Fun at the Beach

cold Michelle

My x-roomie!! (she really didn't want to be in with me, the snorer)

Miss. Elsie

My cards...am I really heartless and misunderstood?

Playing Apples to Apples....love this game

One of my roomies, Ethel.....what can I say about her....love her so much.....one of the sweetest ladies I have ever known.....a very special friend!

Emerald Isle

I left Thursday for Emerald Isle. The trip was fabulous. I absolutely love the ocean. I'll post some "fun pictures" later, but these are some that I captured for Josh's NC book project.

Final Stop

Our final stop on our field trip was the capital bldg. This was fun too, although my favorite by far was going to the governor's mansion.

Stop 2 on our field trip

So stop 2 was the legislative bldg. This was good, but I would have liked to have seen the Senate side as well.

Field Trip

Yesterday I went with Joshua and his class on a field trip. Other than his field trip last year, this has definitely been one of the best trips I have been on. Since the kids have a big NC history project due at the end of next month, we went downtown to get pictures and info for their notebooks. Our first stop was the governors mansion. I really enjoyed this. It was a smaller version of when we went to the White House last year. We had to get security clearance, although we never had to show our ID's. After the governor's mansion we went to the legislative building. We sat outside and ate our lunch....and it was a beautiful day......and then headed over to the capital building for a tour of that. I'll post pictures of the legislative and capital in the next few days. I'll just concentrate on the governor's mansion for today.

Praising God

Well......I have good news to report. Jack got a job!!! Yeah!! I am happy because he is very happy about it. And the big surprise is that he starts Monday! I'm so happy to see him happy and excited again. The only bad thing is that now I may not be able to go on the ladies retreat next weekend. I'm trying to get child care issues worked out, or once again, I will not be able to go. I told Jack that if it doesn't work out, than he will owe me a weekend away....and he said he knew that :) Seriously though, after getting such a wonderful job, I shouldn't complain. I certainly can't ask him to get off early or come in late on his first week at the job. I guess if it's meant for me to go, I will go and if not, MAYBE next year I'll get to go!!

Birthday Celebrations.....

My brother came home over the weekend so we all went over to my sister's house on Saturday for a family cookout. It was a lot of fun to have the entire family together again. My brother's birthday is today and my niece's birthday was last Tuesday so we had a big b-day celebration. My niece turned 21 (ugh) and my brother.....well, let's just say he is over the hill AND older than I am!! Happy Birthday, Mark (and Tiffany)

goofing off

The other night we started goofing off with the camera......kinda a stress reliever from the previous weeks. Things were much better this week and we received a lot of hope. Jack had so many interviews this week and I worked two days again. Hopefully next week we will receive some really great news and I can't wait to pass it along to you!!

The Roller Coaster

It's been one of those weeks. It's been a roller coaster of emotions. It's not been a good week for me. Other than one week in December, this has been the first time that I have not worked at least one day at school. Now is the time we need it the most and I'm just doing nothing but worry (yes, I know that is a sin). After having some hope, everything seemed to take a nose dive and I must admit, I'm at one of the lowest points I have been at in a long time. If you know me, I am not a patient person and it's not easy for me to wait. I'm stressing so bad over things......when will we have an income again, oops.....I spent more on the grocery budget this week,(ugh) what if now I don't have enough in my envelope to last the entire month, do I have enough in the "clothing budget" to get something (bad timing for taking Dave Ramsey.....I certainly don't have financial PEACE) ....how are we going to pay for tuition, am I going to have to home school next year, what if we have to start cutting into savings, and the list can go on and on. It's gonna be ok, I know.....at least I know it in my head, but my heart doesn't know that yet!!