A Weekend Of Firsts

Shiloh and I had a busy weekend. 
Friday afternoon she said goodbye to her friends at her old preschool.  It was sad (for me, I’m not sure she understood) and I worried that I had made the wrong decision.
Saturday morning we woke up (way too early for a day off) and went to Shiloh’s first dance [...]

Things Currently Keeping Me From Blogging

Applying for financial aid.  (a.k.a. Searching through piles of papers for tax records, etc.)
Stressing about the PRAXIS exam I’ll have to take to get in the education program.  I’ve been out of school way too long!
Relearning Algebra before I start classes in the fall.  (My brain is mush.)
Working on about ten loads of laundry.  (You [...]

WW: The 4th

I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend.  I had Friday off and it was so nice to have a three day weekend!
My cousin’s first baby was born Friday morning.

This is Michael and baby Michael Aiden.  It’s hard to believe my (little) cousin is a daddy.  (We used to call him “Little Michael”.)
Friday evening Shiloh [...]

Weekend Highlights

Spent Friday evening organizing my closet and watching Pride & Prejudice.  (I’m such a party animal!)  I love that movie.  What is it about a those Mr. Darcy types?  You would think a negative, moody, standoffish guy would be a turnoff.  I think it’s a woman thing.  (And possibly the reason I don’t trust myself [...]

Perceptions

** Wrote this one  a few weeks ago, but never published it.  Decided to post it today, since I don’t have anything new to write about. **
Sometimes I wonder what other people think of me.  Particularly in my church and other Christian circles.  I hesitate to even write these words, because I know that not [...]

Emotions

Don’t worry, this is not another whiny, sad post.  I’m actually trying to write this quickly.  I need to go to bed.  Problem is, the last two nights I’ve had such a desire to write (I wrote two posts last night and only published the shorter one). 
I hate that my inspiration always comes to me [...]

Cynicism

I’ve been asking God to show me anything in my life that needs to be removed.  Any sins or attitudes or whatever.  He’s been showing me slowly, but it isn’t fun.  I don’t like what I see sometimes, but I need to see.  I need to see so I can allow Him to remove those [...]

Random Stuff

Friday afternoon we had some bad storms in middle TN.  We had warnings and maybe (?) even a couple tornadoes sighted in our town, but a city near us got hit really hard.  Two deaths and I think close to one hundred homes destroyed.  Scary stuff.
Thank God more people weren’t hurt.  I was just watching some [...]

Random Stuff

I’m really stressed and restless today, but I can’t pinpoint exactly why.  I feel like I’m ready to jump out of my skin, for lack of a better example.  I know it’s still early in the day, so my mood could be totally different in a few hours. 
I had some crazy dreams last night.  Not bad [...]

Calling All Single Moms

Today I need some reader input.  Specifically from any single moms or former single moms.  My pastor asked me what I need/want as a single mom.  To the best of my understanding (Shiloh fell and busted her lip in the middle of our conversation, so I was a little distracted.) he was asking my opinion, [...]