Thankful for Monday?!

Yes, today I am thankful for Monday.  The weekend was so crazy that at least with Monday comes a routine.  It is also only a two day week so this Monday will not be bad at all. 

Just another Monday

Monday I worked a lot aroung the house. There is so much to do and well, I dedicated today to laundry and Christmas. I do not think I accomplished much of anything other than rearranging the junk piled up in my bedroom. I tried, I just was not as successful as I wanted to be.
The boys had a great day at school today. Which means a lot to me. There was a little homework but nothing too bad.
I started to look at house plans. Mom wants to build a house for us all, which is great, but I think we should look to buy outside of Jefferson county. Maybe I will run it by her soon. I love her neighborhood, but there are some so much better, especially for families. We will see what happens.

Monday Mania

So today was a great day, while I did not get up quite as early as I was hoping we were up with plenty of time to get ready and get to school on time! A great start to what I know will be a great week.
While the boys were at school I worked in our den, and worked on laundry! There was a lot with me being down the end of last week, but it is caught up and after one more load I will even have all blankets that were out washed. Seriously disinfecting the house. I also started to get what Halloween stuff we had gotten out up. We did not get it all out, and I have yet to get it all up, but I am not far from having it all either.
I got the boys from school and am glad to announce that they had GREAT days. John Michael had a green face, and if he keeps it up the rest of the week we are going to take him and Danny to Logan's this weekend. They have been wanting to go for a while and we figured it would be a good treat. Danny got his Social Studies test made up and I think has almost everything caught up. Another definite positive!
When Brandon got off we headed to Subway to grab a quick dinner. Then to his mom's so he could help her with her computer. Then to the grocery store. Tomorrow I am attempting beef strogannof in the crock pot. I have never made it in the crock pot, but with a photo shoot at 3:30 tomorrow I will not have time to do anything else. Hopefully it will turn out good. With the sessions that I have coming up, topped with basketball coming up I will be relying on my crock pot a lot!
Well, homework and work have me slammed tonight, but I have to get in bed before midnight. That is my goal. We will see what happens. An hour left. Know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Catholic Schools Week

Today is the beginning of Catholic Schools week, which is always a fun and exciting week for the students, parents, teachers, faculty, and everyone involved in Catholic schools.

This students were asked to wear their uniforms to school. The 11:00 Mass they also sang in the choir, and did the readings. It was really great and I have to admit to getting a little emotional during Mass. There is something almost magical about the children singing. Danny is in the Children's choir and he did very well, they all did. I was and am still a proud momma.

There was also a great display in the vestibule this morning that had a picture of all the Saint Francis students. It was really nice.

The banner that the youth from SFX took to the Walk for Life in Washington DC was also on display and it was great.

Next week is the food drive so hopefully I will rememer. I seem to be on a role and I have to get more organized. This morning was the First Eucharist parent's meetings and I had no idea. I feel like such a horrile person. I was assured by one of the mom's that it was no big deal. As I am decluttering my home hopefully I will be able to keep up with it all. Next year it will be an amazing blessing to have them in the same school! I think that alone will help. I currently drive 132 miles a day!!! That is enough to drive anyone crazy...right?

Everyone seemed to be shocked by John Michael's hair, but they also seemed to like it. It is a shock, he has always had a lot of hair and even though he has had several hair cuts, we have always kept it a little longer. Now he looks like a big kid! I guess it had to happen sometime.

Well, it is definitely after 9, but tomorrow is a new day! I will try again. On my way to bed I will remember everyone in my prayers. I will also be praying that the alarm will wake us up in the morning, I need Monday to start well this week! I hope that everyone enjoyed the nice weekend as it looks like now we will have rain followed by really cold weather!