Ok, I have a lot to write about fro this weekend.  I'll get to that in another post.  Right now I have to post abut this:

So today is the first day of school for Jefferson county.  I am excited and nervous for them.  For Thomas especially.  Today is his first day in a new school and starting a year after all of his peers.  (remember that he was home ( Read more... )

So Tom is trying to sleep after working til 8 this morning.  De is at my house watching the boys and "keeping them quiet".  Or that was the point.  She is trying to assert the "I'm the boss thing".  They are resisting....Duh- they are 9 &12 ( Read more... )

This is an emailed to another home-schooler who asked for opinions and "arguements" for her BiL to try to help him understand other peoples points of view from former publicly schooled parents of HS over PS.  It just expressed myself so well I needed to post it here.  
( E-mail I sent )

Ok, so I have been applying around for another job, I'd hate to leave my dad high & dry though; which is why I worked for him so long before.  Well I just started Friday but we really need more $ coming in and 7.50 an hour isn't cutting it.  Even with the back paychecks he owes me...still a few but I don't want them until I need them so I have a ( Read more... )

So she is gone more than she is home.  Monday she came home for a few hours...to do laundry and see her girlfriend.  It was only a little while but she was happy and pleasant.  She wanted to go back to Knoxville that night because she had classes in the morning.  Yes, classes.  She enrolled in Pellissippi state Community College.  I am happy for ( Read more... )

So I ended up not going to Splash Country today.  As much as I didn't want to go yesterday, after I talked to my mom last night I thought it might be fun.  I could avoid my MIL and SIL and still have a good time with the boys so they would be happy and get to go.  Wasn't to be I guess.  This morning Tom woke up feeling terrible.  Mostly nausea to ( Read more... )

Ok, so yeah, I am backdating and trying to catch-up.  I hate when I go this long between posts!

Monday the 24th.  We took Lucy back to the vet to have the sutures taken out.  her eye has healed beautifully.  She still has a small ulceration (pinprick sized) so she has to stay in the e-collar for a few more days (and can't go out) but she is doing ( Read more... )

Good Lord.  Elizabeth got her cell phone taken up at school.  They say she won't get her phone back for 30days.  Not cool.  I have a call in now to the vice principal or whatever he is.  That school has more vice principals (5).... I hate this school system!  No she shouldn't have had the phone at school, according to her she wasn't using it, just ( Read more... )

Snow.  We are getting a little; nothing like was called for of course ( Read more... )