7- the perfect number?

My oldest child turned 7 today. How and when did this happen? I made her what she wanted to for lunch - BBQ, potatoes, fried okra, and garlic bread. I love it when she prefers the way I make things. She also wanted a strawberry cake with strawberry icing and Birthday cake ice cream. Something I'm not tempted to eat much of. I didn't get her a gift. her gift is coming next Saturday when I take her and 2 friends to the American Girl store in Atlanta to eat and shop. I'm looking forward to it myself. She plans to buy another doll and she has saved up enough money to do this. She has been going to an American Girl Book Club with other home schoolers lately and has really enjoyed it. We have been reading Samantha books. I also bought her the Molly Mystery Game online the other day for $5. It was on sale and free shipping. She should get that next week. I think I'm a little American Girl crazy myself!

I have a teether

Eliza has her 2 bottom teeth coming in. I know how often I have said how fast my children are growing. Eliza seems to be on fast forward. As I do feel she may be my last, I had been hoping she would be slower, but instead she is reaching milestones faster than my other 2 who were both at the front end anyway. She just turned 4 months old and has 2 teeth broken through and is rolling. She just in the last few days will roll from front to back and then to front again. Why???? I love her to death and I want her to stay a baby. She already doesn't really seem like a baby. She is wearing 6-9 months clothes. I just feel like crying!

This is so me!

I got this in an e-mail from a friend. This is so me! I do not "wash" the dishes per se, but I do soak them in soapy water and scrub them. In my experience dishwashers do not get all the stuck on stuff off so I make sure there is no food on them before they go in. I am a little anal about this (just ask my husband), but that's the way I like it! Maxine has my sort of humor. I have loved her since I was a teenager!

Temporarily Home

Well, we are moved in and getting settled. The rental is not bad at all. it is an older home, but has been remodeled. It will just take some getting used to. The bathroom is causing me some trouble since there is no shelves and the sink is a pedestal sink. There is no where to put our soap, lotion, toothbrushes, etc. There is also not a towel rack and the tub doesn't hold water for baths. A lot of this is fixed by buying a few things, but again, not what I was used to. We are still cleaning the old house. We should finish that up today and we close tomorrow. It is sad how much junk you accumulate. We threw away so much stuff or it's going to Goodwill. And this was just after being there 8 years. Imagine if you've been somewhere 20 or 30 years?

Today is Jeremy's 32nd birthday. I've already made him a cake and plan to cook our St. Patrick's Day dinner tonight (corn beef, cabbage, potatoes). I haven't been cooking with all the moving and cleaning. it will be nice to be "home" and eat a dinner I cooked tonight.

Moving Day

I know I haven't posted much lately, but I've been so busy. We had a place lined up to temporarily move to, but that fell through on Thursday night. So we scrambled and were blessed to find a place today to rent that we can move into on Monday and pay month to month. I say blessed because I prayed hard for God to take care of this and the lady rented to us on the spot without checking our references or credit. It is okay if we stay one month or longer and the house is actually cute. We are moving to a small house in Red Bank until we can find a home to buy. We also have some friends from church who are moving Monday- the same day as us into Red Bank. So tonight I check to see how close they are going to be and they are literally 5 houses down on the other side of the street. Our house has its mailbox on a different street, but our driveway is on their street. Now tell me God didn't have a hand in that!
Everything has been so crazy- packing, looking for a new house, now finally finding a rental and moving into it. Miriam has just been doing the basics of homeschooling- math, reading, language, and every now and then her other subjects. I hope that counts!! Eliza will be four months old in a few days. Time goes too fast. Miriam will be 7 at the end of the month. Why do they have to grow up??

Last Disney

Our last day was at Epcot- World Showcase. Here are some pics at different countries-

Mexico & Morroco

Italy & France

England

The girls picking oysters in Japan. I remember doing this when I went to Florida as a child.

Aladdin

Important Announcement

I still have one more day of our vacation to post about, but I have some big news. We sold our house this weekend. It was so unexpected and so quick. We got the minimum we would have accepted, but that is fine in this economy. We have to be out in 3 weeks. I have to pack, look for a new place, and do bank stuff on top of my normal things. This will be a very busy 3 weeks. So if I can't get together with anyone or do much, I hope you'll forgive me!!