Random Thoughts

I try to do laundry on Wednesday and Saturday. I either missed Wednesday this week, or my laundry is multiplying in the basket, because I am doing 4 loads today.

Living with my parents means I work way harder to keep the house clean. I'm finding that I love getting to the end of the day and being proud of how I spent my time, even if I'm more tired.

I happen to think that I make the best pizza anywhere. I try to be humble, but it's hard when you're the best! ;)

I find that I get the most stressed when things are out of my control. For example, selling our house is a horribly stressful thing for me, because, not only can I not do anything, but I can't even see whether or not any progress is being made.

Football is great. It's one of the only things you can watch where people throw each other to the ground and sit on each other's heads, and then when the play is over they're helping the other guy up and patting him on the back. Cool.

I love when the seasons change because that means I get to buy new clothes for Jacen.

The best Bible Studies are the ones about a specific character in the Bible. We hold them up as these great heros of faith, and when you study them, they turn out to be just regular people who God used for his purposes. In the end it's not about the person, it's all about God.

Maybe I should hybernate

This week's cold and rainy weather have got me thinking about what on earth I'm going to do all winter with my high energy boy. He plays very well by himself, and is capable for entertaining himself, but gets wilder and wilder the longer he's cooped up without some sort of activity. Here is my game plan for winter and icky weather. We'll see how it goes.

• compile a list of crafts, projects, and recipes at the begining of every month that are at Jacen's level, and keep supplies in the house
• color days: wear red, eat red food, color pictures with a red crayon, find all of the red toys in the toy box, etc.
• 2 words: dance party!
• hunt the library for seasonal and holiday books
• make a commitment to get him outside as often as possible, even if it means I will freeze my behind off in the snow

I'm sure I will come up with more ideas as the winter goes on (I hope! This list may not get us through an Iowa winter!), but for now that's enough to get me through a rainy fall. If any of you have other good ideas, I'd love to hear them!

shifting things around

Ethan started a blog about what we're up to as a family. I will be writing there also, a lot of the stuff I've been writing here. Please check out http://huizengachronicles.blogspot.com for all the info about Jacen growing, family vacations, and job updates.

I intend to keep this blog going--writing more about my opinions on things and what I think about. I may give recommendations on books, movies, or tv shows, both for adults and kids. Or give instructions for art projects I do with Jacen that turned out really well. I hope you keep reading, but be prepared to hear more of my opinions on things, even about political or spiritual matters.