A New Beginning

A lot has happened since last we talked. It has been a hectic crazy beginning of the school year. I will try to update you without boring you, but bear with me, I tend to ramble!!

So my story begins a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... Just kidding. It began with mold. Quite a bit, according to one test. Then we had a very sick winter. The furnace breathed it's last just after Easter and the Central Air smelled in July. So the congregation moved us to a rental in town. It is a beautiful newer home, with hard wood floors and lots of space. Three large bedrooms, everyone fits and we aren't on top of each other. The house is for sale ($265K) so we are keeping it clean in case it needs to be shown. It is easier than it sounds since we left a bunch of stuff over at the parsonage and the house has LOTS of closets and places to hide stuff. I like closets. It took us about a week to pack our stuff and mark it for the move. ( I used colored dots that corresponded to each room in the house) It took about 30 members 1.5 hours to move all the stuff that was going over to the rental house. Everything was "put away", as much as we could since we will probably be packing again at the end of October to move back to the parsonage, by Tuesday this week. Now we are working on keeping it clean and just figuring out life.

That all happened the DAY before school began for the kids. School. Grace is in 4th grade and has a new teacher, new to the school teacher. The twins are in 3rd grade and they have a new teacher too, not new to school, but new to third grade. Daniel has begun Kindergarten, he also has a new teacher, again not new to the school, but new to kindergarten. He also goes to Montessori school in the afternoon three days a week. Sarah has begun preschool. She goes 4 mornings a week. It is the same Montessori that Daniel goes to and is at the church, not church run, but at the church. All of the teacher changes took place on the Wednesday before school started. Daniel's Kindergarten teacher is Miss Smith and his Montessori school teacher is Mrs. Smith, very confusing!!! Such has been my life since school began. Don't even get me started about the schedule. WCA, the kids school, begins at 8:10 so I drop them off at 7:55. Sarah's doesn't start until 8:45 - I work on Nursery stuff at church until I can drop her off. Then Sarah is done at 11:15 and Daniel at 11:25. I pick up Sarah then Daniel then drop Daniel off and take Sarah home for lunch. We nap!!! Daniel gets picked up at 2:45 and the rest at 3:30- yet another 45 minute gap, but I either run errands or just sit in line while Daniel naps!!

Are you tired yet? I am. It is Thursday and I am sitting in the local coffee house just being alone!! I need to finish paperwork for substitute teaching. Yes, I am going to throw working into my mix. I will all work out I am sure. The kids are adjusting better than I am I think. We have had some rough mornings and a few nights too, but overall it is going well. I will try to keep you posted. I am hoping to put a bunch of pictures onto my computer over the weekend so that I can post them the next time I sit down for a quite coffee. We love and miss you all. Talk to you soon!!! Blessings!!