Oven Update

Well, as of this morning still no oven. How do people function without one is my question? It is driving me crazy. The repair man finally did show up on Friday afternoon close to 5:00 (told you it would be after 4:00). He figured out that it was the igniter(?). Said that was pretty common for a gas oven. Then he goes out to the van to get the part comes back in, takes the oven apart, removes the new part from the box and guess what??? It's broken!!! Just the luck I have, a brand new part broken. I told him that I really needed my oven fixed by the first of the week and the earliest he could come back would be this Friday....a little late, that won't work. I have a cookies to bake for the Thanksgiving Feast at school on Friday and a cake to make for the auction at church on Wednesday. Why, oh why me? (I so hate being behind the eight ball.)

He apologized about the part being broken and asked me if I was good at putting stuff together. Um, I guess so? He then proceeded to tell me where to go to get the part and walked me through of how to put the part on the oven. I was a little nervous about all of this but he reassured me I could do it. Of course the appliance store where we needed to get the part was closed on the weekend, so today is the earliest we could get it. Kevin is picking it up today and then this evening hopefully he and I can do this thing. If we can't get it working, oh I don't even want to think about it. I guess I will be making some trips to the bakery.

No Time Like The Present

Would you believe that today I started dragging out my Christmas decorations? I know, I know it's a little early for some of you but with everything that I have coming up I decided that I should probably start working toward getting them up. I'm definitely gonna decorate my porch last and that will be after Thanksgiving.

I have four Christmas trees that I decorate - the family tree (traditional red and green), Lela's tree (hot pink with bright colors) Lacey's tree (silver with bright colors) and then mine and Kevin's tree (brown and aqua blue). Not only do I have the trees to do but I also decorate the bathrooms with ornaments and holiday accessories. Then my foyer and dining room gets brown and gold Christmas trees and ornaments. My kitchen also gets the traditional red and green. I also have Santa Clauses to sit out and a mantle to decorate with garland and ornaments.

As you can tell I have quite a bit to do. I figured if I did a little bit at a time it wouldn't seem so bad. The girls are out all next week for Thanksgiving and then the next week I'm gonna be out of town on a girls trip. So, I just figured there's no time like the present....

Time Frame?

Today would be a great day to get stuff around the house done. Why? Because I'm waiting for the repair man to show up to fix my oven. Yesterday when I went to preheat it wouldn't preheat. Go figure? The oven is officially dead. I keep checking hoping that by some miracle it will come on, but it's not. So, I'm waiting for a repair man to show up sometime today. I was given the window of somewhere between 8:00 and 5:00. What kind of time frame is that? They just need to say he'll be there tomorrow at some point. I'm willing to bet that I don't see him before 4:00.

What Are You Thankful For?

This week at school the big question has been what are you thankful for? I have been quite surprised at Lela's responses. What I think she will say has definitely surprised me. For example, last night at church, they had a huge sign posted in the hall entitled "God, We Are Thankful For..." Everyone in the school had their answer and then their name beside what they were thankful for. Lela's said "Easter." Kevin and I were quite surprised by this. I figured she would say something like "her sister" or "her mom and dad," but she didn't. I have wondered to myself if she realizes what a profound answer that was. Easter - eternal life? I keep thinking maybe what we are teaching her is finally starting to get through. (I sure hope so.) It is so important to us as parents to have our girls brought up in the church and to realize the importance of Christ in their lives. I know speaking from experience that their are times when you have nothing else but God and what a powerful thing that is.

Then today when I walked in to school outside her classroom on the bulletin board they had made a turkey with feathers on it. On the feathers each one had a child's name and what they were thankful for. Some of them said - their dog, their cat, their mom and dad, their sister, etc. Lela's said God and Love. Wow! I have to smile to myself because I think how did you get so smart?

Under The Weather

I've had a hard time keeping on top of blogging these past few weeks. Actually I've had a really bad cough which has kept me under the weather a bit. Yesterday, after being persuaded by my dear husband I finally went to the doctor. Now I don't if I feel better or worse. He has me on an antibiotic and a steroid. I have congestion in my chest which is resulting in me having a bad cough. He said it was nothing serious just an infection in my chest which hopefully with the help of the drugs will be gone soon.

It's Being To Look A Like Christmas...

Yesterday Mom, Aunt Laura, me and the girls headed to downtown Newnan for the Annual Main Street Christmas Open House. It was so much fun!!! The girls had a good time because everytime we went into a store if there was food they were getting some, forget about dinner. I think Lacey had about a half dozen cookies in addition to popcorn. Lela who knows....that child is the bottomless pit these days. The Christmas lights were up as well as the Christmas decorations, it was festive. The girls even got their picture made with the Santa outside the courthouse.

They are getting so excited about Christmas. They keep talking about the elves returning and all the havoc they created while they were here during the holidays last year. I keep telling them that the elves might not make it back if they are not getting their chores done at the North Pole. The girls will be writing Santa soon to see the elves can come and stay with us...hum?

Another thing they have started doing is circling the toy catalogs. I think they want everything possibly made. Lacey wants every American Girl she sees in the book. And Lela has decided that she wants "herself" for Christmas. It's an American Girl that looks just like her - dark brown hair with bangs and blue eyes. She even has her ears pierced, which Lela thinks is the greatest. It so funny when they look at the AG catalog, how I can see their indivdual personalities emerge. Lela likes the sporty stuff for her girl while Lacey likes the pretty dresses for hers.

Robes

This past weekend my mom bought each of the girls bathrobes. She had toyed with the idea of making them each one, but after much consideration we came to the conclusion that it would just be easier to buy them one than making it. So, on Saturday afternoon we headed to Kohls to find bathrobes. Lela couldn't have been happier when we told her what her Gigi was getting her. The poor child has been wanting one for months. Lela picked out a pink robe with hearts all over it and Lacey's was purple with kitty cats on in. Lacey got so excited about her robe that on Monday for Share Day that is what she took to class. I can only imagine what was going through her teachers mind when she pulled out her robe to show the class...