tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39970377762951502792024-02-20T20:37:41.667-06:00The Pflugradt FamilyMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-8781639825430713662023-01-16T20:22:00.009-06:002023-01-17T01:45:25.875-06:00Homeschooling Update Nov - Jan<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I saw a video on youtube that really hit home recently. It was about what happens when we have these homeschooling plans and they "fail". Not fail, but God changes your plans, etc. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zYqK2hVIg&ab_channel=OurHOMEschoolPlan" target="_blank">Link</a> to the video. Just click on 'Link'. My first year homeschooling, like seriously homeschooling all in, have everyone on board with me for once, etc. It's just been like one thing after another. November Abby got sick a lot so we did what we could. She kept getting these random fevers. One weekend she got up to 103 every time the Tylenol (or Motrin or whatever) wore off. Then Thanksgiving happened. We go into December, we're doing okay...and then Samuel and I get the flu. Then it's the holidays again. Then I get told my mom has stage 4 esophagus cancer (she starts the non-aggressive trea</span><span>tments this week, her choice). We can make all the plans we want in life, have all the pretty planners, the pretty planner stickers, set it up all pretty, etc, but in the end, lol. In the end, the Lord directs our paths. He orders our steps. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzuDREkKp5SsJpo8f4PpMWc4M5Bi8a5rnM2ZuI8o79SW1_01dNsFNCa1PPZPlTtmKHMv0K38gtlmaKuKnrwptKLfk98vEqjESTj1G4gKYaSlIazBz32sKELPcvFWZIRji5fBJNlCXU_VdlBvF8vYixkwisiwhzloVb9aEIKssHINKDn_wbBboqQQJAw/s640/wp-1461725813383.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzuDREkKp5SsJpo8f4PpMWc4M5Bi8a5rnM2ZuI8o79SW1_01dNsFNCa1PPZPlTtmKHMv0K38gtlmaKuKnrwptKLfk98vEqjESTj1G4gKYaSlIazBz32sKELPcvFWZIRji5fBJNlCXU_VdlBvF8vYixkwisiwhzloVb9aEIKssHINKDn_wbBboqQQJAw/s320/wp-1461725813383.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzuDREkKp5SsJpo8f4PpMWc4M5Bi8a5rnM2ZuI8o79SW1_01dNsFNCa1PPZPlTtmKHMv0K38gtlmaKuKnrwptKLfk98vEqjESTj1G4gKYaSlIazBz32sKELPcvFWZIRji5fBJNlCXU_VdlBvF8vYixkwisiwhzloVb9aEIKssHINKDn_wbBboqQQJAw/s640/wp-1461725813383.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzuDREkKp5SsJpo8f4PpMWc4M5Bi8a5rnM2ZuI8o79SW1_01dNsFNCa1PPZPlTtmKHMv0K38gtlmaKuKnrwptKLfk98vEqjESTj1G4gKYaSlIazBz32sKELPcvFWZIRji5fBJNlCXU_VdlBvF8vYixkwisiwhzloVb9aEIKssHINKDn_wbBboqQQJAw/s640/wp-1461725813383.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Proverbs 16:9 " </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white;">We can make our plans,<br /></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white;">but the</span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="small-caps" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white;">determines our steps."</span></span><p></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">I still love my planners, planner community, planning things out, and having a plan, but I also understand that those plans can change, but overall in my life, I believe, God has the final say. He is Lord and Savior of my life and he directs my household. What have we accomplished between November - January (half of it already) so far? </span></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Abigail had her first homeschooling music concert in November.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UsOid3XBvunSSHAeQvbupZPjMvQi8miNoOaE9QzWqYmLYZbDvX2vuu2dreAmQpPDbJZyrnMOpsNYbO044r-4I2VpMqiqGPnhgsezPU8jE7Stm684-jYSWMuzH2Xlw-LKqgFgYimpYBR6B_SbVU8Oz4EG2ckfENrEN5DgdeXYpSjPrFnpEgSGsEJhsw/s4624/20221112_140722.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: left; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UsOid3XBvunSSHAeQvbupZPjMvQi8miNoOaE9QzWqYmLYZbDvX2vuu2dreAmQpPDbJZyrnMOpsNYbO044r-4I2VpMqiqGPnhgsezPU8jE7Stm684-jYSWMuzH2Xlw-LKqgFgYimpYBR6B_SbVU8Oz4EG2ckfENrEN5DgdeXYpSjPrFnpEgSGsEJhsw/s320/20221112_140722.jpg" width="240" /></a> <span>We did alphabet clip matching , cvc word spelling, greater than or less than math, and art. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our second year of being in The Nutcracker at her dance center that they do. 