Dear Mom... Week 1

 Today is exactly one week away from the date I leave for college!

As excited as I am, I'm also sad to be leaving my dear family behind.

I'm particularly going to miss the times I spend with my Mother;

she is my best friend, confidant, counselor, and... well... my Mom!

I'll miss our daily tea times, our daily conversations, and fun times together.

 I know that college life is very busy and can be stressful,

but I do hope to still make time for blogging (and facebook Ü).

Since I've always found time to write a little something in my daily schedule,

I've decided to try to type up my journal/schedule entries at least once a week.
(I plan to add a few pictures or so to each entry!)

 I've dedicated this new series of posts to my Mom,

as a way to keep in touch and to continue sharing my daily life with her.

I'll miss sharing life together in person, Mom, but these posts are for you!

I love you so much!

MONDAY, August 16

Most Mondays are pretty relaxing around the house.

I stared a 20-day devotional challenge called,

"Changed Into His Image" by Jim Berg. I'm just loving it!

I spent a lot of time getting more detailed info about college,

including getting my schedule for the first week.

I also put the finishing touches to my resume.

TUESDAY, August 17

I got up pretty early to clean a lady from church's house.

We hit morning rush hour, so we arrived about 1 hour late! lol

I spent about 4 hours deep cleaning while having little chats

here and there with her. Afterward, we ate lunch together

while in conversation at her table. I went home pretty exhausted!

WEDNESDAY, August 18

Mom took the girls to go grocery shopping,

while I stayed home with my 'lil bro to clean the house.

We had a great time while cleaning, then we shared a bag

of fries for lunch while on the wii and computer. :-)

THURSDAY, August 19

For some reason, I had a pretty sleepless night,

so I woke early (at 5am), and decided to surprise everyone

with cappuccino muffins! While they were baking, I went out

in the cool early morning breeze and had a lovely time with Jesus!
Then I caught up on my much-needed rest with a 3 hour nap.

FRIDAY, August 20

Our traditional homemade sourdough pizza day! :-)

Mom took the girls to Costco while Will and I stayed home.

I planned to do dishes, laundry, sweep, and mop,

but upon opening the dryer and seeing a large load of whites,

I had no time to finish the latter two tasks! lol

Matching socks and folding towels and shirt took about 30 min!

Later, Mom and I made the pizza, and the family gathered around

to watch a movie while enjoying the fresh, hot pizza.

SATURDAY, August 21

I woke up and had to pay the consequence of not setting

the coffee pot last night! Hardly able to open my eyes,

I sat at the kitchen counter with my laptop, waiting for

the coffee to finish brewing. Today we plan to have a couple

from church over for supper, which Dad is making grilled chicken.

He's had it sitting in the fridge marinating for 3 days,

so I'm anticipating it being nice and flavorful!