Life

...has been busy!  After the ice storm mess was gone and work resumed it seemed like life was just hectic.  LJ was acting out really bad in the mornings and I was stressed to the max.  Today was better, but I realized that I haven't been writing so I thought I'd update.

Joe and I decided that he would give LJ his meds before he left for work so that they would be in his system before it was time to start getting ready.  I'm going to really try to wake up earlier (I'm so not a morning person) so that I can go ahead and give his meds.  I purchased a set of routine cards to try.  Chrissy recommended a morning routine chart.  I've tried that before, but it was more stressful trying to get him to look at the chart and mark off what he's done on top of actually doing the stuff.  So, I am going to try putting the cards on a keyring and then on a lanyard.  That way he's got it right there with him and it'll be easy for him to flip to the next card after he finishes something.  I pray this works. 

Bella started a couple days before the ice storm with accidents.  She'd pee in her crate and just sit in it.  She'd pee in her bean bag and just sit.  And even just standing in place, she'd pee and not squat.  I knew something was wrong.  The next day I was going to take her in during the lunch hour, but when I went home to check on her she seemed fine so I didn't take her.  Then the ice storm happened and we couldn't take her in.  She didn't have as many accidents over the next week but I made Joe take her to the vet yesterday to find out what was wrong.  $115 later we found out she's got a UTI.  They gave her two meds (The same Rx but different doses).  She takes 1 in the morning and the other at night with her food.  I hope this clears up.  This is the second time she's been on antibiotics.  Once this clears, she'll be scheduled for spaying.  I DO NOT want to deal with a dog in heat.

LJ has been having a hard time with spelling and that is one of his strong points.  I just can't seem to get through to him on the words.  I need to try to come up with a different routine for him to learn the words.  Last week it was OU words and this week OI.  I'm getting frustrated and that's not going to help anyone.

Alyssa had her first soccer game last week.  They played Columbia Middle.  It was a great game.  Thomson won 3-2 in a shoot off.  The game was scored 2-2. The first five girls went up for a shoot off and the game remained tied.  The coach sent five more girls out and the first person to kick won us the game!  The girls were ecstatic!  This is the first time TMMS has been Columbia County.  Alyssa talked about it all night long.  I'm so proud of her.  And her math grade had gone way down due to her not doing well on some homework assignments and quizzes, but her teacher gave her the chance to re-do them for a better grade.  She went from a 45 to a 74.  The away game at GMC was cancelled for today so she was able to stay after and re-do her bad quizzes.  Hopefully she can get it up to a B before report cards.

I took the kids out for dinner tonight after scouts to Zaxby's.  They enjoyed it and it was nice to not have to cook.  I've made myself a "household binder" to hopefully stay more organized.  I'm going to make myself sit down and make a meal plan for each week.  When I did this before, I didn't have such a hard time cooking.  And I've moved the chest freezer out to the storage building so now I have tons of room in the laundry room.  And Bella now resides in LJ's room.  Now I just need to pick up some more shelf pieces for the laundry room wall and get my house back in order.