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We've been working on our Rhyming skills. Reading nursery rhymes, listening to words that end the same. Working more on beginning and ending letter sounds. We added IXL for our math and language too. We also started a swimming class!! So our extracurricular activities are swimming, music class, and ballet! </span><span style="font-size: large;">We are going to work on block patterns, shapes, chain link activities, keep going on our united states project we started in September (we got a bit behind on that one, we only have a few states in), letter sounds, etc. </span></div></span></span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-42811084368299302892022-10-16T01:19:00.000-05:002022-10-16T01:19:25.679-05:00Menu Plan for October 16th - October 23rd<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sunday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Leftovers</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Monday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Chili Cheese Hot Dog Casserole</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Tuesday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Tortilla Soup (Crockpot) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Wednesday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">BBQ Chicken Sandwiches (Crockpot)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Thursday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Leftovers</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Friday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Lasanga (Crockpot)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Saturday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Science of Chicago Museum. We'll be in Chicago Saturday.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Sunday: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Chicken & Rice Soup (Crockpot) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Trying to make most of these meals be made in the crockpot due to it being 'crocktober'. :) :P </p>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-81879624315744034102022-10-16T00:36:00.004-05:002022-10-16T08:52:32.286-05:00Homeschooling Journey September-October Updates <p> Hey family and friends! </p><p><br /></p><p> I wanted to start a "newsletter" on our homeschooling journey as another way to update and share on our learning process for Abigail. I want to try and do these monthly, so don’t worry, I won’t be bombarding you weekly or daily. Just a monthly summary of our learning activities and goals we’ve accomplished. </p><p>We started homeschooling on September 1st, 2022. We took it slow and eased into the process. We’re still kind of easing. I’m starting to slowly get to the more “challenging” activities. </p><p>As some may remember (or forgot) as we are in this journey, Abigail was diagnosed with a learning disorder, so please don’t grill her. She’ll get stressed out. The grade she would've been in public school would have been kindergarten, but I am switching activities back and forth between a preschool level and a kindergarten level. We're not truly at a kindergarten level yet. We're not too far behind, but we need some extra cheering on. :) We’re working on retaining memory. She was diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability. She had a full IEP service when she was at Irving Elementary. She had PT, OT, and Speech Therapy. </p><p>She has a reevaluation appointment in December and January at Children’s hospital. We’re in the process of working on getting her other services again. When I take her to the parks or watch her in volleyball, I can definitely see she still needs some physical therapy assistance, even Speech Therapy. </p><p>Speech: In volleyball or group setting, like music class or going to parks, she struggles with connecting with other kids. She did when she was in school, because of her being behind in her speech. When she plays volleyball she’ll go off to the side and away from the group. You can tell when observing her that her Speech is still lacking when you compare her to other kids in her age range. I know, comparing is a big no-no, but I like to at least see where she lines up with other kids her age since she doesn't really attend a "formal" classroom. </p><p>Gross Motor wise she has started to become a bit more daring with her climbing in the last few weeks, which has been nice to see. I don't really have any pictures, but we've also been working on the concept of 'over' and under' with throwing balls/bean bags, etc.</p><p>Fine Motor: We’ve been working on our scissors skills. Our gluing skills. