But I don't wanna!

I keep getting the feeling that I need to homeschool Brina, but I just don't want to.

ADD

I love my ADD child. That's right. I love her. I don't know what to do with her most days, except love her.
She's mine. I claim her.

Now...what to do with her.

She had such a hard time passing Hillsborough Writes last year. I'm afraid of her not passing the stupid FCATs. I said it last year, and I'll say it this year. If she doesn't pass the FCATs this year, I'll homeschool her. I think she'd benefit from homeschooling.
Tomorrow I need to get off my duff and do something about getting her tested further. I don't want to lose her into the cracks of this crappy educational system.

Yarn Bombing.

ok, so Dee did it, then I was all OMGosh that's so cool. So, I did it.

Here's the mark. Chamber of Commerce building in Brandon.



It's at the top of the stairs on the inside stairwell.



Sabrina was with me, and wanted to show it off. LOL, I may have created a monster! LOL.



And here is the view from the top of the stairs.



I admit...I was totally excited to do it. I'm already trying to figure out where to put my next one. My mom says they probably got me on camera doing it. Oh well. I guess I'll be sorry when it comes back to bite me in the butt. However, I don't think that I'll be sorry. Probably tell them I won't do it again, and then of course I won't do it again...and it'll suck cause it was so fun!

Mothers Intuition

Today while I was at the chiropractors office, the chiro looked at Brina and said something about the dark circles under her eyes, and asked if she had a sugar problem.

I have suspected for years that Brina has a blood sugar problem.

I googled "dark circles under eyes" and "dark circles under children's eyes" and got conflicting results.

Some say there's nothing to be worried about.
Others say it's a sign of too much sugar in the blood.

Hmmm, that's an aweful wide range of worry. From little things like adding more water to their diet, or sleeping more-to having too much sugar and carbohydrate intake.... This would be the DOWN side of doing research on the internet.

I guess it's time to ask the doctor for some blood tests for Sabrina. Diabetes runs in both sides of her family. Her bio-father has untreated diabetes (or at least his resting blood sugar says he does) and my mother has diabetes, as her mother, her grand mother and probably great-grand mother had. So, there's a big family history. I worry about Shelby too, because her grandmother has diabetes, and my mother is diabetic, so she's got the predisposition too. Also, weight is a factor. Brina has slimmed down, but Shelby is a chunk.

We are eating healthier, but it just doesn't seem to be enough. I'll have to rethink our menu's. Sometimes that (to my laziness) is too much. Maybe I just need to approach it as a chore. The girls do the dishes, mommy does the menu planning. Making sure to take in account Bill and Brina's acid reflux, brina and possibly shelby's blood sugar, Bill's hypertension, Zsusanna and Stephanie's food allergies, Mine, Bill's, Brina's, and Shelby's weight. That's A LOT of work when planning a menu. That's aweful stressful when I think about it. Had to take a deep breath there.

oh well. Chores are ready to be done. Time for me to get off the computer and give some direction to the children.

Let the cutting....BEGIN!

Ok, so I started cutting today. Just like I said I would. I figure if I cut up one pair of jeans a day, that would be an excellent goal. Today I got 22 strips from a grown ups pair of jeans. Pretty nice I think!

So, it started as this. Just a pile of non-descript blue jeans.



Zsusanna sat at the table and "helped" me. Mostly she just ate sunflower seeds and tried to shove things into the pictures I was taking.


This only took me about 45 minutes. The cutting, pretending to wear the "shorts" I had just cut (yeah, I'll spare you those pictures that were never taken). You know, just having fun during the process.



I thought I was done, and was pretty excited to have gotten 11 strips from one pair. Imagine my surprise when I found the other leg on the bench...ACK!


I must add that Zsusanna is NOT flipping me off. She zoomed in on the camera to specifically SHOW me that she had two fingers up...not one. We believe you Woody.


I told you she was shoving things into the picture area. Here she is with the hand thing.


I've decided to tie the strips up, cause it'll keep them more tidy, together, composed, neat...pick a word that means the same as what I'm trying to say...cause I can't seem to. Oh yeah, and the bottle of pop Missy is sliding across the table.


And of course, the picture that makes it all worth while. Here she is, the one, the only...MOOP! Isn't she "stylin'"

Goals

I have a goal.

Actually, I have a crafty goal. My "new years resolution" was to not buy any more cloth or yarn until I have used up my supply.

When we moved in here, I promised my husband a rug. The goal is to turn this.


Into a rag rug.

Wish me luck. I begin cutting this weekend. EEK!

My Pony

Here is a pic of Shelby. She didn't start school this year, but it is her last year at home.
Click on the picture to see the picture of Shelby. Right now all you can see is the back of Bill's computer chair LOL.