Kindergarten

Wow! So I was supposed to post about how everything went at open house…I’m like 6 months late but here it is…It went really well! I liked his teacher a lot (and still do). He likes it but like any kid has his moments when he doesn’t want to go. He does really good in class except he likes to move around and he likes to talk. He got those habits honestly because his dad can’t be still and I for some reason like to talk when I’m not supposed to. Just ask Daniel(youth leader). But anyway he is doing good learing lots and he keeps progressing. I know that he can’t sit completely still or not say a word…he is 5 and he is a boy, so a little of that is expected. I will keep the school stories  updated pics of the first day are below.  

Open House!

Yeap that’s right! Caleb has his open house for kindergarten tonight! I still can’t believe that he is going to be in big boy school in just a few days! He is going to be in one class room and eating in the big cafeteria, carrying that big tray on his own, hopefully not spilling it. I have been praying that he gets a good teacher that still cares about their job and isn’t just doing it for the money. I have heard too many teachers say that they hate what they do but they are still doing it because of the money. I really hope that isn’t the case with his teacher. We have already gotten all his school clothes (except for shoes) and we still have a few supplies to go. I really think that he is going to like it and I know that he is going to do great he learned so much in Pre K. But it is still in my motherly nature to be nervous about it, it is such a bigger place and a lot more people! Anyway I will post again later about open house and my first impressions of everything!

The Bachelorette

So I watched The Bachelorette Monday and it really made me mad! I know that it may be scripted or it may not but it really made me angry! Mainly because I really liked Frank since the beginning and now he is out. I do however think that he went about it the right way, actually going to Chicago to see if the feelings that he thought he was feeling were actually there. I really think that he was heartfelt in everything that he said. I mean I can understand how someone can think that they are over someone and then the feelings come back. I really do think that he meant everything that he said, or I want to anyway.

I do know however who the last guy standing is because of realitysteve.com but I will not put it on here. If you want to know just go over to his page he has tons of good juicy info over there. I have known for a while I was just wishing that it wasnt true and Frank would win but yeah we  now know that doesn’t happen.

I am pretty excited about next week with the guys tell all episode. I want to see what douche bag Justin has to say for his self now that he has had time to think about it.  But anyway I guess that’s enough for now…time to get back to work.

Getting Excited!

We are getting new vinyl siding and a new roof! Right now we have wood siding and needles to say it is starting to fall/crumble apart. Our roof looks like it’s got waves on it because it is that old. When we bought our house we were told that it had a new roof…yeah not so much. We might have another year on it but since we have the money now I think it would be best to go ahead and replace it because we will probably not have the money in a year. I am sure that it would get used on something else.  If anyone that reads this knows me at all they know that I don’t really like to spend money. Even though we are getting the new roof and siding I just hate to write that check. But they are doing it and so I will write the check, they are actually starting on the roof Wednesday! It is going to be like we are getting a new house! Of course since the outside is going to look so good we are going to start doing improvements on the inside too! I am going to take some pics and post before and after pictures!

Catch Up!

Wow! It has been a really long time since I have been on here. I tried to figure out a way to change the title on my blog seeing that Caleb will be 5 in a little over a month…but I did not succeed. Anyway I guess I will catch up a little on what has been going on in my life.

In October 09 I was told that the job I had been at for 9 years was closing. Just in time for the worst recession ever right!? I guess the bright side was that I got a sevrance check, but that also meant that I couldn’t get unemployment until the government decided that my money had run out! So I went without a job until Feb 2010 not that I wasnt looking just no one was hiring. In Feb I got a job at a orthodontist office which I always thought I would love and it was okay but not what I was expecting…the main problem was that I was only working 3 days a week and that was not getting it! Not to mention the MAJOR pay cut that I took! But it was a job and I stuck it out until something else came along, which happened to happen in May 2010. So now I am working at Automobile Acceptance, still a pay cut compared to what I was making but it is full-time with benefits, so that is great. I really like it so far its laid back (except for having to wear dress clothes). Which happened to turn out okay too because I got to go out and buy new clothes. So that is where I am at now…what else…We just got back from Youth camp again which was a blast! We went to Orange Beach, AL and even though we couldn’t get in the beach because of the oil we were still able to walk in the sand and surprisingly the pools were not crowded so we had a chair to lay out in everyday. The worship music was done by Charlie Hall and it was pretty good but not the best that we have seen. The service however was done by Stuart Hall and was amazing as always! He is so funny and just has a way of putting it out there so that everyone understands what he is saying.

