Little Pond on the Prairie

....where the little adventures mean the most!

Summer Vacation

Friday, June 30, 2006

Finally. My last day of work for the summer! I feel like a kid going to school on the last day before summer vacation. I have saved enough work to actually do today so the day doesn't crawl by. I have been at this job for 10 years this coming September. Can you say, "Redundant"? However, there will be some changes when I come back in August. New boss - actually an old boss that's coming back to the company. Not my favorite one, but we both are having a positive outlook. There will be some new processes in place and I will be a central part of that- so I may actually look forward to coming back to work. Wouldn't it be nice, though, if I could find a work at home job during these six weeks that I'm off? Come on creative juices - get flowing! Mama needs a new pair of shoes! ( and some new shorts, a bigger vehicle, a house instead of a trailer, etc.)
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Biter Biscuits and Baseball

Thursday, June 29, 2006

I had a new perspective of things last night at the baseball field. I was sitting on the bottom row of bleacher- listening to the hum of motherly conversations behind me. As I was giving my 7 month old daughter her first biter biscuit, my 14 year old son came up to bat. WOW! I'm sure there are other mothers with larger gaps between 1st/last children, but, for me, WOW! My two "step" children (hate the term and looking for another way to describe two wonderful children that feel like mine, but, sadly for us, must spend more time in their mother's home than ours) - Anyway, they fall in between at 11 and 9, which does help the overall picture - But as my son will graduate from high school in the spring of 2010, my daughter will begin school the fall of 2011!

I am so blessed with wonderful children - all 4 of them. Polite, outgoing, average or better students, and yeah, that baby is pretty smart too!

An old Family Circus cartoon hangs on our refrigerator and my wall at work:

"Enough! This is a lecture; not a debate!"

I'm so happy that my life could be a cartoon strip or sitcom - it could be so much worse!
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2nd Chances

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Well, that idea of trying to blog daily went over really well, didn't it? I'm writing down some goals for myself and keep this up at least every couple days is big on the list.

We are in the middle of baseball season for DS14, DD11, DS8 - the baby is wonderful! We are so blessed that she is a healthy, very happy baby! She will be 7 months old soon. She has been sleeping through the night for 5 months! She is the blessing in my life, right now. Work, money, running - it all just seems so overswhelming right now!

But I won't be held back - I have some really good (although, not brand new) ideas that I'm going to work on over the next few weeks. I am fortunate enough to be off work for 6 weeks during the summer. No I'm not a teacher, but we have a plant shutdown that makes this job worth driving 80 miles (round trip) per day!

I have a new look on my blog - brighter, cheerier! So here's my 2nd chance - cross your fingers!
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