Tough Night for Dreams

Last night I had a series of short dreams set in different locations and with different people: home, church, scouts, shopping, friends' houses, etc… Each dream had a different person telling me what I screw-up I am in different areas of my life. Ugh!

Tommy's fingernail finally fell off today. It had been hanging on by a small section of skin for the last couple days, and every time he bumped it, it hurt him. Now we are in the final stages of healing, seeing if a new nail grows in okay. He has another doctor appt. next Friday, the 11^th.

I finally finished typing committee meeting notes from last month, just in time for this month's meeting on Thursday. This month's agenda isn't even half as long as last month's, so maybe the minutes will be faster.

I had to wade through 300+ e-mails today. I've been on the computer off-and-on all day. Travis had a leader meeting at Scouts tonight, so I took him to that. There's nothing on the calendar for tomorrow. Wednesday Travis has youth group, and Thursday I have a committee meeting.

I'm having trouble connecting with Rainbow on the phone…..call me back when you get the time.

Good Night All and sweet dreams!

Home From Camp

We are finally home from camp. It was a long 4 days, but most of it was fun. The kids had a great time; there was not much time for relaxing. I have a few pictures to post, but not as many as last year. That means I have been on blogger for a year!

I'm getting ready to switch the laundry over (reboot) and start the second load in the wash. Boy, am I beat. I will try to post more later.

Divine Intervention?

This won't make sense to a lot of people, but to others, well……

My grandfather has tried to call me several times this week, but I have not actually been available to take the calls. Once he called while I was teaching VBS and my ringer was off, another time he called a when I was in a service dead zone, and yet another time he called when my son was on the phone and didn't tell me the call-waiting was beeping. He left a message, it was something Jeff could deal with, and Jeff called him back. This morning, when my phone rang and I saw it was him, I hesitated to answer. However, I did answer it—only to discover it was my brother calling from my grandfather's phone.

Okay, it probably doesn't mean much of anything at all; but I can't help feeling that I'm being protected. I'm counting my blessings this week.

I know I haven't blogged lately. I've been busy at the church and with my kids this last week. This coming weekend we are going camping with the Scout groups out at Dosewallips. If I find my camera charger, I'll have pics to post next week.

I'll try to find time to read everybody's blogs and catch up soon. In the meantime, Facebook seems to be the place to be. lol

It's Sunday

We're off to church. Jeff has already left to go drive the bus. I'm teaching children's church this morning. Jeff has to go work this evening. I want to find something for the boys and I to do. Summer is almost over and I feel like we haven't done much.

Happy Birthday

Kim!

Travis Tuesday

Travis has talked me into taking him to the drive-in tonight. He was disappointed that we didn't go on Sunday, because I wasn't feeling well. He loaded the car with blankets and pillows, changed Tommy, and was as helpful as he could be before he asked me to take him. When I called to get Jeff's opinion, he said he didn't think Tommy would want to sit at the drive-in through two movies, and offered to watch him. What??? Yep, he was on his way home from work with the night off, doesn't want to see those movies, and will stay home with Tommy.

So, what are we going to see? GI Joe and Transformers 2. Definitely Travis night at the movies.

I just placed a couple bids on EBay for the curriculum I want. $150.00 beats $450.00 for the core curriculum, even if it is used. Actually, $150 is my high bid; I'm only at $91.00 right now, and high bidder. I also found the corresponding Science curriculum and have bid on that. Wish us luck! If I can get this curriculum for 1/3 the price I will be ecstatic! I would only have to get the math curriculum to finish it up.

Oh, and that committee meeting, it's tomorrow night, not Thursday. Oops!

Getting ready for the drive-in now, bye!

I have a horrible sinus thing going on. Travis and Tyler had it last week. Ugh. About 4:00 a.m. I took some Nyquil and crashed on the couch. When Tommy got up he just wanted his momma's attention, but didn't get it. I had to wake Jeff and tell him that I was not able to take care of Tommy. That was a yucky feeling. I went back to bed, and Jeff made pancakes for the boys.

Tyler has gone off to Cle Elum for a few days with friends. That feels weird to me, I miss my boy. Our old neighbor called and invited Ty to come over and play on Saturday, which turned into a sleep-over, which turned into 4 days at the lake in Cle Elum. I talked to him today, he's having fun. Last night they went to a movie, today they made butter at the museum and went swimming at the pool. Tomorrow they're going on a hike in the Petrified Forest, and he's due home on Wednesday.

It's a shame I feel so yucky, or I could take advantage of some quality time with Travis. Maybe tomorrow I'll be feeling better, and we can do something. He likes it when we play board games and go on walks together, so maybe…

Right now I am missing my old neighborhood, missing the walks we used to go on, missing the semi-privacy of our yard, missing the summer the kids could've had: riding bikes with their friends, running through the house, playing tag, impromptu parties. I know that somehow, someway this is all going to work out for the best but I do still miss it all. It was weird seeing the neighborhood from the neighbor's house; it looked different from that perspective.

This week I have a Boy Scout Committee meeting on Thursday evening. Tyler's buddy, Noah, is probably spending the night on Thursday also. On Saturday we are going to an Eagle Court of Honor…it's a big deal in the Scouting world.

My brother-in-law, Scott, got tired of his car leaving him on the side of the road. When I picked them up Friday night, he offered me his car. On Saturday, he and Jeff went and got it. It's a pretty, purple Dodge Stratus. It runs great, when it runs. The problem is it dies for no apparent reason and with no warning. Jeff thinks we can fix it, and when it's free, why not?

Rainbow had an excellent time at the wedding: danced all night in the garage with the band and drank beer from the keg. She said the wedding was a beautiful Christian ceremony.

That's all for now, have a good week everybody.

Keeping Busy

We have just been keeping ourselves busy. We spent the hot part of Thursday afternoon/evening down at Bremerton Harborside Fountain Park. I decided that hot summer days are rather pleasant when you have a shady spot to sit and water source for cooling off.

Friday, I don't even remember Friday, really. I know that I took Josh, Travis, and Tyler to the hunter safety course in Silverdale that evening. That was interesting. I had asked them what the hours were last week, and was told 6-9 on Friday and 9-3 on Saturday. What they didn't tell me was it was for 3 Fridays. It will all work out just fine.

On Saturday Scott & Amanda came over to hang out. They ordered pizza. I hand-sewed a curtain for the front door window. I also got to talk with Melissa via Skype for awhile, that was fun.

Yesterday was Jeff's family reunion, which we went to as soon as Jeff got home from driving the church bus. On our way home, we stopped at Desiree's house and stayed there for about 4 ½ hours. They invited us for dinner, which was nice. The kids had a good time running around and even Jeff played some badminton. There was a water balloon war, and some time for the mom's to chat.

Today was a lazy day. Nothing planned for tomorrow either. That's okay, as I'm working on catching up laundry and stuff.

Travis was asked to participate in an Eagle Court of Honor, exciting stuff for him. Now, if he'll only get motivated to work on some Merit Badges.

Good Night all!