I have so many things to be thankful for, here are just a few...
10. My family has good health, food and a nice house.
9. I actually enjoy my job, and sometimes I think I am making at least a little bit of difference in kids' lives.
8. Blogger.com. That's right, blogger. I have gotten back in touch with many friends that I would probably never have kept up with otherwise. Also, I have never kept a journal, and I am finding it a little therapeutic to write about my life.
7. I have a few close friends that mean a lot to me. They are great for advice, encouragement, and reminding me I am not the only one that is crazy sometimes.
6. I have a wonderful extended family. So many nieces and nephews for my kids to play with and for my kids to look up to. I have great in-laws on my side and Jon's side all of which I am very thankful for.
5. I have two older sisters who are always there if I need them. They are the ones that can tell me when I am being stupid, tell me good job, and just listen if I need to talk. I love living so close to both of them, even though visits aren't as often as we would like.
4. I have two amazing parents. Now that I am a mom, I can truly appreciate how great they were/are. Over the years, and still, they have sacrificed (time, money and energy), taught life lessons, laughed with me and at me, and have just loved my sometimes hard-to-love self.
3. I have two awesome kids. I give them a hard time sometimes about their sassyness, and I expect a lot from them, but truly they are great kids. They are both very funny, well behaved and well mannered (at least they try). Lexi is such a little helper and she is also very smart. Gracie is such an encourager and she has such a sweet spirit (well mostly).
2. I am married to a wonderful husband. We have been married almost 8 years and he is still my best friend. I love hanging out with him, I love watching him with the girls, I love telling him about my day, and I love listening about his day. I am so thankful God blessed me with him.
1. My God who has provided everything I need, and way more than I deserve.
Happy Thanksgiving
Be safe in your travels.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
RANDOM
I'm hungry. Yesterday, I started a low carb diet and so today I am starving. I know, these things don't work, it's hard to keep it off, it's not healthy, yada yada. Well, I need to do something, and the whole exercise thing has been twice a week at the most, and I can come up with any excuse to not eat healthy. So, this is what I am doing for now. Our SPED Director, whom I share an office with, is doing the low carb thing and she keeps bringing in cool snacks, so I figured I would jump on the wagon for now. But, I am still hungry.
Goldie is still swimming away with no clue that he should have kicked the bucket months ago.
Grace has done fabulous being in panties. In the last four days she only had one accident, and she cries every night when I put her in a pull up for bed. I say we are there, bye bye diapers.
I am so ready for a break from school. We actually get three days this year for Thanksgiving and I am so looking forward to it.
We are taking Lexi out of dance class and we have enrolled her in gymnastics (in the town that's 30 minutes away). She has been doing dance here now 2 months and the only good things about it are that it's in town and she liked it. There were SO many reasons I hated it.
1. It was only 30 minutes a week. During that 30 minutes they did 15minutes of ballet and 15 minutes of tap. Are you kidding me? With 2-4 year olds it took that long just to get their attention.
2. The Recital: costume $50, Jon and I to attend $45, and $5 for each additional person that wanted to come see the 3 minute performance. Can you say ridiculous?
3. Practice was closed, so parents wait in the hallway without being able to see what, if anything, your child is actually learning.
4. Lexi, my four year old, would be expected to wear makeup and fake hair to match everyone else. Not gonna happen.
The new gymnastic class only has one downfall, so far, and that is the distance once a week. We can watch all practices. It lasts and hour. The practice was very structured and organized. Once a year, at this age, they have a day where moms, dads, grandparents, etc can come and watch what your child has learned, yet it is very informal. So far it seems just what we were looking for.
So, that's what's going on here. Hope you have a fabulous weekend.
Goldie is still swimming away with no clue that he should have kicked the bucket months ago.
Grace has done fabulous being in panties. In the last four days she only had one accident, and she cries every night when I put her in a pull up for bed. I say we are there, bye bye diapers.
I am so ready for a break from school. We actually get three days this year for Thanksgiving and I am so looking forward to it.
We are taking Lexi out of dance class and we have enrolled her in gymnastics (in the town that's 30 minutes away). She has been doing dance here now 2 months and the only good things about it are that it's in town and she liked it. There were SO many reasons I hated it.
