We have managed to get through all of the visits with the social worker and finding all of the documents that she needs, with the execption of us going to the doctor for a check up. However, we are not going to be able to go pick up our new daughter this weekend as was planned because our criminal background checks have not arrived. Hopefully, these documents will arrive this coming up week so that we can go get her next weekend, Aug. 7th. We have her room all ready for her and we have been able to speak on the phone with her several times. Her mother is a wonderful lady that really just wants the best for this child.
My oldest daughter and her husband are planning to take a mini vacation that same weekend that we are to go pick up our new addition to the family. They are going to Holiday World with some other family members. All of them have an anniversary around that time, so it is their anniversary gift from my in-laws and us. I hope they all have a wonderful time! My daughter didn't get to have a honeymoon, so this is just fantastic that the two of them will get to do something for their anniversary this year.
As for my son, he is disappointed that he isn't getting his new sister here as planned. He is so looking forward to having another child in the household. I just hope he remembers that when the sibling arguements begin....HAHA.
My husband and I are staying quite busy as well. We have had canning and freezing to do, lawn work to do, housework to conquer, getting our new child's room ready for her, and ordering her home school curriculum. We will be using the same curriculum for her that we are using for our son, except geared for her grade.
I do have concerns that I will not be able to teach two children at once, but I managed before. However, at that time, one was in high school and the other in primary school. These two will be grade 3 and 6. I am sure Creator will give me the wisdom, strength, and patience to do this. My son is older, so maybe he can help me with my daughter sometimes. That would be good for all of us and give him a sense of acheivement as well.
Our garden, such as it was, is beginning to die off now, so I don't expect to be doing a lot of food preservation the rest of this fall. We do hope to run across more vegetables from local farmers to put up for the winter. Hopefully, next year will not be so harsh on the gardens and we will have a better one. Even with us watering and babying the garden each day, it has produced very little according to the time, effort, and money that we put into it this year. Well, Creator knows best and I trust that our harvest from the garden along with the produce purchased from others will carry us through.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
More on the pending adoption
The social worker that came to our house on Saturday was a very sweet young lady. We really liked her. I felt at ease with her immediately. I feel like all went very well.
We spent Sunday running around looking for items that we need to make our new daughter's room special for her. We finally have it complete for her I think. It's a pretty room and I think she will have enough room for all of her clothes, toys, and such.
Yesterday, I spent the day on the run digging up almost 20 year old documents that the adoption agency needs from me, old divorce papers and such. Stuff that I prefer to keep buried and not talk about, but it has to be done and then I can rebury it again. Hopefully, forever this time.
Today, the same social worker will be back at our home to speak to each one of us on an individual basis. Not sure what she wants to talk about, probably our lives in general.
On Saturday, as far as we know, we get to go pick up our new daughter. It's about a 4 hour trip to meet her family where they wish to meet. This cuts off an hour or two for us. We are excited and a bit nervous all at the same time. Of course we have worries of whether the child will like us and how hard it will be for her to adapt to our surroundings and environment.
Sometime soon, we all have to go to the doctor and get a physical to make sure that we are all healthy here and that we don't have any weird or catchy diseases. I know we are all healthy and such, but it has to be documented for the safety and well being of the child we are adopting.
My real worries lie with my oldest daughter. I know that my son, myself, and my husband are really all she has, but her fears of us abandoning her and her son are not logical to me. I am sure they are valid fears to her. I only hope that, in time, she will adjust and feel differently.
We spent Sunday running around looking for items that we need to make our new daughter's room special for her. We finally have it complete for her I think. It's a pretty room and I think she will have enough room for all of her clothes, toys, and such.
Yesterday, I spent the day on the run digging up almost 20 year old documents that the adoption agency needs from me, old divorce papers and such. Stuff that I prefer to keep buried and not talk about, but it has to be done and then I can rebury it again. Hopefully, forever this time.
Today, the same social worker will be back at our home to speak to each one of us on an individual basis. Not sure what she wants to talk about, probably our lives in general.
