Accidents Happen

Yesterday afternoon, I was in my very first car accident.  

I am having flashbacks every time I close my eyes.  

I had just picked up my neighbor from having xrays done on her neck and shoulder area too... Myself, her, A and friends 2 boys were on our way home.  There was a Somalian gentleman that was in the OUTSIDE lane... He literally turned LEFT in front of me, not merged, TURNED.   I slammed on my brakes, and slammed into his driver back door. If I hadn't hit my brakes.. I would have killed him!!!

My neighbor hurt her neck and got whiplash. But she had a seizure, so they had to take her to the hospital by ambulance. 
Thankfully all the children are ok. Her boys got a couple bumps, A is fine. I hurt my back a little. Got a massage yesterday afternoon a couple hours afterwards.  That helped a little, but by last night, I got really stiff again. 
I hurt pretty good today :'( 

Almost a year later....

Welcome back to me!! Lol     its been a long time since I have had a computer to type a blog on.    What is going on in our world?!!



Well, on Dec 13 2014   CG and I finally got married after being together for 7yrs. 

A started preschool in Sept.  Has been the most amazing experience for her. She also graduated Occupational Therapy for her Sensory Processing Disorder. :)    We have our down days, but she is excelling far beyond what I thought she ever would .

C  started a new charter school for 7th grade DREAM academy.  Fully project based. A few weeks ago, she decided she no longer wants to attend there. Lack of structure and learning is a big thing that hinders her.   So here in a couple weeks after spring break, she will be transferring to the middle school here in Willmar, and hopefully will be able to catch up and graduate on to 8th grade by the end of the school year.   Its going to be hard on her, but she needs it.  

We are still here in our little townhouse. As much as we want to move and get our own, more open space, its hard financially.   CG lost his job just before Christmas, and we have been relying solely on my babysitting income to make it through.  Thankfully we were able to pay everything off and ahead a bit with our taxes which really, really helped us!! 


Tomorrow, my C turns 13! HOLY CRAP SHE IS A TEENAGER!!!!     Where are the years going??   She is independent, mouthy, yet helpful when we need her. :)

I hear her and her sleepover friends giggling upstairs, so I suppose I had better figure out what I am feeding the gaggle of girls that are in my house for lunch and start ushering them home. 
 
<3  TKG

The school year is almost done...

A couple weeks left to go... 6th grade for miss C is coming to an end.  A summer of fun ahead, and then a new experience for her. 

There is a new charter school opening here in town, and C will be in the first class of 7th graders to attend.  

But first, we say goodbye to KMS elementary schools, and the KMS district.  Tonight, is C's final band and music concert.  :(    She is no longer interested in playing the flute, and at this time, it isn't offered at the new school. I am mentally trying to prepare myself.... for the upcoming lack of flute chirps through my house. Although, I can play, so I am tempted to pick it up and start playing myself. 



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Last night was amazing. Got to say goodbye to some of the KMS moms that I actually get along with. Found out a lot of them are considering pulling their kids out of the school, as our principal is a butt, and sweeps all the bullying events under the rug.  So thankful that C has not dealt with any of that herself, but I have plenty of friends who have kids there that have been beat up, picked on horribly, and threatened. 

I have referred them all to the new charter school if their kids are old enough.  The school is going to be for 7-12 grade. And they are only taking on 25 kids per grade.  

Well, being i left and went to the concert, then came home to a quiet home.. I sat and finished off a few episodes of a series I was watching with CG, then crashed hard. :)     Now to relax with A and CG before C gets home from school.  Planted some marigolds, made a mess, cleaned up. 

Have a fantastic weekend. I know I plan to :)

Busy Days

The last month or so, well... has been complete chaos.. LOL      

Between appts non stop for miss A, and new appts for C... I am running myself ragged.   A, we are in the final processes of getting her into special ed classes for preschool.  C, we are finding out at the age of 12, that she may have a reading disability. So that is a new adventure we are dealing with.  

CG, has been busy, trying to get his boss to give him more hours at work. They are only scheduling him avg 15-18 hrs a week.. And with the new things going on in our lives, that's just not cutting it.  He wants to find a full time job, but there's not much in town that he will or can do... Kinda blows.   On his down time... he's been working on his 1980 camaro he got himself. Noisy beast. lol 

I recently got a new car.. a 2003 Pontiac Aztek.   I love it. Needs a little work, but nothing that needs to be done right away.  But we have 2 payments til its completely mine, and money is way tight, and we aren't sure if we are going to be able to get it paid, along with our other bills that are due right now. :(      

Dr appts for me... well my BP is WAY high, even though I am on meds for it. And my weight has been ballooning up, and its not cool... I am seconds away from having a heart attack.   I started eating and drinking a little healthier recently, as well as started working out at a gym. I won a free 2 week pass, so I am busting my butt as much as I can before its up. Thankfully, a very dear friend, who has a membership there, is willing to put me on her and her husbands family plan, as long as I continue to go, and pay for my access key to get in there. Just another thing that I need to come up with money for..... but I will do it.  I have only been in twice, but sure feel the differences already. I have been on a rest weekend. As my muscles... are SCREAMING at me. :)    Friday, I did a lot of ab and arm work. I have already noticed the bump on my tummy is getting a little tighter, and my arms... much firmer.   Time to go back to legs tomorrow. Gave them a good break after killing them Thursday.  