1. It was only 30 minutes a week. During that 30 minutes they did 15minutes of ballet and 15 minutes of tap. Are you kidding me? With 2-4 year olds it took that long just to get their attention.
2. The Recital: costume $50, Jon and I to attend $45, and $5 for each additional person that wanted to come see the 3 minute performance. Can you say ridiculous?
3. Practice was closed, so parents wait in the hallway without being able to see what, if anything, your child is actually learning.
4. Lexi, my four year old, would be expected to wear makeup and fake hair to match everyone else. Not gonna happen.
The new gymnastic class only has one downfall, so far, and that is the distance once a week. We can watch all practices. It lasts and hour. The practice was very structured and organized. Once a year, at this age, they have a day where moms, dads, grandparents, etc can come and watch what your child has learned, yet it is very informal. So far it seems just what we were looking for.
So, that's what's going on here. Hope you have a fabulous weekend.
Monday, November 12, 2007
HUGE NEWS
Gracie is wearing big girl panties!!!! Last Friday I got home and found we only had a few random diapers/pullups so I thought, do we go to the store, or tests the waters? I informed Grace she would be wearing big girl panties starting in the morning. I had no idea how she would do since she had never been in panties before. So, on Sat. we tried and she only had one accident(she was turning on the light in the bathroom, so I don't really count that since she was trying to go). Then Sunday, she had two accidents. Today I sent her to school in panties (I was completely out of diapers and still hadn't gone to the store) and she had NO accidents. I am talking poop and pee on the potty!! I am so happy and a little sad all at the same time. My baby is growing up. (I am really hoping I didn't just jinx the whole thing by blogging this. I'll let you know.)
Thursday, November 8, 2007
100
Here you go Jeanne, I took your challenge, an open honest list of random facts about myself. They are completely random, and probably pretty boring, so proceed at your own risk.
1. I work in special education.
2. I am the part time process coordinator and part time speech implementer for our district.
3. I just finished my list and realized I forgot #3, so this is just a filler so I don't have to change all 97 other numbers.
4. I taught sped for 4 years and preschool for 3.
5. I hope to never teach again, any age or grade.
6. Kids get on my nerves sometimes.
7. I like things organized.
8. I love country music.
9. I have a hard time loosing weight.
10. I love ice cream.
11. I am totally scared of the dark.
12. If you are outside my house at night you could follow me by the lights going on and off.
13. I love scary movies, but I don't sleep for weeks after watching them, so I don't allow myself any more.
14. I love and hate that my kids act a lot like me.
15. I am not a cuddly person.
16. It sometimes annoys me when my kids won't give me some personal space.
17. I feel very guilty to admit #16.
18. I have never liked my name.
19. I will not go poop in public unless I am going to crap my pants, literally.
20. I talk about poop all the time, and Jon HATES it.
21. I love living in a small town.
22. I love that I grew up on a farm.
23. I love working outside in the yard.
24. I blame my dad for that.
25. I have a lime green winter coat, and love it.
26. I love to eat.
27. I like that some people are scared/intimidated by me.
28. I like that in my job I have to tell people what to do.
29. I think I am really funny.
30. I know that not everyone thinks I am as funny as I do, I'm OK with that.
31. I go to a Christian Church.
32. It took a few months for me to get used to the band at my church.
33. Our next move is going to be moving to a church, not a job.
34. I really want a tummy tuck.
35. I am really bad at grammar.
36. I love taking pictures of my kids.
37. Maybe one day I will take a photography class.
38. I spend hours working on cropping my pictures on the computer.
39. I like scrapbooking.
40. I am not creative.
41. We still go to Camp Ne-o-tez every summer.
42. I hope that my kids grow up and love camp as much as Jon and I do.
43. I hate making decisions.
44. I LOVE reality TV.
45. I watch Survivor, Real World, Biggest Loser, just to name a few.
46. My favorite sitcom is How I Met Your Mother.
47. I have never had a speeding ticket.
48. I have never been in an accident.
49. I am really thinking about deleting those last two for fear they will come true.
50. I can not dance at all.
51. #50 doesn't stop me from dancing all the time, not in public of course.
