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It's all about the Journey

by Just Jamie

Rated: 18+ · Book · Parenting · #1993809

A continuation of my original blog, "Surviving Motherhood".

Welcome to my world of middle school, high school, and motherhood. The life of a mom is never easy, especially as children grow, and especially when you have a special needs child.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Mar 23, 2019 at 7:06pm
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Sad... I keep things here because I need the organization. That said, I put a poem on my blog today... first in one month.

As for readership. *sigh* My blog went over 100 thousand when I wasn't looking. But... no sense in trying to link at facebook because no one is interested in what I write and few are interested in me. My photos? Yes, they gets "likes" but not many comments. It's as if people have forgotten how to communicate the last ten years. If it isn't a meme or twitter they can't handle it.

Sad.

Do keep in touch on facebook and link to wherever you go.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Dec 10, 2018 at 1:14am
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I remember music competitions. You have a right to be proud.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Oct 12, 2018 at 11:33pm
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So much fun! Life with children is challenging but you'll get thru this stage. ♥

Kåre เลียม Enga

Sep 20, 2018 at 4:59pm
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You have kids... that means no time nor money...

I have a simpler life. I'd be exhausted trying to do yours!

Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 27, 2018 at 12:14am
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I have two friends who had surgery to lose weight. It's a major deal but they both seem better off and healthier. Best all.

The 23rd is my sister's birthday... but I was so worn out I didn't call her until the 25th... my bad.

chicochica

Jul 5, 2018 at 9:14pm
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I think it's so cool that you're open to your kid having pink hair. My mom was really, really against it when I was growing up (I think I wanted blue hair). So I eased her into it: can I get natural highlights? Okay cool. In the space of a year or so I had burgundy hair with purple highlights. Those highlights weren't planned--either that was the result of the stylist's color, or he snuck something fun in for me.

Abbie wanted purple streaks in her hair -- done.

Jason wanted pink hair. The only complaint I had about that was the fact that he has very dark hair and so it would've required me to research or whatever and do more work (bleaching, etc), and I'm lazy.

As for the sizes--I know. Abbie is pretty much done growing and will likely be a shorty like me. Jason is 13 and 5'8" and having a "no shave summer." Joe is starting to grow again, which makes me happy. It's hard enough to be a short girl--being a short guy is no picnic. He'll be in the 7th grade too :)

Kåre เลียม Enga

Apr 1, 2018 at 11:41am
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Does seem like meds are out of whack... I'd say, ask about a water pill, but it sounds like you're on enough as it is. Thursday will come. ♥

nimela44

Nov 5, 2017 at 10:24am
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My Pixie. I love everything about her. I wish I could be as outgoing and not care about what anyone thinks. I’d do so much more in my life. I’m glad that she loves things like that! I’ve never been to a dance in my life! She’s too adorable for words xo xo

Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 26, 2017 at 11:45pm
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Hugz.

I immediately thought of rehabilitating dogs... they are needy. But once one is attached... how do you give them up. Same with kids.

No real advice ... at lest you are in touch with your needs and can express them. That's a healthy sign.

Shanachie

Jul 3, 2017 at 5:26pm
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One thing to consider is states like Georgia who have the Hope Scholarship that pays for most or all of college. You do have to be an instate resident for a certain amount of time though.

Something to look into when you're considering moving.

January 21, 2017 at 5:54pm

#902865

Busy as a Bee (10y, 4m, 4w, 1d old)

Cookie season is upon us, and that means I have more than enough work to keep me occupied! I feel like I did a poor job setting up TCM training back in December; I guess I just didn't realize how in depth we'd go into each topic, and how many questions there would be. We didn't even talk about ordering from the cookie cupboard, how to put a pending order in the system, and how to do inter-troop transfers. I've decided next year that I'm going to put in for a longer meeting, and try to expect more questions and going over more things. Gotta hand it to my TCMs, when they're curious, they ask! I'm glad to know that they're willing to turn to me and find out rather than just try to figure it out themselves. Granted, a lot of information is in the manual, and for the most part, they find that and do what they need to, but there are some things that aren't, and they have asked about them, and brought them to my attention. I'm writing them down to put into the TCM training for next year. So far though, things seem to be going smoothly. Hope I don't jinx it.

So I've got all the paperwork for both my troop, and the SU taken care of. I've prepared the bubble sheets, wrote out the initial order pick up forms, created bags for each troop to put their initial rewards and another inter-troop transfer sheet in, as well as some grocery sacks to put the drawstring bags the girls and volunteers are getting as an initial reward. All I'm waiting on now is the initial rewards to place in the bags, and then all I have to do is gather the paperwork in the envelope, grab the bag with all the initial rewards bags in it, grab my troop's transaction record sheets, and the papers I made to split up each girl's order, and head out the door. Chances are very likely that something out of our control is going to happen, and shove our pick up times down farther (been going on the last 5 years I've done this. Just once, I'd love to see an initial delivery that DIDN'T go south.), but, I have a great mom who is picking up our cookies while I dole out the rest of the SU's, and we're able to use her garage to split the cookies for each girl's order. I pray for good weather that day. It's a hard enough day as it is!

My girls did some excellent sales this year, and I am super proud of them! I have us signed up for 11 booths this year; that's 3 more booths than we pulled last year. So far, participation looks good-we have at least 2 girls and 2 parents at each booth, and we have all hands on deck for Walmart, which will be the first time we're selling at such a highly populated location. I really hope we do well!

We have our winter camping trip coming up on the 3rd and 4th, and the girls are looking forward to that! We're up to 11 girls so far! I was kind of hoping that the mom of girl 12 would get back to me, but so far, no response. Either way, I think we'll have a great time! The girls begged to make most of the floor a giant air mattress, and although it's not exactly camping (more like glamping!), they are super excited. We're going to be putting on a badge during camping as well, called Simple Meals. The sweet thing about staying in a lodge is that it comes complete with an indoor bathroom and a kitchen, so I thought we could put this badge on while we're there, knock out all the requirements. We're going to have lots of fun!

Thinking Day is also coming up fast (the second week of booths actually!), and this year we're hosting Argentina. This is the first year I've been so on top of things, and I'm planning them accordingly so that we'll have enough time to do all we're planning to do. This has been a pretty good year so far for our troop!

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