Family and Stuff: Slacker!!

Inspirational Thoughts

Strength is nothing more than how we hide the pain

Every one wants happiness no one wants pain, but in order to see the rainbow, you must go through the rain

Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.

Keep Moving Forward!!!! Walt Disney

And in the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

Learn from Yesterday, Live for today, Hope for Tomorrow

It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes the best memories are those you have yet to create

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life long attempt to acquire it

Fear is the dark room where negatives are developed

You can't do hurdles, if you REFUSE to JUMP!

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, YOU WILL LAND AMONG THE STARS!!!

THE ONLY THING IN LIFE ACHIEVED WITHOUT EFFORT IS FAILURE!!!

Don't let the negative people have the most IMPACT in your life!

NEVER give up on anyone...Miracles happen EVERYDAY!!!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Slacker!!

It would seem that I have been slacking on this blog, since I haven't posted anything since October, so for that I apologize.

It has been a KRAY-ZEE time in the McDaniels' household since October. Hmmmmmm, where to begin....

First, I have been working on my portfolio for photography, slowly, but surely its coming along. Its hard work, and I don't want it to become uninteresting for me, so I am taking it slowly. Also, I volunteer at Aaron's school on the Mondays I don't have preschool. The moms and I are still conducting preschool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays alternating weeks. It has been wonderful. I think we have finally adjusted to Virginia life, even though we, meaning I, would prefer to be back in Georgia. I am thinking about checking into doing substitute teaching come the fall when CAM starts kindergarten, so we will see how that goes.

James, well, lost his job in October, and then found another one pretty much right away, which is good. He loves the job, and they seem to really like him. He didn't get much of a raise, but we will take any job over none at all. With the job change comes new changes, such as insurance which is a PIA, but we deal with it.

Aaron has been succeeding in school. We have had some issues with aggressive behaviors, and the principals, school counselor and we are at a loss of what we can do to help with his impulsiveness. The counselor has decided to start a social skills group, which I think Aaron will benefit from and also, James and I are discussing getting him back into karate.

Colin, the control freak, is still just that. He has to be in control of everything and confirm everything everyone says. Boy, its annoying, but I know its just pure genius at work. He is excelling at preschool, when he is with the other moms, but with me, its a completely different story.

Last, but not least, Trevor. He is doing wonderful. He is such a intelligent and wise young man. He is making straight A's in school, this last report he was making a C in one class, but he usually brings up the grades and ends up making a 4.0 gpa by the end of the year. The JROTC has promoted him, and that is a great opportunity. Also, he is gonna try to take college level class next year, his junior year, so he will be able to graduate with an Associates Degree. We are so very proud of him, and KNOW that he will do awesome in anything he decides.

Well, that has been a quick update for the McDaniels family and stuff blog. Hopefully, I will give you more SOON!!!

2 comments:

MickeyMarch 15, 2012 at 6:44 PM
I'm on a roll here so thought I would do it one more time. Just to make sure it wasn't a fluke.
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PeejayMarch 15, 2012 at 6:58 PM
And it isn't...I think I have corrected the issue.
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Lessons Learned!

This section will consist of lessons that I have learned throughout the week, that might be trivial to y'all, but are really important for me to keep in mind when doing my mindless activities.
1. When you use your dishwasher as a drying rack, and its time to run it through to get rid of the standing water, DO NOT, and I REPEAT DO NOT use Pinesol as a cleanser for this project.
2. If you are wanting to change your routine, and try to arrange your schedule to wake up earlier, do not try to do this two days before Daylight Savings...SMH, not even worth it.
3. Our family was invited to a get-together for sushi, in which I made a strawberry cheesecake to take. Well, I thought I was being smart and put the strawberry topping on the cheesecake before leaving the house, just so I wouldn’t have to tote two items to this party. So moral is tote that second bowl filled with the topping so you will not have strawberry juices leak all over the floor, car, shoes, shirt, hands, etc.
4. Throwing away toys, when a child can remember that he gave it to you specifically to “fix”, can be damaging to the wallet. Throw away toys when they know nothing about it, at least that way you have the element of deniability on your side.
5. When making coleslaw...always and I mean always measure the salt input...cabbage and salt, not a very tasty, satisfying combination. Add extra salt to fries, pretzels, or even some sort of meat, just not cabbage. SALT, always measure it!!!!!
6. I usually mow the lawn for the family, since its a small yard and doesn't take long to do, but I have put weed eater fluid in the lawn mower and tore up the engine to one mower, this is the second time i have ran over the extension cord while trying to mow, it is so obvious that I am not meant to mow. So I have gone to Lowe's and bought two more extension cords, but for some odd reason my husband will not let me mow the lawn anymore....so i guess my lesson learned this week, is I have learned to get out of work, cost my husband money, and therefore his only option, mow the lawn himself.