2 Years & 217 Days: School Started!

Well, school started yesterday. And my youngest daughter started her senior year. That does not seem possible! Anyway, there are still some things going on here in the daycare that I cannot really talk about, but I do need prayers. LOTS of them, please.

Tom was able to sell some vacation hours back at work so we put $200 in the baby emergency fund last week.

As you may have already guessed, I am feeling pretty down right now. I am working on updating my goals to get myself back on track. I'll be back tomorrow to post those, hopefully!

2 years and Days 205-210: Stressful Week

Well, the baby EF is wiped out, but hopefully we'll be getting some more money back in it today. The Mitsubishi needed a new battery and some new belts. At least it waited until Tasha's summer job ended to break down. LOL! Then the little bit that was left after that, I used last night to buy a gas can to put gas in Serenity's car. We met in Perry to pick up Tasha and Serenity's car wouldn't start after. Thankfully, it turned out to just be out of gas. Her gas light had just come on so she thought she still had time to get gas. God was really watching out for her, it would have been terrible to run out on the highway or to have her new car break down already! Especially in Perry where we don't know anything about where to take it, etc.

It's been a rough week in the child care so once again I am requesting prayers for an unspoken request.

2 Years & 204 Days: Ready for some fun!

I'm headed out of town tomorrow for a child care conference with my friends. I am super excited to get away and best of all, I don't have to drive. LOL! Hope everyone has a good weekend! See you on Monday!

2 years and Days 199-203:HOT!

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I am already tired of August. Holy cow! It's hot! Just a couple of more weeks until school starts and this year I can actually look forward to it because I'm not starting too. LOL! Tom and I had a good time on our date the other night and then a fun time with friends on Saturday night. Serenity came home Saturday night and we got to hang out with her Sunday and play games. So a very nice weekend, all in all.

2 Years and 197 Days: Free Dinner

So Tom and I get a free dinner out tonight. We had stayed at a Choice Hotel twice in May (once for Serenity's graduation and again when we helped her move) and they were having a promotion to get a free $50 Chili's gift card. We got it yesterday and had a date planned for tonight so we're going to use it tonight. We got the rooms at a discount with our Farm Bureau membership so getting the $50 gift card was almost like getting one of the nights free!

2 Years & Days 189-196: I'm finally back

Here I am again. Sorry it's been being so long between posts. Some updates:

We had to use the emergency fund last week on vacation when we had a flat on our way to Tulsa. The good news is that we've added money back to it so it's already up to $150.

I did very little (actually NO) cooking on vacation last week. One of my things I get so burned out on is cooking all the time, for the kids, for the family, etc. So I usually try to take a break during vacation. It was really nice. We ate as cheaply as possible, only really splurging for Tom's birthday dinner. This week it's been back to reality and I've been cooking more (although Tom is bringing home Arby's tonight).

Please say some prayers that I get some calls to fill my full-time opening that is coming up when school starts. I know that God will provide.

2 Years & Days 181-188: Tom's birthday

Today is my wonderful husband Tom's birthday. I am so grateful that God blessed me with Tom. This week we have been on "staycation" together. We've got to spend a lot of time alone and it's been great. Happy Birthday Tom!

To the rest of you, I survived VBS last week, and as I said, we're on vacation this week. I keep hoping I will get a new routine down with the new baby, the 6:30 a.m. child, and all these big boys where I actually post on the blog everyday, but it's not going well yet. Guess all I can do is keep trying.