Little more

Doctors appointment for my mom was only about an hour or so, so not too long. The doctor for the state says she is definately disabled and that her neurology doctor, that she uses for her M.S. is one of the best in the state, and that her personal disability insurance is playing games and doesn't want to pay out the money. If the state of Texas says she is defiantely disabled, why the heck is her personal insurance playing games with her and making her worse! AGH! It makes no sense, but if she gets her SSI through, which she will from the sounds of this doctors appointment, then she WILL get her personal insurance through. They will have no choice bu t to pay for what they should have been already. I am glad we got that done.

As for packing the house....still only about 1/2 way done. By the time we went to the doctors, saw people at her old work,went to McDonald's for lunch so Anna could play, went to the DMV, and went to Wal-Mart, the day was about over. I did get a little bit more packed, but not near what I wanted. Today I have no choice. I MUST FINISH PACKING!!! LOL!! We load the U-Haul truck tomorrow. Alright, I better stop procrastinating, and take my shower and get busy for the day. Take care all.

Progress

Well, we are well under way to moving my mom down by us. I have about 1/2 the house packed up and we have already sold some of the items. Anyone need a fridge?? For some strange reason those are the only two things that haven't gotten any bites yet on the sale list. We are trying to sell everything of value. Does anyone know if a pawn shop will take a fridge?? Hey, something is better than nothing and these fridge are really nice. One is two years old and one is three years old. GREAT condition. LOL! Anyhow, I have gotten more boxes and we will take mom to the doctor today for her SSI appointment. Hopefully they don't drag it out and keep us there all day, but you never know. Then, it is back here to packing, packing, packing. Anna is doing really well with it all. She has gotten on JumpsStart Kindergarten here, which gives her some school time. I aslo picked her up some new toys last night to play with as she has done super good with me being so busy and there not really being much to do here. Anyhow, i do miss my bed. The air mattress is just not cutting it anymore. It is killing my back after 3 nights. Only three more nights of sore back. Anyhow, I better get busy as I need to to shower. I went to bed with wet hair last night and boy is that a sight to see on my head. LOL! Have a good day. Take care all.

Change of Plans?

Well, that didn't work! With all the rushing around this week trying to get things set for my mom moving this way, we almost completely messed up our new homeschooling schedule. My husband says to wait till after Labor Day, but I have already started and want to keep going. We were doing so well until yesterday. We did one whole day of everything before something important came up and pretty much all school took a hike out the window. YIKES! I can't believe it was that easy to let it go by the wayside, but this was mega important stuff as I needed to find my mom a place to live in down here.

Anyhow, then today I set the alaram for 7:00am, and I either was so tired I slept through it, or it never went off. I also never heard my husband's alarm, nor did I hear him getting ready for work and that really scares me, because I always wake up before he leaves. I must have been catching up on sleep where as Monday night I didn't sleep but 3 hours, from midnight to 3:00am. Yes I was up at 3:00am yesterday ready for the day. UGH! It was horrible.

Well, now that we have an even later start to our day because I wanted to come on here, I better get Anna and I ready for the day. We have a lot to do. I still do not have an entire trunk of boxes and newspapers yet for the move, but we will get there by Friday, right? I sure hope so, that is less that I will have to get later. Have a good day all and thanks for sticking by me. I will get this schooling thing down and yes, my husband is right, we will probably need to start over and have a good start after Labor Day. I hope he doesn't read ths, it will boost his ego too much. LOL!! I was originally planning on starting then anyhow. Have a good day!

Everything

Today was the first day of homeschooling ALL subjects. It was fun, but we also took a break in between, about half-way through. That seems to be the best way and Anna did okay. She was a little more frustrated with so much material, but she did fine. I think it will be better when we can sit down and do it and then go on with our day. I finally documented in our lesson plan book all the items we are using to teach. The list is long and seems intimidating when you fisrt look at it, but it is not so bad because of the way I use it. Here is what we are using and for what pupose :

*Bob Jones Kindergarten Math (Math)
*Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (Reading)
*Five in a Row (Story Time, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts)
*Study Dog Computer (Reading, Language Arts)
*Reader Rabbit Kindergarten (Reading, Language Arts)
*Jump Start Kindergarten (A little bit of everything)
*More Little Visits with God (ciizenship, Bible)
*Library Books (Every subject area and fun)

