Week 4 post 3

Saturday September 17

Wow what a day would never had thought waking up this morning that I would have spent the evening in the ER! Let's back track and start at the beginning. Started out like any other Saturday morning watching cartoon's with the girlie's and listening to them yell "I WANT THIS!" During every commercial break. Let's just say we got an early start on our Christmas want list this year. After carton's and breakfast we start getting ready to head to my mother-in-laws house with hubby and kids in tow. Of course the process of getting the girls dressed and ready had to turn in a challenge and into an argument with  my husband. He insists he'll just go himself with the kids to cool off. I wouldn't back down and we settled things and headed over to his moms. We spent the entire day over there. I was starving and ready to head home but hubby wanted to do some target shooting with his brother. By this time it was getting dark, could barley see, the darn misquotes were attacking and the girl were dirty, muddy, and cranky. Oh well, I'll just sit back relax and enjoy and conversation with my mother-in-law and aunt. Nope not going to happen. With my three kids, two other six year old's, and a ten year old playing in the mud someone was bound to get hurt. It just happened to be my oldest, Melissa. She tripped in the mud and came to me crying.  I couldn't really see anything wrong at first with it being dark and the mud all over her. Took her inside and squeezed a wet towel over he knee where she said it hurt. The water rinses the mud out of her wound and bright red blood starts going every where. Down her leg and all over the kitchen floor. With the water left running I run out side tell my husband and rush my lil' girl to the ER. She ended up getting four stitches in her knee. What a day!

Found out

Melissa, my six year old, had her yearly check up at the doctors. Picked her up early from school took her out to eat then we went to the park but some weird yellow bugs were all over the slides we didn't play long. Then headed over to her doctor's appointment. I knew something was up when the nurse took her blood pressure twice and took a long time listening to her heart. All I thought of it at the time was that the nurse was new. We are in there frequently with my three girls and five niece's I have become quite familiar with the staff and I had never seen her before. When the doctor comes in he too took a long time listening to her heart. Come to find out she has a heart murmur and want her to come back for a echocardiogram. They are hoping they will grow out of it but want to take any precautions they can. I'm trying not to stress about it but I'm finding that difficult.

One of those days...

Today has been one of those days. You know the days you wish you never woke up. The days that are so horrible you can't wait for it to end but you know it will only get worse before it does. I'm needing to vent but don't even know where to begin.

Every weekday I wake my oldest up get her ready and send her on the bus to school. Meanwhile my younger to usually sleep a little longer. This makes life a little more easy. Of course today on the other hand all three of my girls were up at the crack of dawn. Myself after going to be around 1:30 in the morning, after fighting with my husband, is not all that happy about it. I've been stressed from the moment I woke up and it only had built up through out the day. Everything that could have gone wrong has. My only hope is nothing to serious happens before I can lay my head on my pillow tonight and hope for a better and brighter day tomorrow.

Know your Audience ass. 4.4

In our audience we have a vast variety of people. Reality show junkies, avid readers, cereal lovers, Dog enthusiasts, etc. People from all walks of life joined together with one common goal - to further expand our education.

After posting my question "Where are you from?" I gained quite a bit of knowledge about my audience. You can find out a lot of common interests and loves by finding out where someone came from. The question I wish I would have asked is "What influenced you decision to take an online class rather then classroom?" I think I could have found those interesting and I am surprised no one else asked this question.

As to how the audience will change the way I write, it simply will not. I will stick to my thoughts the best I know how. People who like it, will and people who don't, don't. Makes no difference to me. I did notice a lot of people bringing up God in almost every discussion and as I am glad we live in a country where we can voice our believes so freely, I will keep my personal thoughts on that matter to myself in order to prevent any conflicts. That will be the only thing I will withhold from my writing.

Credo My approach to life.

     Everyone's approach to life varies from person to person. Most of life's choices are learned from past experience's and mistake's. It doesn't even have to be our own mistakes, we can choose to learn from people's mistakes as well. I learned a lot of what not to do in a marriage from my parents. I try my best to not make those same mistakes that lead them down the road to hardship and divorce. Still try as I might I still find myself doing those things, the difference is learning, yet again, from them. In these mistakes I strive to value hard work, resourcefulness, kindness, character, and responsibility both in myself and in others. Though we stumble we may choose to learn to walk or fall.

      As I pondered on the many lessons, which life has taught me,  I also thought of how I approached various situations and events. It is entireley our veiwpoint about how we see things. If we go into something with a negative attitude we recieve negative results and vis versa.

In conclusion, my view point, I once read:

     Learn from the past.
        Live for the moment.
            Hope for the future.
Happiness is a journey not a destination

Freewriting I believe

I believe that no matter what my bestie will always be there for me. I choose this subject because it's the most I can talk about with out getting to personal. My bestie and I have been through so much together. When I was going through a rough patch in my marriage she was there to pick me up and tell me I can do anything. Also in return I am always there for her. We can talk about anything her and I. We party like we're teenagers but hold serious conversations like we're 90 year old women and know the depth of life. (Which we don't but we try) Our daughter play together. One Halloween we squished three of our lil' girls and there car seats into my tiny four door grand am. It was interesting to say the least. Three little girls dressed up as princess's with there flashing necklace's on crammed together trying to get candy out of there pumpkins. I love my bestie. at times we grow apart but as soon as we need each other we're there in a heart beat.

I believe

I believe life is what you make of it.
I believe Life changes me every day.
I believe I have the right to choose.
I believe I can finish my education.
I believe I will be happy.
I believe Wal-mart is the devil.
I believe hope conqures all.
I believe I am a good Mother
I believe I am a good Wife.
I believe my family loves me.
I believe I will have a house built.
I believe money is not everything.
I believe I am not always right (hard to admit)
I believe it's hard to fight back tears when someone asks "Are you alright?"
I believe I can never find any bobby pins!
I believe that no matter what my Bestie will always be there for me.
I believe that Gerard Butler is to sexy for his own good!
I believe that someday I will meet my biolgical family.
I believe I will travel the world someday.
I believe I will read and read and read until I can't read anymore because there is always something to learn.