Lost

I'm sitting here, lost in thoughts of events that have occured. You hear news of things that leave you feeling completely numb because you know there's nothing you can do about it. You want so bad to go there and help or to just be there, but distance, responsibilities, and time keep you from being able to do anything. So here I sit. I have nothing more to say today.

Y'all be well and hear our prayers
Love Ya

Nutrition is Knowledge

The #1 reason people change their eating habit is because of knowledge. I can honestly say that my child_units are really not liking me taking this nutrition class. I keep bugging them about different things now. Although, I think Em may have found it interesting at the store the other day when we were "shopping". We were comparing nutrition labels and some of them were very interesting, the "Lite" stuff actually had more calories and fat calories, the only thing that made it "lite" was the fact that it had 50% less sodium. I think that falls into some sort of false advertising, they really need to explain what "they" mean by "lite". I still haven't bought hotdogs since I've started this class, and I seriously doubt I will anytime in the near future. The same goes with bologna and other processed lunch meats. Dominic actually sat down and cried, begging me to buy some hotdogs....it was hard, but I resisted the tears! I wonder how many years it'll be before he realizes that it was for his own good? Yeah, you're right, probabaly never.

I have seriously put off doing my homework today, so it seems that I'll probably be up late studying, *sigh* I don't know why I procrastinate so much about it. Maybe it makes it a challenge for me. The question is, do I really need that sort of challenge? No, I don't!! We get to watch a video in Child Psych tomorrow, it's supposed to be about child birth. Wow, I wonder if I have enough experience in that subject? Ummmmm, yeah, I think I do!!!

Ok, enough of this "putting off of the homework" ordeal, the kids are fed and happily fighting, so it's time for me to go and lock myself into my back room and work.

Y'all eat something green and leafy! (vegetable)
Love Ya :)

¿Por qué?

Why? Why can't I concentrate? Why can't I get ONE thing accomplished without becoming wrestless? Why do my thoughts go elsewhere? Why do I feel like such a scatterbrain? (Ok, don't answer that one). Why do I start one thing only to end up working on something completely opposite? WHY??? Why does it matter?

I've tried a couple of times to start my homework, I haven't been too successful in that. I've been in my stamping/scrapbooking room cleaning in there so I can have a quiet place to do my homework (maybe that's why I can't get my homework done, not quiet enough, go figure) however, I keep wandering out here again. Now I'm hungry. The only thing that sounds good to me right now is McD's Chicken Nuggets....yes, death by severe fat ingestion!! I'm not sure why, but they just sound YUMMY!! I used to get them and the sweet and sour sauce and say I'm eating polish sweet and sour chicken, hehehe, sounded good to me! Maybe I'll have to give in later when we go to do laundry and get some nuggets.

Right now I'm listening to "To Make You Feel My Love" by Garth Brooks (don't worry Sarah, Phantom was just on before it ;) ) I actually just repeated it, it's an awesome song. Another great song is "Drift Off To Dream" by Travis Tritt, I've grown quite fond of that song, it gets played a lot in the MP3 player of my mind! Ahhhhhhhh, Louis Armstrong is playing now...."What a Wonderful World". That song makes me think of the movie "Good Morning Vietnam", awesome movie!!

Well, I think I've wasted a sufficient amount of time now, I should probably wander back to my haven and finish cleaning it up....then I can do my homework!

Y'all take time to ponder "why" for a bit today,
Love Ya :)
(d/l Kenny Chesney..."When I Close My Eyes"...it's good too!!!

The Flocking of the Blackbird

One true sign of Fall is the flocking of the Blackbirds. I'm not really a fan of Blackbirds, they're quite pesky in the summertime, but even I have to admit that seeing them flock together the way they do in the fall is an awesome sight. They're very loud too when they get in their big groupings. I'm always afraid when they start flying over like that I should run and get an umbrella because I'm sure not all of them can control their bodily functions while in flight, not that they do anyhow. Ewwwww, that would be just nasty if they all decided to ummmm, "let it fly" so to speak while they were all in flight. They could quite possibly white wash the side of a barn if they all synchronized it just right!

