So the entire month of January is basically continual paperwork for me as I get our numbers together to send to the CPA for ...you guessed it, taxes. This year has been much worse and it is my own fault, yep I'll own it. After the fire I lost it, my mind, my ambition, my everything lol! So I have had to put everything in the templates I created for our totals, etc...
Well I'm happy to say that I am finished and caught up with this month already. I'm feeling pretty proud:) We've had some awesome things happen in the last week that I'll elaborate on later but it means I need to be on my best secretary game lol. Well I'm off to make a delicious dinner of chicken Alfredo. It's J's favorite
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
2013..a year in review
Well I have yet again disappeared from my blog life! Amazing isn't it, sense the sarcasm. I'm hoping to post more often and keep up to date with all of the fun happenings in our lives.
Wow I am so happy to be done with 2103!! I don't know what your year was like but good grief ours was everything it shouldn't have been. I started 2013 miserable as I was in a position at work so uncomfortable I would of rather been forced to where g strings daily! My principal continued to harass me and discredit my teaching skills, I will in defense of myself say that my students were doing amazing she just didn't like what she was seeing. Really that is a good enough reason to let a person go?? Well just before spring break I was called to her office with my union rep so I could get the official word that I would not be asked to return for the new school year. Whew did that take a huge weight off of my shoulders! I could eat again and breath again..no really I was having so much anxiety breather was a rather big job. I had managed to drop 30 pounds below my normal weight in just 2 years of being harassed. I left in June with my things in tow with a smile on my face. Ahhhh..
I took over my husbands paperwork and went to raising our son full time. My husband while upset over the treatment at work and the stress it had placed on me seems happy to have me at home now. However after the calm of June and July our world would be rocked again by a house fire on August 28th (my parents wedding anniversary). I came home to smoke coming out of the roof line. I have never felt so out of control of my own life than in that moment. I had been gone for 3 hours.,..3 hours, how could this happen. While I screamed for my sweet furbabies to come to the door my mom called the fire dept. and my 2.5 year sat in the back seat staring. It was so out of body as I ran around the house trying to get the girls to come to every window, every door with no response. I knew that they were gone but couldn't accept it. I had my mom leave with S and take him to her place just down the road so he would see very little of what was to come...cops, fire trucks, gawkers, and our beloved dogs being carried lifeless from the house we called home. Everything was a total loss. TOTAL LOSS. That breathing and eating issue I was having early in the year suddenly returned. We spent the next few days moving in with my parents, hiring companies to help with the details and fighting with our home insurance...you must fight with them or get nothing. Yourwhole life has been flipped upside down and you must argue for everything that you've been paying for, for the last 12 years of your life!
I must mention we had always just set the concrete forms as were getting ready to pour concrete for our new 2400 sq. ft. warehouse just down the road on other property we own. We decided to see the silver lining in the fire and added a living quarter above part of the warehouse. We have enjoyed our time with my parents and I think Scout will be sad to leave when we are finished. As will we, my parents are amazing and super easy to get along with, I think even my husband would agree with this :) I' m sure by know you're thinking wow what a year good thing it was almost over....NOPE! We would again be tossed onto a roller coaster as we receive a call from his home healthcare nurse that she can't get ito the house and sees my grandpa laying on the floor. We raced over and I called the hubby on the way, he and some friends managed to break into the house so we could get to him. He had a massive stroke with no hope of recovery. He passed away 3 days later. He and I were not close in fact he was very unkind to me (my family says it is because I look so much like my grandma) but he was amazing to my little guy and for that I loved him. the following week would be crazy hectic as we said goodbye to my grandpa with showings and a funeral service on Wednesday and decorated our new place for my brothers wedding that Saturday! The rest of the year was LOW KEY! Thank goodness. SO that is my year 2013 in recap.
