Ally and her latte moments
I think I am going bonkers today. These kids have been on it all day and I haven’t been able to get any work done at all other than laundry. The rain over the past couple of days has kept them indoors and they are chock full of energy. It has only just started to be sunny outside in the last 15 minutes. However, it is so muddy out now, that sending them outside is not an option unless I want to have to hose them down before they come back in. Blah!
One of the towns nearby wasn’t able to have their fireworks celebration due to rain, so they are having it today. I have decided to take the kids, so they can see another fireworks show. They don’t know yet and I am not telling them. We will load up and go there later on and let them be surprised. I really love surprising the kids with special stuff like this.
So the kids decide to play in the woods… great. One comes back with blood down his leg and can’t figure out how it got there. After cleaning it up and looking closely at it to make sure it isn’t a snake bite, I have come to the conclusion that he must have gotten it from thorn bushes that abound out there. I have told them over and over to STAY OUT OF THE WOODS. There are snakes and they could be bitten. Do they listen? Nope.
Can I go back to bed? I want to start this day over. *smh*
My cousin Crystal is getting a divorce and is having a really bad time with it. She had to find and Alimony Lawyer Boston to help her, as she helped her husband start and maintain his own business. Apparently he doesn’t believe that she deserves anything after all of the time she put in. It is always sad when people split up and their marriage is over. I really liked her husband and it is still a bit of a shock that they are ending it.
Since they have kids she chose Amy Huff Harris who also does the alimony as well. She is doing everything she can to protect the kids, but they are still understandably upset. Family lawyers are really good at their jobs though and will make sure that everything goes as smoothly as possible. I will have to call Bruce and talk to him as well. No matter what he is still family and I am sure he would like some reassurance that we are not just upset for her sake. He is a good man. I wish I knew what had happened, but she just said they grew apart. It doesn’t make a lot of sense as much as they loved each other, but I suppose it happens.
*sigh*
I guess it is going to be one of those days. They are already at each others throats and since I STILL have no coffee ( no I never made it to the store for a coffee pot), today is really not the day for them to be acting like fools. I think it is time to send them all out of doors and run off some energy. It is supposed to thunderstorm in a little while though. We were supposed to go to the creek and have some fun, but I don’t see that happening. Although it hasn’t started raining yet, I am sure as soon as we were to get to the creek it would start. I need another alternative to keep these kids occupied and out of each others way.
MOVIE DAY ! That’s it ! I will start playing movies and let them eat popcorn and such. Nothing sweet, (they don’t need the sugar) and that might keep them occupied for a while.
I really love these new feather accents for your hair. There are websites that have seasonal collections that have not only the feathers, but hair chalk that you can use to have a different look without it being permanent. I really like the spring and summer ones a lot. Of course since it is summer right now, and the colors happen to match my bikini they are just perfect. I have never tried the hair chalk before, but it ought to be interesting. According to one site, it is easy to apply and wont permanently stain your skin, hair or clothes.
I am always up for trying new things when it comes to fashion. I do have a good sense of what will not look well on me, but I never buy clothes without trying them on. Likewise, there are beauty salons that have these products and I can have them do it once to see how they look first. I intend to do just that. My daughter wants to get the feathers as well, so I think we will have a mother/daughter day and see how we like it. Perhaps we will even get a manicure and pedicure as well. I know that she will absolutely love that.
Since the whole family seems to be learning an instrument, I decided to start playing again myself. I am looking for a keyboard piano so I can accompany the kids as they are learning to read music and play their respective instruments. I think this would make for a great family time for us all in the evenings. What do you think?
Well I just had to order new evans drum heads for my guys drums. He has beat on the old ones so much that they just can’t take anymore abuse and need to be changed. I had hoped they would last a bit longer, but that is apparently not the case. No matter, I have already ordered them and they will come in soon. Then he can go back to beating them up again. I am certainly glad that they are in the shed that we built just for him.
Well today I just couldn’t seem to get back to sleep when my honey left for work. So I got up and started laundry at six o’clock in the morning. I took out something for dinner and I have been cleaning already. Now I am going to sit here and get some work done for a couple of hours I hope. Of course the kids will be up soon and I will have to fix them breakfast, but that won’t take long. Perhaps I can get everything done by noon and take the kids to the park or the lake. Depends on the weather I suppose.
In today’s world, raising children can be daunting. How do you give the a good moral compass, when there are so many outside influences to corrupt what you teach them? I have taken the honesty approach with my kids. I talk to them about everything. Doesn’t matter if it is sex, drugs, violence, etc… I even talk to them about politics and world events.
I think it helps that I treat them as adults when it comes to our talks. I don’t talk down to them, but I let them know that there are really bad things they can get into trouble for if they are not careful. Certain stuff may seem innocuous, but it isn’t. I totally recommend talking to your kids as if you were talking to a friend and not a child. They are smarter then you think…