A few fall colors to start out this week's post:
These are all views out my bedroom window. They look better in real life! The colors aren't as vibrant in the photos. It is drizzly with gray skies today--it definitely looks like November! We have had some pretty chilly days the last week and we have also had some sunny, golden warm days. I appreciate any nice days we get at this point.
Here's another photo I took this week; this one is from our kitchen window:
We have these little visitors on our deck pretty often, but I don't usually manage to get a photo of them. The squirrel has a peanut in his mouth. He was sitting up, holding it in his paws and chewing on it when I first saw him, but of course he moved when I came close enough to the window to get a photo.
Now, on to what we did this week. Last Friday when I left off, I was going to be working on the budget. I did get the budget done, but not until really late because first Jared called, then Mom, then Tanner, and then a friend of mine (who lives in Florida now)! It was crazy spending that much time on the phone, but I really enjoyed talking to all of those people. :)
On Saturday Frank was up early to do some work for a client. I went to a baby shower (the third one in a month!) and then spent the day working on my plan for the Christmas program, cleaning the kitchen floor, choosing the hymns for the following Sunday, and preparing for my job interview (scheduled for Monday). I got all of that done before I needed to go to my self reliance group. I ran out of time to work on a project I'm trying to get done for Christmas--that keeps happening! Hopefully I will manage to squeeze it in sometime soon.
Of course you all know by now that Jared and Jessie got engaged on Saturday. They called us to tell us the news that evening, but Frank was gone--he went to a movie with a friend. We weren't surprised, though, because Jared had already told us he planned to propose that day. We couldn't say anything to anybody until Sunday night because they wanted to have time to call close family members and tell them before the news spread all over. You've all probably seen the photos on FB, but here are a few anyway:
We are happy, of course, and look forward to having Jessie in the family!
Not much happened out of the ordinary on Sunday except that I got the binder for my new Primary class from the former teacher. They haven't called a partner for me yet but hopefully that will happen soon. They also didn't call den leaders, but instead they decided to combine all the Cub Scouts and have them meet together, and the Webelos leaders will be leaders for all the boys. Since we only have 5 Cub Scouts that come regularly, that actually makes sense even though they are working on different things. Three of the boys have already achieved their current rank and the other two are just coming for fun so I think it will work out fine. That evening I had arranged to have a group of Primary kids sing "I Am a Child of God" for a family in our ward (the one with the mom fighting cancer) but then they asked to change it because they had family in town and they needed to discuss some things and make some decisions. Plus, the mom was getting a lot worse. Instead, we offered to record the kids singing the song for them and send it to them and that's what we did--we got the group together on Tuesday morning to do that. It turned out really lovely and the family loved it! I'm glad we did it quickly, too, because the mom passed away yesterday.
The rest of the week we had a crazy schedule because the school schedule was kind of ridiculous. There was no school on Monday and Tuesday, on Wednesday and Thursday school started four hours late, and today school gets out 3 1/2 hours early. Tuesday there was no school because of election day and the other three days they had parent / teacher conferences, which is why they had half days.
I'm going to keep this brief because I don't have a lot of time left. I need to pick up Seth from school soon and shortly after that we are leaving to go to Philadelphia for the weekend so that Frank and I can each go to the temple. I'll just mention the unique things we did this week but trust me--we were busy with all the regular things too!!
On Monday I had my interview with the Arc of Frederick, and I think it went really well. They have to do a background check so I am just waiting on that to go through. In the meantime, I heard back from the school district on Wednesday afternoon that my fingerprints had cleared so I'm officially hired by the school district now. I have to go in and set up my account before I can work, though, and I haven't had time to do that yet. Hopefully tomorrow! I also took Seth to the library on Monday. That evening I really didn't feel well--I was having stomach issues--but thankfully that was a one night thing. I didn't eat on Tuesday until lunch time, but after that I was fine.
I already mentioned that we did the song recording on Tuesday morning. I also took Seth to get a haircut and I voted. That afternoon, Seth's friend Lyndon came over for a few hours to play. I went over to see my friend Wanda early that evening because she had left me a message about wanting to vote. By the time I got there, she had decided that she wouldn't be able to go but she wants to make sure she can vote next time. (I couldn't have taken her to vote anyway, so it's a good thing she had already changed her mind.) She did give me a list of things she needed from the store, though, and I was able to get those for her the next day since I was going to the store anyway.
I went to the adult religion class on Wednesday and found out that Jessie's grandpa goes to that class too--I knew him, just didn't know he was Jessie's grandpa!! That was pretty funny. Seth had 11 year old scouts that night, and I took all my Cub Scout stuff over to the church to give to the Webelos leaders.
Yesterday I helped set up a salad bar for the teachers at Seth's school and after I picked Seth up we had his parent / teacher conference. He is doing a bit better with both getting work done and with behavior, so that is good news. Seth actually attended the conference and was in charge of telling me how he was doing, and he did a good job presenting his information. I got the budget done last night, which is a good thing because I definitely wouldn't have had time to do it today.
Today I have mostly just packed for our trip and Frank and I had to make a decision about our insurance coverage for next year. Now it is time for me to go get Seth. We are also picking up one of my friend's kids because she is having a medical procedure done today, but we are taking them over to stay with another family in the ward since we are leaving for Philadelphia. Her kids go to the same school as Seth, so it is easier for us to pick them up since we are familiar with all the dismissal procedures. Plus, we have to pick Seth up anyway, so we are saving someone else the trip!
In between everything else, I've got some reading done and I've been working on the Christmas program and my Primary lesson. There hasn't been a dull moment! Frank has also been pretty busy, which we are grateful for. I forgot to mention last week that Seth had a field trip where they did some orienteering, and he LOVED it! I really need to take that kid hiking / orienteering some more because he really likes that kind of stuff.
I'm certain I've forgotten something since I am in a hurry, but that is mostly what we did this week.
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