OK...so we have been in Kentucky for a couple of weeks now and I really like it. I mean, I miss my home...a lot, but if I can't be there, this is not such a bad place to be. The girls seem to really like it. We have made it a daily ritual to walk down to the "Big Playground" at the elementary school about 1/2 mile away and play for an hour or two. They think that is the coolest thing and it gets me and Allie a little bit of exercise (I know what you're thinking...don't over do it:)). I think it has been good for Allie, she seems to be losing weight! YEAH!
On other notes, I am preparing for the upcoming homeschooling season and the closer it gets, the more scared I get. I know that I can do it, Abbi is so smart, there should be no issues. The biggest thing is, this is the REAL deal, no practice, this is her education and I just want to make sure she gets all that she needs. I have a ton of curriculum...more than I will ever use, and I have found some great websites for "practice". My next project is signing her up for some classes of extra curricular things. I have found a great gymnastics class here on base that I think she will really like and Eric thinks that I need to find Karate (I'm still not too sure about this one). I know that I need her in a minimum of two activities and I think that one needs to be music lessons of some sort...she wants to learn to play the drums...YEAH!!! (note the sarcasm). Her Pappy is turning over in his grave! :) We will see what happens.
Really not much else is going on. Eric and I had to make a short trip to NC last weekend (really short...got there 4 pm Saturday, left 11 am Monday) to get some paper work and things for him and for me to pick up the cats and get the grass mowed, and just check on things. Mom kept the girls so we could get done what we needed to without any interruption...thank goodness. We worked non stop. When we got there, all I wanted to do was get my grass mowed and then take a cool dip in the pool...yeah, that didn't happen. My pool was completely GREEN!!! It's all I thought about on the 10 hour trip...you can imagine my dismay. Evidently it rained every day for 10 days and rain grows algae...major bummer. I used 5 different chemicals to get it cleaned up and just as we were leaving it started to look clean again! I never did get to swim, and now, by the time I get back it will be green again...yeah! At least I know how to get it clean again:).
And then there was the grass issue...
Oh, the grass...oh my goodness. It was 2 1/2 feet tall, in the shortest places. My flower bed in the corner of the lot had weeds in it 5 feet tall...no joke 5 feet tall, plus a sumac plant (yeah). A big thank you to my wonderful husband for spending two hours pulling those out:). There was a squash growing in front of the front porch steps...I have NO idea how that happened...my garden is out back. And, the driveway had random weeds growing all over it. The place looked abandoned. It was really embarrassing. I started mowing right away, I could not stand to look at it for a second. It took us forever to get it all done, but when we left, it looked beautiful! I really hated to leave it. I did make Eric call his friend Scott and set up mowing service for the rest of the time I will be gone. I could not bear to think of the house looking like that again.
OK, well I have yapped long enough.
Next time, I will discuss the "insert your name here Day" (Mine is the "SaraBeth Early Day"). A day, besides your birthday, where YOU celebrate YOU. Take a day off of work, spend a day away from the kids, don't pay bills, don't do laundry, don't cook...you get the point. I am planning mine right now. I'll give details later...
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