{"id":17680,"date":"2011-04-30T21:25:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T01:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/?p=17680"},"modified":"2011-04-30T21:25:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T01:25:53","slug":"week-in-review-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/week-in-review-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How is it that April is over already?<\/p>\n<p>My photo of the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/skitched-20110430-211802.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17683\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/skitched-20110430-211802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/skitched-20110430-211802.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/skitched-20110430-211802-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s upset because I walked in the room and caught her with markers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I had a killer headache for part of the week and I ended up behind on just about everything. Not fun.<\/li>\n<li>I enrolled my daughter in her first college class. This probably has something to do with the headache.<\/li>\n<li>Some of my kids are getting to the end of their curriculum and I&#8217;m finding myself browsing homeschool sites looking for options for next year. Are you looking ahead to next year yet?<\/li>\n<li>Soccer practice was rained out several nights last week, it was weird not having something to do every night.<\/li>\n<li>My seven year old lost three teeth in two weeks. It is amazing she can eat or talk.<\/li>\n<li>We killed another snake! If you want to read about the first snake hunt you can check out <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/shortandhat.com\/blog\/2011\/4\/29\/short-hat-and-the-snake.html\" target=\"_blank\">my cousin&#8217;s blog<\/a>. And yes, I am the big wimp hiding on the trampoline. I do not like snakes!<\/li>\n<li>It took Cora less than 15 minutes to color all the walls, tile, and cabinets in the bathroom and her brothers&#8217; bedroom wall. What an overachiever&#8230;. Thankfully the marker washed right off with a washcloth.<\/li>\n<li>As I mentioned last time my daughter is running for Senator. She has started a great series on her blog called <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/votearden.com\/2011\/04\/setting-an-example-joseph\/\" target=\"_blank\">Setting an Example<\/a>. It is worth reading, and I&#8217;m not just saying that because I&#8217;m her mother. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>I have some great posts and projects coming this week, I can hardly wait to share them!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I was reading this week.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/faithnotfearhooks.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/orphan-mentality.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Orphan Mentality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;How many times had God asked me to follow Him, asked me to travel in a different direction, asked me to just come and I couldn&#8217;t because I was holding on to my stuff. \u00a0My stuff that I think is so important that I can&#8217;t lay it down and see what my Father has for me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smockityfrocks.com\/2011\/04\/how-to-survive-a-layoff-our-plan-of-action.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Survive a Layoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;While I would LOVE it if this unemployment only lasted a very short time, we are buckling down and bracing for a long term period of bare bones expenditures, so\u00a0<strong>I will be making this into a weekly series<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/beautyandbedlam.com\/veggie-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veggie Cake<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17681\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/files\/2011\/04\/Cake-for-veggie-lovers-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Click on over to<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/beautyandbedlam.com\/veggie-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Beauty and Bedlam<\/a> for directions on how to make this cute cake. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.momendeavors.com\/2011\/04\/train-cake-tutorial.html\" target=\"_blank\">Train Cake Tutorial <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>If a vegetable cake won&#8217;t curb your sweet tooth, check out this adorable <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.momendeavors.com\/2011\/04\/train-cake-tutorial.html\" target=\"_blank\">train cake tutorial<\/a>. Perfect for a little boy&#8217;s birthday!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have a great Sunday!<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit Beauty and Bedlam.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is it that April is over already? My photo of the week. She&#8217;s upset because I walked in the room and caught her with markers. I had a killer headache for part of the week and I ended up behind on just about everything. Not fun. 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