ok, I'm going to get serious......really....

This is the week I'm going to get serious about a couple of things.........
1) I'm going to keep the house cleaned better than I have been. I keep saying I'll do one part on one day and the other half the next and just keep repeating the cycle each week. To date, that hasn't happened. So, I'm going to attempt to do that very thing. The house will be cleaner, for sure.
2) I'm going to be way more serious about how I eat and watching what I eat and exercising like I need to do to achieve the results I want. I've been piddling at it, so this is the week I'm going to be serious about it. I'm not going to lose 30 pounds sitting in my chair reading or cross-stitching.....I actually have to do the walking and workouts.

And my husband needs a hobby. Actually, he enjoys playing WWII games on the computer, most of the time, but lately he's been bored with them, or should I say he can't seem to get into playing them. He's not an outdoors person at all and there just hasn't been very much to grab his attention on tv (that's a shocker, huh?). He sort of wanders from living room to den, checking his email and reading the news on the internet and for some odd reason, that drives me nuts! I guess I feel like I need to keep him entertained. I know in my head that I don't....but I feel sort of guilty when I'm reading, or cross-stitching, or scrapping and he's just wandering aimlessly between the computer and his chair in the den. Too bad there's not a 'pill' to fix that. Oh well, when vball gets going full swing next month, he'll be busy until November. Guess I'll have to be happy with that.

Everyone have a lovely week as you prepare for the 4th. Do any of you have a special thing you do on the 4th??? I'd love to hear about them! I'll post mine later in the week, but do tell me about yours.

well.....it's FRIDAY

You would think that since I have the summer off, and my hubby is at work, and my child is at church daycamp for a few hours, that I would linger over a meal or clean the house or scrap a little or read a new book or do ldry or workout.....you'd think that wouldn't ya??? Well, all of those things are great ideas but you know what? I don't want to do any of them. Sad, huh? Then I have the audacity to tell someone "I'm bored". Pathetic, I know.

Anyway, today is one of those days that I can't seem to get motivated to do anything.....ok, well maybe cross-stitch a little bit, since I'm working on a project for my BFF. Her older daughter will graduate from HS today. I'm think of you Robbie and love you bunches!!!! Mackenzie - you go girl!!! Have a great day and a wonderful party!!

one more time....

Well, that appt. was a BUST! JEB was NOT cooperative. Although, he let the nurse dialate his eyes and it didn't take all three of us to hold him, he absolutely would NOT let the dr. look at his eyes with his light. It wasn't happening!

SO.........we have to reschedule with a nurse that will give his a little anesthesia to put him out for about 10 minutes so the dr. can look at his eyes and see what's up. I just want it done so we know what to do about glasses and such.

Next month, it's the dentist. YIPPEE!! BUT this dentist does specialize in special needs patients so hopefully it will be a little better. Hopefully.

Thanks for the prayers everyone!!

OPTHAMOLOGIST Appt. tomorrow......

Tomorrow will not be fun. I'm definitely NOT looking forward to it, but it must be done. JEB has to go to the eye dr. You see, he had cataracht surgery when he was 2 yrs. old and another surgery in his L eye to scrape the membrane from the lens sac at 4 yrs. old. We started going in Alabama last year thru a program called SIGHT SAVERS, but they don't have that in GA where we live now.

But after calling the opthamologist and talking with the receptionist, I found out that because JEB has already had the eye surgery, and because we are visiting an opthalmologist not an optomistrist, it is considered medical and will be treated like a regular dr. office visit! Cool, huh?? I never would have known that!

So, it's off to the eye dr. after he has tutoring tomorrow. It will NOT be pleasant. He is NOT a good patient. He will NOT be cooperative. It will take several of us to hold him so the dr. can do the exam. He remembers from when he had surgery. It took three of us then to hold him still for the dr. to do the follow-up exams. It will NOT be fun. BUT it must be done.

His left eye goes in too far because of the low muscle tone, and he probably needs glasses. Not that I could get him to keep them on his face for any length of time, but he would see better, I'm sure. Oh well, one thing at a time.

Pray for me as I take this on tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! to all dads.....

I remember so well John's first Father's day. June 16, 2000. JEB was 4 days old and in the NICU in Florida, where he was born. He was under an oxygen hood and had a tube down his throat for feeding. The nurses took a polaroid photo of him and made a little foamy truck and gave it to us. We were so proud!!

Take a few moments to tell your father, if he's still with you on this earth, how much you love him. My dad is in heaven along with my grandfather. I miss them both.

I"VE BEEN BUSY.....

This week, or at least, Mon-today, I've conducted a cheer camp for the JH cheerleaders at our school.

I'm good friends with their coach and I told her I would do it. It was fun and it gave me something to do these past three days. I worked them hard from 9-2 and they learned some stretches, how to do jumps, how to stunt, some new cheers and a dance. They performed for their parents today and it went really well. They improved quite a bit from Monday morning to today. I was very proud of them!

JEB has enjoyed Daddy picking him up from daycamp and sitting in the front seat of the van while he was in the parking lot waiting for me to get him and switch to my car for the ride home!

It's funny to think what simple things amuse our little ones, isn't it??? Oh to be that carefree again!!!

Well, I'm bored........already!

Isn't that sad???? Pathetic???? I was going nuts today and certainly driving Jn bonkers because I was bored.

