More thoughts

If I could pick out a song that would be fitting for the past two months of my life it would be a tough choice between Martina McBride's Anyway and Kenny Roger's I Don't Need You Baby. Martina's song is probably more fitting. "God is great. But sometimes life ain't good and when I pray. It doesn't always turn out like I think it should. But I do it anyway. " Something good will come out of this I have no doubt. I've learned I'm alot stronger than I would have thought I could ever be. Letting go is hard.

Life goes on

Have been doing a lot of cleaning and chasing dust bunnies in the past week. Making lemonade from life's lemons. It's the best thing to do. I can hardly wait 'til our TN visit. I did a bit of my Christmas shopping for Brittany.

Holiday Plans

I'm getting ready to take a trip to TN to visit family and friends. Eva is going with us to TN. That should be a real adventure. It will be good to have some time away. Brittany is growing so fast. I noticed yesterday that I need to go through her closet again and get rid of clothes she's outgrown. Won't be long til Thanksgiving and Christmas. I really need to start in on my Christmas shopping.

Catching up

I did not realize until today that it had been so long since I'd posted to my general blog. I've been making an effort to post to my genealogy blog more but this blog and my gardening blog have kind of been neglected. Lot's of things have happened since July. I'm making great progress despite what at times seems like horrible odds. I'm going to make the most of the "lemons" I've been given. Lemonade anyone? I am happy that my life took the turn it did in 2005 and that I don't have to deal with that chapter of my life anymore. At the time things are happening we tend to be filled with great emotion. Now I can look back and say that I am soooo much better off. My relationship with my daughter is so much better now too. She's my best friend and I think we both have a better understanding each of the other. I've worked hard to get things for her without turning her into an ungrateful brat. This year we have been doing homeschooling and I have been learning a great deal myself. I had never pictured myself as a teacher but I've found that it's something I could do easily ...though with Brittany's AS at times it becomes a bit challenging. I've went back to school and finished(almost) two degrees. This I hope will help me to better support my daughter. The AAS in Business Mgt Entrepreneurship(finished in 2007) and my AAS in Computer Science Networking I will finish in a few months. I redid some of Brittany's room. Bought her a new pillow top mattress, HD TV DVR and media holders as well as redid her bookcases. It looks wonderful. I love the Purple, Turquoise and Green Bedding she chose too. Had to go through her closet and sort through the clothes....got rid of bunches that she's outgrown and then we went on a shopping trip to replace those with ones in her size. She has grown so much over the past year....she is over 5 ft tall now and wears a size 1in jeans. I think the next thing project is to select an elliptical machine...and then figure out where we have the space for it. I think she and I both would benefit from it. Jim enjoys his weights but that's not something Brit and I would like. I'm thankful for:

• My Daughter who is truly my best friend
• My Husband who supports me in all my endeavors even when he thinks I'm crazy.
• My Family-(Near & Far)
• My Friends-thank God for my unlimited nationwide calling plan & Facebook
• My Dog Eva who is truly a cat trapped in a dog's body.
• The life experiences I've been through which have made me the person I am today.

Song Lyrics to live by:

• Be careful what you wish for..cause you just might get it.
• Some of God's greatest gifts Are unanswered prayers

My Vacuum REALLY sucks

My old vacuum didn't suck....in fact it didn't pick up much of anything. I bought a Eureka Pet Pal Bagless Vacuum today for around $80 at Walmart and am so pleased. We have a small inside dog so I thought it might help to invest in a new vacuum since the older vacuum was better suited as a doorstop. While vacuuming our 2 Bedroom Apt. I emptied the canister(which is fairly large) twice. This model also comes with a Self-Cleaning Duster, Crevice Tool & Extension Wand, Dusting Brush and Power Paw Stair Hose. Product, Price & Performance---all Great.

Summertime

My sis, Becca and my niece & nephew visited me this past week. We had a great time. Was so great to see them. The kids enjoyed going to Heritage Park and playing and swimming in the pool at the hotel. It's very hard to find swimwear at a store when temps are this high. Kmart had a wonderful selection so I bought Brittany two :-)
Last week was also some kind of Bizzaro Death week. MJ, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon. There was also a death in our extended family. My cousin's ex whom he has several children with passed away. She was only 51.
Mom is going to need surgery on her right arm/shoulder if it's to get any better. She's really dreading it because she's wondering how she will accomplish anything while recovering.
I've been wanting to totally redo Brittany's bedroom so that it is more up to date with her age group as well as trendy. She doesn't want a dresser & mirror and is opting for new bed, chest of drawers and nightstand. I'm also going to totally redo what is now her Entertainment Center. I'd like to get her a new TV(flatscreen) and a DVD recorder that also plays CDs. She still has my old 5 disc changer CD player but it might be hard getting her to part with that. Will probably have to sit down and talk that over with her ;-)

Don't spend major time with minor people. People in your life that continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, have different values along with a lack of respect for your values... are not friends.

Eva has arrived :-)

We brought Eva home yesterday. She's still settling in but seems to love it here. She is still a bit nervous and I think might miss the other dogs some though she is loving the attention she gets from being the only one here. Will post more pics later.

Change of Plans

The puppy has found another home as we decided that with it being a mix it had a good chance of stirring up our allergies. We are hoping to adopt this sweet white chihuahua named Eva from the FairyDogMother Rescue. She was surrendered by her owners(an older couple) when they could no longer care for her. We payed a visit to the facility today to meet Eva. She is so very adorable. I'll post pics as soon as I can. I sure hope we will be able to bring her home soon.

A puppy

One of our neighbor's has a chihuahua that had puppies and he'd asked if we wanted one of them. I picked one out last weekend and so around the first week in July I should be hard at work training it. It's white with a brown patch around its eye and right now is abt the size of a large hamster. Brittany is excited about it and I've told both her and Jim that I would need their help esp. during training for reinforcement.

What a Wonderful Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. Went to see the new Star Trek Movie with my hubby, Jim. It was awesome. Brittany gave me a dozen roses too...she's the best.

Finding Time

It has been so hard to get everything done that I wanted to accomplish each day. School has started back and my first on campus classes are on Thursday. I've already started the online portions of the classes and have 3 projects dues a week from tomorrow so looks like I won't have much free time until I can get ahead in my work on a few of them.