Happy Fall!

It is definately fall, around here. The leaves are beautiful and it's c-c-cold! about 6 degrees right now. YIKES winter is on her way. (bitch that she can be!)

Jaala is such my little sweetheart. She is really enjoying school this year and finding her niche in subjects she can enjoy and thrive in. She comes home with stories about what she enjoyed learning, which is vastly different from last year! She is also reading for enjoyment now, instead of just because someone told her too. Science is her bag, she's loving the chemistry experiments with liquids right now and is excited to try the experiments at home.....oy!

Finances are super tight, we're making it on a pinch and a penny, we knew this year would be hard money wise, because I'm not bringing in any money, so Faron has talked about taking an evening job to give us more breathing room.

I'm thinking about applying to do lunch room supervision to bring in a few extra dollars.....but I always hate stress, I don't do well with a busy schedual, I get foggy brained and clumsy, over tired and frustrated....and ladies, we all know what that leads to...yep, tears. More than one busy day at a time, without a down day in between, and I'm a mess, gotta nap, gotta cry, almost like a recovery day. That bugs me a lot. I just don't have the same drive and energy I had before I *fell apart* in '04. I'm annoyed with myself for *looking* lazy, and frustrated at the things I don't accomplish.
Of course I also let my head go to that "what is Faron thinking" spot. Wondering if he's going to be annoyed that the laundry is only half done or that the dishes from breakfast are still on the counter. or that I still have 8 boxes to unpack and we've lived here for a month!!!! I can't do that, he's not Kyle. Faron would not come home and berate me for not having everything done, he understands that school work gets in the way of housework, and that kids scheduals also get in the way of housework....even I can make concessions for those things, to a small degree, but when it's the other, my cloudy brain and my fumbling fingers and light head that keeps me from functioning, I can't.

We're looking forward to a great family weekend coming up. We have the girls and we're going to a birthday party for one of our nephew's (I love saying that, we have so many nieces and nephews on both sides that I can say "one of" SO FUN!) on sunday and then for a family thanksgiving dinner at Brandy's on Monday. I can't wait, it's always so much fun, wonderful family atmosphere, tons of little ones to torrment, dogs to play with, people to visit with and AWESOME food.

Happy Thanksgiving, what are you thankful for?
I'm thankful that I didn't lose custody of my children and that they are here with me, healthy, beautiful, smart and engaging. I'm also thankful for the most amazing man who has ever lived. My Faron, for being the loving man he is and for making my life wonderful for the last two years. (it's our 2nd anniversary today)

Happy Anniversary Honey!