Tuesday: the way home

It is snowing out! I had to go slowly coming home from Bible Study. If I had been smart I would have taken the highway. Instead I took the back road because it's the way I normally go.

...I only fish-tailed a few times.

Monday: quilt

I finished the top of the baby quilt! I think I like it better in real life...it has a lot of bright colors and in the picture it seems too busy. It's busy in real life too, but not so overwhelmingly so. (Or maybe just enlarging the picture helps. I might have looked at the small version for too long.) I ended up ordering some batting on-line, but it is going to take about a week to get here. :(

In the meantime, I realized that I have enough extra cloth of these colors to make a second baby blanket. Below are the two choices that I've decided on. I looked on the internet and saw a bunch that I liked, but either they required many more colors or were easier than I wanted to do. So please vote for your favorite! And I know it's hard, but try to picture the patterns with the above colors.

Sunday: an odd happening

Today we had a potluck at church. It was delicious; there was lots of good food. Near the end I went into one of the side rooms where all the 4-6 year olds were playing. My goal was to just quickly take a look at something in the room and then leave. I knelt down to the box which was on the bottom shelf of a book case. When I looked up a moment later, four children were standing around me, looking at me.

Amanda: "uh, hi?"

kids stare back

Amanda stares back, wondering what to do next.

Ethan: "Hi! I'm Ethan."

Phew, that broke the ice. I was then told all of their names (which I already knew) and their brother/sister relationships (which I also knew) (the church isn't that big). And know they know my name too.

Saturday: more donuts

I tried the frozen donut batter today and the donuts came out fine! I used too many utensils still, but spoons and forks are a lot easier to clean up than baking supplies.

I also got the kitchen all cleaned today! Normally this isn't a big deal, but I've been trying all week and having only moderate levels of success...the dishwasher was running so I had to stop or I needed to wait for the trash people to come so I needed to stop...good reasons like that. But I finished it today along with several of the other tasks. Not all of them, but it was a good start.

Friday: my hero

Let's face it...it hasn't really been a great week. (Well, Sunday and Monday weren't too bad, but it quickly went downhill.)

So when I found out my paperwork was wrong and my cell phone died while trying to call the company for the fourth time today I had had enough. (I should have had to call the company zero times because Ben had called them earlier in the week. Also note that when I left the house my cell phone had three of four bars.) I got home and broke into tears. (I was also slamming doors and stomping my feet but those were almost justified as I had snow on my feet and I always slam the car door.) Ben took over. He got the correct paperwork. He's amazing and calm about stuff like that.

Three cheers for Ben.

Thursday: me again

It's me again. I still don't have much to say. My mouse batteries are almost dead but I found that if I take one out and then put it back in my mouse will live again for about two minutes. So I've been doing that instead of getting up and getting new batteries.

Ben and I worked out again today. I'm reading "A Prayer for Owen Meany" while cycling. The quote of the ride was "FAITH TAKES PRACTICE!" (Owen said it, so it has to be in caps.) Sigh. It'd be a lot easier if it was just second nature.

Wednesday: uninspired

Tonight I am uninspired to write anything. The day wasn't exciting, my random blog post ideas didn't sound fun, and the Five Question Friday Questions were all too holiday-y or deep or brought up something I don't want to talk about.

So I decided to make my own questions. They're easy to answer.

1) What did you have for dinner?

Spaghetti with garlic bread. A little extra garlic bread than normal because it wouldn't come apart and by the time it did it was in pieces and may as well be eaten.

2) What is the weather like?

I think it is just below freezing, so cold but not too cold. We've had a little snow but not much and it usually melts pretty quickly.

3) What color are your socks today?

Black.

4) How many times did you write (or type) the date today?

Not very often today...I think about twice today.

5) How many cups of tea did you drink today?

3...two peach, one sleepytime. The hot chocolate machine at work just increased their prices and decreased their sizes, so I'm boycotting it.