When it is hard to give thanks...

 

Our friend, Scott, lost his 15 yr old granddaughter this week after a valiant fight with cancer.  Even though we all knew this day was close, and now her suffering is gone, there is so much pain with loosing someone so young.  I pray for strength for all of them.


Getting wrapped up in our day to day lives it is so easy to loose track of the blessings we have each day.  I hope on this Thanksgiving day that everyone I know will join me and wrap our arms around our children and let them know how thankful we are to be blessed with them in our lives.

And I give thanks that I have each of you in my life also...

Fundraisers!

So far this year I worked to get the elementary schools magazine sale and candy sale fundraisers all done and now the middle school is selling Butter Braids and Pastry Puffins which is fine I knew there would be additional fundraisers now that Sky has moved up but I just found out that the middle school ASB will be starting another fundraiser before the holidays selling cookie dough!  After the new year I have basket bingo and regular catalogue fundraisers and we are adding Skate nights, a rummage sale and a fun run.  I am not looking forward to how many other fundraisers the middle school is going to do. 

I want to do everything I can to help the schools and the kids but I just don't know how much more I can do.  I have no time to do something just for me.

Sky's reading class is going to The Nutcracker in Seattle next month and I did sign up to be a chaperone.  Yes I have to deal with a group of obnoxious 6th graders but I get to go to the theatre!  Now I am packing up my office/craft room so we can give Sky his own room and I feel I may never have my own space again.  I can't let this happen!  I really need to find a way to still have craft time.

The first thing I need to do is decide what is important.  Get organized and then I should have the time to myself.  Hopefully before the end of the year Sky's room and the front porch will be done.  Keeping fingers crossed!

Truck or Treat...

I got to attend truck or treat for the first time this year at Central.  I have always been at Brady's class at Lincoln on Halloween and Shane when to Central.  This year the middle school does nothing for Halloween so I decorated my van and got in costume and had some fun with the kids!

The day before Sky had his first concert:

And the afterschool program taught the kids how to make fake wounds:

all and all a fairly interesting week around here.