I am missing;
my friends, family, knitting, crafting, gardening, lawn mowing, doing laundry, cleaning house, sewing, going to the movies, new ghost hunters episodes, torchwood, dr. who, good grades, personal time, my husband, knitting, crocheting, sewing, oops said all that.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Update on the boys
Well John and Alex have been at Boy Scout Camp since Sunday. Yes it started on Father's Day, John did not complain about it so I guess he was okay with it. He did schedule his vacation so he could go.
John has not been very happy about camp since he got there though. He is used to going camping and lounging around while the boys do their programs. Not this time, this time it is for an entire week and he is in leader training in the morning and then another leader training program in the afternoon.
On the second night he calls panicked over Alex. John would never say panicked over his son, but I will and he never reads my blog so it's okay. But he was. Alex has Chiari Malformation level I and when he is over excited (in anyway) for long periods he gets a headache and sick to his stomach to the vomit stage. If you have experienced the joys of having your spinal column pricked and you drain spinal fluid from your system and your brain sinks in your skull and the pain and agony of that comes over you, then you would know how sick Alex can get. (no he does not loose fluid but it circulates so fast it causes the same feelings). So---with the heat (95+* with heat advisories in the 100's) and the excitement, guess who got sick and guess who isn't around when he does get sick, you got it.
After a couple a calls and me calling the emergency line to camp, John drove home Monday night, they came home to the AC. Alex finally took some pain killers and slept. Like fantastic troopers they went back on Tuesday morning. They have been down there since and John drove out of camp today to call and check in with me (there is no signal in the woods where the camp/ranch is). He also just needed to get away from the mayhem, he does not like crowds and large masses of people bunched together.
We (Rhi and I) go down tomorrow for Family night. I am really looking forward to it, so is Rhi. It is going to be a long day, school, then a 2 hour drive and a couple of hours at camp and 2 hours back home. It will be well worth it. John has requested Pizza for dinner, it's a visiting family bring food night.
So nutshell time,
to camp, sick at camp, camp not what daddy expected, home to sleep in AC, back to camp, hot - hot - hot - heat warnings all week, so far that's it. They come home on Saturday sometime.
Rhi has two more days of summer school, I have 6 weeks left. Anyone know how to teach me not to freeze up on tests?
I'll have pictures of camp later.
John has not been very happy about camp since he got there though. He is used to going camping and lounging around while the boys do their programs. Not this time, this time it is for an entire week and he is in leader training in the morning and then another leader training program in the afternoon.
On the second night he calls panicked over Alex. John would never say panicked over his son, but I will and he never reads my blog so it's okay. But he was. Alex has Chiari Malformation level I and when he is over excited (in anyway) for long periods he gets a headache and sick to his stomach to the vomit stage. If you have experienced the joys of having your spinal column pricked and you drain spinal fluid from your system and your brain sinks in your skull and the pain and agony of that comes over you, then you would know how sick Alex can get. (no he does not loose fluid but it circulates so fast it causes the same feelings). So---with the heat (95+* with heat advisories in the 100's) and the excitement, guess who got sick and guess who isn't around when he does get sick, you got it.
After a couple a calls and me calling the emergency line to camp, John drove home Monday night, they came home to the AC. Alex finally took some pain killers and slept. Like fantastic troopers they went back on Tuesday morning. They have been down there since and John drove out of camp today to call and check in with me (there is no signal in the woods where the camp/ranch is). He also just needed to get away from the mayhem, he does not like crowds and large masses of people bunched together.
We (Rhi and I) go down tomorrow for Family night. I am really looking forward to it, so is Rhi. It is going to be a long day, school, then a 2 hour drive and a couple of hours at camp and 2 hours back home. It will be well worth it. John has requested Pizza for dinner, it's a visiting family bring food night.
So nutshell time,
to camp, sick at camp, camp not what daddy expected, home to sleep in AC, back to camp, hot - hot - hot - heat warnings all week, so far that's it. They come home on Saturday sometime.
Rhi has two more days of summer school, I have 6 weeks left. Anyone know how to teach me not to freeze up on tests?
I'll have pictures of camp later.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
You ever stress yourself out to the point that life is one giant tension knot in your shoulders? Well that is how I have been for months.
I am sticking this out into the world via my blog 'cause I hate to call my friends and vent to them. I feel like a burden and I know that they all have their own problems and mine seem so minor to most of theirs.
It started Spring semester when I got a poor grade in one of my classes. Plain and simple I did not study well enough, or I forgot how to study and my brain can't do memory work anymore. I got a C+ in art of all things. I got to a port where I did not care, I wanted to show for class and that was it. The tests were stupid, they were more about the psychology or art than about having enriching art activities for elementary age children. The tests read like a security profile quiz.
The kids are out of regular school. They both are in summer school, mostly so they don't get board while I am in summer class also. That has not stopped them from asking me to do something everyday and it usually costs money. I have been trying to at least take them to the Y so they can swim or work out.
