Well, Laura and Lucy had to go home today.
We had such a nice visit and I was really hoping that Lilly would come out and join us.
They got here Monday night and we got them set up in the basement "guest room".
Nina popped in for a bit and caught up.
Tuesday we had to do school, of course, but I left for an early meeting at the Church. Laura stayed with the boys. I felt much better after meeting with Father and Zeita. I feel like I am on the same page now as far as what is going to happen in the Homeschooling element of Religious Ed. I got the books for the year. It's awfully hard to talk to people about what is expected when you aren't looking at the same materials. Now I can see what the families will need to supplement to finish the year with all their requirements, and then I can help them find materials that will fill in the holes.
Tuesday evening we went to dinner at the local buffet. Lucy was a bit on the testy side. We had been in the car a lot that day and I think she was really tired. Poor kid. Nina and Johnny met us for dinner and it was really nice. Then Laura and I let Tim take the boys home while we went to Home Depot to buy the paint for the basement. I have the stairwell all primed and I just needed to make a decision on colors. I had been thinking a green of some sort, but Laura pointed out that the fireplace wouldn't look that great with green walls. So we found a Taupe and a kind of Coffe color. The upper 2/3 of the walls will be the Taupe and the bottom will be the darker color. Tim will put a chair rail around the room when it's done. It really needs paint. That's the cheapest way that I can think of to improve the look drastically. Tomorrow the windows go in the living room, and I am staying home all day to paint.
Last night we had our first study group at Good Shepherd. It was so great!! We had quite a group. More than I expected. We introduced the book we will be using:The Catechism of the Catholic Church For Adults.
This is such a great book for study. It's not "The Catechism", which is also a great book, but is much more reference oriented. We will be doing a chapter three weeks out of the month, and then on week out of the month we will discuss a book, book-club style. We are starting with this incredible story about a woman who survived the Rowandan holocaust. Her name is Imaculee Ilibigiza. Her book is called "Left to Tell". She is an amazing person. I think everyone is looking
forward to reading it.
I am so happy that we have such a special group of people for this study. I hope they all bring friends!
Poor Tim was so busy all this week and last weekend. His new job is quite a challenge. He is helping with a lot of business development, which means writing proposals and training materials, all of which need to be done yesterday. He is hoping to be home and relaxing this weekend.
More Soccer and Painting over the weekend, but no big events! How nice!
The boys have to build their rockets for the annual Scout Rocket Derby.
That is really a great time. I can't believe it has already been a year.
I'll post pictures of the new windows tomorrow.
