http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich recent pleonast.com entries by user ajrich en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=570956 Well, the summer is gone and I still have no time to do anything that I really need to do. School started off good with a hurricane the 2nd day and a holiday this week. What a way to get started, but all is good now, it is time to get in a good routine for the night and the morning. I was still having to get up early during the summer, just not as early and now I am stuck in that pattern. I don't hear my alarm and I don't want to get out of bed at all. Morning's are hard around here right now. So the summer......well, Scott took the kids to Texas for a week without me(due to a funeral) whiel I had a night class training for a new client to work for. I finally finished that after a month of night classes and have been working for Barnes & Noble for about a month now. At home of course and love it. I am still working out my schedule now that school has started and it seems to be working well so far. I cannot believe that my son is in the 2nd grade. He is too cute with his 1st grad... 2008-09-03 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=539064 Well, not much is going on here except life and a very hot summer already. UGH!!!! But I do like heat more then I like cold. I am finally getting into a work groove, but we will see how it all works out soon. I am now another year old as of last Saturday and I must say that I actually do feel different. I guess it could be because I am actually taking better care of myself now and that I am on a road to better health and feeling. It is truly amazing how the Lord has made our bodies. My cousin (I know which one right?) Lea and I have started this journey together and I must admit that with 2 it makes all the difference. Go us! Ok, I gotta go for now. Have a great Father's Day Dad's P.S. I wanted to add this about Father's Day.....I love my hubby more then air and I know that he didn't have the best model of a father, but I have to share that he is hands-down the best father any child could ever ask for. He completely understands what it means to "be" a father. He loves his... 2008-06-13 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=532925 I know that it might be a shock to most, but I do think every once in a while......But lately I have been thinking about a lot of stuff.......my mind just races and races and I can't get it to stop.....I think about life, I think about God, I think about family, I think about everything under the sun.....and then I think, wow, how great it will be when I don't have to think anymore...This is not intended to be a downer entry, but I was just thinking again and it seems as though if I get it out, it is better somehow. I am thankful for my family and the support that they give, near and far, I am thankful for the wonderful new church family that we have, that isn't so new anymore, I am thankful for all that we are blessed with....I strive daily to be a good mom and a good wife and a good Christian, but somehow I don't think that I am hitting the mark. I have had a discussion with my hubby about how I feel like an idiot sometimes because I am a stay at home mom and you know how that can be... 2008-05-27 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=528713 Can yo believe that Zachary is 7 years old today? I am not ready for this....I thought for sure I would never be like this but I am just not ready for them to grow up. I guess I will get over it, but it is just weird being a parent. Anyway, a celebration will be had and he will keep growing...... So, in other news I know that most of you have heard and are just as thankful as my family, but my cousin Tommy Andrews has finally gotten his new heart and kidney. He is doing well. We are so thankful and praise the Lord for his amazing ways.... It is hot in Florida now and I need a pool.....I love the spring/summer, but I don't like how hot it has been getting. Anyway, I just wanted to update quickly and say Hi to everyone....Have a great weekend...... 2008-05-15 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=525381 My sister Heather has now joined Pleo. Go welcome her @ chefertic. I don't know how to do those link things so just type it in or click on it from my friends list. One day I will learn a few more things about Pleo. Anyway, go now...... 2008-05-06 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=525011 Zach still has a wiggly tooth on the top. Scott keeps trying to get it out, but it is just not ready and neither am I. Anyways, we had a great family weekend. We headed over to Orlando with our friends/cousins to a great timeshare place. The kids (all 5) had a blast and the adults did too. We swam and played putt-putt and rode on the swan paddle boats. It was a short get away, but much needed. Olivia is still the same, just as stubborn as ever. Her doctor keeps telling me that it is just a power struggle and it will pass.I am not so sure about that. She is like nothing I have ever seen, but I have to admit that I love her more everyday. This too shall pass, I pray. Other then that we are just winding down the school year and getting ready for another hot summer here and a surprise of a hurricane season....cause you never know just how many there will be and where they will land. I can not believe that my son will be a second grader in a month, well, actually he will be 7 next week and ... 2008-05-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=511422 Ok, so my son is 6 1/2 now, will be 7 in May, and he is the only one in his 1st grade class that has not lost a tooth yet.....until NOW! So we were at dinner and he was eating pizza, which is not a hard food, and he looks at me and says " Mommy, my tooth hurts." So , I look over and see a smidgen of blood on his tooth, which has just been loose for about a week now, and I just told him to not bite down so hard. Well, I had taken him to the dentist exactly 2 weeks ago today and she said that his top one that was loose would be a while and that he had no other teeth loose at that time. So apparently the bottom teeth heard that and knew they had to get out before the top ones. Anyway, after dinner Scott took the kids home so I could go grocery shopping and while at the check out line Scott calls me to tell me that Zach has lost his first tooth.....I was shocked.....I wanted to cry, but here I was in Wal-mart with crazy people at 9 o'clock at night. I was totally not ready for th... 2008-04-01 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=507844 I just want to start by saying that...I LOVE SPRING......I love the colors and the weather and all the new stuff that goes along with spring.It always reminds me of God during Creation....The excitement of all things new and unblemished......I think that is why people love babies so much....they are blameless and are unblemished. God creates only good and everyday should be a reminder of that, but especially this time of year is when I really take a look at it all and thank him constantly for his wonderful creations. Ok, so I have been noticing a pattern with everyone that no one knows what to blog about these days....that is my problem too since life is just going along a warp speed and there is no time to actually sit down and think about what is going on in that fast life.....I need to slow down.....I am fixing to start working from home, working about 15 hours a week so I know that my time to sit is getting shorter. I am actually excited about working. I think it will be very good... 2008-03-22 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=502031 I absolutely love this time change......I don't like losing an hour of sleep, cause lets face it I need all the help I can get, but I love it when the days are longer and the flowers and grass start to grow again. It is a great time to clean and refresh everything. I just love it. On another topic....Olivia is doing really well with her potty adventures. We have really made progress and the past 2 weeks have not been that bad. So I think that is about over. Thankfully it wasn't too traumatic for me. I wasn't worried about her being traumatized at all, just me. She is my baby and no more babies after her. That can be hard on a mother, you know..... Ok, next topic.....Zachary is too smart for his own good sometimes.Every week on his spelling list he has a bonus word and usually it goes along with what they are studying in Science. Well, this weeks word was "evaporation" and he just spelled it out so good the very first time I asked him. It was strange cause I thought to myse... 2008-03-08 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ajrich?l=5&entryID=495852 Sounds like a new cartoon series on Saturday morning, doesn't it? That would be kinda weird. Ok, so I am aggressively potty training Olivia this week. She is 3 and is just being stubborn. I took her to the doctor for her 3 year check-up and he was so surprised that she wasn't already. But, I do have to be honest...I am part of the reason why she is not. I think with the second child you are more busy and just tend to put things off more easily. Also, to me she is still that little baby in the hospital with all those machines attached to her. Plus her being my baby, I am not in a big hurry to get her grown so much. On the other hand....I am sick of the diapers and the like.So this is it. No turning back now....she had a good start yesterday and seems to be doing ok so far today. Wish us luck in this adventure...cause truly this is an adventure. On a whole other topic.....please keep my family in your prayers...my cousin Tommy Andrews (as seen on Tami's blog) is in the hospital awaitin... 2008-02-22