High school

This week we took Sidney to 9th grade registration and open house. 9th grade. She's going to be starting high school. Holy cow! It kinda freaks me out. What am I saying? It TOTALLY freaks me out! When I think about high school it went by in a blink. Now for her it's going to go by in a blink and then she'll be gone, with her sister right behind her. How did this happen? When did my kids get to be so old? And if they're old, what does that make me??

The biggest, most important thing I've learned

with Chris being in Ohio for school...


is that I don't like Chris being in Ohio for school.


The end.

New Year's Resolution

While Chris was home we discussed New Year's Resolutions and me, being the grinchy person that I am said... "Why bother?"

So now that he is back in Ohio for this semester I have decided to put on my big girl panties and make a few goals for myself.

First: I am going to write in my journal more often. It's something that I used to be REALLY good at, but now I am still writing in the same journal that I had when I was PREGNANT with SIDNEY! Yep folks, she's 14! I'm actually hoping to use it as a form of stress relief. Between work, kids, Dr. appointments from my stupid car accident, and being a "single" parent, stress relief is just what I need. Not only that, I LOVE being able to look back at old journals to see what was going on in my life and how I felt about things. Yep, I'm definitely going to work on that one.

Second: I need to spend more quality time with my kids. I feel like when I get home from work that I am tired and stressed, they get the brunt of all that stress and fatigue. And on the weekend we spend so much time just trying to get laundry done and clean the house and get church stuff done. So I need to knock that off and be happy to get to come home and be with my amazing kids.

Third: Well, I'm going to work on the first two and then I'll think about adding a third. :) I don't want to get too crazy here!

Wish me luck...