What a beautiful day

Kota had is first soccer game this season and even though they lost the coach told him he had his best game. That made him feel really good even though he wouldn't admit it and only focused on the bad parts of it. Plus it was a great day for a game. The sun was shining and it wasn't hot. Then it was off to take Emma to register for cheerleading and cheer camp. I'm glad that is out of the way. Now I need to find out if Joel really wants to play football or not. All these activities get expensive but I'd rather have them involved then sitting at home looking for something else to do.
I had to drop pictures off for my grandma of the kids. She is the one with the broken arm. She says it only hurts when she has to move it but other than that it's not a horrible pain. I'm hoping on her next xray it will show that everything is healing well. After her house we went to my moms to give her Logans pictures. We stayed there for a while and Logan liked looking at her fish and asking 100 questions. Then is was time to come home finally. I also stopped at walmart to get a nozzle for our hose and soap to wash our car. Eric's been at car shows all day and I feel like I have so much I want to get done.
Joel has been asking about going to DC and I've been promising him for a few years now that we would go. If Eric wouldn't go I'd only take the older boys but we'll see. I need to look into cost because I would like to go for at least a weekend. since there is so much to see and do there. Other than that the house needs a good cleaning again. I'd really like to know who this "Not Me" monster is and why he keeps coming into my house and messing it up. Oh and I also have to convinve my husband to pick up some landscaping stone tonight I got off of freecycle. I'm sure he'll love me for that. The kids are not getting much if anything for allowance. I think that's about all for my rant, I need to get to that cleaning.

long day

I had to work today and I was at a place I'm really not to fond of. I've come to the realization that when I'm there I'll never leave on time. It just confirms that going to school for my RN is my best option right now. I know it's going to be hard and expensive but in the end I'll be able to get a good job with good insurance and at least somewhat steady hours. I had a student with me today and she graduates with her LPN in less than 2 months and she can't find a job in her area. She's looked at all the local hospitals and nursing home and none are hiring. Seems like opportunities for RNs are greater than LPNs. A lot of facilities are doing away with LPNs. I go for my placement test Tues and I'm very nervous about it. I Hope everything goes well and I don't have to take a ton of classes. I'm just hoping for the best.
On a better note, this is the first beautiful day we've had here in a very long time. The sun was shining and it was just perfect for sitting outside. I didn't get to do that but I enjoyed what I could while running errands after work. I got a call from the school nurse that Dakota was sick and needed to go home. Apparently he tole Eric he wasn't feeling well before school and he sent him anyway ( would have done the same). The nurse said as soon as he got off the bus he went to the nurse and the nurse told him to give it about an hour than come back. ell 30 minutes later she said he was back in her office and vomited. So he earned him self a 5 day weekend since there is no school Monday for conferences. He's been on and off tonight. He'll get active far a little then be laying down. He wants to eat everything but I'm making him take it slow. I really don't need more wash to do. He has a soccer game on Sat so hopefully he'll be feeling better to do that. I think there's a stomach thing going around, we've had a lot at work with it.
The other kids are doing well so far. Tomorrow Joel has to finish his science fair project. He's making rock candy. 1 with a seeded string (string is saturated with sugar before putting in water) and 1 with a non seeded string that is untreated. We also tried with brown sugar but it is so dark it's hard to see how it's been growing. The hard part will be getting him to do all the work that will need to go into making the final project.
That's about all the time I have for tonight I'm gonna hang out here for a few more minutes and get to bed. I hope everybody has a good Friday.

where did the time go???

I can't believe it's been almost 5 months. The last time I wrote my cat had just had kittens and now we have found homes for all but 2 and finally they all are fixed so I won't have those worries again. I was just writing to an online friend and realized how much has been going on. I've been reading blogs but I've been having trouble commenting on some and I just haven't taken the time to figure out why.
My kids are doing OK we have our ups and downs every day. Joel is in learning support half the day and I think they are going to try and minimize that next year. His ADD medication was changed at the start of the year because the insurance wouldn't pay for it and his grades went down. So the doctor had him switched back to focalin. 2nd marking period he got all As and 2 Bs, 3rd marking period he got all Bs and 1 C not a drastic drop but his C was in history which he got As in the first 2 marking periods.
Dakota has had a very rough year. He struggled in kindergarten and he kept on struggling in first grade. The school worked with him a lot and his progress seemed to flat line. the school psychiatrist evaluated him and determined that he had mental retardation. So he is also in learning support half of the day. I took him to a neurologist just for a consult to see if there was anything that needed further testing. He determined that he had a learning delay and possible high functioning autism. He ordered blood work and we will get the results next month. He also suggested a behavioral psychologist to deal with my issues with him which is anger at his siblings because they can do most things better than him. He gets very frustrated and it's hard for me because I don't want them to not do things they are capable of but I don't want Dakota to feel like an outsider. He's in soccer again this season and we've only had 1 practice but like last year it takes a lot of convincing to get him into it. I kind of have to leave the field and sit in my car so I'm out of site.
Emma my other ADD child is having a rough time of it outside the school. She loves school and can't wait to go every day but she easily finds herself in trouble around the house. We live in a secluded area with a farm on one side and woods behind us. We have a neighbor boy (teenage) and a few months ago emmas friend told her mom he stuffed pine needles down her pants. I happened to be at work at the time so I'm not sure what was going on but Emma was there and said it happened. Of course he and his family denies it but he was home alone at the time. Emma has knocked on his door before and he will come out and be mean to them. He has a brother Emmas age and she looks to play with him. So I not sure if they knocked on the door and he got angry or what but we now have to go to court over this because he was charged with harassment and plead not guilty. It's really crazy but hopefully it will all be done and over with soon.
Logan is a trooper. In Jan he had his tonsils and adenoids out and tubes put back in his ears. He is sleeping all night and seems to be hearing much better. He's in speech therapy once a week and we are working on him using his words for what he wants since he has gotten so used to pointing or I just know what he wants and get it for him. Other than that there's not much for him. At this point I don't think I could handle much more for him.
Then there's the cats. They've all been fixed and are now unable to have anymore babies YEA!!!! 1 went to my brother in law, 1 to a neighbor and 1 to a family on Craigslist. we kept 2 Fatso (my hubby named him) and Sophie. We also still have the mom and first daughter. Can't forget the fish!! My hubby decided to clean out the fish tank for me and before I knew it he was using Clorox on the filter. He said don't worry I'm rinsing it with hot water...LMAO. So that night we lost 2 fish. The next day 1 fish, then the last 2 went not long after that. So we are Left with a very clean fish tank with not 1 fish in it. The guy at the pet store said to change the water out and rinse everything with WATER only then let it sit for a few days then only add 1 fish to see if it's OK. He tried but I'm still trying to figure out what was going through his head.
You know there is still more t=but that will have to wait for another day because I need to go get my kids from church. If you read through this and survived than you get a sticker. If not I got it off my chest and wow I think I'm feeling a little better
Have a great end of the week