Facebook sucks sometimes

I hate when I post something on Facebook and then get no replies or likes. I know it's a minor thing but It makes me feel important when i see that people have read my shared thoughts or what ever. Well that is my thoughts about Facebook.

Cinnamon rolls

I made cinnamon rolls yesterday and they weren't bad. I will have to experiment some with making them gooey next time. I think I am going to make them for the bake sale at my kids school in a couple of weeks.

I enjoy baking when it starts to get colder. And boy did it get colder fast. But then that is what happens when fall hits here.

Pain of a bitch

At 2:30 am Aaron woke me complaining of lower back pain. I do not wake very well at all so I was not nice with my response. After about 20 minutes of him writhing around on the bed in pain he says he needs to go to the ER. My first thought "crap we can't afford this". My second thought "how am I going to function at work tomorrow after just a few hours of sleep?".

So here we are at the ER for my hubby and I feel so much guilt at the way I thought about this situation.

Why is it that I thought this way? Why can't I have compassion for the fact that my husband is in pain?

He will be fine. He is most likely passing a kidney stone so they will load him up with meds and send home again. We have been through this before a few times now.

The squeaky wheel

So I have been struggling this year and most years really with making sure that Cherise is being as successful in school as possible. She struggles with focus and a drive to want to be successful. So because of this her homework is not done often or if it is done it is not turned in. I have decided this year to make sure that both her teachers know without a doubt that I want to help and that I will make noise when I do not feel they are doing all they can to help her.

I just sent both of her teachers an email with, hopefully, some good suggestions about what can be done differently to help with communication from school to home. I hope they receive it well and and see I want to be part of the solution. Well I shall see soon I am sure.

Lets give this another try

I have not blogged in almost a year. Things have been very busy for our family.

I have taken on a lot more responsibility at work. I am now the leas toddler teacher and a supervisor. My boss went on maternity leave a year ago and left me and another co worker in charge. This has been one the most challenging role for me career wise so far. I feel that at times I really stepped up and did what I needed. I grew as a person and a leader. There were of course times where I flopped but I learned from those times.

My role as lead teacher has blossomed into my favorite role so far. I love seeing these little explorers use their brains and imaginations. Last yea I started purchasing a toddler curriculum online and found it useful to start my creative teaching process. This year I am reusing everything I did last year. I am finding that I can add to it in more useful ways and I have more free time to devote in other areas of my life. I get stressed out at times because I am dealing with toddlers (lol) but for the most part I feel so lucky to have the job I do.

My dear husband, Aaron is working in sales at his job of 7 years now. He is doing such a great job at showing his boss and coworkers that he is a valuable member of their team.

Aaron has started riding a bike to help cut down on the gas cost from his new truck. Bonus though, the bike riding will help him to lose some weight and hopefully reduce his high blood pressure issues.

Aaron was so excited when we where finally financially stable enough to get him his dream vehicle. A 2004 Dodge Ram truck. He has used it all ready to haul around a lot of stuff and loves it.

Kayla has turned into the most stunning little woman I have ever encountered. She is now 12 years old and so pretty. Also she has a great mind on her that she uses often to her benefit. She is excelling in school and has a perfect teacher to help keep her interested.

Kayla got her first cell phone just over a year ago (I think). She was pretty excited about this. We have struggled with her staying on top of answering t when we call or text and she has lost it a few times but over all I think she is handling way better then a typical 12 year old.

Cherise is such a comic genius. Last night she had all of us in laughing hysterics with just a part of her Halloween costume and a balloon. (I will post the short video as soon as I figure out how. :). Cherise is still struggling with school and homework and paying attention but I am confidant that in time she will master those skills entirely.

Cherise is now 10 years old. She has discovered a love for music and tv. She is constantly asking for a cell phone but she has to wait a bit longer still. I am afraid we will have to give in on this front soon though. Cherise is trying hard to be friends with her sister Maddy but these two have a lot of challenges with getting along.

Madison is a crazy, insane 8 year old girl. She is full of emotions and lets them out regularly. Yet I still love this girl to pieces. Maddy wants to craft all the time. She is a none stop ball of energy that I would like to tap into. She also has a curiously for baking that I need to encourage. She is a greatly little learner. She gets excited (most of the time) about her home work and is always wanting to show of her skills to me the second I get he from work.

Our current pet count is a follows: 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 fish. This is a low count for our family. We usually would have a few more but after recently (a year ago) getting a puppy we realized we were in love so much that we now feel complete. Paige is our big dog (fox hound/boxer mix). She is 5 years old, I think. She loves lounging and wrestling and sleeping with Kayla. Charlie is our little dog (chihuahua/daschund). He is a year old and so hyper. He is hilarious to watch run around after Paige or the cat. He loves chewing and cuddling. Oliver is our dumb ass/fat cat. Lol. He is 3 years (think). He loves lounging and swatting at Charlie and meowing to go outside at 4 am. The 2 fish are gold fish. They are kayla's. They live in her room and I believe they are still swimming. Lol

Well that is it for my giant update. But I will be trying to update offer so they should not be quite as long as this.

How do you rebuild a friendship? I think first I have to go slow. I don't think I want to get together all the time anyway. But it is hard to over come the hurt...really hard. I really want though to have a better relationship...the question though is does she want that? I am not sure. i still think she doesn't like she said but I dont know. I guess i will just have to stick to step one....Take it slow.

time for a raise

well I am freaking AWESOME!! I got my year evaluation and I got glowing reviews and another dollar raise. There are some areas I need to work on but I am aware they are a problem so I think I can knock them out. I now make as much as aaron does hourly. I am soo excited about what the rest of this year holds for us. This money is going to make it so we can really start to get things paid off and then enjoy making this kind of money. Well enough gloating. I am off to work now.

no more personal talk at work

So I had a talk with Tami cause I have been feeling left out of friendships at work.. Which is funny cause I thought I did not want to make friends at work. Anyway there is drama with some of the other teachers and I was feeling like my assistant was allowed to join but I wasn't which then made me feel like things were wierd with my assistant but in reality it is all just me.

tami told me that in my peer evaluations I had alot of people say that i shared too much personal stuff at work. I had figured that out on my own this week and have been trying to figure out how to make it stop so this had not come to a big surprise it just hurt that I would be ratted out for sharing too much when everyone else does it as well. but I will be the bigger person and try to get it under control.

So how do I know if what I am sharing is to personal?? Is it just the negative stuff or is in anything about my home live good or bad. It will take some time to figure out what exactly that means but I am sure that I can get it under control. I need to say things like " I am sorry but I don't think its appropriate to talk about this right now" or something. its going to be hard but I think I can do it.

So little blog you are going to have to be my outlet for personal stuff cause I can not use my coworkers anymore. and i do not have anyone else really to complain too. Everyone who I use to do that has left me. They are doing thier own lives and can't be bothered with me anymore. it makes me sad.

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