Another Big Basketball Weekend

The gradeschool basketball tournaments were at the high school this weekend, so I had to work Friday, Saturday, and today. I am so glad they're done!

We actually weren't as busy as in years past, but the time there gets so long, and 3 days in a row really shoots the weekend.

Now I only have 3 more nights of basketball that I'm scheduled to work concessions ... 2 next week, and 1 on the 11th.

J had his last C team basketball game at MS on Saturday morning. I couldn't go, but Josh and the rest of the kids went. J even made a free throw!

A Night of Nothing

Tonight we have nothing scheduled ... no meetings, no working concessions, no basketball games, no basketball or cheerleading practices. And I think I see pigs flying! ;)

I guess this means I have no excuse not to get some laundry done!

For My Valentine

I looked and looked for a valentine card for Josh and just couldn't find one I really liked this year. I usually get him some dark chocolate which he likes, too, but this year I got a little bit more creative.

I bought a bag with a bunch of Ghiradelli dark chocolate squares in it. This is the 16th Valentine's Day Josh and I have been together, so I typed up 16 slips of paper that have a sentence or a phrase on them relating something about us or our lives to the numbers 1-16. Then I took out 16 of the chocolates and taped one slip to each of the 16 chocolate wrappers and hid them around the house where Josh will find them ... in his socks, by his alarm clock, in his shoes, by his razor, etc. Then gave him a letter that told him what I'd done and how he didn't have to look for the chocolates right away but rather I hoped he would find them unexpectedly and they would put a smile on his face the same way thinking about him puts a smile on mine.

A Valentine Message

We're CRAZY for you!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Basketball Weekend

Friday J and G had their yearly checkups at the dr's. Josh took them. Apparently the 2 boys were quite the comedic duo for the dr while they were there.

E had a basketball game in N. E, F, S, and I went to that E could be at the school 30 min before her game while Josh and the other 2 drove separately from the dr's office.

The other team had some 6th graders who also had to play A team basketball later in the night, so they had to take them out for part of the game. At halftime, we were down 12-2. The other team didn't play their 6th graders during the 3rd quarter, and in those 6 min, we scored 20 pts, and the score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 22-12! Then their 6th graders came back in for the 4th quarter, and we lost 29-24. It was an interesting game!

E had a basketball tournament in H today. Her first game was at 9:00 am. We lost. G was invited to go with his friend in the interim time between the girls' games, so we let him.

When E's game was done, we drove 30 min back to the kids' school for J's C team basketball game. They lost, but J scored his second basket of the season.

Then it was a 30 min drive back to H for E's second game. We ate a lunch of sandwiches in the van on the way.

Our girls won their second game, and E made her first basket during a game for the season! The look on her face was great, and it was neat because all of our fans really cheered loudly for her when she made it. In addition to that, E really played a good game, sticking to the person she was guarding, shooting alot, and not just standing in one place.

Since it was the end of E's season, the coach treated the girls to custard at Culver's. We all went along and had some, too. Yum!

Then we had to go to a ballroom in H. Josh's work's charity auction is going to be held there again this year, but the ballroom has gotten a new sound system since the last time we had an auction there. Since Josh is in charge of the sound stuff for the auction, he wanted to check out the new system, so we stopped there for about 15 min before.

We still needed to go grocery shopping for the week, so we stopped at Wal-mart in H, and did our shopping there before heading back home.

Just Keep Swimming

I'm feeling better today, not so overwhelmed. I know that everything is going to work out and get done one way or another. God is in control, and that's a wonderful thing! :)

Feeling Overwhelmed

I woke up this morning at 5:30 to a phone call saying that there was a 2 hr delay for the start of school. I tried to go back to sleep, but couldn't. My mind kept thinking of how the 2 hr delay (on top of the day off yesterday) would affect my work hours and how I'd need to make up a few of them sometime. And when am I going to do that? The rest of this week's schedule is jam-packed, and I just don't know how it's all going to fit in.

BTW, we ended up getting 12 1/2" of snow.

There was a 4.3 earthquake in IL this morning. Apparently some people in WI were woken up and felt it.

February Snow Day

Thank you, God!

I really, really needed a day "off", a day where I didn't have to be anywhere but home. So did E who needed a day to catch up and get on top of her homework. And God provided!

E spent much of the day doing homework that is due later in the week and in the weeks ahead.

I was able to get caught up on money/budget/banking stuff and clean up and organize the bookshelves in the family room closet. I sorted through the books, culled out the ones that were beyond repair, set aside the ones that I could repair, and pulled out a bunch of the baby board books with the intention of giving them to a friend. Later I fixed the books that needed it.

I also pulled the toys out of the other closet in the family room and had the kids put the toys away in their proper places. There were lots and lots of Legos, K'nex, and Playmobile pieces that were just shoved into the closet, quite a mess! But the kids did a really good job of cleaning up and putting away what I took out.

Monday

Josh was home from work at noon today because we had some guys coming to tune up our furnace. When I got home a little after 2:00 with S, Josh went back to work. The furnace guys left soon afterwards, saying our furnace was in really good condition. I'd hope so since it's only about 3 yrs old!

Then I baked another batch of valentine cookies. I didn't frost them though. Didn't get a chance to stop and get more powdered sugar yet.

G and F counted out their 100 M&M's to take to school tomorrow to celebrate the 100th day of school.

However, the 100th day of school may get postponed til Wednesday. There is a big snowstorm on the way with 12-16" of snow predicted. It's supposed to start at midnight tonight and last all day Tuesday. The winter storm warning lasts til 6:00 Wednesday morning. So we may have a snow day tomorrow. Atleast we're not getting pummelled with 2 1/2 ft like the east coast did!

Josh is gone to a town about an hour away this evening. He should be back around 9:00.

I Won!

A few days ago, my friend Jenni had all of her readers salivating with a post about some divine chocolate caramels her husband had given her.

(That's Jenni's picture.)

Then she said that if you left a comment on that post about which kind of the chocolate caramels you'd like, you'd be entered into a random drawing to win a box with your choice inside.

So I left a comment and was entered. I don't win these types of things, but you never win if you don't enter, right? Well, guess what?!

Out of 97 entries ... I WON!!!

Whoo hoo!!!