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Monday, September 30, 2013

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Andrea G:
Good afternoon.  I'm a little late in posting today, but it's been rather busy here today.  Started the day needing to go to the feed store because we were right out of broiler grower feed.  These guys sure do eat a lot.  Then I helped David cutting and stacking wood.  We don't have nearly enough cut but at least we have a good start on it.  This afternoon has been spent making salsa. I had a lot of the ingredients cut and frozen, but needed to chop the jalapenos and onions, so that took a while.  I will be so glad when canning season is over, but it is so worthwhile. :)

Winona, I never thought about cooking squash in the crockpot.  What an excellent idea, I am definitely going to try that!
Shelly, you sound really busy today.  Your dinner sounds good, I need to try making homemade chicken nuggets.
Janice, glad you get a little quiet time. :)
Norma, praying for you, remember that God is in control!

Hope everyone is having a great day! :)

fishermanwife:
Thank you, yes if I have learned anything over the past year its that, God is in control.

Leahsgarden:
Looks like I'm taking this nesting thing seriously now... make a pile of pillows and blankets into a cozy nest and snooze! ;)

Aside from sleeping, we got a form filled out and mailed; the rent and credit card have been paid; and we went out to lunch. Was going to go grocery shopping too, but decided it'd be more prudent to wait until tomorrow.

Lots of solo parenting for me this week, as Chris is slamming away at his thesis right now. If he doesn't finish it, he can't graduate. I don't know if it's "thoughtful" of me or not... but in my journal I did some thinking and questioning on how to handle another semester if he fails to finish his thesis in time. So at least if it does happen, I can have my thoughts and questions on how we proceed, where the money comes from, etc. I'm somebody who would rather know the ugly truth than keeping my head in the sand. :)

Logan is waking up from his nap, I'm tempted to go for a walk with the boys. Fresh air, work my hips so the baby will start engaging, say hi to Chris (his office is about half a mile away, we live on campus).

Rooney:

--- Quote from: Leahsgarden on September 30, 2013, 04:19:46 PM ---Looks like I'm taking this nesting thing seriously now... make a pile of pillows and blankets into a cozy nest and snooze! ;)

Aside from sleeping, we got a form filled out and mailed; the rent and credit card have been paid; and we went out to lunch. Was going to go grocery shopping too, but decided it'd be more prudent to wait until tomorrow.

Lots of solo parenting for me this week, as Chris is slamming away at his thesis right now. If he doesn't finish it, he can't graduate. I don't know if it's "thoughtful" of me or not... but in my journal I did some thinking and questioning on how to handle another semester if he fails to finish his thesis in time. So at least if it does happen, I can have my thoughts and questions on how we proceed, where the money comes from, etc. I'm somebody who would rather know the ugly truth than keeping my head in the sand. :)

Logan is waking up from his nap, I'm tempted to go for a walk with the boys. Fresh air, work my hips so the baby will start engaging, say hi to Chris (his office is about half a mile away, we live on campus).

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Is your husband getting his Phd to be a professor of something?  I didn't get the beginning of the story.

Leahsgarden:
Nah, he's getting his Masters Degree. It's something he wanted to do since we've been married. He was hating his old job (high school teacher), we just finished paying off all our debts, we had a nice amount of savings, thanks to my mom... and we went for it. At that time, we only had Caleb. It does crack me up that we came here with one child and will be leaving with 3. :)

Our original time line was expecting him to graduate in May 2014. But to get the graduate assistant job, he needed to go from 6 to 9 units a semester. So he's actually ahead on the units, but behind on the thesis. He told me tonight he's going to turn it in at the end of the week whether it's done or not. He's just burning out so bad right now. :P

Thesis aside, Chris has discovered he has a real knack for teaching. He's not one to brag or feel superior for the most part, but the last couple of years have shown him that he does have strong teaching skills, and can do better than most of the professors on campus. Admittedly, a lot of the professors prefer the research side of things, not teaching.

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