Finally...an update....and why I trust in God!

So- the reason I really haven't been blogging lately is because my mind has been consumed with one single thought.  I am pregnant.  I had not been feeling well for a few days before we were supposed to leave to Maine with my parents, so I took a test the night before.  Just because I had one in the cabinet.  Really for no other reason...I honestly don't know what made me do it.  I was just really, really tired and had completely lost my appetite.  It was very unlike me.  So I peed on a stick.  Only I peed way too much on the stick.  So when it dried out and said positive....I was positive that it was incorrect because I bungled the test.  Just in case, I started taking vitamins and cut out caffeine and anything else that might be bad for me and I went to Maine!  While in Maine, I was ill every morning and starving constantly.  I was also completely exhausted.  So when we got home later in the week and ran to the store to pick up some other stuff, I grabbed another test.  I did not think I could be pregnant.  After having Cebelle, I had two miscarriages.  I had an IUD put in and after two years, it lodged in my uterus and I had to have it surgically removed.  A year later, I was hospitilized for a cyst on my ovary and had to endure several visits and various testing.  The doctor said my chances of becoming pregnant again were very small.  I had been praying to God for the past year.  I didn't want to have babies past the age of 35, but I wanted more babies.  I prayed that God would make me content with the beautiful children I have and not long for more.  Because I knew in my heart that my dream of having four children was quickly coming to an end.  Jeff and I had talked about adopting, and it was always an option.  But it can be very expensive, no matter how you go about it, and we knew in our hearts that it would just never be a reality for us.  So I prayed and I thanked God for all the blessings He gives me every day and I asked for peace.  Because I knew that once I turned 35, I did not want to attempt more children.  With my past medical history and issues, it just didn't seem like a good idea.  It wasn't safe for me or for any baby that I might carry.
So I took that second test.  Believing that even if it was positive, there was nothing to be excited about.  Because with my history, I fully expected to not carry any pregnancy past the sixth week.  When the test was positive, I called and got into the doctor as soon as they could get me in, which wasn't until what would be my 7th week of pregnancy.  I didn't ever expect to go to that appointment.  I prayed and I tried to have faith that God had a plan for me, but letting go of all that worry was the most difficult thing I have ever had to do.  I asked the ladies in my church group to pray for me.  Not that everything would be well, because I didn't really believe that was in God's plan.  I asked them to pray that I would have the strength and the courage to deal with whatever came.  So when the day for my early ultrasound arrived, I was sick with anticipation and worry.  At that point, I just wanted to know what was happening.  I just wanted a plan of action.  Was I having a baby? Or was I going to prepare for a miscarriage again?  I knew that the ultrasound would show a heartbeat at this point if my pregnancy was viable and everything was okay.  So I honestly held my breath.  And got the biggest surprise of my life when she found not one, but two healthy babies with perfect baby heartbeats.  They dated me at almost 7 weeks, told me that the twins were fraternal which is the best possible scenario but that it was still early and chances were good that I would lose one of the babies , and scheduled me for another ultrasound in four weeks.  I prayed and every time I have been tired or sick, I have praised God because I knew that it was a sign that things were well.  I just went back for that ultrasound yesterday and got to see two very active beautiful, perfect, tiny babies with heartbeats at 170 and 175.  And I know in my heart that everything is going to be okay.  God has given me a beautiful miracle that I never expected.  He blesses me every day in ways that I could never be worthy of.  I am still nervous about the health of my babies, but what mother isn't?  Every time I feel doubt creeping in, I take it to God in prayer.  And I ask Him for the strength and courage to trust in His plan, and to believe that I am worthy of receiving this beautiful gift.  And you see, the real miracle is this:  I will be 35 on April 9, 2012.  I have been praying for the past few years that God would let me make peace with the fact that I wouldn't have any more babies after that date.  My babies are due on April 9, 2012.  God is so amazing.  He knows our hearts and He has a plan for us.  I think that sometimes we make our own plans and forget to ask for guidance.  When we let go and let God work in our lives, wonderful things happen!  That's not to say that bad things never happen to those who believe in God and serve Him.  That was never promised to us.  The promise is that when those bad things happen, we don't have to face them alone.  We face them knowing that God will hold us and heal us and lead us in the right direction.  I trust God because in all my life, though I have failed Him many times, He has never failed me.