52. We just got Internet at home a year ago when we moved here.
53. Before that I was maybe on the Internet 3 times in 3 years.
54. I am on the Internet everyday now.
55. I had a really crappy day today.
56. Don't even get me started on how stupid parents can be.
57. Don't even get me started on how many kids there are in this town with horrible home lives, you wouldn't believe some of the stories if I told you.
58. If I can help just one kid from #57 I have done my job.
59. I hate being cold.
60. I love Rascal Flatts, they just won on the CMA's.
61. I hate shopping.
62. I love Christmas, yet I hate buying presents.
63. I don't hate giving people presents, I hate deciding (#43) what to buy and then actually shopping for it.
64. I hate crowds.
65. I don't make left turns out onto a busy street, I will just make a ton of rights.
66. I can be very rude to stupid people.
67. Sometimes I feel sorry about being rude, yet mostly I don't.
68. I like to know people's business.
69. Due to #68 I love reading people's blogs.
70. I am not a flowery nice person, more of a tell it like it is person.
71. Two months ago I really wanted another baby.
72. I don't now.
73. I still have thoughts about it.
74. I love watching the news.
75. I feel lost when I don't know the forecast or the top headlines from STL.
76. I don't like the world news.
77. I am not a friendly person to people I don't know.
78. I am not trying to be mean, I just never know what to say.
79. I am a very sarcastic person.
80. I am not a fan of cooking.
81. I love garlic.
82. I put garlic salt on just about everything I cook.
83. I never had braces.
84. When I was little, I sometimes would put my sisters' retainers in my mouth and pretend they were mine, I am so grossed out about that right now, sorry Amy and Alissa.
85. I love lazy Saturdays when you eat a big breakfast around 10ish and not shower till 2ish.
86. I love going on vacation.
87. I hate to read.
88. I don't even read really long cards, unless they are hand written.
89. I don't read those little information posts at the zoo that tells you about each animal, who cares it's an animal and it's cute, next.
90. I save my bacon grease and put some in my hashbrowns and green beans.
91. I don't drink coffee or beer, but I love the smell of both.
92. My favorite drink is Sundrop out of a 20oz bottle.
93. I gave birth to a 10lb 6oz baby, naturally(with drugs of course), yet I gave birth to an 8lb 2oz baby via c-section because I was induced twice w/o any luck and my doctor didn't want the baby to get too big, go figure.
94. I refuse to bring paper work home with me from school.
95. I bring the stress of work home everyday.
96. My favorite steak is at Outback Steakhouse.
97. I really don't like my winter work clothes that I have right now, but I don't want to shop for new.
98. I go to bed around 9pm every week night.
99. This list was pretty hard to complete only telling things about myself. I tend to want to define myself through my husband, my kids, or my family.
100. It was kind of fun to make this list and I put it out there for others who have not done it before to join in the fun.
1. I work in special education.
2. I am the part time process coordinator and part time speech implementer for our district.
3. I just finished my list and realized I forgot #3, so this is just a filler so I don't have to change all 97 other numbers.
