Back to work

I have a real job, one that is regular. Loan closings have slowed down so much that the income from that is almost non-existant. I got a job working as a court liaison for a clinical services company. Yep, it's kind of boring, but you do have to pay attention, so if the judge says your company is next, you know what the person needs--classes, evaluation, treatment, etc. Then you go out, get the referral paperwork done and go back in the court room. It's only a few hours a day, but it's allowing me to get all three little kids into Montessori, where Caleb has been for the last 3 years. And we got new furniture for the front room and game room!

Caleb has done so well there and has learned so much, I didn't think it was fair to the girls that they weren't. Rachel was starting to make up a little bit of her lost ground this year, but Caleb (2 years behind her in grade) was ahead of her in reading and spelling. Maybe she will catch up now. I wish the public schools used Spaulding for spelling and reading. It's amazing. And, of course, they spend a lot of time doing it out of their day, as well. Last year, when Caleb was in kindergarten, they were diagramming sentences. I went to observe for a couple hours. Caleb actually was able to answer some of the questions of what the parts of the sentence were and what they did. It was amazing. I think I did that in 5th - 7th grade.

In the past few weeks, both of our cats have been in season. Topaz is SO vocal. I think we will only have one litter of kittens from her. I think I will strangle her sweet little neck if she keeps waking me up all night with her calling. I did some reading...cats can go into season every 3 - 7 weeks! I'll never sleep. Dogs were much easier in that aspect!

Kevin has been gone all but 3 weekends since the beginning of January. He will be home next weekend and then gone once in April. It will be so nice to have him home! I hope we will have the tile done in the upstairs bathroom in the next little bit and have that bathroom back! Kevin is working so hard and is so tired! It would be nice to have the work done and let him rest a bit. He deserves it! I'm lucky to have such a great husband.

It's humbling to think of all the great blessings we have been given. Even though life is really tough with some of the kids, and there are always challenges along the way, I have a great life. I have been blessed with a husband that loves, cherishes and adores me for some strange reason. And I feel the same way about him. We have great children and wonderful son-in-laws.--and of course, the cutest granddaughters in the world! We have been blessed with the ability to beautify our home--both financially and with skills the Lord has blessed us to learn. We have been blessed with forgiveness for all the mistakes we made as young parents over our heads with issues we didn't understand. We have been blessed with some great therapists for our youngest kids. We have been blessed with temple ordinances that seal our family together--with Ammon and my dad and grandparents up there rooting us on. We have been blessed that with all Caleb's emotional issues, nobody has been seriously hurt (knock on wood). There is still a lot of healing to happen with all of us, but through the atonement, we will heal and be filled with eternal joy.

Now, if I can just survive church today...