what can i say?

it has been crazy around here. been sewing my brains out trying to get the older two girls pilgrims costumes ready for club last night...it was a labor of love...but i will be glad when i am smarter than the pattern. i learned alot, and that is what i am holding on to validate all my mistakes. the girls had a great time and now the things we talked and discussed this month about the first pilgrims landing at plymouth will hopefully stick and give them a foundation on what started this whole crazy country we call home.
paul has been dead-dog sick since thanksgiving evening. it came on all of a sudden. some weird viral stomach flu is traveling around. of course he had to work black friday, and then also saturday. he got home a bit early on sat night and crashed hard. i think he slept all day on sunday. i was about ready to go check that he was still breathing. and then....he called in sick on monday!!! okay, that is how sick he was. he has never called in sick with bed bath in the eight years he has been with the company. i think it is a badge of honor for him. only just last night did he feel normal again. but now tonight, he fights a sore throat and very tired again. hmm...
and i think i have hit my wall. very tired tonight. the sewing until 2 a.m. has finally kicked my butt. i want to get thanksgiving documented and journaled and all before it's actually christmas. plus there is a bucket load of gifts to wrap and still need to finish advent box project {thank you ali e for your inspiration} looking forward to seeing my idea play out, especially the daily somethings we will do that will be inside of the box. everyday after the kids read our daily something, they hang the box {mine are actually an ornament} on our advent tree and watch the days tick by.
i actually need/want to post pics of my fall projects which i loved having around this year. when not so tired...will post...

happy thanksgiving!

crazy busy? or just crazy?

not sure which right now...so much i have wanted to write and share via photo.
this week:
way cool veterans day dedicating our park to dane balcon, killed in the line of duty sept 2007.
monday: crazy homeschool gathering at wh. three more families were there and made the pe instructor a little nutty. the thing that stressed me out? she did not tell me, but went to the children's ministry director!!! argh!
tuesday: paul had early morning meeting, then had to go post his name change in the gazette (but did not have all the right paperwork), and then went right into work. about an 18 hour day. tired. also, my morning consisted of putting out fires from mondays pe disaster.
wednesday: paul and keaney went back downtown to get his classified post done. he came home, i finished lessons with the girls, then took avery to get her pallette appliance, and seth had a broken bracket so he got it fixed the same time (which meant he did not get a full days work of school done...messed me all up for the rest of the week...but i have been doing a great job letting it go. then we had to shop for samaritans operation christmas child boxes. this came after a lunch of soup at panera. you would have thought i bought the kids the moon! they were so excited. it was a very chilly day...soup was perfect! then we did the sam's run. by the time i got home i was tired and had a headache. so i laid down for a bit, just in time to get ready to go to awana for the rest of the evening.
thursday: resume studies with all children. get avery caught up on her music as she had lessons that afternoon. get menu and grocery list written for the upcoming holiday. ponder when i should actually go to the store. worked on a girlfriend who shall remain nameless birthday present. and decided to go to the store with paul when he got home. mom wanted to see the kids for awhile, which i thought was great!!! so he helped me get that task accomplished.
friday: slept in!!! planned no school. except we always read something...and we did. kids played and worked at cleaning basement...while i finished aforementioned girlfriends present. cleaned house some. read to the little ones for a while in the afternoon. made dinner, and had family night watching princess bride. the kids had never seen it...so that made for a fun night. keaney fell asleep on my lap. she had no nap as i let them stay outside as long as they liked today since the early noon and afternoon was so very nice...(snow is coming next week). and here i am now really needing to get in bed as it is saturday now and no longer friday. but i got to get little ditsy things done with christmas projects and did a bit of organizing...and so on to the weekend...