I want to show up on her doorstep so bad. I would LOVE to knock on her door and just hand her one of those just because gifts! I miss her so much it’s like missing my twin! The only consolation is that we are closer in proximity than we have been in a looooong time. She is such an awesome woman. I have never met anyone like her before and probably never will again. It’s been waaay too long since I saw her last

We spent Christmas eve with the in laws in the Bronx. We had already opened our presents, as we do every year on Christmas Eve. We went to their church for the hour long service after dinner and went back to their house for dessert. Then we headed home. We lit our Hanukah candles, went to bed. Christmas day we went to our church then spent the rest of the day alone together as a family playing with all my son’s new stuff.

My son got coal first and was shocked … we got video LOL then he thought that was really his only present so he says ” okay well i will use these as boulders for my lego people” and starts to walk away! LOL What a grateful child. (Video here) He got a bunch of legos, video games, and movies. He got a nano bug, and the new wimpy kid book. I had my phone from a while ago. Hubby got a new wallet from us & I sang him his favorite song while playing the guitar: ave maria. The reactions to the presents were priceless. Hubby has a full length video.

Now to look forward to his birthday in February

110 Prison Epistles 95.0% A
102 Introduction to Hermeneutics 95.0% A
103 Life of Christ 99.0% A+
104 Acts, The Spirit’s Work 94.0% A
105 The Church In Evangelism 100.0% A+
106 Introduction To Pentecostal Doctrine 96.0% A
107 A.G. History, Missions & Governance 93.0% A
108 Ministerial Relationships & Ethics 99.0% A+

He got me a lovely jacket and boots last night. He was nice enough to realize that I needed a black pair of boots and a jacket that would fit during and after pregnancy. We chose a lovely 4 in 1 jacket and some lovely white mountain black suede boots which are ADORABLE. I love me some him!

Trying to keep up with my son on his homeschooling can be daunting sometimes. I am constantly cycling books through his fingers, trying to see if I can get him interested in more subjects that broaden his worldview. Sometimes I even have to pull out the library step stools to get to the books that most people wouldn’t even bother to look up and find. You never know what gems lie there. He is very receptive to reading new things, so it’s a great way to get him to go off on adventurous tangents where we delve so far into a subject that we exhaust our consciousness. That’s part of why I love to homeschool/unschool. We can do that without remorse or feeling as though we have missed something.

God has been truly blessing us this Christmas. The economy still stinks so the sales have been good. Sad, but true. I got him the brand new Diary of A Wimpy Kid at no cost to me, the Ninjago game for 1/3 price, buy 2 get 1 free games for him and one for the family *we always get one family game every year*, a hamtaro for a dollar *will go well with his other hamtaro*, a window sticker painting kit for 2 bucks, and star wars trading cards for 50 c a pack. He picked out a lego game for himself at the store that ended up being less than half priced *only 7.49*, but we wrapped it up for Christmas anyway. So yes, he will have a wonderful Christmas, not to mention the fact that we ALWAYS watch the nativity in some form and make sure that we all are reminded of the reason why we have this day. We just like to pay homage to the person who this day is dedicated to: Jesus Christ. Even tho many realize that this is not the same date He was born, the fact that He was born is what really matters here!

There are many jobs in this world, but there are also many “special kinds of people” out there to work them. For instance, I love to watch Animal Cops and things like that. I could NEVER do Veterinary Assistant Jobs! Those poor creatures come in there and they are so helpless! Some cases make you lose your lunch The same with those in pretty much any medical profession dealing with cases similar on the human scale.

Another job is working with children under the age of 11. I am not the one to be doing that on a regular basis. Once in a while won’t kill me, but on a day to day? Not me! I have people in the family like my sister in law who are PHENOMENAL at that. I applaud her. She is one of those “Special kind of people”.

So far from our church, I have received a huge amount of baby clothes, some baby toys, 2 baby bouncers, a bassinet, crib rails, the promise of a crib to go with those rails, and 4 bags of new or like new maternity clothes. I haven’t even gotten to the baby shower yet LOL Thanks to generous people!