I didn’t get much of anything done today. There’s so much that needs to be done before our trip, and, as usual, I’m procrastinating. I never learn.
I did make a cool schedule that I am going to try to go by after our trip. There is no sense in trying to incorporate it before our trip, because there are too many out of the ordinary things to be done. I’m hoping that having a guidline for my day, printed out for me to look at, will help me to become more disciplined. I am so very undisciplined. It’s embarassing, really. So, anyway, I made a schedule. If I could figure out how to do it, I would post it here. I don’t know how, though, or if it is even possible.
I also did dishes, one load of laundry, and went to the store. That’s about all the productivity I could manage today.
In other news, my poor baby boy seems to have gotten a bad cold. He has been a little snot machine all day. I know he feels bad. He is also cutting some molars, and that is bothering him as well. I hope that he will feel okay on our trip. I want him to enjoy it. Last time, he was only eight months old, and he was scared of the sound that the waves made. He didn’t like the sand either.
So, anyway. That’s that. I hope to have something better to write about tomorrow.

Sorry I’ve been missing in action. It’s been a whirlwind of activity around here lately. Chris, of course, has been working constantly, as usual, and, the few hours he’s not working or sleeping, he’s been doing schoolwork. That man needs a vacation! I’m glad he’s going to get one, but I’m hoping that it will really be relaxing. He’s mentioned that he may have to study for his sermons a week from Sunday, because he is preaching both services of a Youth Sunday at church. I hope that he will be able to find enough time before and after our trip to study, and that he will be able to just relax and have a good time while we are there. He is working himself to death. I am coming to understand why so many guys that he works with have had heart attacks recently. They have no time to rest! Anyway…that’s what he’s been doing.
His mom and his aunt came in from Texas for several days, and me and the kids spent a lot of time with them. His other aunt is in from Florida, for medical reasons, and we have visited with her quite a bit, as well. Also, my sister-in-law, Natasha, was home from Nebraska for a few days, and the kids and I went up to my mom’s one evening to see her when she came by. Saturday we had a family reunion at my grandmother’s to go to, and Sunday, of course, was church. Today, I kind of didn’t do a whole lot, but we went to McDonald’s for dinner. I know, I know, but…whatever. Just hush. I will cook tomorrow. After that, Chris went to work, and the kids and I took my mom a homemade birthday card and her birthday present. She seemed to really like the card that the kids and I made for her. We had a good time making it. Kyra loves to be crafty. Malachi, Misty, and Makeinzie were there, and I helped Misty tie up a fleece blanket she was making. We laughed a lot, and Tasha came by for a few minutes. It was good to see her one more time before she leaves tomorrow.
So now, I’m home, Chris is working, and the kids are asleep. I’m fixing to head to bed, and tomorrow I’m going to have to get cracking. I need to get the house clean, because we are leaving Thursday night/Friday morning for our trip to the beach. I want to leave behind a clean house, so I won’t have to come home to a mess. I also need to clean out the van, and get everything ready to pack. I can’t wait to go to the beach. I’ve only been to the ocean once before (last November), and it was breathtaking, to say the least. I’ve been dying to go back since we left last year. We are going to have so much fun, I know. I hope it will be a good time for Chris, and he will be able to get some much needed R&R.
So, enough of that. I’m off to bed.

****Only 4 more days until we go to the beach.

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted. Not to much to report. I slept and slept and slept and slept on Monday. Chris was home, and I was just so tired. On Tuesday, I cleaned a little, and then the kids messed it up again. Now, I need to clean again. On Wednesday, I took the kids to the park for a while, then we went by their great-grandmother’s house for a visit, and then we came home to change and go to church. Church tonight was pretty good, and the kids were good. So, that was cool. It’s technically now Thursday, but I’ve not yet went to bed. Headed that way, though.
I have been watching Fox News all night with stories from Hurricane Katrina. As with the Tsunami of last December…I have no words. Nothing I could possibly say could put into picture the way I feel about it. My heart just breaks over and over when I watch the news. Seeing a little girl plead with people to help her, as she stood in water over her ankles while an old man she was with tried to push their car to higher land…I can do nothing but cry. I can’t fathom what all of those people are going through. I can’t get over the rationale of such low class people that they would loot stores, and shoot at police who try to stop them. I can’t understand why so many people refused to heed the warning and leave. I can’t help but notice the type of people that decided to refuse to head for safety. I can’t fathom what those parents told themselves to justify letting their little children remain in harm’s way. They still would have lost everything, but they would have saved their children a living hell. It’s just all too much to process.

For anyone looking for a good cause to donate to, besides the Red Cross and all of the others that are always a good option, you should think about donating to Hearts With Hands. It is a good organization, and they offer spiritual help as well to the victims of this disaster. They sent help to my hometown when the tornado hit a couple of years ago. I just wanted to share that link.

I think I’m going to bed now. I’ve had too much to process tonight.