Now where oh where did this summer go?  I know!  Just like every other summer, it was spent with the kids, camping, town fests, eating ice cream every weekend, riding the motorcycle.  This has been a very nice quiet summer for us.  Looking back I feel like I could done more, but what I really wanted was just to finally relax!  And gain some perceptive on my life.  Life can be very difficult for a worrier like me.  I have spent most of my life worrying or hiding out in "la la" land from what I call the "boggie man".  You know the guy?  The guy that steals your dreams, makes you bankrupt, steals your faith...your peace of mind.  He spent time in my head last night...caused me to be very angry for a about an hour.  But thankfully he left, and I am doing better today.  Things always work out for the best, always, I have the faith today that my God will always take care of my problems in my life today, and forever.  God's got a very good track record in my life, and thankfully today for my own peace of mind He is right here reminding me that things truly will be alright, because right now everything in my world is just as it should be...not perfect, but I made a promise to God a long time ago that I would trust Him to mold me into a deceit human being...and today I am.

My little town...and change

This striking building here is our new high school.  And is it huge!  It has state of the art features such as a swimming pool, indoor track, indoor and outdoor auditorum, etc, etc, etc...this is the price of rapid growth.  When my children were in grade school there were 3 grade schools, 2 middle schools and 1 high school.  Now just a few short years later we are 13 grade schools, 3 middle schools and now 2 high schools strong.  Coming next year 3 new grade schools and another middle school.  What was once a small farm town is now a big town.  The new high school is beautiful, but unfortunately my kids won't be going there, we are in town so they will stay at the old school.  Mixed blessing at least I don't have to listen to my broken hearted daughter crying over going to the NEW school, and leaving her friends...you know teenagers and their angst....

So the meeting today was pleasantly painless and the rest of the day I spent shoe shopping with Liz, with only one crisis...the shoes she wanted weren't in her size so she settled for a cheaper pair, but I threw in a sale pair so now it's all happiness in teen angst land.  Ah one more day home and it's off to school...it's about time!  I miss my kids actually learning and doing something other than sleeping til noon and doing a whole lot of nothing!!! 

Rose

This area of the country was not supposed to get Monarch Butterflies this year,something to do with our weird weather...BUT they were wrong and we got 'em!!! They are out and about.  I am a lover of plants especially periennels because they come back bigger and better every year.  I also love to plant zienna's they attract all sorts of flying creatures...especially butterflies.

Today was a good day.  We did the whole big breakfast thing at the club, I got to make biscuits all morning.  It was very busy, the clear weather must of brought everybody out of their little homes. 

My daughter told me last night that her best friend with 2 other friends got caught shoplifting yesterday, they stole sunglasses from Penneys.  I asked her why on earth would they do that????  Her best friend is practically like a daughter to me. She said because 2 of them always do it, and then I asked why didn't they ask her to go with them...and she said because they know she wouldn't approve...Wow!  I always have always told my kids that it is  Bad Bad karma to steal.  Even before I was a practicing Buddist which I was for a while, but I had a problem with them not really believing much in my idea of God, so I decided my beliefs are more inline with Christainity.  Anyway the point is this is what my smarty pants kid wrote on her away message on her AIM:

"Sitting around the house, Wondering where all your friends are: $0 DollersGoing to get Ice cream with your mom: $2.56 dollersGetting a call and finding out your three best friends got arrested: Priceless.Somethings money can't buy for everything less theres Shopplifting. "

Hee can you tell where the kid gets her sick sense of humor from???!!!! ;0)

Otherwise we spend the day on the motorcycle logging in over 100 miles of blissful countryside.  And it was a glorious day!  And the icing on the cake??  Hubby works tomorrow!!!

WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!

Weekend went toooo fast...tomorrow is a boring  brain washing done every year to the employees of my wonderful school district.  It is a staff "pep" assembly...the theme this year?

chchchchanges...to the tune of the Classic Bowie song.

Ick...thankfully it's only 1 1/2 hours long, and the seats are comfy...take care all!  Love Rose

get the arc noah i think it's gonna flood

Rain, rain and more rain...you know that kind of weather where everything just feels wet???  That's how everything feels, at least it's not hot anymore, just glooming and wet.  Oh well, weather always passes...hopefully the rain will end so hubby can go BACK to work!!!  I am back at the place where I am KISS, (keeping it simple stupid),  Doing what is in front of me...telling the bills to line up and I will take care of who's next and important.  It was very cool last night in my slumber I made a conscience decision to let this whole semi truck thing GO!  I felt my hand literally open up and raise to the Heavens.  I thought here ya go God take this!  I am tired of losing sleep over this.  It hasn't come back with any more intensity since.  God is so great!  And it is so much easier to let Him deal with my life than to let me do it.  The old me would have been down at the bar, instead we walked down the Dari hut and had a ice cream cone.  who hoooooo

Today is one of those days we will be just "putzing" around the house.  We have to go to the trailer tonight because we always help with the monthly breakfast you know the kind, biscuits and white gravy w/ chunks sausage, sausage, eggs and pancakes.  YUM!  Hopefully the rain stops so can at least sit outside, I am sure the wood will be wet, but oh well, I get to go to my "happy place" for a day and relax. 