(Sort of) Exteme Couponing and Some Great Ideas

Lately, I have been on a constant quest to save money.  In this day and age, who isn't?  I watched the TLC show Extreme Couponing a few times and thought, "I could do that..." but after some research and finding that circulars in our area were really difficult to come by, I somewhat gave up on the idea.  Then I decided to dig in and figure out a way.  I started researching on the web and found some really great sites.  I started printing coupons that were available for products that we have used in the past, products that we always use, or products we would be willing to use.  I printed everything available for any of those.  I signed up for all kinds of company emails (if you are thinking about this, I recommend you open a dedicated account for these emails so that they don't clutter up your personal email) and promotions.  I cut out hundreds of coupons and organized them.  Then I started combing the sale flyers.  Every week I thoroughly look through the flyers, find items on sale, match them up with coupons, and make a plan.  Then I go shopping. Last time I had a goal of spending $100 and saving at least that much.  I ended up spending $95 and saving $130.  I don't think I will ever be able to rack up a bill of almost $1000 and spend only $5...our stores around here don't generally have specials that great and the coupon policies are fairly strict especially now that none of them will double any coupon over $1.  With that being said, I will still spend 3-4 hours a week clipping coupons and combing ads because saving half on a grocery bill (which I do with regularity right now) is pretty amazing.  It frees up money for lots of other things.  But if you don't have time for all of that, I have a few suggestions to save you money in the long run:

1.  When your favorite items go on sale, STOCK UP!  Most canned and boxed goods will last a really long time.  Frozen goods will keep for forever if they haven't been opened.  Some fresh goods can be frozen for a longer shelf life.  If you normally pay $1.69 for a box of macaroni and your store has them on sale for $1 a box and you normally use 3 boxes a week-it will save you $8.28 in a month if you stock up while they are cheap.  Stores cycle through sale items so pay attention to your store and buy stuff that will keep even if you don't need it immediately.

2.  If you have a small family and a warehouse club membership, join up and split the cost of bulk goods with a couple other families.  You can split the membership costs and the shopping responsibilities and break up the larger packages into more manageable sizes for your families.  Some things are cheaper when bought in bulk.

3.  Sign up for online deals!  There are tons of websites out there just giving stuff away!  Search your favorite products and see what you can find!

4.  Enlist your family members!  If you don't have time to cut coupons and really need or want to save money, enlist the help of a friend or family member with the promise that you will do the shopping and save them money as well!

5.  The most important tip....be smart about what you buy!  Ten jars of mustard for 35 cents each isn't really a deal if nobody in your family likes mustard.  It's a waste of $3.50 and a waste of your most valuable asset...your time!

I hope these suggestions will help those of you who have been sending me messages out.  I love saving money and I'm always happy to share anything I know with you!  God bless!

The Hull Family Vacation 2011

Okay, so I have pretty much slacked off when it comes to blogging.  But in all fairness, I have been really busy finishing up school with my kids and then we immediately headed off on our vacation.  Then we got back and I was kind of ill, but there was the 4th of July holiday and a visit from my sister, and other obligations....Suffice to say, I have been quite busy.  But here is the rundown of our vacation!
Jeff, Hayden, Cebelle, and I took off early Friday June 17th.  We drove to Dover, DE to spend the night because it left us about four hours to drive to get to VA beach the next morning.  We stretched our legs in a mall and ate some dinner at Sonic...and then got upgraded to a king suite with a two person jacuzzi when we returned to our hotel because the lady in the room beside us was extremely loud.  Jeff went down and told the manager that she and the others in her room were really loud and we didn't want to be rude and ask her to tone it down, so could they please just move our room.  She felt bad and upgraded us from a double full bed suite.  The kids thought it was awesome because they could swim in the bathtub.
We took off early the next morning and after much excitement driving over-under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, arrived in VA Beach at about 11:30.

We were picking up Carol and Gina at the bus stop there, so we walked down to the boardwalk and grabbed some lunch while we waited for them.  When we met up with them and got everything packed up in the car.  We got to Sandbridge where our rental was, and found out that the entire rest of our family was stuck in a traffic jam and were not moving.  So we stopped off at the rental agency and picked up the keys and got our stuff unpacked while we waited for them.

The kids waited somewhat patiently for everyone to arrive and get mostly unpacked...and then they were in the pool...

