Heavy Heart

The specter of addiction is a horrible one. Horrible. I have had people, as we all have, in my life who have struggled with the burden of addiction. It is a tragic thing to watch...a helpless feeling. We have a program at our church, Celebrate Recovery, that serves people in recovery for all types of different issues and offers help to those who love those in recovery. It has changed lots of lives and is a wonderful addition to our church and its programming. We have a friend who is struggling right now...someone who is very special to us. Say a prayer for healing for all those struggling. Let them know and feel surrounded by love and support.

Night all.


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Quick post

I have little time to really talk this evening. I'm between tummy troubles and putting laundry away that has been put off for far too long. We had our first Wednesday night programming at church for the new year. I played bells and must admit we didn't get too much accomplished with our visiting. It was nice to see everybody. I went on a search and got S a new pitch pipe so she can more accurately tune a timpani at Senior CLinic auditions this weekend. Regardless of whether she gets in a band or not, I am so proud of the work she has done to prepare for the weekend. She was supposed to have more more practice today after school, but a pesky bracket came off and she had to get that mended. We are on the home stretch with that silver smile and she could not be happier. G will be stepping into her shoes almost immediately after the others come off. Not much of a break financially, but they will all have corrected mouths.

I know of nothing else to say except that I am, especially tonight, a super fan of the Tums soft chews. They are my new heroes.

Night all.


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We survived!

The children had their first day of school today and were even in fairly good moods when I picked them up. It was difficult trying to get up this morning and I had to hear my alarm a few seconds and stare at it a while before I turned it off and got up. The boy popped up quickly and the others got up faster than I expected. I probably had the worst time with it. After I got home from work, the house was so empty and quiet. I didn't deal well with it. Pick up was a happy time for me...I missed their faces all day long. We had family dinner together and then S and I went back out to Target to buy her the proper clothes for her Wellness class. If I had known there was a particular wardrobe required, she would have gotten it for Christmas. I did get tickled when, after I asked her what they will do in the class, she answered, "We are going to walk a lot, run a lot and learn about sex. That's all the teacher said." HAHAHAHA!!! Should be interesting.

Night all. That laugh and our early wake up time have made me sleepy.


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School tomorrow...ugh

School starts tomorrow and I dread it. I am making everybody check their backpacks to make sure everything is good. They are laying out their clothes tonight so they don't have to scramble to find them in their fog tomorrow...I maybe should do that also. I'm about to wrangle them up to start winding down for bed. The teenager will go to bed later, but I'm praying she will conk out early and surprise herself. Pray for all of us and all of those students and school staff who return tomorrow. Everyone is going to be a little off their game I imagine. I know I will be.

Night all. The hot shower I took just zapped me of energy and I am ready for bed. I am such an exciting person.


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One more night...

It is our last night to sleep in before Christmas break is over and school comes back. The kids are starting to get short tempers and snippy with each other, so they are ready even if they won't admit it. I am not. I have a death grip on "Winter Break" and I don't want to let it go. It flew by in the blink of an eye and I don't know where it went. My hope is that we get some good snows this year to provide a few more lazy days in the midst of the crazy. Semester two starts on Tuesday and our weekend is already packed. Jeepers. Oh well. it all works out as it should. I am finding more and more that as the children get older, the year's fly by. It seems like just yesterday I was holding S as a baby and now she is 14. Wow.

I am going to have some Sunday night ice cream. I have been saving up calories for this. Then I'm going to play some cards with my kids and go to bed. I am a party animal.

Night all.


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New Year's resolution #23456

I make and break resolutions every year. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I do think I am not the only one who does. I have decided that I need to just work on myself, but in a different way. I need to learn to be happy with myself and not compare myself to others and not take things personally when I may not be part of a group. I need to be happy with me and know that I am a good person and being me is enough. I sound like some Saturday Night Live sketch or something. We'll see if I can make that one stick. Maybe other things will fall into place if I get that one squared away. Maybe.

I am watching another one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes. I love it so much:



I'm a weirdo I know. Night all.
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Marathoning...not the healthy kind

I have not been a total sloth today, let me say that first. We took the kids geocaching. They did it a little with their aunt, uncle and cousin last week, but had no luck finding anything. Today we were able to find one that had been found yesterday. G was the final finder of it hanging in a tree good and camoflaged:



The boy also had a chance to practice throwing the boomerang Santa gave him. It is actually pretty fun to play with I must say. We finally gave up on the other two we were looking for since it was finally seasonally cold today. The hub decided to make his first batch of home brew and the kids and I watched several episodes of the Twilight Zone. The New Year's marathon is always my favorite and watching Billy Mumy wish people into the cornfield, William Shatner see a fuzzy demented looking teddy bear on the wing of a plane or Telly Savalas lose a battle to Talky Tina brings me great pleasure.

I have a sweet boy who wants to snuggle with his mother and I will take that all day every day.

Night all.
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