More of my Ramblings :).

Not too much going on today.  After how busy we have been I am ok with that LOL.  We just had Science Club with the MOMS Club® but that was in the afternoon so nothing too much.

Friday is the Monthly meeting for MOMS Club® and our President is stepping down.  Funny thing is she would only have three more months with elections coming up but I guess she is done.  She is also going to drop out of the club.  There have been some issues with her so maybe it’s the best thing right now.  So the AVP is going to take the President’s position and we will have to get a new AVP.

I am still deciding if I want to run again for this coming election.  Maybe I will wait and see if anyone nominates me LOL.  The job itself isn’t really all that hard for me and I like doing that part of it but there are other issues I am not sure if I want to keep dealing with or not. Maybe since I have been through it all already I will be more prepared for it.  The question is do I really want to or not?  It hasn’t been a total disaster or anything just certain things that have got me thinking.  Lets just put it this way.  Sometimes if feels like I am back in high school.  Make sense?  It’s not everyone just certain people.  What’s really weird is it’s people I have liked.  So I don’t know what to do right now.

Anyway on a different note.  Hubby has a job interview on Tuesday!!!  It’s for the rest stop (a state job).  He would just do like groundskeeper things which he is ok with and hey eventually he would get decent pay we would have good benefits.  It might start off as part-time or seasonal but we can make it through that.  From what he said if it’s like that he could still collect some of his unemployment.  Of course it would be less with what he would be making but it’s something right?!  He really hated the school thing and there was no guarantee he would be able to get a job afterwards so this is probably a good thing he is doing.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers about getting this job! 

Just My Ramblings

Still not much going on here lately.  Just the usual day to day things. So I seem to be in a rut to blog about.  The only thing I really did today was go to a Calendar Planning meeting (for the MOMS Club for next month) and go grocery shopping. 

I did see an old co-worker I used to work with while we were out grocery shopping.  I remember when I was pregnant with my oldest she and another lady would always bring me food LOL.  She at one time brought me cactus to eat (without the thorns of course LOL).  It was actually pretty good.  Then again food seemed always taste good when I was pregnant with Chord LOL.  What's really funny is I craved healthy things with Chord like Salads and veggies!  Not that I have veggies when I am not pregnant but it's not my favorite things to eat LOL.  But with Chord food was just so good LOL. Probably the reason I gained so much weight with him LOL.  Well that and he was a big baby (10 lbs 7 oz and 23" long).  Anyway I kind of went off the topic.  But it was nice to see my friend.  It's been a very long time since I seen her.  She was always so sweet to me.

I can't believe next month Chord will already be nine years old!  Boy does time fly by.  I think I will have to give up blinking so as not to miss anything any more LOL.  It just really does seem like that it was only yesterday I was in the hospital holding him and looking at him thinking how beautiful he was!  Now he is going to be nine.  What will I feel like when he is a teen or an adult.  Where is the pause button when you need it?  If anyone knows where it is please let me know LOL.  Not that I want to keep them little forever but I want it to go just a little slower.  Just a little.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

All Better and Other Ramblings

Thankfully the stomach bug was only a 24 hour thing.  Unfortunately after Jarod had his bought with it the next day Chord had it.   Harlow and I must have gotten some part of it because we both didn't feel so hot for a day or two.  Neither of us got sick like the boys but we didn't feel too good either.

I am happy to say we are all better now.  The last time the boys had the stomach virus it lasted two weeks ugh!  Poor kids could hardly keep anything down then.  I had to give them very tiny (like less than a sip) sips of water to keep them hydrated!  So glad this time wasn't that bad.

Yesterday the boys pretty much felt all 100% better but that was when hubby and I didn't feel our best.  So we didn't do any school Monday or Tuesday.  Today was our first day back.  It's good to be back in a routine and not dealing with sick kids :).

Harlow took his first quiz yesterday at school and he would have gotten all the answers right but he misread one of the questions so he just missed the one.  See this is why I don't think test really prove anything and one of the reasons I homeschool.  Not that I really have anything against testing all together but I wish it was done (for school age children not really collage) in a different way.  I remember so many times that same situation would occur to me in school.  I would know the answers but sometimes in the rush of time (getting it done before class ended) I would get them wrong because I either didn't understand the question fully or I misread it and got it wrong. 

I do test the boys but if I know they really did know a certain answer I either point out the one they got wrong or I have them look over their paper and they figure out which one they got wrong.  Either way the do figure it out themselves and usually get it right.  If they still don't get it then I will of course mark it wrong and work on it some other time.

I realize teachers have a lot of students and can't go over it like that and I am not suggesting they do.  But it is one of the reasons I do homeschool.  So I know what they are learning and exactly know what they understand and what they don't understand.  I know when something was just a mistake or if they really didn't understand something and go over it.

Sorry I have rambled on LOL.  I don't know how anyone can really understand my blog since I tend to go all over the place when I blog LOL.  I don't really plan out what I am going to blog about.  I just type whatever comes to my mind at the moment LOL.  That is how my mind works though LOL.

I always have so many things going on in my brain I end up jumbling everything together.  It's like I am constantly thinking but of different things all at the same time.  It's why I believe I have such a hard time getting to sleep at night.  It's not that I worry about things.  It's just I am always thinking of things.  I can't seem to switch it off.  It seems to have gotten worse the older I get.