On Saturday, as far as we know, we get to go pick up our new daughter. It's about a 4 hour trip to meet her family where they wish to meet. This cuts off an hour or two for us. We are excited and a bit nervous all at the same time. Of course we have worries of whether the child will like us and how hard it will be for her to adapt to our surroundings and environment.
Sometime soon, we all have to go to the doctor and get a physical to make sure that we are all healthy here and that we don't have any weird or catchy diseases. I know we are all healthy and such, but it has to be documented for the safety and well being of the child we are adopting.
My real worries lie with my oldest daughter. I know that my son, myself, and my husband are really all she has, but her fears of us abandoning her and her son are not logical to me. I am sure they are valid fears to her. I only hope that, in time, she will adjust and feel differently.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Adoption Pending
Today, the social worker comes to our home. We got the word on Tuesday that if all goes well, the mother would like for us to adopt her almost 9 year old daughter. I have done nothing special to prepare for this visit. I see no reason to do so. My home is relatively clean, overly clean according to some people and not clean enough to others. I see no safety hazards here as I have a small grandchild and have already gone through the house to take measures to keep him safe when he begins to crawl and walk. I have nothing to hide and neither does my husband or son, so I see no reason why we would not be able to have this child.
It has been a hectic week though from running around trying to find documents that are needed for adoption and trying to fill out all of the paperwork involved. I knew there would be a lot to it, but gee whiz....i really had no clue whatsoever! All for the best of the child though and that is the job of the agency.
We are super excited at the aspect of having another child in our home. My son is looking forward to no longer being "the baby" as well. Bless his heart, with him being a child, he told me that my blow dryer is dangerous and to lock it up. LOL....ok, so it was done. Then he tells me that I must also lock up my straightener and curling iron....LOL....ok, i never use those, so that has been done as well. He didn't find anything else that he thought would be dangerous, so I guess we are all good on that part. :-)
I can only hope that my oldest child, our 19 year old married with a baby child, comes to terms with this. She won't discuss it with me and if I try to talk to her about it, she just nods her head and changes the subject. I don't know if she is jealous, or if she feels like she is being replaced, or if she feels like we are kicking her and her baby out of our lives. We must get her to open up and talk to us somehow.
It has been a hectic week though from running around trying to find documents that are needed for adoption and trying to fill out all of the paperwork involved. I knew there would be a lot to it, but gee whiz....i really had no clue whatsoever! All for the best of the child though and that is the job of the agency.
We are super excited at the aspect of having another child in our home. My son is looking forward to no longer being "the baby" as well. Bless his heart, with him being a child, he told me that my blow dryer is dangerous and to lock it up. LOL....ok, so it was done. Then he tells me that I must also lock up my straightener and curling iron....LOL....ok, i never use those, so that has been done as well. He didn't find anything else that he thought would be dangerous, so I guess we are all good on that part. :-)
I can only hope that my oldest child, our 19 year old married with a baby child, comes to terms with this. She won't discuss it with me and if I try to talk to her about it, she just nods her head and changes the subject. I don't know if she is jealous, or if she feels like she is being replaced, or if she feels like we are kicking her and her baby out of our lives. We must get her to open up and talk to us somehow.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Possible Adoption
Been a few days since I have set down to organize my thoughts into writing, so I guess I may need to do that today.
I had company over the weekend. A friend that I have known since...well....birth I guess since I can not ever remember a time of not having been around her. I remember her being at my 4th birthday party and I am sure we were around each other before then. Our grandmothers were close friends and neighbors. She moved out of state several years ago, and we lost touch for 20 years, but last year, through facebook, we found each other again and have been able to visit each other several times now. For that, I am grateful.
