5 Things

1. We have house guests staying with us this weekend and I've done a few things like paint the kitchen cupboard hardware and reinstall them and put all the light switch covers back on, but then I find myself making globe string lights and painting the lamppost outside. I think I'm trying to avoid cleaning the house. 

2. My sister AND my brother are visiting this week. That will also add to my lack of productivity. Jared is traveling two nights this week and ESL training is this weekend... It is going to be a long, quick week. 

3. I tried to take pictures of them all in the bathroom mirror. The middle child ran away, the baby stopped looking, and Martin made weird faces. Boys. 

4. We took the boys to the beach on Saturday because the next two weeks are going to be CRAZY and we wanted to have some intentional family time. We never go to the beach. Jared and I don't like the beach, but the boys do. So we went. It wasn't too bad. 

5. It is train week. :) 

5 Things

1. Hey hey, floors! You make me happy. It is wonderful when a project turns out as good as you had hoped. 

Oh, and hello pile of boxes that I'm planning on making into things for the boys. So far there are two mailboxes, a house, and a trash truck. 

2. Granddad came over last week and helped the boys install moulding in the last two rooms. Thanks so much! Now I can start unpacking the sewing room and finish the guest room. I am thankful the boys get to spend so much time with my Dad and learn things from him. It is fun to watch them "work". 

Jared hung up most of the pictures this weekend. Yay, for more boxes out of my schoolroom. 

3. Last week at ESL a storm started when we did. It was gorgeous and impressive and reminder of how awesome (and terrifying) God is. 

4. I haven't taken any pictures this week or cooked impressive meals or sewed anything. But I am reading a book and catching up on Bible reading. I'm still trying to finish the whole Bible in 6 months (which means I have 30 days), but I've fallen woefully behind with the move and being sick (I've been sleeping in instead of getting up early before the boys). However, after over a month of coughing fits, I think a nurse friend has figured out my problem and I've slept through the night three nights this week and have gotten up early every day this week. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Loving my quiet time and tea in the morning. 

5. Looking at school curriculum is OVERWHELMING!! More on that another time. 

5 things

1. It has been raining for 4 days. The boys are running circles around the house. Rainy is better than 85 degrees and sunny. 

2. I started refinishing my second table yesterday. 

3. I separated the boys' toys into four boxes and have been rotating them each week. We are on week two. It is working really well. I'll post a full post about that in a few months. 

4. Bird watching has become a favorite activity around here. When the boys pause for a bit it is usually in our guest room to look out the window at the birds eating and plants growing. Who needs a TV?

5. Hopefully, this afternoon consists of lots of book reading. Probably about birds while they are interested in them. :) 

He makes the best faces. 

5 Things

1. The boys got a haircut. Jared does a great job keeping them from looking too shaggy. I have been banned from cutting their hair, but to be fair, I only had one try when Martin was a baby. 

2. The box with my igrace CDs (and the unsweetened baking chocolate) was found!!! 🙌🏼 🙌🏼 It is just too much work to uoload then to a computer and put them on an iPod. Who has time for that? 

Last time I updated my iPod: 

Summer 2008. 

Yep. Do you think I could hook a Walkman CD player to a jambox? 😂

3. Warren tore up two books during quiet time.  if you follow me on Instagram, you also saw that he tore up the flowers on the kitchen table. It's been one of those weeks. 

4. But UNC won the national championship on Monday.  So, we (mostly me) are pretty happy about that around here. It was an ugly, not enjoyable game to watch. I might have enjoyed the game they lost in the national championship last year (at least until the end). It was prettier. 

5. Did I mention I found my igrace CDs? And my Judy Roger CDs? And my Rain for Roots CDs? They are getting lots of play time!! My sister just told me that you can buy fighter verses in cd... That might be added into the rotation soon. 

Real 5. I made cowboy cookies today for a friend's birthday party. 

Meal plan:

Monday: Burger, fruit, salad

Tuesday: enchiladas 

Wednesday: Smothered Chicken, salads

Thursday: Scrimp Etoufee

Friday: leftovers

5 things

Life has been very busy lately. 

So, 5 quick things. 

1. I've taught ESL the last four weeks and as much as I love it and the students, it is also really exhausting (it could be that I spend way too much time on my lesson plans...). English is so confusing. Teaching a math class would be so much easier. But then it would be all about me and not about what God can do through my weakness. I haven't scared any of the students off yet...

Anyhow, the boys are getting a little tired of hearing that I am working on somethings ESL related. I also presented at another church about partnering together this week. It went well. Hopefully a blog post about that some time in the future. I've been trying to spend my little bits of free time with the boys, so, no fancy house projects right now. 

2. I made open faced sandwiches for dinner tonight (chicken, cheddar, and apple on bagettes). We had grapes and broccoli on the side. Why don't I do sandwiches more often? It is super easy. 

3. I cooked and shredded chicken for three meals this week. Two portions I froze for this weekend. One is for tomorrow night. Future Faith thanks me. 

4. People give you lots of stuff when you move. So far we have acquired:

2 couches

1 end table

2 lamps

1 sitting chair

1 desk chair

6 Dining chairs

2 dining tables

5 kid chairs

1 kid table (on loan) 

A curtain for a window

I am purposely keeping the spare room empty. I need some empty space. 

5. My plants need to be watered. 

Menu for the week:

•Open face chicken, Apple, and cheddar sandwiches

•Minestrone and crusty bread

•Shrimp Etouffee and rice

•Spaghetti and Meatballs

•Chicken & Cheese quesadilla pie