Thursday, September 30, 2010
Last Thought of the Night
I sat down tonight and spent some time with my Father, my Heavenly Father that is. And it was so refreshing to my spirit. It has been over a week since I actually took the time to spend more than 2 minutes praying, and I am ashamed to admit that. I hate the fact that I know how much I depend on God, I know how much I need Him, I know that my life falls into chaos and stress when I don't rely on Him, yet still, still I try to do it on my own. I am thankful that He doesn't walk out the door when I don't show up for days. He is still there, waiting paitiently.
What I Have (or Don't Have) to Show for the Month
*Quick Update on Abby: She is fine. The whole "dental surgery" went well and she now has a mouth full of silvery fillings. Ah, welcome to my life babe. We were in the hospital a total of 4 hours, about half of that spent in recovery. She wasn't even groggy yesterday, just had a little nap around 4. So thanks for anyone who prayed, I know my family was.*
It is the last day of September, and I am looking back over what I have done preschool-wise with Abby. Let me tell you, it is a pitiful offering to the school gods. The only week's 'studies' that I finished completely, was A (along with all the other activities that went along with it like Bible crafts, numbers, etc.). I only got about another half a week done. So to sum it up, we only did a week and a half of work. Though I'm not sure if I can even call it work! We just do some crafts and worksheets and other stuff. Sit down time maybe totallying one hour a day if I'm lucky.
Even on the days that I got all the activities done that I wanted to, I felt like it wasn't enough. Is this going to be enough to get her to the point that she needs to be? Who am I to know? On the other hand, why am I stressing so much over this?!? It's preschool, not high school math or anything. Maybe I just need to chill out.
It is the last day of September, and I am looking back over what I have done preschool-wise with Abby. Let me tell you, it is a pitiful offering to the school gods. The only week's 'studies' that I finished completely, was A (along with all the other activities that went along with it like Bible crafts, numbers, etc.). I only got about another half a week done. So to sum it up, we only did a week and a half of work. Though I'm not sure if I can even call it work! We just do some crafts and worksheets and other stuff. Sit down time maybe totallying one hour a day if I'm lucky.
Even on the days that I got all the activities done that I wanted to, I felt like it wasn't enough. Is this going to be enough to get her to the point that she needs to be? Who am I to know? On the other hand, why am I stressing so much over this?!? It's preschool, not high school math or anything. Maybe I just need to chill out.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I Hope I Don't Forget to Brush her Teeth in the Morning
For anyone out there listening, please pray for me and my daughter, Abby. Tomorrow I am taking her to the hospital to have her cavities filled. Originally the appointment wasn't until November, but one of the people who was scheduled for this day is out of the country for a couple months, so we got bumped up last minute.
We have to be at the hospital by 7 tomorrow morning, and I'm not sure how long we will be there. My hubs has the day off, thankfully, so he will be home to watch Leigh. I do have a friend who is willing to watch my girls anytime for me, but Leigh has been very fussy anytime she gets dropped off there, so I thought it would be best to just have her at home. Plus then he will be at home with me in case I need extra help with Abby.
The doctor will put Abby to sleep with the gas mask first, and then insert the IV. I am allowed to be in the room for this part. I am a little nervous because the doctor said that even though she is asleep after the mask and will remember nothing, she might squirm and cry out a little. That thought clenches my heart. And the doctor also told me that she put in a tube to help with the breathing. That thought really clenches my heart. I don't know if I will actually be able to take seeing that. My little girl! With a tube in her throat! I think they might make me leave the room anyways.
She will wake up in the recovery room, and I will be able to be there when she does wake up. I am so very thankful that I can be there for her, and I am thankful that this is covered under the Healthy Kids program in our province. If it weren't for that, I don't know if we would have the money for all the dentist apoointments. We sure don't have it for us adults. I am also thankful that it is only for a few cavities that we are going in tomorrow. I am so blessed that both my girls are healthy. It could be so much worse. There are parents out there who have to deal with much bigger problems, like surgery for any number of fatal problems. Mine is just teeth.
We have to be at the hospital by 7 tomorrow morning, and I'm not sure how long we will be there. My hubs has the day off, thankfully, so he will be home to watch Leigh. I do have a friend who is willing to watch my girls anytime for me, but Leigh has been very fussy anytime she gets dropped off there, so I thought it would be best to just have her at home. Plus then he will be at home with me in case I need extra help with Abby.