We also had many amazing things happen in 2013 so don't go feeling bad for me lol! I hope to spend the upcoming year sharing our amazing moments, family times, recipes tried, crafts conquered and so on with you. Please join for the ride:)
Wow I am so happy to be done with 2103!! I don't know what your year was like but good grief ours was everything it shouldn't have been. I started 2013 miserable as I was in a position at work so uncomfortable I would of rather been forced to where g strings daily! My principal continued to harass me and discredit my teaching skills, I will in defense of myself say that my students were doing amazing she just didn't like what she was seeing. Really that is a good enough reason to let a person go?? Well just before spring break I was called to her office with my union rep so I could get the official word that I would not be asked to return for the new school year. Whew did that take a huge weight off of my shoulders! I could eat again and breath again..no really I was having so much anxiety breather was a rather big job. I had managed to drop 30 pounds below my normal weight in just 2 years of being harassed. I left in June with my things in tow with a smile on my face. Ahhhh..
I took over my husbands paperwork and went to raising our son full time. My husband while upset over the treatment at work and the stress it had placed on me seems happy to have me at home now. However after the calm of June and July our world would be rocked again by a house fire on August 28th (my parents wedding anniversary). I came home to smoke coming out of the roof line. I have never felt so out of control of my own life than in that moment. I had been gone for 3 hours.,..3 hours, how could this happen. While I screamed for my sweet furbabies to come to the door my mom called the fire dept. and my 2.5 year sat in the back seat staring. It was so out of body as I ran around the house trying to get the girls to come to every window, every door with no response. I knew that they were gone but couldn't accept it. I had my mom leave with S and take him to her place just down the road so he would see very little of what was to come...cops, fire trucks, gawkers, and our beloved dogs being carried lifeless from the house we called home. Everything was a total loss. TOTAL LOSS. That breathing and eating issue I was having early in the year suddenly returned. We spent the next few days moving in with my parents, hiring companies to help with the details and fighting with our home insurance...you must fight with them or get nothing. Yourwhole life has been flipped upside down and you must argue for everything that you've been paying for, for the last 12 years of your life!
I must mention we had always just set the concrete forms as were getting ready to pour concrete for our new 2400 sq. ft. warehouse just down the road on other property we own. We decided to see the silver lining in the fire and added a living quarter above part of the warehouse. We have enjoyed our time with my parents and I think Scout will be sad to leave when we are finished. As will we, my parents are amazing and super easy to get along with, I think even my husband would agree with this :) I' m sure by know you're thinking wow what a year good thing it was almost over....NOPE! We would again be tossed onto a roller coaster as we receive a call from his home healthcare nurse that she can't get ito the house and sees my grandpa laying on the floor. We raced over and I called the hubby on the way, he and some friends managed to break into the house so we could get to him. He had a massive stroke with no hope of recovery. He passed away 3 days later. He and I were not close in fact he was very unkind to me (my family says it is because I look so much like my grandma) but he was amazing to my little guy and for that I loved him. the following week would be crazy hectic as we said goodbye to my grandpa with showings and a funeral service on Wednesday and decorated our new place for my brothers wedding that Saturday! The rest of the year was LOW KEY! Thank goodness. SO that is my year 2013 in recap.
We also had many amazing things happen in 2013 so don't go feeling bad for me lol! I hope to spend the upcoming year sharing our amazing moments, family times, recipes tried, crafts conquered and so on with you. Please join for the ride:)
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Who doesn't love the holidays!
We are winding down from the holidays around here. It has been a great break from school, and life, and just everything! J actually took a week off and spent some good quality time with the little guy and I. We spent time with both of our families and some friends but really just focused on us and our small little family.
We did discuss work some times and J is thinking about making some changes to his company and line of work. I am excited for him and scared at the same time. Something has to give however as he can not continue to work 12-16 hour days. He normally gets little time to see S and I, he wants to change that.
I am feeling better about work even though I would still like to be home with S. After spending break with him I realize how little time I actually get to spend with him and what quality the time I do spend with him is. One of my resolutions this year is to really just focus on him when we are together and not what I need to get done. I don't normally make resolutions but this is more of a change of my ways than a simple forgotten goal. I never want him to question what is more important to me.
I am looking forward to the new year and a lot of change for our little family. I see great things for us this year :) I hope the rest to everyone else.
We did discuss work some times and J is thinking about making some changes to his company and line of work. I am excited for him and scared at the same time. Something has to give however as he can not continue to work 12-16 hour days. He normally gets little time to see S and I, he wants to change that.
