Not again...

Laid off again. Merry stinkin' Christmas.

Ouch...

My throat is on fire. It hurts so bad and has for 2 days. Nothing is helping at all. Ellie had this a few days ago and now has a bad cough. Grae and Ava have it as well. It's not slowing down Grae but is making him grouchy.

Welcome to cold and flu season.

Easy letter for you to sign & send

Here is a great site with a form letter you can email your congressman about the new regulations affecting small business. Let's not make crafters criminals in our zeal to protect children.

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Please help save us...

Please read this letter and sign the petition if you agree. My business may be shut down as well as thousands of others.

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Puberty stinks...

So first off, Brian got his job back as of this past Monday. We're glad for the paycheck again! We did just fine financially using our savings and cutting back and ended up with some money left in savings.

So I was just thinking of how I couldn't wait until my girls were older. I could carry on a conversation with them, they would be helpful around the house, blah, blah, blah. Well the girls are older. Lauren is 13 and Maddie is 12 (almost). OH MY GOODNESS!! I didn't factor in hormones. Man oh man. Surely I wasn't like this at that age.

They both get sooooo moody and snap at each other and their siblings. They don't dare snap at me. Fortunately Lauren only gets grumpy for about a week but it's a whole 'nother ball game with Maddie. When she was a toddler, we nicknamed her "Moody Joy". Her name is Maddie Joy but really Moody was more appropriate. She seemed to outgrow it but it's back with a vengence. It's really true that teenagers (much as I HATE that word) are like toddlers. When asked to do something that she doesn't "feel" like doing, Lauren slowly closes her eyes as if to say "my patience is wearing thin, lady." She does do the chore and does get reprimanded for the eye closing.

Most of the time they are okay to be around so that's good. We are studying Beauty & the Pig in school. Excellent book on true beauty as described in the Bible. Beauty in speech as well as action. They have many opportunities to practice patience and kind speech with 5 other kids around all the time.

So anyway, my vent is over. Boy each stage of raising kids presents new challenges and just when you think you've got it down. Keeps me humble I guess ;)

*Edited to add: Don't type a vent post when you yourself are going through PMS. Things seem so much worse than they really are ;)

Presidents

Me: "Hey Grae - who's our president?" I'm expecting he has no idea.

Grae: "George Bush."

Me (after I picked my jaw off the floor): "Who's our next President?"

Grae: "John McCain."

Me: "Nope, I wish. Do you remember who won....Barack...

Grae: "Brocko Bama."

Brian: "Barack Hussein Obama."

Grae" "Oh yeah, Brock Insane Obama. That's right."

hee-hee

For I am the Pirate King!

No, I'm not going to say much about the election. God has seen fit to put Nobama in charge for His (God's) own glory and who am I to say that was wrong? Praise God for His wisdom and power even when I don't understand.

Now to our Pirate King. Grae dressed up like the Pirate King from the movie version of Pirates of Penzance. He got out my boots and strutted around. Strutted isn't the best word, more like hobbled.

Sorry for the grainy pictures. I bumped the ISO up because it was so dark in there.




"Do pirate kings do this when they need to go potty?"


Oh and no work for Brian yet, but not for lack of trying.