Today was not our best day.
Ready to mow the lawn.
It rained.
Nevermind.
Go on a bike ride instead since it’s cool.
Ended up walking the bike and trailer most the way since I running on two low tires that wouldn’t pump up.
I was just trying to exercise.
No sugar day! Holy canoli… so hard!
Headache half-way through the day.
Either sugar Detox or dehydrated.
I’m going with both.
I drank over 66 oz of water today so hopefully that will help.
Decided to make bread.
Recipe fiasco.
Finally found one I had all ingredients for.
(Ummmm, yep – need some nonfat dry milk for storage).
Kept waiting for water to get hot to put that yeast in.
Never got hot.
It got colder instead.
Cinnamon chips melted into dough hence you can hardly taste the cinnamon bites.
Wishing for a Bosch that can handle all the flour and kneading.
Decided to take a peak at the water heater.
Not sure what I was going to do after looking at it. Bwahahaha.
But – I did find a dead bird in the closet.
Screeeak.
How does one sanitize the floor after such a find?
Right – no hot water for any dishes.
I could have boiled water.
I ran them through the cold dishwasher instead and hoped the steam dry would sanitize.
Phone battery dead. Won’t charge these days.
Remember my lesson yesterday on using gentle words with the children.
Not my best day for that. Stink.
Naptime to help headache.
Pettit came for piano lessons.
Piano teacher fail!
Let bread raise too long
(which really meant it was probably perfect since I never let it raise long enough)
Burned the bread… roasty-toasty cinnamon bread.
Even if I get the recipe correct, my baking skills are poor.
13 loaves of burned bread.
Should have halved the recipe.
Dinner. So-so to bad.
But at least I made dinner with love.
Over dinner we talked about the “Good News” of the day:
Hannah: Switched tables… good & bad. Cookie Dough Fundraiser. Sold 6.
Truman: Nobody punched me in the face today.
Dad: I have a job. The end.
Max: Only had bad news… fell and hurt knee. Oh wait – good news was the angry birds star wars bandaid
Abe: Rest all day. (home with a major headache)
Eliza: Kept raising hand with a smile and was just glad to have a turn to talk.
Heather: Drank lots of water today.
Jimmy went back to fixing the water heater pilot light.
I was worried the house would explode.
Family Prayer for the water heater and inspiration to know how to fix it.
Prayer answered.
Thank you friend-who-shall-not-be-named for assisting Jimmy in getting hot water back.
Sandpaper on rust… revives conductivity.
Hot water in 30 minutes.
Hurray!
BLESSINGS!
Glorious sunrise this morning in shades of yellow and pink.
It really only sprinkled… We are so grateful for rain. We have mushrooms – but at least the grass is watered.
If the hot water hadn’t gone off… we wouldn’t have found the dead bird until it stunk to high heaven and beyond.
Tru neither punched anyone in the face or was punched in the face (although a wii remote was thrown at his ear which did draw blood). Tru is becoming very creative with his words. Sigh.
Prayer Answered. Angels among us.
The house did not explode. True Story.
Even though it was so hard to peddle the flat tires, at least I got some exercise.
Tru & Liza played hide-n-go-seek at the park. Hilarious.
Hannah took Tru & Max with her to sell cookies (nice strong body guards!) They loved it.
Indeed Jimmy does have a job… with great insurance. He may be needing a change, but at least it pays the bills. Thanks Jimmy!
Hot Water & Dishwashers!
Electricity & a capable charger to energize the dead phone battery.
A huge working Kitchenaid which does great for cookies (perhaps bread isn’t it’s specialty!)
Charlotte’s Web Pretend Movie Theater with lights out and popcorn and warm chocolate (since Tru had a major dilemma going on when he thought I said we were going to the Movie Theater when really I said we should pray for the Water Heater).
9 p.m. Quiet. Time to get rid of this headache for real. And take a shower for the day!!! in hot water!
Good night world.
Until the sun rises in the East beyond the lovely Rocky Mountains.
If anyone read this far, hopefully you’re chuckling with me on that last sentence.
We loved the choir (though Abe commented that they sure did sing a lot of songs). I believe angels sing with them! We all joyfully sang Sunshine in my Soul, especially Hannah & Abe… JOY! Hannah and I took notes (it’s so much easier to take notes when littles aren’t needing your help every minute). Almost every talk I declared my favorite from the session, until the next one! The messages were really fantastic. I believe when you actually are able to hear the message and feel the Holy Ghost, you are blessed with that deep stirring in the soul.
“It was huge, crowded, and AWESOME!” Abraham
