Things That Happened Today

I don't know why today was so hard, but it was! I think it might be because I wanted to sleep in, but couldn't, because allergies. Or it could be that Becky cut her hand last night on a light bulb...a lamp fell over and broke in her room and instead of coming to get her parents she tried to clean it up herself and sliced her thumb! Poor kid. She's fine, it wasn't bad. I'm still a little stressed over it. I think she is too, perhaps we both need a dose of aconite. Last night, daddy cleaned her up while I double-checked her room, removed the lamp, swept, and changed Esther's sheets. Esther dumped her entire water on her bed while mommy and daddy were both distracted.

Oh, also we over-drafted our bank account today. Azure charged me twice! I had to call and they are issuing a refund for the second charge. I pulled money out of savings to fix the overdraft but I had a full list of things I wanted to do today and now no money to do them with. We needed bandaids desperately. You never realize you are out until someone gets hurt. We had two in our house when Becky sliced her finger. We now have one. I also need more fermented cod liver oil, new deodorant...and a lady at our local homeopathy store told me about this Alpha Gal remedy that can cure alpha gal in one month, taken twice a day. I am so excited to try it! Anyway, I just decided to use money from the savings account to do all these things and pay it back when the refund comes in...which azure says could take 5-7 business days. 

The older two kids loved Man in Black last night. I was watching it a little with them and was like, HEY it's the TWIN TOWERS! Wow. The kids did not understand. Also, that really made me understand how old this movie was. 

Esther watched Ponyo upstairs on my computer because Man in Black was too scary for her. I mean, she's two. Man in Black is not for toddlers, it has a rating of PG-13.

The girls are loving their tent fort. Reuben's tent broke. I mean, it is 10 years old. We might buy another one, I haven't decided yet. He will just have to share with his sisters unless we can fix the tension rod...the string broke in it. 

Anyway, I ran my errands and said a prayer and now am going to try to tackle all the chores and stay off the internet. I want to read a book to my kids in my peaceful house and enjoy the 70 degree weather together. God is good and I'm so grateful for the life I get to live with my kids...

My husband is going to do the budget this Friday! I'm excited and nervous! He hates budgeting and I love that he's showing interest. But I also don't know what kind of $$ he is going to allocate to groceries... but it's a good move for better communication and for our marriage. Here is to working together, being united, and saving money. 

I'm excited about our new nature journals that I ordered a few days ago (before all the financial issues) because I loveeee new notebooks and we have plans to nature draw all summer. Also, I got some that can be personalized with stickers. And I also love stickers. 

I defiantly love homeschooling more than my children do, sometimes. But someone has to have fun, right?