We went over to the Dork Side

March 2019 Journaling

1.    Spanish class.

2.    Quiet day.

3.    Church and naps.

4.    Chiro and massage.

5.    School day, brought to you by the letter Uu, the number 19, animal habitats, and the story of Jesus healing the paralytic, again, since it didn’t work last week.

6.    Long nap today. No energy.

7.    We went and booked our Mediterranean cruise today; going in July.

8.    Getting my yearly highlights to cover my greys. The grandkids are coming for one night. Also going to Spanish class.

9.    Grandkids here. My youngest went to Ottawa as part of her prep for her upcoming job there. Long nap.

10.Church. I have a family tree done by a cousin in Finland, for my dad’s side. I decided to try to put one together for my mom’s side, while my mom still remembers dates.

11. Dental work today. I told my dentist about my novel and he said he wanted to buy six copies and help me promote it. Serendipity.

12. School day brought to you by the letter Vv, the number 20, volcanoes, and the story of God calling Samuel.

13. Costco with my mom, nap, and prepping tax info for my husband.

14. Home day, doing homework.

15. Pain clinic. Spanish class tonight.

16.  Bible study homework. Out for dinner at the Keg with my husband. We took Uber for the first time. Went over to the Dork Side.

17. Church.

18. Dental work today, then a nap, dinner, and school prep.

19. School day brought to you by the letter Ww, ordinal numbers, weather, whales and water, and a discussion about heaven.

20. Yesterday morning, the sunroof on our CRV shattered spontaneously as my husband was driving. So it’s in the shop now and I’m stranded as he had to use my car to get to work.

21. Bible study. Got there by Uber.

22. Spanish class in evening.

23. I went to shopping for spring and summer clothes with my daughter, napped, then went to a wedding shower for a woman from church. Now booking excursions for the cruise.

24. Heard some good news today; will share soon.

25. I only have energy to vacuum once a month. It wore me out.

26. School day brought to you by the letter Xx, ordinal numbers, the triumphal entry, last supper and foot washing story, and digestion, and x-rays.

27. It’s my mom’s 79^th birthday today, and she is still unsaved. L

28. Errands today after Bible study. Our Bible study is intense; we read the whole two chapters section by section and I comment on it and we have discussions, then we answer the questions in the Precepts Ministries book. It takes an hour and a half but it is so enriching and such a blessing.

29. The cover of my book is finished now, working on the final approvals for typesetting, then I’ll get my ARC, advanced reader copy, then it goes to print and I’ll get it a month later, so I can finally plan a launch date. Yikes, took my car in to get my seasonal tire changeover and with the brakes it  cost me $1400. We recently had to pay that for furnace repair as well. Hoping to get a good tax return so we can frivolously spend it on paying down our credit card.

30. Women’s ministry breakfast, very good, but I had a poor sleep, so I came home and napped 2-1/2 hours, then did homework and made dinner.

31. Church today, but didn’t feel well, even after a long nap, so I stayed home this evening.

Moroccan Valentine's Day Party

February Journaling

1.    My grandson is four today! His party is in two weeks, with his sister, who turns two in a week. We had another planning meeting for the AGAPE festival dinner.

2.    Home day.

3.    Church.

4.    Chiro and massage, haircut, eyebrows, errands, and nap. Then school prep.

5.    School day, brought to you by the letter Rr, the number 16, the story of Noah’s ark, and an experiment making rainbows.

6.    Freezing rain. Definitely staying in today.

7.    Women’s Bible study beginning the book of Luke was cancelled due to weather.

8.    It’s my granddaughter’s second birthday!

9.    Homework day. My husband bbq’d steak for dinner.

10.Birthday party for our grandkids, after church.

11.There’s a storm coming tomorrow, so I’m going to outrun and spend two nights in Hamilton for safety.

12.School day, brought to you by the letter Ss, the number 17, and the story of Balaam’s donkey.

13.With the grandkids because of the weather yesterday. Scary drive home. Then our furnace inspection revealed a problem with the heat exchanger causing carbon monoxide to leak, but thankfully it vented outside, but that might have changed, so the furnace was turned off, even though it’s a cold night, and they’re repairing it tomorrow. We went out and bought a second space heater. Thankfully, we already had installed baseboard electric heating in the basement so the renters are okay. Also our gas fireplace still works so the family room on the main floor is fine.

14.Bible study. Furnace repaired.

15.Pain clinic. Then baking for our AGAPE gala dinner at church tomorrow.

16.Grandkids for the day even though we’ll be at church most of the day because of the Gala. Our Gala went so well. Also, my dad would have turned 80 today, but he died at age 28 because of a workplace accident.

17.Church this morning. No service tonight because of the Family Day long weekend. We had a Raclette dinner.

18.Family Day holiday. My husband is home. My husband and daughter went to his mom’s for food, but I stayed home because I had a headache. Slept most of the day away. Set the table for the weekend dinner party, I can only do a little each day.

19.No school this week because of the holiday. Making some dreaded phone calls. I hate talking on the phone, especially with insurance companies. Going to dinner at a friend’s place to dissect the gala, what worked and what could be improved for next year.

20.My son-in-law is going to make my author website. Prepping for dinner party.

21.Bible study. Nap.

22.Cooking for tomorrow. Spanish class with my daughter at our church. She’s going to Peru in June.

23.Dinner party at six. Menu: smoked salmon on crispbread, meatballs with maple bourbon sauce, Moroccan carrot soup, salad on a stick, Moroccan chicken, Moroccan Couscous salad, peach dumplings with bourbon hard sauce, red and white wine, hazelnut coffee. Everything was delicious and the servings weren’t too big.

24. Church.

25. School prep.

26. School day, brought to you by the letter Tt, the number 18, the weather, teeth and turtles, and the story of Jesus healing the paralyzed man.

27. Phone calls. I hate phone calls.

28. Getting close to releasing my novel. Final tweaks to the cover art. Also reviewing the internal typesetting. It looks so professional. Every time I reread my novel I love it all over again.