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Dec. 5, 2008

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I can't believe how much I neglected my poor little homeschool blogger.

It seems like the last couple have months have flown by like a blur. But now with the colder, earlier days and nights I am hoping to be able to spend some time catching up on all the blogs here that I haven't had the opportunity to check in a long time.

I am really looking forward to a long winter. Although I am not really a big fan of snow and freezing cold temps, but I do like the idea of spending a lot of time pretending to be stuck in the house.

I have a couple of sewing projects, baking projects, and home improvement projects that I am looking forward to spending time on.

Well there you have my plans.

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Nov. 6, 2008

Extra Time

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Is anyone else enjoying the shorter days and longer nights?

I feel as rhough I am gaining so much more time at home now. I have spent the lat week accompishing some indoor projects that have been on my list forever! I am hoping that this will continue for a few weeks at least. That's all I really need to get all caught up.

I've also started to buckle down on our schoolwork once again.

I figure okay so maybe I didn't totally stay on track up to this point. But today I am making a renewed effort to stay focused.

Well I seem to recall it being this way last year also.

Whatever it is, I'm thankful for the extra time at home

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Oct. 6, 2008

Very Interesting Video

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Oprah has an agenda you should know about.This may surprise some, but it's been coming for a while now.

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Sep. 15, 2008

Looking For Work?

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I am ready for some change around here.

It seems like everyday I am hearing about more and more people losing their jobs. This is very much affecting many people around where I live.

Even if you are fortunate enough to have a job it is still a good idea to look around periodically to see if there is anything else available.

I know that when Rich began to consider the idea of going back into the Painter's Union he started by calling around. He did this to see if there were any companies that were even thinking about hiring at the time.

Thankfully he was able to find a job very quicky and did not need to seek any career advice. But I have also been thinking about all of the people who are choosing to move out of Michigan in order to find a job.

How would you know if anyone was hiring in Minnesota if you do not live there? You could go to www.startribune.com/jobs o see if there were any Minneapolis jobs available.

I should add that I am not moving. But I would definately make sure that we had a job waiting for us if we did decide to move one day.

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Sep. 15, 2008

My Weekend

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We had a pretty great weekend.

It was busy, but in a good way. Rich had the whole weekend off which is a rarity these days. He has been working 7 days a week for a while.

Friday we went out to dinner at Chili's which is our favorite restaraunt and then had a nice night at home. The kids went to bed early and we watched the movie "Over Her Dead Body" It was alright.

We had to get up very early on Saturday to take Kalene to an all day volleyball tournament. We dropped her off and went for breakfast to waste the time until the tournament began. They did really well. Fourth place is great in my opinion and deserved Taco Bell, Kalene's favorite dinner these days. She really is a teenager!

Sunday we went to church and afterwards, Kalene's soccer game. They slaughtered the other team 8-0! She went to a little barbeque party that one of the girls from the team was having and we went to American Pie for dinner.

So as you can see from this post I did no cooking all weekend. That was a treat for me, but eating out that much destroys the diet and the budget. Good thing I've been doing so well keeping to the budget lately. We're definately heading to the gym tonight!

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Sep. 8, 2008

Getting Back On The Treadmill

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I have really been a slacker when it comes to exercising. I was doing really great for a while there and then it seems that there just wasn't time to go to the gym. I have to prioitize my life you know. I had all kinds of excuses for why I was not exercising. The truth? I have a treadmill here and don't really ned to go to the gym and use the treadmills there. I just didn't feel like it. But, I am motivated again to start some excerizing. Thre really are no excuses.

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Jul. 31, 2008

Christmas in July

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Do you think that it might be a little strange that I am already thinking about Christmas and it is still 5 months away? I wonder how many other people are as strange as me. Maybe it is because of the crazy high tempertures that we have been getting around here lately that makes me dream of colder days.

At any rate, one thing that I am determined to be on top of this year is sending out my Christmas Cards. Yep, this year they will be made out and sent first thing. I think that if I were to order them now, I could write them out and have them all ready to go as soon as Thanksgiving was over.

I think that if I could get this one thing prepared and ready to go, the rest of the season would go smoothly. Of course it is still only July, so maybe I will wait a few more months.

It is funny, when it's cold out I dream of hot summer ays. Now that they are here in full force, I' thinking Christmas. Okay I guess I am a bit weird.

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Jul. 28, 2008

I Believe I Can Fly

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Okay, here is a little known fact about myself. I used to think that I would grow up to be a pilot. I think it must have become a dream of mine right around the time I saw the movie Top Gun. I was going to learn to fly me one of those super cool planes. I especially wanted to learn to fly the smaller planes like Baloo in my favorite cartoon Tail Spin.

Needless to say that has never happened. But I still would love to fly on one of those planes. Do you know that you can charter yourself a ride on a private jet. How cool would that be? Now this kind of VIP treatment is not only available for the rich and famous. It can be for anyone. With Wing Aviation Charter Services anyone can fly like a VIP guest.

There is one catch though.

They only have charter flights in some states. You can charter flights Oklahoma. You can also charter flights in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. That means I will just have to wait until something like this comes to Michigan. Or until I move to Texas! (I am not really moving to Texas, just another dream of mine.)

Until then I will continue to dream of the day I can fly in my very own personal private aircraft.

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