Dear Ja,
We're reading Luke now as we always do in December. Oh how I love the Lord's word to us. How blessed are we to have it translated and published for us today? We have it available in print on paper, on internet, portable kindles and iphones. We can listen to it on cd or download it on ipods or blackberries. We have it at our fingertips and I am glad for that. It brought me joy when I heard Isaac struggling with some construction project at the table and he broke into scriputre: "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me" repeated over and over.
It was a good day balanced with hard work and reward. My good friend Rie invited the boys over to play with her boys which gave me an opportunity to help clean out the girls' messy room. Thankyou Rie!! We cleaned out the girls room in detail from the bookshelves, to the dresser drawers, under the beds, changing the bedding . . .on and on. 4 hours and 2 large, full garbage bags later we were finished. The playroom (where we threw everything) needs help now but that 's for another day. I only have that room, the boys room and the extra bedroom (yikes) to finish before you come home. I did the garage and the backyard last week so at least that's off the list too. After the work was done, it was about 3pm. I realized I was still in my PJ's and hadn't fed the kids any meals. Instead of starting a new mess with hungry kids and a tired mom, I took them out with the coupons the girls earned in school. First we went to Jamba juice for our appetizer. We got 4 jamba for the price of 2. Then we went to pizza hut and each of the kids ordered their own personal pan 1-topping pizza (all free from the kids reading list at book.it.com for homeschoolers.) I went next door to zippy's and actually bought myself a dinner of korean chicken. The kids saw a diplay of donughts next to the line and so I thought sure make an event of it. They each picked out their own donut. We ate our dinner there. We looked at the wii games at gamestop and the animals at the pet shop. It was nice to come home at 6:30 all fed and ready to settle down and read Luke for the night. I've got mount wash-more waiting for me tomorrow but for now I'm content with having a great deal accomplished with no one feeling neglected in the process. Liza even had time to complete her homework when we got home. Yeah. . no getting up early with her on Monday . . again! Tomorrow will be the first Sunday with you gone since we moved here. Those are usually long days. I hope I don't miss you too much with the thinking time I have on those days.
Luv, me
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