I won't bore you with every single detail...but we did lots of awesome things!  We spent lots of time at the beach (we even watched the sunrise over the ocean the day before we left), spent lots of time at the pool, rode GoKarts, watched street performers, went to the Virginia Aquarium, walked on the boardwalk, went to Norfolk, ate some great seafood, and most importantly...spent time with our really terrific family who we love so much! Here are some highlights:

We checked out of our beach house on Saturday the 25th and then headed to Washington D.C. with Carol and Gina.  We checked in at the Radisson and then headed to the National Air and Space Museum.  Hayden loved it!  We went to a show at the planetarium and both the kids were in awe!

We also stepped outside to the National Mall to show the kids what it looked like.  They haven't really studied American History yet.  That's something they start this year.  So hopefully next time we return to DC we will be able to tour monuments as well!

On Sunday, we went to the Smithsonian National Zoo.  It was amazing.  We walked all day long!  But the kids were such troopers and we saw so many cool animals.  There was a whole bird house that was huge and then an outdoor aviary which made Cebelle about the happiest kid in the whole wide world.  

Since Jeff and I had purchased a new camera for this trip, we were also excited to try our hands at some nature photography.  Here are a couple of my attempts:

And here are a couple of Jeff's attempts:

I was really proud of the both of us!  I thought it was pretty awesome for a first attempt on both our parts!  

We left D.C. Monday morning the 27th and we were home by 6pm that night.  We were so exhausted and happy to be home.  The awesome thing is the memories that we all carry with us of this wonderful time!  We had so much fun together and experienced so many things that our kids had never experienced before.  I love that so much!  Seeing the excitement in Hayden's eyes when he drove his first GoKart or ride on the boogie board on the waves on his own and seeing Cebelle watch the sunrise on the ocean and pet a duck for the first time are those moments are completely priceless.  I'm so thrilled to have spent time with our wonderful family and make wonderful memories with all of them!  I wish the same for all of you...even if you don't step foot outside your house all summer long!  God bless!

"Rainy Days and Mondays...."

