Deliquent!!

Okay...so I have been terribly deliquent in updating my blog. Somehow, the enthuasism left for awhile but I visited Jonathan's page and realized that I couldn't be like him so....also, the fact that my DAD has one now too is kinda motivating me to get back in the game.

Anyway, quick updates about me, David & kids....

David has sent his PACE application into SC Board of Education. He is thinking of joining the teacher ranks as a special ed high school teacher. That way, he keeps his state pension and benefits but gets to leave the mental health center. Plus, he will get back to working with kids which he enjoyed more. If the Board of Ed accepts him, then at least he has a choice!! He is also thinking about the possibility of taking a full-time position with the drug & alcohol comission where he has been doing part-time group therapy.

Hannah has been swimming now for almost 3 months and I cannot say she LOVES it but at least she still enjoys it. Last meet, she swam a 200-meter IM under 3 minutes, which for the first time, is a good time. Actually, just the fact that she swam it amazes me. Someone would have had to pull me out mid-way because I would have drowned. Anyway, she gets better and better each meet and it is fantastic exercise.
She is also quite the little socialite, which for those who knew her when, is quite funny. This was the child that hid behind me whenever anyone dared look her way. She had her 11th birthday party at our local park with about 20 kids. Of course, she threw up towards the end but we bravely partied on!!

Knox has finished standing around on the baseball field, uh, I mean, playing baseball this fall. It was excruitating to watch. He was scared silly of the pitches and being the youngest and smallest on the team, always got put in the outfield. For some reason though, he really wants to play so I guess it is back to spring ball after Christmas.
He is about 1/3 the way through with his braces and the difference is AMAZING!! Best $2000 we have ever spent. I don't have a close-up pic but I'll have to post one and then you can comment on how AMAZING the change is!!

Katy has started horseback riding lessons again. When we pulled up to the barn the first time, she just about had tears in her eyes. She looked around and reverently said, "Mooommmm, look at the hooorsssesss!!" The man 1/2 of the couple that own the barn is European and Katy cannot understand a word he says. It's great fun to watch him try to tell her something while she is riding and her just stare blankly at him. Her trainer has to translate his English for her. I think we may be destined for a horse someday, after I win the lottery.
A little boy in her class has got a massive crush on Katy and I am friends with the mom. We are planning a June wedding.

Macon is, well, Macon. God bless him, he is going to kill me one of these days. The child has got to be the most stubborn person ever created and I thought I was horribly stubborn. Suggest something to him and he is sure to do the opposite, unless you try to use it against him, and then he is sure to do something completely different. He doesn't outright disobey, neccessarily, but, whoo boy, does he like his way.
He is involved in a reading program at our school called Reading Counts where students take tests and receive points for books they have read. He just completely a second-grade book. Uggh, what are we doing in Kindergarten??
He is also playing flag football. They are actually running plays, which of course the kids completely telegraph by pointing and yelling, "Hey, coach, I'm running that way, right?" It's been really really fun because we have a group of five boys from our neighborhood on the team. The parents of this group are the troublemakers :)

I am still busy on PTA. I have figured out that I am pretty good at what I do. I think I mentioned before that I wish there was a job where I could get paid for doing what I am doing for PTA. I like helping out the school but we sure could use the money for that horse!!

Okay, so I said quick but anyone who knows me knows I cannot be quick when I am talking!!