What’s happening in the Sierra’s?
Mom:
- I have had 2 interviews thus far with 3 more to go for an awesome job opportunity in the Homeschooling field. I would love to share more but if I get it you’ll be the first to know.
- I am no longer the Board President for our preschool co-op and my daughter is now home with J and I. I have been dreaming of this day for months, and now we are all under the same house schooling around the table. Sure it’s not perfect but it’s pretty close to it.
- Fireman, the kids and I came home last Thursday from visiting our new niece. She is beautiful and her parents are a joy to watch be parents themselves. He’s my older brother and this is baby number 1, so its safe to say that I have been waiting a log time to visit his baby.
- I am so happy that maybe we have sneaked under the radar of “old man Winter” and we will not have to dig out this year. I know we need water…la te da, but after last winter I am so ready for a long hot summer, and fire’s are a bonus check around these parts.
J
- He is having a hard time these past few weeks. School has been a mixture of academics and a lot of discipline. He wakes up screaming in the night with no obvious reasons why and cannot remember the next morning. I refuse to have him see a doctor for a medication that has more side affects then healing qualities. For as long as he’s been alive I have been determined to make his life work.
- He excels in math, and is a joy to watch on a mountain bike.
- He has a great relationship with our puppy and greats her every morning with as much energy as she does. If we lived without neighbors I would send the two of them outside first thing to run.
L
- Like I mentioned earlier she is now home everyday for pre-k homeschool.
- Her vocabulary can stop me in my tracks. She reminds me everyday that she is listening to everything.
- Unlike number 1 she wants to sit at the table with a crayon in her hand. She is ready to soak it all in.
- Sometimes she will be missing in the house and I will find her quietly playing in her room and talking to her babies. If I don’t bother her she could stay there for some time.
Fireman
- Is busy working and saving people
- He bought himself and I a new IPhone 4S for Christmas. I think sometimes he loves it more then me. LOL!!
- He has taken and interest in J’s homeschooling and is ok helping with math or bible study.
- I love him more today then when I said “I do” how does that happen?
My life is full and wonderful. There are many moments that I am pulling my hair out but at the end of a day I know I am blessed.
Me and my new niece
It has been a slow start into the New Year here at our house. J’s homeschool does not officially start until the 9th, and L’s preschool does not kick off our new curriculum until the 9th. Which means it is slow moving around here. Just this morning for the first time all vacation we all slept in until 8:30am. I could hardly believe my eyes when I read the clock, but knowing we had no where to go meant enjoying both kids in bed while fireman made coffee.
I love slow. I was created to be at a slower pace then most. My metabolism runs slow, my mind processes information longer then average (which is not to say I am not an above average learner), and I would like nothing more then to sit. I have been in a battle over this reality my entire life, but this week I am enjoying the pace.
Forcing myself to become faster takes a lot of effort. I get up before the rest of my family, shower, dress and make sure I’ve had one cup of coffee. I workout endlessly to boost my slow metabolism and drink gallons of water to fight off fatigue, I read books teaching me the techniques of fast paced people and in the end after one week of just being me I like being slow and steady.
Next week will come and I’ll wake up before everyone, and life will resume it’s not so slow pace, but I’ll have a wonderful memory of this week. A week where no one had to be anywhere and I did not need anything.
How is your first New Year week going?
I don’t know why this did not post on Monday but here is my post from Monday.
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” (Walt Disney)
Did you really think I would miss the opportunity to post on the first Monday of the New Year?? Well I almost forgot, but then I saw this great Maxine comic.
I love the truth in this. Can you relate by now?
I can honestly say I have not made any New Years resolutions but to say that I have not. I still remember all the resolutions from years past that I did not complete and the thought of making a new one in a new year makes me sick. I would rather stick to the goals I have been working on and keep moving forward.
- Keep my bible close by and well read
- Keep loosing weight (isn’t that without saying???)
- Spend more time playing with my kids
- Be a better friend to my husband and to my friends
- Practice more generosity
- Read the books I currently own instead of buying new ones to add to the pile
- Blog everyday…..hahahaha!!! no really I would love to have the motivation but I lack commitment to post. Most days I feel like a distracted fly going to every window in the house except the right one. Busy being busy but not accomplishing anything.
No I’ll stick with this on going list of goals and hopefully by next year I’ll have a new list.
What have you been resolved to do this year?