It's raining again today....and my family has been going non-stop for yet another week.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining.  I like being busy and having things to do.  I think if more people had really full schedules and other people depending on them, it would mean that there would be fewer egocentric people who think that the entire world revolves around them and their self importance.  And I think we are all prone to that...we become so involved in the drama of our own lives that we fail to see the pain that others are suffering or the joy that others are feeling.  Life is meant to be celebrated and SHARED.  We all have this shared experience of birth, life, and death and I think it is a shame that we often become so self involved that we fail to take the time to share it.  Other peoples experiences not only mirror our own, they offer us opportunities to become better people.  We can learn from mistakes without making them, become more empathetic by experiencing grief that is not our own, and rejoice in accomplishments that we did not work for.   It makes me sad that people miss out on those things because they refuse to see that though they are unique and special...they aren't the only one.  God made all kinds of unique and special and loves us equally.  I think the least we can do is appreciate all kinds of unique and special and not get so caught up in our own version.
This has been a pretty normal week for us.  School, daycare kids, church, etc.  Jeff and Hayden and I had our first rehearsal for our church's Good Friday production last Wednesday. That was really fun.  I think it is really going to be great.  Cebelle is disappointed that she isn't involved, but I explained to her that she isn't quite old enough to read the lines and memorize them.  So she is content to stay home and play with Ninny and Papa while the three of us rehearse.
We had appointments on Friday, which has become the normal for us now.  The kids were at the chirpractor at 9.  They are doing wonderfully in their care there.  The difference in the both of them is just astonishing to me.  I feel so blessed to have met these wonderful people and to have the benefits of their wisdom and experience and to have options that don't involve our family taking tons of medications.  Our change is diet has gone off without a hitch.  I actually ate some gluten and sugar a few nights ago and it made me ill.  I thought I really wanted a piece of bread....but I doubt that I will be wishing for that again.  It also made me really lethargic, which I haven't been at all since we changed our diets.  And I love eating all the fresh veggies and fruits.  Tonight for dinner we are having a maple/mustard pork loin, sweet potato latkes, and homemade applesauce.  I don't feel like I have given anything up.  I'm working to completely get rid of soda.  Right now I have one about once a week.  And then my next step will be caffeine.  I will probably do a cleanse shortly after.
I also had my second round of venom immunotherapy on Friday.  The shots burned this time.  They felt like fire going into my arms all four times.  I also had my first reactions the day after.  My right arm was really itchy and feverish.  I also broke out in head to toe hives on Sunday after cleaning out my flower beds and being outside most of the afternoon.  That resulted in a mess of blood blisters covering my neck and chest.  Hopefully, that is completely unrelated to my injections.
Hayden and Cebelle have been doing amazingly well.  I am so proud of these two kids and all that they do.  Hayden has decided he might want to play baseball this year.  I will wait and see.  He did this last year and then when Jeff and I told him that if he signed up that he was responsible for being an active participant at every game and practice and that if he made the commitment there was no quitting, he changed his mind pretty quickly.  I think he just wants to go hang out with his friends....the fact that there is more physical exercise than I already make him do for PE is a serious drawback.  Also-he isn't really much of a team player.  I think he would do well in martial arts or gymnastics, but I haven't been able to find a program for him that fits into our schedule.
Cebelle has no interest in sports.  She just wants to craft.  She makes all kinds of cool projects and when I craft-she is usually right up in the middle of it!  She is very creative and inspired.  She is actually even learning to knit and crochet.  She does a knit cast on really well and she can do a small crochet chain.  I don't force it on her, I let her practice whenever she wants to.  We haven't moved on from that because she wants her cast on and chain to be perfect and even before she learns the next step.  Considering that I spent days practicing the perfect cast-on before I knit a single stitch, I can completely understand that.
I do wish that the rain would go away.  I love what it does for my flowers...but it always makes me so completely lethargic.  There is nothing I would love more than to curl up with a good book under my favorite quilt and a cup of tea.  And after finishing a chapter....to snuggle up and take a little nap.  But that's just dreaming on my part....I will at some point curl up with my NOOKcolor and read another book.  I read one this morning while Hayden was working on some schoolwork.  But right now I have kids to shower and dinner to start and a house to clean.  I plan on keeping busy.  If I don't keep busy, I will get really depressed that my birthday is on Saturday and that Jeff won't be here.  I'm extremely proud of him and his students for advancing to the state festival.  This group of kids is amazing and they completely deserve to be rewarded for their hard work.  I just wish that it meant that Jeff wouldn't be gone for two days on my birthday weekend.  And if they win and advance to the New England festival, which would not surprise me considering the amount of talent that is in that show, he will be gone for the other half of spring break next week.  So-this is my struggle to not be self-centered and self-important.  Those kids deserve his time and effort and I refuse to make him feel bad for doing something that is so terrific.  I am extremely proud of him and those kids.  And though I will be sad to not share my day with him, I will be glad that he gets to share that special moment of accomplishment with those kids who so richly deserve it.  And I will be thrilled to spend the following day with family and good friends and celebrate what is important in life.   (No, not my birthday....didn't we just discuss the downfalls of self-importance?!?!)  We will celebrate life and love and shared memories and the fact that God has blessed me with another year of those with the people I love and cherish.  In all the craziness that is our daily lives, don't forget to celebrate your life and share it with those you love.  You will never regret it.

"Too many days to count...in 10 minutes or less."

When I started this blog, it was with these good intentions:
1.  For my kids to look at and know how much I love spending everyday with them
2.  For my Missouri family to read and get a look at our daily lives
3.  To remind myself of how special and unique everyday with kids is
I forgot to take into account the follwing:
1.  Everyday with kids, while special and unique, is also wild and crazy
2.  At the end of these days, I am so tired I forget what happened all day
3.  Finding time to sit at the computer, even for 10 minutes is very rare for me

