All is quiet around the house today. School started this morning. After a summer with a house full of at least six boys (somedays more) hanging around it has really been nice to have the quiet. Although the dog is having a really hard time today. He keeps laying at the window looking outside waiting for the boys to come home. The bad time for him will...

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Thursday afternoon I received a telephone call offering me the position that I had interviewed for by writing an article, make a recipe for and a 20 minute presentation, along with an actual talking interview a couple of weeks ago. Seriously, it had been a couple of weeks so I was starting in the mindset that I would be getting a "Sorry we hired...

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I have one re-registered for school this year and have two more to go this week. In our area every year you have a set day and time, depending on the school and your last name, that you go to the school to fill in the paperwork for your child for the coming year. Only thing I don't understand is that you have to fill the paperwork in with a pencil...

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What a week we have had with Alex again. He is still a "different" boy, grown up I guess but I wont complain it has been nice. I haven't had to sit and micro-manage him to get anything accomplished. This week he has really been busy with earning scout merit badges (okay finishing them up) so he can earn his next rank. He was told (yes sometimes...

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Okay so as I posted in my previous blog about my 13 year old and his adventures with the Civil Air Patrol. After he spent the weekend with the National Guard members and other CAP groups from the area, they brought me home a different young man. No complaint though, this young man is being responsible, thinking, getting organized, sharing ....

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