Where have I been?

Wow I just realized it's been well over a month since I last posted. Where have I been? Well just doing my normal thing. I've been reading everyone else's blogs but I haven't felt like taking the time to write in my own. I've been reading the blogs and then signing off to read books. Guess I've been more in the mood for that.

I don't really have anything profound to say. I need to sit back and reflect to see if there's anything noteworthy to say. We survived Halloween. Had a party at Tristan's school last week. I was a witch and he was the red Power Ranger. Mom and Dad got to have all the fun with him. I had to work the karioke machine. I know this... alot has changed in two years since Taylor was there. The parents volunteer now but they surely don't dress up. I think I was the only parent dressed up...the rest were teachers who were paid to be there! So next year, I will go as me. I think that's scary enough, don't you?

Last night we took Tristan trick or treating. That was nice - we did it fast. I had him fed, treated, bathed and in bed by 8:00. That's a miracle in our world. We are always running late. We were allowed to dress up at work yesterday. My office voted to dress in the 60's era. Of course I chose to be a hippy because all I had to do was wear my regular clothes to work. I donned my tye dye t-shirt, jeans, big brown slides, peace sign earrings, and I bought some really groovy John Lennon/hippy glasses. It was much more fun than being the witch for sure! Here's a pic of me and my best friends...try to control your laughter:

We call ourselves the Fantastic Four. Sunny, the pirate, and Janet, Inspector Gadget, work on the other side - Records. They didn't go with a theme. Mary and I did the hippy thing. We are a motley crue, but somehow we are best friends. In the back, that's Lesa in the red shirt and Michele, as the really cool mod chick, who are my fellow Admissions Counselors. I have more but I don't wanna bore ya. Got some more coming to me too so I may post more later.

Let's see...what has happened since I last wrote. We've struggled off and on with Tristan and his behavior at school. I have developed a completely shameful reward system to encourage him to get stickers at school. It has been working. So I guess that is good. He got his report card last week and he is behind in some areas. We need to work with him more. He's very smart...he just doesn't like to be tested. I could tell that on some of the marks. I know he can some of that stuff..he just didn't want to when he was tested.

Taylor's grades dropped and she is currently grounded because of it. However, she has come up in some of her classes. She simply never brings home homework no matter what we do. And she never studies for tests. It's catching up with her. I feel like we are giving up but we have tried everything. I've preached, prodded, begged and cried over it trying to reach her in some way. She simply doesn't care about it. I hope she grows out of it at some point. I can't handle four more years of this worry.

Chance is ready to move out on the land and begin his nursery. We have so outgrown this house. Well that is all fine but our land is in Dibble...not my choice of school districts. So we are at an impass on how to make this work without waiting 10 years for Tristan to grow up. I'll keep you updated if anything works out and actually progresses. We are pretty stressed about it trying to compromise for everyone. I think he's ready to win the lottery...He said he would buy 1000 acres, build a compound and put his mother in one house, us in another and my parents in another. About 10 miles apart. He's going to build a big fence around it and put a big M on the gate. I told he we would have to add an S for Mom and Dad. Then he says how about S & M. I'm not sure which is worse, that or Multiple Sclerosis. We'll have to get creative.

OK - I feel like posting one more picture ... but it won't let me post it. I've reduced the size many many times. Oh well. I guess next time. Talk about things that make you go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

As I look at the picture I posted, there is really a glare on my nose. I sure wish I could get one of those others to go. I'm going to be on a mission.

Well now that I am really rambling, I'll go. I'll try to write again soon with something more interesting. Cya later.