Stuff that gets in the way of posting....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We love this day!!!!

Ah life is complicated sometimes..... We have had some hard news this last couple of weeks and if you don't know about it then you aren't going to. We are keeping it close to us and aren't spreading it around. It's hard to swallow, especially for the kids and in time, things will go back to normal but as with everything in life, they have to learn sometime. But there are just things that you hate to have to watch your kids learn about.

Anyway, With our lives being up and down it's been crazy. Connor got a reading award at school today! It was great except for my little princess wreaking havoc on the cafeteria as I tried desperately to watch. That child will not listen to save my sanity! It just won't happen. I may as well be asking for a miracle. You know, they don't come around often, well Alanna listens about as often. It's sad really. No matter how much attention she gets or doesn't get she still behaves like she has never been taught manners. I know I taught her something. Ah well. Connor got his reading award and I took a pic after he got it b/c Alanna was not listening. I'm very proud of him. He is just awesome and the medication he is on seems to be working well.

Connor's birthday is coming up. Nov. 30th. He will be 8. It makes me sad. I know I should be happy but my baby boy is 8. If it was my cat I wouldn't be sad but my little baby who once fit in preemie clothes is now wearing these size 8 jeans and size 2.5 sneakers and it makes me sad. What happened to the baby? He just grew up and I kinda feel like I missed it. I was here everyday and I feel like I missed it. I wonder how some of you who read this feel. The kids are just always changing and they are wonderful and beautiful everyday.... it's just too bad that everyone isn't here to see it and that there are people who just don't care to. I feel more sad for them than I do for me. At least I get to watch my kids everyday. They make me smile and they make me laugh and they make me cry and they make me crazy and they make me scream but I love them so much.

Ok, on to something else..... Rhiannon and I have an eye Dr's. visit this week! YAY.... it is LONG overdue. Now if I can only afford to get us new glasses! She has two broken pairs of glasses and none that she can wear. She can't see great without them and I have to get her new ones when we go on the 6th! Here's to hoping for one of those miracles! *crosses fingers*

Let's see.... Alanna burned herself on the grill last week sometime. I may have already written about it. They weren't bad, mainly just red marks. One spot blistered. She was helping tommy cook and she slipped. It was an accident. She is mostly all better now. She just had a halloween parade at school yesterday! She is Tinkerbell for Halloween! It was so much fun doing the halloween party for the little ones. Rhiannon is a "scary" witch. And Connor is Indiana Jones. They look so cute! I'll try to remember to take pictures.

OH! As an early Christmas gift my mom paid for me to join curves! It's a women's gym. Only women, no men allowed in the place. I like it there. I go four days a week after I drop Alanna off at school. It's good so far. We shall see how is goes from here on out! I like it and the women are really nice. Some are pretty funny. There is a woman there who is always moving. She said, you'd think I'd be skinny, right? I guess it's all the beer I drink when I go home! Or maybe it's the wine on the weekends?! She's a nice lady. There's another lady who showed me an alternative way to do one of the stretches b/c really, what woman who has a belly and boobs or lets just be real.... we are too fat for this shit.... can actually bend her knee into her chest keep her other leg straight while sitting on the floor and touch her toes? UM.... not me! She is another lady I like. I can talk to her and she is just real about it. The workouts get you moving and keep you moving for a bit and then you stretch. I don't like the stretching part but I do it. Just not for as long as they tell you to do it for. I like to just do what I need to and move on. I made a paper bra picture for breast cancer awareness month and I wrote "save the tatas" underneath it. They all got a good laugh out of that. I wonder how I did in the little vote we all took. Maybe I won something. We will find out soon. Anyways, I am hoping to have more energy with going to the gym. Thats my goal. Losing weight and getting my blood sugar down are the added benefits that I hope to gain as well. So far, so good!

Well that's about all I have to say today. Tommy is on his way home and I have a halloween party to get ready for.

Love and Hugs,
Chelley