Happy Birthday to me.
Hard to believe i am now 49 years old and wow, i don't feel that old. I guess it is a surprise to me when i look in the mirror and see the wrinkles starting to increase. Many say i look great for my age...why do i feel like crap?
I did think, by this age, i would be more secure in my life...yet i am so topsy turvy, i am realizing that i will never be able to retire, we will never have enough money for that. We have very little in the way of any material things, we do have amazing kids..that helps, trust me that helps. They help me get through the rough days and the great days.
and...so how are you today?
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Ben and his Toe
Now we have to figure out what the heck Ben did to his toe. Three weeks ago, he dropped something on it. After looking at it, everyone, including our md, said it was broken. Well, it is still bright red and very swollen. I have had him soaking it in epsom salts, but it it isn't working, so back to the md for him.
Nate is doing well, he is loving the JROTC and yesterday we met with a program that will help him through college and his career.
HE IS GOING TO BE 17! ACK.
Tim is all excited, his pool team won a wild card and is going to competition in Richmond...again. This will be his third trip.
I spent some time today replanting my lovely plants. I love seeing them grow.
Back to work...i have been working a lot of hours, but we need it...i would like to see the light at the end of the bottomless tunnel.
Sharon
Nate is doing well, he is loving the JROTC and yesterday we met with a program that will help him through college and his career.
HE IS GOING TO BE 17! ACK.
Tim is all excited, his pool team won a wild card and is going to competition in Richmond...again. This will be his third trip.
I spent some time today replanting my lovely plants. I love seeing them grow.
Back to work...i have been working a lot of hours, but we need it...i would like to see the light at the end of the bottomless tunnel.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Grief
It was a hard week, the anniversary of my mothers death and my grandmothers birthday, and for some reason, it hit me this year, more than ever. Part of it is that my sons don't have any family close by, and don't have any bonds with family, besides their sisters. There aren't any grandparents to spend the weekend with, so that Tim and i could go on a date. I am glad part of the family got together last year, it was an opportunity for them to see a connection.
But we are blessed with friends and i need to remember how blessed we are, God put so many in our path, that is family to us. I can count on them for anything.
Wow, melancholy day today.
The boys are good, Nate is growing, leaps and bounds. He is doing better in school, thanks to a wonderful case manager. The Principal at OCHS finally called me about my email, complaining that the teachers aren't following his IEP. He promised to stay on top of it. (hold your breath). Ben is now on preventative medication for the migraines. He is averaging 3 a week. He also broke his toe.
Tim continues to teach and preach. I continue to work, things are looking up after a rough month, between being sick and work stress and then Tim getting sick, i was done with December and January.
I am now crocheting as much as possible. My goal is to raise money for Tim and i to do something for our 20th anniversary. I have been told of several craft fairs, Lauren is going to tell me of ones she attends.
I am also walking 3 miles 3-5 times a day. I go and walk Mina. I can do that in less than an hour. It feels good.
I need to get into a shape i am happy with. It's not about losing weight, it is about feeling good.
Back to work...laundry, dinner, and oh, Ben has a meeting tonight about going on a mission trip.
Fun fun.
SKC
But we are blessed with friends and i need to remember how blessed we are, God put so many in our path, that is family to us. I can count on them for anything.
Wow, melancholy day today.
The boys are good, Nate is growing, leaps and bounds. He is doing better in school, thanks to a wonderful case manager. The Principal at OCHS finally called me about my email, complaining that the teachers aren't following his IEP. He promised to stay on top of it. (hold your breath). Ben is now on preventative medication for the migraines. He is averaging 3 a week. He also broke his toe.
Tim continues to teach and preach. I continue to work, things are looking up after a rough month, between being sick and work stress and then Tim getting sick, i was done with December and January.
I am now crocheting as much as possible. My goal is to raise money for Tim and i to do something for our 20th anniversary. I have been told of several craft fairs, Lauren is going to tell me of ones she attends.
I am also walking 3 miles 3-5 times a day. I go and walk Mina. I can do that in less than an hour. It feels good.
I need to get into a shape i am happy with. It's not about losing weight, it is about feeling good.
Back to work...laundry, dinner, and oh, Ben has a meeting tonight about going on a mission trip.
Fun fun.
SKC
Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday starts
Well, the boys have six days off, Thursday was cancelled for a snow day, the snow was so light, i could see my grass. Then Friday there was another threat of a snow storm, so they cancelled it again....all day, we saw maybe 50 snowflakes. Now they are off for two days for grading period. Six days off...oh my gosh, we better not have to make up those two days, i will not be amused.
Ben had lego robotics over the weekend, they did well enough to make it to states. Very exciting. He was so cute...until he got a migraine, then he was miserable. Nathan and i volunteered for the event, Tim was supposed to, but he was so sick with the flu, we kept him home. Actually, we pretty much locked him in his bedroom all week long. On Saturday morning, he woke up, went to the boys and said, do you remember who i am? I am your dad.
Way too funny,
I continue to write Andrew. He still hears voices in his head. I can't imagine his life.
I am making hats and scarves, and hope to sell them at a craft fair. Many of them are sports colors, i think they will sell well, and am making some cute colored ones.
I enjoy it to keep busy and it would be nice to make a profit doing something i enjoy.
Tina just celebrated her fifth anniversary, tim and i are heading to our 20th.
Work has its good and bad moments....like a roller coaster ride....this would be a lower point. But i do see a light at the end of the tunnel...i think...who wants to be an optimist anymore? I think i have decided to be an pessimist, i hate getting slammed down when i think better of situations and people.
Wow, that was cynical.
Sharon
Way too funny,
I continue to write Andrew. He still hears voices in his head. I can't imagine his life.
