Time is really flying by it seems. I wish I could think of something profound to blog about on a more frequent basis, but whew.....I'm doing good to do it once a month it looks like.
This will be a quick catch-up type of entry.
There is a little town in Nevada that I am learning to dislike intensely. For the past four weeks, C has had to go to Elko to work (doing some surveying) and I'm just plain getting tired of it. I'm sure he's more tired of it than I am but I'm tired of feeling like a single parent. I suck at it.
The homeschool adventure has been a bit bumpy. It's been a bigger adjustment for the girls and I than I thought it would be. But we had a pretty good discussion today and I think they have a better idea of what we're trying to do. I think they've been expecting it to be a 'school' at home and that's definitely not the direction I was going in. Still having trouble with them complaining of being bored...I tell them it's not my job to entertain them and that they are choosing to be bored.
The boys are doing well in school and it has been absolutely wonderful to have a carpool this year. A lady moved into our ward(church congregation/geographical unit) that also has a son attending AHS and we are splitting up the driving. I drive on M,W, and the 2nd Fri of the month that school is held. That makes for only 9 times a month. Wahoo!
I've been trying to be diligent about getting some exercise in. I have found a little circle to walk/run on through my neighborhood and today I clocked it. The part that I typically run is .5 mile. I was surprised it was that long and happy to know that I can run at least that far without stopping. Now to just keep inching up on the distance. C and H like to go with me and can nearly run my legs off me. I'd really like to try to run a 5K next year sometime.
Spent last weekend in Ephraim, UT at a CTMH retreat. I signed up as a consultant in April and I love the fun times getting together with the other consultants and being creative. We made an "All About Me" album this time and I think it will be something to hang onto for posterity. Scrapbookers don't often chronicle their own lives. This one will help my posterity know a little bit more about me. For more info about CTMH, click here.
Last, but not least, strange to think that it's been six years since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. I remember that day really well, J was home sick and my mom called me at 8:30 in the a.m. to tell me to turn on my TV. I had to go downstairs and haul the blasted thing upstairs because we had no cable or antenna at that time. We literally sat on the couch all day and watched that footage of the planes hitting the WTC towers over and over and thinking how surreal it all was, like something out of a DieHard movie. I loved the wave of patriotism and prayerfulness that followed and I'm saddened that already we seem to have gone back to our 'normal' lives whatever that is. I guess time heals all wounds. . . .
