{thankful} I sat at curriculum night this week and all I could think about is how much I love Jacob's teacher. She's fun, she's laid back, she's enthusiastic, she loves my kid. She's wonderful. Unfortunately Jacob doesn't have her for any actual classes, she teaches math and he's with another wonderful teacher in an accelerated program, but at least she's there in the morning to greet him and a wonderful presence in his life throughout the day.
He also started a drama class this week and the teacher absolutely loved him. When I went to pick up she couldn't wait to tell me about his awesome phrasing. She looked at Julianna and asked her why she wasn't signed up too and immediately invited her to come help put on the production. She is a wonderful, wonderful person and I know they will have a ball with her.
When I called to make arrangements to donate food for a funeral this week (see praying), the coordinator stopped to tell me how much she enjoys Jacob, what a neat kid she thinks he is. Now, don't get me wrong, I love Jacob very much and I think he's a terrific kid, but he is a typical 12 year old boy. He likes to talk, a lot. He has a vivid imagination and often his thoughts are a mile a minute and all over the place with creativity. It's always such a wonderful feeling as a parent to hear someone else really "gets" your kid and, even better, really enjoys them. I was lucky enough to experience that multiple times this week and it's awesome!
{hoping} Julianna can find her footing with her class. She's struggling. She's missed a lot of school this year, all or part of 8 days already! She's been very sick and that's hard in a couple of ways. Number one it makes it hard to feel a part of the classroom and it also colors how you feel about things. Still, the reality is she's not feeling good about school this year and it breaks my heart. Julianna has always, always loved school. She's just not this year and I don't know how to help her. I'm hoping it turns around soon, I don't want to see the whole year be like this for her.
{blessed} My life. It's complicated, we don't have as much free time as I'd like...there's this, there's that, but all in all it's pretty wonderful and I can't help but feel very blessed.
{overwhelmed} Trying to figure out this life/balance thing. Still struggling with most of the same old/same olds. I need to find more time to clean, I need to make time to exercise. I even looked into joining WW online this week, I was excited about getting some help with ideas for breakfast and lunch...not so much. Turns out WW doesn't offer meal plan ideas anymore? Crazy, no? The idea is you eat what you want to eat. Well, that's what I always do and frankly it's not working so well for me. So, back to square one in that regard, but I'm determined to carve out some time to exercise. The cleaning? Realistically probably not going to change right now, overwhelming, but truth is truth.
{dreaming} Of my date with Mark tonight. Hoping everything goes well with the sitter, we're trying someone new, someone I don't know, so of course that's out of my comfort zone (not to mention J&J's comfort zone). But it's been months since we went out on a long date and we really need that time together. I love trading babysitting with Jason and Lori but Friday nights don't work well for them and that's our favorite time to go out. It's so nice to get to the end of a long week and have a relaxing date to look forward to. I can not wait! We're going to dinner and a movie and I know it's going to be fabulous!
{reading} I just finished Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell. I love her writing. She's British and it's chick lit and it's exactly the fun escape I love a book to be. Highly recommend anything by her. Some of it's better than others, of course, but it's always something I enjoy.
{excited} I'm so excited for the weekend ahead. I love weekends, love the family time. It's going to be busy, but filled with family and it sounds heavenly. As a bonus, Rebekah's coming home for Sunday and Jason, Lori and the kids are joining us for dinner Sunday for Rosh Hashanah. Very excited for the next few days.
{working} I've been working on
{praying} There's a little boy who was in Jacob's Vacation Bible School class this year. His mother passed away this week and this little guy found her. So sad. Praying for him and his future.
Praying too for my girl at school. She has a lot of challenges on her plate right now and it's one of those things where one or two is doable, there's more than that though and it's overwhelming. Praying that she can find strength to deal with things, acceptance for what she can't change, and strength to keep moving on, all while keeping her confidence and getting her happy back. It's a lot to ask, but that's what prayer's for, right?
{cooking} Two wonderful successes this week. I tried a new chicken recipe. It was quick, easy, healthy and delicious. It doesn't get much better than that! Grilled Rosemary Chicken with Sweet and Sour Orange Dipping Sauce. The recipe calls for chicken thighs, which Mark dislikes, so I subbed in boneless breasts, cubed the meat up and made kabobs. They cooked quickly on the grill and kabobs always make for a fun presentation. I served them with a browned butter apricot, pine nut brown rice pilaf and grilled asparagus. Delicious! I love that feeling of accomplishment when I try something new for dinner and it's a big hit with all of us.
I also found a new bread recipe this week that we all enjoyed. The kids really loved it. It's high in fiber and still delicious so that's a definite win. It has buttermilk, honey, wheat flour, oats, all sorts of yumminess. I love making bread and it's lots of fun discovering a new recipe.
That's what's going on around here. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for the blogging idea to Abby at Murdock's Mama.
3 comments:
So interesting, I had the opposite experience (but on my computer) with Google drive. I've struggled with Docs before but the Drive stuff made it work immediately. Here's hoping it starts playing well with your phone in a hurry!
Meanwhile I'm using ShopShop, a freebie shopping app, and that's been good for me so far.
Good luck!
After just retiring, I am starting to settle into a life of not having to rush so much. It is wonderful to be able to sleep a few minutes more in the morning and take a little nap in the afternoon if I want to and it's the first time in 47 years of marraige that John and I have both had time off at the same time.
It took a lot of years to get to this point and I still find myself using the phrase "real quick", but now I laugh when I say it.
It's always nice to hear great compliments about your kids from other adults! And how neat that Julianna was asked to help with the production - was she excited about that?
I'm sorry to hear about the illnesses she's had since school started and missing so much already; coupled with not enjoying school this year. Have you been able to find out what is causing her discontent with school? It's hard to watch your child struggle like that and I pray that she regains her footing and starts to enjoy it again.
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