Pittsburgh's going to the SUPER BOWL

I think my husband finally fixed this nutty computer. Saturday I finished the last 2 carpets. I didn't go to work because my husband went to a Autograph signing for the Pirates ( baseball). Wish the steelers had one where I could get our QB's autograph. THEY ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL THIS SUNDAY!!! This town truely bleeds black and gold (our football colors). People are buying up everything they can get their hands on. The first thing on the news everynight has to do with the Steeler's. I can't wait to see the game.
No test results yet. They will be here this week or next. I have been calm, surprisenly enough. Well, have a jolly day.

My aching back

I just finished steam cleaning all 6 upstairs carpets. I have 2 more downstairs to do but I am all out of cleaner. I really need to run to go get more. I need to take short break first. My computer is going to crash soon I just know it. If you haven't heard from me that is why.

I would like to start off by thanking Fizzy for the information. I know it will help.
I took my test and I am really not sure how I did. The day didn't start off Start off well and it isn't ending well. We had 60 Math questions and 60 mins. to do it in. There was a lot of Mixed fractions and I'm not sure I did so hot on a bunch. There was a little algbra at the end and I guessed on those. There is just no way I can do that without help. I barely passed it the first time I took it. I don't know if it was the fact that I didn't have any breskfast or what but the choices for the reading comp. didn't make much sense to me. Now I am a very good reader and can comperhend very well, but the choices were just dumb. Although I do have a tendancy to miss the ovious and read too much into things. We needed 41 out of 60 on the math and 38 out of 60 on the reading. So we will see. Ofcoarse all this was timed. Good thing that the testing fee is tax deductable.
On to the dyslexic, hormonal child. Is that a mean way to describe her? Well, I was at the school yesterday for a meeting with my sons teacher, principle and the lady who gives extra help to the kids. My son is doing much better, this is good news. I took a few minutes to talk to them about why I would soon be contacting the lady and the pricipal for my oldest daughter. after I explained my concerns they said that they wouldn't test her unless she had atleast 2 F's on her report card. Now I don't think that is fair. If she has below a C and is crying all the time because she can't get it and just gets it enough to sqeak by... Why wouldn't you test her to just make sure? So I said that I would be contacting them at another time. This is the longest blog I ever wrote. I"M SO PROUD!

What's New

I know it has been a while since I wrote. I have been doing research on Dyslexia. There are so many things out there designed to help I don't know where to start. It is a complicated learning disorder that is not as cut and dry as ADHD. I haven't gotten a response from the school yet meaning that my husband and I are going to have to make an appointment with the teachers and principle. That is always a fun task. Ofcoarse I will go there prepared with all of my copies of why I believe that she has dyslexia and hopefully they can give me a starting point. All though I am not going to hold my breath. Does anyone know anyone who can help me with this? Give my an outline on where to start and where to go from there. She is in 5th grade and the stuff that I read is geared toward younger kids. Please help me help her.
On another note I have been reviewing for my test it is in 2 days! OOO, I have butterflies.

The Pot is Boiling

The pot is boiling and soon it will boil over. My husband and I are both under a lot of strss and it is starting to show. I am not getting enough sleep at night and he is more tired than usual when he gets home. This makes us both more grumpy. January is a really bad time of month for us and I wish there was more that I could do about it. I have taken on as many hours as I can and so has he. Ofcorse like I said before if my pay check would get here when it was suppose to...
The weather here is just weird. One day it was 51F and the next it is snowing! That is just strange. I am however, getting nervouse about the test that is coming up next week. Zoinks! I hope I can remember enough to pass. Wish me Luck.

Dyslexia

My husband and I are thinking that my oldest daughter has dyslexia. He was helping her with her spelling words one night and noticed that she can't sound them out. Now in kindergarten her teacher told me that she couldn't do phonics but I thought that it was because she hadn't attend pre-school and was behind. Now she is in 5th grade, she has been in a special reading group since 1st and has always had trouble in school. Her being dyslexic never crossed my mind. I went and looked it up on line and she is a text case dyslexic and it says that if you catch it by 3rd grade then she has the best chance at revesing it. So now I am mad at myself. It also says that it is passed down through the genes. Now I am really mad. ADHD, which my son has is also passed down through the genes. I never knew I had such a messed up set! I feel horrible that I have kids that have to deal with such hardships that I can do nothing about. Well, we will have to find a way to over come this too.

Grumpy All Day

GRRRRR! My frustration is mounting. I had to try and do the bills this morning! Ha, what a joke. My husband only worked a few days last week and my paycheck hasn't come yet. I have so had it with the company I work for. Would you beleive that I actually expect to get paid on time and the right amount. I owe almost $500 on my gas bill and my home phone is ready to be shut off. My cell phone has already been turned off. My oldest has grown out of everything she owns and her hormones are out of control. She has been such an emotional wreck. I would like to scream and have a hissy fit now. It won't help the situation any but it will make me feel better.

A day in my shoes

I have had a stomach virus since Saturday night. I am now just getting better. I will have to go to work tonight. I may get more rest there then here. Just when I start to feel better the whole house thinks that everything is all better. Then they wear me out. My husband got a taste of what I have to go through everyday, yesterday. He had to run a bunch of errands and take care of stuff and then it came time to take my oldest to the tutor and start dinner. He started to complain ,I said now you know what I do everyday. I think more men should get a taste of what us women do everyday. Maybe then they would calm down about things.

Mixture

There is a large mixture of feelings running through me today. Relieved because my husband has gone back to work today. They haven't had enough work for him for the past two days so he has been home earning no money. Anxious because we found a lot of mold on the wall of my daughters closest. I am waiting for a guy to come to check it out so we know what kind of mold it is and what to do about it. Tired because I haven't been feeling well and I haven't been able to slow down. It is almost like the holidays are my down time and things tend to speed up after them. I am also rushed because there are a lot of things that I have to do today and very little time.

Happy New Year

On New Years Eve my husband and I went to a Country Bar with friends. We had a blast. As my last brave act of 2005 I rode the mechanical bull! Now I told the guy operating it that I wanted to go really slow. Well, He left it on medium and that thing whipped me around. I held on for a bit but I finally let go and fell off. I was sideways on the bull and couldn't pull myself back up so that is when I let go. I am so paying for riding the bull. My thighs hurt so bad. I hurts to go up and down the stairs. ooooh, the agony.