I had a wonderful breakfast with my mom at Perkins this morning. We don't get together very often, so it was nice to catch up. She offered to drive me around while I hung up fliers for the carnival that the kids' school is putting on to make the job quicker. We all went to the nursing home and met some friends from their school to make Spring crafts with the residents. Everyone loved having the kids there and treasured their little paper flowers they made. Chloe and TJ are really wonderful with all the residents, and it's such a blessing to see them interact so well with them. Mara needs a little more exposure and practice, but she'll come around. She gets a little apprehensive when Charlotte demands that Mara eats the other half of her cookie. I went to Jax last night for a quick drink to support the fund raising for a new dog park. After that I went to the grocery store to order two small cakes for TJ's birthday. He's going to have a birthday party here at the house with an Armor of God theme and another party at a pizza place in Des Moines so that maybe his Aunt Jen, Uncle Jimmy, Godmother Leyria, and friend, Hondo, can come celebrate. I ordered a wrestling cake and a skateboarding cake. The kids are going swimming with my mom and Dave tonight and then spending the night there. John is ice fishing with Old Man Larry, and I think I'll just clean house and grade papers, and enjoy a little alone time. I may do a Pilates video or start a new book, Alone with a Jihadist, or maybe just relax. I'm awful tired of hearing about celebrity and politician affairs and broken marriages on the news. My mom saw my Grandma Glo and Grandpa Mike for the first time in many years today. I think Mom enjoyed talking to the residents and made a friend name, Heidi, that she may start visiting on a regular basis. Chloe is proud that she met her goal in Girl Scout cookie sales. I am not really looking forward to sorting and delivering them when they come in, but we'll make the best of it, and it's a good lesson for Chloe to learn responsibility, work ethic, and thank you letter writing. She lost her order form that had 80 cookie orders on it the first weekend that she had it at a Chinese restaurant in Newton. She shed a few tears and then got right on the phone to call all her customers back to get their orders again. John delivered Meals on Wheels with my student, Levi, today for me so that I could go pick up Chloe in Tama from an over nighter at her friend, Megan's. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband. He takes my grandpa to all of his doctor's appointments, and takes such good care of the kids when I'm gone. I came home from a meeting the other night to see them all around the table playing Monopoly. I pray that the friends that we have that are having marital trouble can rekindle the patience, forgiveness, communication, compromise, and unconditional love for their spouse that they once had. I pray that John's Grandpa Fred has another healthy year in him to share another fishing trip to Canada with TJ and John. I pray that my cousin Erica, Uncle Tom, the Billy Shockeys, Jimmy and Jonna, and John's mom, Mary, all reach out to the strength and wisdom from the Lord to feel inner peace, let go of any addictions, work hard and spend little, and take good care of themselves emotionally and physically and of their families. I pray that we too are frugal, fruitful, and fret free knowing that He provides all we need.
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