Hi! I'm back!

It has been a long time since I have blogged, but then I have also been a very busy little girl. The kids are doing great. Logan is in 6th grade, has joined the band,plays the saxophone like his brother. Not sure if he chose that instrument because it was the one we currently had and out of necessity, or because he likes the saxophone. Uriah is a sophomore in high school now. He plays in the band, marching band called the Marching Dukes whatever saxophone they throw at him. Pep band in the Winter - and now he is venturing further into drama but joining the Spring musical Footloose (can't wait - one of my favorite movies). Me - I am currently a Junior in college - that's right COLLEGE. I started a four year program about 2 and a half years ago - yes I have been gone THAT long. See - I said BUSY. I am attending Ashford University. I am taking the courses online though the campus is just a hop/skip/jump (Ok - you got me a 40 minute drive). I am currently double majoring and have a minor. My main major is project Management and my second major is Human Resources Management and the minor is Business Administration. The difference in Project Management and Business Administration - MATH. Oh good Lord the math is awful. Math was easy till they decide to throw the alphabet and symbols into it. No thank you! I have been trying so hard to keep my grades up and sometimes that can be a challenge. I have two boys to tend to, we did have Cub Scouts, but now Cub Scouts has turned into Boy Scouts. I currently hold the spot of Advancement Chair in my sons troop. The Moose we had to drop down to volunteering one Tuesday a month. I just had too much going on and my academics are just too important to me. Plus the kids social lives became so much busier. Then you have work. Both Dave and I work full time - still working different shifts. I must say - without his help, I could not have made it this far even if I wanted to. Thursday evenings after I get off from work, he takes the kids, he tends to the dinner - all I do is finish my assignments that are due that day. The routine id the same. Discussions are due Thursday - every Thursday. Tests are due on Sundays and Papers are due on Mondays. Mostly 8 to 10 page papers, but once in a while I get a little one. My last little paper, I was actually docked for going over on pages. Oy! See if I do that again. I was invited to join Alpha Sigma Lambda last year, have been on the Dean's list every quarter since I was eligible and this year invited to join Golden Key. Top 15% of my class thus far keeping my GPA above 3.75. This is huge to me. I did well in high school, but I was stupid and out of principle with an issue with administration, dropped out and obtained my GED from the local college. Then married and divorced before I was even 20. So to finally be getting ahead is a big deal. My husband and I just celebrated out 15 wedding anniversary, I am doing well at work, love my job most of the time, have a great supervisor and in a little over a year will have a degree.

I mentioned my husband and I just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary - you know what we did to celebrate? Not much at the moment, but the weekend is not over yet. We exchanged cards, kisses and hugs. Then last night, we took the interstate and drove to Dekalb to go to a Panda. Yep - a Panda Express..and it was fricking good :) Today Dave may take the kidlet out ice fishing - we are kind of dealing with a slight water problem at the moment, so the fishing may not happen. We have had buku amounts of snow fall, followed by thaw and rain. Our neighbors inadvertently created an issue for us by digging a trench through the snowpile to divert the lake being created in their driveway. Unfortunately instead of going into the backyard, it came straight for our house, came through the windows and left quite a mess in the basement. The humidity level in my home is quite sufficient right now. Well - back to doing laundry. I still have a test to take, a paper to write and we have Court of Honor for Boy Scouts tomorrow, so I better head to it! I will try not to be such a stranger from now on!

Well hello there!

Life got so busy - guess what I forgot about? Um...well..... I forgot I had a blog, I forgot for 2 years. Have saved this in my favorites and will be back later. Hopefully - this week in Thanksgiving - so maybe I will have extra time. Life is a balancing act. Still work full-time, no longer an assembler or machine operator. I work in the office as a Continuous Improvement technician. The boys are now 15 and 11. No more Cub Scouts - only Boy Scouts now. Uriah is a sophomore and Logan is a 6th grader. Uriah had his first girlfriend this year, took her to homecoming - they were so cute...don't worry - I'll share eventually. New news....I'm in college. This is my third year and so far going strong. Still sell Scentsy as a hobby....love the product. We still volunteer one night a month at the local Moose Lodge. Will be back - I hear my pillow calling me.

It's been a LONG time!

This is the last time I am trying this. Hopefully the third time is the charm.

Feeling slightly miffed. I had a partially blog written up, and *poof* it was gone. So, I will try again. This time I will write it on Word – and just transfer when I am ready.

Sorry, it has been so long. I have been quite busy. Currently, at the moment, I am on vacation ignoring EVERYTHING. We just had our big “to-do” in our town. The annual Dixon Petunia Festival, which happens to be the highlight of my summer. Carnival, festival, parade…it’s a lot of fun.

My Cub Scouts and some Boy Scouts that helped and I, volunteered to help at the fest. For four different days, four hours a day, we picked up litter, cleaned up tables. There was a write-up in the paper; I will try to post a link to it here. But if it doesn’t work, it is on my facebook page. I am very proud of my boys. I was misquoted in saying it was hard work. It wasn’t really hard work; it was more of a challenge because of the heat. That and the knuckleheads who thought it was funny to throw trash on the ground. A few times we came across people who saw us picking up litter and would purposely and repeatedly toss garbage on the ground, just so the boys would come get it. After a loud, “Logan, don’t play that game,” and a dirty look from me, they would eventually stop it. I mean really???? Is that all you have for entertainment is watching a 9 year old clean up your garbage, wait till he walks away to do it again and chuckle when he comes back? Grow up dude……
Hopefully this works – a link to the paper write up. http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2011/07/04/r_kv_prje1rhuvxr28zvjjug/index.xml


This year, my oldest turned 13….can you believe it? 13….dang. He went to Boy Scout camp in late June and was voted into the Order of the Arrow. To attain this achievement, they have to be voted in by their peers. Then after the “tapping out” ceremony, they have to sleep under the stars, wake to a meager meal, be quiet for 24 hours and do a lot of manual labor. To prove their sacrifice to the cause, to prove they are worthy. Uriah passed and is now a part of the Boy Scout Order of the Arrow. 13…..I’m getting old

I have joined a little venture of my own. I don’t know if you are familiar with the product, but it is a safer alternative to the open flames of candles. I sell Scentsy products. If you are interested, here’s a link to my website. Great warmers and awesome fragrances. http://www.jenswildlywickless.scentsy.us

I also have started another venture. One that scares me to no end and I have wanted to do it for a long time and have finally bucked up and done it. I am a freshman at Ashford University. Ashford University is not too far from here, but all my courses are online. It is a 4 year program and I am working on my Bachelors in Business. So far doing OK for now…working full time at the big D, part time on my Scentsy and school…is a lot. So there you go; I’m a poor college student LOL buy a warmer  PwEaSe!

That’s it for now – Dave will be home soon. Love you all!

Pictures from the Parade



The pictures from Boy Scout camp: