Life

Life here has been hectic. We're looking for jobs and the kids started public school today. Although I'm not too thrilled about it, it will help me to focus on trying to get a job better.

Not much going on other than that. I'm exhausted.

Have a day.

HELLLOOOOO

I'm checking in. We're at the library. We have not internet at home. Not even dial up. However I may try to convince the dad to get it. Things are going well here. We have settled into the house nicely. We are waiting to go to Tai's first soccer practice in the new town.

Other than that, I really don't have much time to check in today. I'm sure we'll be back on Wednesday. We'll be having to leave soon.

I miss you all.

Leave me some love. I miss reading all your blogs.

Aunt B.

Final farewell

This may be my last post for a long time. We will be moving this coming weekend. This week we have a lot going on with activities and the closing for the house plus a few other things going on. After we move into the house, we won't have any internet because the stupid people at Fairpoint said that their service doesn't reach us. We aren't really that far into the country. However we can't get Time Warner Cable either. We need high speed internet for school and Bo needs it for work. However we haven't been able to find one that goes out to our new home. Unfortunately for us we are already to sign the papers. We decided to go ahead and sign in the first place because we were told by the "lovely" people at Fairpoint that we could get service out to our new home. However yesterday morning, they called to tell us that they sent someone out to the house and we can't get it now. I'm very frustrated with the whole problem. Bo doesn't even want to get phone through them because of the problem with the internet thing. I think I talked him into getting the phone though especially since there could be a problem at home that I would have to call him about.

Beginning Friday, I won't be able to access anything online unless I can get wireless access somehow. I will try my hardest but there are no guarantees.

If this is the final farewell, I will miss you all. I will continue to write and hopefully update when I can. You are all special to me and I will miss sharing my thoughts with you all.

Have a great day and a wonderful life.

Aunt B.

Organization

I'm trying to figure out a schedule of some sort that I could make up and print out. This would have house cleaning for each day as well as homeschool stuff for each day. I want it to look pretty but I also want it to work for me. We will be closing on our first home next week and I want to keep the house clean and organized when we move in. I need to have a reminder of some sort that will help me to remember to do certain things, certain days. I don't think I could do fly lady only because it moves to fast for me. I do some things from her though. If you have any ideas, I'm spending the day researching that while waiting by the phone for the Realtor to call back.

Have a great day!! I know I will.

Aunt B.

butterflies

Butterflies always amaze me. I love their beauty and grace as they flutter through my lilac trees. I have never however seen butterflies mate. Until today. It is so fascinating. I have pictures to prove it. I saved these butterflies from the mouth of my cat this morning. How cool does it look? I know two posts in one day. But this is just something I couldn't wait to share.

Aunt B.

Ramblings

I'm hoping to get outside sometime today. It is such a beautiful warm day already. At 9 am it's already almost 70. There is a quiet breeze blowing. I hear the sounds of a movie behind me as Hunt wakes up for the morning. The girls are still sleeping quietly in their beds and I'm hoping Bo is up soon. Our household starts later than most families. Bo doesn't have to be to work until 11 so we tend to eat meals later, stay up later, and even wake up later than other families. I've gotten much done today already. The dishes, the garbage, the coffee, the laundry is started. I still have much packing and cleaning to do if I want to be confident to get our deposit back from the landlords here.

We went for a ride last night and almost hit a porcupine, a kitten, and a skunk. I have never seen an alive porcupine that close up before. It was definitely interesting. Yesterday morning, I saw a moose out for a jog in the field.I always think about how funny it is to watch them run. When I lived in Alaska about 15 years ago with my parents, we used to watch the moose a lot. There were a lot of moose on the base where we lived. These moose knelled down to eat their food. It was really interesting to watch. It kind of looked like they were praying.

The days are counting down until closing. We have 7 days left. I am so excited. I am nervous all at the same time. We are trying to figure out how we'll move all the big stuff to the new house. We have had offers from friends to help us move some things. Other things are really big and would require a trailer or a rental truck to bring them to the new house. We are getting rid of our washer, dryer, and water cooler.The only reason why we are getting rid of our washer and dryer is because there is a newer one that is staying the house that we are buying. We won't need our water cooler after we move so we are going to be selling that too. I decided to keep my gazelle and put it in the exercise room. That way I could still use it. Maybe if it is out more, I will use it more. Who knows.

I've made the menu for the next three weeks. It was just something I had to do to prepare for the move. Menu making is a very big part of keeping our home running smoothly. Usually on Friday's I make a menu and a grocery list. We go shopping and I both the list and the menu with me. We print the grocery list on to the back of the menu to make it more simple and to save paper. I have the menu with us to make sure I put everything on the grocery list. Sometimes I forget and look at the menu only to realize I didn't put something on the list. By having the menu with me, I'm able to remember things I would otherwise forget. When we get home from shopping, I put the menu up on the fridge. We usually follow the menu to the day. Sometimes though, we mix up the meals for the week, depending on our mood. Today I'm also going to make a cleaning schedule to put on the fridge to follow after we move into the house. That way our home will be clean all the time. By doing the schedule, I will be able to do certain things, certain days. That way I won't have to worry if my house is a disaster when company comes. I won't have to hurry and pick up because company is coming. It just works out well that way.

Well I'm off to make my schedule. I'll update more later when my head is more clear. Have a great day! I know I will.

Aunt B.

Tai's Fingers

Tait has had bumps on her fingers for I don't know how long now. Pretty much since she was in second grade. This year they got bigger and blistered more. So we are heading to the dermatologist tomorrow morning to try to figure out how to fix it. We are told by her pediatrician that it is a kind of excema but they referred her to a dermatologist to figure it out just in case. Sometimes it itches her and sometimes you can't touch her at all because it hurts her. Hopefully we can find some answers tomorrow. I'm glad that they didn't say that it was Hand foot and mouth disease again because we know it's not.