I am feeling better about work even though I would still like to be home with S. After spending break with him I realize how little time I actually get to spend with him and what quality the time I do spend with him is. One of my resolutions this year is to really just focus on him when we are together and not what I need to get done. I don't normally make resolutions but this is more of a change of my ways than a simple forgotten goal. I never want him to question what is more important to me.
I am looking forward to the new year and a lot of change for our little family. I see great things for us this year :) I hope the rest to everyone else.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Update...kind of
I have not updated in so long that I have no idea where to begin. Life has changed...a lot. I am currently a 3rd year kindergarten teacher and love what I do. I however have kind of been chosen by administration to be the example of what happens when you are not the brown nosing type :) This in turn has maybe me re-evaluate how I feel about being in the public school setting. I'm not fully certain of admins plans but I don't feel they will be keeping me on for next year.
My feelings on this you ask...completely torn. I love teaching and working with students and well I have amazing co-workers! However with all of the changes happening in the education field and with my situation I feel a choice is being made for me that is possibly for the best. I just have to choose how I exit...
On the upside Justin, Scout and I are doing great. I absolutely love being a mom...even to a stinkerish almost 2 year old! He makes me laugh so hard daily, he also make me cry almost daily. I am so emotional when it comes to him that I tear up pretty easily when he amazes me or gives me a huge squeeze and kiss out of the blue. Justin is working his uhm, behind off, I don't know how he is functioning. I am so proud of him and his instinct to take care of Scout and I. Even though losing my wages would hurt us a tad he says if I'm not happy something has too change. The support helps me be a little more at ease.
Okay aside from that...the holidays are just around the corner. Read, 2 weeks give or take! I have not a decoration up, not a tree, a piece of tinsel, nada! I have been so busy with work and wrapping up my masters that I just haven't got around to it yet. This weekend is the weekend. As for shopping well it may be on Christmas Eve lol :) but no jokes it may be.
Well I should get off of here and go see what my masters homework asks of me this weekend, good night.
My feelings on this you ask...completely torn. I love teaching and working with students and well I have amazing co-workers! However with all of the changes happening in the education field and with my situation I feel a choice is being made for me that is possibly for the best. I just have to choose how I exit...
On the upside Justin, Scout and I are doing great. I absolutely love being a mom...even to a stinkerish almost 2 year old! He makes me laugh so hard daily, he also make me cry almost daily. I am so emotional when it comes to him that I tear up pretty easily when he amazes me or gives me a huge squeeze and kiss out of the blue. Justin is working his uhm, behind off, I don't know how he is functioning. I am so proud of him and his instinct to take care of Scout and I. Even though losing my wages would hurt us a tad he says if I'm not happy something has too change. The support helps me be a little more at ease.
Okay aside from that...the holidays are just around the corner. Read, 2 weeks give or take! I have not a decoration up, not a tree, a piece of tinsel, nada! I have been so busy with work and wrapping up my masters that I just haven't got around to it yet. This weekend is the weekend. As for shopping well it may be on Christmas Eve lol :) but no jokes it may be.
Well I should get off of here and go see what my masters homework asks of me this weekend, good night.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
In a Family Way
Well it seems as if I am in a family way. I took a pregnancy test on Sat. April 22nd because in my gut something felt different. I was simply hoping for a longer LP and when I started have some odd symptoms such as extreme heartburn, and hunger I thought something might be up. I know they say how could you tell, well I really can't explain it but I knew when I took that test it was going to be positive.
I was home alone when I took the test and freaked out and went to find J who was fishing I told him that we needed to go to WB to get a digital because I had to see the word "pregnant" to believe it. So we did and when I took it with very diluted urine I still got a BFP very quickly! I was scared, shocked, uncertain and about 100 other emotions. Happiness came a little later after I had time to adjust to the idea. So far only J, my mom, and a friend know besides me.
I am not very far along, just about 5 weeks or so if FF was right on my O date and have not even scheduled a first visit, waiting till school gets out. I will tell people when I am around the 12week mark. NOw that I am overjoyed and excited I am worried something is going to go wrong, I guess I just have to kkeep with my usual thought...everything happens for a reason.
