Positive Thoughts

I just put the forms for Oldest Son M to attend USI in the mail. He could use all the positive thoughts he can get.

He just makes the requirements to get in. He knows he's messed up in the past and has been working like crazy to try and fix it, but he fears it won't be enough.

He has had a huge run of bad luck these last few years, both is school and his personal life. He could really use a dose of good luck and I know getting into USI would go a long way towards that.

If their turn around time is as they say we should know something by Thanksgiving. I told him that last night as we finished up the forms and he said I know what I'll be Thankful for this year.

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That Was Easy

Last Friday, oldest Son M and I drove down to Evansville so we could visit the USI campus on Saturday for their southern hospitality day. Barry drove up from Arkansas and we all met up at the hotel.

When Oldest Son M was a sophomore he decided that he wanted to be a graphic designer. At first he wanted to just go to a 2 year school strictly for graphic design. By the end of his Jr. year he was thinking about going for it and getting his degree in liberal arts with an emphasis on graphic design.

After getting many flyers for different schools and doing online research, he put USI on the top of his list of schools he wanted to visit.

We sat through little meetings, met a few teachers, toured the campus and visited the dorms. After taking it all in Oldest Son M decided that he could see himself going there. So, today he will be filling out the forms and I will mail them on Tuesday. Then it's just the wait and see game.

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It's here !

My Unit One Photography Class stuff came today !

I'm so excited to start!

I quickly looked it all over...... tests ! YUCK, I thought I was through with taking tests!

My plan is to start Monday, but knowing me I'll sit down tonight or tomorrow and start reading...... :0)

I have a feeling that this unit is going to be pretty boring to me, since it pretty much covers stuff I already know...... which should make test taking pretty easy.......lol

I have 3 photo assignments..... 2 easy ones and 1 not so easy .... but I will give it my best shot.

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The Exciting News!

If you haven't figured it out by that little clue ..... I'm going back to school.

Photography School !

Sexy Stud and I talked about it all week, and I will be going back to school to get my certification in photography.

While he would like me to go to school in Chicago, for many reasons ( too many to list) that just doesn't feel like a good fit for me and our family at this point in time.

So I will be doing it online/distance learning.

I did all the research last year and it got put on the back burner when he took the job in Arkansas.

I dug out all the information again and filled out all the forms.

Just as soon as I get all my information in the mail I will be starting.

I'm excited and nervous all at the same time.

A year from now I will ( hopefully) be a better photographer and I can't wait !

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The Things WE Mom's Do......

B-Monkey, who is in 6th grade, has been working on a country report these last few weeks. His country was Finland, not his first choice but the one he was stuck with. As part of his presentation he choose to showcase foods from Finland.

I searched the Internet for recipes, ordered foods and ingredients directly from Finland. Yes, I'm one of "those moms", you can stop your eye rolls now please. I timed all of this stuff to arrive perfectly on Tuesday ( yesterday) so him and I could spend tonight getting everything ready for his presentation on Thursday.

Everything was going according to plan, the food arrived just as I had ordered. Then he came home from school yesterday and told me his teacher moved his presentation date to TODAY, Wednesday.

Did I mention the fact that daughter A had a choir concert last night which meant I would be gone for several hours last night? This is when I said some not so nice things about a teacher to myself.

By the time I got home last night it was already past B-Monkeys bed time, so that left- Me, Myself & I to do all the work.

I rolled up 36 cinnamon sugar flat bread things

I diced up enough Finland swiss cheese to feed 36 kids

I mixed up a dip that had so many ingredients in it I loss track. Which after was all said and done tasted a lot like ranch dressing- GO FIGURE?

I bagged, labeled and neatly put away everything I drug out. Then I drug my sorry butt to bed.

I got up at the butt crack of dawn and explained , pronounced and showed everything to B-Monkey. As he was heading out the door I gave him the good luck I'll be thinking about you hug and sent him on his way.

Along his way to school he sent me at least a dozen text asking me again how to pronounce words. It's 6AM, my eyes are hardly open yet I needed to figure out how to teach a 12 year old how to pronounce FETA cheese via text. But I did it, because that's what us moms do.

As I was sitting on the couch debating on if I should clean house today or just take a lazy day my cell rings. It's the school, why are they calling my cell? So I answered and it was B-Monkey " Can you bring some crackers for the cheese and I need it by 10:00 , please"
I thought to myself can they little ummmmm eaters eat cheese without cracker....... but of course I said to him sure no problem.

So I drug my sorry butt up the stairs , threw on some clothes and tried to make my hair look better then it did. I drove to the store and being "that kind of mom" I couldn't just buy normal cracker...... I searched every box, bag and package to find ones that looked like they at least could of come from Europe....... gotta keep with the theme ya know. I buy said crackers and drove the 15 minutes to drop them off at school. Being a Mrs. cranky butt all along the way

Then on my way home I got one of these and all is right with the world again




But the question still remains...... Do I clean house or take a lazy day?


Don't forget My Auction to help Beth raise money for the March of Dimes

My Spring Cleaning Contest

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Delay, Delay....... 2 hour delay

By a show of hands how many of your kids had a 2 hour delay today?

Of these same people, how many of you are tired of the delays?

Is it just me or has there been way more delays/school closings this year then in years past?

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T.G.I.T.

Thank God It's Tuesday 

You may be asking yourself why am I so happy it's Tuesday? Well for one simple reason....... my kids have finally gone back to school after being off of school since last Thursday because of the weather and M.L.K. day. 

I love my kids and I equally love spending time with them, but one person can only spend so much time with them( stuck in the house due to weather) before you want to climb the walls. Also remember that I'm the only one here, due to the husband working out of state and being out of the country right now. So the only real break I get from the kids is when they are in school. 

When they are in school that's my time to decompress, to get things done WITHOUT them under my feet, to have a clean house LONGER than 5 minutes. In short it's MY time, and truthfully when that time is taken away from me I can get a little ( OK a lot) cranky. 

So here's to Tuesday and my kids going back to school. 

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