The week before Christmas 2009

'twas the night before the night before Christmas...

This past week's happenings: my daughter's best friend graduated from college as well as two former students of mine and another friend, two of my favorite young people at church became engaged to wed--not each other but their respective wonderful future spouses (spices, ???) and also my young cousin, a beautiful baby was born to a great couple and wonderful grandparents, and the life of a long-time friend ebbed away.

Congrats to graduates Rebecca, Joseph, Eliecia, and Nolan. Congrats also to Brent and Lacey, Samantha and Joe, Walt and Mere. Congrats to new parents Erin and Kevin, grandparents Keith and Karen, uncles Kody and Kegan.

Brinda Bass, I will miss you! I pray for your kids and grandkids right now that they find what they are looking for and realize that they've got a lot in each other.

Merry Christmas!

Halfway there?

After all that cleaning and organizing, I am getting ready for my first ever (and truly, hopefully, my one and only) garage sale--which is something of a misnomer since we have a carport instead of an actual garage. I have placed an ad on our local area's website and Monday will start pricing things. We really don't have a whole lot compared to other sales I've driven by so I'm hoping everything goes quickly. Way too hot for being out there too long. And, even though I have a few things of mine in the bunch, the money will all go to my daughter who will be moving to her own place next month and can use all the help she can get.

Wow! She'll be moving out for real this time, not just to a dorm room or an apartment for the semester. She's all grownup and has a real job and will really be on her own: bills, car note, insurance, etc.

I really am happy for her and very proud. She will be a teacher having an impact on children's lives--daily! *sigh* and *smile* :)

what's up?

I have been busy organizing. It all started out about a month ago when I got some extra time at school. I went through the filing cabinet and cleaned out files that haven't been used by me for a couple of years. I actually ended up with an entire file drawer that was empty! Then I headed for the cabinets, upper and lower, and cleaned out and reorganized--hopefully getting ready for the maintenance crew to install a sink. (We'll see.)

After school was out for the summer, I helped my daughter clean out her bedroom starting with the closet and ending with her "study". Ended up with about 10 bags of garbage and several piles of stuff for a garage sale. She left for camp and I started on the computer room, my closet and the kitchen drawers. I'm still not through. It goes a little bit at a time, mostly in bags or boxes for the garage sale.

Now, understand that I have never in my entire life done a garage sale and have no clue about pricing things. But! I have a friend who has and will hopefully have some time to help me out. Waiting till my daughter gets back to do that though.

I have also cleaned up my computer. Deleted programs I don't use. Consolidated some files.

Who knows what will come next!