I know that 9/11 was a few days ago but I just now have the time to sit and reflect on that day and think about how things have changed. 7 years ago I only had two kids, now I have three. My son was born 9 months after 9/11. He is named after a friend very dear to me and my hubby that died in a car accident on 9/12. His widow has written a beautiful article reflecting on 9/11. I invite you to take the time to read this article. I pray that you will be blessed as much I was.

Click here to read the article.

I am glad that is it Friday. The kids had a great week at school. The girls had their first chorus practice on Thursday. They are both excited about being in the chorus. I can’t wait to hear them sing.

My step-mom and I went to the movies tonight. We saw House Bunny. It was cute but definitely not a kid friendly movie. I was thinking back and I have seen more movies in the last two months than I saw at the theaters in the last year. I have seen Mama Mia, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Dark Knight, Fly Me To The Moon and now House Bunny. It is nice to get to go to the movies. We went for cupcakes at SWEET after the movie. I had a Cookies and Creme cupcake. YUMMY!! Oh and the milk is so good too!! If you live in Orlando you have to go to this place and have a cupcake and glass of milk.

I finally decided to put my blogroll back up. I am working on it slowly so soon all my favorite blogs should be up there. If you were on my blogroll on my other blog I will have you back on my new one soon. It takes a long time to type all of that in so I am doing it a little at a time.

Finally if you have not gotten gas today, I strongly suggest you do NOW. I got gas today around noon and paid $3.59, which was up from $3.53 yesterday. Then tonight when we went to the movies it had gone up to $3.69 and one station was out of gas. We will be sticking close to home for the next week, trying to conserve as much as possible.

Oh one more thing, Hubby does have a job!! He starts on the 26th. He will be working in an inbound call center. He also has 3 interviews in the next week. He has had quite a few interviews in this job hunting process. I, however have not had a single one!! A little frustrating to say the least. Prayerfully I will have something soon.

I promise this is the last thing….lol. I went to a jewelry party on Tuesday night. And I got to know some of the ladies from our new church. It was fun to get out and hang out with some new friends. I learned that there is a Beth Moore bible study starting on the 21st at church. I am really excited about that. I have not done a Beth Moore study in over a year. I am always so blessed and learn so much when I do one of her studies. So I will be looking forward to starting Stepping Up next week.

Have a blessed weekend!!!!

Last week my girls brought home a sheet announcing choir auditions at school today. Right off the bat my oldest said that she did not want to audition but my middle one was chomping at the bit to audition. Then on Tuesday when I picked the kids up from school my oldest said, “I want to audition for the choir.” I asked her what brought the change of heart. She said, “I had music class today and Mr. R is awesome!!”

So they both stayed after school today for the audition. I arrived to pick them up and was informed by both of them that they had made it into the choir. I am so excited to see my girls excited about singing. Music is a big part of our lives.

Both girls are also very talented artists for their ages. And they both informed me that they had a permission slip for me to sign to be in the Art Club at school. There are only 20 slots for the Art Club. Each child has to draw a self portrait to turn into the art teacher. I guess the 20 will be chosen based on how well they do on the self portraits. I know that I am biased but I think both of the girls drawings are really good. So I guess we will know next week if the girls will be staying after school on Tuesday for Art Club. The choir practices on Thursday so they could be staying after school two days a week.

I am excited that my kids are back in a school where they are taught art and music on a regular basis. At their last school there was no paid music teacher in the whole county. The county did have an art teacher but she traveled to all the elementary schools and so they only had art for 6 weeks in the fall and 6 weeks in the spring. There are some benefits to living in a larger city. It is good to be home.

Well I haven’t posted since the first day of school. A lot has happened since then.

• The kids started school only to have the 2nd day canceled due to Tropical Storm Fay.
• They went to school Weds and Thurs but late Thurs night we got a call from the county saying school was canceled for Friday.
• So Friday we took the kids bowling at Firkin & Kegler. They were running a special on bowling so we bowled two games. We all had a lot of fun.
• We went to Sonny’s for dinner…always a favorite place for my gang.
• Saturday hubby took the kids to the Science Center to get them out of my hair so I could study.
• Sunday we had a great morning of worship at our new church.
• This past week the kids went the whole week since there were no more storms.
• Thursday hubby and I drove all the way to I Drive for a job fair put on by Monster.
• What a waste of time and gas that was. There were only like 6 companies there and all the jobs were in sales.
• I also tried to get an application to work at the schools in the cafeteria.
• This was the second time I have been to the place that it says to go and the door to the place was locked.
• I was just a little frustrated.
• Friday I got a little pampering from my Mary Kay friend. That was nice.
• Yesterday we spent the day with hubby’s parents.
• My father-in-law grilled hamburgers and hotdogs.
• It was a nice day of just hanging out.
• Today the kids and i did not go to church as both girls are feeling a little under the weather.
• My grandparents came over for Sunday Dinner today.
• Hubby ended up grilling the chicken because the goats got out of the back fence. See this post.
• Dinner was a nice time of 4 generations enjoying a meal together.
• We just finished watching The Bank Job. Was pretty interesting. We didn’t know it was based on a true story until at the end they put up on the screen what had happened to all the people.
• My brother is now an official substitute teacher for the county we live in.
• He has his first day of subbing on Weds…in a Kindergarten class (I am praying for him now…LOL)

So I think I have hit all the high points. Tomorrow we are not doing much of anything. I think we are going to be treated to buttermilk pancakes for breakfast…yummy!! My middle daughter has to bake some cookies tomorrow. It is the first goal she set for herself at school. So I have to take pictures of her making the cookies to send in to school as proof that she met her goal. The 4th graders are building a portfolio this year and her teacher is teaching them how to set goals for themselves.

Then back to school for the kids on Tuesday and back to job hunting for the hubby and I.