Potluck Ponderings

Well, lately, I've been tinkering with my blog and adding gadgets...not impressed with the inspirational quotes so far...today's doesn't quite reflect my life philosophy or theology...that not men and certainly not women rule the world, it's ruled by a sovriegn creator. Thank goodness. Thank.You.Very.Much. It's been a day of running around. Beginning at 5am and continuing with Granma babysitting for us tonight while we head out for dinner. K kept the kiddos while I went to the MD this morning, have to go back for fasting lab work (that will tell of my updated iron-deficiency-anemia status). I see Dr. P, Hematologist soon, but I feel everything is stable. I do not feel run down or sickly ;) I will have to get a Ortho consult for a probable second steroid injection in my right knee. The first time was about 4 yrs ago after a hyper-extension injury...a 3 year old Emily jumped on my leg while it rested on the ottoman. It's actually been great since. But, the leg ext

I stayed in my pj's today...all.day.yes.I.did. I had a whopping headache and thought I was getting the Nate bug, but think I'm okay now. I updated my blog look, like it? Added some gadgets...I've discovered this year that I just love Ansel Adam's work. I uploaded a bunch of pictures from my camera I read a few chapters of Jodi Picoult's book Mercy I laughed at the kids and the dog Hubby was gone all day to a Presbytery meeting for church (bless.his.heart), so I drank a whole pot of coffee all by myself. I've thought about what I'm going to be cooking-up-a-storm in the morning for the pot-luck after church....probably Texas-Two-Step chicken, deviled eggs, broccoli and some sort of cake. I made Corn & Bean salad (salsa type dish w/fresh! cilantro) for small group tomorrow night...we're starting a six week study of Kevin Leaman's "How to make your children mind without losing yours"-He's a funny man, our kids are not going to know wh

1-3 grade Learning about the Inaguration Process Bella & Emily Frolicking in the snow Today, Friday was our day for our monthly CHES Unit Study on US government. Emily had a blast. We got to see some friends we hadn't seen since before the holidays. I had promised a trip with bikes to Camelot park earlier in the week and had to renegotiate...there is still snow, and I don't really think it's up to the 58 degrees the weatherman promised. We went to Chick-fi-la instead and all was well (I bribed them with the promise of ice cream, which we hardly ever have when we're there). Some other families were there and I got some adult conversation...and confirmation that home schooling is the right choice for us right now...so I'll start looking at third grade and pre-school curriculum for next year soon. We're all a little tired from our late night last night and all the people in this house are grumpy and we have another busy night with a dinner with our friends fro

Joe & Kurth It is still really cold here, so we're using that as an excuse to just stay in and do crafts and school work. The car is still covered with snow and not as much melting occurred as I thought it would. Tonight we met Joe's cousin in Durham for dinner. Kurth and his son Daniel are in the area for Daniel's interview with Duke Medical school. He'll finish his undergraduate in May...and well, Duke may not be a top contender since one of his interviews was in Hawaii. He has another coming up soon with Loma Linda Medial School, a little closer to his home. We decided we hadn't seen each other in at least 10 years at a family reunion in West Virginia. Kurth's family lives in Redondo Beach, California. We had a really nice dinner and a fun time catching up with each other, laughing a lot. For quite a while, random family members have been commenting on the resemblance between these cousins...and I honestly see it, even more than I see the resembl

so today...Nate just wants to know if dogs can burp...easy answer...of course they do! We are enjoying the snow and especially enjoy that here in the Sandhills , after a few days of winter wonder land we will be back in the upper 50's. I'm pretty weary of blogging about family illnesses, but Nate is at it again...N&V, diarrhea...lovely. This morning, I mistakenly thought it was over and gave him his normal drink of chocolate milk. I know, it sounds unhealthy...but he got used to the chocolate soy milk and it was a natural transition. I use the syrup with less sugar to make me feel better. Anyway, about an hour later the den carpet and the dog were wearing the milk and Nate has thrown up a few more times since. So, I better go do a little more laundry.

Well, yesterday was an interesting day. It came on the heels of a weekend of sickness, both Nate and Joe. Nate was officially diagnosed with croup and exacerbation of asthma and is still taking steroids and sounds worse, but the light at the end of the tunnel is on! Joe stayed in all weekend and sounded almost as bad as Nate minus the wheezing. We kept our family home (even from church, small group, etc) feeling like hermits. And, even though the boys were both sick, I picked up sweet Bella the dog on Saturday from a friend who works with the NC Lab rescue group. We know we eventually want another dog, but not until Nate is old enough to handle it. Bella, a one year old yellow lab- sheltie mix, house-broken, crate-trained 28 pound sweet girl, is going to spend a little time at our house and see how it goes. The kids think we're pet-sitting to help out Mrs. D, which is true, sort-of. The sweetest moment came yesterday when Nate gave a bedtime blessing to Bella the Dog. &qu

Cute, huh? De-lurk...leave a comment on the blogs you visit and let the bloggers know you read thier stuff. I plan to!

I have about 20 posts in my draft status...I will finish them and post them (belatedly), so beware of rapid falling blogs on this site! Today...we are awaiting the arrival of our second set of "grown-up" (non-goodwill/yard-sale/family cast-offs...uh, I mean well-loved hand me downs/thrift store finds). It may speak volumes that this is our second set of LR furniture in our married life. I've (warning bragging to occur!)....da-da-ta-da...made it to the gym on a regular basis for the past two weeks!!! Thankfully for my friend K who is joining me and keeping me motivated...at least when we don't have communication sna - fus . I arrived at the fitness center at 5:30am alone this morning...did you know there are crazy people who are standing outside at 5:30 waiting for the doors to open??? Probably the same people who make fun of those of us outside Target on black Friday. Needless to say, my glutes have that not-used-in-a-while-forgot-I-actually-had-muscles-there kind of