done...

I have a second interview with the preschool board on tuesday evening.
It looks promising :-) Atleast I hope so.

We close on our new house next monday! :-)

I have been without internet and computer capabilities for several weeks now and I am proud to say that my email and blog addictions have been defeated. I have seen first hand how much time I wasted online (especially since our service was so slow!). It has been freeing to have extra time for more important things, like my kids :-)
I have decided that I will not be in a hurry to have a computer up and running at the new house.

I also realize that quitting email will seriously damage some of my friendships that have solely been email related over the past few years. And I am sorry for that.
BUT... I'm hoping that if I don't have the computer access... I can work being a better friend in the physical world, and not just in the written world :-)
We'll see how it goes.

So, I suppose this is officially my signing "off".

I plan to mail out our change of address and phone number in the next few weeks.
I'm hoping that we can stay in touch that way!
Toodles!
J

Vacation!!

Back at my parent's house to drop off the boys and head out with my buddies in the morning. Can't wait for a vacation from everything that's normal. It's kind of neat going on a "friend" vacation because I'll be on vacation from it ALL... nice :-) Hopefully it'll be a time to refresh before our move.

D lost his first tooth yesterday!!!
He was putting the tooth under his pillow and asked, "Is the tooth fairy real?"
I replied, " What do you think?"
He thought for a minute and said " I don't know.... I bet that you do it, don't you? You put the money under there?"
I looked a little concerned and simply said, "what if you just said that and then the tooth fairy comes tonight?"
And he just thought and replied with a smile, "I don't know."

What a smart guy ;-)

With all of that said, the tooth fairy almost forgot to come last night. Until her husband remembered and found a silver dollar for the big pay-off. Mr. Toothfairy came to the rescue and D was thrilled this morning with his new coin :-)

Oh!! I've got a job interview on Monday morning at a preschool here in town. It would be a perfect job since both kids will be in school this year and I'll be free to work in the mornings. It's 20 hours per week... very convenient, etc.
Say a quick prayer that the job will come through for me!

that's it.
Still no computer at my house...so don't email.
I'll try to keep ya posted-

alrighty. I'm at my parent's house this weekend and I feel the need to blog an update.

We have found a house in L'burg and the contract is in motion. If you want to know more about it... give me a call. ;)
We will be closing at the end of July and moving during the first few weeks of August.
Kids will need to be registered and settled for school, etc. etc.

Still no buyer for our current house. There will be an open house tomorrow so I'm praying that someone may be interested.
I'm confident that things will fall into place....at some point in time.

We've had a week full of fun, late nights:

On tuesday night, we went to the East Side Speedway in Waynesboro. (I didn't know that they had a speedway). It was dirt track racing at it's best. :)
We had a blast. I've never seen cars race.... they really go fast!! I was super impressed.
Afterward, both kids went home with our friends for a sleepover. It wasn't much of a "sleepover"... since they got home around 11pm, and everyone just went to bed. Either way... a super cool night for the kids.

On Wednesday (the 4th), we met up with our kids and went to a parade in Stanardsville. It was a small town parade at it's best :-)
We watched the firetrucks, the browie troop, local church groups, candidates running for Sheriff, horses, tractors, and 4-wheelers parade down main street. It was cute. And the kids gathered up a ton of candy that the parade people were tossing out.

That evening we went to T's friend's house at Lake Monticello. The kids swam, played on the playground, watched Charlotte's Web, ate a ton of pizza, set off fire works in the yard and then watched grand 'ol fireworks down by the lake.
Once again, we arrived home after 11pm and everyone crashed.

Last night, we went to small group at a friend's house. The adults had the Bible study while the kids (I should say... all of the boys) ran around the yard swatting fireflies with badminton rackets. They also enjoyed a bit of Nintendo and a brief time of sliding a ferret across the bedroom floor like a bowling ball.
(I heard about most of these activities on the ride home) :-)
We arrived home after 10pm and hit the sack.

I am really enjoying our summer activities and late nights but I think we'll try to get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. L is starting to come down with a cold or something. I'm thinking it's because his system is out of whack.

I'm heading on vacation later this week with two of my buddies. The kids will stay with my parents a few days while T is working.
I'm really looking forward to a girl's vacation!! We'll be gone for 4 days!! Can't wait!

I guess that's all the news for now.
I'll try to get computer access again soon so I don't loose my loyal readers.... keep checking in on me!
ttfn
j

no computer!!

Our home computer is absolutely broken. I can't even turn the thing on without getting a blue screen that indicates trouble.
Hubby has been too busy to fix it and I have been without email and blogging, for what seems like a decade!!
(I snuck to T's office today just to check my email!)

So... until furthur notice... I'm offline :(

We have our house on the market but things aren't moving at all.
Please pray that someone will atleast come by to LOOK at it!!

For those of you who will miss my online appearances... please call me!!
Don't email because I fear a full inbox once things are up and running again.

I miss you guys!