parent-teacher conference!

Yesterday, was my parent teacher conference with Nick's teacher ... Ms. Dysart.  She is a wonderful teacher and seems really sweet.  Nick's transition from school in Riverside to Roynon, here is La Verne was so easy and I think a lot of it was due to Ms. Dysart.

So, we got to the school a little early ... I didn't want to be late.  As soon as I had parked, the 3 older boys darted to the playground.  I put Joshy in the stroller and walked over to the classroom.  Our appt. was at 1:15 and at about 1:11, I saw Evan fall off the jungle-jim and headplant in the sand.  Poor kid has scrapes on his nose and forehead (with the remnants of his black eye still visable) and blood steadily running out his nose.  Poor baby ... he is the accident/blood prone one.

We actually cleaned him up just in time to go into the conference - I was amazed! 

Just another day in the life of a mom with 4 sons!

back to my basic

I have tried lots of different ways to "organize" me life.  Each method has worked well at different points in my life ... but I have noticed, when life gets really busy, I always fall back on the Franklin Covey planner system.  That is where I am currently ... I just sucked up and bought a new years worth of planner pages and a couple other paper products to help.  At this point, I am feeling REALLY good, as it is 12:34pm and I have accomplished 1/2 of the tasks on my list for the day!  I feel like I have done more today, than all of last week ... in reality, I did accomplish a lot last week, too ... but isn't it amazing how much better you feel when you have your day & week planned out for you!  Loving my day today - thanks to my newfound peace of mind!

why oh why ...

I know we all have bad days ... i have them frequently, it seems ... but come on - where has the civility gone?  Why are people rude without provacation?  why do people tend to seem defensive upon a first contact?

I have thought a lot about this ... I don't want to be this way ... I don't want to have a bad day and meet someone for the first time and have them say "whoa, don't talk to her, she's mean or crazy or whatever the response might be"

So, I have come up with 3 ideas to help individually ...

1) smile, even when you don't want to (but don't sneer) - smiles seem to wrinkle the face and crush all of the bad vibes one might produce, it is even effective when you are talking on the phone ... have you ever heard a smile in someones voice ... love it

2) look up - there is something wonderous about the majesty of the sky, even when covered in clouds ... it is amazing

3) remember that even though mind control sounds really great, in reality it would get pretty boring - idiots are idiots, but imagine if they had to do everything you wanted them to ... who would surprise you with idiotic comments?!?!?!  they would just be boring idiots then.

we can't change other people only ourselves, but maybe that little change will help some of the other grouchy people out there!

FINALLY

Yahoo!  I have finally combined the blogs and gotten set up.  Life has gone along well, since my last post, but there have been too many things I have wanted to comment on but couldn't because this wasn't completely set up ... ie: Tiger, gloria alred, Pres.Obama, etc ....

Well, yahoo! seriously feel like a load has been taken off and I am raring to go ... nothing else to say today ... but HAVE A GREAT DAY!

how is this ok ...

here i was in target ... everytime i go with the kids, we tour the toy isle.  having 4 sons, we usually skip the "girly" isles ... except for today.  I was aghast at what I saw in the barbie section.  look at the picture below and tell me how this is ok and what exactly are we trying to teach girls in the age groups that play with barbies ... seriously?

let alone, that I have NEVER seen any body existing naturally in these proportions ... but we are showing young girls that is fashionable and acceptable to wear a dress open in the front all the way down to one's navel ... Mattel & Barbie should be ashamed.  Seriously can't believe it.

in the beginning ...

I have come to a crossroads ... yet again ... at least is seems I am continuously at momentuous forks in the road, which require defining me or my life ... and this is one of them.





We are moving in a little over a week. I haven't started packing. I will (hopefully soon). I started thinking about all of the "things" I need to pack and realized I have so many projects and plans and hobbies ... things that I would like to spend time doing if I only had the time. The problem is, like most everyone these days, I don't have the time. Between, trying to keep my family happy & healthy, make my house a home, and work ... there just isn't much time left ... and what I have found to be happening ... I have stolen and consequently wasted time on hobbies & projects that just don't matter, from my other more knoble pursuits.





So, this is it ... I have decided, once and for all to draw the proverbial line in the sand, between me & my highest priorities and on the other side the wispy wishes and time wasters. This is NOT to say, that I have given up all of my hobbies or projects. I will still sew. I want to become great at it ... but I think, I can become a great seamstress while improving my home and family. It is the other things that I am sacrificing - yep, I typed sacrificing without even realizing it and Yes, that is the true definition of giving up one thing for another or in hope of another - so, I am sacrificing these less important things in the hopes of being a better Wife, Mother, Friend, Sister, Daughter ... with the hope, that after this sacrifice isn't a sacrifice anymore, I will see that I have gained so much more in love and strengthened relationships than could ever compete with a mere hobby.





So, here we are ... one of the reasons, that I am combining my two previous blogs into 1 AND getting rid of a bunch of "stuff" before my move ... with hope.