Changing Normal

First of all, Kelley, I remember the name of that birthday catalog & their website!! :) It's www.birthdayexpress.com Anyways, it's been bugging me that I didn't have the exact website for you the other day!! LOL :)

Well, nothing much changing around here, except that I vaccumed yesterday, and it looks like I didn't...FOR REAL!! Let me explain...I have this housecoat I wear, especially when I'm sick or just feeling cozy, and when I was sick I stuck tissues inside my housecoat pocket. Anyway, without remembering, I washed the said housecoat...and didn't take the tissues out...WHAT A MESS!! Evidently, there was more tissues in there than I realized, even, because I'm still finding them all over the house (the washed tissues). I have no idea how they're getting around the whole house, that's still a mystery to me!!

I didn't share with you all last time (mainly because I was catching you up on 3 months missed!! LOL), but we started a new women's bible study this week (this past Monday!!). I've been dreading it because of the people I knew would be there. I've been trying to avoid these specific people because ALL THEY DO IS COMPLAIN & WHINE & SPREAD A BAD ATTITUDE, but on the other hand, there are some very dear friends there, and of course I want to be there to lift them up, and so we can suffer through the bad attitudes together!! LOL What really got me out of the house, though, was that it's a Beth Moore bible study & I've only heard good things about her studies from very trusted sources. This one's her latest called "Stepping Up" and it's focus is on the Psalms of Ascents (Psalms 120 through 134) (doesn't that make me sound like a Bible Scholar?!?! LOL). Anyways, it's already VERY fascinating, and I've felt positive that this is where God would like me right now, annoying people or not!! LOL :) I believe He's got a reason for us all to be at these studies, and it will be awesome to see what He does with this...

Anyways...Steve's back at H&R, plus taking 2 classes a week...On the bright side, though, he should graduate this fall!! YAY!! He's officially a Senior, and only has 4 more quarters to go!! :) Let me tell ya how nice it is to see light at the end of the tunnel!! He's already put in for some new jobs (he's put in some just to see if he would be considered, like, one that contacted him was in Alabama...we are NOT moving to AL!!) Anyways, it's nice to know it's getting close to the end...

Yet, knowing that there's an end in sight does not make it easier day-to-day when he's gone here or there (he's usually working or at class Tues-Fri, and weekends he's usually working...) SO, I'm a tax-time widow...I tend to get a little bored & introverted this time of year because I don't have much going on outside of home...and very limited, too, because I've got Abbey to consider, too...

Sorry, wasn't I just complaining about complaining & whining?!?! LOL :) I would like to call on my sister to watch Abbey every now & then, though, so I can scrapbook some, and Mom takes Abbey every now & then for a sleepover (usually NOT in February, though...that's H&R's 'peak'). But, I would like to get some projects done, and started before Baby Boy gets here...

Oh, speaking of Baby Boy...We haven't decided on a name, yet. I think we've got it narrowed down to Eli or Ethan (I like Ethan, but I don't know how much I like it with our last name), and Eli...I like it, but I'm not 100% sure, yet...We'll be thinking some more, maybe coming up with some different options. I think we have a middle name, though. Steve's Dad's Dad's middle name was Joseph (his first name was Francis...uh...NO!!). So, we'll see what we decide. We had a girl's name all picked out, though!! :) LOL I knew that was a sure sign it was a boy!! LOL :)

I'd better go...the native is awfully quiet...that usually means trouble!! LOL :)

Lov you all!! :)