I have been exuasted lately. Here is my schedule, most days:
7am-wake up, get dressed, get V up and dressed
7:30am-go to lodge and walk to caf to eat breakfast
7:45-make sure the boys do their kitchen chores
8am-go to either pigs or horses with boys
10am-off until 12noon
12-go to lunch
12:15-make sure the boys do their kitchen chores
12:30-off until 3:30
3:30-have kids do LMA (large muscle activities like walking, running, skateboarding, etc)
4:30-either family meeting, life skill (yesterday we taught them how to mop & sweep properly) or health group (we are going to teach them how to composte and eat from the earth)
6:00-dinner time
6:15-make sure the boys do their kitchen chores
6:30-8:30-free time or homework time or table time (if they say a bad word)
9:00-quite time, in their own rooms
9:30-lights out
Our days are pretty packed. Plus we have to try to throw in some Virginia time in there too.
Today was our down day so we had from after breakfast until 3:30 off. We went to Twin (kind of like Joplin) and went to eat at an Italian resturant and then to Lowes, Old Navy and Target. I bought some boy shorts at Old Navy because all of their guy clothing was 50% off for Fathers Day.
I am doing Life Guard training right now. I passed my first swim test and then had class tonight. It is quite a process! We take our test July 2nd.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Boise
Boise went great! Virginia was amazing!
We went to the park and had lunch and waited on the Hays Shelter group to meet us there. The kids and staff (myself not included because I had to watch V) played softball and it looked like they had a great time. After that we went to Hays where they showed us around the facility and made us dinner. Hays is beautiful! It is a new building that has a very modern look. It is on the website if anyone is interested in looking at it. They cooked us an amazing meal of hotdogs, hamburgers, brats, mac & cheese, fruit salad, potato salad, brownies and much more. It was nice to meet the staff their as well. Hays is a short term facility for kids in crisis. The crisis could be that they are run aways's, been abused, been in trouble with the courts or any number of reasons. Because of this they are very very strict, but it is good.
I drove one of the vans back with V and two girls. It was a great ride. I got to hear their life stories and ask them questions and they got to ask me questions. I am thankful that I had that opportunity to get to know them. I was afraid I just wouldn't be able to get to know the girls for some time since the boys take up so much of my time.
Today is church day which is bitter sweet. I miss my Mystery family but am excited to add to it with the church family here. I was sad to hear that ususally only 2 boys go to church. Hopefully that will change.
We went to the park and had lunch and waited on the Hays Shelter group to meet us there. The kids and staff (myself not included because I had to watch V) played softball and it looked like they had a great time. After that we went to Hays where they showed us around the facility and made us dinner. Hays is beautiful! It is a new building that has a very modern look. It is on the website if anyone is interested in looking at it. They cooked us an amazing meal of hotdogs, hamburgers, brats, mac & cheese, fruit salad, potato salad, brownies and much more. It was nice to meet the staff their as well. Hays is a short term facility for kids in crisis. The crisis could be that they are run aways's, been abused, been in trouble with the courts or any number of reasons. Because of this they are very very strict, but it is good.
I drove one of the vans back with V and two girls. It was a great ride. I got to hear their life stories and ask them questions and they got to ask me questions. I am thankful that I had that opportunity to get to know them. I was afraid I just wouldn't be able to get to know the girls for some time since the boys take up so much of my time.
Today is church day which is bitter sweet. I miss my Mystery family but am excited to add to it with the church family here. I was sad to hear that ususally only 2 boys go to church. Hopefully that will change.
Friday, June 5, 2009
booty patrol
Well it is day 5 of V having diarhea. It has not been fun. It is only 1pm and she is already on her third pair of pants. Her poor little booty has been so red and sore. She has been acting fine, thankfully. You wouldn't tell just by looking at her that she is sick.
Here is the scoop on the job. When we took the job we were told that our first day would be Monday June 8th. We found out yesterday that our first day is TODAY! Talk about poor communication! But everything is okay. Today has been odd. We offically started at 9. We were suppose to go to the office to start paperwork but then found out that one of us (John) was suppose to go help the boys with the pigs. Then we were suppose to meet with one of the relief staff at lunch and she was to "show us the ropes." She wasn't there! She had to take her husband to the dr's and I guess she is still there. All I know is that the boys get out of school at 2:30 and I am hoping she is back by then because I don't know what I am suppose to be doing!
John and I started painting the place today. We are painting the family room and the living room what was suppose to be a brown color but ended up being more green. It is not what I picked out but I like it! We are going to paint an accent wall a dark orange but we cannot agree on which wall the accent should be. We have a really nice brand new couch that we get to use. It was one that the Today show donated as well as a bookshelf (also from the Today show) and a table, an outside bench and possibly some end tables. Everything is slowly coming together. We still don't have groceries yet though. We are going to have to do that on one of our down days which I think is Monday or Tuesday.
V has been transitioning well. She has been sleeping a lot! (of course except right now when she is suppose to be napping!). I think the altitude has been making her sleepy as well has probably being a factor to her diarhea. All of the kids love her. Yesterday the girls took her and played with her in the grass where they were sitting it was cute to see her sitting in their circle like she was one of them.
I posted some pictures on facebook and am hoping to post some of our place pre-painted. We will see, it is going to be a crazy evening!
Here is the scoop on the job. When we took the job we were told that our first day would be Monday June 8th. We found out yesterday that our first day is TODAY! Talk about poor communication! But everything is okay. Today has been odd. We offically started at 9. We were suppose to go to the office to start paperwork but then found out that one of us (John) was suppose to go help the boys with the pigs. Then we were suppose to meet with one of the relief staff at lunch and she was to "show us the ropes." She wasn't there! She had to take her husband to the dr's and I guess she is still there. All I know is that the boys get out of school at 2:30 and I am hoping she is back by then because I don't know what I am suppose to be doing!