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLTxNDNXnqB3KqwCUKxuQmVIRPF3xdRRUTa6uVk2uABWmeWrDyBbyO2Ju-Hh7mqCnpL8fp7yrIbkD3EYzfgW7qeQyel8EgYuQCWVtoZcIchAPHxfEjKxYNyMDcBWpOZrimxNZR9Z6wEhiao60Yv2G_6zTxz4d1qhCiPH55Zs_c_7yQsI7WcwrPxH17Q/w170-h227/20221014_140710.jpg" width="170" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCMD6-uzHJAT3wlb6T82jR_YPrcNKqL2zUQ8MrHv3ixCp39HR0I7wqXQqJLrO19IfjYuhJTMzu_utpb7d3uyi1Mh8S0dzS1vtsLsTotri3fzGAbYibvKvMopVOLQZV13QXiO9Dd1654Q0f7R_02i41XlS2SUt3PhTWlt0QrFDZR3n4pbzdRuT9yMCZw/s4624/20220920_110159.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCMD6-uzHJAT3wlb6T82jR_YPrcNKqL2zUQ8MrHv3ixCp39HR0I7wqXQqJLrO19IfjYuhJTMzu_utpb7d3uyi1Mh8S0dzS1vtsLsTotri3fzGAbYibvKvMopVOLQZV13QXiO9Dd1654Q0f7R_02i41XlS2SUt3PhTWlt0QrFDZR3n4pbzdRuT9yMCZw/w169-h225/20220920_110159.jpg" width="169" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">The themes we have worked on since the beginning of September have been directions/back to school, apples, animals, and weather (we did that for 3 weeks, just wrapped it up). We have community helpers and a space unit coming up for the rest of October. We have a field trip that we are taking next weekend to the Science Museum of Chicago with her homeschool group. </span></div><p>We’ve been introducing letter sounds (she’s not a fan), we’ve been doing our alphabet review (doing a letter a day), and introducing CVC words (not a fan of that either). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmKx4YFvQc-SrHX99WVVgdcbLvsKKios_24SXMi9Il7ftAZP_A25rB2UoAM60YopMfMOLVXp5jJ3ARersF6lSL4EBYYgGtHSb13z6-jPuhRWDt5WUqDep5NCU9J2ByUSW3jt5uXrp380gTyos52SFKOE0K_ILaXjjeWZqiJDfEc3H0Pyo-8QpMfXiZA/s4624/20220921_140001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmKx4YFvQc-SrHX99WVVgdcbLvsKKios_24SXMi9Il7ftAZP_A25rB2UoAM60YopMfMOLVXp5jJ3ARersF6lSL4EBYYgGtHSb13z6-jPuhRWDt5WUqDep5NCU9J2ByUSW3jt5uXrp380gTyos52SFKOE0K_ILaXjjeWZqiJDfEc3H0Pyo-8QpMfXiZA/w186-h249/20220921_140001.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><p>We’ve done a lot of reading! ‘What will fat cat sit on’ was a favorite for Abigail. </p><p>A few of our other read-alouds were: Sheep in a Jeep, Ten Apples Up On Top, Up! Up! Up! It’s Apple Picking Time, There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, worm weather, Leaves, Snow Days, etc.</p><p>For social and emotional learning we’ve been learning how to use our words to express what we feel,, we’ve been reading books like llama llama mad at mama. We also worked on some calming feel-good activities. She said the back rubbing was her favorite. 😂🙂</p><p>I’m also trying to break the thumb habit by at least reducing it to only at home. Not out in public. She’s been something else with that. I need to see other self-soothing ideas that she can gravitate to. </p><p>Extracurricular: Volleyball goes until November!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QvZ2MmLQ04QcpZOSLoyIulyH_XNx4d3vL-tCxTkx2BM4KxMZKIUd0HCvJkHyx5Z571zYbTbS9jKtEzGgUr-KBb61QZCAvNIZM9ZTb0g_gqTXgYkTTUN622gtQkLx_3t-CcsmyRWjLqmEriBuWk-U5b09kMMDQu6GBOJ0sB32Iyo6EjUEw4bLCxQj2w/s4624/20220929_185955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QvZ2MmLQ04QcpZOSLoyIulyH_XNx4d3vL-tCxTkx2BM4KxMZKIUd0HCvJkHyx5Z571zYbTbS9jKtEzGgUr-KBb61QZCAvNIZM9ZTb0g_gqTXgYkTTUN622gtQkLx_3t-CcsmyRWjLqmEriBuWk-U5b09kMMDQu6GBOJ0sB32Iyo6EjUEw4bLCxQj2w/s320/20220929_185955.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Ballet has the nutcracker recital coming up! December 17th and th 18th are the dates. I do not have show times yet. 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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </span><span style="color: #ffe599;">Hey Hey! I don't even know where to begin on an update from that long of a gap. I do have some time on my hands though currently. At the moment I am recovering from a broken tibia and fibia on my right leg. Injured myself on March 5th, 2022. Due to my Rheumatoid Arthritis condition, it's been a slooooooooooow process. I'm still no weight bearing. I haven't been at work since March 1st. I don't really have any plans for this blog at the moment. It's just kind of if it happens, it happens kind of thing. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"> I have 2 kiddos now instead of just 1. I have a daughter, Abigail. She turned 5 this past April 3rd. She'll be graduating preschool on the 9th of June. She loves dancing. She is in the middle of performing her recitals this weekend. She had her first one today. Her second/last one will be Sunday. My Son, Samuel, will be graduating MIDDLE SCHOOL on June 8th. We have his graduation ceremony on Wednesday. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">I have to call Monday to start the process for physical therapy. Even though I am no weight-bearing now they recommended to start PT and they called late Friday. I'll be scheduling all that fun stuff Monday. I need an outlet while I'm on the road to recovery here. Maybe we'll turn this thing into something! :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #6fa8dc; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmckRbDTf2HZZjBcLBxiFfjTfq09S5qSr5ctxS3D-oZw1d75NKhw5wwJK_yLHkhnXmVsmw7IWUgT_0Av6tIh4AKplSqDLRZGXYPT7dfm1VlUlN6YJ5euxaL3tE3x8_xUNIMHc_TSW2yHUf6kxwATpGnNaD5ceoZemlqNlcjMuIY9umlCthRD-hAMONtA/s1440/217495728_10223447524488700_1556897172726088185_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="1440" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmckRbDTf2HZZjBcLBxiFfjTfq09S5qSr5ctxS3D-oZw1d75NKhw5wwJK_yLHkhnXmVsmw7IWUgT_0Av6tIh4AKplSqDLRZGXYPT7dfm1VlUlN6YJ5euxaL3tE3x8_xUNIMHc_TSW2yHUf6kxwATpGnNaD5ceoZemlqNlcjMuIY9umlCthRD-hAMONtA/s320/217495728_10223447524488700_1556897172726088185_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #6fa8dc; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Family picture from last July of 2021. We were visiting my grandmother in Blue Eye, Missouri. </span></div><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div>
Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-82079473007187251672015-12-13T23:01:00.000-06:002015-12-13T23:03:02.382-06:00Family updateI can't help it! I miss blogging!! So much has changed in less than a year. I finally completed my high school diploma. 10 yrs later, but I did it. I have a full-time job as a daycare teacher. It has really been a blessing to my family.<br />
I can't believe we're almost to 2016!! I'm pretty excited to see what God is going to do.<br />
I know in May, my little sister is graduating college. I'll be going to Texas for that for sure! :)<br />
I wanna try and do at least 3 things I'm grateful for a day here.<br />
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There is our Christmas tree. We already did the jingle bus from downtown Milwaukee. We are going to do candy cane lane (lights) tomorrow night. Samuel has his violin concert on Tuesday night. Excited for that! Hopefully I'll remember to blog again! Talk to you guys later! </div>
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Yep, back at it! Right now I'm just watching 19 Kids and Counting (well now the new little family that premièred tonight after the duggars). Been watching on it and off kind of all day and now it's at the current episode. :)</div>
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So glad to have cable again! I missed TLC and HGTV. I re-arranged the master bedroom today. Tried to make it easier with Mark's music equipment all over. Almost done! Just gotta finish picking up and rearranging the book shelf and the top part of our closet to finish moving things around and make due with the space that we have in this 2 bedroom apartment. </div>
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Happy Housewives is starting a book club and is reading Say Goodbye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine. Just purchased the kindle version of it today and need to read the first chapter by friday. :)</div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-34048817574307670952014-10-31T06:11:00.000-06:002014-11-01T16:16:15.509-06:00Friday To-Do'sBoy, I know it's been a while since I last made a blog post, sorry! Life has been changing and getting busy and there's been some adjustments. I need the accountability of what I use to do and writing my to-do's as detailed as possible out. That way I get it done better. I have off of work today, so things I need to get done are<br />
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- <span style="color: yellow;">Read chapter 6 and do workbook for Made To Crave before study tonight at 7pm.</span><br />
- Put away Samuel's clean clothes are still in the bag<br />
- Exercise for 15 minutes (need to work back up to an hour, it's been months).<br />
<span style="color: yellow;">- Pick Mom up from work as soon as Mark gets home!</span> <span style="color: yellow;">~ apparently from my brother calling a little while ago needing a ride, I don't need to do that anymore, but my brother may need a ride. We'll see who gets home first. Mom or Mark. lol.</span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-16858236361956758012014-03-11T07:37:00.002-06:002014-03-11T07:37:32.460-06:00Weekly Plans for 3/11 - 3/16<div style="text-align: center;">
Tuesday ; I think I'm gonna go to the gym instead of my mom's pampered chef party tonight. Not sure. It could be either one. I really need to go to the gym though. It's been almost a week since I last went. Cleaning, my school. </div>
