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August 23 What a year so far...Well I cannot say that 2009 has been all that great so far. I am 41 now and the bod feels like it is falling apart! I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in May and am just now starting to feel "ok", whatever that is, again.
 I have not been to Zumba in months due to the thryroid disease and my left arm. Evidently I pulled something years ago when Bryce was a baby, well that is when I first remember the pain anyway, and have just been living with it only now it is really hurting and I cannot move it certain ways. My doctor says I need PT on it but I haven't done it yet. I am trying to walk 2-3 miles a day however and I like this. I can do it when I have the time. No schedule to follow. I have fifteen freakin pounds that I want to lose and they are NOT budging for anything. My doc said they are much harder to shake atfter 40 and boy she ain't kiddin! So besides my health we have the death of my grandpa that we are living with. I will admit I am coping better then I ever thought I would but there are days when it hits me all over again. And then there is my grandma. The shock has worn off and now she is just sad and lonely. Mom and I try to get over there as much as possible but we have our work and families to care for too. Right now my brother is living with her but I'm not so sure that is a good thing. We like that she is not alone for safety reasons but she likes her space and they are finding it hard to share it.
We have also had several friends pass away this year, to the point where it is starting to freak me out being around so much death.
 Just alittle over a week ago we lost Sarah. If you have been following my blog since the beginning you will remember that Sarah is a friend that we met at Riley when Katie was diagonosed. We have stayed in touch and saw each other when we can over the past six years. Sarah lost her battle with cancer and earned her wings. She was a strong and beautiful person who inpired and touched many lives. She will be greatly missed.On a brighter note we had a wonderful vacation to Washington DC!! It was better then we ever could have imagined it to be and I am so glad that we went. I will have to post our pics one of these days when I get my new computer. Ours crashed and burned this summer and I am using Tyler's for now but hope to get my new one ordered this week.
Tyler is a sophmore this year and is in the process of getting his drivers license!
 So far school is going better this year...but it's only been a week so we'll see. Katie is in the seventh grade and still having a hard time. I worry about her so much...not only her grades but socially. She is so shy. Bryce is in the second grade and LOVING it!! He has a wonderful teacher that he is totally in love with! Bruce is still working at the bank and hopefully going to be coaching Bryce's baseball team this fall. I am getting ready to start my second year of teaching and am finally getting excited about it. I was enjoying those late nights and mornings to much for school to start but now that it has I am ready to head back too.I hope that all of you in blog land are well and enjoying the summer. I am off now to check up on all of you!  May 29 My world has forever changed...again.On Wed. May 27th the world lost a wonderful man and the best grandpa I could have ever asked for. He was a huge part of my life and I miss him so much.
   April 07 Have you all given up hope of ever hearing from me again?I hope not! I will admit that I have the Facebook bug and spend more time there and on my Valley Mom's website but I will never give up on Spaces! Truthfully I have been trying to stay off of the computer except for work and researching things that I want...like a new camera, new printer, furniture for Katie and deck, new phones...hmm my list is long, and unfortunately not as long as the zero's on our tax check!
 So our big trip this year is to Washington DC! We are so excited. This is a trip that we have been planning for a long time but wanted to wait until the kids were alittle older. Here's where the camera comes in. I want to have a good one that will zoom farther then mine will. I think I will need it to get good shots of the monuments and things. We are taking my MIL and Bruce's sister and her family with us.
I also need a new printer because ours broke MONTHS ago and it's really hard to run a home based business without one! I just don't know what I want though. I have the money just can't decide. I am looking at a Kodak because of the ink prices.
I am still working at the preschool but enjoying Spring Break this week. Even though that means sharing the computer with Tyler...who is standing over my shoulder right now waiting for it!
 So...I shall return later. Guess I will give Ty the computer and head to bed.If I don't get back before have a wonderful Easter!!
 January 17 Brrr, it's cold outside!I really do hate the cold but oh it is so beautiful when it snows! It has been VERY cold here but the ground is white and the sun is shinning so I can tolerate it.
 The kids had a two hour delay on Thursday and then they cancelled school altogether on Friday. I was off Thursday for the delay and Friday is my normal day off, then Monday we are all home for MLK Day. It makes for a nice long weekend. As with last year this year I have vowed to get in better shape, eat better and all of that.
 The eating better is a struggle for me. I have cut out or way back on my sweets but the eating GOOD is hard for me. I just don't take the time to do it. I have also started Zumba which I love! I admit I haven't been as much as I would like to but I am going. I think if I can get there once a week I will be doing good. I have also decided that I would like to lose enough weight to get back down to 130 pounds. I thought that that was going to be about 15-20 pounds but when I weighed myself on New Years Day I had already lost some so I am actually needing to lose 12 more pounds. I have lost two since my...hmm, I won't call it dieting...I don't like that word and resolutions are made to be broken...oh heck I don't know what to call it. Just me trying to be a better me.Christmas was great...nice and relaxing. New Years was too. We actually didn't do anything on New Years Eve. Bruce and I were in bed before midnight. We watched the ball drop, kissed the kids and each other and went to bed.
