A Fresh Start is Sometimes Nice

Filling up the fridge again took more than half of our food budget for the month, but it was fun, and we bought healthy, easy to prepare foods. It's really nice to have a fresh start sometimes.



Here is Livvy's hair. I don't remember what I was doing it nicely for - maybe the wedding - but apparently I was proud enough to take a picture.



It's been a hot week. Saturday was nice a short shift at work, and Michelle brought me a bag of books (thanks again!!) which was AWESOME. There was a LOT of great stuff in it, including a couple of kids prayer books, and a couple of Bible story books, which the littles and I have already read three and four times.

Saturday night Elijah and I went to Mass, partly because I knew Lee wanted to try and go to church together the next day. Then Sunday I got the kids up and got ready for church. We visited Jon Whaley's church with him. He goes to an Emmanuel-ish church. It was nice to have Lee in church, though. When we got home from church, the next door neighbor had her pool out, and she invited the kids to play. She has a two year old, but he was pretty much afraid of the water, lol.




Monday was just work, and Tuesday, too. Work was fun because we peppered the day with theological discussions, including a discussion on praying to the saints, a debate on whether it is God's will for us all to live long lives, and me beginning to warn people NOT to go see "The Golden Compass" because it is blatantly anti-Christian if not downright satanic (will post this later).

Yesterday (Wednesday), Lee and I spent the morning figuring out where he is going to go to school for his four-year degree. We think we have found the perfect school - Millersville. It is cheap, has the classes he wants to take - good history courses and fun languages - and is only forty miles away. We will probably move halfway there, so he can commute to school, and I can continue to work at Servant's Heart (which would mean a lot to a lot of people). Millersville has Dual Enrollment with HACC which means his classes would transfer easily and he would have guaranteed acceptance. Even though we have talked about moving out of state, just because it would be fun, this is way more practical. We are both kind of excited about it. Lee is going down to see his counselor at school today to see what he has to do to switch his duel enrollment and make sure his classes for the next semester are on the right track. Say a prayer for him if you have a minute. He has so much on his shoulders, and I am so proud of him.