HE DID IT!!!!

My oldest passed his State Testing today.

On the very 1st try.

I guess he took all or part of what we told him to heart.

He took twice as long as usual, which was a good sign.

On the way home he kept repeating, "I was focused" because of this, because of that.

It made me think about how I need to be "focused" on serving the Lord. Do I try my best to pass each test that comes up in life? Do I stay focused on the Lord every day of my life?

I'm so thankful that testing is over for the year. The past few years he has done the testing 3 times and still failed the tests. It is such a relief to have it behind us now.

He still has work "samples" to turn in over and above his regular work. For now he will be concentrating on bringing his grades up.

Then the 1st part of December we will get into the new schedule and start on those work samples.

Waking Up to Shiny Floors

Oh the beauty of my floors, floors that I thought would never look good again. It didn't seem to matter how much I cleaned them, they never lost their dirty pock-mark spots. So my dear hubby found a way to do our floors, for free.

Doing floors is one of the many things he does at work and I have to admit that he is very, very good at it.

A lady at work admired his work so much she wanted her floors done. Do between the 2 of them they concocted a brilliant plan. She would pay for the scrubber and chemicals. He would do her floors and then he could use them to do ours.

So yesterday was the day. Now our floors look so lovely, I can't get over how wonderful they look.

Many thanks to my dear husband.

Sorry that I don't have any pictures. We couldn't find the camera.

AVON OPEN HOUSE

I'm having an AVON open house this Saturday from 4-7pm.

I will be serving some tasty soups and sweetbreads along with hot drinks.

There will be a drawing every hour.

I'm also doing a nice non-profit fundraiser thing.

Everyone is welcome.

If you have any questions you can give me a call.

Also on the 15th I will be at a bazaar at the school were Sis L works

I'm not sure of all the details yet

Also I may be at the Teen Challenge Bazaar in Shedd on the 6th of December.

Again if you have any questions give me a call.

Family Pet Laid to Rest

Last night when my oldest daughter went upstairs she noticed that her gunea pig was dead.

She comes down stairs, holding the gunea pig in her usual loving way, tears streaming down her face, wailing.

What a sad day when you lose your first pet.

Needless to say it was a while before we went to bed.

Our oldest was concerned that he had helped in its demise. I guess that my oldest daughter had a little to much help with it's bathing earlier in the day.

Our little 4 year-old's biggest concern was that her basket of candy was to close to the dead gunea pig.

Right before she went to bed we had to assure her that her candy would not be placed next to the gunea pig. Truthfully she really never showed affection for the gunea pig, and was known to torture it a time or two.

Needless to say the 4 year-old was the only dry eyed one in the house.