Wednesday, June 04, 2008

mini "vacation"

Last Friday I went with a friend to see Anita Renfrow live. She is hysterical! Then, Saturday we all went to Titusville, Fl to see the Space Shuttle launch. I will have a link in here soon for the pictures. they are kinda cool! We sat on a dock about 12 miles from the shuttle itself. We had a clear view of it and I have a telephoto lens so I was able ot get some good shots.
Shuttle Launch May 31, 2008



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We are going on a mini "vacation" today. It will be 4 days only. I am putting "" around vacation because we are staying in a condo my chiropracter owns so we have to pack every essencial we will need for 4 days. That is a lot of packing for only 4 days. Plus, Sr. monkey will be woring for 3 of the 4 days. I have to pack twice the amount of clothing for him and I will be alone with the kids in this condo for 3 of the 4 days. None of the comforts of home around me.

I guess it will be nice. I just hate leaving home. I like being in my own house and in my own bed at night.

Our friends Matt and Kelly will be there too. matt will be working with Sr. monkey. kelly and I will hang out at the pool, I guess. The kids will get restless, I know. Maybe the town of Seabring Fl will have some interesting places to visit during the day while the guys are working.

ok, time to sit and ponder on what else I might need on this mini "vacation" :)


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Friday, January 11, 2008

Been a long year

I can not beleive how long this year has been. We built a house and it was finished in December of 2006. We have been in it a year now. the housing market got so bad that sr. monkey is out trying to get bids on some big projects that we hop to get right now. he has no work this month. We hired a plumber for jobs of sr. monkey's that ended up costing us ... ready... $50,000 out of our own pocket (credit card!!) to fix all of his mistakes. We can't pay our Christian school bill and we need a miracle to pay our bills by the end of the month.

Whooo! That is a lot. not to mention that in June last year our whole church turned around for the worst. 3 of our Pastors left. sr. monkey became the Youth Director for the teens. (that was not so bad) We got the job also of picking up a group of teens every week 2 times a week for church. Which means we have to leave pretty early for church now a days. ( We only live 15 minutes away) Our School administrator was asked to leave and now we are losing a Bible teacher and the school secretery. (she is having a baby and her husband is the Bible and Gym teacher) It is bad enough we don't have any highschool teachers except one volunteer teacher who is a friend of ours. :)

We did get a new School Administrator just this week. That is really good news. I like her a lot and she will do good things with the school.

We may have to homeschool both the kids next year. The kids seem excited about it. mommy is a little apprehensive but I know we will get through it.

One of my latest (and former passions) is freezer cooking. You cook for a day and eat for a month. It is great! I am trying to see if we can get a seminar at our church for the community and our church ladies about this. I love this whole freezer thing as it saves so much money buying in bulk and only shopping one time for all my meals a month. Great! I have to admit I usually cook for 2 weeks at a time because I have not gotten to the place of 1 month yet but I will. It is cool when there is always food in the freezer and if you are rushed, that is ok, there is a meal in the freezer that just needs heating. Company is over and all you have to do is go into the freezer and grab something good. I have a few books on this that I love. I also think it is a perfect gift for a new mom or someone sick. Make a few meals to bring over, freeze them and when you get to the person's house ask them what meal they would like that night and leave that out and put the rest in thier freezer for them to heat up another time.

Now I am rambling and I have to go pick up the kids. Write more later. :)