Missing blogging!!

I am missing blogging, and reading all the blogs I love so much! I hope you will come back and visit me next week, when life slows down and I am back to blogging again! Reagan is really ready for her SAT - she made a 1870 on her practice test today. I am sure she will do great!

I leave for San Jose on Thursday. I am very excited!! It is the Reliv conference and they are always very fun!! Anyway, not bad for a girl that didn't leave her house for weeks at a time, now I am off flying!! :) YEA!!!!!!!

See you next week!!

Break

I guess I will take a bit of a blog break. Reagan, my oldest, takes her SAT on May
3rd. We are doing LOTS of essays!! And just general prepping - we are homeschoolers, so the buck stops here, so to speak!
Anyway, I will try to pop in during the next few weeks, but will mostly be being mom, teacher and Reliv distributor - My 3 favorite things! I will miss you guys, but will catch up when I can!

FUN!

contra dance
Pronunciation: \ˈkän-trə-ˌdan(t)s\
Variant(s): or con·tre·danse \also kōⁿ-trə-ˈdäⁿs\
Function: noun
Etymology: French contredanse, by folk etymology from English country-dance
Date: 1803
1 : a folk dance in which couples face each other in two lines or a square
2 : a piece of music for a contra dance

I went to my first Contra Dance last night! It was actually a BLAST! Probably because I went with two of my favorite people, my two daughters. We all had a lot of fun and are now hooked! We can't wait until the next one. We each only had one complaint at the end of the night.
Me: Aching feet - but SO worth it!
Reagan (16 yrs) - NO hot guys
Lizzie (6 yrs) - that it was actually over and we had to head home

We will be back! Who'd of thought? Definitely not me...

Guess I will just be a Prude

So, after my last blog entry, I only get a PG rating. What a weird deal, they look at words like pain or hurt, and ignore nipple? I give up, I will just be a prude, and I can live with that!

It is friday and it has been a good day. Lizzie has a new friend, her family moved here a few months ago from Illinois. The great thing is that her mom is pretty cool as well. That is a good plus, if the kids and the moms enjoy each other! They came out today for several hours. It was fun. Then this afternoon we went to see Nim's Island - good movie. We all enjoyed it, even Jake, who was under protest.

I have a new friend as well, Judy. Judy is a great person. I have really enjoyed getting to know her and helping her share Reliv with lots of people. We are changing the world, one person at at time! It is fun!! An extra bonus to having Judy as a friend, she is a part time manager at the movie theater. So, she gets us into movies free!! My teenagers think Judy, is AMAZING, and she is, but not just because she gets us into movies free, but it doesn't hurt. :)

Right now we are all five sitting in here watching The Truman Show. It is a pretty good show as well.

Well, my blog friends - go and have a fabulous weekend! I plan on it...

Blog Rating

I am feeling a little boring...having been rated a "G" due to "shoot" in my blog one time!! So, here goes, I am aiming for a higher rating:

Tonight we went to the library. It was very interesting. Did you know they have TONS of CDs to check out for free and download on your IPod? SEXY!!! I am pretty sure they have books in there to answer any sex questions I might have about my sex life or anyone elses. I do not think there is any porn there, but there were some national geographics that might have shown a few breasts or other body parts. I did see a woman there with many visible piercings... I am quite certain she probably had her belly button pierced and maybe even a nipple or two.

Cleaning update

I joined "Messies Anonymous" about 2 months ago and have slowly been decluttering my house. It is quite satisfying as I look around at all that has been accomplished. I am keeping laundry room usuable, keeping the 1st floor where it can be picked up and fairly straight within a 30 or 45 minute job. This picture is an area that has perpetually been cluttered. It is mostly stuff we use for school and some odds and ends. The clutter used to extend a good 2 foot out in front of the bookshelf! I actually had 2 entire black garbage bags that went to the thrift store and 2 small boxes of books that went to the used bookstore - just from this area! Anyway, I cleaned it about 2 weeks ago and was sitting in my chair tonight and looked over and am pleased with how well we are keeping it. Today I cleaned out the guest bedroom. It is an area which accumulates odds and ends from everyone. It looks good, but I have not gotten the bedding washed and put back on - so no picture YET! One of the slogans for MA is "Never underestimate the inevitability of gradualness." I am finding that is true! Slowly but surely, I am making a more organized, comfortable home.

Stair Railing

Remember forever ago when I said the stair railing was finally in and I would take a picture of it and post it?? Well, I finally took a picture!!!