It isn't like I don't have stuff to do......clean the house, scrapbook, sort thru pictures, reorganize my craft room, read the books I have from the library, work on a cross-stitching project for my bff, or watch a couple of the movies I have dvr'd from the spring......but none of those things interested me today. Don't know why.....any one of those things would have been a good thing to do on a lazy Saturday with no laundry to do.......just couldn't get my interest up.

Maybe tomorrow will be better. I really need to work on devotions for the cheer clinic I'm doing Monday - Wednesday at school. Maybe that will be on my agenda for tomorrow.

JEB played very nicely today. We played some hockey, built some space ships, colored some pages in his coloring book, played some football, oh, and did a little bowling on his new bowling rug. All in all.....a good day!

BIRTHDAY BOY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY....my sweet boy!!! Today you are nine years old!! Can't believe it's been that long already. They grow soooooo fast!!

Today went fairly well. I told the people at daycamp it was his birthday and he was all shy and smiles. He actually understands a little about birthdays. He knows you have a cake and you sing a song. When we were at PaPa's early in the week, we celebrated his birthday and he said he wanted a "Yellow cake, mamma." So.....I got him a yellow cake with yellow icing (clown themed). He loved it.

Today, after I picked him up, we went to Publix and got stuff to make homemade tacos and enchiladas, which are his favorite! Then we picked out another cake......he was all over the place with yellow, to orange, to purple then he found what he wanted!!! A chocolate cake with yellow writing on it! PERFECT! So I got it, even though neither Jn or I wanted a chocolate cake. He was thrilled with it! It had all the birthday decorations on it, so it fit the theme.

I had saved a couple of gifts from Christmas and gave them to him. My best friend had gotten him a Megablock Pirate Ship and we had gotten one of those playmat rugs with a bowling set but didn't give them to him at Christmas, so they were perfect for now. He loved them both!!

He even understood about blowing out the candles and singing. It was neat for him to sort of 'get' it. I did take pictures, but they are on my phone and I have to figure out how to get them to my email so I can put them on here. I probably will need one of my teenagers to tell me how to do it.

Not a bad day at all, I'd say. It's amazing to see how big he's gotten and how much more he knows from last year to this year. Happy birthday, sweet boy!!! Mommy loves you!

WE ARE HOME!

We are HOME!!! YAY!!! I'm so glad to be in my house, sleeping in my own bed!! 5 days away is certainly enough!!

Not to mention that we really didn't have that much to do. Since we were staying at a hotel (don't ask......my father-in-law is too eccentric for us to have to deal with JEB there), we really didn't do much but lay around the room in between visits to PaPa's house.

I did take JEB to the pool and let him float around and splash around and he LOVED it!! I really hope that next year he can take swim lessons so he will know how to deal with the water.

We did get to see some friends and my sister and her kids, which was nice.

BUT, for the first time JEB actually mentioned wanting to go home. It made us sort of sad, but it was neat to know he knew the difference between where we were staying and home.

Glad to be back though. Now, I have lots of laundry to do. At least it will keep me busy for a day. JEB was glad to go back to church daycamp, too!

busy day.....

Ok, I have a few minutes to post before I work on cleaning, ldry and packing for our trip.

I'm looking forward to seeing my sister and her kids, and seeing a few friends of ours. It will be fun!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I'll post again when we get back!!!

Vacation.....

Well, sort of. We're going to Alabama to visit with Jn's dad/step-mom and sister. We'll see my sister as well, and visit with some friends. It won't be a bad trip, but hanging out in a hotel room for most of the day is NOT my idea of a vacation. Not to mention, it's our first real vacation time since returning from Cayman 4 years ago.

Yippee.....loads of fun. Oh well. JEB will enjoy visiting with PaPa and Grandma Sue. I'll get to see friends and see my sister and her kids. And it's not staying at home. AND we're going to Disney for Thanksgiving......ok, not so bad.

JEB has been doing well at VBS which is good. He's getting into a routine of sorts. He loves going to daycamp. He gets so excited. Someday, I hope he will understand it all. You know, that GOD loves him and that He sent His Son to die for him. That's most important. And if JEB never really understands, then I know GOD will keep him in the palm of HIS hand.....safe and secure.

VBS

Well, JEB went to daycamp today and they were going to our church VBS. Hopefully, he'll love it....and behave......and follow directions. We spent some time talking about this yesterday.

"Now remember, JEB, you must obey Ms. Kristin (his helper at daycamp) and do what she tells you. Do you understand?"

"Yes." giggle - giggle

"I mean it. No time outs."

"No time out.......no"

"No running away from Ms. Kristin"

"No run away"

"You must be a good boy and obey all they tell you. You'll get to sing."

"Mamma, Kristin.....church......color?"

"Yes, JEB you can color at church with Kristin. But you must obey her and not be a bad boy....ok?'

"Mamma, color???? Church???? Sing?????"

"Yes, you can do all of those things, but I don't want you to get in trouble. OK?"

"Yes. Church?? Color??? Kristin???"

I guess you see where this conversation went.........he had no problem evading the discussion that I wanted to have about obedience. Well, they haven't called me yet and it's almost 11:00. He's been there at VBS since 8. Good sign so far. This is definitely a case where no calls are good!

He'll have a great time I'm sure. As long as he gets to do all of those things he wants to do, he's in good shape.

Enjoy your day!! And.....relax.....don't work too hard!!