I have to have the TV on to sleep.  If I don't have it on my mind will wonder and think of things and it will be a very long night to say the least.  I need the noise and distraction of the TV to shut my mind off.  Instead of going all over the place my mind seems to concentrate on the noise (not really the show itself but the noise of it) and I can finally sleep.  So glad the boys aren't like that.  All you have to tell them is that it's bed time and they are soon fast asleep.  Sometimes I really envy them for being able to that.  They get that from hubby I am sure LOL.  He puts his head on the pillow and usually he is out.  Unless of course he has a lot on his mind. 

Lookie there I started rambling off again.  For those that read my blog regularly (well as regularly as I blog LOL) I thank you whether or not you understand it or not I thank you :).  LOL.  I hope you are all having a great week!

Today has been a decent day. It was a bit humid and hot today but not as bad as it was before. Today we went to my mom's and visited with her and her fiance'. The boys love going there because they have some toys for just when they (or their cousin) come over. So it's all new for them. That way too we doing have to bring any toys :).

Thing with our new neighbor have gotten better. We (meaning her and I) actually had a nice conversation today. I really hope it continues because I really don't want to have troubles with one of our neighbors. I pray God gives me the wisdom to deal with things if the need arises. I know sometimes I can get hot headed and jump to defenses. That is one of my down falls. I do have to say since having the boys it has improved. Still need work on it of course but I am better than what I was. Both sides were in the wrong with the new neighbor so I am hoping and praying we can get passed it and maybe even eventually have a good relationship with them. At the very least a tolerable relationship.

Hubby is at his cousins house watching wrestling or boxing (I forget which LOL.) and the boys are in bed so I am having some quiet time before I go to bed... Tomorrow is church and as far as I know we have nothing planned. I probably should clean the house. It's not bad but my desk is very cluttered. Have I mentioned I am not a very good house wife? LOL. I am a good wife to my hubby (at least that's what he says LOL) and a good mom (as least I think so LOL.) but not a very good house wife. Then again we are always out and about too so I can blame it on that right? LOL. Ok I guess I am done rambling on for tonight. I hope I didn't bore you too much. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

It is a very hot and humid day today ugh. I shouldn't complain because hey it could be winter LOL.

Went to the Calendar meeting and next months calendar is pretty filled up. So that is good. The boys didn't get to go on their play-date because their friend ended up being sick. The boys took it pretty well though. We rescheduled it for the 12th so they are looking forward to that.

Tomorrow we might go to my mom's to visit. Not for sure just yet. Other than that not much going on and no plans as of yet for Sunday but we shall see. Sorry I haven't got much to blog about. I am just feeling to hot to do anything LOL. I hope everyone is staying cool!

Warning Just Me Rambling LOL.

Ok I know I haven't blogged in a bit sorry about that LOL. I won't go on to then next part of about me just yet though. Maybe tomorrow. This week will just be once again crazy busy so I might not even get to it till next week who knows.

Yesterday, I took Chord with me to another homeschool mom's house and let the kids play together. Jarod didn't want to go because they have a dog (the most friendly dog in the world LOL) and he is afraid of dogs. I have tried everything to get him not so afraid but he still insist on being afraid of them LOL. I know it has a lot to do with because we rent and not allowed to have any pets. Therefore they aren't around animals much besides the barn cats around here. Yes we live near a farm but it's our Landlords and we really don't go over there.

The landlords have Sheep mostly and a horse and donkey and the barn cats. The barn cats always come over but that's about it. Other than that they really don't get around animals much. Most of our friends and family do not have dogs either so it's hard to try and get him not so afraid. Chord used to be afraid but does a lot better now. He even pet the dog when we went over.

Chord had so much fun playing with his friend. They got to go outside and play and come inside and have hot chocolate and play Lego's LOL. That's Chord's favorite thing right now, Lego's. I got to enjoy company with my friend too. She just got back from a trip to her home state so it was nice to chat. She is about the only other homeschool mom I know well so it's nice to chat with someone who is doing the same thing I am.

Afterwards while coming home Chord said he had a blast! Jarod had stayed home with his dad so I think he liked the one on one time with Harlow too. So all in all it was a good day.

Today we did a lot of running. First to the Laundromat to do the dreaded laundry LOL (I actually don't mind doing laundry it's the putting away laundry I hate so much LOL). Then we came home and we had to go to the Library and drop off some books and pick up some others. Then we went to the Mall where I got my hair cut and then when out to eat. We didn't really get to enjoy being home till sometime after 5 am. I then ran to the local store and got me some hair dye to dye my hair (sorry no pics at the moment LOL.) It's still roughly the same color as my natural hair color but to me my natural hair was looking a little dull. So I had to do it LOL.

I can never leave my hair alone. I am always either cutting it short or dying it or like in this case both. I don't know why I feel the need to do this but I do. Most women I know get attached to their hair but I really don't. I get sick of it and just have to do something to it LOL. Come to think of it I am like that with a lot of things. Like living in one place for so long I seem to get board of it. It's probably because I was an army brat growing up and it's just what I have always been used to. Of course I know we can't always move when I feel the urge but I do think about it LOL.

I also really don't get attached to things either. People have asked me if there was something I would I couldn't live without and honestly I can't think of anything other than my Bible of course. I think this has a lot to do with when I was younger and having had a strained relationship with my dad. He would buy me things rather than spend time with me or talk with me. So things I have never really coveted.

I don't really get attached to people either. I love my family of course and they I naturally attach to but with other people. Yes I have friends but if I we moved to another state it wouldn't bother me. For a moment I would feel a little sad for leaving some of my friends but I know I would bounce back. Am I weird or does anyone else feel like this?