Tea and I went up to Duluth yesterday to tour the Nopeming Sanatorium. It was cool, and, I have to admit, a little bit creepy. I'm glad we didn't do it when it was totally dark, like we were going to. It was just a quick day trip. We didn't see any family while we were up there. We just spent time together, which was nice. Mother/daughter time.
This coming weekend I'm going down to my sister's house, the weekend after that I have an OA convention, and then the weekend after that I'm headed up to Duluth for Matthew's birthday party. I ordered his cake while we were up there yesterday. It's a Paw Patrol cake. I think he'll love it. I'm going to have my mom order the subs closer to the party date, and I'll be doing a fruit plate and punch as well.
I feel like I need to be generic here for awhile and not go into too much detail about how things are going at home. Let's just say that I've been standing up.
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
So Nick, Tea, and I were talking tonight (because Sam is sniffing around Tea again), and Nick said to cut ties with Sam, that exes could never be friends. I was like, are you serious? They're 14; they can be friends. Then I asked him, if we split up, are you saying we couldn't be friends? (Seeing as how I have contemplated it A LOT over the past year.) He said, nope, it would take a LONG time before it ever happened. Which left me thinking...how frickin' immature. We share 3 children. I've seen his version of not being friends, and it's downright hostile. He's either your friend, or he's a complete and total dick to you. It makes me terrified.
*Edited to add, I've had this sitting here for a few weeks, wondering whether to post it or not, and I've finally decided to get it out there.
*Edited to add, I've had this sitting here for a few weeks, wondering whether to post it or not, and I've finally decided to get it out there.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
We were approved for a home modification! I still have to find out the terms, but I just pray it's better than what we're doing now. I'm waiting on the paperwork to come in the mail. I really thank all of the people who prayed for us. I really hope that this will help us keep our home!
I got the pictures back of the kids this week. I wasn't pleased with Matthew's pictures. The photo company didn't have the kids pose in any one way, so some of the pictures came out with awkward poses if your kid didn't know what they were doing. Tea's came out cute, but Matthew looks caught off-guard. I don't think I'm going to use these pictures on the Christmas cards. I think over the next several weeks I'll just see if I can get some random shots of the kids (or if Tea can get some selfies of the two of them) that I can use on the card.
I've got the calendar printed out for January through June for the bills. I'm trying to get a jump on things so that I know where our money is going and I can plan accordingly in case we want to do anything that constitutes fun. I upgraded our Netflix to the 4-screen package, so that's an extra couple bucks out of my check every month. It's worth it not to hear the complaining out of the big guy's mouth because the kids are taking up the 2 screens.
I got the pictures back of the kids this week. I wasn't pleased with Matthew's pictures. The photo company didn't have the kids pose in any one way, so some of the pictures came out with awkward poses if your kid didn't know what they were doing. Tea's came out cute, but Matthew looks caught off-guard. I don't think I'm going to use these pictures on the Christmas cards. I think over the next several weeks I'll just see if I can get some random shots of the kids (or if Tea can get some selfies of the two of them) that I can use on the card.
I've got the calendar printed out for January through June for the bills. I'm trying to get a jump on things so that I know where our money is going and I can plan accordingly in case we want to do anything that constitutes fun. I upgraded our Netflix to the 4-screen package, so that's an extra couple bucks out of my check every month. It's worth it not to hear the complaining out of the big guy's mouth because the kids are taking up the 2 screens.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
I think I'm FINALLY over that dreaded cold!
Matthew had evaluations yesterday for autism. They diagnosed him with (some big long words that I don't remember) basically a speech and communication delay, and he's set up to go see another specialist in February for further autism testing. They also said that he has fine motor skills that need work. With the diagnosis that they gave him, insurance should pay for the additional therapy that he needs, which was really the goal in the first place: getting Matthew the extra help that he needs.
Tonight I'm doing a hypnosis for weight loss. I have no idea what to expect, but I'm excited about it.
Our HAMP didn't go through with the new mortgage company. Something about our debt to income ratio being unacceptable. So they said that they're reviewing us for an in-home loan to see if they could stack the past-due amount on the back and lower the payment and interest rate, which is what we wanted out of all this anyway. Nick says not to hold my breath, but I've really changed my thinking around the past six months (or tried to, anyway) to see the positive in every situation, to Let Go and Let God, so I'm just praying that things will turn out as they're supposed to. Ideally, we really want to stay in this house. But if that's not God's plan for us, so be it.
Matthew had evaluations yesterday for autism. They diagnosed him with (some big long words that I don't remember) basically a speech and communication delay, and he's set up to go see another specialist in February for further autism testing. They also said that he has fine motor skills that need work. With the diagnosis that they gave him, insurance should pay for the additional therapy that he needs, which was really the goal in the first place: getting Matthew the extra help that he needs.
