Folks, I use to ride horses. I still have the riding breeches. I can’t fit into them and I can’t imagine I will ever be able to do that again. Mainly because I have since had kids and your hips change. I have now put aside 7 blouses, and who knows how many socks. Next will be the breeches. I don’t want to let go because it brings back a lot of memories. Maybe I’ll take a picture of them before sending them on their way to some new home. Sigh. This house cleaning is taking a lot longer than I thought. So many things happen the first weeks of school. I totally forgot about that. Luckily, it will settle down. Just in time for the holidays!!! Just gotta laugh and go with the flow.

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It seems like my life is going to be what is the fastest, best way to cut, copy and staple for the schools. If they kids even go to school. They have a half day off today, Monday the 6th, Thursday the 9th completely off. How is this suppose to give the kids consistency and stability? Oh wait, that’s not a big deal. Sort of like making school drive everything to reading and writing only. Why would we want to encourage math and science? Sigh. I actually hugged a woman today. I found out she was hired as the 2nd grade science teacher. The kids actually get to go to science once every 7 days now. Something fun. Something to show math is worth learning. My apologies, but I find it frustrating that there is no money for science, for help on copying, that people who have my child for 6 hours a day are some of the lowest paid and should be highly paid, and … it is time for me to stop and go to school and help out.

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It’s afternoon and I’m just getting my post out. I have been busy trying to get my arms around the insanity of my life. Trying to work out therapies, picking up kids, getting the house clean, volunteering, homework, studying for tests, playtime (for them and me), doctor appts, oh… and doing that silly thing called paying bills. And I have been ‘socializing’… trying to find a decent parttime job.

It will work out but until then posting is going to be… well happening, I just don’t know when.

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Ever sign up for to much at once. I have a tendency to do that. Like lately… It’s a bunch of little jobs because I want to bring in money, but it doesn’t work because I get too side tracked with life. I think I need to find a steady source of income so I quit over committing myself to little jobs. Again, easy to say, hard to do.

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Yaa, I know. I can’t afford anything right now. Unless it’s pretty much free. That doesn’t stop me from looking. What with two boys that are already driving me insane with the start of school… vision therapy, occupational therapy for the oldest, asthma and hypoglycemia issues for the youngest, one new school, both new teachers… and nothing set in concrete for times… did I mention both of them want to join the cub scouts this year? I get a twitch in my eye just thinking about it. Instead… I was told aboutOuter Banks vacation rentals in North Carolina.

I saw the place listed and went BINGO. I need to go there for relaxation. It’s even big enough to hold TWO families. Much less one family with 3 boys… yes, I’m counting my husband as a boy in that statement. It has TWO kingsize beds. The rest is great for the kids. Bunk beds or twin beds or a queen bed. Their choice. We could all have our own rooms to hide in for peace and quiet.

Here are some pictures from the Carolina Designs Realtor web site:

And the boys would love the fact there are TVs in each room. We don’t have TVs in our bedrooms. Ahhh… the little things you can enjoy on vacation.

Still, we like to play as a family and it includes a private pool and a game room with a pool table. We might not ever make it out to see any sites at that rate.

Get up, leisurely breakfast, go play in the pool, come in and eat lunch, go play in the playroom, eat dinner, watch tv and it’s bedtime.

Though I’m sure I could find some time to drink tea and read a book in this room:

Whoa. Love the windows and the layout. I might not make it to play time! Well, they say dream big and I can dream about having a vacation here. Anyone want to come with me?

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Seems my life is in overload. I can’t believe all the stuff I have going on in it. Hence, I want to share an email I got from ‘The Universe’…

You’re the only person who knows what’s right for you.

The only one.

And if you already know what this is, commit to it. If you don’t, commit to nothing.

Only you know,
The Universe

What I have discovered is knowing what is right for me and doing what is right are two different things. I know what I need to do, but with the responsibility of kids and house and husband, I don’t often remember to do what is right for me. sigh.

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Every couple of years my husband’s work goes through a change of insurance. They get an insurance quote and a bunch of paper work and off we go. It always makes me nervous. Not that it is bad, just different. Every company has slight differences in their terminology that can make an impact on what we are charged. So far, it has been a good experience. Every company we have worked with has been more than willing to talk to me on the phone as long as necessary for me to understand it.

I just feel like I should take a class in Health Care because I know it would help me not have to call so much. Then again, we switch in a couple of months to a new company and new insurance… which is not long enough for me to take a class in it. I’m sure it would take a full semester to teach me!

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Ok, I have been slowly but surely trying to ‘clean up’ my rat mess of stuff. I collect stuff. Not necessarily stuff I will use or need but just can’t seem to part with it. Sometimes it is because I bought it with money and hate to waste it. Sometimes because I keep thinking I’ll need it one day. Then I read Zen Habits on Wastefulness of Decluttering. It really hit home for me. In fact, here is the part that really got me:

This is such a common question that I thought I’d address it here — if you’re holding onto stuff because you feel it would be a waste of good money if you got rid of it, here is the answer you are looking for:

I hereby release you of your burden.

You are free. You bought these items with hard-earned money, and you don’t want that money to go to waste, so you’ve been holding onto them. It’s a burden that keeps you from freeing yourself of these unneeded possessions — it forces to you keep the space they occupy, to maintain these possessions, to constantly see them every day even if you don’t want them, to walk around them or trip over them or live in a cramped, cluttered space. This is a burden, paying penance for your initial wasted expenditure of cash.

I cannot get my act together in the last year to sell this stuff by ebay or craig’s list… which means I have to bite the bullet and just let go. Harder than I thought it would be. It is my goal for the next 2 weeks. Sigh…

Tags: housework, Mom

Ok, after it rains, the heat usually goes down. Not today. It is still hot:

Normally I would put up photos of my kids… but they have stripped themselves down to underwear and I will not post that. They are having water gun / water balloon / just throw water fights. I joined them for a little while but had to leave when Dad joined in. Dad just wouldn’t stop shooting me in the head. The ear and the face hurts. I was done. Over all, it felt great getting soaked! No wonder the boys love getting out and playing in the water!

Tags: boys, heat, Mom