4. I taught sped for 4 years and preschool for 3.
5. I hope to never teach again, any age or grade.
6. Kids get on my nerves sometimes.
7. I like things organized.
8. I love country music.
9. I have a hard time loosing weight.
10. I love ice cream.
11. I am totally scared of the dark.
12. If you are outside my house at night you could follow me by the lights going on and off.
13. I love scary movies, but I don't sleep for weeks after watching them, so I don't allow myself any more.
14. I love and hate that my kids act a lot like me.
15. I am not a cuddly person.
16. It sometimes annoys me when my kids won't give me some personal space.
17. I feel very guilty to admit #16.
18. I have never liked my name.
19. I will not go poop in public unless I am going to crap my pants, literally.
20. I talk about poop all the time, and Jon HATES it.
21. I love living in a small town.
22. I love that I grew up on a farm.
23. I love working outside in the yard.
24. I blame my dad for that.
25. I have a lime green winter coat, and love it.
26. I love to eat.
27. I like that some people are scared/intimidated by me.
28. I like that in my job I have to tell people what to do.
29. I think I am really funny.
30. I know that not everyone thinks I am as funny as I do, I'm OK with that.
31. I go to a Christian Church.
32. It took a few months for me to get used to the band at my church.
33. Our next move is going to be moving to a church, not a job.
34. I really want a tummy tuck.
35. I am really bad at grammar.
36. I love taking pictures of my kids.
37. Maybe one day I will take a photography class.
38. I spend hours working on cropping my pictures on the computer.
39. I like scrapbooking.
40. I am not creative.
41. We still go to Camp Ne-o-tez every summer.
42. I hope that my kids grow up and love camp as much as Jon and I do.
43. I hate making decisions.
44. I LOVE reality TV.
45. I watch Survivor, Real World, Biggest Loser, just to name a few.
46. My favorite sitcom is How I Met Your Mother.
47. I have never had a speeding ticket.
48. I have never been in an accident.
49. I am really thinking about deleting those last two for fear they will come true.
50. I can not dance at all.
51. #50 doesn't stop me from dancing all the time, not in public of course.
52. We just got Internet at home a year ago when we moved here.
53. Before that I was maybe on the Internet 3 times in 3 years.
54. I am on the Internet everyday now.
55. I had a really crappy day today.
56. Don't even get me started on how stupid parents can be.
57. Don't even get me started on how many kids there are in this town with horrible home lives, you wouldn't believe some of the stories if I told you.
58. If I can help just one kid from #57 I have done my job.
59. I hate being cold.
60. I love Rascal Flatts, they just won on the CMA's.
61. I hate shopping.
62. I love Christmas, yet I hate buying presents.
63. I don't hate giving people presents, I hate deciding (#43) what to buy and then actually shopping for it.
64. I hate crowds.
65. I don't make left turns out onto a busy street, I will just make a ton of rights.
66. I can be very rude to stupid people.
67. Sometimes I feel sorry about being rude, yet mostly I don't.
68. I like to know people's business.
69. Due to #68 I love reading people's blogs.
70. I am not a flowery nice person, more of a tell it like it is person.
71. Two months ago I really wanted another baby.
72. I don't now.
73. I still have thoughts about it.
74. I love watching the news.
75. I feel lost when I don't know the forecast or the top headlines from STL.
76. I don't like the world news.
77. I am not a friendly person to people I don't know.
78. I am not trying to be mean, I just never know what to say.
79. I am a very sarcastic person.
80. I am not a fan of cooking.
81. I love garlic.
82. I put garlic salt on just about everything I cook.
83. I never had braces.
84. When I was little, I sometimes would put my sisters' retainers in my mouth and pretend they were mine, I am so grossed out about that right now, sorry Amy and Alissa.
85. I love lazy Saturdays when you eat a big breakfast around 10ish and not shower till 2ish.
86. I love going on vacation.
87. I hate to read.
88. I don't even read really long cards, unless they are hand written.
89. I don't read those little information posts at the zoo that tells you about each animal, who cares it's an animal and it's cute, next.
90. I save my bacon grease and put some in my hashbrowns and green beans.
91. I don't drink coffee or beer, but I love the smell of both.
92. My favorite drink is Sundrop out of a 20oz bottle.
93. I gave birth to a 10lb 6oz baby, naturally(with drugs of course), yet I gave birth to an 8lb 2oz baby via c-section because I was induced twice w/o any luck and my doctor didn't want the baby to get too big, go figure.
94. I refuse to bring paper work home with me from school.
95. I bring the stress of work home everyday.
96. My favorite steak is at Outback Steakhouse.
97. I really don't like my winter work clothes that I have right now, but I don't want to shop for new.
98. I go to bed around 9pm every week night.
99. This list was pretty hard to complete only telling things about myself. I tend to want to define myself through my husband, my kids, or my family.