The hubby was gone for 4+ weeks right before my school ended in May. Now this week he and the son are gone to Boy Scout camp for the week, so it's me and the girl and our animals.
I have an Algebra class this summer, which is kicking my you know what. I do great on the on-line homework because I have information to look at the reminds me or walks me through the steps to solve the equation. But the Quiz's and the test - forget it! I just can't remember the steps! I feel like such an idiot and that makes me feel awful. Then I come home and see the dirty dishes, the mountain of laundry and messy house and then I feel guilty for not taking care of everyone and everything. Like right now the daughter is yelling for me to share or do something for her.
there is is much more and in a nut shell, I have made my life stressful and I can't do Algebra and perhaps I am too stupid to learn or relearn anything and should just give up on what I thought I wanted in a career - teaching. It would be so much easier to quit and have no goals.
I am sticking this out into the world via my blog 'cause I hate to call my friends and vent to them. I feel like a burden and I know that they all have their own problems and mine seem so minor to most of theirs.
It started Spring semester when I got a poor grade in one of my classes. Plain and simple I did not study well enough, or I forgot how to study and my brain can't do memory work anymore. I got a C+ in art of all things. I got to a port where I did not care, I wanted to show for class and that was it. The tests were stupid, they were more about the psychology or art than about having enriching art activities for elementary age children. The tests read like a security profile quiz.
The kids are out of regular school. They both are in summer school, mostly so they don't get board while I am in summer class also. That has not stopped them from asking me to do something everyday and it usually costs money. I have been trying to at least take them to the Y so they can swim or work out.
The hubby was gone for 4+ weeks right before my school ended in May. Now this week he and the son are gone to Boy Scout camp for the week, so it's me and the girl and our animals.
I have an Algebra class this summer, which is kicking my you know what. I do great on the on-line homework because I have information to look at the reminds me or walks me through the steps to solve the equation. But the Quiz's and the test - forget it! I just can't remember the steps! I feel like such an idiot and that makes me feel awful. Then I come home and see the dirty dishes, the mountain of laundry and messy house and then I feel guilty for not taking care of everyone and everything. Like right now the daughter is yelling for me to share or do something for her.
there is is much more and in a nut shell, I have made my life stressful and I can't do Algebra and perhaps I am too stupid to learn or relearn anything and should just give up on what I thought I wanted in a career - teaching. It would be so much easier to quit and have no goals.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Schools Out!
Now the planning starts. The kids are out of school and my summer class doesn't start till Mid June. That leaves every afternoon during the week open for us to be local tourists. I really like this time.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Finch Butt?
Here my friends is a Finch Butt, 
more to the point a Yellow Finch Butt.
Yes, the Finches are back! I hang the feeder right out the kitchen window so I can watch them and hear them. I promise to get better pictures as they come and go to feed. The 'butt' shot was an accident, the little lady turned too fast.
This picture is a male and a female on the feeder together.
The male and the female were on the feeder and it was spinning so you will have to settle for a side shot.
Today I finally saw a Red Finch on the feeder. And go figure, the camera was in the basement. John has seen 3 yellow males and a female lined up on the lines coming into the house, waiting for a 'all clear' to come and feed.
More Finch sitings later.
more to the point a Yellow Finch Butt.Yes, the Finches are back! I hang the feeder right out the kitchen window so I can watch them and hear them. I promise to get better pictures as they come and go to feed. The 'butt' shot was an accident, the little lady turned too fast.
This picture is a male and a female on the feeder together.
The male and the female were on the feeder and it was spinning so you will have to settle for a side shot.
Today I finally saw a Red Finch on the feeder. And go figure, the camera was in the basement. John has seen 3 yellow males and a female lined up on the lines coming into the house, waiting for a 'all clear' to come and feed.
More Finch sitings later.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
can we stop now?
Can the media stop talking about Carrie Prejean! The woman made a statement about her personal opinion, this is America, the land of free speech right isn't it.
Now, I do not agree with her personal opinion, Gay or Straight we have the right to share our love with the person we are meant to be with. But it is her opinion and you have to respect that.
Instead of paying so much attention to a woman that makes our little girls feel inadequate in there own self image why can't we focus on something positive that can help. How about this news report?
Get out in your neighborhood and find someone that does something positive. Did a neighbor mow your yard for you when they noticed you were so busy you did not get to it yet? Did your mailman bring your mail to your door so you did not have to go to the box to get out all the print material he had? Did someone at work give you a coupon for a lunch discount? What if you had to wait for a fresh pot of coffee to brew but you got a coupon for a free cup at your next purchase?
What good happened to you today, yesterday, somewhere in the past? Who cares if the neighbor mow your yard because they were tired of looking at the mess. So what if it was a coupon for food your co-worker doesn't like. Who cares if it is part of your mailman's job to deliver the mail. So what if it is company policy to give you that free cup coupon. THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS that have happened to you. Find the positive.
