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I am bad at this blogging thing lately it seems. Maybe I will blog more this summer!

Today was the last day of school for the students. The 8th grade students that I have watched all three years I have been at the middle school had their last day today. It is sad. I have one special student that I became close to, I will miss her very much! But I know that she is moving on and she is going to have a very bright future! I will still miss her!

I still have to work at my school over the next 2 days. I have a teacher breakfast to serve tomorrow. Then on Thursday I will go for a meeting. I will work the summer program for a few weeks. Then I will be back in my kitchen for Catholic Heart Work camp. Then the rest of the summer, I will work the summer program. So I am keeping pretty busy!

Kyle will be going to Robotics camp next week. He will enjoy that. Then the end of the summer will be Band Camp. They have to go to Band Camp to be able to be in Band in the 6th grade. He is not going to Scout camp this year.

Jim has been laid off from work for an indefinate amount of time. He is looking for work and we hope that he finds something soon. The economy is just so bad right now.

Well this is all of the exciting news from here! Have a great summer, I am sure I will be back soon.

Long overdue update!!!!

Wow it has been a while since I sat here to write a blog post. A lot has happened in that time!

Jim's job has changed. I think a lot of it has to do with the economy and things just are not going to well anywhere. The hardest part is when you have to have your income cut. But the good part is that he still has a job to go to!

I am still a lunch lady at a local middle school! I love my job and hope that it never changes. I would miss the kids. Growing up I always wanted to be a teacher, but never had the drive to continue going to school after high school. Now I do 2 of the things I really enjoy cook and touch the lives of children.

Kyle, he is a typical 11 year old. We graduated from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts in February. Boy Scouts is a little different from Cub Scouts. The Boy Scout troop we joined is boy run. There are leaders, but they let the boys pick the activities. Other than that he does not have to much going on. Different school activities and I feel like a taxi cab driver most weeks, but at least he is keeping active. Next year for him will be middle school and unfortunately for him, he is going to be going to the school that I am at.

As a family, we have moved. Which was a hard thing. We really needed to downsize. With the job situation and the economy right now, it was time to make a change. It was a very hard decision for Jim and I to make but it will be worth it in the long run, I think. More time to spend with Kyle. Hopefully less worry about how we are going to get everything paid. Family is much more important than chasing the all mighty dollar and that is what we make as our focus.

I am going to try and be better about updating this blog more often! I have been really bad about sharing!

Cold Winter

January is more than 1/2 over and it sure has been cold. Friday when we got up and was headed out the door to the clinic it was -5 but they were saying with wind chill it was -55. Last Thursday and Friday we did not have school because it was so cold out.

Friday was my surgery. I had to be there at 6:30 in the morning! It was early. My surgery was at 7:30. I had to be one of the first surgeries in the morning because of a latex allergy. They say that once they use latex the OR is contaminated, till it can get a through cleaning. I have the NovaSure surgery. He did a small D and C to make sure there was nothing that is going to cause a problem later. After all that I have gone through the last few months, this was a blessing. Hopefully this will be the end of the problem. One of the good things for this surgery is no more cycles. The bad things is that your hormones can still wage war if they want to...:-) No more kids for us...but we knew that a few years ago...this just makes it final. Kyle is 11 now and there would be no way I would want to start with the baby years again anyways.

Jim and Kyle have both been sick. There was no fever which is really strange. So really I am not sure what is going on with that. Kyle was sick Thursday, better on Friday and then sick again Saturday, so that was kind of strange. Jim has been sick the last three days, but I think he is feeling better today.

2009 is shaping up to be busy as always! Seems that things never slow down. Hopefully soon!

Keep smiling. Take time to smell the roses and to thank God.

2009 is here...

Hard to believe but we have left 2008 behind and have welcomed 2009. 2008 was such a busy year for us...just seemed that we never got time to even slow down. We did not take a vacation together at all in 2008, which is very surprising for us. But we lacked both the funds and the time. Jim managed to go 3 different camps with Kyle. Cub Scout Day camp, Cub Scout Resident camp and then 5th grade camp in October. We all enjoyed 5th grade camp, we had the greatest time. In 2008 about the time we would start to relax and feel like we were getting somewhere, something would happen to throw us off course. There were many events that we enjoyed but there were many times that we wondered just why did this happen.