My husband and I are hoping to adopt a little girl that currently lives about 5 hours away from us. We should hear something today whether or not her Mother has chosen us to be her new family. If so, we will begin the process of the criminal back ground checks and the home studies and all of the other legal aspects of adoption. The child is almost 9 years old and I think will be a good fit into our home and life style. We would welcome another child into our lives and into our home school. My son is super excited at the idea of being a big brother and having some one in classes with him. My husband is excited at the idea of having a child of our own (both of my children are mine from previous marriage). My daughter is a bit iffy on the idea of having another sibling, but she is grown, married, and has a child of her own and out of our home. I am excited, but worried if I will be able to teach two young children at once. I know many Moms do this everyday, but I am ADHD, my son is also, and this little girl is also ADHD. Can we do this? That is my only concern. I do not want to send her into a public school setting because her mother is telling me that she does not do well at all in public schools. The same is true of my son. I do not want to send him into a public school as he does not do well either. I can only hope that all will be well and trust in Creator to guide me and give me strength, wisdom, and above all, patience!
I had company over the weekend. A friend that I have known since...well....birth I guess since I can not ever remember a time of not having been around her. I remember her being at my 4th birthday party and I am sure we were around each other before then. Our grandmothers were close friends and neighbors. She moved out of state several years ago, and we lost touch for 20 years, but last year, through facebook, we found each other again and have been able to visit each other several times now. For that, I am grateful.
My husband and I are hoping to adopt a little girl that currently lives about 5 hours away from us. We should hear something today whether or not her Mother has chosen us to be her new family. If so, we will begin the process of the criminal back ground checks and the home studies and all of the other legal aspects of adoption. The child is almost 9 years old and I think will be a good fit into our home and life style. We would welcome another child into our lives and into our home school. My son is super excited at the idea of being a big brother and having some one in classes with him. My husband is excited at the idea of having a child of our own (both of my children are mine from previous marriage). My daughter is a bit iffy on the idea of having another sibling, but she is grown, married, and has a child of her own and out of our home. I am excited, but worried if I will be able to teach two young children at once. I know many Moms do this everyday, but I am ADHD, my son is also, and this little girl is also ADHD. Can we do this? That is my only concern. I do not want to send her into a public school setting because her mother is telling me that she does not do well at all in public schools. The same is true of my son. I do not want to send him into a public school as he does not do well either. I can only hope that all will be well and trust in Creator to guide me and give me strength, wisdom, and above all, patience!
Friday, July 16, 2010
General thoughts this week
Friday. Ugh. For a lot of people, the day is a blessing. For me, it is always a hectic day. This is banking, post office, grocery, and general errand running day. It is one of the busiest days of the week for me outside of my home.
I have spent the last several days canning and freezing food that we have purchased from other local farmers. Our garden is not producing well. Mother Nature has not been kind to our garden this year at all. It has been too hot and too dry even though we have watered the garden on a daily basis.
It is quite here right now. My son is sleeping. All of the dogs are sleeping. All of the cats are sleeping. My husband has gone to work. The only noise I hear is my parakeets chattering and the typing of the keyboard. Pure bliss! I don't often get peace and quite.
We have finished organizing our school room for this year. We added an old kitchen table to the room to use as a desk or work area for projects. We cleaned out an old file cabinet to keep track of all of the paperwork that we need for school. We only have to find a couple of chairs that are in decent shape to add around the table to complete our school room. It will be in the sun room so that we have plenty of light even in the winter.
My next task is to try to convince my family to adopt a lovely child that I have ran across through a local agency. She is only 8 and really needs a loving and stable home. She is a low IQ ADHD child. I am up for this, even at the age of 45, but I am not sure my children or husband really want another child around here. Especially one that has ADHD like the rest of us. My argument is .... well...who better to love and teach her than a family full of people with like problems? We shall see how that goes. Call me crazy or call me a saint. I love kids, but the grate my nerves often times. LOL!
I will have company coming in tomorrow. A friend that I grew up with, but lives in Nashville. It is always nice to see her. We've known each other since...well...I can't remember a time that we haven't known each other. Our grandmothers were close friends, so we have been around each other probably since I was 2 or 3. I can remember her being at my 4th birthday party. Whether we knew each other before I was 4, I do not know.
