Feb. 3, 2007
Long time, no see
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Wow. It has been a really long time since I've blogged here. I guess I'll try to get up to date. Our house that we were renting became a nightmare. $500 electric bills. Nails popping out of the floors. The entire master bathroom had to be ripped out all the way to the exterior walls of the house....oh and then the house started sinking. LOL....just to name a few of the items on the long list. So we've moved. We moved on Christmas Eve and the very 1st item out of the truck was our Christmas Tree already decorated and ready to be plugged in. The neighbors must have been in shock. They were all standing outside the house watching this caravan of cars and trucks drive by not once, but twice because I couldn't figure out which house was ours. It has been a wonderful change. We live in a great neighborhood with awesome neighbors and tons of great kids for the boys to play with. I'm so glad they finally have friends. We never lived in a neighborhood with kids. Dear hubby lost his job and found another one that doesn't pay as much, but has excellent insurance. We've had to tighten our belts a little, but it's a good thingt because our spending habits were getting way out of hand. I was offered a freelance position with WESH-2 News, an NBC affiliate, which has been tons of fun. I operate their robotic cameras on the weekends, which is great because it leaves my week free to continue homeschooling the boys. Somedays I wonder if I made the right decision, but only time will tell. When I moved, it was to a different county, so I had to send a new letter of intent. This new county mailed me a packet that included what 4th graders should know and it shell-shocked the entire family. According to their age, the boys should be going into 4th grade, but they were held back in Kindergarten, so they would really be going into 3rd grade next year. We worked on 1st grade material because there was so much fundamental stuff that they just did not know. We knew they were behind bu we never realized just how far "behind" they were. I am happy to say that they are both reading now. Joey could read the basic 3 letter words last year and Josh didn't even know all of his alphabet. He still has trouble remembering which letters make what sounds, but he's reading and Joey is reading the NIckZone chapeter books, so I've got to be doing something right. Right? Somedays I get so frustratedwith what they don't know and should. They're going to be 9 in a few months, but developmentally they're more like 6 year olds. I just want what's best for them and I get so worried that they're not going to be able to function in society right or become who they want to be. Other times, I think they'r going to be fine and the few years that they're behind won't matter when they're adults. I don't know. I don't know what I'm doing or how I'm feeling anymore. |
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