The doctor will put Abby to sleep with the gas mask first, and then insert the IV. I am allowed to be in the room for this part. I am a little nervous because the doctor said that even though she is asleep after the mask and will remember nothing, she might squirm and cry out a little. That thought clenches my heart. And the doctor also told me that she put in a tube to help with the breathing. That thought really clenches my heart. I don't know if I will actually be able to take seeing that. My little girl! With a tube in her throat! I think they might make me leave the room anyways.
She will wake up in the recovery room, and I will be able to be there when she does wake up. I am so very thankful that I can be there for her, and I am thankful that this is covered under the Healthy Kids program in our province. If it weren't for that, I don't know if we would have the money for all the dentist apoointments. We sure don't have it for us adults. I am also thankful that it is only for a few cavities that we are going in tomorrow. I am so blessed that both my girls are healthy. It could be so much worse. There are parents out there who have to deal with much bigger problems, like surgery for any number of fatal problems. Mine is just teeth.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Can It!
I haven't written for the past week because my mom has been down visiting. I love my mom, and I am so thankful that she doesn't ever complain about all the travel she does to come visit us at least a couple times a year. It is a 14 hour drive, but we flew her down here with our airmiles this time. She is such a help to me, always cleaning up, doing the dishes, the laundry, almost everything! She takes the girls for a walk everyday, and always trying to entertain them for me. It is excellent. And I enjoy visiting with her too, though a lot of the time, we just are together in the house, not having depp, in-depth conversations. She will read a book and I will do whatever it is I am doing. (Maybe reading blogs.)
Every fall my mom cans peaches and pears, and this year, she helped me do it. I have never canned before so I was very excited to try. First we went to the fruit stand to buy our fruit, and we decided to only do peaches because the pears were still too hard and we didn't have the time to wait for them to ripen. We only did a 10 lb box. Some were too soft already, and we just used them for pie (which I am baking at this moment). We blanched the peaches to make them easier to peel, but it only worked for some of them. I enjoyed the peeling, even if it was difficult on some of them. We had the syrup boiling beforehand, 14 cups water to 7 cups white sugar. Mom would take our jars as we filled them and pour the syrup in them right away. Once we filled them all and put the caps on we put them in the canning pot, boiling them for 20 minutes.
I actually enjoyed the whole process; it was not as much work as I thought it would be. My mom was obviously there overseeing it, so I don't think I would attempt doing this by myself, but would ask (force) my hubby to help me. He likes to cook and he is the one who likes to eat the peaches. I had borrowed my friend's canning pot, so I think that I will just invest in my own.
Surveying my cans after sealing them, I felt very proud of doing this for the first time. The only down side was that my husband commented that the slices looked small, he was used to seeing canned fruit in quarters. He didn't complain, but I felt like I had disappointed him. Next time I will remember to make the slices much bigger. So maybe next week I will have pears done!
Every fall my mom cans peaches and pears, and this year, she helped me do it. I have never canned before so I was very excited to try. First we went to the fruit stand to buy our fruit, and we decided to only do peaches because the pears were still too hard and we didn't have the time to wait for them to ripen. We only did a 10 lb box. Some were too soft already, and we just used them for pie (which I am baking at this moment). We blanched the peaches to make them easier to peel, but it only worked for some of them. I enjoyed the peeling, even if it was difficult on some of them. We had the syrup boiling beforehand, 14 cups water to 7 cups white sugar. Mom would take our jars as we filled them and pour the syrup in them right away. Once we filled them all and put the caps on we put them in the canning pot, boiling them for 20 minutes.
I actually enjoyed the whole process; it was not as much work as I thought it would be. My mom was obviously there overseeing it, so I don't think I would attempt doing this by myself, but would ask (force) my hubby to help me. He likes to cook and he is the one who likes to eat the peaches. I had borrowed my friend's canning pot, so I think that I will just invest in my own.
Surveying my cans after sealing them, I felt very proud of doing this for the first time. The only down side was that my husband commented that the slices looked small, he was used to seeing canned fruit in quarters. He didn't complain, but I felt like I had disappointed him. Next time I will remember to make the slices much bigger. So maybe next week I will have pears done!
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