Bang, bang, bang

That's what I'm hearing outside my window right now. We are currently in the process of having our roof torn off (to the rafters) and a new one put on. Oh, the joys of home ownership. I'd rather have spent that money on a nice vacation (actually, I'd rather not have spent it at all!)

Our family is needing prayer in a specific way: Our wonderful sitter informed us that she is going to start taking college classes and would like us to find a new sitter for the summer and beyond. We are going to miss her like crazy (especially the girls), and we need to find someone to come and watch the girls. We don't want it to be just anyone; we want it to be someone who is going to love the girls, interact with them, and be reliable! I have placed some ads and have yet to hear anything back. If you could please pray that God provides the perfect someone (or someones!), that would be fantastic. Thankfully, our sitter said she won't leave us hanging and will stick around until we find someone, but I feel a responsibility to her to find someone ASAP. The new semester starts in three weeks, and in two weeks I leave on a cruise, and I really would like to have something set up prior to that! Thanks in advance for the prayers! I know that God will provide ALL our needs--I keep reminding myself of that! It's just very hard for me, the planner, to not have everything set in stone NOW!

No more fever!

Finally! I still had a slight fever yesterday, but today I feel great (minus the cold that I have!) My house is slowly recuperating from my illness, too! A mom on the couch for a week = disaster!

The big excitement at our house is getting ready for Mandy's birthday party on Saturday. She's having her first really big party with lots of friends and her excitement is at a fever-pitch level! She's so excited about the grab bags, the games, the art project, the food....and I'm wondering how I'm going to cram 11 little girls (that includes my own!) in my house! I've called my sister and asked her to come for crowd control purposes!

Add onto THAT excitement that fact that we're having a new roof put on (our current roof will be torn down to the rafters)--it's just going to be a mess everywhere in this house, in and out! I'm not looking forward to the noise and chaos that this roof project will bring, but I AM looking forward to not having our office leak and not finding pieces of our roof on the grass!

My list of things I'm thankful is very long, but I'll list just a few:
1) Finally not being sick
2) Mandy and the blessing she is to our family. Her life, especially her first year, has not always been easy, but she remains joyful and good-natured!
3) This semester of school is almost done. One month from now I'll be getting ready to go on a cruise with my mom!