Little Happy Dance

We got the A-Ok from the state board of education today. Approved for high school.

Give a little YEAH!

Citizen Savanna

Savanna was recently enrolled in a 'craft' club. She gets fun crafts to do on her own about once every 5 weeks. Last time was a sand art craft. She spent a LOT of time and energy carefully removing paper pieces to reveal the sticky paper underneath and then pouring the sand on. There were 5 pictures and she did 4. Then she ran out of sand. When she told me I said I didn't know where to buy more sand. This didn't bother her in the least. She promptly wrote out a very professional letter explaining to the 'craft' company that she ran out of sand and needed more in the following (...) colors. She used proper salutations, and excellent letter form. I really wish I had copied the letter but I didn't. Well, long story short. Yesterday,she came running to me yelling...THEY GOT MY LETTER! In the package was more and and a very nice letter thanking her for her letter and being a great customer. :)

I love learning moments like this, and I'm very proud of my conscientious problem solver. She'll have no trouble writing her legislator when the time comes. :)

NOW, I've seen it all...

I THOUGHT I'd seen it all when I saw commodes for sale on someone's lawn...and then when someone bought 'em, but I was wrong. Today, I saw

a coffin...for sale...on someone's front lawn...

SPEECHLESS.

No word on whether it's new or used.

13 Lucky Things about Tim

13. He's adventurous.
12. He's thoughtful.
11. He's thankful.
10. He's patient.
9. He's a facebooker.
8. He's witty.
7. He's a thinker.
6. He's happy.
5. He's playful.
4. He's mindful.
3. He's a good brother.
2. He's a good son.
1. He's 13!

Happy Birthday Tim!

It's not the end of the world...

I opened the back of the car and a big gust of wind simultaneously blew a bag out that held a glass jar and swept my shopping cart away. I grabbed the cart. The glass bottle fell and broke all over the parking lot.

I uttered some sadness about the break.

Ethan said, "Is everything alright?"

I said, "No the bottle broke."

Ethan said, "Well, it's not the end of the world."

Nothing like putting your thoughts back in perspective.

Coincidentally, he's been asking me what happens at the END of the WORLD.

Any clue how to explain that to a 5 year old?

New Glasses

Weight Lifting

Weight lifting generally means carrying extra weight.

It's felt like that as we've had some extra medical bills wallowing around in my budget for some time now. It was getting heavy.

Today I paid off all our medical bills and made the last payment on Emily's braces.

That's a new feeling.

Weight.............Lifting.


Ahhh, I think I like that. :)