I feel kind of icky today, which is basically the last thing that I need. Hello, this is Sunday, I have to be at peak performance tomorrow, and in fact there are several things around the house that I need to take care of today.
I think it’s mostly sinuses and allergies, but still, come on…..this is my busiest time of year, for the next 6 weeks or so….I don’t need to feel like crap now!!!!
Well, I’ve done 8 out of 16 assignments, and plan to finish the rest tomorrow. For tonight, I’m done. I’m tired and plan to go to bed, after I kick the girls out of my room. *LOL* Actually they can stay in my room, just so long as they vacate my bed!!
It’s been a productive day. We got the laundry all folded up and put away. I did quite a lot of work. I got my taxes filed, just in time. Chores were all done. We were on a roll. Tomorrow I plan to clean up and organize my room, again.
It’s all bits and pieces right now, this and that…*LOL* Finishing up school, taking some tests so that I can gauge how the girls are doing, and if there is anything we need to focus on a bit more.
Sports are in a lull right now. Pitching clinic for the girls starts in April, and then we move right into softball. From softball we go into swimming lessons, and then we should have a lull again before soccer, basketball, and possibly volleyball.
I have to find out who it is at the district office that I need to talk to, to find out if my girls will be allowed to play sports for the schools. The Rec is awesome, but they stop some of their sports after 6th grade, and then they stop a bunch more after 8th grade, so my girls are nearing that cut off.
Well anyway, I guess that’s a bit of my life, and it’s time for me to move on to other things today…
I have started a new business. I am now an Amway consultant. I put in my first order as a business owner last week.
I have used their laundry soap for years, and find that it’s best as far as being hypo-allergenic as well as long lasting. One box of soap generally lasts me about 6 months.
We’ve also used their dishwashing detergent for years. One box will last us about 1 month. That’s not bad considering that means we spend about $11 a month to clean our dishes. We do not need to spend any money for the Jet Dry type items, as our dishwashing detergent doesn’t leave any soap scum or residue on the dishes.
I have just recently tried out their kitchen cleaner and love it!! It’s a nice mild clean scent, and cleans great! No rinsing required was also a big plus in my book!
We are also trying out their razors, contact solution, steam cleaner/spot cleaner soap, and a few other things. Oh, one of the best things we’ve tried is their shampoo and conditioner!!! It’s so great! We all have clean, shiny looking hair.
Yes, I’m trying to build my business, but I’m also being completely honest about how much I love their products.
Well the girls finally got their Wii, so they are happy. They have been waiting for at least a year to get one. They have spent all afternoon playing, and having a great time, now they are completely exhausted!!! They played their Just Dance 3 game for like 2 hours, after 2 dances I’m tired….*LOL* I guess I really am getting old.
I would like to get them the sports games. As I think those are fun. They’ve played them at the library, and I watched. I think I would also like to check out the Big Game Hunter, where you can shoot things….I might also check out a James Bond game.
WordPress keeps giving me a message saying I need to update to it’s new format. However I’ve tried and it wants some username and password that I apparently don’t have. I’ve contacted my techie about the problem, but she hasn’t gotten around to fixing it. I’ll have to remind her that she said she’d fix it. I can bug her, it’s my job as her younger sister. *LOL*
Maybe I’ll put a bug in her ear about making me a few templates for my blogs too, since I never seem to get around to trying to create them. However I’m not sure when she’d get around to it either, as she’s pretty busy too!!
I’m trying to do better at keeping my blogs updated so here I am trying to come up with something new to talk about. I guess my subject is basketball.
Des started her first year of basketball last week. It’s just practices right now. Games start in January. She’s having a good time, and doing pretty well considering it’s her first year. She knows a few of the girls on her team, which helps her be a bit more comfortable. Her shooting is improving, and she’s working on dribbling without having to watch the ball. All in all, I think she’s doing well, and most importantly having fun and learning/trying something new.
Okay, so life is chugging along here, with it’s ups and downs.
A wild turkey hit Dad’s windshield last Wednesday, so he was driving a different truck for acouple of days. I knew then he was starting to get sick. It ended up being pnemonia. Thankfully no hospital stay was necesary!! He has been home all week though.
I had a horrible sinus infection two weeks ago, and finally called my Dr. and got medicine for it early last week. I’m feeling much better, although now I think I have a bit of a cold.
We are eagerly awaiting Christmas!! Although there have been a few mishaps this year, but I’ll tell you all about that on one of my other blogs.
Time for me to move along. Hope you all have a good day!!
A friend of mine did a post on her blog, Where The Sun Always Shines…
, last night that got me to thinking. If you pop over and read her entry you can see that she’s had a rough road lately, and that’s what really got me to thinking.
Now I’ve never been able to write the thought provoking posts like she has, but her post got me to thinking about my own relationship with my Mother. For those of you that don’t know, I classify my biological mother as Mother, or real Mom, because I have been blessed to have another that I call Mom. One who accepts me for who I am, and loves me no matter what. But this post, it is about my biological Mother.
I never felt that I was good enough in her eyes. I grew up hearing “I wish you were more like your sister”. My Mother and I never “meshed”…I never felt like she was interested in me, my thoughts, or my wants. Everything always seemed to be about herself, or my sister….Everything I ever wanted seemed just out of reach.
I remember when I became pregnant with Des that I was relieved that my real Mom had already passed away, because I was so happy to be having a baby, and I knew that had she been alive she would have hounded me with how much I had disappointed her, and how much I had sinned, and what a horrible person I was, because I wasn’t married. I figure if we were still on speaking terms after that, when I became pregnant with Meg that would have gotten me disowned by her….
You may think I’m being harsh, but you didn’t know my Mother, or anything about our relationship. It amazes me when people think they knew that person so much better than you, and it was you that lived with that person, grew up with that person….
Anyway, I will say as many times as anyone cares to hear, that I have NEVER been sorry that I had Des and Meg, and it has never made any difference to me that I was not married to the father. They are the light of my life, they are the reason that I live….
My Mother was quick to point out flaws and faults in other people, but never seemed to admit that she had her own flaws and faults…I could go on and on about my Mother, and our problems, but I feel that I’ve gotten off track in this entry….So I’ll sign off.
It may now sound like such an aweful hour of the day for you, but it is for me, since I have been up since 3am. In one way being up so early doesn’t bother me, as it gives me a chance to get a lot of things done, but in another way it’s aweful because the girls will be up soon, and I’ll be wanting a nap soon.
As you can see in my previous post, my Christmas shopping is about complete. Basically it’s just a matter of wrapping things now. I wouldn’t even worry about wrapping yet, except I have no where to hide this stuff, so I have to get it wrapped so the girls don’t peak.
Anyway, I’m off to read an email, and then decide if I want to do more work or not.