Speaking of Fall....it's so nice and cool today. Yeah, I like warm weather, but I really like to dress warm, I love sweaters and long sleeve shirts. Ohhh, and I LOVE my parka!!! Hey, I can't help it that I like warmth, this is a person that sleeps with sheet, 2 comforters, a cotton throw, a fleece throw, and a quilt...oh yeah, and a crocheted lap afghan on my feet. Did I mention that I have a "heated" waterbed too? Having it cooler outside makes it more enjoyable to bake too. Speaking of baking, I have a lot of banana bread to make too :)

Alex has a game tonight, I hope that he does well again. He had to get new cleats. I'm not exactly sure how someone can wear out a pair of cleats so quickly. I'm guessing that they were from last year? Of course, it's no worse than Emily wearing out a pair of shoes in just 2 weeks playing softball!!!

I guess I'm done for today, I just don't really have much to talk about.

Y'all enjoy the day if you can,
Love Ya :)

Free Tshirt offer...woo hooo

Ok, I know I don't really need to be eating a lot candy bars....but...it's for a good cause!! I mean, it's a FREE Tshirt, not just a free Tshirt, but a free Hershey's, KitKat, Reese's, York or Almond Joy Tshirt! And did you know, the more candy bar wrappers you save, the more Tshirts you can get!!!! I need 15 Hershey brand candy bars for one shirt....that's only 3 candy bars per kid :) or if I get 55 wrappers I can get ALL 5 shirts....hmmmmm....I think it's do-able!

Well, as far as school goes, it's going pretty well. I'm not quite sure what to make of my Spanish teacher, he's, ummmmm, well....he's ahhhhhhhhhhh, hmmmmmm, well, let's just say he's definately not like my high school Spanish teacher and she was AWESOME! Child psych is in the boring stage right now...a lot of what he's talking about is a repeat of what I learned last year in General Psych. Right now we're talking about Freud's theory of child development, and how he thought a lot of "who" you are now is based on a sexually grounded theory....it's quite fun watching Dr. Dave try to spit out some of Freud's theories and the whole time he keeps repeating how, "These are Freud's ideas, not mine, just to remind you" hehehe, as if we really thought they were his since it's in the book!! All in all, he's pretty cool. I just wish he weren't so anal about letting us out at EXACTLY 1:55....he just tells us that he wants to be sure we get our moneys worth. I told him that a few dollars wouldn't kill me and he could let us out a few minutes early, he just chuckled. ALGEBRA SUCKS!!! I mean, seriously folks, math is stupid. I know, I know, without math where would the world as we know it be today!?!? I just don't see how me knowing how to solve some stupid equation is gonna make the world a better place. I've lived without it for so long, what's another 20 years? I really am enjoying my nutrition class. My teacher, Peggy, is great. She's not really boring and seeing how fit she is really makes me want to pay attention so that I can try to get myself on a better track of nutrition. Maybe I can work nutrition into my future "job" somehow. Some year anyhow, I have to finish math first....*sigh*

There's a stupid little bug that insists on landing on my screen. If I squish it, then I'll have to clean my monitor, if I blow it off of the screen, it just comes back...I guess I'll just try to ambush it and kill it before it actually lands...yup, that's the plan!

There's so many people from here that are going to Delta, but, I have yet to see them. I haven't seen Joel, Alecia, DJ, or Gregory yet. There's someone else, but I can't seem to remember who it is.

I'm glad it will be cooling down soon again. Yesterday at school, they had the air kicked up so high that everyone was freezing in the classrooms, especially down in the basement classes, where my nutrition class is for instance! I was prepared yesterday though, I took a long sleeved shirt with me, woo hoo, had to take it off once class was over with though because it was really hot outside still! I think fall is supposed to start to kick in with highs in the mid 60's, I can't say that I don't like that!!!

OHHHHHHHHHHHH, guess what Sarah!!! Goldie had 3 kittens!! She had them up by the porch :) Ben's a bit bummed because they all look like her, he says he's getting sick of orange cats, hehehe....I'm sure they'll be fine though...I just have to keep D away from them!!!!!!! For those of you that might not know....D stands for Demon....oops, I mean Dominic, my bad....he has this little thing in his brain that blocks it out when you tell him to stay away from the kittens...ok...what little child doesn't have that blockage?

I guess I better get going, I still have some Algebra to finish up and I have to try to figure out how to do it. I pray that you're all healthy and safe.