Well, off to begin my errands and prepare for my company. Let us hope that I get everything done today so that I may enjoy my friend when she arrives tomorrow morning.
I have spent the last several days canning and freezing food that we have purchased from other local farmers. Our garden is not producing well. Mother Nature has not been kind to our garden this year at all. It has been too hot and too dry even though we have watered the garden on a daily basis.
It is quite here right now. My son is sleeping. All of the dogs are sleeping. All of the cats are sleeping. My husband has gone to work. The only noise I hear is my parakeets chattering and the typing of the keyboard. Pure bliss! I don't often get peace and quite.
We have finished organizing our school room for this year. We added an old kitchen table to the room to use as a desk or work area for projects. We cleaned out an old file cabinet to keep track of all of the paperwork that we need for school. We only have to find a couple of chairs that are in decent shape to add around the table to complete our school room. It will be in the sun room so that we have plenty of light even in the winter.
My next task is to try to convince my family to adopt a lovely child that I have ran across through a local agency. She is only 8 and really needs a loving and stable home. She is a low IQ ADHD child. I am up for this, even at the age of 45, but I am not sure my children or husband really want another child around here. Especially one that has ADHD like the rest of us. My argument is .... well...who better to love and teach her than a family full of people with like problems? We shall see how that goes. Call me crazy or call me a saint. I love kids, but the grate my nerves often times. LOL!
I will have company coming in tomorrow. A friend that I grew up with, but lives in Nashville. It is always nice to see her. We've known each other since...well...I can't remember a time that we haven't known each other. Our grandmothers were close friends, so we have been around each other probably since I was 2 or 3. I can remember her being at my 4th birthday party. Whether we knew each other before I was 4, I do not know.
Well, off to begin my errands and prepare for my company. Let us hope that I get everything done today so that I may enjoy my friend when she arrives tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Getting ready
I am really pleased that I have lost seven pounds. I know that does not sound like much, and it is not, but it is a start. I am happy that I have managed to get my whole family, including myself, up and moving more. We take an evening walk together and my husband and son are playing basketball every night. I have them eating healthier and drinking more water. This is great!
Yesterday, I managed to can my first batch of salsa for the season. I only got seven pints, but it is a start. I also canned three pints of peppers for later use. My son watched and helped where he could, I figure this will help him later in life and we called it a life skill and jotted it down as a home school grade. I don't think our garden will produce much this year, but I am still going to put away what I can. We have gotten several squash that we have been able to freeze for the winter months. Our goal is to get the pantry and the freezer full. We also want to stock up on animal feed, and any non-food items that we use a lot so that when winter comes, we really don't have to worry about getting out to go to the grocery or where ever if the weather is going to be bad. My son finds this fascinating, so he is coming up with ideas also. Doesn't seem like much of a lesson, but I still feel that if it has him participating and thinking, then it is a life skill and therefore, part of his home education. Over the weekend, we even stocked up on hay so that we will have it during the winter months when the price of hay jumps up so much. We need the hay to feed our goats throughout the winter when they can not get fresh grass and leaves.
We have all of our home school curriculum ordered and most of it has arrived. We have organized all of it by subject and stuff that is not for the grades we don't need right now has also been organized in a separate area. We have all of our plans and lessons ready to go and we have purchased all of our supplies except for printer ink and printer paper. We are almost ready and can hardly wait to study something other than our summer curriculum of just math, grammar, and reading comprehension.
