9.13.10

Recap!!

Okay. Started new job today. LOVE the change. Have some questions, but still grasping on who to direct them to.

School, Getting tough, but I have AMAZING support.

ME - walked around the MCC Dobson campus for 15 minutes in the dark looking for the rental. Yeah. That was not fun and I may have panicked inside, a little, okay a lot.

Gratefuls
1. Some great people at the new place, some overly heart warming, some not so much.. BUT everyone is different.

2. Cash to get my self some food on this long long long Monday.

3. Thankful for my husband x 1000000 this morning. The jeep wouldn't start (first day at new job, taking jeep into the dealership for repairs, did I mention first day at new job?) He was there to charge up the battery for me, THANK GOODNESS! He is one great kid I tell ya.

4. Oh and another shout out to my Father in Law switching my tire because my husband was under the weather! Thanks grumpa.

Lesson:
Sometimes when you are just worn out, you wonder why you signed up for whatever task you took on, then you get home find your oldest boy in bed with a picture of you and him, fast asleep, and checking what he did at school today and his name scrawled across the top. We worked on his name last night, although at the time I didn't think he was really taking anything in, he surely was because he did his "A" and precisely the way I explained. Love.

9.9.10

gratefuls:
1. astronomy class being so laid back.
2. finally getting a good grasp on assignments for EDU220
3. feeling well so i can take care of my 2 undertheweather boys. hubs and bb.

lesson: instead of saying "this is so dumb" i had to clear my head to really be able to take in the guidelines for my weekly assignments in EDU220. sometimes you just gotta let go.

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9.8.10

gratefuls:
1. For having caregiver that cares about Masons education as if he was he son. Thank you Diane for all your help with this transition and limbo!
2. Sterling for having such a big heart. I dont think you realize just how much patience you have. To infinity.
3. Granny for the gift certificate to Pottery Barn Kids! Used it a little unconventionally, but scored some really adorable books. "Scrambled States of America" "The Rule About Little Brothers" "Do Unto Otters: Book about manners." LOVE THEM!

Lesson:
Along political lines. Just because you are allowed to do something underlaw... still doesnt make it morally acceptable.
Mosque at GroundZero - Constitutional right. If they wanted to spread pbeace why wouldnt they just pull back after the broken hearts show they are still wounded.
Pastor burning the Koran on 9/11 - Constitutional right. Should he? its ugly. A peaceful religional should not desecrate someone elses holy book because they disagree. Jesus wouldnt have allowed it. What is this dude thinking?

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Girls Night In?

My cousin said it "Goodbye life, Hello homework"

That got me thinking...
Me -Mom with two kids
Her -Freshman in college. All of 18.

Two different walks of life.
i see this a golden opportunity to learn from eachother. WE may not have the same major and may not be taking the same classes... but homework is homework. We all have different ways of explaining things. So what if we got a study group together for homework time. Need someone to look over something you've written or a math problem that seems like a mess...
who wants to try it out?
Im thinnking a friday night after the kids are in their dreamstate, for those moms who are interested, meeting somewhere... and trying it out.
any takers?

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9.7.10

Grateful for:
1. My 3 gratefuls… how I love you three, so lucky to have you in my life.
2. Getting to work safely today.
3. No scorpions in 24 hrs!

Lesson:


Friends, when you find that you feel like you have lost touch. Sit back and remember, even though you haven’t heard from them. Ask yourself why you haven’t reached out. And if you have, remember, they are just as busy as you feel you are. It’s the little notes, like the little gem to follow, that keep the friendship genuine.
“I love reading your blog. You are always so happy, positive, and grateful for every single thing life gives you. You are a wonderful person Ash and I am so glad to have you in my life” – Courtney

9.6.10

gratefuls:

1. weekend full of family and food :-)
2. health 3. strong bug killer spray! Stay away scorpions stay away! Lesson: Instead of being bored, muster up this extra time and do things you ways find yourself saying "I never have time"

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Cottonball

noticed mason was doing canonballs into the pool, told him what his "trick" was called, clearly lost in translation. silly kid.

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9.5.10

slacking on the gratefuls, but far from lacking reasons to be.

1. financial help for school, so I can keep me head in my studies. Thank you!

2. it being sunday and having another full day tomorrow with the family :-)

3. New sweet phone! still learning all the quirks, but downloaded this great app so I can keep up on my gratefuls!

Lesson:
It amazes me sometimes on how relevant a sermon could be at any given time. This morning was a great example. If you have seen previous posts, I was at a cross road and was struggling with the decision. I literally said "if tuition is free, than that is clearly God telling me what to do." For the record, getting a job at a preschool and having a discount, just a discount, is unheard of. In making that statement, I truly was reaching for the stars. The stars are what I got. Sermon was about weeding out the desires from The Whisper. Sometimes it is hard for us to turn off all the noise and just listen. He surely got my attention.

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