October 17, 2023 - Tuesday


Today went ok. I decided to skip nature co-op because Ruby's behavior is starting to decline, and I think it could partially be due to a less consistent schedule lately. Just lots of screaming, fighting with siblings, fighting with me, and whining about school and chores. But for the earlier part of the school year, she just wasn't doing that. Trying to diagnose what's going on! She even screamed at me today that she wishes I wasn't her mom. Super hurtful and frustrating! 

After school work was done, I took Clemi to La Chatelaine as a reward for her memorizing Psalm 91!!! So proud of her and Jonas. I have NEVER been able to memorize anything so long. They are champs! The little girls will each get a treat/eat out if they can remember a few of the short memory verses they've learned in the last 8 weeks. I think they can do it! 

We took a long walk as a family after lunch and went all the way to the playground. I need to get myself out there and exercising more because I am very slowly gaining weight back and it makes me super sad. I hate that I have to start focusing on it again. It's been a great 1 1/2 years of not having to stress about my weight, but I guess that's over. 

I made bread in my new Dutch oven tonight!!! It was SO good. The recipe could use some tweaking, but the bread turned out perfectly. So yummy! I made tortellini chicken soup to go with it and the whole meal was just fantastic. I mean, the kids hated it, but Ben and I loved it! Rachel's book club is tonight and, while I really do want to go, it's all the way in Gahanna and I just hate leaving the house SO MUCH. Like, I just HATE IT. The main things that made me decide to skip were not finishing the book (barely started, honestly) and the fact that it's about 35 minutes away. But Megan is going tonight and I feel so bad that I'm not. Oh well. Hopefully I'll make it next time! 





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