Yesterday, I managed to can my first batch of salsa for the season. I only got seven pints, but it is a start. I also canned three pints of peppers for later use. My son watched and helped where he could, I figure this will help him later in life and we called it a life skill and jotted it down as a home school grade. I don't think our garden will produce much this year, but I am still going to put away what I can. We have gotten several squash that we have been able to freeze for the winter months. Our goal is to get the pantry and the freezer full. We also want to stock up on animal feed, and any non-food items that we use a lot so that when winter comes, we really don't have to worry about getting out to go to the grocery or where ever if the weather is going to be bad. My son finds this fascinating, so he is coming up with ideas also. Doesn't seem like much of a lesson, but I still feel that if it has him participating and thinking, then it is a life skill and therefore, part of his home education. Over the weekend, we even stocked up on hay so that we will have it during the winter months when the price of hay jumps up so much. We need the hay to feed our goats throughout the winter when they can not get fresh grass and leaves.
We have all of our home school curriculum ordered and most of it has arrived. We have organized all of it by subject and stuff that is not for the grades we don't need right now has also been organized in a separate area. We have all of our plans and lessons ready to go and we have purchased all of our supplies except for printer ink and printer paper. We are almost ready and can hardly wait to study something other than our summer curriculum of just math, grammar, and reading comprehension.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday Musing
Mondays are never my favorite day of the week. It seems like to much of a hassle with my husband rushing around to get to work, my cleaning up the house in a hurry due to the weekend activities that leave me little time to clean, and of course, getting my son up and moving to begin his school studies after a two day weekend.
I was pleased that we finally got some rain here! We desperately needed rain on our garden. Even with us watering it every night, the garden was not doing well. I hope that with Mother Nature deciding to bless us with rain that now our garden will produce better. We still need more rain, but some is better than none. I will take what I can get!
I stepped on the scales this morning, another 2 pounds have been lost. Yea me! I wish I could wave a magic wand and all of the extra pounds be gone overnight. I know that will never happen and I know weight loss will take a long time to achieve the look I am going for. I must learn to be patient! At least I now have the entire family eating healthier and up and moving! I am so pleased that they are taking walks with me, drinking more water, eating fewer snacks, eating fresh fruit and vegetables, and just generally being supportive! Even my 11 year old son is in on this! Now, if I could bottle up some of his energy then maybe I would exercise even more!
I am all ready for our full blown round of home school next month. We have all of our supplies, except more printer ink and printer paper, and all of our curriculum. We have our lessons planned out and our goals in mind of what we would like to get accomplished this year. I am excited about this year's activities. I think my son is excited too. He is tired of the summer activities that consist of little more than grammar and math. Honestly, so am I!
I was pleased that we finally got some rain here! We desperately needed rain on our garden. Even with us watering it every night, the garden was not doing well. I hope that with Mother Nature deciding to bless us with rain that now our garden will produce better. We still need more rain, but some is better than none. I will take what I can get!
I stepped on the scales this morning, another 2 pounds have been lost. Yea me! I wish I could wave a magic wand and all of the extra pounds be gone overnight. I know that will never happen and I know weight loss will take a long time to achieve the look I am going for. I must learn to be patient! At least I now have the entire family eating healthier and up and moving! I am so pleased that they are taking walks with me, drinking more water, eating fewer snacks, eating fresh fruit and vegetables, and just generally being supportive! Even my 11 year old son is in on this! Now, if I could bottle up some of his energy then maybe I would exercise even more!
I am all ready for our full blown round of home school next month. We have all of our supplies, except more printer ink and printer paper, and all of our curriculum. We have our lessons planned out and our goals in mind of what we would like to get accomplished this year. I am excited about this year's activities. I think my son is excited too. He is tired of the summer activities that consist of little more than grammar and math. Honestly, so am I!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Trade Offs
As I sit here, on day three of a new diet, I wonder if I can do this! It seems that in middle age, it may be impossible! Yet, I know it is not. I have managed to cut my caffeine intake by 3/4. Snacks are non-existent now. I have started to eat breakfast and lunch, which I have not done in year. Granted, it may only be a granola bar for breakfast and fruit for lunch, but at least it is something. Water intake is way up. I have gone from only a glass or two at night to drinking water non-stop and dropping slices of fruit into the glass so that it has some flavor! I have started to take my vitamins again. I have also began walking again, which is something that I stopped doing a few years ago due to the fibro and RA that makes me ache so much. I will tough it out! I am hoping that if I lose a few pounds and am a wee bit more active that the fibro and RA will ease up a bit on me. I have managed to lose 2 pounds so far. I do not have a set goal of weight loss in mind, I just want to feel better.
