Today I find myself running around doing all those last minute things so that I can go out of town.
My to do list included:
1. Early morning run to keep the half marathon training going.
2. Finish the laundry.
3. Put chocolate and M&M on Isabelle’s heart cookies for her class.
4. Go get my fingerprints taken (so I can go on a field trip with the public school). Should have been done weeks ago and really can not wait till I get back!
5. Run by the grocery store to stock the house with food so they will survive while I am gone and Brian does not have to take them to the store.
6. Drop off criminal background check at the distract office (again so I can go on the field trip).
7. Pack
8. Make another two dozen heart shaped cookies, then put on the chocolate and M&Ms for Addie and Emma’s classes.
9. Arrange childcare needs for Brian.
10. Get in the car and pull away super excited!!
I have not accomplished #8 yet, and it might not happen. I bought three bags of Valentine’s candy as a back up
I was completely blessed by a stranger today in the grocery store! She was an older woman in the check out line before me, her name is Mrs. Stoner. Owen was in a bad mood at that point and I was trying to distract him by showing him all this cool Thomas the Tank Engine stuff by the checkout line. When I turned back to the line Mrs. Stoner had put almost all of my groceries on the belt for me! Then to top it off she bought Owen a Thomas book!! What a blessing for sure!!
As a Mom it takes a lot to get ready to leave your precious family, but time away is always worth it. I am headed to Sandy Cove’s Pastor’s Wives and Women in Ministry Connection, a retreat I have done yearly for 4-5 years. I am always blessed to be there. Spending time being taught from God’s Word and rubbing shoulders with other women in ministry is always great! I look forward to returning home refreshed and renewed and ready for my crazy to do list filled with baking needs, food gathering, high tech finger print analysis, and who knows what else!