Y'all eat a Hershey bar for me now and save me the wrapper ;)
Love Ya :)

The Gift of Giving

Have you ever wondered what your "gift" in life is? My sister-in-law, Lynette, told me that Emily has the gift of giving, she enjoys giving, it makes her happy. Well, I think that's the ONE thing that Em inherited from me. We all know she inherited her looks and talent in sports from her father's side of the family! However, I love to give as much as she does. I LOVE to see people happy and to see them smile, knowing that something that I take for granted is something that they appreciate. I would give something of mine to a total stranger if I knew they needed it, of even if they didn't need it. I paid for a girl's dinner at school last week because she didn't have cash on her, all she had was her debit card and they didn't take them there, they only have a little sign on the cash register saying so. I just hope that someday she'll do the same for someone else. It ended up that that girl, Jamie, is in my nutrition class and now I have a new friend :) I hope that I can be a good influence on all of my kids and they'll try to find "their" gifts. God had the gift of giving, He gave us His Son, now THAT'S the true gift of giving!!

I'm worried now about BethAnne and Sarah...there's a definite case of Menengitis reported at MSU...I hope that they got immunized...especially BethAnne! I wonder if I have to worry about that too???????? Hmmmm, interesting.

Well, Fantasy Football has started!! Woo Hooooo. So far, after the first game, I'm not doing so well, but, it's only been one game for the week, we still have the weekend to go, I'm sure I'll do ok. I have a strong team. Speaking of strong teams....the JV team is kicking butt this year! Last night they won their game 42 - 0. Alex scored 10 points, yayyyyyyyy. I do believe that this is their 2nd shut out game too. Next week is a home game which is good, I like that, don't have to be gone for quite so long and don't have to stay up quite as long helping everyone with their homework!! I can't believe the homework they give the kids and expect it back the next day!!! Alex and I were trying to find absolute locations last night, most of them were fairly easy, but dang, we couldn't find a few of them. Then BOTH Christen and Em had to do timelines...OYE!! Both of them asking me, "When did this happen, how old was I when I did that?" I was wishing I had done better with their baby books so I could have just handed them to them...but alas, I didn't. Em's time-line looked great! She drew a basketball hoop on a post and there was ivy growing up the post...she used the ivy vines as a line for each event on the time-line. She had a flaming basketball heading to the hoop too! Yet another talent she didn't get from me...however, she did get it from my ma and brother too :) so, in essence, she did get it from me in a way eh?

Well hey, I'm gonna keep this post short and sweet...well, short anyhow. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Go Wolverines!!

Y'all be safe and stay healthy,
Love Ya :)

¿Cómo se dice blog en Español?

