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~1~

You'll be relieved to know that the weather has warmed up to its normal temperatures.  I am very glad.  My skin is not as itchy although there's nothing to be done for my dry, cracked hands.  There's a bit of moisture in the air so we're not shocking each other constantly.  And, because the weather has warmed up, the new coats for the older two children arrived.  Of course.

~2~

We had Ditch and Stitch tonight at my house.  I was wondering how the children would do having to be in their rooms until bedtime, but they did really well.  We'll continue to have it at my house until Ben returns from Afghanistan.  It sure forces me to clean house.  That's a good thing.

~3~

The children have moved on to the next "holiday" which is St. Valentine's Day.  Our homeschool group has a party after daily mass on the Friday before.  This year we are lucky that St. Valentine's Day falls before Lent starts.  Whew!  That means I can have chocolate.  Sister wants to make her own cards.  I hope she doesn't pick something too complicated.  I'm going to have to find some ideas on the internet.

~4~

I'm tired, but it's self-induced.  I'm a night owl by nature but I do make an effort to go to sleep at a reasonable hour.  For some reason whenever Ben is gone, I stay up later.  I don't know why.  I just do.  I need to make myself go to bed by 11.  It hasn't been happening.  It's not good when I don't get a good night's sleep.

~5~

To go along with number 4; I'm trying to get up at an earlier time.  I need to get some things done before the kids get up like showering.  Doing things before they are up will help me not to feel so rushed in the mornings.  Then I can slowly wake up my boy who needs at least 20 minutes to wake up.  My ideal is to wake up early enough to exercise which would help with getting some good prayer time in.  Then shower, and start the day.  I'll let you know how it goes.  I've been trying to do this for 2 years now and haven't succeeded.

~6~

I don't know what's wrong with me, but I haven't taken hardly any pictures.  I need to so I can post them for Ben.  

~7~

This is a tough time for me.  A certain anniversary is coming up and I'm feeling sad.

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