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Thursday, 22 October 2009
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I've been taken over by Facebook - ahhhh!!!!!!
Kids, home, school, practicum - that's my life in a nut shell. Getting ready for Halloween. Samantha will be Belle, Braeden is debating between being the Beast and being Batman, and GAbrielle will be a flower
. I hope to get their pictures taken in the next couple of days so I can print out some greeting cards to send - I always enjoy doing that.I'm rather distraught b/c I seem to have "lost" all my writings. They do not appear to be on the computer anymore and when I looked in the drawer where I thought I had all my hard copies, they weren't there. My husband insists he did not throw them out (by accident when cleaning) but I have been looking around some and have not been able to locate them and am getting a little worried.
One more month till my practicum is over though I may stay over as a volunteer or even an employee as they are going to be short 2 people after next week. Working on my research project/presentation on euthanasia for my Dying, Death and Grieving class - happy stuff
.Have not yet talked my husband into us having a 4th child, but I haven't given up hope yet!
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
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Life is busy, but good. We've recently celebrated my daughters first birthday and my dad's 80th birthday. My oldest started first grade and my little boy is in 3 day (21/2 hours a day) preschool. My practicum continues to go well and I am learning new skills - getting to do intakes and assessments on my own which is exciting for me
. I started my Dying, Death and Grieving course - the professor's pretty cool, but after 3 hours of talking about death I'm ready for a drink... or 3 .I wish I could say we were house hunting but we are not. My husbands grandmother (God rest her soul) passed away on mothers day of this year and there was inheritance money that was left to the 3 grandkids - nothing was left to my husbands father (her only living child), and though (as executor of the will and power of attorney), my husband has arranged it that each of the 3 grandkids will give some of the money to his dad to make sure that we all end up with equal amounts of the money, he is still unhappy. He spent 2 weeks calling and yelling at my husband, as did my mother-in-law - and I got so stinkin tired of it I told James "just give the damn money to charity" b/c no matter what we did/do with it (his grandma intended it to go towards our kids' college funds or towards a new house) if his dad doesn't get all of it he's going to be mad. It infuriates me the way people can treat one another. His dad has a bad temper and this is the second time, in our 9 years of marriage, that he has "disowned" James. The first time he disowned him was about 2 months after our first baby was born and James gave his grandmother A RIDE to a card game at her friends house. His dad and grandma never got along and he was always wanting us to take sides, but James had a good relationship with his grandma - at least SHE never said he could have one or the other (relationship with her or with his parents) but that's what they were always doing - are still doing now after her death. I think this is what people mean when they say "money is the root of all evil." Perhaps not money itself, but greed is definitely not a good thing. I'd rather live in a cardboard box then deal with this crap on a daily basis.
The weather has been fabulous, so far we have all been mostly healthy so I really can't complain
! Am starting my gerontology special project - a demographic study on Adult Day Service clients. will have to utilize spss again - ugh!
Sunday, 16 August 2009
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It was a long, but good weekend and I am exhausted. I got the house pretty well cleaned, which is good b/c th en I don't have to mess with it in the morning. I am stressing mildly about schedule changes and class changes and back to school for the kiddos and new babysitters and all of that jazz. Breathe. One day at a time. Organize. Plan. Breathe. These are the things I keep telling myself. My baby girl turned one last week and we are having her "official" birthday party this coming weekend. We will have a houseful and are hoping to host the event primarily in our backyard as our home is small for the number of family members and friends that are coming. Please pray for nice weather!
Ok, well, I could write more but I am just plain exhausted and need to go to bed. I am sleeping in my sports bra and work out clothes in the hopes that I'll have enough discipline to drag my fat, lazy butt out of bed at 5 am and get in a work out before my husband leaves for work!
Sleep well, all
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Friday, 07 August 2009
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Summer semester is winding down - one more week left of assignments and then I'm done. I've managed to get A's on both my marketing project (complete luck!) and research paper and if these last 2 assignments go ok I should pull an A out of the class as a whole. It was an interesting class but I will be ok with it ending, too. Fall semester starts in a few weeks and I'll be doing my gerontology practicum (which will complete the requirments for that certificate program), my social work practicum and will be taking Death, Dying and Grieving -oh yes, happy things
!My daughter starts back to school in two weeks and my little guy a week after that (preschool). My sister is having major back surgery tomorrow - spinal fusion and something else. She has degenerative disc disease and they will be fusing a couple of disks together and then putting in rods and screws. It's supposed to be a 6 inch incision and 3-4 hour surgery - she's pretty nervous. I am taking her to the hospital at 10:30 tomorrow and surgery is scheduled to start at 1. Please keep her in your prayers.
My baby girl turns 1 next week - how the heck that happened I just couldn't tell you! She's been walking for a little over a month now and is just the sweetest thing ever - I am so in love!
A local photo place had a great free offer on portraits so I finally talked the hubby into getting our family picture taken - the first of it's kind!
It's not perfect, but it's all of us and it was free - can't really beat that deal!
Well, it's late and I need my beauty sleep - will try to visit sites soon!
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
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How is it already the middle of July?? The summer is flying by WAY too quickly.
Odds and ends:
My practicum seminar is over, so that's nice - one less "appointment" to keep.
Practicum is going well, I'm pretty comfortable in my agency now and learning - my favorite lady is Marie - she's 100 and just as sweet as can be - makes me wish she was MY grandma
!Summer course is moving along - I'm learning about marketing, something I"ve actually always been somewhat interested in - mostly b/c of the creative aspect of advertising - and of course how it relates to Baby Boomers as the Leading Edge BB's will soon be entering retirement age and they will, as they have done throughout their lives b/c of the sheer # of them, change retirement and aging as we know it!
The kids are doing well - getting so big. Little girl is 11 months old now and walking already - she's my earliest walker. Samantha is 6 1/2 going 13 - someone give me some really good advice now or I'm in big trouble later! Braeden is playing t-ball and thinks he's the "best batter ever." I might have to agree with him - afterall I am his mother
.The husband is fine - working and always seems to be doing projects or fix-it jobs for someone. He's a nice guy that way but b/t work, jobs for others, golf, and staying after work to have beers with the guys I don't see him a whole heck of a lot.
Practicum continues through fall semester - 512 hours - and I'll also be doing my gerontology practicum (same agency just some extra projects) which will complete my gero certificate requirements. Also will be taking Death, Dying and Grieving (plan on helping me through that one - maybe they should think about offerring that at a less depressing time of year - like summer
), and also Social Justice and Advocacy - kind of excited about this class.We've temporarily (however that is defined) inherited my brother-in-law's dog while he figures out if he's staying married or getting divorced - it seems there's a different decision every day. Anyway, Buddy is sweet.
Braeden with his "girlfriend:"
James and I at McFly's after a CWS game (we didn't go to the game just met up with friends after)
Braeden going on a pony ride:
Samantha with some friends from school at a birthday party
That's all I've got folks - sorry it's nothing too exciting
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- Name: Rachel
- Country: United States
- State: Nebraska
- Metro: Omaha
- Birthday: 9/25/1975
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 4/22/2006
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