I couldn't think of a blog title. :(
It has been months since I have blogged - well, if you count the one about Mammie or the one about Kolaches then it has been a few days. However, I haven't blogged in a really long time about the things going on around our house.
Where to start:
AMANDA - Amanda has been in preschool for almost 5 months now and she absolutely loves it. Her teacher, Ms. Norris, is a true delight and we love her dearly. We also love Ms. Amy, the preschool director. I don't think that we could have chosen a better place for her to learn and grow in God.
She is getting so smart. She is really good at remembering. I smile when I catch her singing little songs from school. It fills my heart with gladness and joy with her being in my life. It is simply amazing.
MAMMIE - Mammie went through surgery well. Her hip is healed. However, you may recall that when she was in the hospital she suffered at least one stroke. She was put in a rehab facility in Fort Worth and due to either Medicare or Healthsouth rules (I don't remember which) she had to be moved to a different rehab facility. She is now in Cleburne trying to make a full recovery.
She wants to go home so badly. She has her good days and her bad days. I want to bring her home to my house - as I promised her when I was a small child, but I can't take care of her the way she needs to be cared for.
I HATE seeing her in a nursing home. She never wanted to go to a nursing home. But, it is funny, when you plan your whole life out, God has a different version of how your life is going to go.
I will take this time to mention that if YOU or your LOVED ONES do not have Long Term Care (LTC) Insurance - IT IS TIME TO GET IT! Medicare is tricky to understand and doesn't pay for things you might think it does. You never know when you will need it and when you do need it it's too late to get it!
NOVEMBER 12, 2011 - Mike and I got married. Nothing too big, just a small ceremony with family and a few friends.
KENNEDALE HIGH SCHOOL WILDCAT BAND - I announced on FB a while back that I took a Color Guard/Winterguard Instructor/Choreographer position with KHS Band. I LOVE every minute of this job! Our marching season was learning experience for not only me, but the girls as well. They loved their old "coach" (quite an endearing term - I love being called coach) and it took quite some time for them to get used to me, my teaching style and my color guard habits. Most of them have come around. I love these ladies. They are an extremely talented group of girls. My captain and lieutenant are tireless. I share a bond with each of them. I look forward to the days where I get to go to Kennedale and hear about their lives.
They have "adopted" Amanda and have made her the guard mascot. Amanda calls them "The Girls" and loves going to Friday night football games with me. They even bought her her own little flag.
Winterguard season is in full swing and I am designing my own show.
The whole band is just full of awesome kids. It is an honor to be doing what I love for this band.
DIVORCE CARE - DC went well. I learned so much about myself, about J and about where I stand in the process. I was much better off than I thought I was....but I still worked on a lot of things. I met some awesome people and I LOVE my DC leaders. Dr. A sends me an e-mail every once in a while to check on me.
MIKE - For the past 5 weeks Mike has been in a cast. He tore two tendons in his ankle. We don't know when, we don't know how. All I know is that shortly after we got married he had to go in a cast. I lovingly joked that I didn't know "in sickness and in health" would come so soon.
That also means his Aiki training has been off for 5 weeks and looks like a few more.
STONEWATER - StoneWater Church. I have attended several times and I have absolutely fallen in love with this church. It is so easy to just go and worship. It is so laid back - no pressure, no demands. Just come and love and worship Christ. So different from my experience at Southside and for that I am thankful. I needed something different and found it at StoneWater.
CHRISTMAS - We had a wonderful Christmas. Amanda got tons of presents! She exclaimed that she couldn't be on the naughty list because Santa brought her so much stuff.
LIFE - Life in general is going pretty good. I have spent the last few months on a roller coaster of emotions and have found myself sad sometimes. There are people in my life that are mad at me for reasons beyond my control. I worry that others are mad at me simply because their lives have changed. My grandmother being in the nursing home really makes me sad.
I made the mistake of jumping the gun on something (I won't go into detail) before I talked it out. This has put a kink in a few relationships in my life. I had to defend myself and my actions and yell at the one person I would have never wished to yell at. This hurt me a whole lot (as I am sure it did that person). However, I had to stand up for myself, my actions and what I thought was right. In the end, I believe I have set things right - why? - because I talked it out. Maybe, by doing that, I can work on the other relationships that have kinks in them.
I am a pessimist. I never expect a good outcome on anything. I expect the worse and when the best happens I am pleasantly surprised. I am trying so hard to work on this one aspect of my life. Mike asked last night if I ever talk through the positive things I have done for others. No, I answered, because I can't do that. I guess I am going to have to start.
I love my life, the people in it and the things that make me, me. I always fall back on this line from Modest Mouse:
"We have one chance, one chance, to get everything right. My friends, my habits, my family they mean so much to me."
