Christmas is coming!  It is going to busy next weekend so I'm trying to spread some of the prep work over the whole week.  Here is my very tentative list (besides the normal things)...

Monday - make some Christmas food, clean the guest room, wrap presents
Tuesday - Bible study
Wednesday - clean the basement, vaccuum
Thursday - bathrooms, more Christmas food
Friday - swiffer, pick up

Hmm...that doesn't seem so bad.  It probably will be a little harder than I expect though since there are still other things going on too.

If you're still reading, I have a reward for you.  Ben found a treasure-trove of water bottles under his desk.

This morning Isaac put a cheerio down the vent.  So I closed it in hopes that he would just get bored and never want to do it again.  I'm not sure if I was successful yet or not.

Saturday: Grandma's funeral

Today was Grandma's funeral.

What is there to say?  She'll be missed, but, as evidenced by her Bible, she's in heaven.  It was interesting to hear about some of the things that she had double underlined and bracketed in her Bible.  It reminded me how everyone goes through different trials at various points in their life, and made me wonder about hers.  Along with wondering about her good times.  I only knew her as a grandma, but she (obviously) had a life before that.

Enough rambling.

This is the last picture that I have of her.  :)

Thursday: steps?

After getting into the cat food, not sitting still for a dirty diaper change, and putting his peas in his highchair at lunch, I decided that we should go to the gym this afternoon.

I went on the bikes.  I probably won't be trying everything the gym has to offer, but I'd like to try several of the things.  Last Friday was spin.  I enjoyed the bikes more (they have TVs!), but I probably got better exercise during spin.  I also liked going at 2pm better...at 9:30 the place was jam-packed!  Even after work it isn't that busy.

I went to pick Isaac up and he was crying.  The worker said he had just fallen down right before I got there. She also said, "You didn't tell me he could walk."  Surprised, I said, "He can't.  Well, he can cruise but that's it."  She went on to say that he had walked a few steps and that is why he had fallen down.  I tried really hard to get him to do it at home but he was completely resisting.

Wednesday: a fun day

Today Isaac and I went to a Christmas gathering.  I'll admit that it was completely out of character for me, as I didn't know the host very well nor did I know anyone going.  But it sounded like fun and I knew there would be lots of new toys for Isaac to play with.

He especially enjoyed the trains and the drum sticks.  There was also a puppet show...
Police puppet: What is everyone doing here?
Isaac: DDDttaattdd  TTEHHOOOOO.
Police puppet: some other question that I can't remember
Isaac: BBBaaaMMMEEEAAOOPPPTT
Police puppet: well, I may need to give you a ticket for that.

Later in the day I scared Isaac twice as he was coming around a corner.  He loves it.  There is a look of surprise, but then he bursts out into laughter.

Ben and I played racquetball.  I put up a good fight in two of the games, and my racquet was being unruly for two of the games.  We still got good exercise though.

Tuesday: dancing with joy

Today Ben's grandmother unexpectedly died.  She was having some minor surgery done and there was a complication.  However, I have no doubt that she is dancing with joy in heaven right now.

Somewhat unexpectedly, it has made me miss my mom even more tonight.

Monday: a job

For those of you that don't know, I'm teaching a lab at Hope next semester (CAD).  Today I had a meeting about it with the main instructor.

*They've changed a lot of things since I took the class.  I think they're probably good changes, but it is still a little odd.  The biggest change is that they've separated the lecture and the lab.
*I'm probably supposed to call the main instructor by his first name.  This feels super weird as I spent several years referring to him by his last name.  I'm trying to avoid saying his name, but I'm sure I'll have to at some point.
*Dad kindly watched Isaac during the meeting.  When it was done I found him crawling through the halls (and apparently waving to everyone) like he owned the place. :)

It'll be nice to have a little something to do again.  Not that I don't like staying home.  But I think it'll be good for both Isaac and me.

Sunday: Christmas mailing

A few days ago I ordered two of the exact same thing from a store.  (On purpose.)  That was all I ordered from the store: two items.

I got a package from the store a few days ago.  "Great!" I thought, and proceeded to put it, unopened, by the rest of the presents.

Yesterday I got another package from the store.

Yes, the store sent the two items in two different shipments that arrived on two different days.  How weird is that?