Happy New Year to all my friends!! This year has flown by and now it is over for better or worse. Anyone who knows me knows that it hasn't all been good and it hasn't all been bad. Life is still not perfect but then again I am not sure that it ever will be.
I finally started Nursing School and can say that I made it through one whole semester.
I turned 35 and although I felt really old at the time I try to stay as young as possible.
The kids are growing older and, dare I say it, better behaved. I guess its bound to happen that as they age they actually grow up.
As I think back on this year it really has been pretty uneventful and for that I guess I can be happy. No one ever said that a boring life can't also be a good one!
I hope all your lives are as much as you can handle and no more than you can remember!! See you next year!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas
Thought I would take this opportunity to wish all my friends a very Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays. Christmas morning has come and gone and everyone is busy playing with their new gifts. It was great to hear, "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, this is just what I wanted!" Weeks worth of planning and its all over in a matter of minutes, LOL.
I hope you all got what was on your list and that you feel the love and joy of Christmas this season and that the next year brings you all the happiness you can handle!
I hope you all got what was on your list and that you feel the love and joy of Christmas this season and that the next year brings you all the happiness you can handle!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Lazy Day
We go from a snow day to a lazy day!
Today is Saturday and there is so much that I should be doing. I look around the house and see the Christmas totes that should be hauled back to the basement since the decorating is finally done. There are the rugs that need to be vacuumed, the laundry that needs to be washed, dried, and folded, and then there is dinner that needs to be cooked. I have no energy for any of it.
All that I have managed to do it make coffee and oatmeal so that I wouldn't actually starve, (hah, fat chance of that happening) I have to go bartend tonight and therefore the thought of doing work at home was not appealing.
Maybe once Winter break actually starts I will get some more energy
Today is Saturday and there is so much that I should be doing. I look around the house and see the Christmas totes that should be hauled back to the basement since the decorating is finally done. There are the rugs that need to be vacuumed, the laundry that needs to be washed, dried, and folded, and then there is dinner that needs to be cooked. I have no energy for any of it.
All that I have managed to do it make coffee and oatmeal so that I wouldn't actually starve, (hah, fat chance of that happening) I have to go bartend tonight and therefore the thought of doing work at home was not appealing.
Maybe once Winter break actually starts I will get some more energy
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Snow Days
I hate snow, the cold, the slush, winter in general. I LOVE snow days, if I get off too that is. This winter storm has shut down half the city of Madison and surrounding burbs and even my dentist appointment got canceled. How cool is that?
Going to bed last night we all kinda knew that there would be no school for the kids and when the radio went off as the alarm at 10 to 6 it was confirmed. That was when I got up and went to the computer and lo and behold, ALL MATC campuses were closed today for the weather. I do not have class on Tuesday but I do go in to work at the Library. Then, as I lay dozing in and out of sweet dreams the phone rang and Casey came up the stairs to tell me that the dentist cancelled on me. No school, no work, and now no dentist, life is GREAT!!!
The kids spent a pretty good amount of time outside while I sat on the sofa under a blanket with my laptop and a big cup of coffee. Casey went out and played with the kids too, they made a super igloo using the recycle bin as a block maker. It looks awesome.
Having a snow day is a day off with no feelings that I should be doing something of importance. I know there are chores to do but this is a free day and they will still be there tomorrow. Sometimes living in Wisconsin in the winter isn't so bad after all.
Going to bed last night we all kinda knew that there would be no school for the kids and when the radio went off as the alarm at 10 to 6 it was confirmed. That was when I got up and went to the computer and lo and behold, ALL MATC campuses were closed today for the weather. I do not have class on Tuesday but I do go in to work at the Library. Then, as I lay dozing in and out of sweet dreams the phone rang and Casey came up the stairs to tell me that the dentist cancelled on me. No school, no work, and now no dentist, life is GREAT!!!
The kids spent a pretty good amount of time outside while I sat on the sofa under a blanket with my laptop and a big cup of coffee. Casey went out and played with the kids too, they made a super igloo using the recycle bin as a block maker. It looks awesome.
Having a snow day is a day off with no feelings that I should be doing something of importance. I know there are chores to do but this is a free day and they will still be there tomorrow. Sometimes living in Wisconsin in the winter isn't so bad after all.
Friday, November 28, 2008
First thoughts
Well, here is my first "blog". I guess its not really my first, I have done a few on MySpace, but to me those really don't count.
I am a mother, a girlfriend, an ex-wife (thank the lord), a student, a singer, and I hope, a friend. My life is pretty average I guess but there are definitely days when I wish it was a bit more average if that means simpler.
All I ever truly wanted out of life was a family, a nice house, a good job. I have the family although the original draft did need a bit of editing. I am working on the good job by going back to school but it sometimes feels like I will never graduate and when I do I am afraid I will not be good enough to do what it is I am hoping to do, be a nurse.
The house is still escaping me. I did have a trailer that I owned, or the bank did but it had my name on the title. Then I moved into the house I am living in now. I love it. It is an old farm house in the middle of nowhere but only 10 minutes from everywhere. It is not mine though. I would love to buy the house and start putting all the work into it that an old house like this deserves but I know that my landlord is not interested in selling. I also know that this is not the time in my life where I can or should make a purchase like this. Like I said I am only working on the good job, I don't actually have one yet. I also don't know if this is where I want to be when all is said and done. There are a lot of unanswered questions in my life.
I guess I need to trust that God has plans for me and mine and that all will work out in the end. Any one who knows me knows that this is easier said than done though. So, thanks for listening to my first blog and I will try to stop in and leave more dribble from my melting mind.
I am a mother, a girlfriend, an ex-wife (thank the lord), a student, a singer, and I hope, a friend. My life is pretty average I guess but there are definitely days when I wish it was a bit more average if that means simpler.
All I ever truly wanted out of life was a family, a nice house, a good job. I have the family although the original draft did need a bit of editing. I am working on the good job by going back to school but it sometimes feels like I will never graduate and when I do I am afraid I will not be good enough to do what it is I am hoping to do, be a nurse.
The house is still escaping me. I did have a trailer that I owned, or the bank did but it had my name on the title. Then I moved into the house I am living in now. I love it. It is an old farm house in the middle of nowhere but only 10 minutes from everywhere. It is not mine though. I would love to buy the house and start putting all the work into it that an old house like this deserves but I know that my landlord is not interested in selling. I also know that this is not the time in my life where I can or should make a purchase like this. Like I said I am only working on the good job, I don't actually have one yet. I also don't know if this is where I want to be when all is said and done. There are a lot of unanswered questions in my life.
I guess I need to trust that God has plans for me and mine and that all will work out in the end. Any one who knows me knows that this is easier said than done though. So, thanks for listening to my first blog and I will try to stop in and leave more dribble from my melting mind.
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