Today I learned that:
1) One of my fellow bloggers is hosting a contest
and giving away DVDs. What a cool idea and just in time for Christmas.
You should check it out and enter! Here is her blog site:
CrAzY Working Mom: A Give Away Times Three!
Good luck! I'm hoping to win the Shrek DVD!!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Learned Something New 12/4/08
Today I learned:
1) That my daughter wants an i-Phone for Christmas.
Okay, so I'm sure a lot of kids have that on their list, but I am sure that most of those kids are not in 3rd grade. We bought her a cell phone this summer because between her and my 6th grade son and all the activities they are in it's hard for me to be in 2 places at once since my husband works out of state. So for my own peace-of-mind, we got both kids phones. It has been a life saver for me many times, I will not argue at all about that. But now my daughter, having had her phone for all of 4 months, wants to upgrade to an i-Phone. NOT HAPPENING!! Which are the exact words I told her when she handed me her list. To this she replied, "Well, that's okay, I will just asked Santa for it then." Dang that Santa!!
1) That my daughter wants an i-Phone for Christmas.
Okay, so I'm sure a lot of kids have that on their list, but I am sure that most of those kids are not in 3rd grade. We bought her a cell phone this summer because between her and my 6th grade son and all the activities they are in it's hard for me to be in 2 places at once since my husband works out of state. So for my own peace-of-mind, we got both kids phones. It has been a life saver for me many times, I will not argue at all about that. But now my daughter, having had her phone for all of 4 months, wants to upgrade to an i-Phone. NOT HAPPENING!! Which are the exact words I told her when she handed me her list. To this she replied, "Well, that's okay, I will just asked Santa for it then." Dang that Santa!!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Learned Something ELSE new - 12/2/08
Today I also learned:
2) How to hook up Christmas lights
My husband was home for the week of Thanksgiving. That was a good thing because his honey-do list was growing so long since his last trip back home in October. Because he was home for 5 days the main thing was for him to decorate the yard and outside of the house with our Christmas lights because he is not going to be home again until Christmas. So he worked all week...and he worked and he worked. All the lights were up by Sunday night and he had the timers hooked up and all was good in our world of Christmas. Until Monday morning when he decided to add a few more things. His flight was at 5:00 pm, but I had to take him to the airport early because it's an hour away and I wanted to make sure I was back home in time to pick the kids up from school. So we left home at 1 pm. And again all the lights plus the new lights he put up were ready to go...So I thought....Then 5 pm came when it was getting dark and the timers were supposed to kick on. Nothing happened. Half the lights came on and the other half did not. It was too cold and too dark for me to go out and fiddle around with this stuff, not to mention the fact that I am not one for playing around with electricity. So my husband calls me and I tell him that the lights aren't working and he responds by telling me that we must have blown a fuse in one of the strings of lights. So this morning I had to go out and retrace all the cords back to the source and try and figure out which string was making the lights not work. I ruled out that it was not a blown fuse because everything else was working. Then he told me that I probably blew a fuse in the string of lights -- he was correct, but what good did that declaration make when he is Las Vegas working and I am here in Texas with Christmas lights that don't work! Anyway, I figured out which lights they were, replaced the fuse with his helpful directions by tele-conference and proceeded to move a bunch of the strings one to different extension cords and outlets so as not to repeat the blown fuse problem every night for the next 23 days. Whew...I hate dealing with electricity, but when it comes to Christmas lights I will make an exception and I am glad that I learned that today!
2) How to hook up Christmas lights
My husband was home for the week of Thanksgiving. That was a good thing because his honey-do list was growing so long since his last trip back home in October. Because he was home for 5 days the main thing was for him to decorate the yard and outside of the house with our Christmas lights because he is not going to be home again until Christmas. So he worked all week...and he worked and he worked. All the lights were up by Sunday night and he had the timers hooked up and all was good in our world of Christmas. Until Monday morning when he decided to add a few more things. His flight was at 5:00 pm, but I had to take him to the airport early because it's an hour away and I wanted to make sure I was back home in time to pick the kids up from school. So we left home at 1 pm. And again all the lights plus the new lights he put up were ready to go...So I thought....Then 5 pm came when it was getting dark and the timers were supposed to kick on. Nothing happened. Half the lights came on and the other half did not. It was too cold and too dark for me to go out and fiddle around with this stuff, not to mention the fact that I am not one for playing around with electricity. So my husband calls me and I tell him that the lights aren't working and he responds by telling me that we must have blown a fuse in one of the strings of lights. So this morning I had to go out and retrace all the cords back to the source and try and figure out which string was making the lights not work. I ruled out that it was not a blown fuse because everything else was working. Then he told me that I probably blew a fuse in the string of lights -- he was correct, but what good did that declaration make when he is Las Vegas working and I am here in Texas with Christmas lights that don't work! Anyway, I figured out which lights they were, replaced the fuse with his helpful directions by tele-conference and proceeded to move a bunch of the strings one to different extension cords and outlets so as not to repeat the blown fuse problem every night for the next 23 days. Whew...I hate dealing with electricity, but when it comes to Christmas lights I will make an exception and I am glad that I learned that today!
