a blended life

This is random, but I'd thought I'd give some idea of what our lives are like other than sharing the obligatory pumpkin patch photo that everyone else has right now. *Daylight savings will end (begin?) in a week, which means the time difference between here and Grenada will be 3 hours. I might not survive the six weeks between this blasted event and Jacob's return to civilization. *Our days consist of us going to school together around 8:15 am and coming home around 4:45 pm. I thought the long days at school would be taxing on the girls, but they really enjoy being there with me and hanging out in my room before and after school. It's kind of a haven for them. *They also think it's cool to bring their friends by my room. The other day, Hannah brought in a friend and got out a bunch of my art stuff. They had a table full of an art project by the time I found them. Leah frequently stops by with her friends for Lifesavers. *Conversation at our house:   Leah: M...

My life has felt almost completely out of control, in a very controlled way, for the past few months. Hence the lack of blogging. But really, I blog because it's a place to put my thoughts and I've missed having that time to take stuff out of my head and put it on paper (screen). I've decided to not catch everyone up on the past few months because 1) I lack motivation to do so and 2) you probably have heard me rant about it in some way and 3) let's just say that I love being married to a GREAT man and my job is good. Anything else is just a side note and who cares anyway. Ok. (This line signifies the end of reasons why I haven't blogged, so let's pretend nothing happened and I've been blogging like normal.) ________________________________________________________________________________