My teen son has started back to school

My son started his sophomore year today.  My little boy is growing up!  He's pretty excited because he started at a new school.  He attended the local public high school last year, but other than friends and that he made the varsity swim team there's not much to be missed.  It's an "A" school, but it's lacking a lot.  The classrooms are overcrowded and there's disrespectful
students that interrupt the teachers constantly, not a very good learning environment.  I found a nice small Christian school that we are all happy with and now that's the school he attends.
What a difference it makes when a teacher actually has time for each student and that students feel important and they actually have time to ask questions. 

Animals in my life

I've always had animals in my life and I wouldn't change a thing.  When I was very young, my dad and I raised an orphaned bird.  At my grandma's house I always had kitty cats.  At home I had a doggy for the most part.  In my twenties I started helping with wildlife rescue.  I've raised baby squirrels from before they opened their eyes.  I would have to keep them warm and get up through the night to feed them.  This was good practice of how life would be once I had my son:).  I've had two kitty cats, Tigger and Taffy.  And now I have three doggies, there's pics of them in another post.  Two of them are rescues.  Outside we have squirrels and birds that we feed regularly and in return they give us cheap entertainment, ha ha.  MaMa squirrel lives in our Oak tree down in the "V", I call it her condo.  She's great, she will climb on our garden window and ask for more food.  Our dogs and squirrels share the backyard better than expected.  We really love to cookout and hangout in the backyard, reading in the hammock or better yet looking up into the beautiful sky and trees and just watching nature. 

Life here is lonely...thank you to the few that have joined ;)

I log into my blog and get excited to check my stats and I see that I've had a few new visits, but no new comments :(.  The Squirrel Queen has been very supportive and helpful and I enjoy her blog tremendously.
I've had viewers from USA, Germany, Canada and even Saudi Arabia, wow.  Looking forward to hearing from women all over.  There's always something going on in every life of a women. 
I saw my hairdresser today and she's Godmother to two children.  She's very helpful in their daily lives.  So, we usually talk about kids and the world today.  When I talk to my best friend, she's always wondering when she'll be getting engaged with her boyfriend, how old will she be when they have their first child and how old will she be when the last one graduates high school, ha ha. 
We women are hilarious!  Come and share whatever is going on in your life here where woman talk about life. 

Making time to Blog

I'm still here and determined to figure this blogging stuff out. ha ha!  This has been a very hectic time.  It's the last week before my son starts school and we're not finished with our "to do" list yet.  He still needs his haircut and a few more school items....like a $100 calculator for geometry...wow!  High school is getting expensive, maybe they're preparing us for college expenses, lol!  Maybe this weekend will be more relaxing.  I don't know how my grandmother managed with eight kids!  God Bless you mothers out there with 3,4 or more children. 

I probably should let my son help me with my blog because I'm sure he knows more about the internet than I do.  I wish I were a natural on here, but I'm not.  Today I've taken some time to look at a few other blogs and I'm real impressed with people's creativity.  And I've learned that there are constantly new bloggers.  So, let's help each other out!  If you drop by on my blog, please say hello and I'll stop by your blog and say hello.  Got to go for now, everyone have a great day!

Help from afar...SquirrelQueen

Today I got advice from www.squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com.  She's in Washington State and I'm in Florida.  Is the internet great or what???  I started following her blog and within hours she had become my first member, welcomed me to the world of blogging and gave some very valuable advice.  Thank you, thank you and thank you!  This is the type of person that you want to have around in life.  You might be having a not so great day and then there's someone like SquirrelQueen there to lend a helping hand.  This is all new to me, but one day I will be able to give advice and help a rookie with their blog.  Life is good!

No time for driving with the teenager this weekend, playing with the doggies or husband,lol

Let's start with Friday, a visit to a Neurosurgeon.  Yep, he recommends surgery, always fun to think of someone operating near your spinal cord.  Seems that I have herniated discs in my cervical spine and a bone spur, ouch!  I was aware of some of this and it's time to decide on surgery, can't put it off any longer.  The rest of Friday was a good day.  My son started his new very part time job, I'm very proud of him and happy he will have some spending money other than mine. ha ha. 

Then there's Saturday, I woke up early a.m. and had an awful sinus headache.  I started taking medication in hopes I would wake up later and it would be gone.  Nope, I woke back up later that morning and headache was worse and I felt sick to my stomach.  I can't be sick, especially on a weekend!  That means no date with the hubby, no shopping with the best friend and no playing in the sprinklers with the doggies and last but not least, no driving with my wonderful son.  And that's exactly what happened!  I ended up sick all weekend and did nothing but let my hubby feed me toast.  Let me tell you, eating in bed is over-rated!  I had crumbs everywhere!  My puppy dogs were staying close to me which was really sweet, until they would hear the neighbor dogs barking and they would start their barking.  Other then that they were big babies and wanted to get in bed with me.  My Rambo thinks he's a puppy, he doesn't understand he's a 95 lb. big dog, not exactly a lap dog.

On Sunday around 4:00 p.m.  I woke up and realized that my headache wasn't as bad and I could actually talk without feeling like my head would explode.  I can't remember the last time I had such an awful headache.  First thing I did was call my grandma and let her know I was better, she had called and was concerned about me.  She's the best!  I'm so lucky to have her, she'll be 82 this year.  Next, I took a shower and then hubby made some dinner.  Dinner was so good, especially after eating toast and saltines for two days. 

This evening I did some more research on blogging, there's so much to learn.  I really hope this blog works out and I meet some women on here and who knows maybe a bunch of us will be meeting for lunch one day.  Follow your dreams and your passions and it will all work out, that's what I believe.  Hope to hear from you soon...