State Tournament

Well, Karly's team made it to state, but they lost in the first game of the elite 8 by 13 points. Their sectional championship was an amazing game that they won by 2. Karly and her friend Sherelle were so emotional during that game that they were crying in the last full minute left in the game. It was physically draining to watch. They ended up 19-2, won their conference, regional championship, and sectional championship. This was the best any junior high team from Arthur has ever done. Wow, what a great season.

Nathan is doing well. He is getting better every day and is getting ready to do a little more intense physical therapy. His physical therapist is amazed and says he is ahead of where he is supposed to be. He will see the surgeon on the 5th, so we will see what he says.
Well, have a Merry Christmas

Christmas is coming too fast!!!!!!!

It will soon be December 1st (Happy Birthday Caitlin) and I am not ready. I have way too much going on and not enought time to do it all in . My daughter's basketball team will be playing for the Sectional Championship on Wednesday. I am excited, but trying not to expect too much. They are good, but so is the team they will be playing. She wants to keep playing, but is also ready for Volleyball to start. Nathan is just simply waiting too heal. His surgery went well, but he has a total of six months of rehab before he can play sports again. I just keep praying that this will never happen again. We do not need another injury for either of them so pray that they will be ok over the next few years and continue their sports careers injury free.

I can't believe it will soon be Christmas. I am not ready for this month at all. I hope it goes by really slow so we can enjoy it all. I pray that everyone will have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Lifes funny twists and turns!

Well, I should know by now that life always takes funny twists and turns. Today is my Daughter's 13th birthday and I am completely not ready for it. She is turning into a beautiful, wonderful young lady and I am very proud of her. She is already learning some hard life lessons, and doing well when things don't go her way most of the time. I just keep praying that God continues to touch her life and she follows his plan for her.
Speaking of God's plan, it is very hard to figure out what his plan is for my son. He felt like it was God's plan for him to play football, that it was his way into college, but that may not be. He has been injured for three weeks, and now we have found out that he will probably be having surgery in the next few weeks. Talk about your twists. The Dr. thinks that he has torn the cartilage that surrounds the joint in his shoulder. He is handling it better than me. I do not want my son to have another surgery. He has had three already in his life and that is way too many. He loves sports and this will probably put him on the sidelines for the rest of the year. Not how he wanted to spend his Junior year of high school.

My Kids Sports

Well, we are getting ready for our sixth football game, and the second one Nathan will have to sit out. He was hurt in the last one, played the whole game any way and was the top tackler, and now has a separated shoulder. He has to sit out this week, something he doesn't like to do, and starts practice again on Monday. The team is 3-2 and is doing ok, but they have to win three of the next four games to make it to the playoffs. If they can win the next three they are definately in. Karly's 7th grade basketball team is 6-0 as off tonight, and she is also playing on the 8th grade team some. They are 5-1. I am impressed with the way the 7th grade girls play together, but not with the coach. Maybe it is just the coach in me, but I am sure they could be playing much better. I am very proud of my kids and really enjoywatching them.

Time

I am sitting here, feeling rather depressed. I have been looking for a job and can't seem to find one. Have sent my resume out to almost every place that has had an opening and I have only recieved one interview. I feel like I have been doing this for years. Maybe I am just impatient, but I am so unsure about what I have spent the last two years doing. I sent one out last week, had several letters of recomendation, and still no call. A friend also sent hers and she didn't get a call either. My guess is they already had someone in mind. That still doesn't help much. I am also second guessing getting my Masters degree. What if that is what I am supposed to be doing? I don't know. I am confused and lost on this page and I am not sure when to turn it. I am doing alot of substitute teaching, but that doesn't pay much and it isn't very fullfilling. I don't know, maybe I just need to get another job and forget about this. I think I am completely waisting my time waiting for something that may never come.

Sports

My kids are so into sports. My son is doing well in football, despite the minor injuries, and my daughter has just started basketball. She is playing on both the 7th and 8th grade teams at times and is doing well, except for her knees. I am worried because everytime she gets done playing her knees hurt. Both of my kids have oshgoods slaughters disease (sp) because they are growing so fast. She wants to push forward despite the pain and play, but that can also cause major problems down the road. She is only 12, so I know that this will be a long haul, but if we can just get through her growth spurt (she's 5ft 9in) then I think we will be ok.
Oh, by the way, both teams are 3-0 and my sons football team is 3-1....... Not too bad for little ole Arthur.

Family

You know, family is so important to me. My husband is wonderful, I have two wonderful children, and an great extended family. I am luckier than most. My heart goes out to people that don't have as much love in thier life. I sometimes feel that I could do more for those, but because of our finances it seems like it would be impossible. I would love to give love to a child that doesn't have it at his or her home. I wish that I could, but I know that right now we couldn't take on the responsibility. Maybe I can find another way through my teaching. I just have to find the right teaching job. I pray that will come sooner than later.

Tired

Well it seems that the older I get, the more tired I get. I am struggling with fatigue and I am not sure if it is because I am older, less active, or both. I know that the more I exercise, the better I feel, but I also tire more easily. Wow, getting older stinks but I am determined to get in shape and look better at 40 than I did at 30. I already do but I have a long way to go and a short time to get there. I just wish I could get my husband to do the same. We are a family of sitters, and when we were younger we were both very active. I am finding that it is getting harder to do things, but if a 42 year old can swim in the Olympics, then I can become physically fit. Woo Hoo, here we go. That is all for now.

Football

I'm getting ready to go to my son's football game in Martinsville. He has a separated shoulder, but hopefully he will be able to play next week. We shall see. Sports are a very important part of his life and when he is unable to participate it drives him nuts. He is very much like me in that aspect. He has grown up into a wonderful young man and I hope he can find his path in life. I think he is on his way. Enjoy the evening.

Experience Life

Well, I am not quite 40 yet so you could say I am waiting for my life to begin. I am a married mother of two, one 16 year old boy and a 12 year old girl. The reason for the title is that last December I finally graduated from college with a BS in Physical Education. I have been looking for a job, but I am really limited to the area where I live because of my husbands job. This makes it difficult to find what I am looking for so I just have to keep looking.

Everyone says that God has a plan and I am still waiting for the plan to reveal itself. I am happy in my life, except for my weight. I have been working on loosing the weight for several years, and that led me back to my love of sports and exercising. It has been a difficult road because I put on more than 160 lbs since I graduated high school. Before I went back to college I had lost 60lbs. It has been a struggle to keep it off and I have yo-yo'd up and down 20 lbs while I was going to school. I have decided to use this blog to record my struggles with my weight, and my search for a job. I also hope to inspire other women to step outside of their own lives and find themselves.

My family has been so supportive over the last two and a half years and I hope that I can live up to their expectations.