Oh My Goodness!

It has been insane 

in these parts!

My poor house and laundry pile.

Thank the Lord for such a wonderful

husband who knows how to make clothes

get clean.  I found clean jeans in my drawer

yesterday and was so thankful!

Chelsea washes her own clothes but for 

the most part we spoil the boys and do their

wash.  But laundry is just one part of my life

in which I am slacking.
I wrote a love note to Warren in the
dust on the TV screen in our room.
Seriously!
It is still there!
:-)

Those things that just have to be done are

happening....

1.  The making and delivery of
hundreds and hundreds

of candles on Monday evening.

With more to go out on Thursday 

and a new Fundraiser Kick-off
on Saturday.

2.  Childcare for a local MOPS group...
where I found a 

mysterious lump on a baby's back.
Please pray that it is

"nothing".
Little Victoria is sooooo sweet
and we would all

be crushed if she is ill.
Her mother had not noticed it so it

was a scary moment for her.

On the way to this yesterday
morning we dropped off

the baked goods order
that Chelsea has been working

on this week.
Sharing the kitchen with candle making

insanity was a challenge
for her but she rose to it and made

three dozen muffins,

six dozen cookies,

a huge Caramel Apple Trifle

and a large

Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.

Yay!  That job is done.

She wasn't working when she committed 

to do this.  

It ended up being a
challenge with scheduling

but was good experience for her,
in any case.

3.  The painting project at church.
Our little nursery is getting

to be very cute!
I must get back over there
and put the border

up and take some pictures to show....
I was grateful for help from

my Chinese friend, Jenny,
and her mother.
Neither knew how to 

paint but were eager to learn.
It was the perfect project for learning.

Not too big and not too visible.
Jenny's mother was so eager and

made me smile because she neither speaks
or understands much

English at all but she dug right
in and we had a great time. 

4.  A shopping trip with Chelsea....
yes, it was necessary.  

Some members of our
family are going to Williamsburg, VA

Sunday night through Wednesday
and we are planning to 

take some senior photos of our girl.
She just "had" to have

clothes that no one has seen
yet for this project.  I am not 

sure I understand completely....
but I definitely get it from the

female perspective.
Yep!  Had to be new and different.

Her "case" was helped by the
fact that she is beating the anorexia

and new sizes just plain fit better....
PRAISE GOD!!

No....she is not getting big,
like she often thinks....
in fact the saleswoman who
had no idea about the
anorexia was making
comments about how we would
all love to be as tiny as
Chelsea....sigh...

but our girl is getting

closer to a normal weight.
She is sooooo beautiful!!!

5.  Today is this week's first trip to
Hershey for Chelsea's appointment

with her doctor.
Hoping for good news.
Tomorrow is another trip

to Hershey to see her nutritionist.
Usually we can see both in one 

day but scheduling just didn't
work for us this time.  

6.  Getting Chelsea to and from the
bakery/cafe job which she LOVES!

I have to admit having help in this
department from my darling mother!

She has bailed me out at least twice
lately which has given me time to either

work on candles or go driving with Jonathan.
He continues to work toward

getting his driver's license.
I don't know if I told you that
Mikey got a truck

so this frees up our car for Jonathan.
He is eager to get his license and we 

are eager for him to have it....
so we have to squeeze in some drive time.

Scary....but necessary.
I can honestly say that this is
the one part of parenting

that I would gladly hand
off to someone else.
I am a horrible passenger under

any circumstances....
a learning driver just makes me
a puddle of nerves.  

That doesn't really help them...
but I try to be calm, really I try.

7.  Dealing with the owner of the dog
which we are fostering.
There are so 

many phone calls during the day as her
life works toward coming back into 

focus.  Please pray with me that
she will have a home soon.
Mister needs to 

be out of our house by Saturday,
at the latest, as he hates the family members 

who are not going to Williamsburg
and bites them when possible.
It will NOT 

work to leave him behind with them......

8.  Tomorrow is our final day of
homeschool co-op for 2010.

I will be so glad for that
Thursday afternoon back into our 

time bank....but I will miss "my" kids.

They make me smile!

So...that is just a taste of what is keeping me

busy these days.  One never knows what will be

next but you know I was snapped to reality and 

into perspective when I read this post by Tracy.

Praising God with her that her dear husband will be

o.k. after this horrible accident.

Then I did a happy dance when I read 

this post by Brittany Ann.  

A week of the "stomach flu"

was sooooo much more!!!

Yippee!

So....I'll see you when I see you.

Maybe as soon as tomorrow...

maybe not.

But know that we are

hanging in there and

are looking forward to 

a quiet Thanksgiving Day 

with dinner at Georgia's and a 

highlight of smashing pumpkins.

Yep! 

Those very pumpkins that 

I posted earlier.

They were purchased with Thanksgiving

Day in mind....tee-hee!

We look forward to some very strange 

things around here.....

Hugs!