I realize that it's been forever since I've written. Now that I've gotten caught up on the lives of the three bloggers I follow, I feel inspired to post something. This is an odds and ends post and is in no particular order.
1. Nate (Jonathan) turned one on the 4th. I'm not sure how that happened because I definitely did not give my consent. But it did and then he took his first three steps a couple of days later. Since then he's been taking three or four steps here or there but he definitely prefers crawling. It's faster and he can keep up with (or keep away from) his big brother that way. I plan on someday doing his own one year post. :'/
2. Josiah is 2 1/2, which also happened without my consent. These are trying times where my self-control is tested almost as often as his is being developed! Sometimes I fear he may think is name is actually pronounced with a sigh. Privileges are granted and consequences are given although many days it feels like the consequences far exceed any privileges. I miss a preschool room where the whole space is designed to allow children to touch and explore. The house is not set up that way. :P
3. Culver Christian Preschool is finishing its 6th year this week! It seems like yesterday that we were starting, but my first preschool class is in 4th grade already!!! And this year marks my being out of the classroom (acting only as Director) for as long as I was Teacher. :O
4. Next month I will have lived in Oregon for 10 years!!! Wow! It's the longest I've ever lived in one city, except that I've actually lived in three cities in that amount of time, but since the whole region has the same number of people as the city of El Cajon it's kind of like the same thing. I did live in our house on Cuyamaca the longest I've ever lived in one home though. :D
5. All of my socks have started to wear out at the same time. (I mentioned it was ODDS and ends!) Seriously...all of them are getting holes. And we're talking about CUTE socks here! Then I stopped to think about the fact that I got most of them while I was in college and that I graduated over 10 years ago, and then I wasn't so upset with the sock manufacturers anymore. :}
6. Danny and I celebrated our anniversary last week. And by celebrated I mean that he went to work and came home and I cooked dinner (maybe Thai chicken and fried rice?) and we ate. Our first anniversary was fun and I planned a whole special afternoon and evening. (It was a Sunday so we just celebrated after church.) I wanted to do what our friends do where each of them plans the celebration every other year as a surprise. Last year we had a new baby so Danny brought flowers and a card. This year I had lots of ideas but didn't really feel like making them happen. So Danny called as he was leaving work to see if I had already started dinner because if not we could go out to eat. However, please see #1 and #2 and tell me how much fun restaurant eating is, so I declined. :{
7. My brother is getting married next month and it seems impossible that he is old enough to get married. He has been working really hard at getting his new house all fixed up so it will be ready for he and his new wife to move into after the wedding. Then he got robbed last night and I think people who steal things SUCK...and I don't usually use that word. He works so hard and does anything anyone asks him and he has had a stinky last few months. He needs prayers and blessings poured out on him. :[
8. My sister lives in Portland which is only about 3 1/2 hours away and she tries to come home about once a month, but I think that it's entirely too far. I see her best friend more often than I see her (which is okay because I love her too, but she is also moving to Portland next month). It also seems impossible that she can have her own apartment. Anyway, I don't like Portland because it is far away. :(
9. I got to go shopping yesterday--by myself--and take advantage of Kohl's Memorial Day sale. I had two coupons too, so in addition to great sales I got my dress for the wedding FREE! I really love free! And I got each of the boys a shirt for Christmas...and no, it's not too early to shop for Christmas! For those of you who want to know how I did it: My dress was normally $50, on sale for $24.99. I needed to spend at least $30 to use my $10 off coupon. The boys' shirts were normally $14, on sale for $5 each. I couldn't just get one of them a shirt. (My mom heart would not allow it even though it would have made for better savings.) So, I had $34.99 worth of sale clothing items, a $10 off of $30 purchase coupon from the Sunday paper advertisement, and a $15 off of $15 coupon they had mailed me. My total was $9.99 for everything!!! I love those free money coupons and always use them to get a shirt for me or a new towel or something. Don't waste those and don't feel like you have to spend more that the $10 or $15 that they are worth. End free shopping rant now. :*
That's it...that's my odds and ends to get you caught up on my life.
<3 Jenna
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