Well, I suppose. I have some kids that are asking for lunch... Better go figure that one out. 

T

Hurray for computers... lol

Its been 2 weeks since I have had my computer. Had to go get fixed, and wait for me to have it paid for. :)

What has been happening in our crazy little household?  Not a whole lot actually..

CG is working like crazy (well as much as his boss will schedule him)  to keep our bills paid.
 I am running around weekly at least once to twice to dr and therapy appts for A. She recently had surgery to have a new set of tubes put in and had her adenoids removed. She seems to be hearing a lot better so far. Although, secretly I think that her ears are bugging her again.. and of course with her sensory stuff going on, she wont let me get her drops in her ears. Ive tried while she is sleeping, and she instantly wakes up as soon as I move her hair..
Good news on her sleeping though... We upped her melatonin dosage, and a friend of mine from high school made her a weighted blanket. She sleeps like a log now. :D

C, brought home her new report card last week, and had 6 As!!   a few of her grades actually dropped but she is working on getting them back up again. Thankfully she has a few months to really get them up. She desperately wants to drop out of band, but the teacher is a brat and wont allow her to til the end of the year.
She is active every wednesday in Epik,  a program at one of our local churches. Although the car pool person that takes a bunch of the local kids, recently had their car break down, so not sure how they are going to get there til it gets fixed yet.

Child support for C has been behind since dec. Dad said they have been taking the money out of his paychecks every week... but for some reason they havent been sending it to the state.  They finally got that figured out and sent in, so C is excited to get a shopping spree and a manicure this weekend. lol


Just figured I would put in a quick update on what is going on around here.... off to brush As hair, as its a static mess and she actually wants it done....

T

Its been a long month....

Sitting in semi-silence, I realized that it has been a good month almost since I have written anything...
Its been a very long month here in our crazy little household.

A was diagnosed with SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder)... she is currently going to Occupational therapy once a week. She also epically failed her Preschool screening... mainly the hearing portion. Didn't help that she punched the Public health nurse that was trying to administer the test. I warned her previous to the test, that she wasn't going to be able to put ANYTHING near her ears. She doesn't like her ears messed with.

We also found out last week that the remaining tube that is in one of her ears, is very clogged. She will be having a short procedure this next week to have both her tubes redone. It will essentially be the only thing that will help her hear for the time being.
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C, well, has been the typical preteen. Mouthy, rebellious, and wanting to put on hideous dark make up. Other than that, its been pretty simple with her.

CG, is being screwed over by his job and they are barely giving him hours. Its been rough, but we have been pounding through the best that we can do.


And this mama??   Completely frazzled and lost.   Thankfully, I have had some amazing friends and family members helping me keep as sane as I possibly can be.  Lots of advice from numerous friends that have dealt with SPD, one friend that is making A a weighted blanket to see if that will help calm her down when she is stressed out. ( i might need one too...lol)

We will get through all this... I know we will.... WhY?! Because we are strong... as strong as we can be.

We are desperately awaiting Chris' last w-2 so that we can file taxes and get back on our feet. And get a 2nd vehicle... Also waiting on the $500 gift card that I won awhile back. This will help immensely. :)

Time to go wrestle with a cranky wild child....   Have a good one all.

T

Holidays are over....

Well, almost.   We have one more Christmas celebration coming up here in January.... All in all, we had a fantastic Christmas season.
Our girls were spoiled. We spent lots of time with our favorite family and friends. And our home is cluttered, with more and more items.

I have been on a desperate search for a toy box.. but thats been a failed attempt. We really just need to make both girls gone for a weekend, and put all our efforts into clearing out toys that are rarely and never used.   I do have family members that are looking for toys for their kids, so hoping to really clean out one weekend. Make a delivery to Benson of toys, and get things more organized.


Things in the state run housing has gone to hell as of late. We and the neighbors got a complaint, for our kids playing outside in the snow this past week.  It was the first above 0 temps in weeks... dang straight we were getting the kids outside!   But heaven forbid, they threw snow on the road and sidewalks!!! OMG its TRAGIC!!     What they fail to realize, is we cleaned up all snow after the kids were done playing......
Seriously, we need the heck out of here. Into something we can call our own... but we just can't afford it. Not right now.


We hope you had a fantastic holiday season... from our home to yours....