Day In My Life... Friday, Saturday and What I Wore Sunday

I'm linking up with Kathryn for Day In My Life 2014 posts.   This is going to be a weekend mish-mash...Friday, Saturday and Sunday all in one. 

Friday was sorta a low-key day.  We stayed home and did school all day.  The best part was that Heidi got an A on her quarterly science exam. Studying pays off! 

  Thankfully no doctor appointments at all!.  

Then we had to rush through clean-up and dinner and all that to get ready to take the girls to their big play performance of "Sunday School Musical"  They both did great and Heidi even sang a duet.   It was fun and now I have those songs perpetually stuck in my head.

Saturday we spent the day at my parent's house.  They live one block away from a Franciscan friary which has lots of youth ministry for kids....in the afternoon the three older ones went to their children's group and in the evening Heidi went to youth group.  A good time and good catechises was had by all.   I made a minuscule amount of money doing work for my mom and my mom made us a delicious salmon dinner.  So, over all it was a good day.

On Saturday I also washed and put away (put away simply means shoved in a bin) the last of the cloth diapers.  Elsa is full-time in panties now!  Yay Elsa!  Well..except for at night, but I use sposies at night.

And What I Wore Sunday is back.  I haven't linked up in awhile because the hosting blog, Fine Linen and Purple hadn't been putting the link-up regularly and I hate irregularity with blogs that I link with.  

But I missed taking pictures and having that impetus to dress up for Mass. 

So, it's back!  It was snowing (slightly) when I took this picture. 

Also today..we went to Mass (obviously) and I went grocery shopping and worked on mowing over some of those leaves in our yard.  Because we don't rake..we mow.  I know, I know..day of rest and all.  But I actually find grocery shopping and mowing grass/leaves to be restful.   Especially the mowing grass/leaves part. And, I would have worked out anyway, so that was my workout. I'm crazy like that, but I really do enjoy being outside working in cold weather (I hate it when it's hot, but love it when it's cold and brisk).

So...that concludes a week in my life.  I hope you all have a great week!

 

A hopefully non-typical week in my life...2014 - Monday

I'm linking up with Team Whitaker for A Week in my Life, 2014.  The idea is that each day you somehow document what you did on that day.

Let me start off by saying that I really, really, really, really, really, really hope this week does NOT become a typical week in my life.  Really.

So far, we've already got 3 doctor's appointments and probably an MRI scheduled for this week.  REALLY hoping this is NOT typical. Really.  I miss our old, everyones healthy, avoid-doctors life.  

I've found myself to be a member of the club I most emphatically did NOT want to be in.  The "parent of a child with a mysterious illness club."    The child with the mysterious illness is Heidi (age 12) and her baffling symptoms include things like back pain, leg pain, knee pain, headaches, fatigue.   It is pretty scary not knowing what is wrong and if it's anything treatable.

Not to mention that while Ben is working as a substitute teacher, he really needs a real job.  So, that is just adding to the overall stress. 

Probably not a week I'm going to want to repeat anytime soon.

So Monday.

Started out typical enough..woke up, work out, take shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, do school.

Then we went to our coop where the K-1 class put on a small play.  John had the most extremely minor role in the whole play..but that is okay, because we never imagined he had a future on Broadway anyway.

Moving on..went home after coop, took Heidi to the doctor.  Then took her to the hospital for lab work.  Promised ice cream as needles are scary.  Oh, but forgot that we are trying her on a strict dairy/gluten free diet in hopes of reducing inflammation. 

Oh..I should probably also mention that Elsa just recently gave up diapers..so I was a bit nervous during all this coop, doctor's appointment, hospital labwork running around thing.  But she did great..no accidents...at least not until we got home. 

So, get home at 5:40.  Made dinner.   About to do out to get dairy-free ice cream when I decided instead of try making it at home using frozen banana, coconut milk, vanilla and palm sugar in the food processor.  It made more of a milk shake than ice cream, but was it was still good. 

Elsa took no nap today, so she nursed and fell asleep before 7:00 PM.  Yay....for everyone else. 

Me?  I was going out out anyway.  Monday is my women's group at church. So...go to that...get there late (as usual)...stay too late and get home around 10:30. 

And, that's it.

Lucky you..tomorrow morning you'll get to read all about today.   Maybe I'll even have pictures for that one.