Volunteering and other stuff

Our morning started out like most mornings, take dh to work, come home, eat, devotional and such. We were running behind a bit since I still needed to shower and we still needed to do the books. By the time we left for the library it was almost noon. Very late. We usually are leaving around 11. Well we managed to get there finally, and I decided that I was going to check S's books in by hand since she tends to get a lot and then we can't always get them all due to they haven't checked hers in yet. We also took an advertisement for our homeschool group to display on the libraries bulletin board again. Our last one ran out of strips of paper, so they apparently took it down or as one library said, maybe they were just cleaning things and it got taken down also. Anyway, it's back up again.

As I'm out on the "bridge" of the children's section, a friends dh came up to me and was asking about my faith. I told him and then he started talking religion. That doesn't bother me too much. What was frustrating is I really didn't know how to answer him. I kept wishing dh was there to answer him. Guess I'd better get to studying things a bit better. At least I was able to explain how we believe, but he still didn't seem to veer from his thoughts. But at least when he was done with his comments, he smiled and said "talk to you later" and went to check on his kids. Most interesting.

Well, to get to the volunteer part, we were just getting done finding all the books and such, and were headed to the check out spot, when one of the librarians approached us. He asked R if he was interested in the teen volunteer program. R wasn't quite sure what to say. Guess he's like me and likes to think about it. I wasn't sure if he was asking R to help out with the reading program, or just help out at the library. Still not really sure, but it sounds like he'll be just be helping out. Once we got home, he kept talking about it, not sure what to think. But as he kept asking me questions and such, he started getting more and more excited. He's very comfortable in the library, so what a place to be. He will start volunteering this Wed for a few hrs. Can't wait to see how he does. :)

Once we got home and ate I then went outside to clean the cars windshield. Dh says he looks streaked in the sun. Unfortunately I had no sun so I had to clean the best I could. Did ok job. While I was out there, I see that my neighbor is home. Dh and I have been needing go find someone who can fix out porch. So I go over and ask if he knows of anyone who can do cement work. He says he might and will have the guy call and let us know. I'm anxious since our porch is literally falling apart. I also asked him about the guy doing a bit of patio work in our back yard. We're getting patio furniture soon and I want a place to put it.

Well it's soon time to pick up dh. So off we go. N is reading to S while R is reading his own books. Makes for a quieter ride than normal. We arrived to pick up dh and head home. R tells him of his volunteer opportunity and dh says that's good. It'll look good on a job resume. We get home and it's fend night. Pretty much if you want dinner, you find it yourself(I, of course help S since she's only 4). Dh is now on call so we just head straight home. Once we get home, dh decides he needs to get the garden planted. Been needing to for weeks. R goes out to help him and actually enjoys it. Thank goodness.

All the meanwhile the girls eat dinner then head to play. As we're outside playing N comments that we forgot to pick up the signing time DVDs at the library. I claim that we did. But after her insisting that we didn't, I came in to check and sure enough we have forgotten them. So off to the library we go again. lol That's ok because I see my friend and her ds are there. I eventually find her and she's surprised, but happy to see me. We chat for a few min, and then realizing that her computer time is being timed I let her go and go pick up the dvds. The girls and I then head out to the parking lot where S proceeds to fall and scrap her thumb and knees. She's fine but needs a hug. So we get home and dh, after getting paged, is able to finish planting our garden with ds's help. Good because it's supposed to rain.

The rest of the evening is quiet and so bedtime happens. Thank goodness because dad and mom are both tired. Let's hope that dh has a quiet night as well. The last few oncall weeks have been very strenuous for him. Up all night and then still having to go into work the next day. Luckily he's able to eventually sleep. So we're hoping for a quiet week. :)

Karie
www.kariesplace.robertcity.com