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Wednesday ; Bible study in the evening. My school work, Cleaning. </div>
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Friday ; MY BIRTHDAY!! :D</div>
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Sunday ; Church and dunno? Probably go swimmin'. *shrugs*</div>
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Okay, I'm back with the daily, weekend lists, etc. It was a crazy couple of weeks and I was dealing with some major fatigue problems. I went to a women's conference last weekend and here are a couple pictures from there. </div>
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~ Clean bathtub <-- done</div>
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Dinner ; Lemon Pepper Fish, mashed potatoes, and green beans. </div>
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Sunday : Church and then there is an evening prayer we'll be going to in the evening. We'll see what else. Probably chill at home. </div>
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~ Try to workout for 15 minutes</div>
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~ Putting away the clean ones, sorting the ones that still have to get washed</div>
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~ Misc Pick-up <-- done<br />
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I don't know what I'm all gonna get done today, cause I have a head cold. I feel ucky. Samuel is still with his auntie (he had a sleepover last night cause they are off of school today). </div>
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~ Dinner - Cheeseburgers and Corn</div>
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and that's pretty much it..I have to wash the bed sheets so thats why there is no make the beds. Vacuumed yesterday, so the floors are pretty good still. All that's left is some cluttered areas, but I don't feel like working on those today. We went to the library yesterday and got some books. I'll probably do a haul picture of my stuff. We're suppose to get up to 7" of snow today, possibly more.. Bleh. I'm so done with winter this year!! I am one of those people that is countin down to spring. lol. At least it's above zero..I'll give the weather that..</div>
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A picture of the stuff hubby got me for v-day. :)</div>
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Sorry. The lighting sucks in our place, but it's a 120th Anniversary edition of the Gibson Les Paul guitar and a fender amp. :)</div>
<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-84999256340848930362014-02-16T17:06:00.001-06:002014-02-16T17:06:48.376-06:00Weekly Plans 2/17/14 - 2/23/14Monday : Samuel has off of school. It'll be movies, cleaning, reading, laundry. :)<br />
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Tuesday : Back to the normal. Cleaning.<br />
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Wednesday : Bible Study 6:30 - 8pm.<br />
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Thursday : Nothing?<br />
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Friday : Nothin planned.<br />
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Saturday : Idk.<br />
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Sunday : Church and then evening prayer.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-60281439321990343932014-02-13T07:09:00.003-06:002014-02-13T07:09:50.493-06:00To-Do List ~*February 13th, 2014*~ <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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~ Finish putting clean clothes away <-- done<br />
~ Vacuum <-- vacuumed living room, gotta do the two bedrooms tomorrow<br />
~ Straighten out the bathroom <-- done<br />
~ Wipe things down <-- done<br />
~ Make Beds <-- done<br />
~ Drop / Pick up Samuel from school <-- done<br />
~ Pick up some Valentines day cards for Samuel. <-- done. I'm still like 3 short though. Erg. o.O<br />
<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-22465970186842905242014-02-10T00:46:00.000-06:002014-02-10T00:46:36.082-06:00Weekly Plans 2/10 - 2/16/14Monday : Cleaning / Organizing.<br />
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Tuesday : Cleaning. Pick up some Valentines Day things for Samuel's Class party on thursday.<br />
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Friday : Take Samuel to the Library V-Day Party. Samuel has off of school. His auntie and her boyfriend are taking Sam to dinner & a movie.<br />
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Saturday : Not sure.<br />
