Today. Hhmmm. English muffins with strawberry-rhubarb jam for breakfast, devotions with the kid-o's, school, and some phone calls and addressing of a whole slew of envelops for James. Throw in some (very) mild housework and that was pretty much my day. I went through all the new school stuff and came up with a loose schedule that we can work with when we're ready to dive into the new books.

James was working on Minister's Meeting stuff (we're having to do a northern and southern "Meeting" instead of our usual Minister's Retreat this year--sooooo sad!), but he pulled himself away long enough to cook his favorite green chili enchilada stuff for lunch. He even mixed up some Rice Krispy treats! Yum!

I had a small brisket that I didn't know what to do with. We only ever have GIANT ones that we cook for 12 hours on real low heat, so this little 2 lb.-er threw me for a loop. I finally decided to just cook it like a roast. I put it in one of those oven bags you got me, Mom, with some potatoes (didn't have any carrots--bummer!), a packet of onion soup and a can of mushroom soup. It was sooooo good! And somehow, even with all that, it still tasted like a brisket, not a roast. I cut up the left-overs and threw into a crock-pot with what was left of the potatoes, then I added some of the Keilbasa from the other day. Tomorrow I'll see what else I can find to toss in there and we'll have a very interesting stew. ;-)

Sam and I played Connect Four and Scrabble Jr. tonight while Katie and Joe played Uno, then we all played Let's Go Fishin--that one where the little table spins and the fish open and close their mouths and you have to catch them. That is so much harder than it looks! I really think we should play it next time we get with Sam & Tammy or Dustin & Jamey or something. It's hilarous! Afterwards we played that Super Showdown game again. This time a ghost with eyes in the back of his head was judged to have a better chance at winning a snowball fight than the lunch lady with a ladder. :-)

I was able to spend some nice "alone" time with God tonight, which was so nice. I need so much more of that! I wouldn't trade the kids in for anything (!), but I still miss my pre-kid ability to spend as much time with God as I want and I struggle to spend the time now that I really need. It's a constant struggle, but it's my constant desire to improve in that area!

That's about it. I need more sleep than I got last night, so I'm going to bed NOW!

By the way, the iron really is dead. I tried it again today and it's a goner. What a bittersweet feeling this is! Ha! ;-)