A Bunch of Things.....

I am kind of nervous about our new routine that will be starting 2 weeks from today.....REAL SCHOOL!!!! I am a little scared. When Riley was at Presbyterian Preschool they did not count absences and tardies!!! Are we ready for this? I guess we better get that way! Yikes! She is so very dramatic and morning are a challenge sometimes. I am revamping out whole morning schedule to get ready for this!!! My fingers are crossed and I am praying that all goes smoothly!

Sam also starts preschool this year...yep we decided that we would send him...I am little scared about that because he is my baby...he is babyish and I am hoping and praying he will be okay. He is just so wild sometimes and it takes a lot to keep him focused. I am REALLY nervous about him going but I am just as excited as I am nervous. He will be okay....I hope!

I am really obsessed with older music right now....oldies, classic rock, etc......which is kind of weird for me. I guess my tastes are evolving in that area and I like it! :-)

I am trying very hard to adopt a more laid back attitude about.....well everything. I am making a conscious effort to just remind myself all of the time...don't sweat the small stuff dummy! Life if beautiful and I am almost always in such a bad mood that I don't get to enjoy it. I got sick of that so I am trying to change it. So far so good!

How do you break up with people? Not significant others....people like your dentist, hair dresser? I am bad at it....it never fails you see them out and then they ask where you have been. Awkward for me!!!! I can never get away with it...I always get cold busted. Not fair...people who could care less probably never get busted.....just me.

It very stressful to be a working mom sometimes. Like tomorrow I have a child care issue. My mother in law is sick and my mom is out of town because it wasn't her normal day to keep the babies so I am going to have to take off. (Unpaid thanks to the strep throat vacation a while back.) Luckily I have some flexibility but still it is hard because you have responsibilities on both sides and you don't want to fail anyone. Frustrating!!! I absolutely hate that my kids are getting so big but when they are in school I think my working mom's guilt will ease up somewhat because we will have kind of the same hours. That is my hope anyway. Then I will only have working mom's guilt in the summer and in the afternoons the hour or two after they get out of school but before I get off instead of all day 5 days per week.

I am trying to think of a way to bribe Jamey into letting me take a photography class. (I just want to learn how to use my camera and Photoshop...I really want Photoshop....BAD!!! I just like to tinker. I don't have a lot of time but messing with pictures of my little family is about the only hobby I have to speak of. It makes me happy to take a good picture of my kids and to share it with my mom, his mom and his grandmothers and it makes them happy too.....which is very rewarding! I just would like to be able to do more in the way of editing and just to have more tools for my tinkering.

I am very proud of myself lately...I have been doing a better job of keeping my house clean, the dishes done and the MOUNTAINS of clothes put away!!!! Go me!!!!

I have got to get on the stick with my resolution to be a family who recycle!!!! The only excuse I have is pure laziness!!!! It is ridiculous and I need to just do it!!!!

Okay...I am extremely irritated with people and their cell phones lately.....PEOPLE...CUT THE CORD....STOP THE OBSESSION!!!!! YOU WILL NOT DIE IF YOU PUT IT DOWN FOR A WHILE....I PROMISE YOU LITERALLY WILL LIVE!!!!!!! I was like the last person in the world to start texting and I have to admit that sometimes it is WAY more convenient than a phone call so I do text now but I have NO desire to ever own an iphone or anything equivalent...I have witnessed them take over lives and I will pass!

Anniversary Edition Blog

Today is our 8th anniversary!!!! At times that day seems like only last week and on other days it feels like a lifetime ago.

Some days I feel exactly like the 23 year old girl who got married to the love of her life that day and other days I feel like an old, plain, frumpy 31 year old bore who has no clue what she is doing half the time! Just depends on the day. :-)

I have to admit before I got married I never really realized what hard work it truly is. It is somewhat similar to a precious plant. If you make it a priority and take the time, energy and effort to nurture it and help it grow it will and it will bloom beautifully for you and if you get lazy it will begin to droop and lose some leaves as a warning. I have to admit we have lost some leaves here and there over 8 years but our precious plant is still pretty awesome and with our love and a dump truck load of patience those leaves have always been replaced with new healthy ones.

Life has so many twists, turns, rocks, bumps, splinters, and even a few steam rollers BUT isn't it wonderful that it is also full of bright glorious light and love?

Only The Sound Of Keys, Thunder and Rain

Well I am sitting in my house and the only sound I can here is the tapping of the keys as I type and the sound of the storm outside.

My kids are spending the night away, Jamey is already in the bed (exhausted from working all day today after 5 hours of pressure washing the house yesterday) and Penny is sleeping soundly on the sofa.

I can't watch T.V. because the satellite signal has been lost because of the storm, I just finised the novel I was reading last night and do not have another on to start and I refuse to wash the dishes with all of this lightening going on. Even though I know it is highly unlikely that me having my hands in water will cause me to get struck by lightening because "water draws lightening". (Those are the words of my mother and grandmother.)

As a mother of young children I always long for peace and quiet and yet when I get it it somehow feels strange, somewhat unnatural and uncomfortable....at least that is the case tonight for some reason. It is like I don't know what to do with myself.

Well, I am not feeling very inspired to write so I guess this will be it...I need to force myself to enjoy this wonderful time alone and if I can't I am sure I can find something to clean that will not risk my life! Ha ha!!!!

Later gaters!