Sick AGAIN!

Well for those of you who don't know. I was born with an incurable skin disorder called EHK (technical term I know but I REALLY don't feel like typing it all out, so it's EHK for short) and I'm prone to skin infections. These are similar to any another infection except it's my entire body and not just my throat or ears etc. So now I made the wonderful trip to my doctor's office and got a prescription for an antibiotic. Hopefully this will kick it out of my system. I haven't had one since April and I guess I should be thankful but this is just kicking my butt, I feel so awful. And to top it all off, instead of me being sick and laying around the house tomorrow, I have to take my mom to her physical therapy appointment (which is fine, I guess) and listen to her complain about how much pain she's in.

Thought I would update on my life (such that it is)
Hugs
Kelly

Life in general...............

Well, it's that time of year again when the sun goes down earlier and earlier everyday and I seem to get more and more depressed. I suppose I could invest in one of those "sunshine/natural daylight" lamps but those are SO expensive it's not funny. I could pay down a credit card with the money I would spend on one of those, so that's out.

I'm also bummed out because my middle child, Nathan is getting teased/bullied again. We had conferences last night with his teacher and academically he's great, getting A's and B's. But then I brought up the teasing/bulling to his teacher and his teacher was surprised that it was going on, especially in his classroom. But we reassured Nathan that this will stop and if it continues we can move his classes around but that is a last resort. First, Nathan is going to have a good long talk with the school counselor and hopefully this will get resolved. It hurts knowing that there is NOTHING I can do to help him and having his sister telling him to "suck it up" isn't helping either.

I want my son to be happy again. I don't like seeing him bummed out when it's time to go to school. School should be a safe place and I know (from personal experience) that teasing isn't a pleasant thing to go through and I can sympathize with Nathan. I just want it to stop. There is nothing physically wrong with him (except he wears glasses, BIG DEAL), he's just this bright, intelligent boy who happens to get the short end of the stick sometimes. He has no real friends to speak of. He's shy and once you get to know him, he's very outgoing. But it's getting to that point that is difficult. If you're a parent, you don't like to see your child hurting and he's hurting and I can't fix it. I should be able to, but I can't. Hopefully the school can fix this. Life is just not fair.

I know this is a downer post but this is bugging the hell out of me and need to "talk" to someone. I do have good news to share but I'll wait until I calm down a bit before I share it with you.

Hugs,
Kelly

It's finished!!

Now I know why I HATE doing work on 32 count fabric. It makes me crossed-eyed. This is my finished piece by Bent Creek, it's called "Halloween" from their Coins series. I did leave a motif out (just didn't like it) I think it looks just fine the way it is. I'm almost finished with a quick stitch thing by Pine Mountain. I'll post a picture when I'm finished with that.

Tomorrow is my daughter's 15th birthday. Where in the world did the time go?? Hopefully she will let me take some pictures of her (not holding my breath here) and maybe I'll post one with her and her cake (ice cream to be exact). Nothing else going on here, My husband is working a bunch of overtime, normally this would be a good thing but he's salaried so it's expected out of him from time to time. I also have a sick kid here home today and hopefully he will feel better soon. I'm expecting him to go to school tomorrow, in fact. Otherwise, just wishing this economy would get better so my husband has job security again. I know we all do.

Hugs
Kelly

September is here!

Well since Labor Day has come and gone without much fanfare. It's time for my regular schedule of kids back in school and husband on a 40 mile commute (one way) to work.

The first couple of days of school were good for my kids. Nichole loves being a Freshman and figured out how the school is laid out (which was a concern of hers over the last week of summer vacation.) and made a couple of new friends. Nathan (my middle one) said that he was making a bigger deal out of the start of school than it needed to be. And Sam likes his 3rd grade teacher and likes taking his bike to school (except the first day when he wanted me to walk with him to school.) And I even got homework from the teachers (thought my days of homework were LONG gone!!!! LOL) and like a good student, I did the homework and had the kids return the papers to school.

Today is a blah day. Grey, cold and raining. We are getting what's left of the hurricane and it's much needed here. Otherwise the house is mine for the next hour and 1/2 and I can do what I please. (mostly laundry, don't I live the glamorous life??)

Hugs,
Kelly

TODAY IS...........................................

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday to me!!!

Well like I said today is my birthday and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's not a MAJOR birthday(unless you consider 37 a MAJOR birthday) or anything but it makes that much closer to 40. There I said it. Anyways, Husband likes his new job so far (first week, we'll see about next week) and the kids go back to school on Tuesday. YIPEEE!!!!!!!!! My middle child isn't looking forward to school starting (mostly the getting up early business) but as I told him time and time again, he has to go!! Then the computer will be mine for the most part.

Slowly stitching something for my middle child as he requested, but again, it's going slow.........

Hugs

Kelly

Husband got a job!!!

Well, let's say my life is calming down some. Kids are registered for school, school supplies and clothes are bought, next to getting haircuts- they could go tomorrow is that was an option (sadly, no.)

My husband went on a total of 3 in person interviews and had 2 phone interviews and accepted a job in Sturtevant. Pay is good, health insurance will be the downfall here, it's a small company, and the commute is a long one for him (like 45 minutes one way) but they liked him during his interview and he won't have as much free time as he would like but it's a job in my book.

Other than that, everyone is good. Middle child went to a Brewer's game today and must have brought them good luck as they won!!!. He will be pleased when he gets home.

Thought I would update.

Hugs,
Kelly

LIFE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Normally I would like to talk to my husband when he calls from work, but today he calls (just before noon) to tell me that he got laid off. Just about a year after he gets this job, he gets laid off. SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!!!! Anywhoo, now we are getting 2 more paychecks then we have no more money coming in. AGAIN, THIS SUCKS!! So hopefully, since my husband is still getting messages from recruiters, this maybe short-lived anxiety I'm going through (let's hope so!!!!!!!!!!!). I'm so glad I got clothes, school supplies, and some other much needed stuff when we had the money. Here's the sad thing, we have NO SAVINGS to back up on. AGAIN THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So any good thoughts would be appreciated. I'll keep you updated as I know more.

Hugs,
Kelly