Hopefully the sun will come out and dry this mess up.  The weather has been so crazy this year.  But hey that's the midwest for you.

Make it wonderful weekend...Love and big hugs, Rose<3

soooooo pooped

Wow it's been a very weird 24 hours around these parts. 1st off my computer is very mad at me.  It's finally warm and muggy here plus I think my 'puter is a bit dusty, so it keeps turning off!  Going to get some spray for it to give it a good dusting.  I got my heat alright, but I think it's too late for the trees they are turning like it's already October.  Oh well, does that mean winter will be shorter???

Yesterday afternoon we had quite a stir in these parts.  My town of Oswego made the BIG time news.  And it wasn't good, not good at all.  Seems a guy got angry with his wife and killed her and  to car jack a car and decided to hid out right across the street from my childhood home.  We first heard the news of his car jacking when our Dale was right in that very area picking up a friend.  He made it home safely, and as I now know my father and stepmom were out while the big stakeout was happening.  I went to bed thinking the guy was many towns away as the (always reliable) TV had said.  Dale was to take his friend home at midnight and I thought nothing of it when I went to bed.  I woke up at 2:30 am with a HUGE lightning storm.  So I went around closing windows and could not find Dale.  Seems he tried to take his friend home but there was a road block, I think they could have come back right away, but you know boys have to be where the action is.  My father wasn't allowed to go home until 4:00am, and the police used my very bedroom as a kid for a stakeout area.  It is reported the fugitive was shot by his own gun or police gun.  And it is also reported he killed his wife.  Very said, that a couple who had a child and had seemed on the outside to have a perfect life.  Nice home, nice jobs, nice, nice.  Goes to show that things aren't as they seem.  Just thankful my father is safe, as well as Dale. 

As I whined it was quite a hot one today.  We did a Mock school day and I spent most of it trying to get around Large trucks, cement mixers, landscapers, and various vans and SUV's.  I just wish these wonderful folks would please park ALL on the same side of the road...it's very difficult to squeeze a BIG bus between their vehicles.  But I did it.  The guys always look at me like I am some kind of you know, GIRL, and can't drive, but it alway slows me down to have to get through the construction.  But it will work out as always, and they can't be building homes forever can they?????

At least my headache stayed away and I am sure things will be crazy for awhile at the schools, especially since our route lists didn't figure in time to sit at the schools in the pm (usually 10 to 15 minutes) They have us stop at the school for 1 minute to pick the kids and then go to drop them at their homes.  So this should be difficult for some, mine should be fine, because my route is pretty close together.  But of course that is why I took it...for this coming school I crave the simple life....I just want to have my Mark and I be about to go to work, earn a living, pay our bills and relax....our children are growing up and I want to be able to sit back and be a grandma....you know the type?  Cookies.....camping, fun...spoil 'em and send 'em home....:)...ahhhhh  have a great weekend gang!

WHOOOO the girl finally drove on the road!!

WHOOOOO HOOOO Liz finally drove on the road.  My poor little short child refused to drive the car on the road!  She only would drive in circles in the high school parking lot.  She got her permit in June.  She starts school on 9/1 and drivers  ed should be getting going some time around then.  She finally drove in our neighborhood and did excellent!  I didn't even grab the wheel....whew at least I don't have worry about my baby driving with a stranger...and some snot nose high school kid sitting in the back seat snickering, but knowing her, she will have NO problem.  This kid has opinions and has NO problem expressing herself!!!  God love my baby girl!!!! 

Rain, rain go away...

Man, oh man the skies have opened and it's been rainning just enough to wreck work for my hubby, and make everything have that humid soggy feeling.  Also having hubby home means less time for me on the computer...less time with my beloved J-land :). :::SIGH::: he'll be back to work soon enough.  The truck sales company that we were hoping would buy the semi, offered nearly 1/2 of what we were hoping to get.  Hubby had a lightbulb moment and bought a sign and is going to put the truck in front of his work.  There's a lot of construction traffic.  Keep your figures crossed and I am praying that  it is sold by months end.  God's time, I have learned that God always comes through, ALWAYS, in HIS perfect time.  I finally got rid of headache that I woke up with...it's one of this annoying sinus things that makes you feel like your head is going to burst.  But it's gone now.

Tomorrow is MOCK school day so I will be driving like it's a real day, but with no students.  My high school route has 80 kids on it which is impossible because buses only hold 71, but a lot of kids drive to school anyway.  Last night I did 'preview day' at the grade school.  Simply put I parked my bus behind the grade school and the little kindergarteners got to tour the bus.  This one kid who was only 4 would not stop coming back on board.  He was so cute.  He asked hundreds of questions.  This other little guy also 4 with huge glasses decided he wanted drive a bus when he grows up.  After I showed how the stop sign comes out with all the blinking red lights the deal was sealed...he was definitely going to grow up to be a bus driver.  So cute. 

Well, time to walk down to the library to return some stuff, and then it's dinner time and an early evening, must sharp as a tack tomorrow.  Love you guys...Rose