Don't judge too harshly. I'll get a more fun page once I figure this thing out. Anyway, I decided to start a blog in hopes of keeping in touch with my sis and sis in law a bit better, and just cause it's fun to write about my life as though someone else might actually find it interesting. After viewing several other pages I see I need to be a bit more diligent in taking photos. My kids are older now and we just seem to forget about the picture taking. I'm gonna make that a goal. I'm going to take more photos of our events. Lol, like I don't have enough going on right now in my life. Busy is good right? I need to write a 4 page paper for English class today. You may wonder"why start a blog today then?" Well, what would you rather do?
In case anyone other than Britt and Crystal read this. I'll tell ya a little about me and my family.
I'm 34 and married to my husband of 14 years, Lee. We have 2 kids. Brodie is 12 and Bronwen is 10. (I'll add pics once I figure out how) I have recently decided to go for a teaching degree and have begun classes at the local jr. college. I do have 1 year worth of general ed done, so it's not totally starting from scratch. I started back a little too ambitious and signed up for 4 classes. That's not so bad if your 18 and don't have kids and a husband who like food and clean clothes. I'm a bit overwhelmed but slowly getting into the groove. My kids find it fascinating that I'm going to school. They keep asking me if I made any new friends and if I like my teacher, or "how come I don't have to go everyday like they do"? One benefit is that my math course is just a few chapters ahead of Brodie, so I look like a smarty when he needs help. He still hasn't questioned why my algebra in college is the same as his 7th grade class. (He is in honors math, so it's really closer to 9th grade algebra, lol) The kids are currently involved in football and cheerleading. I cannot believe how time consuming these activities are! We had practive for the month of August up until Labor Day 5 nights a week from 6-8. Now we go Tuesday through Thursday from 6-8 and games on Saturday. Of course the coach prefers if the boys get there 30 minutes early and he keeps them late by 15 minutes. I try to comply since all the other boys parents do. I've never seen such politics in a childs sport before. We've been involved in several sports, basketball, hockey, dance, motocross, softball, but nothing compares to the politics and competition of youth football. You'd think college recruiters were coming to Jr. Pee Wee practices. The game is like a 4 hour event if it's local. We have to ge there an hour early and it usually starts a little late and lasts almost 2 hours. Then there is all the after game coach speeches. If it's an away game just add another 1-1 1/2 hours to the day. This is the first year for both kids in football and cheer. Lake Elsinore doesn't have a hockey team of any sort, so I've decided to get Brodie involved in the more mainstream sports now, so in high school he can be pretty decent and decide which sports he'd like to play. Bronwen has found her meaning in life through cheerleading. She liked softball and dance well enough, but she loves cheer. She is really good at it too. The coaches just love her. They cheered at this past Saturday's game (the first game) and they did their dance cheer thing that they will use for competition. Super cute and they were way better than the other team. I have to bring 150 rolls for the cheer fundraiser dinner next Thursday. Then I get to buy them back in order to eat the fundraiser dinner. I really hate fundraisers. I would much rather they just ask me to pay or donate 10 or 15 dollars, and forget the whole selling stuff to people. The good news is I don't have to serve the dinner.
That's my current life, being a wife, a mother, and a student, then a housekeeper. Yeah, that last one is not getting the attention it deserves.
