years we’ve lived here.  A lot of memories.  I love Maryland, especially in Fall.

Mini noticed this before I did.  ”Goggie! Goggie!”  I couldn’t stop laughing.

On our way to the country for our annual youth group hayride and campfire. [...]

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Back to Normal: Met With Some Opposition

Nice try.

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Choosing

How I wish these decisions came easily.  How I wish I wasn’t a chronic overthinker.  Oh, how I wish I didn’t change my mind everyday.  Poor Mike.
Tentatively, as of Saturday October 24, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. my choices are:
Everywhere plus Kitchen: 7691 Biltmore Buff (the smaller fan deck over there on the left, second from [...]

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Preparing for Halloween

Due to the unforeseen events of Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, we did very little school this week.  We went to the co-op on Monday so that counts but the only things we did otherwise were read and update our Football scores graph.  By the way, just to share something about Max you may not have known, [...]

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The Silver Lining

I really appreciate your prayers.  I felt so much better today and my thoughts have been on plenty of other things besides what happened on Sunday.  Today I feel like I’m back to being me.
This morning started off in such a fun way.  Mike and I were dressed and ready to go but Max asked [...]

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