A little update

Of course I didn't go gluten free!  Am I crazy?  I had to make cookies and pizza to celebrate school being out.  We did have some kale salad from our garden to go along with it all.

Cati is doing well.  He looks more cocooned now.  We may have a butterfly some day after all.

I did surgery on about 6 articles of clothing, and now have more outfits to wear.  I always find myself on Sunday morning saying, "These pants are too short for my tall shoes."  "That skirt is cute, but I have no shirt to wear with it."  "Those pants need a longer shirt to cover the bum."  And so on and so forth.  I always have plenty of grocery store clothes, but it's the nicer ones that are tricky.  We're getting there.  I lengthened some pants, took the elastic out of the waist of a shirt, took the excessive jewels off of the neck of a dress, shortened a should-be maxi dress that shrunk to the awkward length of just above my ankles, so now it's an at-the-knee dress.  Anyway, it feels good to do that rather than fork over the cash for new stuff.

I just did an hour of math with the girls out of their new, summer math books, and they loved it.  That's nice.  The Lord gave us a great first experience.  There were hugs and smiles and "I love you"'s.  Thank you, Lord.  I hope the enthusiasm lasts through the summer.

Lola let me sand for about an hour the other day and I got half of the cabinet doors done.  Give me another hour and I'll be ready to prime.  Next week.

I told Nathan the other day, "I have a desire in my heart.  To paint some rooms."  And he rolled his eyes and groaned and reminded me that I had to finish the kitchen.  That's why I jumped back on it.  I want to do a two-toned thing in the entry way, and make the girls' bedroom not so darn bright blue.  I am also tired of the red kitchen and the green everywhere else.  A girl's got to change her colors every once in a while, ya know?  It's like I've been wearing the same shirt for 3 years or something...kind of.

I'm going to see Shannon  Marie this very weekend.  We're going to shop and eat together with our sisters and mother.  I'm so excited!  Oh by the way, Shannon Marie did a little concert the other day with her band.  She sent me their songs.  I love Motherless Child.  Good job, Shann.  I hope you don't mind my sharing. :)

You know, any time I hear my sisters sing, I feel a lot like when I hear/see my own girls perform.  I remember the time Shannon sang the star spangled banner before a school volleyball game.  And I felt the same way when Riley sang a solo as an angel in a Christmas musical.  Even when our girls played their 30 second piano songs at their recital recently, I just cried and couldn't stop smiling huge.  I feel like a bit of a dork, but the emotions are exploding in me of nervousness, pride, joy, how much I love them, and just how beautiful it is.

I was just talking to Nathan the other night about Patty Griffin and how awesome it is that she has wrinkles but she can still sing so sweet.  And I realized how sad I will be when we reach that certain age that kind of takes your voice.  So, I want to sing with my sisters this weekend while we still can. :)

Off to Sam's with us now.