There have been so many blog-worthy, crazy, wild happenings around here and I end up too tired and exhausted to sit down and tell the story.  So I'm going to try to sum up the highlights of the last 10 days or so.  I have realized that I don't have 10 minutes to sit down every day, so I'm going to aim for twice a week or so!
The last 10 days have gone somewhat like this:
For the first 2 or 3 days, I was highly medicated on pain pills.  I managed to teach school, go to our church marriage class, and do things around the house.  I did NOT drive, operate heavy machinery, or get out of my pajamas for most of those days.  Also, I'm pretty sure that more stuff happened then, but I don't remember it.
By Thursday morning of last week, I was finally out of my pain/medication haze and I was able to get a bunch of stuff in the house cleaned and organized.  Unfortunately, I remember most of that.  I went Thursday afternoon and picked up some donations for the regional drama festival and chatted with the head cook about the stuff I would need in the school kitchen to cater.
Friday was a round of appointments.  Hayden and Cebelle went to the chiropractor for the first time.  I'm very happy with how that turned out.  Turns out, both of them had some pretty severe misalignments and once they were adjusted, they both felt great!  We met mom and dad that day at McDonalds and had some lunch.  Jeff was busy with festival prep and he didn't get home until really late that evening.
Saturday morning was the start of the festival that Jeff was in charge of.  He woke up at 4:00am that morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Pretty rough, considering that we had to be at the school until almost 11 that night and he hadn't gone to bed until after 11pm Friday night.  We headed out around 7:30 am and he ran the festival and I catered the lunch and the dinner along with a host of some really terrific parent volunteers.  Jeff's students won which means they get to advance to the state competition which will take place over April 8 and 9.  Mom and Dad brought Hayden and Cebelle to eat dinner at the school so we could see them.  It was really fun to sit down and enjoy a meal with them.  Hayden was fascinated that I could cook dinner for that many people at once. (There were about 150)
Sunday morning, Jeff and I had nursery duty at the church.  We took care of 4 kids under the age of 2, which was tons of fun, but exhausting.  We came home and cleaned up our backyard some, cleaned up the driveway, fixed my van, cleaned house, and did the laundry.
Monday morning I had daycare kids start arriving at 6:30am and I had a house full of kids from 6:30 to about 5.  Hayden and Cebelle did all their schoolwork.  They have been running through all their schoolwork with ease and learning lots.  I am very proud of the both of them for all their hard work and dedication.  They both ended up having some major meltdowns Monday evening.  I expected it at some point because it has been such a crazy couple of weeks-and there doesn't look to be an end in sight as of yet.
So far today, we have finished our schoolwork.  I had a couple of daycare kids arrive at about 1.  They will be here until after dinner when we meet their parents at our church marriage class tonight.  Jeff will be home this afternoon early, so it shouldn't be too much trouble.  Hayden and Cebelle are wearing a little thin.  I think they could use naps, but they are refusing to take them.
Planned for the rest of this week:  chiropractic appointments Wed, Jeff taking a group of kids to Castleton and being gone until really late Thu, I have my first venom immunotherapy injection on Friday which requires me to take a trip to Burlington, birthday lunch for dad on Saturday, church on Sunday.  Possibly getting together with friends Friday evening.  And then Monday starts again with a house full of daycare kids.  Like I said, no end in sight!
That's a small summary of what I haven't blogged about lately.  There's been so much going on in our world as well and I don't really have the time to go into all of that!  I am, as every day, grateful for my family and wonderful friends,  thankful that I have another day on this earth,  hoping that people can change, and praying that they will.  God bless!

Weekend!

Here's how my weekend went....
On Saturday, we got up and cleaned some house.  I read some and then baked some lasagna.  My mom made brownies and cherry cobbler.  It started snowing here at about 2:45.  Big, fat, beautiful flakes that looked so awesome!  I tried to upload a video, but it didn't work.  Maybe I will figure it out at some point.  Anyway, my sister, Roni, her husband, Jim, and their friend, Alicia came over to spend the evening with us.  We ate, played a game, and had a really nice visit.  Hayden and Cebelle sat at the table with us and told jokes.  We laughed so hard that my sides hurt.  Not really because the jokes were so funny, but because the kids were.  Life gets busy for all of us, and we don't get to see them very often, so it's really nice when we get to spend time with them!  As we were all sitting here, there was lightning and thunder from the snow storm.  Really beautiful, but kind of scary!  It only snowed part of the night, but we ended up with over 6 inches of new snow at our house.  There was some sleet mixed in, so it was all kind of slushy.  This is what it looked like this morning:

This morning we got up early to go to church.  I got up, showered, put on make-up, fixed my hair, fixed everyone breakfast......I knew at this point that our driveway wasn't plowed, but I figured that we wouldn't have any problems getting out.  The road was completely clear.  So we piled in the car and took off up the driveway.  And then we got stuck.  Back and forth and in and out and shoveling and digging......20 minutes later we were late for church and STILL stuck in our driveway.  We got out and changed into our snow clothes and implemented our new Sunday plan-shovel and play. 

