Many things but also really nothing

Last night was the Women’s Christmas Tea at church, and Sola Gratia sang for it.  We also had our regular rehearsal afterward – a long (but lovely) night of singing!

Unlike our usual Thursdays when I can wander out of the house in whatever I happen to be wearing with no makeup and my hair a mess, I actually had to look presentable.  I do that so infrequently I forgot how hard it is.  :)

A little snuggle with my James before I headed out the door:

You can see in the pic above that the lights at the top of the tree have gone out.  :(

I’ve done something to my neck/upper back so I’m kind of miserable.  Matt rubbed it for me last night but I still woke up hurting.  I took some meds this morning and am functional, thank goodness.  I dropped Joanna off in the car this morning, and we’ll pick her up the same way this afternoon!  I think the walk might feel good, but carrying a person on my person would be a bad idea.

I would absolutely put the grumpy children down for a nap right now if it weren’t for 1:50 Kindergarten pick-up.  I’m not sure if I mentioned this once or twice or nineteen times, but I HATE 1:50 PICK-UP.  I think it might just top the list of “reasons to homeschool.”  :)

I know.  I’m being dramatic.

Moving on…

When we got the new television, I organized our entertainment center and went ahead and took out our DVD/VCR combo.  The DVD player had long since stopped working, and we pretty much never watch tapes, so all we were using it for was the clock.  And that seemed silly.  But it did make me totally crazy not to have a clock in the living room, so I stuck an old alarm clock in there yesterday.  It was perfect!  I of course made sure the alarms were off, but I discovered at 12:15am that the clock doesn’t care whether you have turned off the alarms.  It’s going to beep anyway.  Needless to say, I’m looking for a new solution for telling time in the living room.  :)

Since I’ve decided to do a Christmas card this year, I’m working on getting some pics of the kids (and maybe all of us?) to use.  I did a little playing with it this morning, and so far I like what I’m seeing!  Hopefully I can actually carry this project through.  :)

And now, I have picked up Joanna, put the big kids down for a rest, and am now ready to watch a little TV on Hulu with my tiny pal Laura.  Later I’ll have to post the pictures of James I took with my little camera while I was in the car line.  I needed something to entertain myself!