Forgive the Funk

Okay, so I am over myself and moving on. We have been so busy lately. I am going to start watching a little girl in the mornings for about 45 minutes to an hour. I had decided that I wasn't cut out to be a babysitter, but I get sucked in by these adorable babies!!!! It is not bad because it is a time when I am home and it is not for very long and I told her parents that I would be going out of town a couple of times and they were really cool with it, so I am going to give it a try. Wish me luck! I am also excited because my sister-in-law Amanda was just here and I love her and her kids! I wish they lived closer, but I know LA (the state) is where they are meant to be. The dining room and the girls bathroom are finally painted, and yes, my bedroom is finally done! Now all I have to do is get the rest of my house painted, sew curtains for all the rooms, get furniture, and accessories and I will be done. Please feel free to come by and see the finished product in 2020...it will be a sight to see! On a more upbeat note, we are going away overnight and I am looking forward to relaxing by the pool and swimming with the girls. They are getting so big and it goes too fast! We started school with Cat this week and it has definitely been patchy to start. I took the summer off from teaching her and now my groove is GONE!! I did however, get my affidavit of intent printed out and just have to order a copy of her birth certificate from Spokane and I can get her officially registered to home school. It is so ridiculous that they won't let her take music and PE at the elementary school here until next year. She has been in school already for a year and I am filing legally with the school district, but they won't let me put her in until she is officially kindergarten age. Poor kid has been waiting and waiting and they just keep making her wait. It is okay, she will be able to take those classes next year and that will help me a ton, because then I will have one on one time to teach Sarah, who will be turning 3. As before mentioned, Cat started dance again and I love to watch her. She is so serious and yet so happy-go-lucky that it is a joy to see her having fun and learning at the same time. I didn't find a piano teacher out here who would take her for a price I felt like paying for my 4 year old so for the time being, I am teaching her piano myself until she gets a bit older. She loved her old teacher, Carlie, and misses her (I do to!). We are all doing well, time seems to fly by when you have so many projects and things going on. They called me as the choir director again in this ward, so I have choir practices and music to prepare. It is really a fabulous calling. They still haven't called Brady yet, so there is hope he won't have to do Scouts for a while. The girls are doing well in their classes. Sarah is adjusting to the poopin huge nursery and Catherine is so reverent that she often comes home with treats her teachers have given her. She is such a princess! We are loving our neighborhood and moved in at the right time. Everything is almost done and most of it is in other areas, so there is little activity and noise. The cement factory is set to close in a year or two so I can handle it. I really don't even notice it. The kittens are doing well, Brady and I did notice Rudy taking a more than brotherly notice of Greta last night and are anxious for this month to be up, so that they can go in for surgery and be done. I love kittens, but I don't feel like being a grandma yet. Speaking of kittens, my kittens Mom is having another litter and it will be her last, so if you want great kid cats, these are them. Life is moving on and I have already been shopping for winter clothes, which sounds ridiculous living in Az, but we are going to Wa in October and it will still be hot here and definitely will not be hot there. I found the cutest pink jacket and cable knit sweater that Gymboree had on sale this week and snatched them. The store I went to had only gotten in one of the jackets because they were selling so fast online and it was our size. I literally beamed with glee when I found that out. I am waiting for the rest of the collection to go on sale before I stock up. It makes it hard to buy clothes that my kids will only wear here for a month or so and only twice in WA. I am looking forward to seeing my parents for Halloween and Christmas this year. I love going home for my birthday and Christmas and having it snow, so it had better snow this year! Enough from me... I have to finish packing.