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.