An eventful night = little sleep

Today was a good day. I was blessed with spending most of the day with friends and their kids. Plus, we were able to do a family worship time based on the study guide we got at the Generations study that our church is doing. I'm looking forward to being able to do that more often. Our kids loved it and the study made it more fun and interesting for them to participate.

Despite the good that happened today, I still felt a little tired and worn out from not getting as much sleep as I would've liked last night. I went to bed with a slightly throbbing head and jaw. I think my TMJ is just acting up lately for some reason. So I wasn't completely asleep when the storm scared the living daylights out of me with a huge crack of thunder. I usually sleep right through that stuff either because I'm so tired that I don't hear it or because the sound of rain pounding against the roof is so calming that I fall right back to sleep.

Anyway, we currently do not have curtains in our bedroom because they seemed to look nice in Sonya's room and she didn't have any. So the lightening kept flashing through the blinds and kept me awake.
Then the darn smoke detector decided that its batteries were running low. You know that chirping sound it makes? Yeah, it started chirping more frequently to the point where I just had to take the thing down. Although, it was in the middle of the night and I wasn't sure if it was the detector in Sonya's room, the hallway, or in our room. I didn't want to get out of bed. But.. I did. Then I got some tylenol.

I was finally fast asleep when Tim crawled out of bed and was checking on the sump pump. I started getting crazy ideas in my head that the house was going to start flooding since it seemed like it had been pouring buckets for hours outside. So I ran downstairs too to make sure everything was ok.

I kind of heard Caleb get up, but was so drowsy that I dozed off again. I guess he got scared during the storm and came in our room. Sonya must've too or she was calling for one of us. I don't remember hearing her at all, but Tim says she was up.

That was my night last night. I wanted to stay in my nice warm bed this morning and even hit snooze a few times before Sonya came in my room asking for breakfast. So I helped her and then tried to sleep for 15 minutes before getting Caleb up for school. I never drink coffee, but today I definitely had some. Thank goodness we keep it in the house for my parents and other guests! haha

So maybe I have a good reason for being cranky tonight. Instead of heading to bed early, I'm sitting here half-asleep trying to type. It sounded like a good idea. I think I was going to type about something else, but then all of this other stuff just spilled out. Oh well... maybe I'll remember tomorrow about what I meant to write about tonight.

Good night!

She's so crafty!

On Sunday, my mom gave me a box of felt that she didn't use anymore. It was leftovers from making costumes for Halloween and school plays when I was younger. So instead of letting it sit for another 10 years, I decided to be a little creative and make some cute little chocolate chip cookies.



Sonya loves to pretend that she is baking them in her oven. From a distance, they look pretty close to the real thing. I am almost motivated to start baking a batch right now! Yum!