Here I sit in the quietness. Every once in a while, I hear a page turn from the other room (Aliyah reading). The girls are in bed, and I'm pretty sure Aliyah will fall asleep with a book or books in her bed.
Tufsey is sleeping in the other room. He is under the weather again =(. He is highly susceptible to anything/everything. We are hoping to be able to help him by giving him some plain probiotic yogurt and water once Josh is home. Yes, we do love the kitty.
I am contemplating the week and looking forward to the weekend. I miss Josh and I wish he was home. With it getting dark out so early now, it feels lonely this week.
We had better success today at the cursive writing. Once Aliyah is able to practice it more, it will come with time. Keirah is still pretty happy about school. She reminds me of her letters/sounds later in the day--it's cute. We attempted to squeeze in what we could of school before going to work this morning. When I got off, we went to visit Josh for dinner. I gave Aliyah the option of doing her math speed drills in the car as well as her math test. Actually, she loved it! She had all of the drills done in no time and the test as well. She was all finished before we even pulled in to get Josh.
I briefly looked at my Snapfish book project and then closed it. I can put it off longer. They have free shipping until Sept. 10th now. I typically do Shutterfly, however I have a $30 credit to use with Snapfish. I'm trying to decide if I want to do a summer book and then the girl's birthdays or if I want to try to squeeze it all into one.
Plans for the weekend...well hopefully a date tomorrow night. Josh is participating in a golf outing on Sat. and then has to work. He starts vacation Sunday and we'll see from there.
We decided on a project for spring...a new fence--at least on two sides. We bought a fence a couple of years ago and some portions of it are HORRIBLE--namely two sides! It simply did not hold up. Our choice is an arch top white vinyl one. It is taller than the one we currently have so that will be great. My first choice would probably be a black wrought iron or aluminum, however they are pretty pricey. The vinyl will be pretty and low maintenance and that will be great. The other side that we aren't looking at replacing will most likely be completely or pretty close to covered with honeysuckle vine. Taking the fence out would probably ruin the garden wonder of the honeysuckle vine. Once it covers the fence...it's staying.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sitting
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What is different with the snapfish books compared to the shutterfly?
Not much, but I just feel more familiar with Shutterfly.
I'm sure Snfish are fine, but my first experience was the free book that Oprah offered on her show. It probably had difficulty due to the amount of traffic they had on their site at the time. The book said it shipped and then didn't arrive for ages. Finally, I called and they sent out another one. Several weeks later I got the first one they sent. I ended up with two, but for some reason there was no pic on the cover.
About 2 months later, they put a $30 credit in my account. $30 credit for the hassle--even though the book was free. Nothing to complain about because they went above and beyond--all I did was call and let them know the one time that it hadn't arrived.
The scene you painted in the first part of this blog is wonderful. I can just hear the solitary turning of the page as Aliyah reads waiting for sleep to overtake her. The silence and solitude of the moment speak of the peace inside your home and of the wonderful setting for the family to feel safe and secure.
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