Samantha is 11 8/22/10

Time really does fly.  I can't believe Sam is 11 years old.  Wowzers!  She's a great kid and I'm so thankful and blessed to have had the honor of being her mom.  I look forward to the years to come!

I feel the need to ramble now, so here's I go...  (That's why I have this blog.  I need a place to ramble and it takes too long to write it all out with pen and paper.)

I'm so glad that Fall is approaching.  We've got some big changes coming up and there is a lot to be done in preparation.  I was going to go back to school this fall, but I'm SO glad that I opted out of that.  It was just one "iron" too many.  I'm greatly relieved to have chosen not take classes right now.  Did I mention that already?  Because, I am so very glad that I'm NOT IN SCHOOL right now.

We're trying to get organized and get rid of our excess stuff.  Speaking of which, I need to do the same for my physical body, too.  I really need to be more intentional about dietary choices and exercise.  I need help and motivation for that.  I like the little myfitnesspal calorie counter deal.  It's pretty nifty, but I seem to forget to use it.

Our best friends are house shopping.  That's fun.  I like to think that I'm an undercover real estate agent.  I get a big kick out of researching.  I'll be happy to see them settled into a bigger house soon. 

Can you say "stream of consciousness?"  It's 1am and the stream is flowing.

So, I have bronchitis and I'm taking steroids, which may explain all of this -- like why I'm typing any of this at all and why it's all so random.  I will be completely med-free in 2 more days.  Yay.

Did I mention that I'm exited about Fall coming.  I am.  I need to find some free mulch for the yard.  Yep.  We might be putting the house on the market.  That's a big fat "might."

Homeschool is going really well.  The kids are in a good rhythm with it.  That's been nice.  I had a min-breakthrough with Will.  I'm letting him use my little computer desk in my bedroom sometimes for his school work.  It has made such a difference for him to have a distraction-free zone.  He's kind of like me -- easily distracted.  I'm sure you wouldn't have any indication of that from this post, but actually I am pretty easily distracted.

Oh, and Barry got a massive pay cut.  Like 30K less than what he was making.  Not that we were rolling in it before.  We both laughed when we found out because it was fitting in light of our possible future plans... to be unveiled later.  The Lord keeps reminding me that His plans are GOOD.  He has GOOD plans and He is a GOOD God.  Yep.  That's good to think about.

Welp, my back kind of hurts sitting in this position, I guess I'll go to bed.

And, and, AND...  huh, huh... part of the reason I had to write this post is that I needed to vent on the previous post, but wasn't comfortable leaving that post up top.  So, if anyone actually reads this, which I doubt, then you deserve to know the real thought process (or at least one of them) going on in my head as I aimlessly typed all of this.