Student

Well, today I called NMC which is our local community college in Traverse City. I have an appointment with a counselor tomorrow. I am hoping to take MAYBE one or two classes just to peck away at some degree. The funny thing is I don't REALLY know what I want to be. I am hoping that tomorrow will shed some more light on it. I will keep you posted.

Snow Day

I love snow days. They are great. You just feel like you are getting away with something. Tuesday was a "snow"day due to very icy roads. It turned out that Mike didn't have to work either. He planned on taking the kids to school and letting me sleep in. It was so sweet and I loved every minute of it until 10a.m. That's right, you all heard it. I slept in until 10 on a Tuesday morning! So Mike was a little bored and he thought we should go to a movie. We waited until the afternoon and went to the 3o'clock show. 'Hoodwinked' was the only kids' show, so we all sat there, and it was a really long one let me tell you. Even Tori said that it was long, so the movie wasn't so great, but it was fun to sit there with the kids and they enjoyed being on our laps and having fun together. We even got to sneak in a Mrs. Field's cookie after the show. I love their cookies. So anyways, snowdays are great and relaxing.

Seven In Seven

I was challenged by Kelli to list a "Seven in Seven" so here it goes:

Seven things I want to do before I die-
1.) Visit Ireland
2.) Go to New York City
3.) Go on a Mission Trip to Africa
4.) Go on a family vacation to Disney World
5.) Graduate from college
6.) Go on a hot air balloon ride (which is not too far off) :D
7.) Have a guest bedroom/suite where people can come and stay and relax


Seven things I cannot do-
1.) Draw
2.) Play organized sports (I am not coordinated)
3.) Sing beautifully
4.) Return the library books on time
5.) Be lazy at work
6.) Play the lottery (I feel like it is such a waste of $)
7.) Pay full price for any clothing item......ever


Seven things that attracted me to my husband-
1.) He is tall
2.) He is strong
3.) He is a very hard worker
4.) He is smart
5.) He is generous to me
6.) He is loyal
7.) He is predictible


Seven things I say most often-
1.) Are you listening to me!?! (to my kids)
2.) Walking feet (daycare kids)
3.) No yelling at eachother (to my kids)
4.) Use your inside voice (both daycare and my kids)
5.) Where are you working tomorrow? (to Mike)
6.) Have a good day
7.) How was your day?

Seven Favorite Series/Books/Authors-
1.) Anne Of Green Gables
2.) Gene Stratton-Porter
3.) The Bible
4.) Little House On The Prairie
5.) Gary Chapman
6.) Left Behind Series
7.) Max Lucado

Seven Movies I Watch Over and Over-
1.) Dirty Dancing
2.) The Sound of Music
3.) The Notebook
4.) Bambie
5.) Finding Nemo
6.) The Wizard of Oz
7.) Toy Story

Seven Places You Have Been-*I added this myself since I don't have anyone to 'tag'
1.) Cancun, Mexico
2.) Creel, Chihauha, Mexico
3.) Daytona Beach, FL
4.) Lima, OH
5.) Orlando, FL
6.) Picutred Rocks, Western U.P., MI
7.) Chicago , IL

Seven People to "Tag"
*I have none because I don't know anyone additional to tag. Sorry!

The Spikes

Well, Cole is turning into quite a big boy. He got a new hair cut last Friday. He told the lady that he wanted a spike. She did a great job and did a modern spike. It is so funny because every morning he gets him self dressed and goes in the bathroom and gets his hair wet and towel dries it and puts his own gel in it. He stands there and works the spikes until he thinks they look okay. He looks so much older to me!

Um....let's see.....Mike's work has been good. Keeping busy which is a huge "Praise the Lord!" I was a little nervous when venturing out on his own. But there have been no worries and he seems to be great at being his own boss and taking care of business.

Tori has been inviting all of her friends to A.W.A.N.A. it is so cute to listen to her call them. If they say they can't come she puts them on the spot and asks why. She is so bold. The kids have all been getting along so good. It is neat just to watch them play together. They make up games and read to eachother and just love being together, except when it comes to the van. They argue EVERY time we get in about who is sitting where. If anyone has any ideas on how to solve this I would appreciate comments. So far the new plan is a rotation in a clockwise circle. For the whole day they sit in this spot. It seems to have helped a little, but there is still complaining going on. Morgan is our little chipper one. She is always smiling and postitive. She will try to find a way to make everyone happy, even if she isn't. I have to tell her she can't make everyone happy. She is so sweet.

Well, not much going on. Just the same old. I took a day off from work this week. So I only work 2 days. It is really nice. I have so much to do today. Lots of cleaning and sorting. So I had better get started.

Ringing Or "Puking" In The New Year

Well, our new year was not that exciting. We stayed home and I was shampooing our family room carpet and Tori said she had a stomach ache. I didn't think anything of it because she has just spent all night and all day with my Aunt Melanie and I figured that she had eaten too much junk food or something. Well, not the case. She had the stomach flu. From 9p.m. till 5a.m. I didn't sleep. Morgan got sick starting about 11:30p.m. I was exhausted from not sleeping and from cleaning up and doing laundry. So, we missed church Sunday. Not because we were out partying till the wee hours, but we were exhausted either way. I didn't even wake up until 10a.m. (which is when church starts). So anyways, not the most exciting New Years I have heard about. Sunday about 6p.m. Cole got sick. The good news is the flu was a quick one and they were over it right away. I hope everyone else had a much better time.