It snowed last night, and continued today.

See the poor little flowers?

So they cancelled church. 🙁 We really miss going! Our church has a radio ministry. So we turned on the radio and listened. It’s not the same as being there, but it was nice to have it.

The kids lined up chairs, or um… pews… and we sat in the schoolroom and listened. The schoolroom was closer to the radio, which was in C’s bedroom.

It was up loud so we could hear it, and C asked why he can’t have his music that loud. ha ha ha I think not!

I had to take H back tot he doctor yesterday (Friday). Here toe is sore, red, and swollen, again. Turns out she has a staph infection in h er toe. She’s on TWO antibiotics this time, along with antibiotic cream. The doctor said if this doesn’t work, she’ll have to have the toenail removed. She’s not happy! Where whould she put her toenail polish??

I didn’t sleep good the night before, so after I went back to the pharmacy to pick up H’s meds, I laid down to nap. I didn’t actually go to sleep, mostly just rested. I th ink I did doze off for a couple of minutes at a time, but the kids kept waking me up. I did feel better after I got up, even though I didn’t sleep.

Today, I have to drop H off at church. She’s making cookies with her Sunday School class, then dropping them off at peoples houses. After I drop her off, I’m headed grocery shopping. I need to keep it at $50. this week, so it should be interesting.

Then it’s back home, put away the groceries, (that should take long, lol) theng et ready to go to church. The youth are having a dinner for the adults for Valentines Day. The youth cook, lol should be interesting. lol They do this every year, but this will be the first time we’ve gone. We didn’t go the 2 years before that, that we’ve been going to this church.

Well, I need to go get ready to go shopping. And take tomorrows supper out of the freezer, and take a turkey out to defrost, and stop H & A arguing over who’s wearing who’s red shirt tonight. lol

because I can’t think of a title. 🙂

Today has been a sorta relaxed day today. Oh, we got work done, but in a relaxed sort of way. 🙂 We skipped piano today, so I only had to make a pharmacy run for D’s blood pressure medicine. The pharmacy is 2 miles from our house, so no big deal.

Yesterday, we worked at church. Well, not physical labor. We were there available for work if it was needed. but most of the time was spent talking. lol The kids did manage to get some schoolwork done. They also had a blast heating up there lunch in the microwave. We don’t have one, so it was like a new toy to them. lol

We’re going back tomorrow for 4 hours. The first two hours we will probably be the only ones there, so the kids will do their schoolwork on the kitchen table. Sounds like home. 🙂 We are there to help people, so when people stop by we will help them. Yeah, I know I’m being vague about what were doing there. I’m not sure if I should say or not so I’m going to err on the side of caution, and not say. Yesterday was our first day of working/helping. I’m not sure about the schedule after that, but we will go when they need us.

Supper is in the crockpot and smells soooo good! The kids (except for H) are outside working on an old lawnmower (with the blade removed!) that they call the go kart. They love being able to ride stuff around the yard. The temps have been warmer, so they think it’s spring already. H is reading a book, what else would see be doing?

I’ve been working on some paperwork today, and clipping coupons. My printer still won’t work, so no printable coupons for me. I guess I’m going to have to give up and buy a new one.

The kids folded a pile of laundry today. good, right? Except my kids translate “fold the laundry” into “spread the laundry all over the floor”. I KNOW I’m speaking english, I just haven’t figured out what language they’re hearing me in! So if anyone knows what language “fold the laundry” translates into “spread the laundry all over the floor”, let me know! lol

Well, I better get back to work!

Mommy Life has a great post up today. Ten Reasons to Have Another Child.

I agree with all of them! And this isn’t a “so they can do the dishes” kinda list, either.

So head over there to see the list.

When I came home from church yesterday morning, I took off my dress shoes and put on warm, fuzzy slippers.

When we were leaving for church last night, I got ready, put on my coat, scarf and gloves. With my purse on my arm, I walked across the living room to leave, and realized I still had my slippers on! ROFLOL

Slippers go with everything, don’t they??

It was so nice today! We did the minimum on schoolwork, then ran to the store for hot dogs, buns and s’more fixin’s! We built a fire in the fire pit and ate lunch outside.

We normally can’t have our first meal outside for the year until sometime in February. So we really enjoyed having it early this year.

The kids had a blast and were very happy.

It doesn’t get much better than that. 🙂

The temp is supposed to get up to 45 today! and over 50 tomorrow! It sure will feel like a heat wave after highs in the teens and 20’s!

Today I’m going to actually hang laundry on the line! It seems like its been so long since I’ve done that. Don’t worry, I haven’t been using the dryer! I’ve been using drying racks in the house.

And after doing the minimum of schoolwork (Bible, Bible Drill and Math) I’m sending Abby and Zach outside to run around. and around and around! It has been so cold, I haven’t let them out side longer than it takes to get in the van to go somewhere. So as you can imagine, they are bouncing off the walls….and the furniture….and each other. lol

I also need to make more bread, even though I just made 2 loaves yesterday. We ate one with supper. lol fresh baked bread doesn’t last very long around here. lol If the turkey is defrosted, I shall bake a turkey. I bought several when they were on sale before Thanksgiving. And I’m sure I’ll have to make some more snacks of some kind for the kids. They think their hungry all the time!

I got the lab results for Hannah yesterday. Everything was negative (arthritis, gout, lupus) She is a little anemic and her monocytes were just a little above normal, so she must be fight off a virus of some kinds. But that doesn’t explain the toe. So must have hit it and just doesn’t remember. But she has to finish the antibiotics as the doc said it was possible that there was an infection going on in the tissue (redness, hotness, etc.) So we’re kind of at a stand still with “Hop a long Hannah”. Just have to wait for her toe to heal. We are thank the LORD that her tests were negative! She in the meantime, has no objections, whatsoever, to sitting on the couch covered in blankets with the heating pad on her toe! lol

Well, I’m off to start some laundry and check on the turkey.