Ginger Snaps

Just cuz their low cal/low fat does NOT mean eat the whole box.

Oops.

Life keeps going.  Actually it keeps getting busier but, hey, isn’t that how it roles.

Justin came home a tad early . . . 7, instead of 9pm . . . and we made dinner, hung out, laughed, and talked . . . then he went off to study drug cards.

I feel like all I hear about is medical this and medical that . . . Justin eats, sleeps and breathes it.  Geez, I had no idea the intensity of the program . . . and geez, I thought the Fire program was intense.  I was wrong.

But we are doing good.  Daily recognizing the sheer miracle of us being able to ride this ride and to see it through . . . financially, spiritually, emotionally, and all other ways.  Hard to do with two youngins at home and bills to pay.

Tobias, we are finding, is a very active child . . . information I was already aware of and now is being confirmed by his preschool teacher(s). But such a good kid.  I didn’t realize sending him to preschool would increase the love and understanding I already had for him . . . crazy, I didn’t know it could increase anymore.  And he is smart . . . I had no idea how much I was underestimating him. Hmmm.

Nothing really all that new to report, really.

Samuel’s current favorite movie: Finding Nemo . . . it came back out of the “Tucker Vault”.  :) One of those we wrote off as destroyed after I found it, sans case, buried in a toy bin.

I’m here, with my boys, constantly.  It amazes me what the get away with that I never see.  I don’t go to sleep while they are up playing . . . I don’t zone out into tv, you gotta have tv to do that . . . where was I when the permanent marker was liberally scribbled onto the bedroom door? Huh? Where?

Anyway . . . Finding Nemo, it skips really bad in two spots but otherwise plays great.

Great.

Tobias can’t get enough Shaun the Sheep.  If you haven’t seen those cartoons, haha, you gotta . . . too cute!

Yeah, Shaun the Sheep is still new to the household, so I still find it cute and funny and non-obnoxious.

Today we . . . that would be my friend, Jalaine, her son, Jordan, myself and Samuel . . . went on a walk after our two eldest boys went to preschool.

Um . . . rain or shine . . . pick one!! . . . just don’t change your mind in the middle of our walk/jog! For heaven’s sakes!

Beautiful patchy blue sky on our way out . . . half way, downpour.

AWESOME

Strawberry milk tastes like Pepto Bismal . . . or vise versa.

It was for the kids anyway.

The strawberry milk, that is.

We found out this past week that Justin’s aunt and uncle recently moved not 2 miles from us, here in Keizer.  Thats exciting . . . and random.  And thats all I gotta say about that. Random

I think its time for me to go snuggle up to my hot hot hubby in the other room . . . in other words, go to bed, get some sleep, so I feel refreshed and ready to hit the day with all I’ve got.

Did I mention I have a head cold . . . I have for 3 days now.  It is zapping all energy cells from my body. Help me, Rhonda, would ya?

Alright . . . taking myself to bed now.

And, no, I’m not drunk . . . just chatty.

Blessings on your week!

Happy Sunday

Actually it was a really mellow and sorta boring Sunday.

I found time to do some cleaning that I’ve put off for some time.  Organization . . . NOT my strong suite.

I finally rinsed . . . well, actually cleaned the stringy pumpkin guts . . . from the many many many seeds and roasted them (the seeds) up.  We had carved pumpkins a bit early, as in last week, and the seeds were waiting for me.  They turned out fine, I suppose . . . it was more for Justin than myself.  He likes them.  They’re suppose to be good for you . . . ok, I looked it up, cuz I was curious.  They are much like nuts in their nutritional content . . . not that shocking considering nuts are seeds, just bigger. Well, in my tiny little world they are. hehe  Anyhoo . . . for a cup they are almost 300 calories and 12 grams of fat . . . though a cup would be A LOT of seeds! 12% Iron . . . not shabby.  The texture and taste remind me of roasted soy nuts.  Good but super filling.

I’m not sure why I needed to rattle all that off on here.  Thats what 2 hours of my afternoon consisted of, perhaps thats why.

Quit laughing at me.

I picked the last of the squash, beans and tomatoes from my plants today.  I nearly cried.  Surely gardening isn’t suppose to last until mid-October but it did.  I also cut the last of my sunflowers to decorate my house. So uplifting to have them about.

The boys and I walked to the grocery store . . . a whole .7 miles from my house.  That is POINT 7 miles . . . as in less than a mile. I think its 1.4 miles, round trip.  :) I packed what I could and came home.  I really do enjoy walking to accomplish stuff, like grocery shopping.  I loathe when the weather turns rainy for months on end . . . makes it a bit more of task to get outside.

Other than school engulfing Justin to the max . . . 7 days a week . . . and my rather irritating adjustment into that world again . . . everything is as it has been.  But less than a year!! . . . thats consolation to me. That and the grace of my God, good friends and family.  Clinicals, for Justin start this week too.

To pay back all the people that have been so so generous through this season . . . I can’t wait!!

Anyhoooooooo . . . off to bed I go.

Blessings on your week!

One of the fiercely BEAUTIFUL Sunflowers from me garden.  Uh, yeah, they just grow that way.