As you can see, it is quite an extensive list and seems to be a lot, but we usually only use one computer program a day. If we do two, we do Study Dog first and then one of the other two. She loves computer time. We also have a white board for free drawing and writing, but using less paper. We tend to use it at the end for a bit of a reward. Anyhow, one day down with all and how many to go??? LOL!! We will be fine and we are both enjoying it. I couldn't imagine her stuck all day in a regualr class and having to be quiet and stay still. LOL. She is doing so good with what we are doing. Even with everything added in, we are less than two hours of work, so I am happy with that. We do about 45 minutes to and hour, take a break, and then do the rest. She likes the break and so do I. Anyhow, I better go for now. We are starting to get ready for the rest of our day. I must work and Daddy works late, so it is off to her Aunt's house for a few hours. Thanks all and please keep praying that my mom's move goes smoothly. Take care.

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

Busy, busy, busy. With one week of schooling down, we are good on that respect, but we have only one week left to find my mom a place to live here. I am glad she is coming, but I wish that we already have a place for her. With us adding in all the other subjects next week, (yes, I said all) we will be shorter on time to go search. I can't have Anna not do school. She likes it too much. I did find an apartment I like and if God wants my mom to be there, it will still be open when we get her money through to hold it. Pray for this to work out. On the plus side, I have seen a few places that will be suitable for us to move into once our lease is up in February on these places. (Note to self...NEVER sign a 14 month lease again!!!) Don't get me wrong, I like our apartment, I just am not happy with the management staff or maintenance. I had to threaten to report them to Texas Apartment Association to get my last work orders done. That was after waiting a good 4 weeks on one and almost 6 months on the other. YES, 6 months. No wonder we want to move. The other thing we are not happy with is paying everyone else's gas bill in winter. I mean, I understand allocating the bill, but I think they are screwing us big time on that one. How can a small two bedroom apartment's gas bill cost more each month than a 5 bedroom house? I mean, not a little more, but over three times as much!! Like I said, we are getting screwed over and there is not a darn blasted thing I can do about it. We signed it when we moved in. If we skip out on our lease, we will never be able to rent here in the city again, because they all us the same basic rental application and our name would be marred forever! We had a hard enough time getting in here. Anyhow, I guess that is enough drama on my life for one day. It felt good to get that out. Please keep praying for the up-coming move and pray for God's favor and that it will all work out for us. Thanks all.

Moving!!

No, no, not us....my mother. It is a good thing and a God send. My mom has multiple sclerosis. It is a neurological disease. Her health has been very bad and we have been fighting to get her short-term and long-term disability through from work to no avail since January of this year. She has had a lot of help from the church Jeremy and I attend and we have helped in any way possible. She is not getting anywhere and about 2 weeks ago she finally agreed to be out here where I was, so I could help her out and get her to Doctor's appointments and such. She said then, within the next year. To me, that was not going to help. She would still be stressed about the condition of her house, and she would still not be able to get anywhere.



All that has changed...She called me today and we have the move set for the last week of August, which gives me about 3 weeks. I will be driving up on the 25th, after work and a family outing. I will be going up with Anna late at night and we will have about 3 days to clear out and pack everything up, then we will load the U-haul or whatever company truck we rent, to move her this way. This gives me approximately 1 week to find her a place to live here and all.



Please pray that God's will be done in this situattion. This is a good move for her and I will feel alot better about having her closer. Pray for things to come through just as HE planned. Pray for peace in this move and strength for my family as we help her get here. Thanks all and God bless!!

We STARTED!!

YEAH! We had our first official day of school today and everythng went great. It didn't take us very long for just two subjects, but to make ourselves sit down and actually do them was great. I even made some copies of other items we needed for the next few weeks. :-) I am so glad we started and so glad she is so eager to learn. I will try and get some pictures up later, but we haven't got that far. The other thing Anna did today was put "mom" on one of her papers without even asking me how to spell it or tell her the letters, she just did it. That made me so proud as we have been working on three-letter words for some time now. Can you tell we had a good day. Anyhow, thanks for the prayers and I will let you know how it goes. Like I said for this week we are just doing two subjects, then adding in as needed. Take care all.