Educators Seminar

Well the Educators Seminar is finished and I'm at my brother Tim's house resting up and waiting for my next and final trip...for now. The Seminar was as good as I hoped it would be. I feel like I'm still I long way off from being a good teacher, but I'm glad that this Seminar taught me so much and that I'm now more determined to become a better more well trained teacher. I just want to say a big thank you to the Activated homes, they sacrificed so much to pull this Seminar together and I and everyone else who attend are deeply grateful and thankful.




Jarrell slept through most of the classes which I'm thankful for.



I spent a lot of time with "the girls" going around town, hanging out, eating, getting cheated, etc. This "nice" Mexican man offered to let us use his stuff for free to take a picture, after we finished he mentioned his tip. Then we had a wonderful adventure with a not so cheep, cheep lunch. The girls know what I'm talking about, ha ha ha.




On the last day got to go to a winery. It was very interesting although I couldn't hear what the tour guide was saying.


I got to see little Katie, Phil, and Timna while I was there. It was nice to see them again.



As exciting and as wonderful a learning experience this Seminar was, I still really missed my Jaydee.

The Sack Duo

Comin from both the left side and the right side, James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley are in competition with each other to see who can lead the "Steel Boys" with the most sacks. It's a game to them, a painful one if you a QB, but it's one that has us leading the NFL with 25 sack's in week 7. After destroying the Ravens #1 ranked D, it's a wonder our D's only ranked #2. But hey, things will change once the duo goes head hunting for lil Eli manning next week, or who I like to call "Pinocchio, The Little Wooden Boy". And yes, since He won the Superbowl last year, he's been delusional, thinkin he's a real boy. But we all know that Harrison and Woodley's gonna remind him that he is still just a wooden little boy.



Ahhhh, the sweet sound of helmets crackin together......



Thats it boy's, pretend he's a politician



In other news.... Due to my dude Troy Polamalu's signature lack of regard for his own physical health when makin a hit, he's (hopefully temporarily) out with his 7th career concussion. Hope he gets better soon so he can continue his unhealthy living....

Naw, hopefully he'll go easier on himself, we need'm out there!!!



Eli Manning: I've got no strings, to hold me....WHACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wood Stock 08...

Within the last several months we been workin to upgrade our heating system as well as downgrading our bills in the form of a....wood burnin heater oven thing.... that will supply us with hot water as well as warm up the house. So out with the old and expensive oil burnin water heater and in with the new, economical....wood burnin heater oven thing....



Beautiful... But in order to work the darn thing, we'll need wood; a lot of wood... wood to last us this whole season.



Thats a good amount of wood. But I think that wont be enough to last us the winter. Whattaya say we look for a more efficient way to do this? I mean the skys the limit. Mother nature is fulla............



Whoa, Good call!!! I think that should do for now.... Thanx....

Yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ever since I got back from the city, I’ve been with Odin 24-7. We do everything together; though I’ve noticed a minus on the hours he’s been sleeping at night, hence making me sleep the same hours. Terri warned me of his new habit of wakin up at 6 in the morning. I just never expected him to start waking up at 5 every morning. I’d like to think it’s because Terri’s gone, or maybe it’s because I’m back. I don’t know, but whatever it is, it got him extra emotional and clingy. So I have been waking up at 5 am for the last three days in a huge empty bed. It started to take its toll on me this afternoon, so I asked to take a nap from 2-3. So I put Odin in his crib, laid down on the bed next to him and went straight to sleep. 2 turned to 3, 3 turned to 4, and 4 turned to 5. I being a weak sleeper would get up every 20-30 minutes or so to check out the clock, I coulda sworn the clock said 3 for some reason. Whats better, is that the little guy slept the entire time too….which has made for a not so moody fella; I guess we’ll see how long he holds up. I guess he’ll be goin to sleep late tonight….

In other news………………………………………….I miss Terri

Divorce??

This man may seem crazy but it's just and extreme case of the things people will do when going through a divorce. Which got me thinking how in the Family when people get separated it may be hurtful and difficult but at least things get worked out in love and council with our shepherds and crazy things like this don't happen. It's just one more reason to be thankful for our wonderful Family.

Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce

Fri Oct 10, 2:23 PM ET

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

"Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted," she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month.

"He brought his relatives and used saws to cut the house in half," she said, adding that she now owns the other half that is still standing. The house is made from wood with a tile roof and propped up on wooden pillars, a typical style for a Cambodian country home.

She said her estranged husband and his relatives, after ripping apart half of the house, carried all the debris to his parents' house nearby.

She said the divorce was prompted by her husband's jealousy about her alleged relationship with a policeman in the village. She denied having an extramarital affair.

"He wanted a divorce, and I said, `Let's divorce,'" she said.

The husband could not be reached for comment.

Bou Bout, a village chief, said local officials and police were present as witnesses the day the couple split their 20-by-24 1/2 foot house into half.

"Local officials tried three times to get them to mend their differences, but the husband would not budge," Bou Bout said by phone.

My Angel

When I was in the hospital Jaydee called and asked me how the baby was doing. I told him that he was an angel and that he never cried, that was when he was three days old. Now he's three weeks old and still an angel until about 7:30 to 11:00 at night, around that time he decides he's been good enough and that it's time to cry and cry untill he falls asleep. So now I spend my evenings trying everything I can to make him stop crying and keep him happy :).Hopeful this is just a stage he's going through and it won't last long.
Good news is, I'm almost finished packing.

Missin'm All ready

For those of you who don't know, Terri, the boy's and I are movin to Cali to focus on makin the money we need to eventually go to the field. Yup, it's been somfin that we been plannin for a while now. These past few months have been crazy, and so much is still needin to be done. Right now we are takin the first steps needed to begin our move. And for starters, that means I'm a have to temporarily let go of two of my babies; Terri and Jarrell. Terri is goin to the teachers seminar in Cali with Jarrell. And since I'm a stay back with Odin to do some extra hustlin, that means I wont see'm for over 3 weeks. So we've been sayin our good byes. I miss'm already and I ain't even out of the room yet. But you gotta do what ya gotta do, and thats what I'm about to do, cuz I gotta.

Missin you Terri.......

Sleep Baby

I'm putting the boys to bed, both of them. Odin is sleeping like an angel but my little one is not cooperating.
Jaydee, the wonderful man that he is, has made my life so much easier by teaching Odin to sleep by himself in his crib. At first it made life difficult because he cried and threw a fit every time he went to sleep, especialy when I had to put him to sleep which made me feel like a horrible mother. But all of Jaydees hard work and sterness payed off and now all I have to do is lay Odin in his crib and give him his bottle and he goes right to sleep. It makes things so much easier for me, with two babies to care for and Jaydee gone most of the time. So thank you Jaydee, and thank you for getting up at night with Odin so I can sleep, you have no idea how much I appreciate it.