I will say this yet again, I really suck at posting to this blog. My husband so lovingly reminds me that I need to post something, but I think he foregets I have other stuff going on right now :) I know he will read this and chuckle at that!

So, since spring break we have been busy....school finished up and I was sooooo glad about that. I was Kiera's room mom this year and I must say that I will never again do that. By the end of the year I felt totally taken advantage of, maybe that is my fault, but I was pretty pissed. After working in Kiera's class twice a week for the whole year, about two and a half hours each day, my "thank you" gift for the end of the year was a 2011 calendar. And not only did I do the mundane things of putting together the homeowrk packets, but I graded spelling tests, recorded grades, and even tuaght using the smart board. So,thanks, after all that I get a freaking calendar that I can't use half of since the year is half over. It seemed like it was something she happened to have laying around and she felt she had to give me something. So never again will I do that job. I will send in what the teacher needs, but I am not putting all that work into a class so that at the end of the year I feel unappreciated. And I know I did it more for Kiera and myself than for the teacher, but still, you want to feel a little appreciation. I could have very easily used that time to do other things, but I chose to be there to help. Then she had the nerve to let me know that if next year I have nothing better to do with my time I can come and volunteer in her class again! Sorry, but if I don't have a kid in your class I am not helping in the slightest. She will see how good she had it this past year when she gets nothing next year. And just b/c I stay at home doesn't mean I don't have my own goals. So I will be volunteering elsewhere next year, somewhere I do feel apprecaited.

So after the whole school thing the only thing on my plate has been the lovely legal drama, which most of you know from me either venting to you over or seeing my FB page. My deposition went well, of course the douche bag was there, but I didn't hold back. Guess he thought he was going to rattle me by showing up unannounced, whatever. Of course I am still hoping that his lawyer will see the light and realize that his client has lied to him and they have nothing to go on and if we do go to court my lawyer is going to rip his client a new one. And honestly if his lawyer does go through with his case I may have to call the state bar, where my mom happens to work, and see about filing a complaint about a frivilous lawsuit. All that came about in the deposition was that douche bag doesn't like the fact that Andrew doesn't attend a private school. Guess he thinks that the only place a person can get a good education is at a private school. I am pretty sure I gave answers that the lawyer was not expecting, especially considering what was in the motion...like I haven't ever talked about private schools when the fact is that we talked many times about them and I just don't think it is the best place for Andrew. So, I don't want to go to court, but honestly there is a part of me that would love to see a judge give him a piece of her mind.

Pat is working way too many hours, but guess that is expected when you take over a new store. It isn't new to him, actually he was working at this branch when we were dating, now he is the manager. Amazing how things seem to come full circle. Hard to believe that in December we will be celebrating 10 years of marriage. Lots has happened over the first ten years, I can only imagine what will happen over the next ten!

I have been enjoying volunteering at the theraputic horse farm. Kiera and I have gone some Saturdays and done work and I am on the feeding team, so I get to see the lovely horses every week. How I would love to have one, but now is not the time. We have way to many other things on our plate to even think about that! Maybe in five years we will be at a better place and we could afford one, but lots can change in five years.

Jamie is looking forward to kindergarten, although he thinks he will be in Kiera's class. He is excited about being at the same school as her, but I know it will kick his butt to be in class all day. So while he is in school hopefully I can walk the dog a bit more, we both seem to be a little soft these days, and I can get out and work at the farm more. My dad had offered to pay for me to take classes if I ever wanted to, but not sure what I would do. I have thought about some sort of equine science, but it is hard to find a school nearby that has classes for that. I figure for now I will just get through the crap we are dealing with and after the kids get in school I will get settled in that new life, it will be a change for me to have the whole day alone!

I may try to swim more, I need to as I love to swim and it will be good for me, just a matter of doing it.

Well I hear children splashing in the tub and I am sure it is all over the floor, which in our case is carpet, yes we have carpet in the bathroom....it must have been a '70s thing.