still here, just busy

we got our replacement camera. it's different than the 3 that i was originally looking at, but that's okay. we can use our rechargeable AA batteries, instead of having to buy a special type of battery and a special recharger for it. it's a fujifilm finepix s1000fd. still trying to figure out all the in's & out's of what all the different settings are for, but we are definitely pleased with the choice i made.

we have been extremely blessed by tom's being able to come home for friday afternoons & saturdays. sundays, he leaves before any of the kids wake up.

i've been exhausted, but finally feeling a bit more rested. i felt really rested last week when i turned off the alarm(to get collin ready), and hopped back in bed for nearly an hour. we missed his bus by 20 minutes. pretty sad, considering it comes to the driveway. luckily, ivy was dropped off at school by some friends. collin starts school about 30 minutes before ivy, but their schools end at the same time.

i've gotten lots of offers for help since we were "allowed" to tell people about tom's deployment. i'm going to start having to take people up on those offers.

i saw this on a friend's blog, and she off another friends' about 101 things to do in 1000 days(i'll link it when i have time to find it). i'm going to start getting my list made, but my list will be for the rest of the time that tom's gone. it's good for me to start making goals for myself again...give myself a sense of purpose and accomplishment.