My big yet hard for me news

It has came to a point in my life that I have reached the end of my homeschooling days. I never thought this would happen. I wanted so much to school my children all the way through high school. Things just have not panned out the way I wanted this year. I won't go on and on about what has happened, but I believe this step is the best for me and my family.... at least for now. If the boys want schooled at home later in time then we may do that, but right now they will begin public school on Monday the 8 th. It is hard to actually do this. I have had some rude comments such as "It is about time you quit playing school" Now that one wounded deep. I was NOT playing school. We did school everyday just like "real" school kids. My kids earned their grades just like the next kid. But oh well! I do feel like a failure, hopefully in time those feelings will go away. The boys are excited yet scared. It kinda hurt to see the excitement.... I mean I really worked hard with them and did things for them. I took them to K-mart on Friday and let them pick out their backpacks and trappers along with other goodies (school supplies and such). I did buy them some new shoes (which they had some nice ones, just not new) and a pair of new pants and a shirt for their first day. They both have very nice clothes already cause I bought new clothes a few months ago. But the boys' said Mom, "Can you get us one "cool" outfit?" I am a sucker!!! I want the boys to look nice cause I know when I was a kid I was made fun of. I don't want that for them. Anyway that is my big news!!! I plan on making some homemade chocolate chip cookies and have them ready for them for when they get home from school. I will take some pics of them to share. Melanie is going to take me cause she knows I am going to be a mess.... crying all the way back home. I feel like I am sending my boys' to the lions den! Ugh! They will be riding #2301 bus, which Melanie thanks that is my dad's old friend Larry Harper's bus. I sure hope it is. At least I would know the driver!

So I guess the boys' will go to school for 2 weeks then be off for Christmas break then start back again. I got all their grades together along with all the rest of the paper work I needed. Melanie said 2nd 9 weeks ends at the end of January. I went a head and added up what grades I have right now so their teacher would have a Midterm report for them. Go Mom!!!

I also took the baby back tot he doc on Friday for another checkup on this rash. He gave him some medication so we shall see if that helps. I will say he slept all night!!! Yay!!!!

Remember our troops

If it is not one thing it is another. Isaiah is sick now with a cold. At one point he was sort of sounding like Darth Vador. I hope he does not get worse! I hate when the kids are sick. Brian was gone all day. He had to help his dad over at his uncle's house to fix some of the ceiling tiles then he had to go to a Sister's house from church who just lost her husband. Doug's funeral will be Saturday at 2 and the viewing is from 6-9 at our church. I am thinking about seeing if Annette will need any help with cleaning the church to get ready for this. And we may have a dinner downstairs on Saturday for the family. I think if each person brings a few dishes there would be plenty of food, plus we could get a meat and cheese tray as well. What a hard time especially with it being the Holiday's. It seems more people get depressed around this time of year. Brian's friend is an EMT and he told him you would not believe the people going to the hospital over depression around Christmas and the New Year. So sad!!! I suppose with the economy the way it is and not a lot of $$$$ people are even more depressed than normal. Not much else going on around here. Right now I am watching Isaiah get one morsel of cat food and bring it back and forth to the cat which is eating it up! He is growing like a weed. Earlier today he was stacking some containers I have in the kitchen then putting them back. He is learning!!!

Well the title is Remember our Troops this Holiday Season....

I got an e mail from a friend about sending cards to recovering soldiers. Here are the addresses to do so. Pass the address on!!! Support our TROOPS!!

In the USA:

A Recovering American Soldier

c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center

6900 Georica Avenue, NW Washington DC 20307-5001

In Germany: (one regular stamp is all that is needed)

A Recovering American Soldier

Wounded Warriors Program

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center/General Delivery

Chaplain's Office CMD4

APO AE 09180

It's been awhile

Not much has been going on in the Haber household. I just have not felt like updating this journal. Time gets away from me it seems... even if we have not did a whole lot of anything. Thanksgiving has came and went and now Christmas is around the corner. Zack's birthday will be in 15 days. It is hard to believe he will be 11 yrs old. Where has my baby went? It is feeling more and more like winter. My body does not deal with the cold very well. I am like a grouchy momma bear wanting to hibernate. The old bones are aching!!! Well I have to get busy. I have things to do... don't we all?