Learned Something New 12/2/08
Today I learned:
1) That we are in a recession (officially)
Okay, so we all "knew" that the U.S. has been in a recession for a year, but only yesterday was it officially announced that we are in a recession. Okay, I am confused about that one. But that being said, this is really affecting our economy and in turn will be affecting many families and their Christmas season. I did hear a piece of good news the other day on the news stating that children's wish lists to Santa seem to be reflecting these tough times that everyone is facing. Many kids know that things are tight in their family and in turn when they send their wish lists to Santa they are not asking for big ticket items, but instead asking for things like a better job for their parents or smaller priced items.
1) That we are in a recession (officially)
Okay, so we all "knew" that the U.S. has been in a recession for a year, but only yesterday was it officially announced that we are in a recession. Okay, I am confused about that one. But that being said, this is really affecting our economy and in turn will be affecting many families and their Christmas season. I did hear a piece of good news the other day on the news stating that children's wish lists to Santa seem to be reflecting these tough times that everyone is facing. Many kids know that things are tight in their family and in turn when they send their wish lists to Santa they are not asking for big ticket items, but instead asking for things like a better job for their parents or smaller priced items.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Learned Something New 12/1/08
Today I learned:
1) That time flies when the holidays arrive!
Boy I cannot believe that today is December 1st already. I have taken a break from my work-at-home job for the holidays (one of the perks I love about working at home) and it seems that I am busier than ever with holiday "mom" things like decorating, baking, running around and most of all shopping. I can't seem to stop. It all started with Black Friday (see my next post on the GREAT deals I got on Black Friday!) and now I am hooked. I have been to Wal-Mart at least 8 times this past weekend and this morning I dropped the kids off at school and instead of making a right-hand turn to go back home, I made a left-hand turn to go to Wal-Mart. $100 later.....well you know the rest of how this story ends. The deals this year seem so much better to me or is it that I just have this need to have these things more! I don't know, but I am having FUN! I am so excited about this holiday season and hope the weather gets colder here in Texas!
1) That time flies when the holidays arrive!
Boy I cannot believe that today is December 1st already. I have taken a break from my work-at-home job for the holidays (one of the perks I love about working at home) and it seems that I am busier than ever with holiday "mom" things like decorating, baking, running around and most of all shopping. I can't seem to stop. It all started with Black Friday (see my next post on the GREAT deals I got on Black Friday!) and now I am hooked. I have been to Wal-Mart at least 8 times this past weekend and this morning I dropped the kids off at school and instead of making a right-hand turn to go back home, I made a left-hand turn to go to Wal-Mart. $100 later.....well you know the rest of how this story ends. The deals this year seem so much better to me or is it that I just have this need to have these things more! I don't know, but I am having FUN! I am so excited about this holiday season and hope the weather gets colder here in Texas!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Learned Something New 10/14/08
Today I learned:
1) That is takes a village to raise a child
I have a friend who says this to me and others all the time and I used to think - phhhhtttt, baloney. But today I made myself sit back and take a look around me to see how the people in my life depend on me and how I depend on them to help with the day to day things that are needed to raise a family. I quit my full-time job this past February and started working at home doing transcription. It has been the best thing I could have ever done. I was lucky that I had my husband's backing and his financial support in the interim while I got myself established with various companies. As my husabnd works out of state I often tag myself as a "single parent" case in point being that he came home last week for a whole week after being away for 6 months and no, he is not in the military. I have always prided myself on being able to get my kids where they need to be and take care of my family which is the main reason I quit my job because once I started to have to lean on others to watch my kids after school it became painfully clear to me that my time was needed elsewhere and an office was not one of them. I love the fact that I am home when the kids need me and can volunteer at the school and go on field trips as my work is pretty flexible. But some of the moms that live around me are not so fortunate that they either need to work or want to work, which their decisions I respect. But I have lately become the chauffuer of many kids and the person who's house is open to them when they want a place to hang out and play or for a snack. It's a double edged sword for me because I love knowing where the kids are and what they are up to, but I am now to the point that I am always watching people's kids after school or taking them to school or picking them up after school and working around other people's schedules. My husband thinks that I am crazy and reminds me all the time that I did not quit my job for to make life easy for everyone else. It's hard for me to say no, especially when others know that I am home in the first place, but sometimes I find it disconcerting that they are so easy to ask can you watch my kids after school for a whole month or can you take my kids to school so they don't have to walk? I take my kids to school anyway and am going that way, but wouldn't it be nice to just have to worry about my own kids and no one elses? Well, last night I sat and thought about it and realized that I need to shut my mouth and go with the flow because everyone has challenges in their lives that require them to have to lean on others and maybe one day I may be in the same situation where I will need to lean on others to help me with my kids. I would hope that if it got to the point where I was depending on others to watch my kids everyday that is when I would make my husband come back to working in state. I also told myself to stop complaining about this situation as I put myself here by not being able to say no and that it is showing my kids a bad example. As I always try to preach to them that if someone needs our help, we have to do our best to help out, but then there is the other side of me that says, but where do you draw the line to those who take advantage of that? Well, in the end I decided to shut my trap and blog about it instead...
