The End.....

....of some busy things in my life. If you know me even a little bit, you know that it is very hard for me to say No to activities and involvement, and very hard for me to sit still for more than 5 minutes at a time. But this week I said good-bye to two activities that have kept me extremely busy for the last couple of years.

I have been a member of my MOMS Club since September 2006. In July 2007 I became secretary, in July 2008 I was voted in as the AVP (in charge of Service Projects), and in July 2009 I was voted in as President. I have had a ton of fun in my board positions, but now, as of this month, I am simply a contributing member of MOMS Club. I am looking forward to the change. A great new group of ladies were voted in to board positions, and I know they will do a fantastic job of leading the chapter.

I have also been involved in Relay for Life since 1996, serving as a participant for the first couple of years, and then as Silent Auction chair since about 1998. In 2008 I was asked to be the Relay Event co-chair for 2 years, and it has been quite the ride. Soon after I began my co-chair position I had my brain aneurysm, so trying to deal with that along with planning the Relay was quite the challenge. But it's been a good two years, with two successful relays under my belt. Of course, the Spokane Relay for Life has been going strong for over 20 years, so I don't think I could have really messed it up too badly! But now, I'm done with that as well. There are two new chairs to handle the event for the next two years, and they will do an awesome job! Now, I can just be a contributing member of the planning committee, and concentrate on being team captain for my MOMS Club team.

So I'm feeling very relieved right now. It's going to be weird, not having those responsibilities on my plate anymore, but I think it will be a nice break. Austin starts kindergarten in the fall, Daniel goes back for Pre-K, and Gretchen starts her first year of preschool. So for three mornings a week, I won't have any kids at home. Wow! That will be a change! But one I'm looking forward to.

I'm mobile!

Well, kind of anyway. A very good friend of mine loaned me her laptop, and now I can be on the computer at the same time as hubby. It's nice to be able to sit in the living room, catch up on my dvr'd shows, and surf the web, too. I know, very "couch potato" but sometimes my days get so busy and full of things, having some couch potato time at night is very nice! I'll be able to update my blog on a more regular basis now, too. Yea!

New baby in the house

We have a new baby in the house! Yesterday around dinner time we took placement of a 3-month old baby boy. I found out today that it looks like he'll be placed with an aunt on Tuesday afternoon, after a court hearing. So we won't have him for very long. I don't know what is more of a challenge - taking care of an infant again, or keeping my own kids out of his little chubby face! They just want to surround him constantly, and I think he gets a tad overwhelmed! He slept ok last - down to sleep around 9 pm, up at 1:30 and 5 am for feedings, and up for the day at 8 am. This afternoon has been a struggle for him - I think he's realizing this is not home, and has been very fussy. But he's good right now - he's cooing to Gretchen while he is in his swing. Hopefully those coos won't turn in to screams!

Scrapbook Page

The kids went down to bed really easily tonight - they were all asleep very soon after tucking them in. So I took advantage of the quiet night, and the fact that Relay for Life is all done, and I spent some time in my scrapbook room. I'm slowly starting to get it all cleaned up and organized. We put one big floor to almost ceiling shelving unit in the room last weekend, and I was able to get a bunch of stuff organized and off the floor. I have another shelf to put in there, the same size, but that one will be for all my sewing stuff, mostly quilting. Hopefully before too long the room will be just as I want it!

Here's the scrapbook page I did tonight. I followed a sketch challenge on scrapbook.com.

Diamond Lake Gretchen
by Inkyscrapper
Scrapbook.com

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