Sweet Life in the City

I usually pick one day a week to do several loads of laundry. The last few weeks Fridays have become the day that I spend a majority of that day doing the laundry. Last Friday I did not get to do as many loads as I usually do because I ran out or quarters. This past Friday I had more than normal amounts of laundry so I decided it was only fitting to visit our local laundry mat one more time to say good-bye :). I got all of the laundry finished in about an hour and half and I left thankful that these days of struggling over laundry are almost over. I will have to do one or two loads this week at the apartment, but will not have the hours of going up and down the stairs with loads of laundry. Nobody should be surprised if I take a load a dirty clothes with me to closing on Friday and then head to the house to start that washing machine up :). After I got the laundry done I had to get a few groceries and I did a little shopping for the house. Jeremy and I will be married 15 years this Jun...

Any other parents out there feel like you are constantly fighting your kids over homework? This year has been a never-ending struggle with Samuel to get his homework done and to do his best on it. I do feel bad for him because as a teacher/parent I feel that his homework load is a little bit too much on a nightly basis. Tuesday afternoon I went on the school website to check grades and homework  was due that day. His last few homework grades have been terrible in each class. I check the website daily to see what homework he has due and the last few weeks I kept getting "I already did that at school." It was true that he had done it as school but I was horrified to find out he was doing the homework in the hallway in between classes without using his book to help him! He is just so burnt out from homework, but that does not excuse his behavior. He had a nice long lecture and he was upset that his grades had dropped significantly since progress reports. The good news is that we...

We all have "those days". Those days that are forever etched in your heart and soul as days that will forever mark as a significant event in your life. A day that alters all of the days behind you and shapes all the days in front of you. April 2nd was the day that the cancer diagnosis first entered our life, but March 3. 2004 marks the day that the deepest grief became my new reality. It was the day that marked a time when it seemed that all hope was lost and it actually was lost. This event was not the way it was supposed to happen. I remember waking up on this morning 11 years ago, getting ready, going about life as normal, but feeling the atmosphere of dread and uncertainty hanging over me. I had been through 11 months of treatments hoping and praying that this surgery would not have to happen, but the results from the last biopsy taken a few weeks prior indicated that there had not been any change in the cancer cells. It was a day filled with sadness of what I would be lo...

Friday night the kids and I ended our week with a pizza party and watching Big Hero 6. It was nice to just chill for the evening. Saturday morning the kids woke up a little bit earlier than I had hoped, but we got a jump start on some housework and homework. Jeremy got home around 10:00 Saturday morning and we were all happy to have him home. The kids have some projects due this week at school so we spent some time Saturday finishing one project and getting a start on Samuel's project. I forgot that since we told the landlord we would be moving out that he would want to start showing the apartment. It was a little annoying because he wanted to show it three times this weekend with no notice. We did leave for a little while on Sunday after church so he could show it. It is a little stressful having people come in, but at least it doesn't matter to me if they like the apartment or not :). We have until Friday to have our lending together or at least let the sellers know where we ...