Twas’ the night before school starts
And all through the Stubborn house….
Well, I’m not that good at rhyming poems, that’s as far as that format will go. Ian, can you help me out here?
My classroom is organized. My lesson plans done. My car full of more stuff that friends have donated. Things are good.
Jeremiah is eating an ice cream cone THAT HE ASKED FOR! His jello is made and in the fridge. His out fit has been planned for days. His back pack is ready to go. Things are good.
Gabe just got home from football practice, which he is loving. He’s getting the trash ready to go out in the morning. He’s tested us a lot this week, and we’ve come through. He’s going to be a junior, and is excited about it. Things are good.
Hubby is working on the big programming project he’s been working on for months. A good opportunity, but it’s hard. But he likes challenges. Things are good.
We’re figuring this out as we go along. Day by day things change. The consistency of school is good, and the boys crave it.
Now, we’ve just got to figure some of the new stuff out.
Like how to get kids to doctor’s appointments, and how to plan meals and keep up with laundry with Mom working again, and how to get used to homework again.
But we will.
And God will be with us on these new adventures he’s set out for us, because He is. So here we go.
ADVENTURE!
Blessings!
Hannah
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Things are good here, too… even if my job ends in 24 days.
BUT… I still have my beautiful family (including my awesome Hannah) and a home in a dream location… and friends and family who are concerned about me. I am soooo glad for you, Hannah, that you will be in a place to really use your God-given gifts. Now, I want the same!
Gabe is old enough that he should learn how to cook; spend some weekend time teaching him the basics (saute, use the oven, make pasta) and he can help during the week. Jeremiah prolly isn’t too young for a lot of that, too. At the very least, they should both know how to make soup from a can or Mac from a box.
Another thing you can do is make several meals all in a day on the weekend and freeze them, then just re-heat during the week.
Jeremiah is actually a really good cook. He makes quite a few small meals all by himself already. Gabe just doesn’t have the cooking sense, and if I don’t give him the step-by-step instructions, he can’t boil water. We’re working on it. As for the freezer, we would LOVE to have the freezer space to be able to do that, but right now we just don’t, so I’m doing a lot of crock pot stuff.
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