Tornado Thursday

A glimpse into my Thursdays...

Deliver 14 year old to Jazz band while it is still dark

Pick up 14 year old & deliver her to the high school

Deliver the 12 year old to the junior high

Deliver the 9 year old to his school

Deliver the 5 & 7 year old to their school

Home for a quick shower

Pick up the 14 year old and deliver her & friend to junior high

Pick up band book that I forgot and deliver it to the 12 year old

Mail package to new nephew (insert excited aunt giggle)

Pick up Starbucks so that the taxi driver doesn't fall asleep

Pick up 14 year old for eye appointment

Stop at home so 14 year old can pick up glasses

Deliver 14 year old back to school

Stop at home to feed 4 year old

Do a load of laundry

Calculate the distance between hotel and PF Changs for MOPS training in Denver
(anticipation works better than the Starbucks)

Pick up 5 & 7 year old from their school

Pick up 9 year old from his school

Meet 12 year old at home and give youngest five enough snack to hold them over until dinner

Supervise homework

Pick up 14 year old and friend from junior high and after school activities

Hand 14 year old mac & cheese boxes and escape with hubby!!!!

Winter

Guess, what? It is winter. It snowed last night. Underneath that snow is a bunch of ice.

Guess what else? I don't like winter.

Are you surprised?

I know, no one is really.

This morning a friend reminded me that for me, winter is to remind me how much I love summer.

But really? This is my street...this is where I get stuck on a regular basis...this is where my husband got stuck this morning.

The good news is that I got to use my tow rope that my father-in-law gave me for Christmas!

Yummy, Yum, Yum

Today is cold and windy and yesterday was the same and tomorrow promises to be the same too. When we get in a rut of weather like this, I just want some comfort food.

Pioneer Woman has an amazing Stew recipe that I made yesterday.

Because of my sweet husband's no-carb diet right now, I left out the potatoes and instead made a small batch of mashed potatoes that I could serve the stew over top of for the kiddos. He has also missed drinking an occasional beer, so the beer flavor in the stew was an added bonus.

The added bonus for me was getting to use my cast iron dutch oven. I LOVED it!!! I love the red color on the outside, and I love the way the food cooked in it, and I loved how easy it was to clean! My hubby and kids gave me an awesome Christmas present!

Scripture Memory #2

One of my Spiritual Goals is to memorize scripture - two verses every month. So we are moving on to the second verse of the month.

In preparation for something I have coming up, I decided this would be a good verse:

Colossians 4:2 NLT
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.

I need to be focused on being thankful right now. And as tired as I am, an alert mind would be a good thing too!

Can we start over?

Today is one of those days that needs to be a mulligan...

I have spilled things, lost things, burned things, and created a computer info nightmare...

...and the day is only half over!

The good news is I know some amazing people that have found things, helped clean up things and are fantastic code monkeys!

Just Move

This eat less and move more thing is not easy! I know that, but it is not easy!

The chocolate calls to me all day long! The snow makes outside moving yucky, and really, I am not an outside person!

So just so you know...I haven't "moved" for a week and I am eating triscuits and lughing cow cheese.

There has to be a way to work exercise into my schedule...today I barely worked a shower into my schedule. So instead of trying to do 30 min., I am going to do some core exercises in between all of my other things. 15 squats on my way to the van; 15 push ups before folding a load of laundry...I'll let you know if this works...

Chatting with Morgan