After being gone for two months, my Mom came back and moved all of her stuff out today. With my help. It was like driving nails into a coffin.
The hearing is in less than two weeks, then alimony will start and the divorce will be final.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
a spider and school work
Okay, and here are some misc shots from the week. Fred and the kids found a humongous spider when they were clenaing up branches by the shed. YIKES!!
Here is Isabelle being a great big sister, and one of her working on embroidery:
Ethan concentrating on his short vowel worksheet of the day.
And my I love NY baby.
Trevor didn't make it into this set of pictures, because he would NOT sit or stand still!!!
Here is Isabelle being a great big sister, and one of her working on embroidery:
Ethan concentrating on his short vowel worksheet of the day.
And my I love NY baby.
Trevor didn't make it into this set of pictures, because he would NOT sit or stand still!!!
sitting up "all by self"
I'm getting behind on blogging. Probably because I'm behind on everything: school papers, bills, laundry... and blogging just doesn't land at the top of the list.
I do have to post these pictures, though, of my littlest guy sitting on his own. These were taken a week (maybe two) ago. He's my first baby to sit on his own before 6-months old. He's even steadier now, after perfecting this new found skill.
Oh, and he also has a tooth (again, this is old news, as it happened a few weeks ago), and his next tooth is about to break through. I haven't been able to get a picture of that yet, because his tongue is always in the way. ;-)
Why do babies get so big so fast??!!! How does time go by so quickly.
He says "dadada" whenever we do. He will also mimic clicking noises with his tongue, and he will stick out his tongue and blow (you know, like "nah nah boo boo you can't catch me") whenever we do it. Just too cute!
I do have to post these pictures, though, of my littlest guy sitting on his own. These were taken a week (maybe two) ago. He's my first baby to sit on his own before 6-months old. He's even steadier now, after perfecting this new found skill.
Oh, and he also has a tooth (again, this is old news, as it happened a few weeks ago), and his next tooth is about to break through. I haven't been able to get a picture of that yet, because his tongue is always in the way. ;-)
Why do babies get so big so fast??!!! How does time go by so quickly.
He says "dadada" whenever we do. He will also mimic clicking noises with his tongue, and he will stick out his tongue and blow (you know, like "nah nah boo boo you can't catch me") whenever we do it. Just too cute!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Freedom Friday
You know, laughter really is the best medicine. :-D I laughed so much tonight that my face got sore! (I'm sure anyone who spends much time around Suzanne and her clan has also experienced this!) And, oh, the stories I have to tell now! (heh heh)
I feel more "normal" now, knowing that there's someone out there like me. Poor Suzanne.
And now... drum roll... here are my pictures:
I feel more "normal" now, knowing that there's someone out there like me. Poor Suzanne.
And now... drum roll... here are my pictures:
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Emotional Roller Coaster
Where to begin?
It was an interesting day today. We did our Sonlight Bible today, with a twist. For our Exodus lesson, I had the kids write and illustrate their own little books about the ten plagues. Let me tell you, there were some very interesting pictures in there (think: dead fish floating in a river of blood.) Hmmm... maybe not the best idea?
We did a unit approach for the rest of the lessons, just to shake things up and have some fun. Ants. All about Ants. We made finger print ants with our ink pad, we figured out how much weight we could lift if we had the strength of ants (20-50X body weight). Ethan's favorite was our ant experiment on what kinds of food they like best. Cheetos won. Who knew? Then we graphed those results. Fun, fun. We did our regular worksheets, too, and reading, but I'm glad that I took the time today to do more "neat stuff."
So all that was fine and good. No kid problems, except for Trevor pooping in the bathtub. I looked forward to the book study all day. Tonight was our last one :-( but it was fun, with yummy brownies, pumpkin cookies, banana split dessert and ice-cream. Yum, Yum.
But it's hard to switch between happy mommy, loving wife, and concerned daughter. I am just riding a roller coaster with my parents. Things seem to be going along a semi-smooth track for a bit. I'm lulled. Then I get that wake up call again that things are not okay. Why am I surprised? Why so upset? And, really, most of the time I'm okay, but tonight I did get upset. I just want to kick myself for becoming complacent again.
Just pray for our family for the next few weeks, and the long haul. Things have changed and will never be the same again. It's hard to look into an unknown future, especially while mourning the past on some level. Maybe they both really will be happier. I'll be okay with the change, but the new road needs to start having some consistency to it!
It was an interesting day today. We did our Sonlight Bible today, with a twist. For our Exodus lesson, I had the kids write and illustrate their own little books about the ten plagues. Let me tell you, there were some very interesting pictures in there (think: dead fish floating in a river of blood.) Hmmm... maybe not the best idea?
We did a unit approach for the rest of the lessons, just to shake things up and have some fun. Ants. All about Ants. We made finger print ants with our ink pad, we figured out how much weight we could lift if we had the strength of ants (20-50X body weight). Ethan's favorite was our ant experiment on what kinds of food they like best. Cheetos won. Who knew? Then we graphed those results. Fun, fun. We did our regular worksheets, too, and reading, but I'm glad that I took the time today to do more "neat stuff."
So all that was fine and good. No kid problems, except for Trevor pooping in the bathtub. I looked forward to the book study all day. Tonight was our last one :-( but it was fun, with yummy brownies, pumpkin cookies, banana split dessert and ice-cream. Yum, Yum.
But it's hard to switch between happy mommy, loving wife, and concerned daughter. I am just riding a roller coaster with my parents. Things seem to be going along a semi-smooth track for a bit. I'm lulled. Then I get that wake up call again that things are not okay. Why am I surprised? Why so upset? And, really, most of the time I'm okay, but tonight I did get upset. I just want to kick myself for becoming complacent again.
Just pray for our family for the next few weeks, and the long haul. Things have changed and will never be the same again. It's hard to look into an unknown future, especially while mourning the past on some level. Maybe they both really will be happier. I'll be okay with the change, but the new road needs to start having some consistency to it!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Life with a 2-year old
Okay, so we were just eating lunch. Trevor was taking his sweet time eating, so he ended up being at the table by himself when I started dishes. He decided to turn around in his chair to talk to me, and got his knee stuck between the wooden bars of the chair. Go figure. I worked and worked at that, and finally got his leg free after lotioning his leg, knee, and the chair. Well, at least everything smells all nice and lavender-y now!
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