Help Us save our music program!

http://www.petitiononline.com/sa45ba/petition.html
The above link will take you to a petition.  "This petition seeks to request that the school board reconsider the depth/breadth of cuts laid upon the music program within Daniel Boone School District."

Polyamorous

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS????? Well the official definition is: [poly, meaning many or several] and Latin amor [love]) is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved.

I looked up one of the guys that I used to wrestle with and in his religous prefrence it says: Polyamorous. Ok so I know that I'm not that freakin old or closed minded, one of my best friends is Polyamorous, but I don't think I've ever seen it so plainly out there. Is that bad? I just think that stuff is private, not so private for close friends, but private like not on the internet private. I don't know maybe I'm old fashion, and maybe I had to look up the freakin word and the fact that I didn't know pissed me off? Either way, it was odd for a Saturday night here :)

MMA

Mixed Martial Arts, found a place that the kids are going to join. Starting next week. Chase will do Karate, Will - wrestling (grappling) of coarse! Mia - kick boxing, Angela - kick boxing and Hunter will wrestle as soon as he is old enough, but William is practicing with him, he is picking up what he can for a little guy :)

Saturday Sayings

Natika posted this on her facebook and I love it:

“I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but it's just eggs hatching.” -Jack Handy

Tech Savy???

The boys are going camping this weekend at Hawk Mountain. Normally I'm pretty excited when they go on this stuff, one I think its great for them, and two they are off the damn computers, and all technology at that. It just messes with their little minds. But this one they get to bring their electronics with them! What kinda crap is that? Its like Boy scouts isn't pure anymore, they have succumb to the worlds desires. I wish we weren't so technically advanced, I say this as I blog :( Hypocrite! Its just different when your kids are involved, in 50 years and I'm long dead and gone, people will be socially inept even more so than they are today.

Pay To Play

Pay to play is a plan that has been proposed to our School Board instead of getting rid of middle school sports all together. $150 for the first sport, $75.00 for the 2nd, and a cap of $500 a year. It sounds like a lot of money especially for us, with 5 kids believe me I've thought about what I would rather put them in, band (which is not being cut) or basketball, wrestling, track. But its really worth it. I believe that a well rounded student is not just economics and history, but band, chorus and athletics. How many times have people written a team player on their resumes? If there's no Team then what??? Cutting the middle school athletics is going to destroy high school athletics, will have more kids with time on their idle hands, and we take some wonderful opportunities away from our children. How can you have Major League Baseball if you don't have feeder teams? 7 million dollar deficit!! S-E-V-E-N...yeah, they cut kindergarten from full day to half, are planning on letting go of 50 out of 89 aids, not rehire one of the janitors, and get rid of middle school sports. Its nuts, OK the kindergarten thing, I get, I don't agree with it but I understand it, if your kid has an IEP then they will still have full day, but if they don't only half day. And that's not even accounting for 50% of the budget! 66% is in contracts that they can't discuss. The economy isn't just hitting some people, even if you don't feel the pinch so hard at home, your kids are going to feel it in some way. I just didn't realize it would be so soon, and so close to home. Pray they vote Yes to Pay To Play

Luvs Suck

hahahaha you thought I was going to say Love, not Luvs........huhhhh???? Well I'm not talking about that I'm talking about the brand, the Luvs Brand of diapers. I am so old now that I blog about diapers right? Ok so we bought Luvs instead of Huggies, and rightly so they are cheaper, but you get what you pay for. We will now pay the extra and will always advise to pay extra and to use Huggies. Luvs is paper thin, and who really wants to be holding your son on their hip in the middle of a gym an hour away from your house and feel the warmth from his pee......yeah so Stick with Huggies, so thick, so dependable, so no Luvs!

First time for First Place

Will had 5 matches today at the Cocalico Tournament. I was less than thrilled when I heard that this morning, and that he didn't wrestle his first bout for 3 hours. That was the best part!!! 3 Hours, really????? Yup, but it was all worth it when I saw his hand go up ALL FIVE TIMES, I don't think I have seen a smile glued on so well in a long time. It was such a long day, we left at 7:30 and got home at 7:30. 2 pins and points got the rest. He didn't have any crazy wounds either, no huge bruises - he wrestled smart, and each time I watched him wrestle with more confidence. His Coach asked if we wanted him to sign up to qualify for district, regional, and if he makes it State. That thrills me to no end, and scares the shit out of me at the same time. Not sure if we are going to do it but it is the last time he will have a chance to qualify as a youth. I have a shirt that says, after you've watched your kid wrestle, everything else is easy............hahahahaha I love it! I love watching him wrestle..