Busy

I have been so busy around here! It seems like I have not had the time for anything. Well take that back I have been spending my time doing LAUNDRY! I did 5 loads yesterday and 2 loads today so far. And ya know what, I still can not see the bottom of my hamper yet!

Last week I was sick with a chest cold and the baby broke out from something unknown! Anyway he is real crabby. Now Zack has it on his face. We know his is from laying on a hay bale....so we are thinking that is what the baby's problem is cause he and I sat down in hay waiting on the guys one day!

The past few days school has been going really well. The boys are doing great! Now as soon as I brag on them... they'll make a liar out of me! LOL

We got our first snow fall last night of 2 inches but it has now melted off. I think snow is beautiful but my body disagrees. I hurt so bad in the winter! Old Arthur kills me!

Saturday

Wow it sure is a windy fall day. It is on the gloomy side as well. The leaves are just FALLING like crazy out of the trees. It is so sad to see the trees with no color and bare. I mean there are still some trees with leaves attached, but it is just dull. Kinda depressing!

I am still on the sick side of life. My asthma is kicking in and so I have been wheezing. I have been drinking some OJ to see if it will build up some forces against this evil sickness! Come on vitamin C!!! I took the baby to get his rash checked out on his leg. It is about a 5 x 5 patch. The poor guy has been itching and it looks so bad (raw and red). The doc thinks it is eczema. He prescribed him some Lorticaid and I am giving him a bath in aveno baby bath, and soaking him in some baking soda. Hopefully in a few days he will be on the mend. Zack has eczema on his elbows and his usually acts up in the Summer. Poor kids!

Where I have been sick I have not did much around here. Yesterday Brian got off early and well with that said he beat me home. He saw the house as it was and was quite upset. He asked what I had did all day and yada yada!!! Then he asked how come I did not do school. I tell ya, being mom, teacher, cleaner, doctor, and sick is hard! I won't go into the entire conversation, but when he goes on these rants it makes me feel so incompetent. Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up and just say DO IT YOURSELF, I QUIT! But alas my job as a mother is an ongoing process and I can not quit! I guess he thinks I sit around all day and eat bon bon's! Now wouldn't that be a wonderful life! NOT!!!

Today I have been trying to get caught up on laundry but I think that is next to impossible. I have not seen the bottom of my hamper in so long I don't know what the bottom looks like. I quit using cloth diapers cause I just could not keep up with it all. Oh well such is life I suppose!

I guess I had better get off here and finish the house and do more laundry!

This week I have been sick. Yesterday was the worst. Luckily Brian was off so I could sleep. I have asthma and when I get a cold it seems to go straight to my chest. Today I am feeling better. I tell ya, when momma is sick it is rough!

I re-added my diet page. I had deleted it, but then decided I would add it back. I change my mind so much! I am never satisfied with stuff. I like change! Sometimes that is good, and other times it is BAD!

Not much has been going on around here. The boys helped Brian do some tree clearing yesterday. I went out to watch for a bit, but then started to feel bad and so Isaiah and I headed for the house and went back to bed. I am so thankful he allowed me to sleep!

We did not get any school done today. Since I was feeling better, I had so much cleaning to do. That is the bad thing about being a mom and a teacher! Ha! Although there is learning in anything we do.

The weather the past few days has been awesome. We could use some rain, but I love the warmer weather. Cold weather makes me hurt!

Election Day

Well I am sick. I thought the cold bug had passed me up, but alas I caught it 2 weeks later. I am unsure if it is more than just a cold or not. I am chilling and my teeth actually hurt. I sure hope it is not he flu. Anyway I did go and vote. I was not going to vote, but the more I thought about it I had to do what I could to try and keep morals here in America. I guess you could say I voted for the less of the evils. There were things I did NOT like about both canidates. All though Obama had a lot more negative stuff about him than McCain. So with that said I am sure you can guess who I voted for. My mother had surgery on Monday and I have not been able to go and see her. She had a gastric bypass done. Don't ask me how I feel about it, that is one thing I don't want to even talk about. I am not against the surgery so much as I am to see my mother at 56 go through something so evasive with the physical problems she already has. Oh well too late for that I suppose. I guess some would think that I am being mean about it, but some don't know what we have went through with her. Well I am closing, hope you had a good day!