Now if you know me, either in real life or via this blog, you will know that I LOVE LOVE The Bee Gees. I was incredibly sad when Andy passed away back in the late 80's, almost devastated when Maurice passed away (I was just coming off a couple of personal losses at the time and little did I know what was in store for me in the coming months of 2003) and now Robin has passed away.
I get that these music icons do pass away but seriously at 62?? Cancer is rude and cruel. So in my usual way, I'm going to stick a YouTube video of MY favorite Bee Gee song. Enjoy!
Hopefully I will begin to blog more again. Tons of stuff happening lately.
So it's the middle of April and Easter has come and gone. Not that I celebrate Easter or anything but it is what it is.
Where have I been?
I've been here, busy, but here. Let's see - the anniversary of my father's passing has come and gone and I got through it for the first time without tears. Yeah me! And now that Spring Break is officially over for my kids, it's back to Nichole trying to get through the last 6-8 week of school. Then it's her graduation from High School. Back to me homeschooling the boys. Keeping an eye on my mom. Getting the last little details in place so my divorce can be final soon. Saving money left and right so I can move when I'm told to by the court. Lots and lots of other little things that seem to take up a huge amount of my time lately.
In the middle of this, I found (well, Nathan did..ahem..) a cute YouTube video. It's called Simon's Cat. Wanna see? I know you do....
Now, anyone with more than one cat can relate. It describes my house perfectly when we brought Sheba home almost 2 years ago. I love this!!!
Can we also mourn the loss of Davy Jones? (insert moment of silence)
Ok, now The Monkees were HUGE in the 60's (I wasn't even a thought. hmm..) and then they came back in the 80's (high school time for me). I even went to a concert at the Marcus Amplitheater way back when. I don't have pictures of it available. But I can stick a YouTube video in for fun.
The ending credits....fun stuff back then.....
I hope to be back to posting soon. I also hope my life settles down a little bit more so I can blog.
So February is almost over. Valentines Day has come and gone (not that I'm a huge believer in this holiday but still). Kids for the most part are healthy. Nichole is wishing that graduation would get here already. Me? Not so much, that just means she's going to leave the nest and I'm not so sure I'm ready for that one. Mixed emotions to say the least.
We all know that Whitney Houston passed away. I'm sad about that for the sole reason that she had a beautiful voice. I could care LESS about her addictions, problems with her ex, etc. It's her voice that I will miss. My whole high school years were basically based on her voice and songs. Not that I want to go back to high school (nope - never again) but those songs were the soundtrack of those years.
While I was digging around on YouTube - I came across this song:
So as I go through this crappy divorce and get my life back in order - this song has been a great help. Am I getting sappy for these kinds of songs? Maybe. But they help me. And right now I'll take any and all help I can get.
I hope to get back to blogging on a regular basis soon. It helps me sort out emotions and junk like that.
While last year was crappy on so many levels, I have decided that this year will be much better. I know darn well that it will take time but if I focus enough on the things that matter to me, it will make me a better person overall. So with that being said. I have picked a few words to, hopefully, make me realize that there is a light at the end of this tunnel. Here are the words that I want to focus on for the next, oh I dunno, 6 months or so:
Happy Beautiful Caring and last but not least Friendship My goal is to post at least one thing about one of these words each week. Am I a tad to hopeful? maybe. But if I don't focus on these things I'll end up right where I was this time last year - miserable. I don't want that for me or my kids. We have had enough of that crap to last us a lifetime.
Will there be downer posts? most likely. But if you read blogs on a regular basis - everyone has downer posts, it's life. So, please be patient with me and I will be (working on it...) happy again.. In the meantime, enjoy this:
It's a pretty song and it's been helping me. Hugs Kelly
I know I'm a tad late with this but who really cares.
So Christmas is over, STBX is back at work (thank god!) and the kids are back at school/homeschool routines. I'm going into this year with an open mind and hoping that 2012 is kinder to me than 2011 was. My kids and I REALLY need things to calm down and return to some kind of normalcy (what ever the heck that is these days)
We are enjoying the lack of snow and cold here in Wisconsin. Which is VERY unusual for us. By now, typically, we have tons of snow and it's really cold. But today, it's supposed to be in the upper 40's and close to 50 in some places around here today. I swear, we are going to get hit and hit hard with snow and cold one of these days. But for now, I'll take what we are given.
Well here it is, the last Friday of 2011. Where did the time go? For some reason, this year went by really fast and not that I'm complaining or anything, it just went by fast. The other night, when I couldn't sleep again, I was thinking about what went on during 2011 and I'm amazed at how much stuff went on. For example:
January - We got a crap load of snow. Not weird by Wisconsin standards, but none the less, we got snow.
Feb - I had to enroll Nichole ONE LAST TIME FOR HER SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. sigh..where did that time go??
March - Nathan turned 14 and Sam turned 11. Again, where did those cute babies I brought home from the hospital go?? They are growing up so damn fast. And yes Nathan towers over me now and Sam is not that far behind him...
April, May and June - Can't remember much of those months. I"m almost certain that things happened, but cannot remember for the life of me..
July - Renewed Nichole's temporary driving permit ONE LAST TIME!! Found an old friend and became friends again after about 20 years of not seeing each other. Best part of the year in my book!!!
August - Paid for those High School fees for Nichole one last time and had her Senior Pictures taken.
September - coming to grips and the reality that my marriage is over and starting the paperwork process to officially end it. Nichole gets her driver's license on the first try (barely..haa haa)
October - Nichole turns 18!!! I filed paperwork with the court system to end my marriage.
November - Not much happening here..
December - No one in the house wants to celebrate Christmas due to all the personal issues going on. So we don't. No biggie in my book. There will always be next year.
I do hope that 2012 brings better news for me and my kids. I'll let you guys in on the journey as we take it. For those of you who still read this blog, I thank you so much. It means a lot to me.
Wishing you all a great start to the New Year. Kelly
So, I know I posted a downer of a blog post the other day and if you took offense to it, I'm sorry. It's just not been a good year for me (both personally and financially).
Now, I know you guys in the South are used to having NO snow for Christmas but for us, up here, not so much. Occasionally we will have the odd year where there is NO snow for Christmas and this is one of them.
So while we are supposed to have this stuff on the ground in December........we have this.......
Well, ok - maybe we don't have green grass but you get the general idea. And yes, I saw a rabbit this morning. Some of my plants (that should be dormant this time of year) are starting to peek out from the ground.
Weird huh??? Yeah, I thought so too..
To those who read this blog, I do hope you have a nice holiday season.
