Sweet Life in the City

9" But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me." 2 Corinthians 12:9 We had a pretty good day today. The kids slept great last night and woke up ready for a new week. I actually slept terrible, but once I had my coffee this morning I was ready to get the day started. The weather here today is my favorite kind of weather, pants and a long sleeve shirt! I was also super excited that the pants I put on this morning I had not worn since April or May and they were actually a little loose :) We dropped the kids off at school and then headed to our school. Traffic was terrible because the city of Chicago decided to repave every road from our house to school and had one lane close. We were at a green light and we knew traffic was slow, but this cop turns in front of us and obviously is sticking out a little in the intersection, bu...

Well, it has been a busy few weeks and blogging has not made it on my list of things to do :). I have sat down a few times to write a post but then would be called away to do something else. We went to TN over Labor Day weekend and had a wonderful time. I was trying to surprise my PV friends and family and come by the school for a visit, but it just didn't work out :( My sister and her family from OK came and my brother and my two nephews. I had not seen "the boys" (AKA Kaleb and Kraig) since December and it just did my heart good to spend a few days with them. They are grown now, but they are still my boys! We had Labor Day off and then started back to our regular routine. The kids have been enjoying their new school and I have been trying not to be worried sick all day. The past two weeks and I have started to get in a routine of getting things accomplished and trying to get take some time for myself. I have been struggling so much because despite the fact that I was no...