Well, the trip to the dentist on Friday went well - Isaiah had two molars pulled and two cavities filled, so his bottom row of teeth are fixed. In a couple weeks, we will be tackling the top row - then he should be good for a while. All this is at least helping him understand the importance of brushing his teeth. Yeah! I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't cost as much as I was expecting, either. I had previously been to dentists who quoted me about twice what I paid, so that was a wonderful surprise.
Also on this day, I lost another pound! I am hoping to one day have a "normal" body again!
The next day, I received payment from one of my wholesale accounts - several days earlier than expected! They usually pay exactly 30 days from date of invoice, and I received payment almost 10 days ahead of schedule!
This weekend we determined that Elly's dog, Opal, is really pregnant this time, and not just getting fat! Elly should be having little puppies running around in about 3 weeks. They will be ready to sell around the 4th of July, and we are hoping they will sell quickly. Otherwise, we will have to have someone help sell them because we are planning a vacation in the middle of July!
We had a really nice 45th church anniversary this weekend. (Our church turned 45 on April 26, 2008.) We had one of the original pastors come and speak in our morning service, and he had some tales to tell about the early days of Gospel Baptist. Then we had dinner on the grounds. It was a lot of fun!
Our littlest angel, Gideon, is starting to "talk" a bit - it's so cute to listen to him! I dearly love this time as he is growing and learning.
Well.....I guess I have to go...my duties are calling me to a position other than the one I am currently occupying in front of my monitor.....
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
continuation from previous post
Okay - I'm learning here....wanted to post a picture and had to figure out how! This is one of Elly's Bible Journals.
Guess who the photographer is? My dear hubby! Curt likes to take pictures, then I play around with them until they make an interesting cover.
Wahoo and Away We Go!
Okay - this is for all my loving friends and relatives who enjoy reading my yearly KappenChronicles and want MORE!!! You might not get a LOT more because I lead an exceptionally busy life, and I don't always have time to blog away, but I am going to try!
What's new around the place? Well, let me tell you!
First, Elly is getting braces. We are currently in the "mouth-widener" cycle. This consists of a little piece of metal fitted near the roof of her mouth. Every three days, we put a little "key" in the center hole of the appliance and give it one turn. This slowly spreads her top jaw a little bit. Sounds painful, but it really isn't. I had one when I had braces several millenia ago. It was kinda cool - by the time they were finished widening my top teeth, I could put a pencil between my two front teeth! They then used all that extra space to move my teeth around. Anyway, that's the same plan with Jo - to try and create more space without removing any teeth.
Isaiah goes to the dentist today to start getting fillings. He has a horrible problem with cavities. The rest of the children don't...but he sure does!
I finished my first children's reading book, and I'm waiting for Alyssa to finish up my illustrations - this is a family project! I'll be sure and post a photo of the completed book when it's published.
Elly had a great idea for a really neat Bible Journal for young ladies, and I helped her design it. It's been selling really well - it's available in three colors. The best part about it is the missionary section. That section contains clear plastic sleeves into which you can place missionary prayer cards. Every two pages is divided by a sleeve, so you can write all about a missionary family, their birthdays, prayer requests, field of service, etc., and see them at the same time you are remembering them. Then turn the sleeve over, and view a different family and the page adjacent has all that family's information. Neat, huh?
We are still trying to sell our house. We were not getting any nibbles with the real estate agent, so we are doing it on our own again, and we lowered the price a bunch. Curt really wants the house to be sold this summer so we can finally get some land. We've been playing around with the idea for years, but now he's serious about wanting to move.
I went to see my niece's new house yesterday. It's about 50 minutes from here. Huge 80-old boarding house, 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms! They want to eventually make a stairway up to the attic because you can walk around up there, but the only entrance right now is through a tiny hole in a closet. Remarkably, there doesn't appear to be any flooring or anything up there, so for the past 80 years, I guess no one has stored anything up there. They have an enormous crawl space, and part of that was divided up into "rooms" per se, so I guess that's what they used for storing stuff. They have a tiny yard, but it's filled with all sorts of flowers. She even has peonies and a spirea bush!! I haven't seen spirea since we left Illinois. Peonies aren't all that common around here, either, though people do have them. They seem to grow much smaller here. Must have something to do with the heat? In any event, her house has inspired me for a new children's book series, so I'm hoping to start on that this summer....maybe while we are on vacation.
We are planning a trip out West this summer - complete with my mother-in-law!! We are very excited about having her go camping with us. The kids can't wait - I'm sure they will be arguing over who gets to sleep in Grandma's tent each night!
Well, this is it for my preliminary blog - don't want to write all I know the first time out or it'll be three weeks before I think of something else!
What's new around the place? Well, let me tell you!
First, Elly is getting braces. We are currently in the "mouth-widener" cycle. This consists of a little piece of metal fitted near the roof of her mouth. Every three days, we put a little "key" in the center hole of the appliance and give it one turn. This slowly spreads her top jaw a little bit. Sounds painful, but it really isn't. I had one when I had braces several millenia ago. It was kinda cool - by the time they were finished widening my top teeth, I could put a pencil between my two front teeth! They then used all that extra space to move my teeth around. Anyway, that's the same plan with Jo - to try and create more space without removing any teeth.
Isaiah goes to the dentist today to start getting fillings. He has a horrible problem with cavities. The rest of the children don't...but he sure does!
I finished my first children's reading book, and I'm waiting for Alyssa to finish up my illustrations - this is a family project! I'll be sure and post a photo of the completed book when it's published.
Elly had a great idea for a really neat Bible Journal for young ladies, and I helped her design it. It's been selling really well - it's available in three colors. The best part about it is the missionary section. That section contains clear plastic sleeves into which you can place missionary prayer cards. Every two pages is divided by a sleeve, so you can write all about a missionary family, their birthdays, prayer requests, field of service, etc., and see them at the same time you are remembering them. Then turn the sleeve over, and view a different family and the page adjacent has all that family's information. Neat, huh?
We are still trying to sell our house. We were not getting any nibbles with the real estate agent, so we are doing it on our own again, and we lowered the price a bunch. Curt really wants the house to be sold this summer so we can finally get some land. We've been playing around with the idea for years, but now he's serious about wanting to move.
I went to see my niece's new house yesterday. It's about 50 minutes from here. Huge 80-old boarding house, 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms! They want to eventually make a stairway up to the attic because you can walk around up there, but the only entrance right now is through a tiny hole in a closet. Remarkably, there doesn't appear to be any flooring or anything up there, so for the past 80 years, I guess no one has stored anything up there. They have an enormous crawl space, and part of that was divided up into "rooms" per se, so I guess that's what they used for storing stuff. They have a tiny yard, but it's filled with all sorts of flowers. She even has peonies and a spirea bush!! I haven't seen spirea since we left Illinois. Peonies aren't all that common around here, either, though people do have them. They seem to grow much smaller here. Must have something to do with the heat? In any event, her house has inspired me for a new children's book series, so I'm hoping to start on that this summer....maybe while we are on vacation.
We are planning a trip out West this summer - complete with my mother-in-law!! We are very excited about having her go camping with us. The kids can't wait - I'm sure they will be arguing over who gets to sleep in Grandma's tent each night!
Well, this is it for my preliminary blog - don't want to write all I know the first time out or it'll be three weeks before I think of something else!
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