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We took pictures tonight for our parish picture directory.  I can't wait to see the directory.  I know a lot of people by sight, but I don't know their names.  I probably should know their names, but I don't.  I mostly want to know the names of the people I see all the time during daily mass.  Most of them are elderly and when we're praying for some of the sick elderly, I'd like to know who we're praying for.

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I want one of these. 

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The Wii Fit trainer is driving me crazy.  When I wobble during yoga, he tells me, "You're a little unsteady."  You think!  I have terrible balance.

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We have a wedding in Virginia to attend this May.  Since we're on the East Coast, we plan on heading up to the Cape to visit family.  It should be fun.  The IHM Conference in Northern Virginia is scheduled for June 11 and 12th.  I'm so close!  I REALLY want to go but don't know how I'll swing the logistics.  I can make it down back to Virginia after our time in Massachusetts, but who's going to watch the kids while I spend these two days at the conference?  Sigh.  I know I could go to the one in Dallas, but there are so many homeschooling people I'd like to see at this one.  

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It's been raining for two straight days.  I don't know if it's supposed to rain today (I'm writing this on Thursday).  I'm trying to be grateful for the rain because I'm sure it's not going to rain much in the summer.  

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I have a lot of knitting projects in the queue.  Just like with books, so many project, and so little time.

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It's viewing week in ballet so I'll leave you with a few pictures.  I don't have any of Pumpkin yet as her class is on Saturday.

I'm still working on taking photos with my zoom lens that are not blurry during action shots.

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I don't know if I have 7 things to talk about.  That's why I've been so silent here.  I'm still playing catch up in many areas of my life.

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I'm in the midst of a spending moratorium.  Sort of.  I can't seem to stop buying books whenever I see a good one for the children.  As for my TBR pile; it's huge.  Who knows if I'll ever read all those books.  Back to the spending.  I'm going to really stop.

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This week has gone better.  I've made sure to get up early enough to take a shower before it's time to get the kids going.  It's made a bit of a difference.  Now, if I could only make myself get up to run on the treadmill before the shower.  My self-discipline is so lacking.

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I'm typing this Thursday night.  It's raining.  Quite hard.  I love sitting here listening to the rain.  I just hope it clears up before morning.  Unfortunately, our mild weather is leaving us and the colder weather is coming to take its place.

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My electricity bill was incredibly high.  I know that we had colder than normal temperatures, but still.  Our bill was a bit higher than a summer bill.  I blame the new meter that was installed against my will.  I didn't want it, but I wasn't allowed to say no.  And, I have to pay for it for the next 11 years.

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I didn't watch the State of the Union address.  I don't like listening to him so I usually skim over the transcript.  I haven't done it yet though.  I'm not sure after reading a few articles if I want to.

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See?  Not much to say.  Have a great weekend, everyone!

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I'm working on tweaking our homeschool.  Do you have a name for your homeschool?  Ours is Our Lady Queen of Peace Academy.  I'm working on making our days more efficient.  I will also start being more militant about our mornings.  I told the kids they're going to have to be up and down for breakfast by 7:30.  I'll let you know how it goes.

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There's been some drama in one of our extracurriculars.  I feel like we're back in high school.  One mom said she's taking her kid elsewhere and she'll make sure the instructor knows the reason why.  The reason?  Another mom won't stay friends with her.  She feels there's a preferred group of moms and that these moms are responsible for chasing another girl away (not true as I checked).

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We were able to video chat with Ben today.  It was very frustrating because he doesn't have enough bandwidth to make it easy.  There's too much pixalation and we were having trouble with the sound.  It took us 3 tries before we were able to get a good connection.  

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Gramma is coming to visit next month.  We'll be going up to Dallas and visiting the American Girl store and the LEGO store.  My children are acting quite mercenary about it and wondering what they should ask for.  I'm a bit embarrassed about it.  Sorry, Mom!

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 Today is the March for Life.  I am unabashedly pro-life.  I choose my candidates by whether or not they are pro-life.  It's a big issue for me as without a right to life, there's nothing.  If you don't value life, how can I know you'll value anything else?  I wish I could be there at this.  One of these days, we'll attend.

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I've been using the Wii Fit Plus to exercise by using the Rhythm Boxing and Rhythm Kung-fu.  It's been fun.  It's not the same each time which is probably why I like it.  It's also a challenge as I'm seriously rhythm challenged.  I have a wedding to get in shape for.  It's in May; as long as I work hard, I'll be okay for it.  Ben doesn't know if he likes that I'm using these violent exercises. 

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Bookshelves.  I need bookshelves.  There are too many books littered in baskets all over the floor.  It's too hard to keep up with keeping the clutter free with books everywhere.

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