Surprisingly Insightful

My daughter is only 10 but I seriously think she’s becoming a teenager. The attitude she displays these days is quite unreal. Even my neighbors were quite surprised at her attitude yesterday. My husband jokes about the kind of relationship that her and I will have when she becomes a teenager, but to me, it’s no joking matter. Seriously I am really not looking forward to her teenage years. I’m not looking forward to the day that I need to start purchasing her the best acne treatments available. When she starts getting serious acne I can just imagine the drama that will go with that. If her attitude over the past couple of weeks is a sign of things to come, then I definitely don’t want it!

Yesterday I was so…fed up with the kid’s fighting that I was seriously thinking about running away to the Outer Banks. I would have to say that yesterday was probably one of the worst days ever for their behavior. It didn’t matter what type of punishment I handed out, it just didn’t seem to do any good. Well I’m happy to report that today is a much better day and they haven’t hardly fought at all. So I don’t think I’ll be running away just yet. When I told my husband of their better behaviour today, he said that now that I mentioned it, they might start acting up again. So by saying it out loud and now posting about it, I seriously hope I haven’t jinxed myself. Only time will tell I guess.

The first of the week I was informed that one of our radio personalities had passed away. Now I hadn’t seen him in a very long time so I wasn’t even aware that he was sick. But I was told that he had lost a tremendous amount of weight so I just assumed that he passed away from cancer. Well last night I found out differently. He actually died of liver failure and it could have been prevented.

In January his doctor told him that if he didn’t cut back on his drinking he would be dead within six months. Well he didn’t quit drinking or even slow down and seven months later he died. This has got me doing some serious thinking. Why in the world would a man of only 53 choose drinking over life?? If he had of stopped, he wouldn’t have been in perfect shape, but he would probably still be alive.

I realize that alcoholism is a terrible disease, but it just sickens me to think that he chose the alcohol over life.

Honestly guys if my two younger kids don’t stop all their fighting I’m going to blow a gasket! I always thought that the older the children get, the more behaved they would become. But this definitely is not the case in my house. I have spent the entire summer listening to these kids fight. They will fight over anything and no amount of punishing or grounding will make them stop. Thank heavens they are both headed back to school in less than two weeks. I honestly don’t think I can take much more of this.

End of rant, continue on with your normally scheduled programing. lol

Well my husband and I have decided to trade in my vehicle and upgrade to an SUV. To accomplish this, I’m going to have to apply for my very first Auto Loan. This process is quite exciting, but a little scary as well. As I’ve never applied for a loan of any kind before I am a little timid as to the steps that this will require. But my husband has had auto loans before and has even applied for a Bad Credit Auto Loan before as well. So he will help me out with this venture a lot.

It’s a good thing for people like me that there are companies around such as apexautoloan who can help me during this process. And I can even apply online if I want to. I think this is probably the way I will end up going. I really like to do most of my business in life online and if I can accomplish this process online as well I think it may take away some of my nervousness.

While I was growing up, I really wasn’t concerned with my health. I really don’t know why but I think that it may have something to do with the fact that I didn’t relish the thoughts of getting older. But I have found that I’ve been thinking a lot about my health and possibly health issues since turning 40. And I have also been investing in a lot more products that concern my health. I have looked into purchasing progesterone and I have just recently starting taking vitamins again. So I guess it’s better later than never that I started paying attention to my health. And hopefully if I keep up this trend, I will love a long, healthy and natural life.

A couple of months ago my husband and I decided not to put our home up for sale, but to stay in it for a while longer and build an extension. After the decision was made, we did a lot of talking but not a whole lot of working on it. So today we went out and purchased some of the supplies to start building the extension. We spent quite a bit of money and didn’t get half of the supplies that we needed. So I guess this extension is going to be built in bits and pieces. But at least we have gotten a start on it. Hopefully it will be all done for Christmas and we will be able to put our tree it in. This would be the best present for me. More space.

My daughter is only 10, but I swear she’s going on 20. She is such a drama queen! Most of the time when “her world is falling apart” I just have to laugh. Like today. She was getting ready to go on an outing with her uncle, cousin and brother. When she looked in the mirror after washing her face, she seen a pimple. Oh my, the way she reacted you would have thought the sky was falling. She came running out of the bathroom claiming she is getting the world’s worst case of acne. Since she’s only 10 I really don’t see that happening yet. So we put a little cream on her pimple and she went on her merry way. Honestly I can’t wait to see how she acts when she really does get acne.

Now that the kids are getting older, I have been having some serious thoughts about returning back to work. But, I really don’t want to go back into the service industry or the retail field. One area where I would love to work would be in the IT industry. This industry is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing fields in the job market and is also showing itself to be one of the better paying careers in the job market. But to become successful in this industry, I really need to get a Cisco certification.

Thankfully I have come across a site that can help me to get my Cisco certification quite easily and quickly. Over at this site I have found lots and lots of information regarding the program as well as information on how a person just like me can be Cisco certified. They also have testimonials from past clients who were extremely happy with their services.

For a 40 year old stay at home mom who is seriously thinking about heading out to the workforce, this field seems to be a dream come true. Not only is there a lot of room for advancement and growth in this field, but the pay that comes with a certification with this career will help me to help the children in all their life’s endeavors. So if your thinking about re-entering the workforce, or your just unhappy in your current job, then I strongly suggest that you check out this site to discover just how you can get started in a wonderful new career that you are bound to be extremely happy with.

When the kids got out of school at the end of June for their summer vacation, I honestly thought that the summer would creep by slowly.  Well I can’t believe how fast it has gone by.  It’s almost the end of July already and August is just around the corner.  If I thought July went by quickly, then I’m thinking August is just going to soar by as well.

The first of August my sister in law and brother in law are coming home from out West for two weeks.  Both of the younger kids have birthdays the around the first and my husband is taking a weeks vacation around the first week of August as well.  So I guess I’ll have to put on my running shoes and get ready for a very busy and fast August.

How about you guys?  Do you find that this summer is just flying by?