Someone stole Justin’s bike yesterday, I don’t think he’d even had it a year yet.

Then when Julie brought Justin and I home from church last night, Gary told me his dad died. He took today off from work. There will be a service in California, but not a funeral. We will not be going. They weren’t all that close and there’s lots to the story of their lives, but G is still hurting. So please say a prayer for our family. I need to call my grams and let her know. I might wait until tomorrow though, while G is at work.

Just sitting here waiting for the pizza delivery person to bring our dinner. G doesn’t feel like cooking tonight.

It looks like it’s going to pour down rain any minute.

Listening to REM on the cd player while we do housework.

Ate watermelon for lunch.

Using iGoogle now as my homepage. It used to just be Google, but I like having the gadgets on the page (news, weather, calendar, blogs, etc).

I haven’t been crafty in awhile. Where did my enthusiasm go?

Justin has been better yesterday and today with no crying. As long as we don’t mention his teacher and class, I think he’s forgetting to think about it. Someone suggested we talk to our pastor about Justin as he’s got other issues besides being an emotional basket case. So I need to remember to pray about that.

To be honest I don’t pray much. I do when someone asks for prayer requests, but I don’t remember to stop for a few minutes during the day or night to pray and be thankful. I’m trying to work on that, because I can’t have a relationship with Him if I don’t do anything about it. I see friends and I don’t understand how they can be so close to God. It doesn’t help that I don’t have someone to share my faith with at home. The kids are too young to understand and G believes in God, but that’s where it stops. He’s going to be going to a Methodist church this Sunday while I go to my church. We argued about religion a few days ago and he thinks that I think that he doesn’t believe in God. He’s so hard headed and I tell him I don’t think that. He said he’s been to church more than I have and he’s been baptized twice. I said none of that matters if you don’t have faith. So he’s decided to go to a Methodist church because that’s the church he grew up in. I hope it helps him. I don’t mind him going to a different church than me… who knows what God’s plan is for him.

I know religion is a hot topic and not everyone believes and whatever. But for me I do and it is a huge part of my life and I want it to be a huge part of my life.

Anyway, tonight is family night at church, I love going and being in the women’s group. The kid’s group is going out to eat and then swimming for a “fun night”. (Justin goes, but Anabelle stays home with G.) Lucky kids! LOL

It’s been raining since the weekend. Today looks to be sunny though so I can send the kids out to play. Justin played the Wii for most of the last few days so he could really use some outside time. Except for the weekend and yesterday, we’ve been walking every day. Now that Justin is out of school we’ll be taking a grocery bag and filling it with trash during our walks. We recycle the cans, plastic and cardboard that we find. I’m so glad the kids are pro-recycling. When they find something recyclable they get excited and say “hey we can recycle this!” and they love to help on the weekend when we turn in all the recycling. It’s awesome.

I found this blog yesterday called Kind Over Matter. I love the idea and have been writing things in my little notebook to make cards out of (besides the free ones they offer on the blog). The blog is also on flickr and facebook so I had to join in on those too.

BTW, I’m on facebook way too much. I enjoy doing Word Hunt and Hatchlings and have started making new friends thru both apps. Maybe I need a 12 step program? It’s so hard to quit.

Justin cried all night. He’s sad that 2nd grade is ending and not getting to see his teacher anymore. He’s such an emotional basket case. Unfortunately he gets that from me. I wonder if there’s anxiety meds for 8 year olds? *sigh* Nothing I say to him makes him happy. He’d rather be miserable all the time than to remember all the fun and good times he had. He loves school and he loves his teachers, which is good, until the last weeks of school when he realizes it’s all going to end. He’ll be going to a different elementary school. It’s technically the same school, but the 2nd grade went there on Wed and apparently there are some different rules. Today he gets out at 1:30. His school is bbq-ing hot dogs for the kids for lunch and they are having a field day, whatever that means. I hope he doesn’t cry at school. I told him if he feels it coming to take a deep breath or talk to his teacher and tell her he will miss her. Maybe she’d be better at consoling him than me.

Just read in the TV guide magazine that My Name is Earl has been canceled. Fox may pick it up, but that’s just rumor right now it seems. We like that show and it’s the only one on Thurs night we watched anymore since Scrubs was moved to another station and ER was canceled. What will we watch now? We hate 30 Rock and The Office. I’ve watched both and thought they were hugely boring.

I need to call G and ask him why he’s recording Dish Earth. He loves it and he’s not the only one. I think it’s cool, but it will record all day on the DVR so I need to ask him about it!

“don’t let your character change color with your environment.
find who you are and let it stay in its true colors.”
~rachel joy scott

Found this quote on another blog. I love this one too. I really need to take it to heart.