I was really bummed about not making it to church, but we had a really good time.  The snow is now up to my hips.  I was tossing snow balls to the dogs this afternoon while standing in it.  I heard the kids and went to turn around, but my legs were stuck so I fell straight on my back.  Suffice to say, Jeff had a really good laugh out of it because he was standing beside me.  

We don't really watch football....but we are watching the Superbowl to see the half time show and all the commercials.  I used to follow football pretty closely, but quit after the kids were born.  I just never really got back into it, though it's one of the few sports I enjoy watching.  I guess it's leftover from being in the marching band and being on the stands and field every Friday night.  Those are some pretty awesome memories for me.  

I would say this weekend also chalks up some pretty terrific memories for me, too!  Once again, it wasn't really what I had planned....but that doesn't make it any less wonderful or any less adventurous!

February 1

Wow.  What a day.  My horoscope said that I would experience family issues today.  That was the understatement of the century.  Don't get your hopes up, my friends.  I'm not dishing dirt on myself or the people that I love the most in this world.  I will say this about today:  When you love as deeply as we do in our family, it's easy to get your heart broken and your feelings bruised.  Little things become big for no reason at all except that someone was hurt by someone else's carelessness or thoughtlessness.  But the flip side of that is that small things can also bring great joy.  And little acts of kindness become big because of someone's willing heart and acceptance.  The best part about today, even though it was tumultuous, is that when you love deeply, you also forgive completely.  We are all human.  And we all make mistakes.  I own up to my part of that in this instance and in every other.  I am far from perfect.  But that's the way that God made me, so in some ways, that makes me perfect.
I have been working on a couple of baby blankets and a cross-stitch project.  But I had a headache again today.  (Thank you, storm front, for the 3 feet of snow we are going to get PLUS the sinus headache)  So I didn't really work on anything and couldn't get motivated to start anything new.
The kids are doing awesome in school.  Cebelle flew through her work this morning with flying colors.  Hayden missed several on his spelling trial test, but he is learning that it is a consequence of not studying.  He keeps thinking he can figure out a shortcut where he doesn't actually have to study the words.  I'm letting him experiment with it to prove my point.  My luck, he will prove me completely wrong tomorrow and ace the test and it will all blow up in my face.
I'm hoping to sleep in tomorrow because Jeff doesn't have to go to school, but I'm also betting that the kids will wake up at 7:30 because I don't have to get up early.  That's what usually happens.
I'm looking forward to a big snow.  We have plenty of food and lots to do and I think that snow is so beautiful.  I will post some pictures tomorrow!  Since everyone else is getting lots of snow too, I'm expecting to see lots more pictures!  I hope you all have a safe and adventurous snowy day!

January 21

Today was a really long day for me.  Daycare kid here at 6:30 am and until 5:30 pm.  I don't mind getting up early.  I really actually enjoy the quiet before everyone else is awake.  I also don't mind the long day.  I love the daycare kids and I get a huge kick out of them!

I am so glad that it is Friday because that means I will get to sleep in tomorrow snuggled up to my husband!  (meaning that we will sleep until 8...but hey, we will take what we can get!)  We will get to have some great family time which I always look forward to.  And I am hoping to get some crafting time in.  

I have been working today on a few ideas that I have for some jewelry designs.  Right now I'm in a process of trial and error trying to figure out how to get everything to work and look the way that I want it to.  As soon as I have that figured out, I will make a bunch of these designs to sell.  They are nature/vintage/punk rock inspired.  I know it sounds weird-but if it looks like I want it to I think it will be amazing!  And if it doesn't....it will never see the light of day!  

I'm also hoping to get some reading done.  My NOOKcolor has a Free Friday book every Friday and today's free download was Septimus Heap Book 1.  I have been wanting to read this book for a while, but our library never seems to have the first book in.  I have read the first couple of chapters and I think that I'm really going to love this series!  Since it's supposed to be really cold here tomorrow, I'm thinking that I will spend the day like this:

Clean the house

Throw some dinner in the crock pot

Shower and put on my fuzzy pants

Read, craft, and play games to my heart's content

I think it's a pretty good day as far as Saturdays go.  That's the plan anyway.  We shall see what adventures tomorrow brings!