Looking Forward to Monday

I really have nothing much to write, so I'm going to sit here and write whatever comes into my mind. 

G can't find his form for his physical.  They are due with the crazy amount of money for fall sports by 8:00 tomorrow morning.  Q has a form she still needs to pick up too, so we have to be at the athletics office at 7:30.  Ugh!

With DJ out of town at a friend's house until Wednesday evening, I have no one to watch the kids while Q and G are at soccer try-outs this week, so I have to haul them along with me.  Fun times.

Now that G can't find his form, we also have to take a run by the doctor's office in the morning to get her to sign another one.  Can you see why I'm a bit frustrated with life? 

We cleaned G's room until it sparkles, so I know it's not in there.  But, I gave it to him and told him to hold onto it and make sure it ended up in the right hands two months ago when we got his physical done.  So, where is it?  I honestly have no idea.  But it always seems to come back on me.  Ah the joys of motherhood!

I just hope it all works out in the end.  I'm sure it will.  It always does.

Old Photos

I've been scanning photos onto facebook.  My brother did so a few weeks ago, so I thought I'd add some so he could see them too.  My mom, when she made our albums, gave the photo to the youngest child in the picture.  I, being fifth of six, got a good number of them that my older siblings have never seen.  Here are a couple for your enjoyment.

Me and my four older siblings.  My younger brother wasn't born yet.

Me and my sweet Momma

Me and my dad

My three older brothers and some of the neighborhood kids.  That's me in the front.

Me at about six months.

Serious Family Togetherness

All the Hamm's!  I may need to recount, but I think there were 42 of us for our annual reunion at Seaside, OR.

The kids at Grandma and Grandpa's for Z's sister's wedding.  Heading to the pool.

We hiked to Punchbowl Falls at Eagle Creek up the Columbia River Gorge with my older brother's family.

 

She WALKS!

Well, let's not get too excited.  She took a few steps today, and she stood on her own for quite awhile a number of times.

Isn't the whole learning to walk thing just amazing.  I'm sure there's a bigger lesson from this than meets the eye.  You just start forgetting to hold on.  Maybe it's more complicated than that, but it sure doesn't look like it.

Oh, by the way, the tongue in the photo has something to do with balance, I'm learning.  Funny kid!

Control Freak

Now that I'm pretty sure nobody reads my blog any more because I never write, I can write anything I want to and not fear anyone's reaction, right?

If you see the time stamp at the bottom of this post, you'll see that it's dang late.  I'm still up for a number of reasons.  Reason #1:  It's HOT!  As they went to bed tonight, the kids asked Z if the was going to turn on the air conditioning.  His response, "No, it's plenty cool outside.  Just open a window." 

Well, the windows are open, and I'm boiling.

Reason #2:  I'm worrying about a lot of things right now, but I won't bore you with those.  Just know that tomorrow I take my second exam for this stats class.  I've been attempting to study and have rescheduled this test four times.  I am bound and determined to take it tomorrow.  This class has been a HUGE reason for my lack of blogging.  It's taken up a ton of my time.

Another thing on my mind is my eldest.  I used to think I was a great mom for her, but I don't lately.  She is a great kid, but we're clashing a bit on things lately, and I think I'm being too controlling.  I need to step back and trust her, but I see her becoming so much like I was as a teenager, and I don't want her to be like me.  I wasn't a horrible teen, but just rebellious enough.  In being so controlling, though, it's almost like I'm pushing her in that direction.

Don't you just love my blithering?  I just needed to do this tonight.  It's therapeutic.

The stats class is ruling my life right now, and I'm sick of it.  I have to study everyday (I don't study on Sunday's, so that's a nice reprieve), so I don't fall behind.  The concepts are difficult, and I'm almost certain that I'll never use them again after this class is over.  My goal is to be finished on September 30th. 

I've been losing weight.  Roughly eight more to go.  That's been good.  I joined in on this "sugar pot" challenge, which I think I've mentioned here before, and it's been good for me.  I won't stick with it after August 31st, but it was good while it lasted.

You should see the ginormous pile of laundry that's sitting next to me right now.  I washed everything today, which is somewhat miraculous as I've just finished cleaning out every  kid's room but Q's.  Their rooms are gorgeous!  T has always had a problem with throwing his clothes all over his room, so I took them out.  They are in a small dresser in my closet.  Talk about control issues...  Wow!  I really didn't used to be like this.  I'm just sad that he has to live in such a sty.  I want him to live in peaceful surroundings, so there you have it.  Over time, he'll get it all back.  As for now, he comes into my room at bed time, and I have him pick out his jammies and his clothes for the next day from my closet.

In my absence, the background that I loved disappeared, so I had to choose a new one.  I don't like the one I just put on, so I'm going to choose another here in a minute, but as I was looking through them, I started to get really excited about blogs, an I realized how much I've missed reading them more than writing on mine.  This is the blog I started missing tonight.  I love her...she's just so...real.  No faking it.  No sugar coating.  Just how life is.  What's better than that?