God Bless,
Dana
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Today would've been Charlotte Marie's 1st birthday. This day last year, I just wanted to crawl in a hole and die. This year, I felt stronger emotionally, and wanted to do something special to mark the day. So, after Emma and I finished shopping for Thanksgiving groceries this morning, we went out for a nice lunch, to be followed by a trip to the fancy cake shop in Broad Ripple. The place we had planned to go for lunch was closed on Mondays (I totally knew that - just forgot), so we tried going to a decent Chinese place near there, but it didn't open until dinner time. :-( We finally settled on Applebee's. Not terrible, but not quite what we had planned either. Anyway, so after lunch, we went to this adorable (and VERY expensive) cake shop in Broad Ripple, called Cake Bake. We parked a couple blocks away, and walked past the shops, the canal, etc. It was really nice. Funny side story: As we were starting to walk across the bridge on the canal, Emma quacked at the flock of ducks below in the water. They started quacking back! Then, as we turned, and were walking along the canal, the entire flock of ducks got out of the water, up on the sidewalk, and started following us! Emma freaked out, and made me carry her. ROFL It. Was. HILARIOUS!! I so wish I had thought to videotape it, or at least take a picture. Well, we finally find the cake shop, and the outside was so cute! We go inside, and it was just gorgeous! We were planning to get one piece of cake and share it, but we couldn't agree on a flavor. So, I decided it was a special day, and we each got our own piece of cake and a hot chocolate. We had brought a candle and lighter, so we put the candle in my piece, lit it, and Emma and I blew it out together. ♡ I was happy, because I felt like I had acknowledged and even celebrated Charlotte's birthday, and Emma was happy because she got cake. You don't want to know what that cake cost ($40 total bill for 2 slices of cake and 2 hot chocolates!!!), but it was beautiful, and nice, and fine for once a year. If I don't post again between now and then, I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving. Please pray for me, as I will have my MIL here... More than that, though, please pray for the husband of Emma's godmother. He had a massive heart attack last week, and is doing better, but still has a long, uncertain road ahead for him and his family. #PrayforRay
God Bless, Dana
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My Monday yesterday, was AMAZING! My SoulCore videos had come in the mail over the weekend, so I started my day by exercising while praying a rosary (okay, I got through just over 1 decade before collapsing on the floor). Then, we just kinda lounged around until it was time to take Emma to her godmother's house so I could go to my Napro appointment alone. I LOVE my Napro doctor! Her name is Casey Reising, and her office is located on the north side of Indianapolis at the corner of 86th and Moller Road. Being the daughter of an awesome nurse, I've learned over the years how to tell a sincere, really good doctor from a meh doctor from a RUN AWAY FAST doctor. Dr. Reising is definitely in the first category. After listening to my story about my experiences with fertility, infertility, fertility doctors, etc., she very carefully and gently explained all the tests she wanted to run on me and why. She explained all the conditions she was looking for, how they could impact fertility, and how we would approach each scenario. She was curious, but encouraging about all of my vitamins, supplements, and essential oil use. She said that she had recently gotten the Young Living starter kit, but hadn't really gotten into them much yet. She was especially curious about my recipes that I use for my hypothyroidism and depression. So I emailed her my recipes this morning. I finally have hope of at least getting some real answers, if not a baby. So excited to be working with her! So, on to my Monday-ish Tuesday. It started out great. I worked out with my SoulCore video again, and got through ALMOST 2 decades before collapsing! Then, I came downstairs to send my emails, do some stuff on the computer, and have my morning cup of tea before Emma woke up. She woke up, came downstairs, and dared to want breakfast. ;-) I went into the kitchen to fix her breakfast, and a MOUSE scurried across the floor, and behind the dishwasher. I, obviously, wasn't expecting a mouse in my kitchen, so I screamed and called the dog. She came running, but the mouse was already safely behind the dishwasher. I called the exterminator, who we already had a contract with because of the gnat problem. He'll be out tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime, the house was, of course, a train wreck, so I spent the rest of the day (except for a quick lunch out, a quick stop at Meijer to get a couple more vitamins that the Napro wanted me to add that I didn't have yet, and the library) cleaning, doing the dishes (which I detest - that's usually hubby's job), and catching up on laundry. When he finally gets home, I'm exhausted, stressed, and a little sore from working out. I mention the mouse, and that the exterminator is coming tomorrow. Emma says that I screamed, and he started laughing. I mean seriously laughing. Cracking up, actually. I wanted to punch him. Sure, where he grew up, having a mouse in the house was a common occurrence, but this was the first for me (that I remember, anyway). Besides, it's not like I was actually scared of the thing. I was mostly just surprised and startled. I finally got (mostly) over being ticked at him, was writing this post, pushed a wrong button, and had to start completely from scratch. Anyway, let's just say it's a good thing I already had a massage scheduled for tonight.
