{"id":3007,"date":"2009-11-16T09:16:39","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2009-11-16T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T16:16:39","slug":"random-monday-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3007","title":{"rendered":"Random Monday Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We just had a great visit with my Dad and Connie.\u00c2\u00a0 Today they are heading up to Beth &amp; Kev&#8217;s.\u00c2\u00a0 Sissy&#8217;s been up for 1.5 hours and asked for Papa only about 100 times!<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>J3 has been attending Neighborhood Christian School for a few weeks now.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost definite he also has dyslexia but not as bad as J2 so I didn&#8217;t realize it.\u00c2\u00a0 But compared to his peers he&#8217;s struggling. So starting today I will teach him spelling and literature at his pace &#8211; at home &#8211; and he&#8217;ll continue with his classmates in other subjects.\u00c2\u00a0 Another modification we are making to his schoolwork is that his teacher will allow us to act as his scribe from time to time when writing is required but not graded as he struggles so much with writing as well.<\/p>\n<p>While this encourages me &#8211; it also creates more for me to do.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m afraid at times that I&#8217;m approaching my breaking point.\u00c2\u00a0 I have very little time for friends and other activities.\u00c2\u00a0 I realize this is a season but it&#8217;s still hard to see friendships fade away because I can&#8217;t make more time in my life right now.<\/p>\n<p>Gosh I am whiny aren&#8217;t I?\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to be &#8211; but if I whine here then I give my Hubs a break.\u00c2\u00a0 So forgive me!<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>My Uncle Steve was visiting this weekend and brought some treasures.\u00c2\u00a0 One of them was my Grandpa Watson&#8217;s diary from the 1920-somethings.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t read it &#8211; but my Dad was telling me that in Mid November of that year (Grandpa was 17) he wrote that he went with his family to downtown (Los Angeles) to see the Christmas lights.\u00c2\u00a0 So while we think that Christmas starts earlier and earlier these days &#8211; it started pretty early back then too!<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving Dinner &#8211; I&#8217;m hosting it at my house.\u00c2\u00a0 I think there will be 18 of us, not as big of a crowd as some years.\u00c2\u00a0 I have looked and looked at the menu but feel like I&#8217;m missing something &#8211; what am I missing?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey, Stuffing, gravy<\/li>\n<li>veggies (probably 2 dishes of some sort)<\/li>\n<li>mashed potatoes<\/li>\n<li>sweet potatoes (because I LIKE them! Yum)<\/li>\n<li>rolls<\/li>\n<li>cranberry sauce<\/li>\n<li>drinks<\/li>\n<li>pies for dessert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Am I missing anything?<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Well kids are waking &#8211; I know I had more to say but the thoughts are on the wind again and I can&#8217;t get them back!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3007\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3007&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Random%20Monday%20Thoughts\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3007\" data-text=\"Random Monday Thoughts\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Random Monday Thoughts\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3007\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3007\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Random%20Monday%20Thoughts&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3007&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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