Truisms

My Pop sent me this tonight........

Someone has written these beautiful words.  One must read and try to understand the deep meanings in them.  They are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life all the time.

1]  Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble; it is a "steering wheel" that directs us in the right path throughout life.
2]  Do you know why a car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the rear view mirror is so small?  Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE.  So, look ahead and move on.
3]  Friendship is like a BOOK.  It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
4]  All things in life are temporary.  If going well enjoy it, they will not last forever.  If going wrong don’t worry, they can't last long either.

5]  Old friends are like Gold!  New friends are Diamonds!  If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold!  Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a base of Gold!
6]  Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!

7]  When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8]  A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything  worse than losing eye sight?"  He replied: "Yes, losing your vision."
9]  When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them; and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES; it takes away today’s PEACE.

Friday Night Match at Exeter

My boy Rocks!!! He ran a half in the first period and almost got the bin, then second period stuck the kid in 30 seconds. Then he went again and stuck the kid in the first period!!!!!!!!!!!! Yayyyyyyyyy!!!! I love watching him wrestle. His brother's and his sister's watched him tonight and that meant the world to him. Even better than watching him pin his opponent was seeing the smile on his face when he asked the others if they watched him and they said yes. Moments like those make your heart melt and the joys of having a big family are ever so present. That and HE STUCK THE KID!!!!! Tomorrow's tournament is going to be here soon enough.

Just thoughts

I was listening to a conversation today, well watching it actually. But the conversation was about love. Do you believe that you can Love more than one Person? If you do, do you believe that you love one more than the other. Some say yes, that you know the person that you really love, you always come back to them, you never quite love the same. I wonder.......God intended us to detach from our parents and live our own lives but did he mean love everyone and no one the same? He says love your neighbor as you love yourself but did he mean to love in different ways, or just with your heart and he'd do the rest? I heard someone on the news interviewing a afterlife specialist and he says that there will be so much peace and thanks to be where we are that we wont think about such nonsense. But I noticed one thing, he never once said we would have love.....Just a brief view into one of many thoughts that have passed through my head today....

Schools on......

Today was such a relaxing day compared to the last few days, the kids were finally in school. Even with the crazyness that happens when they are not here it was relaxing.............

Ice Storm

Holy Cow it is crazy out there. Our screens are covered in ice, as soon as the sleet hits the screen it freezes, you can look at the road and its all shinny and its all ice! We went grocery shopping last night and man am I glad. Power went out a few times this morning. No school - Of Course! Chase woke up early and thought he was late for school and since he has been threatened with detention if Will and him are late again he jumped up and started getting ready. He said he ran into walls a couple of times he was in such a rush, and then he came downstairs and realized that no one was awake, then the power went out and that really freaked him out. When I woke up Will and him were in his room laying on the floor reading and they were freaked out about the power going out. Lets see how long this lasts.

Snow Day

This is really a trying time! Another Freakin Snow Day! Ok so last week they went for three days, the week before they went for two days, and today is only Tuesday and they are home again. I love my kids I do but at least in the summer they can go outside and play. They have stayed longer outside than on the first day, but the little guy can't hang for that long outside. And of course they make a huge mess and don't clean up after themselves..

New Church

We are looking at other church's in the area. I was doing the study on Every woman's marriage, in one part the lady was telling her husband about how he should be more "holy" than he is and that he should take more of an active role in their spritual life. His reply was that he has tried but she hasn't let him, because it wasn't what she wanted and that she needed to release that part to him. That the Lord intended the Husband to be the leader and that all though it may be hard for us women to step aside and let our Husbands do this because we wear so many hats, its just easier for us to step in and take the reigns. But that isn't the way God intended it. Maybe we as women have enough jobs. Mother's, Wife's, Daughter's, Aunt's, Book Keeper, Secretaries, Referee, Mediator, Taxi, Negotiator, Plaintiff's, Defendants, Teachers, Students, Mentors and I can go on and on. We don't need to add Spritual Leader to it, maybe for other women but our husbands need to be that person and we need to let them. Well after I red this I was talking to Steve about how I was unhappy with our current church and he said almost the same thing that the Guy in the book said. So I decided to do what God intended me to do - allow my husband to lead me. Currently that has been to a Lutheran Church, parts of it I love! and Parts of it don't hate but I don't understand so I'm not sure I agree with them or not. Either way this is where my husband is leading me and I know he has our best interest at heart, so I am going to do something I normally don't do. Step aside and let someone else take care of it. As hard as that is for me, a sense of relief also comes over me that. I'm doing my part as a Christian Wife