I think that Spanish is gonna be my favorite class, the same as Sign Language was my favorite the last 2 semesters. There's just something about learning a new language that's exciting to me. I would love to take Russian and/or German. For now, I'll enjoy my Spanish class.
Speaking of Spanish...the first day of class we had to fill out a survey first thing. Once we completed our survey we took a "field trip" as Mr. Mee called it, to the Spanish II class room. We then had to take a TEST!! Yes, a test...it wasn't so bad though. While we were taking the test we were told that if our name was on the board, when we finished with our test we should go back over to the other classroom for an oral test. Yup, my name was on the board along with several others. There were 10 questions she asked us on the oral part of the test, I flew through the first 7 but didn't really understand the last 3. She said that I did very well considering it has been 21 years since I had taken a Spanish class, I actually did better than most of the people that had just taken Spanish 6 months ago. (her words) I went back and talked to Mr. Mee about the written part of the test, he had just finished correcting them, he said that out of 37 people that I scored the 7th highest!! Well, Wednesday when I went to class I noticed that my name was on the board along with 3 others. When Mr. Mee got into the class he took the 4 of us out into the hall and told us that we all scored high enough on the tests to be placed into Spanish II and we were to go and sit in that class for the day and see what we thought and if we wanted to switch over. I loved being in there and could understand quite a bit of what she said, but I had problems with conjugating the verbs with the correct endings, it was fun though. One girl, Anna, decided right away that she was going to stay back in Spanish I, Andrea and Stephanie decided to move up to Spanish II, and I was undecided. I asked Maria (Spanish II teacher) what she thought by what she observed from me in class. She thought I did really well, but also thought that I would have problems figuring out the verb endings. After a lot of pondering, I decided to stay back in Spanish I, I think it's the best choice to make so that I can get refreshed with all the verbs and alphabet and vocab. Not to mention that it'll be better for my GPA. I'm sure I'll still have to work at it, but I think I may have struggled in 2.
On to Child Psych...another class which I think I will enjoy VERY much. Dr. Dave, as we were told to address him by, is a very funny guy, he's not as old as some of the teachers I've had so far, but we'll see if that matters any, which I doubt. I'm really excited because I've already chosen the topic for my final project in there which isn't due until the day after Thanksgiving break. I think I may change my major to Psychology, I'm not quite sure yet. I do know that next semester I'm going to take Abnormal Psych.
Math is math...BLECH!! Right now it's mostly review and I haven't had too much trouble except when we got into subtracting integers, but then I had some help from a friend and it came back to me, whew!! The teacher in there is very laid back and I think she'll be really helpful.
Nutrition class is a LOT more than I had bargained for!!! I went into it thinking it would be some sort of simple health class, but ohhhhh noooooooo, it's the class that you take when you're learing to be a personal trainer!! I think I'm really going to enjoy it though, I like the idea of knowing exactly what I'm eating, how much of it I should and shouldn't be eating, and when to eat it. It'll be nice too for Alex, because he's on this big health kick and wanting to eat the right way to be able to bulk up. I really don't want him to follow in his brother's footsteps thinking that he needs to be drinking those nasty protein drinks when all he has to do is eat right.
That about sums up my day at school. I get about ½ hr between Spanish and Child Psych, but after Child Psych, I have only 5 minutes to run down a flight of stairs, down 2 ½ halls, and UP another flight of stairs. Dr. Dave has made it clear to us that he will NOT let us out early either, we're paying for that time and we're gonna get it! True to his word, we didn't get out until 1:55 both days we've been there so far. After math class though, I get a 2 hour break before Nutrition. I wish I were parked a lot closer to the building because I would probably go out and take a nap for an hour. I don't know if that would be a good thing or a bad thing, but I'm sure it would feel great while I was sleeping!!!
Alex has proved my point yet again about throwing pillows at running siblings. DON'T DO IT, SOMEONE WILL GET HURT!!! He thought it would be funny to throw one at D, which then caused D to fall and hit his cheek really hard on the quilt rack. Now D gets to start school with a big bruise on his face. Sometimes you just wish that you could just knock the stuffing out of them!!
I really do need to get myself an MP3 player soon!! I took a walk last night and wished that I had something to listen to, other than the deer snorting at me and the turkey running through the woods to get away from me. I think there was a snake that slithered away into the tall grass, I didn't see it, but I heard it and saw the grass moving. I guess I better pray that Patty calls me into work at the school this year. I talked to her at Alex's game and she said that she probably would since I didn't have to worry about D this year since he's in school all day. That would be cool to have a part time job and be able to get some things that I want without having to ask. I was asked if I wanted a part-time job at the bank, but couldn't because one of the days was on Mondays, and I'm in school on that day!
I didn't realize how long my post is till I started looking back over it, I guess I better quit for now, it's probably taken you too long to read this far already!

Y'all be safe and let someone know you're thinking of them today.
Love Ya :)

The Eyes Have It!

No, I didn't mean the Ayes have it....I definately meant the "eyes", more specifically, D's eyes...they've been reddish pink for the last week. I've been using Gentamiacin drops and they haven't worked, so, I took him to the doc today and we're treating him for pink eye AND allergies, I really do hope that it's pink eye because once it's cleared up, it's done. However, if it IS allergies than we have to try to figure out just what it is that he's allergic to. I myself think that it's pink eye because my eyes are feeling itchy and irritated and they've been watering all day. At least the doc gave me enough drops in case I need them too. D doesn't really like it when I'm sitting there rubbing my eyes telling him at the same time NOT to rub his....I guess that falls into the "Do as I say, not as I do" category :)

I bought a new product today and I can't wait to try it. Hooter's Hot Wing potato chips!!!! They had 2 different varieties, one w/ ranch dressing flavor and one w/out. I got the ones w/ the ranch! I think it's almost time to have a taste of them actually.

Well, the bonfire is going strong right now, hopefully the deisel fuel that someone poured into my fire pit has burned off so that the marshmallows don't taste like fuel. I'm really excited too, Ross stopped picked up some vanilla frosting for me so that I could have some graham crackers w/ bananas and frosting!! My ma used to make those for us as a special treat when I was little, I guess you could say that they're a comfort food for me :)

School has been great so far....but I think I'll write about all that tomorrow, I think it would take up too much space here today. Math still sucks though!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm gonna go and enjoy a little snack now.

Y'all go and try a banana, graham cracker and frosting snack too!
Love Ya :)