Long time, blogging fell short

Ok, years have slipped by and I stopped blogging. What has happened? I moved into a new rental then bought our own home. Hubby lost his job a couple of times and now has a job he really enjoys. I went back to school and am now a special education teacher! Great things came with negative things. We have overcome a lot and have lots ahead of us but...... We got this! Coming soon is my adventures of PTA VP, soccer coaching, home improvement, and beginning a new job as a teacher.... Wish me luck! I'm just glad I don't have little ones to worry about. They have all grown up so much.

The eldest smarty pants is going to be a sophomore in a law program with straight As. Ok ok... He got a B in Japanese but he has promised to fix that mistake. Middle smarty pants is going into a GATE program in JR high school, which scares me a little..... Please pray. Little smarty pants is a big fish in a little pond because he is super smart and a golden child at school. What happens there? He's a devil at home..... Sneaky monster.

It's going to be an adventurous year.... Keep up because it will get interesting,

Smoking

I respect people's right to smoke, I do.... I do not respect the fact that some smokers do not give me the respect I give them. I am living in a townhouse, very close quarters for everyone. We enjoy opening our windows during the summer so our electricity bill isn't sky high. We recently got new neighbors that smoke. They smoke so much that my kids upstairs window has to be closed and our sliding glass door has to be closed. I'm frustrated and not sure what can be done about it. The smell of cigarettes makes me gag.... If you want to smell bad and kill yourself please feel free... if you are smoking so much my kids smell it I may have to kill you a little sooner than the cigs will. ;) Not really, my mother in law smokes and it smells horrible but she respects people enough to not do it around them. Please smokers, keep your killer stench to yourself. Put a freakin bag over your head while you smoke so you get twice the smoke you expected. Just think about it, you would have to buy 1/2 the cigs because you get twice the smoke! I'm a freakin genious!!!!!! I need to go on the road with this one!

OHHH... Just think if you have a bag over your head you are killing yourself in half the time it would take otherwise too. THAT would mean you would be spending a QUARTER of what you would if you smoked without a bag on your head! ooohhh I'm going to invent said bag! I guess this nasty habit can make me money... In the mean time, hopefully, the property managers will take care of our smoking problem.

Napping

I have officially decided naps are BAD, for me. They may work for others but for me they are bad, bad, bad. I had to wake up at 6:30 this morning for orientation into the working world after not going to sleep until 2am the night before. BLECH... boring orientation put my mind to sleep the rest of the day. I stumbled through my punk's therapy and meetings only to eat dinner and crash. I can't explain it any better than getting up from the table, laying face down in a pillow on the couch and falling asleep. My largest punk took the kids to the mall to find birthday presents and I don't remember the door closing. NICE a nap... NO! not nice, it's 1:30am and I'm still awake! Oh well.... might as well blog.

I'm going back to join the working forces! YAY! I am not cut out to be a stay at home mommy while my kiddos go to school full time. The baby will go to daycare while he is in our home but at least we can move on with our lives and I can get an actual life!!! YES! I am going to have a life! I'm starting a position as a substitute but it's perfect for now because I can pick and choose what days I work. Appointments for the kids, no problem! The excitement is a bit bitter-sweet because I loved helping in my kiddo's classrooms.

The biggest punk has interviews constantly... He finally got a job offer but the amount of pay they offered they can keep. REDICULOUS! NO WAY! He is going to negotiate but seriously, people, we aren't THAT desperate! We need MINIMUM 50,000 yearly... We have 3 big kids and need to put away for that ranch with LOTS of cattle to feed these monsters! That and my youngest punk is going to need braces and those aren't cheap! OK, so he has lots of other options and he has a job right now so we have time to wait these people out for more money. One option is moving to the bay area... umm... hello babe, I just got a life...I mean, job..... You wonder if men don't want women to have lives....

Ok, still not sleepy but I'm rambling garbage that doesn't make any sense and hasn't helped me grow at all... wait, I did get a life! I guess I still have room to grow!