2009 is starting to look very busy still. On Monday will be starting back to school and getting back in the swing of things for both, Kyle and I. Then in a few weeks will be my surgery. The good thing about that is I will only be done for a day it seems. Then we have various Scouting activities. Throw a birthday party for Kyle in there somewhere and you have to start wondering if I have to throw by super Mom cape in there somewhere...LOL February brings our 14 wedding anniversary. We are also considering moving in the next few months. There have been some break ins in our neighborhood lately and we don't want to be victims. 2009 sure does not look slower that 2008 that is for sure. Hopefully this year we will take some time to stop and smell the roses.

Resolutions...that is very popular New Year's thing to do. I think I do have a few. But have to say they are not very excited and mostly they are just reflections inward:

1. Follow our budget and stick to it. We need to save more this year than in previous years. So maybe we could enjoy the nice vacation that we missed in 2008.

2. Lose a little weight. I could stand to lose about 30 pounds. I always start with good intentions, but they get side tracked. Jim tried Atkins and it really worked for him, but then he had health problems that our doctor told us could be related to Atkins.

3. Find inner peace and be happy with who I am and what I have become. I think this is an on going thing. It all starts with self-confidence and generally being happy with who you are. Not trying to fit a mode that someone else thinks you should fit. Being who you are with out hiding behind a mask. I think in this step is honesty with yourself and how you feel about where you are in life. I have achieve a lot of this in the last few years, but can always use help. I find that sometimes I am over self confident and that tend to scare people away. I tend to share my views in life way to much and not to look at others opinions and how they feel about things.

4. I want to try and be more understand with Kyle. Still be guiding but try to let him find his own path. He is 11 now and he is starting to have to make a few decisions of his own. So just letting go and giving the power to him, instead of holding the power in my hand. Just guide him and hope that he makes the right decision. Always there to back it up if it does not work out. Of course there are still rules...but guide him to make the decisions with in those rules.

5. Be the best partner to Jim that I can be. To stand beside him. To carry him when he needs carried, to let him carry me when I need carrying. To make decision together instead of making decisions for both of us and telling him about it later or letting him make the decision for both of us. When making a decision be final about it and not wishy washy because I am not sure that I made the right decision. Know that sometimes even though we don't agree that there is always compromise...have to give a little to get a little. Love and friendship these are very important in any relationship. Love unconditionally, conditional love fosters unwanted things in relationship. You have to nurture love and make plenty of time for love. Friendship means listening and making time for Jim. Sometimes Friendship can get lost in the everyday. Most important is communication. Any relationship needs plenty of communication. We have found the best time to talk is at the end of the day. We don't make decisions then but we discuss things for later and we can talk about them easier later on.

OK, so maybe I got carried away with resolutions, but they are things that I need to think about all your long. I am sure that I will read back over this blog many times and it will be a great reminder of all of these things. It will help me to be mindful and aware of myself and others.

Well I have rambled enough for now. Time to get moving and have the first coffee of the day!

Surgery

Hello all. I went to see the Gyno last Friday and talked to him about the NovaSure surgery. After finding out what my insurance would cover yesterday I made an appointment for the surgery of January 16. After talking to the doctor and weigh all of the other options, this is really the best thing for me. The Gyno said that he has done a lot of these surgeries and in about 400, 1 has had to have other things done. Then I talked to my boss yesterday and she said that she has had the surgery, she had no side effect and was up that night. Back to normal by the next day.

Not looking forward to surgery but looking forward to the change that it will hopefully bring.

Prayer for a teacher's family...please

Hello all. I got a call today from the calling tree for my school. One of the teacher was in a car accident on Christmas Eve and even though she was taken to the hospital she did not make it. I am so sad by this news. Sad that this could happen close to Christmas.