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| On some snow..guess how much? |
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| Would you believe we had this much snow? |
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| He was feeling very photogenic-can you tell? : ) |
Ches was really going to bat for me, bless his heart. I missed my hair appointment on Wednesday, due to snow, and I was SAD. I have to wait five whole weeks, when I used to go every four...and five is torture! So, today they were finally back in business, and they called me at the same time I was calling them. I tried to reschedule, but the next available date (since they only work Tuesday-Friday) is next Friday, the 18th. Umm..hello? That's waayy too long! I'm a blonde, remember? So, they penciled me in for 2pm this afternoon, and Ches worked on the driveway. We tried to get our POA to clear the neighborhood, especially since we have the money, but not everyone wants to pay the bulldozer man $2500, when it will melt off this weekend (probably). So, bad hair. For another whole week. : (
Friday...Sorry, I got so sleepy and never posted! Today we (drum roll please..) Got Dressed! We've been lounging around, watching television, and not keeping to a real routine other than meals. But, today! We got the kids bathed, dressed, and O-U-T! Ches took the kids to Chick-Fil-A, I cleaned up the house, put in a turkey for dinner, and headed out myself.
The roads were not quite what I thought they'd be. I slipped and slid around our neighborhood, but the city streets were much better. I did wonderfully on the dry main roads (and had a bit of jealousy for all those trucks I saw with those fancy scoopers on the front..I want one!). I picked up Mary Claire at CFA, and we found a bump of snow to park on at Wal-Mart. They'd cleared the parking lot, left 8-10 foot piles of snow, and there were random areas of snow left. We got one of those lucky spots. : ) We gathered groceries and stuff to make dinner for a friend. We are so excited-we are making them pink cupcakes tomorrow!
We got home, unloaded the van, and found this adorable dragon in our house:
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| I've heard that you should never wake a sleeping dragon. |
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| We couldn't use anything bigger than a shoebox, and we didn't have any of those! We've recycled them all. So..here are some things to use. The gears started working... |
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| Clay wanted a rounded US Mailbox, so we added toilet paper rolls to the top of the graham cracker box. We left the opening at the bottom, so he could get his valentines out if the front opening wasn't big enough. |
I also fit in time to make a little burp cloth for a sweet friend. I have had the cloth diaper on my embroidery machine for almost two weeks..I have been debating on colors. It's for a precious new baby girl, so of course pink, but I wanted another color too. That's the hard part. I decided on a preppy green gingham-very spring. I am tired of winter, and ready to welcome bright colors (and flip-flops!).
During and after dinner, we played our (now routine) games of cards. It's just become what we do with dinner, and the kids talk, think, and dinner goes slower. It's so nice! We count our points, but no one keeps a tally. We just want them to know that when you hold on to an Ace, it can backfire when you have to subtract it off your final points! We want them thinking. Especially when a couple of us are down to one card. : ) It used to be Apples to Apples, but now we've moved on. I like that we have routine, but it changes.
After cards, we worked on Clay's Paravuli Dei (it's a whole book, BTW!). He had made us all paper treasure chests, and we passed them clockwise slowly around our circle (table). As we had each person's chest, we wrote on the back what skills or talents God had blessed that person with. Ethan was on my lap, and I wrote his for him. It was one of the best things we've ever done. We learned about ourselves, and Clay had to write in his book which talents were a surprise to him, and how often he tells others of the gifts he can see in them. A great exercise, and we have these little treasure chests of our gifts. : )
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
1 Corinthians 12: 4-12
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