Where Have You Been?

Is this the question that you've all wanted to ask me? Well, I've been here. I've made a few changes, but things are pretty much the same.

I'm still alive. I'm still married. I'm still the slave, I mean the mother, of a house full of kids. I still have to climb laundry mountain now and then.

In April I started a new part-time job. I've been doing some home health, which I love. I get to name the days I want to work, or not work, and I can also name the hours that I've available. Not bad, huh? This has helped bring in a little extra dough and it really helped when the family and I went on vacation last week.

I went with a friend to see The Devil Wears Prada, last night. It was good. I enjoyed it a lot. The kids and I saw Superman Returns while we were on vacation. It was good, too. I didn't like that I had to tiptoe around Lois Lane's child born out of wedlock, but I got around it without too much information given to the 7 year old. This movie is rated PG-13, but I checked and there was no sexuality issues and no big language issues, so I let the kids go. The previously mentioned issue was the only one that made me uncomfortable. Other than that, it was a good movie.

I've read two books this summer. The Beach House by James Patterson and Night Fall by, um, can't remember the author. Both were good and both were read on vacation. Mostly during the L-O-N-G drive to Colorado and back.

My dad was in a car accident three weeks ago. He just emerged from his coma a few days ago. He is still "asleep" more than he is awake, but at least he does have sleep/wake cycles now. He is still on a ventilator, but is being weined off of that. He is in Wichita, which is only just over an hour from here, so he is close enough for me to visit often. Please, pray for him. Thank you!

I'm going to post a few pictures, really just to re-familiarize myself to how it is done. One is of a very special occasion--a First Holy Communion. My daughter received this wonderful sacrament in May. Another is of my son and his truck. He won't be able to drive it until February, but it sits patiently in the garage. The third one is just a fun one. We've had fun all summer!

I hope to hear from you soon!