I have managed to get this plan into action for the whole family as well. I have my son and my husband out walking with me, drinking more water, eating more fruits and vegetables for a snack, and they are also out playing basketball and exercising. This is great! I have even worked it all in as a health and PE class for our home school. So, my son gets a double benefit out of this, a healthier lifestyle AND a class for school, all at once.
This started out as a simple trade off.....I gave up some things I love with the trade being that they guys cut off the cable. This was not only to save money, but to hopefully get everyone up and moving more. I am not a fan of TV, so that was no sacrifice for me. I had to give up other things that I enjoyed....like drinking so much diet soda and beer. For me, it evolved into, gee, let's lose weight too and see if we can all be more active and feel better.
I know it has only been three days, but I can already tell the difference in a few areas of how I feel. Mostly, I feel more alert, even without so much caffeine. That is a start and that is good enough for me to stay motivated!
I have managed to get this plan into action for the whole family as well. I have my son and my husband out walking with me, drinking more water, eating more fruits and vegetables for a snack, and they are also out playing basketball and exercising. This is great! I have even worked it all in as a health and PE class for our home school. So, my son gets a double benefit out of this, a healthier lifestyle AND a class for school, all at once.
This started out as a simple trade off.....I gave up some things I love with the trade being that they guys cut off the cable. This was not only to save money, but to hopefully get everyone up and moving more. I am not a fan of TV, so that was no sacrifice for me. I had to give up other things that I enjoyed....like drinking so much diet soda and beer. For me, it evolved into, gee, let's lose weight too and see if we can all be more active and feel better.
I know it has only been three days, but I can already tell the difference in a few areas of how I feel. Mostly, I feel more alert, even without so much caffeine. That is a start and that is good enough for me to stay motivated!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Just thinking
It's been a few days since I have taken the time to sit here and organize my thoughts onto this blog. Not because I didn't want to, but because we had company in for the holiday weekend and, well, we've just been busy.
The weather here has grown quite hot again. The "dog days" of summer have arrived in full force. They will most likely stay with us until the middle of August or later. What amazes me is that it seems like all we have for seasons now is summer or winter. There doesn't seem to be a spring or fall any longer. I know this affects our gardening seasons, I am wondering if this also affects the migration of birds, or the hibernation of animals. Hum, I may have to turn that thought into a research project for the home school lessons.
My son is looking forward to August. He is tired of only working with Language Arts and Math. He wants to do science and history as well. I don't mind the idea of doing these in the summer also, but I feel the boy (and myself) needs a break of some type. The lighter schooling in the summer seems to give us a little more time to enjoy the season. The cold hurts me so much, that I don't get out of the house very much in the winter time. I find winter beautiful, but the pain that comes with it is not something that I enjoy.
My daughter had a job interview yesterday. I do hope she gets the job. She needs one and deserves one. The last job that she had, she quit because she was cleaning hotel rooms and became pregnant. She did not want to be around all of the industrial chemicals while being pregnant. I do not blame her there, but evidently, employers find that to be a crime of some sort. Since the baby has been born and she has been released to go to work, all of the prospective employers have looked at her like she has two heads or something. If they would just call her references, perhaps they would find out that she is not just some flighty kid, but very responsible and shows up to work no matter what.
My husband needs a different job, but I don't know if he will take the time to look for another job or not. He is a mechanic. I know that does not sound like a difficult job, but it can be quite grueling. There is no heat in the winter, no air in the summer. Often times, there is no lunch break due to the work load. If there is a holiday or bad weather coming up, the shop is packed and the employees are over worked. He also has a bad knee and here lately, it seems to be bothering him more often than not. I feel bad for him, he works himself to death.