Katie babysat that night, Bryce had Maddox over to spend the night and Tyler spent the night IMing with Madison. On New Years Day we went to my mom and dads for lunch and I went to my first Zumba class.Now we are back to work and school and I am trying to get organized. I am so tired of half finished projects and an unclean house. I used to be such a good housekeeper and now I just plain suck at it! We are making alot of headway on the basement but still are not finished. I will have to post some new pics. I just realized that the last album I have up is of our vacation in June!
 Anyway, we have all of the drywall up and are actually using the room but I still need to mud and paint then we can lay the carpet.I also have made a vow to work harder on my Entertaining at Home business. It really isn't going so well and it disappoints me but some of it is my own fault. I need to be more aggressive with it. I do have a party coming up next week that I am pretty excited about. It is a contact from the Cooking Show I did so someone outside of my friends circle. If anyone would like to have a catalog party just let me know and I will be happy to send the supplies to you!
Ok, well Bruce and Tyler are watching Police Acadamy on tv and want me to come and watch it with them. Such a classic! Have a great weekend all!! December 31 GRRRRRI am so pissed off! I had a whole big blog I was typing and MSN "encountered an error" and I lost it all! I am so fed up with them!! Them and Time Warner Cable are on my LIST!!!!
 Ok, I will be back later tonight when I have more time and update on our Christmas and just life in general. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve!! December 26 Merry Christmas!Hello blog land! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Click below to see our Holiday card!
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4e6a55354d7a49334e773d3d0d0a&campaign=blog_playback_link&blogview=true" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play Merry Christmas" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4e6a55354d7a49334e773d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=hallmark&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows/?partner=hallmark" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox slideshow</a></td></tr></table> November 27 Happy Thanksgiving!!I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today. We will be going to my parents house in an hour or so. Katie and Bryce are already there helping with the cooking.
I am determined to be happy and relaxed today. Life has thrown us another curve. Nothing with my kids or husband but someone in our extended family. It has made me look at life and my family and decide that I cannot MAKE them be happy. They have to choose it for themselves. I have decided that I don't want to be the glue that holds this family together anymore. I have my own family to care for. I told my brother this recently...that I was tired of being the one that "cares" in this family. He said that everything falls to me because I have broad shoulders and I have my act together. Maybe this is how everyone see's me but I don't feel like this. I have a great marriage and three great kids...not something that everyone in my family has but I have worked hard for this marriage and these kids. Other's could have what I have if they choose to. I know this is all confusing and I'm not even sure why I am writing it except that this is my journal and I feel like I need to get it all out. The only problem is family reads this and I don't want to hurt anyone. There I go again. Caring!
 *sigh* I just need to distance myself from the situation and let them make their own decisions and live their own lives. I just know that our family has changed and no matter what decisions are made in the coming months things will never be the same. I should be sad by this and I am but I think I am still more mad at the position that I have been put in lately. So today I will go to Thanksgiving dinner and put on a smile while apart of me inside is what...angry, sad, doesn't care anymore. Not sure.Well if this wasn't a Thanksgiving bummer then I don't know what is!  Thanks for listening...as if you had a choice! November 11 And the beautiful weather is GONE!Ugh, I cannot stand cold weather!
 The beautiful leaves have fallen by the thousands and the cold has hit. Even Bruce has already said he is not looking forward to winter and that we need to consider moving South! I just have to brag about Katie...she made HONOR ROLL!!! I honestly was just about in tears at her Parent/Teacher Conference. Neither Bruce or I ever believed that she would do this well in Middle School. Especially since she had been struggling so much. The teachers say that she works very hard and that she earned every grade she made. Needless to say we are thrilled to pieces!
We also had Bryce's Parent/Teacher Conference. His teacher says that he is so pleasent to have in class, that he listens and always does as asked. He is a good friend to everyone and gets along with everyone. Now we are waiting for Tyler's report card. They are taking finals right now. He is struggling in Algebra and Spanish so we will see.My Taste of Home Entertaining business is finally taking off. Taste of Home Cooking School had a show in my town on Thursday night and me and another rep from this area were the Taste of Home Entertaining consultants that represented the company at the show. I booked nine parties just that night and have a stack of more names and numbers that I need to call and book a party for them! I am so excited!! This could be major income for my family!!
The kids are out of school today and Bruce and I are off work so we are planning to rent a movie, pop some popcorn and spend some time with the kids. First off though I need to go out to my moms and have her hi-light my hair then I am getting it cut tonight. Sooo...I had better head off here and get going.
But first I want to say THANK YOU to every Veteran for their service and dedication to this wonderful country that we live in. GOD BLESS YOU!!! October 24 Wow. I'm really getting bad at this!I know I start every entry this way but I seriously cannot believe that it is almost November and that I have not been on here in almost two months!
 I will admit I have my other board that I am on and it is quite addicting plus we have just been really busy around here.I am finding that work is exhausting! I have to take a nap most days after being with eight two year olds!
