Shelly's Blog

We just got back from a birthday party for my nephew, Brandon. He celebrated his big "8" today! Guy ordered BBQ from Hickory Hollow and as always, it was wonderful. We LOVE Hickory Hollow! The kids always really enjoy getting together and I don't think I heard a peep from any of them all afternoon. Jess and Lauren played outside and Alyssa and Brandon played with his nerf "laser" tag set and with the Game Cube. I am doing much better emotionally now, than I was when I posted yesterday. I broke down crying again and so we had a family meeting and discussed all the problems that we were all having. I think it helped.......at least it helped me and I feel better for having discussed it. Alyssa is going to make sure that she reads every day for at least 15 minutes because it is required for her reading class. She has to post every day that she reads - the book and how long she read it. Last month she didn't do well and brought home a really low grade. I told her

Friday finally made it to the "Milner House". I don't usually write about depressing things, but it's been a rough day, emotionally for me, and I have yet to actually figure out the exact reason. .......so just bear with me for this one post while I vent. It's probably a little bit of everything that has been happening over the past couple of weeks. My very good friend, Norma, lost her job last Friday and I found out yesterday that a family friend of Glenn's lost his job and has hit rock bottom, without any of us knowing about it. Alyssa is struggling with her multiplication tables and I am out of ideas for figuring a way of getting her to understand. I took Jessica out of math tutoring because I had to put Alyssa in tutoring and couldn't afford to put both in at the same time. Now, Jessica is having trouble with her math grades and I guess I'm just going to have to figure out how to put both into tutoring at the same time. I asked Jess to spea

It seems like I haven't written on this blog, in like, forever! Well, I guess a week is a really long time when I had gotten used to writing every day. It has been kind of hectic in our house with Alyssa trying to learn all of the multiplication tables and the state capitols. Jess has been having cheer practice twice a week because the squad will be doing a Christmas dance and cheer at the downtown Aquarium on December 14th. Alyssa has to dress up as a saint on Monday, so we're in the process of trying to come up with costume for St. Lucia, or St. Lucy. She was the patron saint of blindness, so Alyssa will dress up and carry a bowl of eyes, although she says she doesn't really want to do that. We have the crown already made, since Jessica was this same saint when she was in pre-k. We celebrated Donna M's birthday this past Saturday evening at Babin's. The food was great and I think the kids tried things they had never eaten before. I always like it when they