My Lovely Black Hand

I'm finished shaking my head. It has been one of those days-- at least the end of it was. And I am disappointed because the last few days have been rather awesome. I should know by now that for every ten good things there is bound to be one thing that happens to break the cycle. And today it broke.

The cycle that is.

After Caleb's ortho appointment, and a trip to Wal-Mart, we came home and did some major cleaning. Anna, Rachel, and I washed the kitchen blinds,wiped down the cabinets, and got down on our hands and knees and washed the kitchen floor. We shook the rugs, wiped out the microwaves, and scrubbed the baseboards. We drank soda and chewed gum too. We listened to music and enjoyed the sweet smelling aroma of a sugar cookie candle thanks to my Mom.

A few of the kids cleaned out the garage.

Caleb went shopping with Cousin Matt at a joke store.

The little ones slept.

All was good---- we were all about done cleaning --- time to rest and play.

Not twenty minutes later, one of the kids came running in to tell me that William had climbed the shelves in the garage with some neighbor kids and they had toppled down. This after me telling him the day before not to climb them. Of course he got in major trouble for disobeying me and having neighbor kids in our garage--- but that wasn't even the worst of it.

After telling all of the kids that the garage was off limits-- Annalyn was in there with two of her sisters showing them the mess. She pulled something aside to get an even better look and the shelves toppled even more. One landed on a can of black spray paint blasting black everywhere. The only way I could get it to stop was to grab the can. Now I have a nice black hand.

The mess is one thing--- I can get over it. It is what the mess represents. What the kids are in trouble for is for disobeying simple instructions.
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Dennis has been waking up the last few nights crying and crying because of his ear. No fever-- just pain at night. Yes it nice to be able to cuddle him back to sleep---- but I would prefer if he went back to sleeping through the night. I finally wised up and gave him some Motrin as I put him down to bed. The ENT surgeon was trying to coordinate her surgery with the plastic surgeon when he does Dennis' next revision, but we decided to go ahead and get the tubes in Dennis' ears as soon as possible. Next week he will having an in and out surgery for this. Hopefully he will begin to hear better too.
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I continue to enjoy Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). It is a very indepth and intense study of God's Word. Nothing more nothing less---- and I am loving it. We are doing the study of John and what I am learning about who Jesus is makes me love him all the more. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would look forward to discussing my answers in my women's group-- but I do. Nor did I think I would actually get the lengthy study done each week. But it is well worth it! I encourage you to look into getting involved in a bible study if you are not already in one. The icing on the cake is that my husband is doing the same exact study-- a blessing on our marriage to say the least.