Lately...

My life has been one wicked roller coaster ride in the last couple weeks. School has ended, which means no substitute teacher jobs for a while, unless a teacher gets sick or has to suddenly move....like that would truly happen ;P Right now I have no steady part time or full time summer job - just babysitting here and there for Lauren or the Venture Bible Study group once a week. I'm praying that God will continually supply my needs as I seek for an inexpensive but good place to live!

My oldest younger brother has graduated high school! Tim has grown into such a mature guy, I was actually shocked having to live with the family again and getting this respectable person....seriously! He has great friends (except when they hang out downstairs and you can hear them chatting until 11:30 when I texted him to please go elsewhere), a very strong foundation in his faith, and a good head on his shoulders. He's already planned out a lot of his summer: First off to Beach Week (for the seniors at IBC), after which he will be prepping to go on a missions trip with his future college Liberty:D....actually he'll be in ZAMBIA with my awesome friend Alison...well, at least nearby :P Once he's back home, he'll be packing up his stuff yet again and heading back to Liberty to start his first semester as a college student... *tear* Hopefully I'll have a place for him to crash at sometimes by the time he's back home from Africa:)

I have rediscovered my joy in XBox, specifically 360. I will hopefully have a gaming system by July, complete with a remote a good friend has already loaned/given? me :) I am not quite an addict, so I am not worried that this will consume my life. I just feel that it would be something fun to do now and then, especially with my younger brothers. We didn't have video games growing up - Mom actually just bought the Wii 1 1/2 years ago as our first gaming system!

For more "new" rediscoveries, I am going to try my hand at sewing again. I took the obligated Home Ec course through A Beka homeschooling (whoot whoot!), but didn't learn much. However, my aunt taught me a WHOLE lot about sewing: how to find a straight edge, how to create a quilt, making a skirt, etc. She's very talented, so I hope to be even 1/4 as good as her :) I took a dive and found a Renaissance type dress that I absolutely LOVE. Unfortunately, it's millions of pieces (actually less than 10, I think...), and very complex in the way it goes together. However, I want to try, so we'll see:) I'll post what happens along the way....provided I find batteries for my camera :(

I'm excited to relax this weekend. Part of me wants to go hang out with friends, but I don't really know anyone's schedule, except maybe 1-2 friends going to someone's wedding tomorrow?? Who knows :P I'll be at home, probably cleaning, puttying the bathroom, cleaning the other bathrooms, designing this dress,.....yeah I'll be bored ;P