Prayers

Since a lot of my family reads my blog I'm going to ask for some prayers. Tim's grandma is 93 with breast cancer and it won't be much longer now. She's still in pretty good spirits, but it's getting harder for her. She doesn't like to be alone at night, and yet wants to stay in her home, which has been possible so far. Please pray for her comfort in her last days.

Also, if you recall, Jesse had an issue that I mentioned earlier, and at his checkup today, the issue remains. I'm not sure why with the specialist he seemed okay and now, plain as day, he's not. Our family doc is probably going to order an ultrasound so she can see what's going on. She said she'd call and let me know after she gets the details from the specialist-they never sent her anything.

Anyway, just pray for Jesse's healing. I've been a little distracted this afternoon, he's my baby you know.

Handsome

We went to a cook out at my aunt's house on the Fourth of July and had a really good time despite the cold weather and rain off and on.

My great-aunt was there (she's not much older than my mom) and we were walking along when she put her arm around me and said, "You know, every time I see Tim he gets more handsome." I just smiled and she continued. "I'll be at work and look up and OH! There he is, more handsome than the last time I saw him!" I just laughed and said, "Well, I certainly think he gets better looking all the time, but I thought I was the only one!"

She hugged me and said, "Well, you're not the only one who notices!"

"Good to know!" I said as I hugged her back. I was just tickled she made it a point to come and tell me that my husband gets better looking all the time. Having never been married herself, she's a relatively shy person in regards to men so I think she really meant it!

The Price of Things

We are running low on diapers and I don't like to push it there, so I ran to Kroger to get some more. Jesse takes a size 4 diaper, and I get the big box since it's cheaper that way. $16.99 for the box for 88 diapers for an individual cost of 19.3 cents per diaper. That's the Kroger brand and I feel they work well.

They were out of size 4 in the boxes, like they often are, but they had new boxes. Just changed the packaging so I grabbed the box and when I pulled it out I realized it was really short. Then I read the box. New! 64 Diapers! Which is fine, but the tag still said $16.99 which didn't seem right. A lady was stocking the shelves so I asked her about it.

Apparently in an effort to raise the price of the diapers they changed the size of the box. Now each diaper is 26.5 cents. That's a 7.2 cent increase in each diaper. That's a 37% increase. I don't doubt that they needed to raise the price of diapers, but over 30%? That's a little exteme! I did look at Huggies, and they recently did the same thing so the Kroger brand is still the best option unless I move to cloth and I don't think that's going to be worthwhile for the last child in the last year of diapers.

I told her I'd check at Wal-Mart to see what their prices are for diapers. My budget is just not quite ready for a 37% increase in the cost of diapers. She didn't blame me. In reality, I doubt I'll really go to Wal-Mart since I'm not much of a Wal-Mart girl, but I might check. After all, it is a big increase!

My solution: time to potty train! I got the potty chair out last night and set Jesse on it before putting his diaper on for bed. He didn't do anything, but we're laying the groundwork. We'll have him sit there at regular intervals and go from there.

Gator

Santa brought a Gator to our house in 2005, and it has been driven hard! It's getting pretty worn out-bald tires, only gear "2" works, reverse is questionable, and doesn't hold a charge for very long these days. But my, the boys have enjoyed it. And now, it gets passed to the second half of the boys:

Last year this was Noah and Simon, and before that it was Eli and Noah. That poor gator will be lucky to make it long enough for Jesse to drive it but, if not, the hours he has clocked just sitting in the drivers seat while it's charging is worth a lot!

It needs a new transmission-do they do that? Where do you take it-the local John Deere dealer?

One Little, Two Little,

Three little indian boys!

The boys all needed haircuts like they always seem to, so when I mentioned it, Eli said, "Can I get a mohawk?"

I said, "Sure!" It's summer and it's just hair, it grows.

Then Noah said he wanted one and Simon piped in that he wanted one too. They tried to convince me that Jesse needed one too, but no dice! My policy is you have to big enough to ask for one to get one.

Then they tried to convince Tim he needed one too. Again, no dice. However, Tim did say that someday when Jesse's big enough for one if they all get mohawks again he'll get one too, but just once. So look for that in two or three years! That'll be a hoot!