The past few Saturday mornings have been spent with home school families playing soccer. This is a Fall ritual around here. For 6 weeks every fall most of the home school families in our area gather together from 8:45-12:00 to let their kids play soccer. The kids have a blast, the parents get to relax … [Read more…]
Today, a sales lady came by. She gave me enough notice that I was able to clean the part of the house she would be seeing. When she came to the door, the 2 year old was asleep, the 14 year old was working on Algebra, the 9 year old was working on his Saxon … [Read more…]
I didn't get much sleep Saturday night. So, I took a nap Sunday afternoon. Of course, that just meant that I wasn't sleepy Sunday night. normally that starts a vicious cycle that is painful to break. But, I decided to change things up a little. What did I do? I usually go grocery shopping … [Read more…]
Don't get me wrong. I love baseball. Especially when my boys are playing. But, I seem to remember that we started baseball during the cold weather and here we are, cold weather again and we are still playing baseball. My 12 year old is on a fall ball team. He loves baseball. … [Read more…]
Today was difficult. My father in-law has been living with his daughter and her husband. It has gotten too difficult for them to handle him. We all decided this afternoon to put him in a nursing home. We never wanted to put any of our parents in a nursing home, but Alzheimer's is a terrible … [Read more…]
My 19 year old called Monday night. He is going to school at University of North Texas (UNT). He is a business major. Math was never his strong point, but he got by. He's having to take a Calculus course. He's never had any Calculus. He failed his first test. He said he got the … [Read more…]
Today, being Monday, is our errand running day. We go grocery shopping and do anything else that we won't have time to do during the week. We usually go to Sam's and then to Wal-mart. I've become proficient at getting the competitor's ad prices at Wal-mart. It sure helps when shopping for a family this … [Read more…]
Okay, they are evacuees, but they are our relatives. Danny's dad, sister and her husband have been with us for 3 nights because their power is out. It has been really nice having them here. Our little ones are loving the attention. Our big ones are enjoying playing Skip-Bo with them. School has been … [Read more…]
Rita came and went. She was a level 2 hurricane when she came through our town. We went without power for 24 hours. We are lucky. We live across the street from a gas station and grocery store. They had to get the electricity going for them so the evacuees could buy gas to get … [Read more…]
We cut school a little short today. We decided we had better make some preparations in case we are out of electricity and/or water. We live right off of one of the evacuation highways coming from Beaumont. It finally dawned on me that we might have some people stranded that need assistance in the wee … [Read more…]