Tonight I'm doing a hypnosis for weight loss. I have no idea what to expect, but I'm excited about it.
Our HAMP didn't go through with the new mortgage company. Something about our debt to income ratio being unacceptable. So they said that they're reviewing us for an in-home loan to see if they could stack the past-due amount on the back and lower the payment and interest rate, which is what we wanted out of all this anyway. Nick says not to hold my breath, but I've really changed my thinking around the past six months (or tried to, anyway) to see the positive in every situation, to Let Go and Let God, so I'm just praying that things will turn out as they're supposed to. Ideally, we really want to stay in this house. But if that's not God's plan for us, so be it.
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
I finally got to celebrate with my birthday dinner on Friday. Man, was Friday a busy day. In the morning I took Matthew for a haircut, then took Brock to the groomer, and in the afternoon took Tea to the chiropractor. At dinnertime, we had to run to Amery to pick up her friend for the football game and homecoming dance. I finally got home just after 7 pm, and then Nick and I went out to dinner. I had a couple of Mango Mai Tais, and boy, did they go down smooth! I did good, though, and brought home leftovers, instead of trying to shove the whole dinner down my throat. I was pretty proud; I even turned down dessert!
I printed out my resume and cover letter tonight to apply for a part-time paraprofessional position at a law firm. It's in New Richmond. It's about 20 hours a week with a flexible schedule, which would be nice. They want someone who's proficient in Word. I'm not proficient in the new edition of Word, which could be corrected if I just went out and bought the new one.
Listening to the presidential debates. Boy, is it frustrating. It sounds like toddlers fighting.
I printed out my resume and cover letter tonight to apply for a part-time paraprofessional position at a law firm. It's in New Richmond. It's about 20 hours a week with a flexible schedule, which would be nice. They want someone who's proficient in Word. I'm not proficient in the new edition of Word, which could be corrected if I just went out and bought the new one.
Listening to the presidential debates. Boy, is it frustrating. It sounds like toddlers fighting.
Monday, October 3, 2016
Monday, October 3, 2016
I stayed sick for quite a while. I'm still not over my cough and runny nose, but I am so much better than what I was. I missed my birthday because I was so miserable. So I'm hoping that we'll be able to go out to dinner this upcoming weekend to make up for it.
Nick cleaned and rearranged the living room yesterday. I told him that maybe that would keep me motivated enough to keep it picked up and vacuumed. He said he hoped so. I think he's tired of living in a "lived in" house. I'm tired of not being able to keep up with a hurricane for a three-year old. Each day just seems to be getting harder. His meltdowns are becoming more extreme, to the point where I'm afraid he's really going to hurt himself, and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do when he has them. Yesterday he was throwing himself around in the parking lot. It took both Tea and me to get him wrangled into the car. I broke two nails getting him buckled into his car seat. I've never had to fight him that hard. He screamed so hard all the way home that he screamed himself to sleep. Today I got all the paperwork sent into the U of M for his autism evaluation. I got the referral form dropped off to his pediatrician to be faxed in tomorrow. Hopefully they'll get everything by the end of the week and an appointment can be made soon. It's supposed to be anywhere up to six months for an appointment once they receive the paperwork, unless you're flexible and can drop whatever you're doing and come in at somebody else's cancellation, which I can.
Life is going by so quickly right now. Matthew's birthday is coming up soon. I think we're going to wait to celebrate it until Thanksgiving. All of our weekends are taken up otherwise. But I don't think celebrating at Thanksgiving is such a great idea, either. Maybe we just won't have a party this year. I don't know. Things are coming at me too fast.
Nick cleaned and rearranged the living room yesterday. I told him that maybe that would keep me motivated enough to keep it picked up and vacuumed. He said he hoped so. I think he's tired of living in a "lived in" house. I'm tired of not being able to keep up with a hurricane for a three-year old. Each day just seems to be getting harder. His meltdowns are becoming more extreme, to the point where I'm afraid he's really going to hurt himself, and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do when he has them. Yesterday he was throwing himself around in the parking lot. It took both Tea and me to get him wrangled into the car. I broke two nails getting him buckled into his car seat. I've never had to fight him that hard. He screamed so hard all the way home that he screamed himself to sleep. Today I got all the paperwork sent into the U of M for his autism evaluation. I got the referral form dropped off to his pediatrician to be faxed in tomorrow. Hopefully they'll get everything by the end of the week and an appointment can be made soon. It's supposed to be anywhere up to six months for an appointment once they receive the paperwork, unless you're flexible and can drop whatever you're doing and come in at somebody else's cancellation, which I can.
Life is going by so quickly right now. Matthew's birthday is coming up soon. I think we're going to wait to celebrate it until Thanksgiving. All of our weekends are taken up otherwise. But I don't think celebrating at Thanksgiving is such a great idea, either. Maybe we just won't have a party this year. I don't know. Things are coming at me too fast.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)