Category Archives: Family Life

OH MY GOODNESS!! I never imagined how messed up my life would be just by being chosen for jury duty! But at least now I am done! But I’m sooo behind. Just off the top of my head, I need to do the following…

:: Secure the domain name and webspace for my new webclient – Senor Scott’s Salsa (website coming soon!)

:: Update the W.A.C.H.E. webpage

:: Everything else I do on a daily basis: homeschool J2, laundry, errands, life, more laundry, etc, etc, etc.

So, because I’m so overwhelmed, I don’t do anything! Well, that’s not true….I’ve been knitting and playing with my knitting blog. I need to get motivated …. or is it disciplined? Hmm…whatever it is…I need to get it!

I’m hiding in here after banging my head on the desk trying to help #1 son with 3rd grade social studies homework. Either I’m too old or just too tired tonight…NONE of it made sense! ARGH!!

Oh well, at least I can knit now! LOL

I got picked for Jury Duty!!! ARGH!! I’m all for my civic duty, but now I need my life back! We are back in court next Tuesday and hopefully we can start deliberating.

I’ve treated myself to a few new blogs to share what I’m learning/doing, create reminders of what I want to do and connect with other crafters! Check them out:

KnitnMom

Quiltnmom

Now I’ve got to catch up all the other webpages I do for people – esp W.A.C.H.E! Gotta get busy! Talk to you soon….I hope!

I was looking through some pics over the last year and thought I’d share them with you….

First, just two weeks ago, we hosted a Sweet 16 Luau party for our niece, Annika. Her Aunt Annie did a great job on the party! Here is Annika (in the middle) with some of her friends…

Second, here is a pic from Easter 2004 – J1, J2 and Carson (cousin) are dying (dyeing??) eggs

A friend of my mom gave her this sign – I love it!

Here is Uncle Kevin helping J2 learn how to ride a two-wheeler — it worked too! 🙂

Here is Eric and his Dad, at the Luau, admiring each other’s yard! LOL

I was writing a friend and realized I never shared here about the changes in our house. The first (and biggest) is that J1 is going to the Christian school where DH works. We always said we’d do what was best for the kids…and we were just clashing big time and DH put his foot down. The bottom line is that I can’t handle things as well as pregrief. I think DH is pretty worried about me, but I know that it will take time. I may never be the same person I was before – and that can have an upside too.

The other change is that we enrolled J2 (8) into a charter school – we are 85% sure we are dealing with dyslexia and I need the help. We talked about J2 accompanying Daddy and J1 to school….but he didn’t want to go and I think he needs more one-on-one time. Plus having J1 at school has really allowed him to grow as an individual and even exhibiting some leadership skills. Plus, he can’t blame J1 so he’s getting some needed attention in the discipline area too. LOL