I am wondering what type of job that I could find to work at home. I would like to do something so that I could help bring in money. Most of the jobs that I see for a work at home plan require that you put down money. To me, that seems to be a scam. Others are something that I just simply could not do. Maybe I should just start up a home bakery or something of this nature. That may or may work where we live.
Enough of my rambling for one day. I hope all that reads this has a blessed day.
The weather here has grown quite hot again. The "dog days" of summer have arrived in full force. They will most likely stay with us until the middle of August or later. What amazes me is that it seems like all we have for seasons now is summer or winter. There doesn't seem to be a spring or fall any longer. I know this affects our gardening seasons, I am wondering if this also affects the migration of birds, or the hibernation of animals. Hum, I may have to turn that thought into a research project for the home school lessons.
My son is looking forward to August. He is tired of only working with Language Arts and Math. He wants to do science and history as well. I don't mind the idea of doing these in the summer also, but I feel the boy (and myself) needs a break of some type. The lighter schooling in the summer seems to give us a little more time to enjoy the season. The cold hurts me so much, that I don't get out of the house very much in the winter time. I find winter beautiful, but the pain that comes with it is not something that I enjoy.
My daughter had a job interview yesterday. I do hope she gets the job. She needs one and deserves one. The last job that she had, she quit because she was cleaning hotel rooms and became pregnant. She did not want to be around all of the industrial chemicals while being pregnant. I do not blame her there, but evidently, employers find that to be a crime of some sort. Since the baby has been born and she has been released to go to work, all of the prospective employers have looked at her like she has two heads or something. If they would just call her references, perhaps they would find out that she is not just some flighty kid, but very responsible and shows up to work no matter what.
My husband needs a different job, but I don't know if he will take the time to look for another job or not. He is a mechanic. I know that does not sound like a difficult job, but it can be quite grueling. There is no heat in the winter, no air in the summer. Often times, there is no lunch break due to the work load. If there is a holiday or bad weather coming up, the shop is packed and the employees are over worked. He also has a bad knee and here lately, it seems to be bothering him more often than not. I feel bad for him, he works himself to death.
I am wondering what type of job that I could find to work at home. I would like to do something so that I could help bring in money. Most of the jobs that I see for a work at home plan require that you put down money. To me, that seems to be a scam. Others are something that I just simply could not do. Maybe I should just start up a home bakery or something of this nature. That may or may work where we live.
Enough of my rambling for one day. I hope all that reads this has a blessed day.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Birds
As I sit here looking out my window this morning, I see so many beautiful birds flying to my bird feeder. Many people don't feed the birds in the summer because they feel there is plenty of food for the birds. I feed the beautiful creatures all year long. Some of the birds that are here in the warmer months are different than the ones that are here in the cooler months. Besides, they come to depend upon the food being there for them and they bring such joy to me! In past years, I have even seen a red tail hawk come to a bird feeder. I am not sure if he was feeding on the seed or looking for prey. Whatever the case was, it was a wonderful surprise for me to see the beautiful bird up close and to hear his cry right outside my window. Wood peckers will also come to my feeder on occasion and that also delights me! I don't even mind the squirrels and the rabbits that feed off the bird seed. They must eat as well and they too bring me joy to watch.
I am an avid backyard bird watcher. I have noticed that each "set" of birds have a particular pattern of coming and going to the bird feeder. They are each there at a different time of the day. The mourning doves seem to come by twice a day, morning and evening, to feed. All of the others are either there either in the morning or the evening, but I have not yet noticed any other birds that come by more than once a day to feed.
My father got a lot of joy out of feeding the hummingbirds. He was fascinated by them. When he lived here, he had quite a few of the swift little creatures that fed from his feeder. I have not yet put up a hummingbird feeder, but I will next spring. Dad never would feed the other birds, just the hummingbirds. He didn't like all the extra birds being drawn into the yard and using the bathroom on his vehicles. :-)
The only problem with the birds that I have is the fact that the blackbirds come in a pull up our garden plants. These little monsters ate every single shoot of corn that was coming up this spring. Oh well, guess we will buy corn to put up from another local person this year. Next year, we will build a scarecrow!
