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...

Well, I guess I missed blogging yesterday. Not to worry, though, because I didn't really have a lot to write about anyway! Today, Jessica had a dental appointment to get her teeth cleaned. While she was getting her teeth cleaned, I got my night guard adjusted and hopefully I won't ditch it during the night like the dentist says I might. Evidently, I also have to keep it away from the dog because dogs like to chew on night guards. Alyssa and I are still practicing on memorizing the multiplication tables. She still doesn't believe in my method, but I am on the way to getting her to understand it.

I sat down to write a few lines for Wednesday, when I realized that it's NOT Wednesday! It's only Tuesday.....blah! Well, anyway, I guess I'll just have to deal with it. Alyssa made a 95 on her first multiplication test.......We are so proud of her! She has her next multiplication test on Friday for the 3's and 6's and we have been practicing with flash cards for that one. She is supposed to go to a friends house in the evening on Friday and then she is going to the Museum of Natural Science on Saturday for girl scouts to work on a badge. Saturday evening, we are going to go and celebrate Donna's birthday but not sure yet where we will celebrate at.

Once again, it's Monday. I'm just glad that it's almost over. Today was one heck of a day. I was the only service rep in the office and the phones rang off the hook. I ended up taking a late lunch and did a little early Christmas shopping. I feel like I really accomplished something today just by doing that little bit of shopping. I think it must be therapy for me. :o) Once we got home, Glenn had home-made pizza ready for us and the girls got their studying done. Alyssa's got a religion test tomorrow and a multiplication test on Friday. We worked on the flash cards and I think she is well on her way to getting what it's all about. Last year she learned where all the states were and now she is learning what all of the state capitals are. She's going to one smart little cookie! Jessica will start practicing this week for the JV Cheer Christmas show at the Downtown Aquarium on December 14th. They have to learn 2 dances, one Christmas chant and one new cheer for the...

Once again, it has been a really beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the temperature didn't get out of the 70's. Jessica worked on her school Social Studies project for most of the day and when she was finished, the whole family went on another bike ride. We rode down the greenbelt up to the elementary school. We rested while the kids played on the playground equipment. Then we took off again through the Willow Lake subdivision and then back to on to our Willow Point subdivision and then on home. When we got home, all four of us threw the football around in the front yard, so I think we all got much needed exercise today. Glenn worked all day on Saturday so he'll get the day off tomorrow. I'm jealous!