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ah..it's friday!

that is how i usually feel this time of the week. and this week is no exception. friday's for me mean spending most of the day at home with princess. i usually plan to have nowhere to go and do the cleaning in the house. princess loves to just play and does so rather quietly. we cuddle and read from time to time and she offers to help around the house!

this past week has been filled with lots of running around. more than normal. our church is remodeling and this is the week the bids are due. since it is a project for children's ministry i'm the one answering questions and pretending to know what i'm talking about to these contractors! i've spent a lot of time at the church doing just that.

we have also decided to do some car shopping. so we've been test driving cars, which means picking one up and switching seats around then taking it back swithcing seats around again. all very exciting, but just more running around.

so yesterday all i could do was stop and say, "ah....tomorrow is friday!" after we picked up car #2 (which i love by the way!) we headed to get some milk and a few other necessary items. i realized everyone in this sleepy town was stocking up for the big snow storm we were supposed to get overnight. great....i bet we have a delay!!

the snow plows and some guy who must find great humor in honking his very annoying horn in the wee morning hours woke us all up by 6:20. at 6:40 mapboy turns on his radio and comes running in saying school is cancelled!! i roll out of bed and look out thinking we can't have more than 3 or 4 inches and it is cancelled?? sure enough!! no school today, but do you think anyone decides to crawl back into bed? oh no. argh.....

this has been one long winter. i hear myself saying, "when i was your age we went to school in more snow than this!" but i stop myself, okay, so hubby and i really had this conversation this morning. it's another day at home, another day to make up, and one that will definitely not be quiet!!!

i prayed in the shower for great patience and a loving attitude! but i'm running out of snow day fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous said…
I just had to laugh at your comments about a snow day...your strife and sighs are my sighs of relief and smiles of joy! I don't like making up days either, but ahhh...the joy in being home with my kids instead of at work...isn't it funny how God gives us all different perspectives...try to enjoy the day anyway Chris...you aren't running errands at least, right? Keep smiling...love ya, Tricia
February 1, 2008 at 9:08 AM
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