The Richmond's

Hope everyone had a good weekend! This weekend was NOT what I was hoping for...I was HOPING to get something accomplished, I had scheduled a photo session on saturday and than I was HOPING to get a few things done around here, the house looks like a wreck to me although Johnny says it doesn't look THAT bad. 8-( SO what did went on instead? Saturday morning at about 4ish I ended up getting sick, stomach flu so now it has officially made rounds on all 3 of us. Even though I only got sick once I felt soooo bad all day, feverish, freezing to death one minute, finally comfortable and than achy and freezing again. I couldn't get comfortable for most of the day for the aches and that is just frustrating! Poor Maddie just doesn't get it, I just wanted left alone to rest and she still wanted to climb on me and hug and kiss on me --yes, I'll admit it, I'm a bad mom because I snapped at her on one than more occasion but the girl just doesn't get it! So today I am feeling half human but still fairly weak and unambitious to do anything. I've done a load of laundry because I HAD to but the house still looks a wreck. Good thing we aren't having company over for Thanksgiving or I would have that added stress.

We've been weighing out the options for Maddie starting school next year--HOLY CRAP BATMAN DID I JUST SAY KINDERGARTEN?!? *SOB* The dilemma has been that I need to find a program or someone that can help me get her off to school and keep her after school until I get done with work, there is just no way around it. Considering I haven't made friends with any neighbors per say and I'm not necessarily the type of person to go knocking on a door to get to know someone out of the blue the other option was to call around for a daycare that I can drop her off in the morning, they take her to school, pick her up and keep her until one of us get there. Hmm, yeah, sounds good but does anyone know how much that costs? 175 a week@! That is double what we pay the sitter! The other option is checking into a private school. Yep, I know, everyone is thinking, and you think that will be cheaper? Well, there are many reasons why this entered my mind. One reason is we always thought it would be a nice idea with all of the crazy things that are being taught in public schools and the other thing is I really think that with her hyperness she might actually do better in a smaller structured environment. So, I called one of the schools that some friends of ours at church sent their daughter too and after figuring out how much we pay a month for our sitter and what they want a month its not that much more. Considering Johnny will be working by that point we should be fine. Our budget is already used to the sitter money and it isn't like once she started school we wouldn't need someone to help so it looks like this is the best route. We are still praying about it so God will lead us to the final decision.

Haven't done much creating lately, hopefully I will get back on track and post something soon.

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But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57