Even though practically the entire family is coughing and tired, we packed up chillies and the big red wagon and went to Joan's Farm in Livermore today. I completely spaced a homeschool field trip with friends to the farm this past Monday because I didn't write it on the calendar. grrrrrr. I was SO frustrated. It's a sign that I'm getting older. I can't remember much unless I write it down. But I digress.
One would never know it was fall today in Northern Cali. The weather was fan-flippin'-tastic. 96 degrees in the middle of October is almost wrong. Dave and I are anxious for it to cool down. For the purposes of exploring the farm with the chillies and picking out a few pumpkins it was a perfect day. The chillies highlight of the day was riding the ponies. J picked out Trigger, the biggest pony there, and TJ rode Spinner. Coop was so interested in the ponies from the other side of the fence but we knew he would have fallen apart if he was on top of one of them. The kids fed the goats/sheep and ate popcorn while we walked around.
We also took the opportunity to scout around Livermore a little to see if we could live there. We are really under the gun to find Dave a place to practice but we need to decide where to look first. We both decided Livermore could be for us- time to job hunt.......
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
sleepy Sunday
So I usually don't write or think about Sundays after they're gone. It's one of my favorite days of the week because Dave is almost always home and my brain only has to function enough to get to church and Gram's house for dinner at 6. We just hang out and enjoy our little family, and take wonderful Sunday naps!
Ever since I was called to be Primary President things are more crazy on Sundays. I think today was the most stressful one yet. I had to get myself and all 3 chillies ready and at church by 8:30 AM. Dave left before 8 to get to a board review class, so I was flying solo all day.
I was playing the piano for a vocal solo and that was a huge stress on its own. I don't play much outside of the house so the nerves were killin' me. It's not hard to get up and sing in front of people anymore- I've done it so much that it's easy. Playing the piano though sends me into a marshmallow like state. It's hard to get all ten fingers moving to the notes they should when one often forgets to breath and is shaking like a leaf at times. That being said, I did alright.
I sat in the beginning of church hoping Grandpa and Grandma would walk in soon so that I could leave the chillies without drama to go up front and play the piano when it was time. Thankfully, they came and sat with me and helped a ton! Then it was straight to Primary to do Sharing Time and scramble to get parts assigned and to the kids for our upcoming Program. Right after Primary I had a meeting with a member of the Stake Pres. and then back up to the Primary room with the chillies for a Presidency meeting. Kudos to my sweet chillies! They were so good all day and Coop even stayed in nursery the entire time. That made the day a lot easier for sure.
Our entire family was sleep deprived this morning. I, being the eternal night owl, stayed up until 2 AM doing church stuff. Then J woke up at 3 AM for the third night in a row with a huge coughing spell. I don't know what happened to her. We went to the zoo on Thursday and ever since then she is hacking and coughing. Since I just went to bed (I really gotta stop that) Dave got up and helped J so that we could all get some sleep. Coop and TJ both woke up at about 3:30 and needed to pee, wanted a drink, cried for a bink and blanky, etc. I think everyone finally fell asleep after 4 AM and got up at 7 to get to church early. Whew. It's not hard to predict that after church and Mom's meetings we came home and everyone crashed in bed for 3+ hours. Ahhhh the beauty of Sunday afternoon naps. I think that's the only reason I'm functioning right now......after midnight.................again.
Ever since I was called to be Primary President things are more crazy on Sundays. I think today was the most stressful one yet. I had to get myself and all 3 chillies ready and at church by 8:30 AM. Dave left before 8 to get to a board review class, so I was flying solo all day.
I was playing the piano for a vocal solo and that was a huge stress on its own. I don't play much outside of the house so the nerves were killin' me. It's not hard to get up and sing in front of people anymore- I've done it so much that it's easy. Playing the piano though sends me into a marshmallow like state. It's hard to get all ten fingers moving to the notes they should when one often forgets to breath and is shaking like a leaf at times. That being said, I did alright.
I sat in the beginning of church hoping Grandpa and Grandma would walk in soon so that I could leave the chillies without drama to go up front and play the piano when it was time. Thankfully, they came and sat with me and helped a ton! Then it was straight to Primary to do Sharing Time and scramble to get parts assigned and to the kids for our upcoming Program. Right after Primary I had a meeting with a member of the Stake Pres. and then back up to the Primary room with the chillies for a Presidency meeting. Kudos to my sweet chillies! They were so good all day and Coop even stayed in nursery the entire time. That made the day a lot easier for sure.
Our entire family was sleep deprived this morning. I, being the eternal night owl, stayed up until 2 AM doing church stuff. Then J woke up at 3 AM for the third night in a row with a huge coughing spell. I don't know what happened to her. We went to the zoo on Thursday and ever since then she is hacking and coughing. Since I just went to bed (I really gotta stop that) Dave got up and helped J so that we could all get some sleep. Coop and TJ both woke up at about 3:30 and needed to pee, wanted a drink, cried for a bink and blanky, etc. I think everyone finally fell asleep after 4 AM and got up at 7 to get to church early. Whew. It's not hard to predict that after church and Mom's meetings we came home and everyone crashed in bed for 3+ hours. Ahhhh the beauty of Sunday afternoon naps. I think that's the only reason I'm functioning right now......after midnight.................again.
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