It has been a couple of weeks I know; maybe longer and I am getting behind with my blogging. I am either too busy or sleeping. The weekends are great; just not long enough. Thursday and Friday I worked to six to get some extra hours to make up for having to take off Tuesday to be home for the telephone repair man. My phone line had been out of order since august 8th. I didn't know it because I had a dial tone and I was able to make calls. I didn't know that no one had been able to get me.

On the evening of the 15th, I went to bed at nine and was awakened at 10 by the sound of my son's voice. I thought he must be leaving a message on the answering machine. But the tone of his voice didn't sound right; I realized he was calling out to me. The words he was using finally got through the fog in my brain; he was asking if I was okay. I was out of the bed going to the phone when it dawned on me that he was here, at the house. I called out to him that I was all right and found him at the door of the house in his pajamas holding a shotgun. My daughter in law was also there in her nightgown. They had came from their house, thirty miles away, because when he had called all evening, it sounded like I was picking up the phone and hanging up. He thought something was wrong and I couldn't talk so I was signaling for help. He had also called 911 and the police got here right after they did. This is how I found out that I had to have a phone line replaced in my house.

Sunday a tree fell and took down a power line. I called and reported it but the power company didn't get it fixed until monday. I came in from work monday and turned the t.v. on only to find the cable was out. Slow witted as I have become, I didn't think about the cable line coming down when the power line did. I called the cable company and they sent a technician out to replace the digital receiver. He came out and determined it wasn't the box. Duh!!!! Then I tell him about the tree coming down and he says yeah, that's probably what happened. He called the office and they had to send another man out to replace the line. In one week I had three different lines to replace.

Work has been enjoyable. I have a great group of three and four year olds. I miss snuggling with my babies. Several times a week I stop by my old room before I go home and play with the kids.

Last week we had our first case of head lice for this year and of course the little girl was in my room. Ugh!!!! My head started itching as soon as they told me. So far my head has been bug free and no one else has said they have lice.

The succession on my property is finally done. Now I can put my name on the home owner's insurance. That was the last thing with my husband's name on it. Well, the checking account is still in both our name's. The bank said I could keep it like that as long as I wanted. There was no legal reason to change it right away.

I still would like to earn more money. I am praying about this and reading the classifieds. I am also still praying about moving. It is something I want to do but it may not be what God wants me to do. I don't like being here. I don't know why; it is a gut feeling I have that I have not been able to get rid of.

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Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strenghthen thee; yea I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing and as a thing of nought. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isaiah 41:10-13

Yea!!! Weekend is here again! I am so glad. I was tired when I came home today, I fell asleep just like I did last friday. I thought when I changed my hours I wouldn't be as tired by friday. Yesterday, during my kids nap time I was falling asleep in my chair and had to get up to walk around. I guess eight hours is just the same to my body, whether they are split up or not.

I really enjoy my job. The four year olds are wonderful. I have three that want to wander around the room instead of playing and the three boys are a challenge. They definitely have very short attention spans. During story time they each want to tell their own story when they are not getting up to take toys off the shelf.

This weekend I plan to make valances for the two windows in my class room. The director gave me some navy and white striped fabric that she had in the storage room. It is not as bright and cheerful as I had in mind but I think it will work out. I also have to find some pictures for the walls. There is a lot I want to do; I understand to do a little at a time and not spend a lot of unnecessary money and be wasteful. But I keep adding to my "to do" list for the class room.

I have so many lists for all the things in my life that I want to do and the lists for the things I need to do.

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Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live will I praise the Lord; I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Psalm 146:1-2

Today was amazing. I only had 11 of my 14 children. Everything went smoothly. Only two cried for a little while and then they played with the others. Two others had to be constantly monitored because they wanted to do their own thing instead of what we all were doing.

One strange occurrence but not unusual happened today. My three year olds have had their own potty sized commodes to use from age two when they started potty training. Now they have to go to the adult sized bathrooms down the hall from our room. I took them this morning and showed them where they would be pottying from now own and introduced the boys to the urinal in the boy's bathroom. I explained what it was for and showed them the big commode in the stall. Around nine this morning the supervisor came and told me that someone had pooped in the urinal and I needed to explain to the boys that the urinal is not for pooping. I told her I had but took the boys back down to the bathroom so she could explain it again. Well, one of my four year olds spoke up and said it was him; he had done it. We couldn't believe it 'cause he has been using the big bathroom for quite some time. You just never know what kids will do.

On the whole, I really enjoyed myself. The air conditioner at the daycare was on the blink again and we were hot and miserable so I think we all did great.

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The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Psalms 145:14-17

I got off early Friday and came home and fell asleep. I woke up confused; not knowing what day it was. It took a few minutes for me to even realize it was still day time and not night. I really didn't think I was that tired; sat down to drink a cup of hot tea, watch a little t.v. and relax but went to sleep. It was a very awful feeling.

The prescription nose spray helped clear up my sore throat after about a week of using it. Well, I guess that is what did it. I woke up one morning and my throat wasn't hurting. My eyes are still watery and I still have a slight cough but I can live with that. I was getting worried about my throat because it was beginning to feel like it was closing up. My throat actually feels normal now.

I am starting in my class room monday. It happen to work out that every one was able to get the hours they wanted. Isn't God wonderful? I am excited and scared. I will have fourteen four year olds. The law allows one worker to have eighteen four year olds; I hope the daycare keeps only fourteen in my class.

I am looking forward to my new work hours. I am going to look for some training courses to take after work to maybe do something else with my life.

My afghan pattern is not coming together like I wanted. I am going to have to unravel a good bit of yarn and rework another pattern. I haven't decided what pattern I am going to do next.