Well, here we are almost to July and I can't figure out where Summer has
gone. We are getting ready to send Grandma back home after her long stay, she
was suppose to be here about a month, but then decided that she needed to stay
until her grandson's birthday (she got here April 11), so we are sending her off
the day after.
Where have we been? Well we spent an incredible week at a Joni & Friends
camp with our son's birthfamily, spent 4 days visiting with some friends out of
state, attended my 30 year junior high class reunion, spent a few days in
Chicago visiting friends, went to 6 Flags Great America, placed in the
4-H food show and 4-H food demonstration contest and took our son to a few
days of technology day camp. To say that I am ready to fall to the ground, would
be an understatement.......lol. But we are having fun.
Our son met a little girl at the Joni & Friends camp, so they plan on
writing to each other. She lives in another state so the pen pal thing should be
fun. I need to get our pictures developed so he can send them to her, but silly
me, I used a disposable camera instead of my digital, so I have to mail these
off to get them developed. Pray for this little girl and her family, they are
being raised by grandparents and two of her siblings have special needs. Her
brother is in a wheelchair with Cerebral Palsy and her sister has a seizure
disorder. So life is not easy for this family, but they are relying on the Lord.
Had a few tough things to deal with like EATING! lol......everything at the
Joni & Friends camp revolved around FOOD! I got terribly sick 2 nights
because they were popping corn, and for those who don't know, I'm allergic to
corn and that includes popcorn!! lol. The hardest part of all this traveling was
getting food that I could eat. I did eat at
Chipotle Mexican
Grill twice and did fine. I just had the rice and chicken. All gluten
free, dairy free and corn free. Just had to make sure that they change gloves before
making my food since they do serve corn tortillas. Most of our hotels had
kitchenettes in them and I was able to do some cooking while at our friends home. I
even brought along one of our farm fresh chickens to eat and a few dozen farm
fresh brown eggs. YUM!
In getting back to life in the real world, my home is totally trashed! LOL.
To say the least, we have been dropping and running, so next week we will be
getting things back in order and up and running. I came across this great
website and wanted to share it with you.
Homemaking:
The List of Must dos.
It was a real eye opener to me. I know, I only have 1 child, but laundry does
still pile up and I still have tons of dishes to do from cooking from scratch
each day. Take a look at the link and tell me what you think.
Have a great rest of the summer and plan NOW for your upcoming school year.
Relax outside while the kids play and have your planner book out and jot down
some ideas, ask the kids what they would like to accomplish this school year and
go from there. It's not too late to hit a convention, just Google and find one
near you.
Moe