100. It was kind of fun to make this list and I put it out there for others who have not done it before to join in the fun.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Guilt
Does anyone else with kids feel guilty throwing away papers they do at school? I mean seriously, does anyone keep all of them. I try to keep some, but then even the few I keep turns into a lot and I end up throwing away some of those. Then there is the actual act of throwing papers away. You know you can't just put them in the trash, no, you have to push all of the papers down to the very bottom so your child doesn't find them. Then there is the one time you weren't thinking and left them on the top of the trash and your child goes to throw something away and you get the question, "How did my paper get in the trash?!?!?" And of course you would never let her know you put it there, so you play dumb, "I have no idea how that got there, I am sure it was an accident, that is a fabulous paper." Oh the lies, oh the shame, oh the mounds of papers. Is there some protocol I am unaware of?
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Turn Your Head and Laugh Moments
Here are a couple stories from the last week or so.
Story 1
This morning we were all in the kitchen. I told Lexi to feed her fish, she said OK. Next thing you know there is major issues coming from around the fish bowl. Jon said, "What's the problem?" Lexi then informed him that she didn't want Gracie to LOOK at Goldie. Jon told her of course Gracie could look at Goldie she wasn't hurting him. Lexi then said, "But I am the boss of him!! Sometimes it is OK, but sometimes he just Freaks Out!!!!" I had to laugh. Then while Grace was looking at Goldie she noticed that Lexi had spilled a little food on the counter and she began to let me know. So Lexi (whimpering) said, "She was going to tell on me." I, laughing again, said, "What?" Lexi (almost in tears), "I am just really crabby this morning!!"
Now, I did feel a little sorry for her at this point because we all get a little crabby once in awhile. She did cheer up before school.
Story 2
Tonight at dinner here was our conversation. Lexi, "Who painted my carrots orange?" Jon, "God did." Gracie, "I helped God make them, when I was a baby." Lexi, "Oh yea that's right, tight, might, night, light."
WHAT?
So, let's recap...Gracie, with God's help, made carrots orange, and Lexi is really into rhyming.
Story 3
Gracie just hit Lexi so I sent her to her room. From her room I hear, "Mommy, Mommmmmmy, Mommy can I come out?" Now we have three rules violated 1. hitting 2. not on bed 3. talking while in trouble. So, what's a parent to do, go storming down the hallway to remind her of the last two rules. When I got to her room and flung open the door all I saw was her little body flying (literally) onto her bed and bouncing a few times because she got so much air. I tried to compose myself to stay stern, but there was no hope for me, the mad, rule following mom had left and all I could do was stand there and laugh. I did remind her to stay in her room on her bed without talking, but I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Story 1
This morning we were all in the kitchen. I told Lexi to feed her fish, she said OK. Next thing you know there is major issues coming from around the fish bowl. Jon said, "What's the problem?" Lexi then informed him that she didn't want Gracie to LOOK at Goldie. Jon told her of course Gracie could look at Goldie she wasn't hurting him. Lexi then said, "But I am the boss of him!! Sometimes it is OK, but sometimes he just Freaks Out!!!!" I had to laugh. Then while Grace was looking at Goldie she noticed that Lexi had spilled a little food on the counter and she began to let me know. So Lexi (whimpering) said, "She was going to tell on me." I, laughing again, said, "What?" Lexi (almost in tears), "I am just really crabby this morning!!"
Now, I did feel a little sorry for her at this point because we all get a little crabby once in awhile. She did cheer up before school.
Story 2
Tonight at dinner here was our conversation. Lexi, "Who painted my carrots orange?" Jon, "God did." Gracie, "I helped God make them, when I was a baby." Lexi, "Oh yea that's right, tight, might, night, light."
WHAT?
So, let's recap...Gracie, with God's help, made carrots orange, and Lexi is really into rhyming.
Story 3
Gracie just hit Lexi so I sent her to her room. From her room I hear, "Mommy, Mommmmmmy, Mommy can I come out?" Now we have three rules violated 1. hitting 2. not on bed 3. talking while in trouble. So, what's a parent to do, go storming down the hallway to remind her of the last two rules. When I got to her room and flung open the door all I saw was her little body flying (literally) onto her bed and bouncing a few times because she got so much air. I tried to compose myself to stay stern, but there was no hope for me, the mad, rule following mom had left and all I could do was stand there and laugh. I did remind her to stay in her room on her bed without talking, but I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
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