1) That is takes a village to raise a child
I have a friend who says this to me and others all the time and I used to think - phhhhtttt, baloney. But today I made myself sit back and take a look around me to see how the people in my life depend on me and how I depend on them to help with the day to day things that are needed to raise a family. I quit my full-time job this past February and started working at home doing transcription. It has been the best thing I could have ever done. I was lucky that I had my husband's backing and his financial support in the interim while I got myself established with various companies. As my husabnd works out of state I often tag myself as a "single parent" case in point being that he came home last week for a whole week after being away for 6 months and no, he is not in the military. I have always prided myself on being able to get my kids where they need to be and take care of my family which is the main reason I quit my job because once I started to have to lean on others to watch my kids after school it became painfully clear to me that my time was needed elsewhere and an office was not one of them. I love the fact that I am home when the kids need me and can volunteer at the school and go on field trips as my work is pretty flexible. But some of the moms that live around me are not so fortunate that they either need to work or want to work, which their decisions I respect. But I have lately become the chauffuer of many kids and the person who's house is open to them when they want a place to hang out and play or for a snack. It's a double edged sword for me because I love knowing where the kids are and what they are up to, but I am now to the point that I am always watching people's kids after school or taking them to school or picking them up after school and working around other people's schedules. My husband thinks that I am crazy and reminds me all the time that I did not quit my job for to make life easy for everyone else. It's hard for me to say no, especially when others know that I am home in the first place, but sometimes I find it disconcerting that they are so easy to ask can you watch my kids after school for a whole month or can you take my kids to school so they don't have to walk? I take my kids to school anyway and am going that way, but wouldn't it be nice to just have to worry about my own kids and no one elses? Well, last night I sat and thought about it and realized that I need to shut my mouth and go with the flow because everyone has challenges in their lives that require them to have to lean on others and maybe one day I may be in the same situation where I will need to lean on others to help me with my kids. I would hope that if it got to the point where I was depending on others to watch my kids everyday that is when I would make my husband come back to working in state. I also told myself to stop complaining about this situation as I put myself here by not being able to say no and that it is showing my kids a bad example. As I always try to preach to them that if someone needs our help, we have to do our best to help out, but then there is the other side of me that says, but where do you draw the line to those who take advantage of that? Well, in the end I decided to shut my trap and blog about it instead...
Learned Something New 10/11/08
Today I learned:
1) I was right, my son is on an awesome football team
As of today with only 2 games left in the the season, they are undefeated. Today's game was a tough one. They lost their momentum from early on and it got a little scary for a while because it looked like they were not going to score at all. Every game up to this point, we have been the first team to score and the ending score has always been a blow out like 44-0 or 28 -0, but today, it was 6-0 in the other teams favor and we didn't get any points on the board until the 4th quarter. We squeaked by with a win by getting an interception and scoring which brought the final score to 12-6. WHEW!!! The boys learned a lesson today as well. Just because you put the jersey on doesn't automatically mean that you are going to win the game. You got to work to get the win!
PS -- Practice this week is going to be pretty punishing for them :)
1) I was right, my son is on an awesome football team
As of today with only 2 games left in the the season, they are undefeated. Today's game was a tough one. They lost their momentum from early on and it got a little scary for a while because it looked like they were not going to score at all. Every game up to this point, we have been the first team to score and the ending score has always been a blow out like 44-0 or 28 -0, but today, it was 6-0 in the other teams favor and we didn't get any points on the board until the 4th quarter. We squeaked by with a win by getting an interception and scoring which brought the final score to 12-6. WHEW!!! The boys learned a lesson today as well. Just because you put the jersey on doesn't automatically mean that you are going to win the game. You got to work to get the win!
PS -- Practice this week is going to be pretty punishing for them :)
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