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Sunday : Church 9am - 12pm.<br />
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<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-86517980866032574342014-02-08T08:46:00.002-06:002014-02-08T08:46:59.881-06:00Weekend Plans Friday : We stayed home and Mark had business job.<br />
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Sunday : Church and then not sure what else we're doing.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-65718789846857232472014-02-06T06:44:00.001-06:002014-02-06T18:26:37.552-06:00To-Do List *February 6th, 2014*<br />
~ Print out a couple more V-day decorations and decorate a little bit<br />
~ Few dishes <-- done<br />
~ Vacuum living room <-- done<br />
~ Wipe down entertainment center<br />
~ Start going through the hallway closet (I started to work on a shelf yesterday, but had to put the stuff back cause Mark wanted me to work on something else for him)<br />
~ Start on a couple of my books I got from the library<br />
~ Make beds <-- done<br />
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Samuel has to finish cleaning his room today. He never worked on it before we went to church last night..so he has to do that before he can do anything else. It's a hot mess. o.O<br />
<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-30527651436280757582014-02-04T06:30:00.000-06:002014-02-06T18:27:00.153-06:00To-Do List *February 4th, 2014*~ Dishes from dinner last night <-- done<br />
~ Vacuum living room<br />
~ Sweep & Mop Kitchen Floor <-- done<br />
~ Clean off the wood furniture <-- cleaned off the magazine / lamp stand one<br />
~ Clean Mirrors <-- done<br />
~ Make a batch of pizza dough in the bread machine<br />
~ Put towels away (stuff I picked up from my mom's last night)<br />
~ Make beds<-- done<br />
~ Check out the library catalog online and request some items now that the cards are renewed <-- dibe<br />
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Samuel will be going to a lego land thing with his Auntie after school. So that'll be fun for him. :) <-- did<br />
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<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-85326019230487005202014-02-03T21:02:00.001-06:002014-02-03T21:03:19.297-06:003 Things To Be Thankful ForFebruary 3rd, 2014<br />
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1. Having a productive mind today, got tons done.<br />
2. Being able to connect globally with sisters of the faith<br />
3. Waking up this morningMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-14881391314278408942014-02-03T06:18:00.000-06:002014-02-03T06:18:09.775-06:00Weekly Plans for 2/3 - 2/9<br />
Monday : Library, cleaning, and just more cleaning..haha<br />
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Tuesday : Cleaning and I may go to this 10 week bible study thing at Weatherstone at 7pm.<br />
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Wednesday : Bible study<br />
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Thursday : Choir practice (maybe) , cleaning, and that's it.<br />
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Friday : Worship Service in the evening<br />
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Saturday : Nothing is planned yet<br />
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Sunday : Nothing is planned yet besides church in the morning.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997037776295150279.post-78314886455693984362014-02-03T06:11:00.002-06:002014-02-03T20:56:21.469-06:00To-Do List *February 3rd, 2014* ~ 2 to 3 loads of dishes (our garbage disposal is clogged up and we had to get a tool over the weekend that would help us wash dishes without using that, so I'll be catching up on that..plus I cleaned out the fridge over the weekend) <-- done<br />
~ Putting away the clean clothes from when they got washed at the beginning of the weekend <-- done<br />
~ Clearing the living room floor, couch, and sammy's bed for stuff to finally be cleaned later <-- done<br />
~ Stop through the library and renew our library card <-- done<br />
~ pick up my load of towels that we still need from my mom's <-- done<br />
~ Finish putting groceries away (all the non-cold stuff I left out while we left to hang out at the in-laws for the superbowl, it was crazy busy yesterday! o.O) <-- done<br />
~ Catch up a little bit on my devotion<br />
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<br />Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762808287604135680noreply@blogger.com0