Some peace and quiet!!!

Everyone is gone but me! LOL

Kayti had her first teenager party tonight with the teens from the homeschool group. Jeff took her and then he, Dylan and Brooke went to hang out at the Bass Pro Shop until time to pick her up. Beats driving back and forth and Bass Pro is awesome!! I'm so glad Alabama finally got one and I'm doubly glad that it's not far from us! I would be there but I'm exhausted. I'm coming down with the crud again and I may be headed into another funk. I'm out of prozac again but I'm hoping to get to the doc soon--before it throws me into the last funk I was in. I think I'll be able to make it a few days. I just have to remember not to start believing I can do without it forever.

I took advantage of the time alone in the house, though and got some sewing done! I made the girls two shirts each and cut out the fabric for some gifts. I only came to the computer to print something for another sewing project and figured I'd catch up while I'm here.

We went to see the Nutcracker today. Our homeschool group got cheap tickets and our dear friends, the Sizemore girls were in it so we had to go! It was awesome!!! I saw the Alabama Ballet's Nutcracker years ago and it wasn't nearly as good as this one. Birmingham Ballet rocks! Of course my favorite part was the little girl dressed like a bellydancer, even though she didn't technically bellydance. Her arm movements were pretty close! LOL

I will gladly post pictures....someday! My digital camera finally bit the dust and I'm commandeering Brooke's (hers is actually more megapixels than mine was) but until I figure out all the buttons and how to upload pictures, you will all have to wait.

While we were gone, Jeff took Dylan to take his driver's license test but he couldn't because he couldn't pass the vision test! I knew his eyesight had gotten worse since last year but I had NO IDEA it had gotten that bad. Please pray that we can come up with some money to get him to the eye doctor soon (no vision insurance). Kayti needs to be retested as well, I'm sure. She has glasses that she wears for reading. I don't know where my kids inherited this terrible eyesight from! Jeff and I have both always had 20/20. But I feel bad for my poor baby! He had been waiting patiently for weeks to go take that driving test and now he has to wait even longer! Oh well! I guess I should be praising the Lord that right now I don't have to worry about him being on the roads just yet! What's that Scripture--in all things be thankful!? Well, okay, I am!

After the Nutcracker, we went to the Trussville Christmas Village Express. What a waste of time (and $9!). Then we came home and chilled until time for dance class, which went great.

Wednesday at Community Bible Study, the girls did their little "Christmas program". Kayti recited Scripture and Brooke sang and danced. They did really good.

Tuesday, I had to work and we made angels with handprints and footprints. I painted approximately 80 feet and 160 little hands!! I was covered in paint when we left but they turned out really cute! I just love my job! I can't wait until Tuesday when we make no-bake spiced dough ornaments and then the next week after that we'll be doing Christmas shirts.

Then I had to go work for CORE which enabled me to get my Community Bible Study homework done. I am SO glad we decided to give CBS another try. I'm REALLY loving it this year. My core group is awesome and this study has helped me SO MUCH. God is really speaking to me about so many things. I'm not ready to share it all just yet but if you pray, please pray that He keeps moving in my life. I am not foolish enough to take for granted how blessed I am in so many ways. But I've been wanting to move to the next level spiritually for quite sometime. It's difficult for me to do this though for many reasons. I can't really explain it right now but just remember me in your prayers.

Please also pray for my sister, for Barbara (mom of a good friend) who is having some health issues and for Joyce (mother-in-law of a friend) who has cancer.

Have a blessed week!