Hope your Tuesday is going better than mine. :-( Dana I'm sure by now, you've all heard about the terrorist attacks on Paris yesterday. 127 are dead, with 67 more in critical condition, and 112 more wounded. I'm so sad for the people of Paris. ISIS, is obviously claiming credit for the attacks. It will be interesting to see in the days to come, if the world will finally come together and wipe out ISIS once and for all. I'm afraid, if even one member of ISIS is left free &/ alive, that this world will never truly be safe. France has already declared a pity-less war on Syria, and last night the whole country was on lockdown. Citizens of France had an enforced curfew, and French police and government officials had the right to enter any home or business they pleased without a warrant. People were not permitted to enter or leave the country. My husband and I were discussing last night the possibility that we are seeing the beginnings of World War III. The scariest part, I think, is that ISIS WANTS all of our troops on the ground in Syria. What do they have planned??? My thoughts? I think they have nuclear weapons, but possibly a limited supply, so they want all of the world powers' military in one place, so they can be the most efficient with their nuclear weapons. In the meantime, we all need to pray, and pray hard for Paris, and the world. Even more than the victims of the terrorist attacks and their families, I would say we need to pray for the terrorists themselves. That they would be touched by the Holy Spirit somehow, find repentance, and forgiveness through Jesus Christ, and stop their evil attacks.
God bless you and keep you and all of your loved ones safe in this scary, uncertain world! Dana Catholic Schoolhouse for us, started out as a fantastic idea. You go to a classroom setting once a week, so your kids learn how to raise hands, take turns speaking, walking in line, etc., then you go home and spend the rest of the week expanding on everything that was introduced in class. You might need to supplement math and English with your own curriculum, but everything else will be Catholic Schoolhouse. Catholic Schoolhouse in practice was overwhelming, exhausting, but fun...once a week in class. Tuesday through Friday, we never even looked at the Catholic Schoolhouse stuff. We might listen to a CD of their memory verses set to music, but the book itself? No. Expanding on what was discussed Monday? We attempted it once with the Trojan War, but the book from the library just sat until we returned it. Then, all of the changes happened. First, our chapter lost the tutor for the 10-12 year old group. Then, after I had submitted my lesson plans for the second quarter, I (along with the remaining 2 other tutors) was told I had to totally rework my lesson plans to have more memory work, and less activities. I didn't like that idea...AT ALL...but I did my best to comply. Thankfully, before I had to actually teach the new way, I was given the option to step down and just be an assistant. Gladly! However, when I stepped down, one of my students left (who apparently had had a bad experience in science class, and was only continuing to come because I was her tutor...awww....), along with her siblings and her mother, who was one of the 2 nursery people. After the first class in the new style, I was less than thrilled, but Emma insisted she still liked it, and wanted to continue to go. Okay. Before the second class in the new style, an email went out, saying that the science tutor was also stepping down, and would no longer be teaching science OR chorus, and that chorus was now becoming recorder class. That was apparently the straw that broke Emma's back, because when I explained the newest changes to her, she insisted she was NOT going back. Try as I might to convince her to try it, or to at least finish the quarter, she refused. Truth be told, I wasn't at all heartbroken to have my Monday mornings free again, and to have the stress of getting Emma to Catholic Schoolhouse on time gone, but I did feel a little bad about leaving after we had JUST started a new quarter. Oh, well. In the meantime, I realized that one of my friends had started a Catholic Schoolhouse Lite this year, and that she had an opening. Hmmm... They meet only twice a month on Monday afternoons for 2 hours. One time they'll do 2 hours of art, and the next time they'll do 2 hours of science. AND, they are on almost exactly the same "week" that we were on. Seamless transition! So, we're switching to that one the end of the month. It'll be much less stress, no early mornings, and Emma already has at least 1 friend in the group! So, we're very excited to try that version of Catholic Schoolhouse! Hopefully, it will be much less stressful than the main version. That's pretty much all my news for now. My appointment with the Napro doctor is on this coming Monday, though, so if you think about it, would you pray that it goes well, and that I can leave the appointment with a viable plan, or better yet, answers? Thanks!
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