I do love the work and the money is very nice. Things have been alittle rough around here lately but I know we are not alone. Times are tough right now. We celebrated Bryce's 7th birthday this month! I cannot believe that my baby is 7! I can however say that I do not miss the baby phase. I guess I am getting old. I am excited that he is now old enough to take on long trips as we are planning DC next summer!! It is going to be a fun filled jam packed exhausting trip and we can't wait!!
 Tomorrow my Valley Mom's group is hosting a Halloween party in our backyard. I really hope it doesn't rain as there are about 50 people coming and I do NOT want to move it indoors! The League dance is also coming up on the 15th. Mom and dad are going with us again this year so I am excited about that.
Grandma and grandpa are doing ok. Grandpa looks awfully frail but he is getting out in his yard and puttering around so that is good. The kids are doing "ok" in school. Tyler brought home a D on his report card so that did not go over well and Katie is struggling in Science and Band. I guess I am going to have to figure out how to pay for a flute tutor for her. She really likes it and she doesn't have much else extra that she does.
Bruce is really coming along on the basement. The drywall is up. My dad needs to finish the wiring but while we are waiting on that I can start mudding then paint! We are going to put a drop ceiling in and then carpet last. I was hoping to have it done by Thanksgiving but think that might not happen. We all cannot wait for it to be finished!!
Ok, well today is my day off and I swore I was going to clean plus I have some errands to run before I pick up Bryce. Hope you all are well and enjoying this beautiful Fall weather!! August 28 Yep I figured it was about time for my montly update:)This may be a long one. I feel yacky!
First of all I forgot to mention in my July post that we celebrated Tyler's 15th birthday! I cannot believe that I have a 15 year old that is in high school now! Speaking of high school he is not liking it so far. Too hard he says. It has been an adjustment for he and I both. The first morning of school I stood on the porch and watched my baby walk off to the bus stop and cried and cried. None of my kids have ever had to ride a bus before and the fact that it was off to high school was just all to much for me.
Tyler did decide to quit Cross Country but is taking band and playing the Tenor Sax and plans to tryout for the high school Jazz Band. He also decided that he wants to play baseball again this fall so we will be adding that to our schedule and basketball tryouts should be coming up soon...keep your fingers crossed!Katie started middle school this year and is havng a hard time also. (You will find that none of us are dealing well with the changes lately...well except maybe Bruce and I just tell him he has no heart! JUST KIDDING!
) Katie is stuggling with having mulitple classes to keep track of, three different lockers to keep straight-main locker, gym and band lockers. She is afraid of not getting to class on time, not remembering all of her materials needed and getting into trouble. Plus the homework! YIKES!! It is not going to be a good year for Bruce and I either! So far we have had two assignments that I have had to write a note to the teacher saying, sorry I don't understand it so I could not help Katie! Then I worry that her 504 Plan has not been reviewed by all of her teachers so I am constantly worrying if she is getting all that she needs during the day.Bryce did great the first week of school but crashed and burned this week.
Monday he told me he felt sick to his stomach and so even though I didn't really think he was sick I decided to keep him home for an hour or so to see what happened. Well he and I both ended up falling asleep and so I kept him home all day and while he was kind of blah and kept saying he was tired he never did get sick. Next day samething only I made him go to school. He cried and carried on and clung to me saying he missed me to much when he was at school and that the day was just to long without me. So I promised him I would come back and have lunch with him and that seemed to help for the time being. Wed. samething. He gets himself so worked up that he is shaky, clammy and I think he really does feel like he is going to throw up. I just don't know what to do or what has happened to cause this. I did go back to work this week after being home with the kids for nine years...maybe that has something to do with it. I just don't know. Bryce decided he wanted to take a break from soccer this fall which I am now glad about however basketball will be starting up in the next couple of months and he does want to do that.Bruce is working hard on our basement. I will have to take some pics and post them. We have drywall up!!! It is still my goal to have this done by Thanksgiving and Bruce is certainly working on it. He is on vacation next week and wants to work on it all week. I will be working half days but can help when I get home.
Well now about me. I guess my big news is actually getting a "real" job outside the home. I am now teaching preschool to 2 year olds four mornings a week. I am excited and have met the kids already at Open House but do not start work until next Tuesday. I have however been in the preschool just about everyday since I was hired last Friday to get my room ready, take CPR training and just familiarize myself with everything. I am a bit overwhelmed right now but know that once school starts it will all be ok. I am trying to decide what to do about League. It starts in September and is quite a time consuming volunteer thing. Especially the fall which I just don't know if I can handle right now. I feel like I have bitten off more then I can chew but we really could use the extra money right now. I left a message with the president of League yesterday so we will see. My Taste of Home Entertaining business is not going so well either...hence the job teaching. I am doing so much better in my presentations but not getting party bookings and good sales. I just don't know how to fix this but have found, as I was afraid I would, that it sounds easier then it really is.
I really miss talking with all of you and am going to try to get around to see you all tonight. It is 3:30am here and I can't sleep. I was so exhausted tonight that I feel asleep at 7:30 and woke up at 1am with a cold and to much running through my mind...I just can't shut it off! |
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