Charlie Hall

Our group in front of the theme of the camp!

Worship on the beach was amazing this year! We did have Zach Berry with us this year to help with that. He is amazing and uses his talent to worship God in a great way!

Worship time on the beach!

Anyway I guess that sums it up very quickly but I am at work and should probably get back to that! It will not be as long till my next post!

WOW!

It has been a really long time since I posted anything! Well…let’s catch up.

About a month ago or a little longer the “higher up’s” came into my job and told us that they would be closing my warehouse. I can’t say that I didn’t expect this because I did…the signs were there. But with that being said it definitely did not make it easier. October 31st was supposed to be my last day but they came in on the 27th to tell us that the 28th will be our last day. Which is fine it was already happening anyway so we may as well get it over with. We did get a severance package which was a blessing! They didn’t have to give us anything. You have to look at the bright side on things like this. So today is my first day unemployed, and I am still not sure how I feel about it. I know that God will provide so that is not an issue. Don’t get me wrong it is still very scary just because this is something new for us and new is ALWAYS scary. Even when I think about having to go to a new job that is scary because I have had the same one for like 8 years. It is weird because the thought will just pop into my head that I don’t have a job and I am not sure what is going to happen…but just as soon as the thought pops into my head it is gone! I know that is God and He is just saying you don’t even have to think about this I have it covered. So I am not sure what will come out of this but I know that it will be okay. I am a worrier and I am not worrying about this, that is very weird to me. I also have the best people in my life and if I ever needed to, I know that I could call and they would do anything they could for me.

 

Well that is a quick catch up about what has been going on with me. I am sure I will be writing more often seeing as how I will not be working for a while! Maybe I will start exercising…we will see! Off to watch T.V. now!

Weekend Update

It’s that time again…The good news is there is only four days in this work week because yesterday was Labor Day so I had the day off! Okay so what did I do this weekend…

 

Friday – We had a Luau for the youth! It was a lot of fun! Swimming, eating, fishing and playing games. I played a game of Parchessi and lost but it was fun anyway.

 

Saturday – Went shopping with Tiffany for a little while, then headed back to the house to watch the first Georgia game of the season. Yeah I know…I dont even want to talk about it! They did not do so well BUT there was a lot of bogus calls and flags! Maybe we will do better in the next game, although it is against South Carolina so we will see. After the Georgia game we hung out and watched I Love You, Man. It was pretty funny.

 

Sunday – Got up bright and early and headed to church. Went to lunch afterwards to Shanes Rib Shack…come to think of it I still have the other half of my sandwich in the refrigerator. Went back to the house, Brian and Daniel headed to the race track and Caleb and I headed to my mom’s. Went shopping with her and then cooked out steaks. Watched some of the race and then Big Brother, which I am not happy about and then headed back to the house. Waited on Brian to get home and I guess got in bed at about 12:30, which was fine with me because I was off work Monday. Brian on the other hand was not so I think that he got about 3 or so hours of sleep. Oh well he knew what he was doing when he went, right!?

 

Monday - Caleb let me sleep in a little but not much I think that I was up by 8. We ran a few errands…bank, Waffle House, Wal-Mart, Kroger, went to Walgreens to get his flu shot (I already have mine) but there was a 2+ hour wait so we will  be going back. Took a little nap and then headed to my cousins for a cookout. It was a good time, I have never seen so many ribs in my life and they were good too. I even threw and CAUGHT the football a few times. I do think that my cousin was throwing it a little soft for me though…oh well I still caught it! Then at about 8:30 I guess we headed home. Got Caleb in the bath and in the bed and got ready to start the work week.

Well that was the life of us this weekend! What did you do?

Weekend Update

Yeah I know it is Tuesday and I usually do this on Monday but well I didn’t feel like it yesterday.

Friday – After work we hung out with Daniel and Tiffany which we haven’t done in a long time and we had tons of fun! We schooled Daniel and Brian in contract rummy, the score was ridiculous we were in the thousands and they were not!