I am making hats and scarves, and hope to sell them at a craft fair. Many of them are sports colors, i think they will sell well, and am making some cute colored ones.
I enjoy it to keep busy and it would be nice to make a profit doing something i enjoy.
Tina just celebrated her fifth anniversary, tim and i are heading to our 20th.
Work has its good and bad moments....like a roller coaster ride....this would be a lower point. But i do see a light at the end of the tunnel...i think...who wants to be an optimist anymore? I think i have decided to be an pessimist, i hate getting slammed down when i think better of situations and people.
Wow, that was cynical.
Sharon
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Sick hubby, son with migraine, son with backpain
Okay, maybe i deserve this....after a year of my family waiting on me, taking care of me when i had the surgery, procedures, migraines, whatever, they have been there for me....and now i have Tim down with the worst flu i have ever seen. Seriously, i have NEVER seen him this sick. He barely wants to move. I got a call from Ben, he had a migraine and ONCE AGAIN, the nurse was not in the school when he needed her. Now, FINALLY, we have gotten the help we need for him. The middle school and the elementary school are sharing a building and there are two nurses, one of each "school." the LGES nurse has been there for Nate, and i asked the school to allow her to take care of Ben. No...we don't want the middle school kids in with the elementary kids...really? They SHARE THE SCHOOL!! But today, i think they all realized how insane this has become. I have been called to that school so many times because of his headaches and the inability to find a nurse. What is worse, if he doesn't get the meds quickly, it becomes a FULL BLOWN migraine and he is down for hours. So, today, they had me sign a paper allowing Tammy to take care of him. HAPPY TIME!!
Nate has been complaining of back problems, which we were told that is it because he is growing too fast, and his knees hurt, too.
What a week...but hey, i feel pretty good!!
Nate has been complaining of back problems, which we were told that is it because he is growing too fast, and his knees hurt, too.
What a week...but hey, i feel pretty good!!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Happy Saturday
Well, as normal, we had another crazy saturday morning. Ben said he had to go to UVA today for a lego event...i texted Simon Gray, but fell asleep before he answered. This morning at 5am i got the message and yanked Tim and Ben out of bed and they were on their way in 15 minutes. So glad i wake up everyday at 5am. Now i hope they made it there on time.
I am feeling better, i still am tired so fast, last night i fell asleep at 5pm. I think i was asleep in about twenty minutes, it felt so good just to lay down.
So the past week, all i have been doing is crocheting and sitting in front of the fireplace, i can't do much more than that. I do get all the firewood, wow have i been stocking up on firewood, I am going to work with Nate today to get more organization, i hate the way it looks all over my drive way.
I figure Nate is going to argue with me and want to play games, so i will have to bribe the kid. What else is new?
Ben has to work on his science project that was supposed to be done all weekend....but he will have all of tonight and tomorrow to work on it, so let's see how that goes. He has most of it done, so it is just a matter of putting it together. The fun just never ends in this house. Nate is doing poorly and it is really starting to affect him. He is feeling upset with himself. Luckily, he has a great case manager and we will get through this. i hope. Somehow i see summer school coming up. I am annoyed at his teachers, who aren't living up to the IEP. They are supposed to contact me every week...they aren't.
GRRRRRRR. But he is staying late every day to work on his work, so that is good for him. He does like Mrs. Dean, and he will respond to her in a way he won't talk to me.
Off to do wood, of course, he has already said he would rather go back to bed. I love this boy.
I am feeling better, i still am tired so fast, last night i fell asleep at 5pm. I think i was asleep in about twenty minutes, it felt so good just to lay down.
So the past week, all i have been doing is crocheting and sitting in front of the fireplace, i can't do much more than that. I do get all the firewood, wow have i been stocking up on firewood, I am going to work with Nate today to get more organization, i hate the way it looks all over my drive way.
I figure Nate is going to argue with me and want to play games, so i will have to bribe the kid. What else is new?
Ben has to work on his science project that was supposed to be done all weekend....but he will have all of tonight and tomorrow to work on it, so let's see how that goes. He has most of it done, so it is just a matter of putting it together. The fun just never ends in this house. Nate is doing poorly and it is really starting to affect him. He is feeling upset with himself. Luckily, he has a great case manager and we will get through this. i hope. Somehow i see summer school coming up. I am annoyed at his teachers, who aren't living up to the IEP. They are supposed to contact me every week...they aren't.
GRRRRRRR. But he is staying late every day to work on his work, so that is good for him. He does like Mrs. Dean, and he will respond to her in a way he won't talk to me.
Off to do wood, of course, he has already said he would rather go back to bed. I love this boy.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Nate and Mom sick
Well, Nate decided to join in being sick, and he is so miserable. He was vomiting last night, so he is going to be home today. I am going to have my lungs x-ray this afternoon. My head is aching, and the coughing just adds to the misery.
Ben is working on his organization, he is just like his dad, and has a wicked problem keeping all his papers together. So, we bought him a new notebook with lots of folders, let's see if that works.
Problems at work, not going to be working for the job i was working on, and now haven't picked up another one. Scary, i am working one hour next week. I was told to be patient, it will work out, it has to, i am going to be broke and we just can't afford that.
Back to work, my last day of full time. Wonder if i am going to be applying for a job at food lion.
Sharon
Ben is working on his organization, he is just like his dad, and has a wicked problem keeping all his papers together. So, we bought him a new notebook with lots of folders, let's see if that works.
Problems at work, not going to be working for the job i was working on, and now haven't picked up another one. Scary, i am working one hour next week. I was told to be patient, it will work out, it has to, i am going to be broke and we just can't afford that.
Back to work, my last day of full time. Wonder if i am going to be applying for a job at food lion.
Sharon
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