Invasion! Of health!

I am so very thankful that this round of illness went very quickly!

I am also thankful that I had completely caught up on the laundry.  So when we needed 3 sets of clean sheets and 25 towels right away, we had them available.  And clean!

Of course that now means I have 3 sets of dirty sheets that still need to be washed as none of us have been back to full energy until today and Sunday is a declared no work day.  As in, we spend the day with each other rather than focus on piles of laundry or cleaning bathrooms.  (Bathrooms were done on Friday anyway...)

That is the update and thanks so much for the prayers!


Note to Mom: I have an offer of a car if you have not yet found one.  Love you!

Play it again, Sam!

Yes.  That is correct.  We are repeating the same old song and dance.

Or is that heave and wash?

Either way you look at it, 3 of us are already sick and another (me) hasn't been feeling so great for the past few days. 

Laundry is piling up faster than our poor washer dryer can handle.  Since we've had to run the dryer two times to dry one load, the laundry cycle has been lengthened. 

I would appreciate any prayers you might want to offer on our behalf.  Though ones that include this passing quickly and that no one else gets sick kinda top my list. :) 

PS: We have inadvertantly exposed our next door neighbor's son, who has in turn gone to football practice every night this week.  See where this is going?


UPDATE: All of us are sick... Princess N was the last at about 4:30 this morning.  Lady A is currently on the couch crying because she is thirsty, but she has only been able to keep down about 2 ounces of juice so far.

The countdown is on!

I try very hard to not allow my feelings about our political climate spill over into my blog.  However, I will simply ask tonight that you pray for our leaders.

• Pray that they will have an encounter with God that completely changes their life.
• Pray that they will fight to restore moral (and fiscal) sanity to our government as a result of a relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Pray that our leaders will be able to work out a plan for our nation's finances that will help our nation's economy to recover.

Clean Sweep

I've been working on purging several rooms in the house.  And pretty much trying to do them at the same time.

In some ways, it has worked well.  In others, not so much.

Trying to gather all of the toys in the same room has been a bit of a nightmare.  However, gathering all the outgrown clothing has not been an issue.

Right now, I have one storage tub of clothes that Miss E has outgrown, one that Lady A has outgrown, and one that Princess N has outgrown.  Today, I went through them and sorted out all the clothes I want to donate to our church's yard sale.

I am finished with the majority of the clothing and even found some more clothes that fit Miss E which is something I was talking to Michael about just yesterday.  I just need to have Princess N go through her t-shirts to see which ones will be going.

The toys though have been a challenge.  I had everything in the playroom sorted and placed into bags.  Then Princess N & Lady A cleaned their rooms and put the toys from their rooms in the boxes I'd already cleaned and organized.  So, I need to go through that again, but it should be much easier since I pulled out all the toys that I am willing to part with!  :)

The (kids) books have been pared down to a slightly more managable number.  There are more that I would like to donate, but I am waiting for Miss E to outgrow them.

All I have left is to review my books, clothes, and various knick knacks along with the kitchen things.  And maybe somehow get Michael to do the same. :)

Edited to add: I managed to clean out 2 more boxes in the garage and I know that 2 of the remaining ones belong to Michael.  That means I don't have to worry about them! ;)  I did stop half way through one because of the roach who had taken up residence. 

Orange and creamy is kinda dreamy

I made the best cupcakes today.  And by best, I mean the BEST EVER.  One of my favorite treats was an orange creamcicle.  The blending of the orange and vanilla was almost heavenly.

Well, I discovered this recipe. 

Out of 12 cupcakes, we now have 3 left.  Though in my defense, we did have guests tonight to help us eat them.  I did NOT give my girls multiple cupcakes.  I did however allow them to also have 2 (small) Congo Bars to go along with their cupcakes...

It's been a long week

The above average temps (and poor Rachel tent camping...) and humidity have contributed to some crankiness in our household.

Princess N has been out back a couple of evenings to practice her archery.  (need to upload the photos)  Unfortunately, one of her arrows has already broken.  The plastic nock broke off most likely from bouncing off the fence.  We have not been back to the library this week so Princess N has been a bit bored staying inside the house.  I don't mind the girls going outside, but I know that inside is much more comfortable at the moment.  At any rate, she has been reading several books about archery so it at least has been a bit productive in that regard.

Lady A has been enjoying having her dress-up clothes back.  We had taken them away a while back as part of an effort to teach her to think of others in addition to herself.  I believe the time away was beneficial because she will point out when someone is thinking of someone else, regardless of if the someone else is her.  However, Miss E has enjoyed playing with the jewelry which has cause some tension with Lady A.

Miss E has been taught to open the trash can.  My dear, sweet husband taught her how to open the lid so he we wouldn't have to get up to help her.  I deliberately did NOT teach her because I did not want her to play in the trash.  Well, I woke up from a nap the other day to discover that Michael & Princess N were cleaning up the mess Miss E had made with the trash she pulled out of the trash can.  My thought was "at least I slept through it!" ;)

The best part of the week though were the two days we got rain.  One day it rained for about 5 minutes but Thursday it rained for almost an hour!
That is what has been happening here.  Hope your week was cooler than ours!