First day of school

Today was the first day of school for the kids. Amazingly I am having a harder time with my youngest being in high school than I was when he went to school. I just feel like my time with them is very limited and I need to treasure every minute of it.

Here are their first day of school pictures.


Jerad is a freshman this year. I just can't believe how fast their early years went. I thought having my baby as a freshman was so far away and yet here he is. He is so excited about school. He has such a head on his shoulders for knowing what he wants, setting his goals and doing it. He has enrolled in all honors classes in high school and is just loving it. He is in football and not sure yet what postion he plays but his first game is Friday!!


Megan is a junior this year. She is just like me and really struggles in school. She tries hard, but math and science just aren't her things. Can't believe she will be graduating next year. She decided that she would like to go to Paris after graduation and together we are saving money so that we can take a trip to Paris in 2 years. It will be so fun, just the two of us to spend some time in Paris, seeing the sites. She is doing cross country right now and than will be playing basketball all that just to keep her in shape for her true love of sports, TENNIS!!!

Riley Erickson, isn't he just the cuties little boy. He came over and spent an evening with me a couple weeks ago. Of course I had to take some pictures and post of my little godson. He has those eyes that just touch your heart like his mom's. They are so deep and dark brown and just make you fall in love.

We had to have some fun in the back yard and light a fire in the fire pit and roast some marshmellows to eat. Nothing better than smores in the summer.

10 more days

Counting today, I only have 10 more days at this job. I can't wait. I thought I would be nice and give them a months notice but now I realize that being nice isn't so nice for me. All of a sudden all the little quirks and things I have just put up with the last 8 years are driving me crazy. My biggest pet peeve is my supervisor. She hasn't even bothered to keep up to date on all the rules and regulations of the program I run. So when I am gone she will meet with clients and tell them things that she has no business telling them. For instance last month she told a client to come in to the office at a set time and she would help her with paperwork. Which would have been fine, but supervisor decided to leave the office and wasn't there for the appointment, so she talked to the client later on the phone and told her she would just date her application as of that date. Well than the client figuring her paperwork would be back dated to that date just didn't bother to turn it in for almost 5 weeks. So I dated it on the day she turned it in, because we do not back date applications. She is now upset because supervisor told her she would, however if they audit her file in the reveiw this year and find she received services for over a month before her application was even dated or signed by the parent she would have to pay it all back. I refuse to back date it, my supervisor had no business telling her she would because she doens't even work in that program. Grrrr I hate stupid people.

I am so not going to miss working with her. I really will miss my job, but I just don't understand people who think they are above the rules on everything they do.

New Job!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe I finally made the brave step towards getting a new job. I had interviewed for a job in June and was called because I was the first choice for the job. However at that time, I really felt like I needed to give my current employer more than 2 weeks notice. (My job is very detailed and someone just cant step into it without training.) and I also wanted to take my vacation with my family for a week up west. They wanted someone that could start in 2 weeks, so I passed it by. Last Friday, I got a call asking if I would be willing to take the position and that they would wait while I gave my employer a months notice. So I gave them the notice and accepted the new position. I start there on September 11th. My last day at my current position is September 6th, but than I am flying off to Phoenix for 4 days of scrapbooking fun at Creative Escape!!!

I am really nervous about the new job, but so excited because it is such a great opportunity to me. I am starting my internship on September 7th and the position will fit all my internship goals so I won't have to really do much outside of work, like I would have had to in the old job.
Hard to believe I will be done with school in just 9 months. I start my CRC exam preparation class next week. I sent in my payment for the CRC exam which will be held on April 28, 2007. I am really going to force myself not to be a procrastinator and to study and prepare for this exam.

Life with out Diet Pop.

Well I am on day 4 of my new life without drinking pop. I was seriously addicted to my diet Pepsi or diet coke depending which was on sale when I bought it. Over the last couple months I have been reading about how bad drinking diet pop is for you. I am not sure what triggered me giving it up. But last Saturday night (August 5th) my husband and I were walking through the walmart grocery section getting snacks to take out to the races in Dickinson. We were talking about getting a 12 pack of pop to take with us and I was telling him about how bad it was from the research I have done. I am not sure what made me decide at that time to give it up cold turkey, but I did. Maybe it was saying it out loud to him and knowing I was the one so addicted. He was normal in drinking 1 or 2 cans a day, but I could easily drink a 6 pack a day. I had to have one first thing in the morning when I got to work, than kept on drinking them throughout the day while I sat at work. I was okay in the evenings once I got home, but I need my pop at work.

Well I just swore off pop that night and it has been amazing how easy it has been to just give it up. I had a headache terrible on Monday morning, but nothing some advil couldn't handle for a couple hours. I have been drinking a lot more water and ice tea. I am going to try to cut out sugar next, but I really want to get a good month of no pop under my belt first. I am finally on a track to a healthier lifestyle.