John and I started painting the place today. We are painting the family room and the living room what was suppose to be a brown color but ended up being more green. It is not what I picked out but I like it! We are going to paint an accent wall a dark orange but we cannot agree on which wall the accent should be. We have a really nice brand new couch that we get to use. It was one that the Today show donated as well as a bookshelf (also from the Today show) and a table, an outside bench and possibly some end tables. Everything is slowly coming together. We still don't have groceries yet though. We are going to have to do that on one of our down days which I think is Monday or Tuesday.
V has been transitioning well. She has been sleeping a lot! (of course except right now when she is suppose to be napping!). I think the altitude has been making her sleepy as well has probably being a factor to her diarhea. All of the kids love her. Yesterday the girls took her and played with her in the grass where they were sitting it was cute to see her sitting in their circle like she was one of them.
I posted some pictures on facebook and am hoping to post some of our place pre-painted. We will see, it is going to be a crazy evening!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
trying to sing in the rain
V and I are off to Idaho today. She has been really great with all of the changes and stress. Although, she has been waking up at 6:30 in the morning which in Idaho is not going to fly considering it will be 5:30 am there.
Yesterday she was playing in the water in her Oma & Opa's backyard. Of course she was naked and had a blast!!! It was fun to watch.
V has really misssed your dada. She keeps calling for him. I told her this morning that she was going to see him tonight and she screamed. I can't say that she knew what I was saying but it was a funny response.
I really don't like just sitting here knowing that if I were home i would be getting ready for Mom's Morning. I really miss all of them already! It is going to be extra hard on Sunday! I keep thanking God for all of my wonderful friends that have bleesed me and my family. I keep trying to remind myself that I am going to see them again. It's not like I am never going to go back to Joplin. I am going to make a scrapbook for Virginia with all of her friends in it so that she won't forget them. I am excited to get it started for her!
Yesterday she was playing in the water in her Oma & Opa's backyard. Of course she was naked and had a blast!!! It was fun to watch.
V has really misssed your dada. She keeps calling for him. I told her this morning that she was going to see him tonight and she screamed. I can't say that she knew what I was saying but it was a funny response.
I really don't like just sitting here knowing that if I were home i would be getting ready for Mom's Morning. I really miss all of them already! It is going to be extra hard on Sunday! I keep thanking God for all of my wonderful friends that have bleesed me and my family. I keep trying to remind myself that I am going to see them again. It's not like I am never going to go back to Joplin. I am going to make a scrapbook for Virginia with all of her friends in it so that she won't forget them. I am excited to get it started for her!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Randomness
Here are some pics of V. She fussed until I put her in the laundry basket with some of her stuffed animals. She stayed in it for quite a while.
Had moving sale #1 and was very happy with the outcome. I didn't sell any of the record players but came close twice. I did sell quite a bit of clothes but I have so many that you can't even tell. I am happy that I made the money that I wanted to make, I actually went over by 2.25!! Pretty close!
V spent the night with my family Friday and just came home an hour ago. I could tell she had a blast. When she came home she wasn't excited to see me which is fine because I know she had fun and didn't miss me.
Friday, May 15, 2009
the packing begins
I really do not enjoy packing! But then again, who does? I am thankful that I have 2 weeks to pack though. I am taking it one room at a time and slowly packing the items we just don't need for the next two weeks.
I have already had to start saying goodbye to friends. Tuesday I had to say goodbye to Cathy Jo. It made me cry.
I am really nervous about flying by myself with V. Our fist flight is almost 3 hours and the second is 1 1/2 hours. I am praying that she does great. I don't want to be the lady with the screaming kid on a plane!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
WALKING!!
Virginia is offically walking now. She still prefers crawling but she will walk as long as no one is asker her to and if no one is watching. She started walking on Wednesday. It was crazy. She walked about 8 feet non stop and has been going since. I am so proud of her!!
I have our vegetable garden ready to be planted. I had some errands to run yesterday morning and when I got home I had noticed that our garden had been tilled. Our crazy, nice, thoughtful 76 year old neighbor Bill had tilled it for me. I tilled it a second time and raked it about 5 times and picked out all the weeds and grass tufts and rocks. I found a neat button and a marble, that was pretty exciting. I spent 4 hours in the garden and it looks amazing if I say so myself. It is about 12'x15' so I am going to be having my hands full the next few months. I am excited to have fresh produce in our back yard!
I almost forgot...had to take V to the ER AGAIN! Those ears of hers! She has another double ear infection with sinus drainage. She is finally starting to look better. Her nose is starting to clear up and her cough is sounding better. She should be 100% in another 3 days.
I have our vegetable garden ready to be planted. I had some errands to run yesterday morning and when I got home I had noticed that our garden had been tilled. Our crazy, nice, thoughtful 76 year old neighbor Bill had tilled it for me. I tilled it a second time and raked it about 5 times and picked out all the weeds and grass tufts and rocks. I found a neat button and a marble, that was pretty exciting. I spent 4 hours in the garden and it looks amazing if I say so myself. It is about 12'x15' so I am going to be having my hands full the next few months. I am excited to have fresh produce in our back yard!
I almost forgot...had to take V to the ER AGAIN! Those ears of hers! She has another double ear infection with sinus drainage. She is finally starting to look better. Her nose is starting to clear up and her cough is sounding better. She should be 100% in another 3 days.
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