NEWS

SO I know that it has been for ever since I wrote last and frankly I shouldn't be writing now as I am working. I disconnected my Internet at home and am to cheap to pay for it right now. So my posts may be few and far between. Our family is doing well. Zack is back in school and he LOVES his teacher. He has made a few new friends and a girl-friend. He is funny, when you ask him what his favorite class is he says recess and then art. The true answer is probably art then math. He really doesn't like English but he is reading at the appropriate level so I am not to worried. My worst subject was English, and I loved Math. I think Brad was the same. Brad usually helps with the homework and it is done by the time I get home. I get to do the reading. Usually Zack reads his school book and then I read him a night time story.
Oh speaking of night time. We had to bring bowzer in the house a few nights ago. Our neighbors were really loud and he wouldn't shut up. So we tied him to Zack's bed and gave him a blanky to sleep on.(I will talk about him sleeping outside later) So in the morning Brad woke me up to tell me that the dog got on Zack's bed and PEE'D all along the top of the mattress. He didn't have a mattress cover on that night so it went straight into the mattress!!! So needless to say now I get to buy him a new bed. He really wants a bunk bed with a futon on the bottom,we will see what he gets.
So the reason all the dogs are sleeping outside is A. Sahara and Drake have been sleeping in the same kennel for the last 5 years. All of a sudden it is to cramped and she would attack him in the middle of the night. So we had to separate them. Well we only had two kennels. So we put sahara in Bowzers kennel and put the two boys in the larger kennel. It seems to work fine if my drunk neighbors would just stay in there house! We have since moved them into the garage(it will be winter soon enough) and they are happy with this sleeping arrangement.
I am at my new position now. I applied for a management position with IHC and got it! So I am now the Training Operations Coordinator for Physicians Billing. YEAH! The great side is I have allot of freedom, but I also get to make a lot of changes that I know will benefit this dept. Of coarse there was a raise. But also I have to work 40 hours now and I am required to work over time every month end. So a little on the ugh side. But over all I am happy for the change.

just another spring

So as it goes here we are again. WEEDS Yuck! I have pulled 2 full garbage cans of weeds, and still have more to go. Last week Brad and our neighbor cut down the last tree on the south side of our house. We have a cluttered garage and are ready for some serious cleaning. I don't know how it happens. Every spring I think we do 4 trips to the dumps. Crazy!
Zack is so close to being done with school his last day is June 5th. We will have him signed up for summer soccer and maybe two days at the rec center for over all sports exposure. Maybe he would like to rock climb....just a thought. He is getting pretty burned out. It was such a fight to get him to read or do any home work. My Gerri's kids go to school in Wyoming and they never get home work. I agree that they need to have a separation of school and home. I think parents should teach there children but I sure don't take my work home with me. So it should be the same for school. Maybe I am a cop out or contradictory. But I can see why he is totally DONE.
We have decided to turn off our Internet and cable and home phone. It has been about 3 weeks now and you would be shocked at the difference. We are spending more quality time together. More is getting done around the house. I am less tired, and I think we as a whole are in better moods and getting out there more. I am excited to see how long this will last. Part of the reason was to encourage us to get off our butts. But the bill was just getting ridiculous. Why are we paying so much for Entertainment?!? But we have had a few surprises as well. Our beloved dog Sahara had a Uterine infection and had to have exploratory surgery that almost cost a house payment. Brad says if it was any of the other pets he would have used one of his own bullets and saved the money. But in this case it was something that once fixed she would recover 100%. And she is our first pup how can we dispose of her so easily. He thinks he could do that but I know that given the same medical circumstance he would have done the same for any of the others. Of at least I would have made him. he he
So no Cable, lots of weeds, half a tree to get rid of, Zack out of school, sick dog, Stupid birds trying to eat my plants. That is what is going on in our live. You should not expect to much writing as I said no Internet and I can't pull this at work every day;)