Another Week Finished

Whew! This week went by so slow.... even with the holiday and having a day off it seemed to just drag and drag and drag on.

I haven't done anything exciting. I'm in major pain today because I thought I'd be nice last night at about 9:00 pm and decided to mow the front lawn. My mom was going to do it this morning but I was sitting outside and thought "wow, it's such a nice cool breezy night, it would be much easier to do the lawn now than tomorrow in the heat!" So, I went in, got some tennis shoes on and started up the mower. Ok, the next time I think something like that, I hope the thought goes away, QUICKLY! Oh my gosh, every muscle in my body hurts. Especially my chest muscles from having to push the mower uphill. Advil is my friend today!

I had an interview this morning. Adorable baby. Nice mom. I think it would work out good. I should know by this weekend. The only draw back... the baby is 10 mos old and is still breastfed and according to mom, he won't take a bottle of any kind. Hmm, that could be a problem. I'm thinking... sippy cup time!

I have a new baby girl starting on Monday. She's only 9 weeks old. Cute as can be!

I have another interview on Monday morning. Wish me luck. Of course, this is for another infant. I think everyone on earth has had a baby in the last year! The Class of 2023 is going to be HUGE!!

I am so happy we keep getting calls and having interviews. The Lord is really taking care of us. I wasn't sure how things would go after my mom quit her job to come and work with me. It was a huge leap of faith, but it looks like we're not going to have any problems getting the amount of kids we need. (So far.) Of course that could change overnite. But, if the calls and interviews keep up, we'll be turning people away.

I don't have any big plans for the weekend. I think my mom and I (and the boys) are going to go over to their other house tomorrow to do some cleaning and yard work. I think I'll offer to clean INSIDE! No more yardwork for me! Not for a long time!

Have a great weekend!

Happy 4th!

Happy Birthday America! How old are we now? Hmm, I guess I'll have to give my kids some homework today and make them find out.

So... what are your plans for the day/night? It's pretty icky weatherwise here. Not raining right now, but did earlier this morning. It's still wet out and they're calling for more rain this evening. We may not see fireworks. Oh well, we've see them plenty of times before. Every year is the same. We'll go get our own little fireworks to do in the driveway, later today. If we don't get to go to the fireworks tonight, the kids will still have things to do another night. Our neighbors and a lot of other people in our subdivision have been setting off firecrackers and fireworks all week. The kids have already had quite a show just from their bedroom window each night. What cracks me up is when these people start letting off fireworks at 6:00 (when it's not even dark out), so you can hear them, but you can't see them. What's the point?

Anyway, we don't have any big plans. I have to work tomorrow, so it's just another night to me. Pretty boring around here.

Have a fun and safe 4th!

Debit Card Is Found...

...and it's back in it's safe little spot where it belongs.

I went to my bank this morning and they had had my card since Wednesday. Ummm, thanks for calling! Anyway, I did forget to get it at the ATM, and I guess the machine only gives you about 20 seconds to get it before it takes it, so the machine got it before the people behind me could get it. I'm going to have to be more careful next time.

I had to work this morning but only had my one infant from 7-noon so that was nice! I'm off now until Wednesday. I've been getting quite a few calls and I hope they all pan out. I have 2 interviews set up for this week. Both babies. I'm either getting calls for infants or pregnant women. It seems like everyone is having babies right now.

I took the kids to Dairy Queen for lunch and now they're out in the pool. I may go join them in a little bit. It is hot and humid here today so the water should feel good. And goodness knows, I really need to work on my tan. Or should I say I need to GET a tan. This is the first summer in a long time that I haven't been pretty dark by the 4th. Usually I've been tanning in a bed and outside some and have a real good tan by now. I guess my priorities were in a different place this year. Oh well, it happens.

I've been starting to look into what kind of curriculum we're going to use this year in our homeschooling. I'm so excited that we'll be able to go back to the co-op this year. I am hoping that I can talk my friend Kristy into coming too. I think she would like it and I know her kids would.

I am looking into a new math curriculum called 'ShillerMath'. Here's a link for all you homeschooling families:
http://www.shillermath.com/sm/home.php?src=index.htm
(I like the zero preparation time! lol) For spelling I'm thinking about 'Spelling Power'. You can get a free sample and catalog here: www.CAhomeschool.com/QW2 I haven't figured out the rest yet.

I got our 'Indiana Association of Home Educators' and the 'Home School Enrichment' magazines in the mail last week, so I've been looking through them to find out about different curriculums. I also found out in the Indiana magazine that they are having a "Home School Day" at our State Fair this year. So, I decided that I'm taking the boys. It's on a Friday so I have already let my daycare parents know that I'll be closed that day. I think most of the public and private schools will be back in session by then, so hopefully it will mostly homeschoolers and not too crowded.

We're also going to go to the "Animal Planet Expo" when it comes to Indy this month. Taylor is always watching Animal Planet and fortunately it's on a Saturday so we can go. I think the kids will have lots of fun since they both love animals.

Well, I'm off to look at more curriculums and hopefully make it outside before we get our "forecasted" storm. It's sunny and beautiful right now, but we're suppose to get bad storms later today. And of course, tomorrow night during the fireworks it's suppose to be pouring. I guess we'll see.

Anyone Seen A Debit Card?

I realized at the Walmart check-out yesterday, that I've lost mine.

And I'm pretty sure I know where.

Wednesday, being the nice mom that I am, I took the kids to a movie. Well, we thought it started at 1:45, but decided to check online to make sure the paper was right. It wasn't. The movie started at 1:30 and at this time it was already 1:05, it takes about 25-30 minutes to get to the theater, and I still needed to go thru the ATM because this theater take cash only. (Get with the times people!!) Anyway, my dad had the day off and overheard our conversation, so he gave me $40 and told me just to pay him back whenever. Of course, once again, dad saved the day. So we hurry along to our movie and get there in plenty of time (just in time to see the stupid 10 minute cartoon they play before Cars).
So we get back into town and I decided to go to the ATM and get some money to pay him back so I wouldn't forget. So, I'm punching in my pin number, punching in the amount I want, etc... and a car pulls up behind us kind of fast. So, me being me, I am hurrying to get done to let this person behind me go and I think because I was hurrying, I grabbed my receipt but forgot to grab my card. So... the person behind me must have my card. YIKES!!!

I'm just praying they are a nice person with a very strong conscience! And so far, so good. I checked my online banking site yesterday and they haven't used it (yet). I'm hoping they either threw it away or turned it back in to the bank.

OH, and of course I didn't realize any of this until AFTER I had made a nice sized deposit yesterday morning (at 11:50 - bank closes at noon, so I couldn't even call them after I found I had lost it - so I'm stuck until Monday.)

If these people AREN'T good people, they could have a pretty good holiday weekend. Let's hope they're good people! I mean, if I found a debit card I would be a good person and turn it in.

I'm sure I'll keep you updated. In the mean time, please pray they don't drain my account before Monday.

And NO, I'm not one of those stupid people who writes my pin number on the back of my card! They can't really get much, BUT... it is a Visa debit card so you can use it as credit too at many different places, including gas stations and online... Ohhh this could get ugly!