Just a little bit of nothing

Life is okay. Rumors are swirling at Chrysler but that's always the case. Layla is doing really well in school and her speech teacher says she has noticed a big change since the beginning of the year. Keira likes school for the most part but she does have her days where she doesn't want to go. Work is the same, they are thinking about changing our hours back to be open from 9-9 instead of 10-8 which I really hope they don't do. I like getting off while it's still daylight during the summer! John should be home from Belvidere soon! Were in the process of looking for a used car, the lease on the van is up in May and we don't want to take on another payment right now with Chrysler up in the air. Layla had her last cheer game last week, I think she had a lot of fun. She has the awards ceremony this Saturday and then it will be officially done.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to be SNOWING! Yay, there's some snow out there! In my humble opinion Christmas is always a little better when there is snow on the ground. Of course this isn't really sticking but there's still time! John is home for Christmas break and the girls are out of school. Really makes me wish I could have time off around Christmas but that will never happen. The same people get the time off year after year after year. This is my 10th Christmas here and the same people have ALWAYS gotten the time off. What a crock! Oh well! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Random Bits of Nothingness

Hello Blogiverse, long time no blogging! I wish I could say I've been busy and sometimes I have been but mostly it was just out of sight out of mind. So much has happened since my last blog but some of the highlights/lowlights. Layla has started kindergarten which she loves. Keira has started preschool which she mostly loves too. Both girls are in dance class at Becky Seamster here in Kokomo. They both have a lot of fun but Layla is more passionate about it. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago and then immediately after that pancreatitis. John is commuting back and forth between Kokomo on the weekends and Rockford, Illinois on the weekdays for work with Chrysler. At the beginning of August my work hours were reduced from 30 to 28. I have been gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas lately. I normally wait until after Thanksgiving to do my shopping but I got a head start this year! Hopefully now that I have remembered about my blog I will update it more frequently but no promises!

House and Summer Activities

So, we got our new roof this week and our new bathroom 2 weeks ago. As John pointed out our house should be a realtors dream if we can get it on the market in the next year. New furnace in 2000, kitchen renvation is 2007, new roof in 2009, new water softner in 2009, bathroom remodel in 2009 a couple of other things that my brain isn't remembering right now. Gonna replace the missing gutter in a couple weeks once John gets paid again. Don't even get me started on the fact that he will be getting NO paycheck or unemployment for the next 2 weeks. We had a gutter guy come give an estimate but it was gonna be $400 just for the front so John's gonna do it himself (with some helf from Sean who just did his gutters a few weeks ago). We've been enjoying our summer so far but it has gone by way too quickly. The girls have been enjoying Coyote Kids but Layla didn't have fun there today. None of her "friends" were there so by the time she got a quarter of the way she was walking and by the end she was crying. Oh well, the life of a 5 year old. The popsicle at the end cheered her up! Keira has been a total Mommy's girl for a while. On the one hand I love it and on the other hand I hate it. She won't let John (or anyone else) help her with anything if I'm around, but at least she has been wanting to give me lots of hugs and kisses. I know I will have to enjoy it while I can. Layla is already growing out of that phase!

Lots and Lots of Random Bits

So, we can certainly tell summer is here. I've been too busy to post my blog. I just realized it had been over a month. So, here's what has been happening. Layla has graduated preschool and will be headed to Elwood Haynes for kindergarten in the "fall". Keira will be starting preschool this year so every time we drive by it she says "My school, my school" instead of "Layla's school, Layla's school". Let's see if she's actually that excited when we go to drop her off for the first day. I've still been working at the library. The summer reading club started June 1st so that has been really, really busy-especially on Mondays! John is still laid off. He and his Dad have been renovating our upstairs bathroom this week. The floor was rotted out so they replaced the floor and have been working on the bathtub/shower. As usual with home improvement projects things keep going wrong so it is taking a little longer than they had hoped. The girls are doing a running club at a local park here on Thursday nights called "Coyote Kids". Layla runs 1/4 mile and Keira runs the 50 yard dash. At the end they get a ribbon and a popsicle. Tball is done and I'm glad because Layla just didn't have the heart for it! I went to the ER earlier this week and it turns out I have a UTI so I'm on medication now to get that cleared up. I'm going to be in the Haynes Apperson Parade next Saturday so make sure to come and watch if you are local-it's June 20th at 2:00 in the afternoon, downtown Kokomo. I'm going to be pushing a book cart for the library and the girls will be playing a small role too! Tonight I'm going to walk an hour for the Relay for Life. We also made some new friends this spring so we have been going to a game night on most Friday nights where we have made some more friends. All in all life is good!

School

So, Layla went to kindergarten round up last week. She's very excited about getting to ride a school bus next year which is the thing I'm least excited about! Today we went to Elwood Haynes for a mini tour and got the unfortunate news that she will be in FULL DAY kindergarten-which I totally hate. I'm sure she won't mind but it was bad enough she was going to be gone 3 hours a day for 5 days now she wil be gone 6.5 hours 5 days a week! My baby is growing up!

Blog for the sake of Blogging!

Hi. It's been a loooooong time since I have posted and lots has been going on I just haven't made the time to get on here. I have become addicted to Facebook so I usually just post little blurbs on there. So, since it's been so long I have forgotten most of the stuff that has happened but here are a few things. Layla has started t-ball. I'm not really sure how much she likes it since Thursday practice was cancelled and Friday her game was cancelled and both times she said "YEAH". We, as a family, have joined the YMCA. The girls get to go play in the childcare center while John and I work out then we usually let them "swim" for a little bit so we are all enjoying it. There was an open house at Layla's preschool last week that we went to since Keira will be going there next year. I'm still not sure how she will take to it but I'm crossing my fingers that in the next 3 months she will loosen up a little. We have kindergarten round up for Layla this week and we are planning on going to the circus on Wednesday. We have all had bouts of sickness in the last few weeks also but John just got over his so hopefully we are all finally gonna be healthy for a while.