Today...

We got snow yesterday and I believe it's still snowing lightly now. We haven't had as much as some areas south of us over the last few weeks, but I am happy this storm finally gave us some.

Our big kids have their last day of school before Christmas break. I helped them assemble treat bags with homemade goodies and homemade magnets for their teachers and gather enough mini candy canes for their classmates. Instead of gluing little beads in our magnets like the ones I found in Family Fun magazine, I printed mini pictures of my kids and random shapes/pictures. I looked at bead ones just now on their website and I think I want to make more.

Izzy has a friend over to play. This is something that has been needed by her and her parents for some times now. It keeps her busy and gets us out of the pattern of, Izzy does something destructive/very naughty, we feel like failures as parents because it's never ending with her...REPEAT!

Trav shoveled at the preschool and is now snow-blowing the driveway. I fixed a rip in a pair of jeans quick as it had gotten bigger than when I bought them. Oops! I have to find my iron still from when we moved a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't even tell you where I kept it at the old house as that's how much I use it. But, I have to sew a quilt today that I'm making my dad for Christmas, so I HAVE to find my iron TODAY!

Oh, and amidst all my frustration, searching, wondering, trying to decide how much is too much, when to say when, when to keep fighting, where are You leading me God (from my post last night, er, this morning since it was midnight), I'm fasting today. I don't do this often enough as a way to listen to God. When I do do it, I feel so connected with Him. I caught a little bit of someone talking last night from YouTube and he mentioned that fasting is mentioned in the Bible but we rarely do it. Whack! That totally slapped me across the face. So that's that. I'm fasting today, hoping I'll open my heart and ears to what God is saying to me.