Well I am off for the evening I need to get some work done...report cards are due soon and I want to be ahead of the game. Goodnight!
I was home alone when I took the test and freaked out and went to find J who was fishing I told him that we needed to go to WB to get a digital because I had to see the word "pregnant" to believe it. So we did and when I took it with very diluted urine I still got a BFP very quickly! I was scared, shocked, uncertain and about 100 other emotions. Happiness came a little later after I had time to adjust to the idea. So far only J, my mom, and a friend know besides me.
I am not very far along, just about 5 weeks or so if FF was right on my O date and have not even scheduled a first visit, waiting till school gets out. I will tell people when I am around the 12week mark. NOw that I am overjoyed and excited I am worried something is going to go wrong, I guess I just have to kkeep with my usual thought...everything happens for a reason.
Well I am off for the evening I need to get some work done...report cards are due soon and I want to be ahead of the game. Goodnight!
Friday, May 21, 2010
So much for updating more often!
Well I will start off by making excuses for my lack of updates...I have been extremely busy with work and with household business. I am absolutely loving teaching full time and hope that something more permanent will happen for me this year. There are supposed to be quite a few retirements this year so hopefully mid to late summer I will have an interview and a job at the school where I am full time subbing now. I love that it keeps me busy and I don't even have time to think half of the time. Before I sat around whining about all of the things that weren't going how I wanted them too, now I just plain don't have the time.
As for J he is keeping busy. This is his high season so he better keep that hiney moving for now. WHen not selling he has been helping a buddy build a garage for a client, and of course fishing when time and weather permit.
I am still off of bc but are charting and taking OPK's to avoid getting pregnant....yes I know this is not the safest protection but it works. We plan to start trying in July. So it will be a rollercoater over the next few months.
Well I shall be going, I told Dh I woudl do some things around the house before my fun day of shopping with my mom tomorrow. SO I'm off!
As for J he is keeping busy. This is his high season so he better keep that hiney moving for now. WHen not selling he has been helping a buddy build a garage for a client, and of course fishing when time and weather permit.
I am still off of bc but are charting and taking OPK's to avoid getting pregnant....yes I know this is not the safest protection but it works. We plan to start trying in July. So it will be a rollercoater over the next few months.
Well I shall be going, I told Dh I woudl do some things around the house before my fun day of shopping with my mom tomorrow. SO I'm off!
Friday, April 2, 2010
Spring is here!
Today is my first day of Spring break and it is wonderful! Now I see what full time teachers look forward too. Oh by the way I am currently working full time in a teaching position, a teacher friend is ill and I am filling in for her....hopefully this will be mine in however I seriously question what is going on with our education system so I'm not holding my breath.
On another note the weather is beautiful outside! Gorgeous for the 2nd day of April. My birthday (3-31) was so nice and it is typically a last blast of winter so it was nice to grill out with the family. I am officially 26 years of age now...wow time really flies once you hit 21.
We had been thinking about holding off on TTC but when we got to thinking about how old we were going to be...yes I know 26 is not old...we decided this summer was it. We hope to possibly have 4 children, we shall see, so waiting much longer would have me pregnant into my late 30's.
Very few people know that we are going to start trying this summer (juneish). We have told my parents and a couple of close friends. But in this little town gossip spreads like a wildfire...before we even decided to TTC I had already heard that we were :)
Well that is all of an update for now I am going to try to be better about getting on here hopefully I can do that! Have a great day:)
On another note the weather is beautiful outside! Gorgeous for the 2nd day of April. My birthday (3-31) was so nice and it is typically a last blast of winter so it was nice to grill out with the family. I am officially 26 years of age now...wow time really flies once you hit 21.
We had been thinking about holding off on TTC but when we got to thinking about how old we were going to be...yes I know 26 is not old...we decided this summer was it. We hope to possibly have 4 children, we shall see, so waiting much longer would have me pregnant into my late 30's.
Very few people know that we are going to start trying this summer (juneish). We have told my parents and a couple of close friends. But in this little town gossip spreads like a wildfire...before we even decided to TTC I had already heard that we were :)
Well that is all of an update for now I am going to try to be better about getting on here hopefully I can do that! Have a great day:)
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