I am an avid backyard bird watcher. I have noticed that each "set" of birds have a particular pattern of coming and going to the bird feeder. They are each there at a different time of the day. The mourning doves seem to come by twice a day, morning and evening, to feed. All of the others are either there either in the morning or the evening, but I have not yet noticed any other birds that come by more than once a day to feed.
My father got a lot of joy out of feeding the hummingbirds. He was fascinated by them. When he lived here, he had quite a few of the swift little creatures that fed from his feeder. I have not yet put up a hummingbird feeder, but I will next spring. Dad never would feed the other birds, just the hummingbirds. He didn't like all the extra birds being drawn into the yard and using the bathroom on his vehicles. :-)
The only problem with the birds that I have is the fact that the blackbirds come in a pull up our garden plants. These little monsters ate every single shoot of corn that was coming up this spring. Oh well, guess we will buy corn to put up from another local person this year. Next year, we will build a scarecrow!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Changes
July 1, wow, the year is half over! There have been so many changes in our lives over the last year. It is sort of astounding and flooring to think back over the last year of all that has gone on!
My father passed away on June 30 last year. That has been rough for all of us..myself, my husband, my children..we have all had it tough. Due to his passing, we had much paper work to deal with as my mother had already passed away and I am an only child. We moved into his home and completely remodeled and expanded that as well.
My daughter got married in August of last year and had her first child in March of this year. That was a tough one as well. Seeing my little girl being all grown up, getting married, having a child of her own. I am thankful that she asked for me to be in the delivery room with her and her husband.
My son went from being a perfectly healthy ADHD little boy to being an ill but happy little man. We are still working with doctor's to get his health back for him and have it more manageable. He went from being homeschooled, to being in public school, and back to homeschool.
It never ceases to amaze me how many changes can take place in just one year's time. We have laughed, cried, rejoiced, sorrowed, fought, kicked, screamed, been companions, been enemies, yeah...the whole spectrum of emotions going on over the last year for us. All is well, things just had to run their course. We've made new friends, lost other friends for whatever reasons. We've gone from being a family of four to a family of six...counting my son in law and my grandson. We've gone from struggling with debt to being clear of debt. We've gone from having nothing to having everything, or so it seems to us. Not been an easy road, but life is never easy for the average person. Things will get easier after time, and then, they may get more difficult. That is the funny thing about life.....everything changes in the blink of an eye. Sure has been an interesting year, well actually, two years for my family.
My father passed away on June 30 last year. That has been rough for all of us..myself, my husband, my children..we have all had it tough. Due to his passing, we had much paper work to deal with as my mother had already passed away and I am an only child. We moved into his home and completely remodeled and expanded that as well.
My daughter got married in August of last year and had her first child in March of this year. That was a tough one as well. Seeing my little girl being all grown up, getting married, having a child of her own. I am thankful that she asked for me to be in the delivery room with her and her husband.
My son went from being a perfectly healthy ADHD little boy to being an ill but happy little man. We are still working with doctor's to get his health back for him and have it more manageable. He went from being homeschooled, to being in public school, and back to homeschool.
It never ceases to amaze me how many changes can take place in just one year's time. We have laughed, cried, rejoiced, sorrowed, fought, kicked, screamed, been companions, been enemies, yeah...the whole spectrum of emotions going on over the last year for us. All is well, things just had to run their course. We've made new friends, lost other friends for whatever reasons. We've gone from being a family of four to a family of six...counting my son in law and my grandson. We've gone from struggling with debt to being clear of debt. We've gone from having nothing to having everything, or so it seems to us. Not been an easy road, but life is never easy for the average person. Things will get easier after time, and then, they may get more difficult. That is the funny thing about life.....everything changes in the blink of an eye. Sure has been an interesting year, well actually, two years for my family.
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