Saturday – We got up and went to the Zoo with Jessica, Kyle, Jordan, and Connor. It was a lot of fun. I didn’t realize that the cost had went up. For Brian and I it was like $41! Thanks to Jessica Caleb got in for free! What we didn’t realize was that it was Georgia Alum day! It took us at least an hour to find a parking spot! But I did get to take a picture with Harry (the mascot)! I will put that pic up tonight.

Me with Harry!!!

Feeding the birds

Great seats

Tired boy!

Busted lip

We left the Zoo and went to my cousin Devon’s birthday party. Had a burger and some cookie cake YUM and then headed to the house. As soon as we walked in the door Brian’s sister called him and told us to meet her at the Dome in an hour. He was like uh…why? She had 4 extra tickets to the first pre season game! So of course we went. It was Caleb’s first game and he did really good. He had cotton candy, dipin dots, and coke! Anything to keep him awake! We left the game with like 8 minutes to go because we were losing and really we didn’t look good at all. Well with like 20 seconds left the Falcons score and win the game! Oh well we got to miss a lot of the traffic at least. I also have pics of the game that I will put up tonight. We had really good seats on the home side 19 rows up! So we got home at about 11 and Brian wanted to bathe Caleb so it wouldn’t have to be done early the next morning. So he did, Caleb wasn’t really happy about it since he had fallen asleep on the way home.

Sunday – We got up early and headed out to church. Daniel was preaching and he did a very good job! After church we were packing up (as we have to do every Sunday) and Trey was pushing Caleb around on a dolly/cart thing (as he does every Sunday). Well this time Caleb was lying down and when they went over a bump Caleb’s two front teeth went through his bottom lip! Of course he was crying and bleeding, when we finally were able to wipe it off it  looked like he had two holes in his lip. I have a pic of this too. He cried for a long time until I went in the store to get Motrin and came out with M&M’s too! Candy will do amazing things! It looks tons better now, it is already starting to go away. After church we went to lunch and then went home. I took like a 3 or 4 hour nap with it raining outside! It felt great!! When I finally got up Brian went to get us dinner and I didn’t leave the house. It was a great Sunday!

I think that is it. If I think of anything else I will add it…I will also put pics up tonight.

Pre K update

I haven’t been able to talk to Caleb’s teacher really because she has the bus duty in the mornings so when I drop him off she isn’t there. Well last week I slept a little late one morning so when I dropped him off she was there. She told me that he is doing really well. She said that after the first week of having time out twice he hasn’t had it since. She said that he really didn’t care too much about learning until she told him that he would be able to read to his mama and now he is all about it. He is the first one to sit at the table to get started and the first one to get finished, he doesn’t like to be last. She said the only thing that she has a problem with is getting him to hold his pencil right. In the 3 year old class they did work but they did it with crayons so now he has to get used to writing with a pencil. I can already tell a huge difference at home too. Like with cleaning, he used to always say that he needed help but now he will go in there by his self and clean his whole room. He is also getting better with listening. Of course he has his moments but they are getting to be fewer of them. Oh!! He is also pretty much writing his name!! He also told me last night that we lived in Georgia and Granny and Nanny lived in Alabama. I am so proud of what he has learned already and of how smart he is!!

Weekend Update

As you know Caleb turned 4 on Thursday, and my mom turned 53. So on Friday we went to dinner to celebrate. My mom wanted to go to Longhorns so that is where we went. Not to much to say about that I guess…it was a good dinner.

Saturday was Caleb’s party. We got up early and started cleaning the house. We had a bouncy thing delivered that Caleb didn’t even want to get in because he said that it would collapse. The adults had fun though so it wasn’t a complete waste of money. He had a TMNT theme birthday party and even though they are still pretty popular it was hard finding stuff for it. Daniel and Tiffany wanted to do the cake (too much Cake Boss) and it turned out really good! It tasted really good too!!! There are pictures below. He got a ton of Transformers, should have just had a Transformers party. There were lots of people at our house but the day went really well. Now we dont have to worry about another one for another year.

Sunday we went to church, had nursery with just Caleb so we played! Came home took a nap and then went to the best small group! Had lots of fun!!

TMNT Cake