Provision

We have a trip to Rockford coming up. As of last week we had no money for a trip to Rockford. 

Last week Quinn's check came in at $200 over what we expected. He checked with his manager and they confirmed that it was correct. 

We now have money for our trip to Rockford. 

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Our laptop has been acting up for several months. We figured we'd replace it after Christmas, but this month we started getting random bsod's, and figured we were about to be computerless. 

Last week we got a text from Q's dad, who is moving, wanting to know if we wanted his desktop. 

Yes. 

We did. 

So now I'm typing on a Dell desktop that has all of my pictures and music safely stored on it's hard drive, instead of a dying laptop. 

Too cool. 

God is so good. 

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Gavin's been a grump the last couple days, but woke up happy this morning. It's a relief. Of course, I'm not sure *how* happy he is because I haven't put him down yet, but he's happy enough to be sitting in my lap chewing his fist and gurgling at me. That's a huge improvement over yesterday's ultra clingyness. I don't think there's a dryer sheet big enough to cut the cling that was going on yesterday. He was crying within 3 minutes of being put down EVERY time I set him down except one 40 minute nap. Baking was difficult. 

Speaking of- I am going to go consume a bowl full of apple pie with milk for my late breakfast and put together a pot of beef and tater stew.

Random pics:

You Light Up My Life

 I'm not sure how I'm supposed to get things done these days....

 

The child is the embodiment of sweetness. You can talk him out of fussing, and he will smile for anyone. He's a snuggly little koala bear and I love him with all my heart.

Not that life isn't busy... I realized this morning that it has been at least two weeks since I've had a day to stay home. I canceled teaching my younger siblings today so I could do just that. I thought I was gonna scour the house, but instead I'm sitting on the couch with my sleeping baby listening to classical piano music on Pandora. *happy sigh*   I will have to make dinner soon, though, so my vegging is going to be cut short. 


Daylight savings is killing me. Yesterday morning I woke up in a panic because the clock said 8 o'clock and that meant that there was no way we could get out the door in time for church because it was acutally 9 o'clock. Quinn let me suffer for 10 minutes before he reminded me that it's fall... which meant that I was waking him up at 7am on one of the very few mornings that he had to sleep in. Darn.  Gavin was awake for the day though, so it didn't matter much.

 
He's got a wonderful little sleep pattern down. He's out cold by 9:30 every night and doesn't wake up until 5, then will go back to sleep 'til 7 or 8. It's wonderful for me. 

Life, in general, is wonderful for me. I'm not quite sure how to keep up with things yet, but I'm getting better. The bird feathers and dirty dishes usually are what gets to me. Today it's the grungy kitchen floor and the filthy toilets. I already did the dishes. 

I am so very glad to be home today. Did I mention that yet? I just finished six weeks of substituting as an orchestra teacher for a friend of mine who had her baby boy the day before Gavin turned 6 weeks old. That was fun, but killed two afternoons a week. Every Monday and every Wednesday I was leaving the house at 2:30 and not getting home til late because appointments piled up on top of each other. It's gonna be so good to own my weeks again. 

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Just discovered that Josh Groban is releasing a new album next week. I'm thrilled. Giddy. Excited... I've been wondering if he was working on anything new. I <3 <3 <3 Groban. Thankfully, Quinn appreciates his music too, so we can always enjoy it together. Our music tastes don't exactly perfectly align. 
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Going to make some dinner rolls and bar cookies and throw a beef stew together for dinner tonight. As soon as everything's cooking I'll go ahead and mop the floor, and maybe I'll find time to scour the bathrooms tonight.