Still, still here

That was the name of the last post, almost a week ago. Sigh...going through some things here. Trying to work through it. The family is fine, just "other" struggles.

R took the dog back. I guess there was a 14 day trial time and it just wasn't working out with Sanomae and with the dog pooping on the floor. R would take her out for 20 minutes and she would just sniff around then come in the house and go on the floor. JT was in Ireland last time R talked to him and was doing well. He should be in Afghanistan this weekend, I think.

J has had a good week. He was upset with us for grounding him from the tv for 24 hours but he got over it quickly. He also made the decision to go to bed about 30 minutes later and go "by himself". His desire to stay up later was greater than his desire to be read to. Hmmm. He's doing so much better with his reading. He got an A on his booklet report on deer mice. And he won 3rd place in 4H for his biscuits. He really did make them himself, from scratch, with minimal help from me.

A and I had a great day on Wednesday. She was off school because everyone else was off on Tuesday except for the juniors who had to do ACTs. So Wed. she and I went shopping and had a good time, good conversations.

Painting Elvis didn't turn out so great. It's okay, but not like we had wanted it to be. We had trouble with the clear coat and ended up sanding the hood down again and now you can see the marks on it. Plus, even though it was in the barn it got bird poop all over it. Plus, a moth landed in the wet paint on the hood the other night. Sigh...it is what it is.

We woke up to thunderstorms this morning and lots of rain.

I haven't done a thankful list in a while. Maybe I should do one. Let's see, I'm thankful for family. I'm thankful that J is doing as well as he is. I'm thankful for jobs, cars and dark chocolate. I'm thankful for God and His love.