Well, for those of you who don't know..we have been praying about..thinking about..weighing the financial impact and probability..of setting up a second residence in California for my 14 yr old son to have the opportunity to discover his "hidden" talent in the entertainment business..ie. acting/modeling.
Everything looks good on paper..but like I always say paper isnt reality. The biggest feat?sp is coming up with moving funds and deposits and setting up the new place. Then when all that is said and done..we have to put Justin in acting classes out in LA. WE'll figure it out somehow I guess.
Last night we had a little upset to our plans. I had gone to the school supply store to get new lesson plan and grade books for the coming school year. Well, I found a grades5-8 Reading Theatre workbook format and the subject was World History. Basically, I got it because it would give Justin something to start working on learning how to develop a character and learning to read from a script in the comfort of his own home. WEll, he had a hissy fit of sorts! I don't want to do that..kind of attitude. He apparently didnt like the subject matter. "they are all dead people" I dont want to learn about that/...??????? I went into the fact that he never will know what the subject matter is about when he goes on an audition for a show/movie..movies are done about "dead" people all the time...what did he think actors started out doing when they began?! So, it really gave dad and I quite the opposite picture of what he says he wants to do for his career choice/life. WE really gave it to him about this kind of attitude not being conducive to someone who wants to become an actor. And about how we are getting ready to tear this family apart and sacrifice financially and emotionally and physically to help him acheive his "dream" and he comes off with this attitude, as if he's above learning. We told him to think very strongly and pray very hard about whether this is what he really wants in life and come to us and he better be able to convince us that this is worth our trouble/time/money or the whole enchilada is OFF. No more conventions in the future either..he can turn 18 and head off in search of his "dreams" on his own.
We have been burned by the firstborn, the second born is pretty much turning into the first one also..saying one thing and showing/doing another. I'm not sure he's going into college courses now..I am getting ready to pay for them..but he's is now 3 to 4 days behind the new schedule I gave him for the work he has left from last year. How much do you do for your children to try to give them a leg up in this nasty world and when do you say That's Enough..fight for your future on your own! I'm such a softy that I give in too much in hopes that they will step up to the plate.
Onto other things other then the drama of being a parent with children who push you to disappointment.
We are almost done with our garden!! We are finishing up staining the wood we are using as part of our border fence. It's just cinder block bricks with landscaping timbers to frame the outskirts of the garden perimeter. Yellow bricks with redwood posts..very cute...I only have to finish that and then get rock put in the path section and "Vwallah" a finished bare garden! LOL I only have 5 Hostas under the two small trees, four Hardy flox, one plant I dont remember the name of with purple flowers, and two Yarrow plants. Thats it and the garden is about 120ft wide by 75 ft deep. LOL Need more plants but the season is almost over!!! And then if we go to California..I wont be here to tend it..sigh!
OK..get this. We bit the bullet and paid almost $300 for satelite equipment.. and $50 a month for service so we could have faster internet. Well, I left it up to my husband to do all the inquiring as to terms and such..he says he was told one thing and apparently it's not so. We've only had it for a month and a week. We have so much trouble getting online!! So, my husband thought it had to do with not having a strong enough router. Our speed was the same if not slower then when we had dial up!! But even after we got the new router $146 later, thank you e-bay cuz it could have been $200+, we still were connecting slower then they said we would be at. And in the evenings I couldnt even connect at all!! So, finally, I got on the phone about 3 days ago and called the Wild Blue Sattelite co. and asked them what was going on!!! I'm irritated and frustrated that my internet bill has doubled and my service is worse then dialup! Well, it turns out that they limit your internet usage. We are only allowed 7,500 mb download and 2,300 mb uplaod per month! Are you kidding me!!!!! So, we were in "violation" of our usage terms..which we didn't know about. That meant that our "speed" would decrease and possibly, as we were experiencing, not allow us to use the internet. So, we have told them that we don't want their crappy limited service when we could get better service unlimited "like my husband says he inquired about from the beginning" through dial up! They said the "contract" terminaton fees would be the remainder of our 24 mth period x $30. Over $600! So, we are in a battle right now over this..and by me being online I'm using up our usage. Which we have no way of tracking except by using the internet to get onto our account and check into it..LOL Go figure!!
Well daylight is burning and I've got tons of work to do outside that the two older boys wont do..so weed eating and mowing are my job alone now!! 3 acres!!
Catcha next time I can get online.
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