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One of Those Days When You Think About Quitting

So. Today was not a good one. Remember when I wrote about the 3rd week of school being kinda bumpy?  But then I got all strict with the boys and they shaped up.  They’ve been deteriorating again.  This morning it took 2 hours to go through about 40 minutes worth...

Breaking Free

Breaking Free by Beth Moore is a wonderful Bible study. The subtitle for the book is Making Liberty in Christ a Reality in Life. This is the workbook version, and it’s broken up into ten weeks of lessons. This study definitely takes some effort to complete, but...

What’s on Your Guilt List?

I haven’t been posting a great deal this week.  There’s nothing wrong, I’m just recovering from the family trip we took last week to Virgina.  There’s lots to tell, and I promise I’ll start writing again tomorrow. I’ve been working...

Favorite Vacation Quotes

It went down the wrong end. Captain Earthquake, explaining a coughing fit during lunch. Do I need to rev it up? The Mercenary, taking a photo with the digital camera after getting used to the 35mm. HHhhhhAAAAaaaaaaa! TechnoBoy, coming up out of the water after...

6 Encouraging Signs of Progress for the Older Boys

I’ve seen some encouraging signs of progress in the older boys lately. they played make-believe games with the little boys last week when I was working at the church office.  Like, actual pretending to run a restaurant and make food with the toy kitchen.  They...

Never mind the bat…I wanted sympathy!

Having a bat in the house can be stressful. I haven’t shared a funny in several days, and Hubby reminded me of this story so I thought I’d post it. I fell asleep one evening on the couch while Hubby was working in what was the office at the time. TechnoBoy...