My son and daughter are being bullied at school and on the bus. We have talked to school and the bus company. The Teachers and Principals have talked to the children in question, and it has helped little. But it still happens, and unfortunately it is a fact of life that there are unhappy people in the world that want to be the total center, no matter what they do to others. So what do we do? We try as a family to find the positive in what is happening to them and how they can learn from it. Yeah they are kids, but you have to start teaching them how to deal with the bad when it happens. The first thing we tell them is the more you pay attention to the negative, the longer it takes for it to go away or turn into good.
So - Shut up about this woman! Look at all the attention she is getting for a personal opinion. Find something better and good to pay attention to. How about finding the hero in your neighborhood or family or circle?
That's my challenge to the world, find a hero that does good.
Now, I do not agree with her personal opinion, Gay or Straight we have the right to share our love with the person we are meant to be with. But it is her opinion and you have to respect that.
Instead of paying so much attention to a woman that makes our little girls feel inadequate in there own self image why can't we focus on something positive that can help. How about this news report?
Get out in your neighborhood and find someone that does something positive. Did a neighbor mow your yard for you when they noticed you were so busy you did not get to it yet? Did your mailman bring your mail to your door so you did not have to go to the box to get out all the print material he had? Did someone at work give you a coupon for a lunch discount? What if you had to wait for a fresh pot of coffee to brew but you got a coupon for a free cup at your next purchase?
What good happened to you today, yesterday, somewhere in the past? Who cares if the neighbor mow your yard because they were tired of looking at the mess. So what if it was a coupon for food your co-worker doesn't like. Who cares if it is part of your mailman's job to deliver the mail. So what if it is company policy to give you that free cup coupon. THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS that have happened to you. Find the positive.
My son and daughter are being bullied at school and on the bus. We have talked to school and the bus company. The Teachers and Principals have talked to the children in question, and it has helped little. But it still happens, and unfortunately it is a fact of life that there are unhappy people in the world that want to be the total center, no matter what they do to others. So what do we do? We try as a family to find the positive in what is happening to them and how they can learn from it. Yeah they are kids, but you have to start teaching them how to deal with the bad when it happens. The first thing we tell them is the more you pay attention to the negative, the longer it takes for it to go away or turn into good.
So - Shut up about this woman! Look at all the attention she is getting for a personal opinion. Find something better and good to pay attention to. How about finding the hero in your neighborhood or family or circle?
That's my challenge to the world, find a hero that does good.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Last day of my classes
I have two classes today, and then that is it until the summer session. I am only taking one class this summer, I want to do things with the kids so more than one just did not fit into my schedule.
My 8am was done by 8:30am and I don't have the next one until 11am. Right now I am thinking I should have brought my knitting to work on. But I decided to leave it at home today, figuring that jumping around on the net would be enough to use up a couple of hours. I probably would have made more mistakes on my lace piece I am doing anyhow. So it's best that I left it at home.
I find myslef wondering about things with all this time on my hands. I love being in school, but am I doing the right thing? What in the hell motivated someone to kill a mom and her two children in a Columbia IL suburb? Why do abasolute genius compter programers insist on creating viruses that cause honest and wonderful people to suffer? Why do teanagers act the way they do? Am I too old to follow my dreams, and are they my dreams or are the imbedded into my mind by someone else? Did my brother-in-law call me Dragon Woman on facebook in an endearing way? Did the Ghost Hunters really come to UMSL and investigate part of campus? I need to find a theatre for the new StarTrek movie so I can go tomorrow.
See what happens when I have too much time on my hands. I really want a cup of coffee right now, but I am too damn lazy at the moment to unplug my laptop and go get me a cup. One more class then done for a month. I have never looked so farward to cleaning my house and having a yard sale.
My 8am was done by 8:30am and I don't have the next one until 11am. Right now I am thinking I should have brought my knitting to work on. But I decided to leave it at home today, figuring that jumping around on the net would be enough to use up a couple of hours. I probably would have made more mistakes on my lace piece I am doing anyhow. So it's best that I left it at home.
I find myslef wondering about things with all this time on my hands. I love being in school, but am I doing the right thing? What in the hell motivated someone to kill a mom and her two children in a Columbia IL suburb? Why do abasolute genius compter programers insist on creating viruses that cause honest and wonderful people to suffer? Why do teanagers act the way they do? Am I too old to follow my dreams, and are they my dreams or are the imbedded into my mind by someone else? Did my brother-in-law call me Dragon Woman on facebook in an endearing way? Did the Ghost Hunters really come to UMSL and investigate part of campus? I need to find a theatre for the new StarTrek movie so I can go tomorrow.
See what happens when I have too much time on my hands. I really want a cup of coffee right now, but I am too damn lazy at the moment to unplug my laptop and go get me a cup. One more class then done for a month. I have never looked so farward to cleaning my house and having a yard sale.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Procrastinating umm I mean taking a break
I am actually finishing my homework for tomorrow, but I wanted to take a minute and post my cardboard board weaving that I did for my Art Activities for Elementary Ed. class. We will be graded on it on Monday May 4. So here it is:
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