Speaking of late, it’s 2:05 am and I can’t seem to find my red pen so I apologize for typos ahead of time.   I had a crying baby who is now sleeping.  He was followed by B.M. who has a new molar coming in. It was hurting her enough to wake her up.  Gave her an icepack and some Ibuprofen.  Hopefully that will comfort her enough to allow sleep.

That reminds me..I’m going to have to think of some nicknames for the kiddos. I’ll get to that sooner, rather than later? Hope so, anyway.

I keep thinking I’m going to do better about my blogging.  It seems to just not be happening for some reason.   Well..many reasons anyway.

Schooling is going well.  The new curriculum is keeping us busy.  I thought my load would be lighter with provider doing the grading and transcripts. Yeah..not so much. The kids are learning a lot and that’s what matters most.

Both girls tried out for a part in the musical production of  Go, Dog, Go! Only B.M. got a part. A.M. accepted it after HUGE tears.  It broke my heart to see her so sad.  Anyway, there have been a lot of practices and this coming week there will be several performances.  We are looking forward to seeing it all put together.  This really seems to be something B.M. is loving.  Even better than getting a part, her best friend is in it as well.   They stay pretty busy, so not much time for chit chat, but they don’t seem to mind.  Hopefully they’ll have many more productions to be in together. (even if it does wear us momma’s out. lol)

We had a few birthdays since September.  B.M. turned 10 and J.B. turned 15.  Sadly, because things have been so hectic, we didn’t get to do much for them.  They got presents, of course, and we took them out to eat with the family.  They didn’t get a chance to do anything party-like.  My mom has been pretty sick and we had been going over to her house daily for over a month to feed her dogs and to make sure she got her tube feedings.  Thankfully, we are past that now….she’s doing it on her own…but it took its toll on the amount of time I had to devote to my own family so no chance for party plans.  My mom celebrated her birthday as well.  Her 70th. 

I too celebrated a birthday this week.  Good news!  My sister-in-law found some of my missing marbles!!!  It’s true…. 151 of them.  lol  She got them for me as a gag gift. Funny thing is, she doesn’t even know this blog exists so she doesn’t know the title of it.  Guess it means I’m not the only one who noticed I was missing some marbles. lol  I’m not sure it’s done any good to have them back.  Only time will tell. :0P  (nothing from you, Sue!) lol

This evening we are going to a promotion party some friends are having.  We are very proud of Ben and happy to share this day with him.  In a short time we’ll also be saying goodbye to him, as he is being deployed.  I ask that you join in prayer for his safe return to his wonderful family.  Also for all military families separated to fight for our freedom.   

Well…I think this is all I can muster. It’s now 2:45 and I should probably force myself to go back to sleep.  Sunrise will be here all to soon.  Thank God for daylight savings time to give me an extra hour before mass on Sunday.

God bless!