Life...it get's in the way.

Once again life has gotten in the way of me keeping up here. So much has happened since the beginning of the year. Mike got a promotion at work and he is now working 8-5 as the EMS Training Chief for Joplin Fire Dept. Matt is finishing up preschool and getting ready for kindergarten. He is playing baseball and games begin next week. I don't know that it's going to be a great season but we'll see. Drew is getting used to going to Nana's every day just in time for momma to get out of school. As for me, I am finishing up my school year and getting ready for the summer. I can't wait to read a lot of books and watch the kids play.

A New Year and some reflections

As this new year gets underway, I am sitting here the last few days thinking of things I hope to acheive in the next 12 months. Of course at the top of the list is be a better mommy, wife, teacher, friend, sister and daughter. We'll see how the year goes. I am also hoping to get better at birthdays and holidays and all those special days in between. I have been awful as of late and I continue to blame it on having little kids. Well, my kids are now 4 1/2 and 3 so I can't continue to use them as scapegoats. I also hope to update this blog more often. I read other blogs everyday and make time for that so I NEED to make time for writing as well. My goal is at least once a week as in past but who knows what life will bring.

I am sure that life will bring more unexpected things this year as always. I've learned to take the bad with the good. I just hope that it's more good than bad this year.

In reflecting on last year I want to take a minute to remember some very special people in my life that I've lost. My uncle Richard who was a great uncle and is very missed by all of our family, my grandpa Leroy who brought my love of singing to life with my cousins, and Mike's grandma Donna who was a wonderful great grandma to my boys. All three of them are missed every single day. Not a day goes by that I don't think of them and wish they were here. I know though that they are watching from Heaven and looking out for us. We love you and miss you!

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Busy, busy, busy

That would be us. There have been so many things to do with such little time to do them in. We are getting ready to have the living room floor refinished. That has made me go into overdrive to get things put away and cleaned up so that the mess afterwards is minimal. I am not really looking forward to this at all. I will however love the end product I'm sure.

In the midst of all of this Mike is getting two vacation days and we're going to try and cram a mini-vacay into this weekend with the boys and then a Sunday/Monday trip to KC to tour the Harley Plant. Wheee! So much for trying to relax before school starts.

And to top it all off I must get things at school finished so that I don't have to spend the weekend before putting everything up. It's going faster than I first expected. I've got to get everything cleaned up and then I can finish putting out the rest of the stuff.

Let's just say that I might officially go nuts in the next 10 days.

Stressed out

That would be my current state of mind. I hate the last week of July and the first two weeks of August because I just don't have enough time in my day. Instead of being able to go to school the past two weeks, I have been cleaning and purging in my house. We are almost cleaned out and rid of all unused trash. Just wish I could get my husband to get rid of his crap in my dining room and office. Most of it needs to find a new home. We have lots of "technological" devices that we don't need! They sit around and don't get used. Ugh! I guess by the time I get to go back to work next week I will have my house ready to go and junk free!

I'm Free, I'm Free!

I am officially out of school! I left the building at 2:30 and I'm not looking back. I have lots of odds and ends to here at home but I can do those here while the boys play. Mommy will still be engaged in adult time during workshops and such. I am excited to be able to play in the dirt, playdough, bubbles, toys and read lots of mommy books this summer. I have a stack in there that I want to get read. I also hope to catch up on my sleep! That seems to be lacking a lot here lately. And last but not least I hope to get this blog caught up. I have just not had time this winter to keep up and I'm hoping to be able to sit down at least once a week if not more often. Yay for summer!

Wow, it's been a while....

Three months almost. I don't know where the last three months have went. We have been incredibly busy and been on a vacation-although I wouldn't necessarily call it that. I wanted to blog that as we went but that just didn't happen. Here a quick recap of the past few months:

January- not much happened. It was really a very blah month. It started off really upsetting with the death of my uncle. Not expected- a tragic car/work accident. The boys were pretty healthy during January.

February- A better month over all although we did end the month with Drew sick with some kind of viral infection that had to be treated like RSV/pneumonia because of his cough and check congestion. That was 10 days worth of medicene right before vacation. We ended the month leaving on our road trip to Reno.

March- This month started out with our road trip to Reno for Mike's Grant Writing Summit. Let's just hope that next year they do the 7 day cruise. Reno was not that great although we did see a lot of country and landmarks that we would never have probably seen. We stopped at the Grand Canyon and that was an experience within itself. I would love to go back but drive there instead of taking the train. What a racket! The month has continued with both of the boys contracting another viral infection and colds that won't quit. We are currently in the process of getting Drew evaluated for his speech through First Steps. He is starting to pick up some words and more vocabulary but he is still missing his beginning sounds for his words. He has the b and m sounds but the other developmental sounds he is still missing. The whole first steps process is really frustrating because you have to wait on everyone else. I am very prompt and respond as quickly as possible but it takes at least two days to get a return call or e-mail from the coordinator and I haven't even heard from the therapist this week. Grr! Today we went for a hearing check to make sure that isn't his problem for his speech. He didn't pass and had some mild hearing loss due to possible fluid behind his ears. I have to call the doctor on Monday to make sure that we don't need antibiotics or be checked. Then it's back in six weeks for another hearing check. I'm praying that he passes then because if not it's onto the ENT probably along with surgery for tubes. At this point, I can't handle my baby going through surgery. I know that his hearing can be fixed with it and that it needs to be done now rather than later when he is really effected more. I just don't think I can handle that.

So that's where we are right now in our life. I have about 38 days of school left and I can't wait for this year to be over. It's just been a rough year for me and the students. The ice and snow that we've had has just created havoc with our school calendar. We have been in school too many days without a break. I am so ready for Easter to be here. Let's just hope this stupid snow this weekend will not be anything.