When It Becomes A Chore........

You know how you feel about having to do chores. You dread them, you do them because you have to but you are not happy about it. That is how I have been feeling about blogging lately, I am very sorry to say. Blogging, writing blogs, reading and commenting on your wonderful posts, has become a chore to me. I dread having to come up with a new topic to post.


I love reading about your lives, I have giggled at the mishaps of a blooming romance, cried tears of joy at the triumphs of Anissa and her family, learned from Silly Classes on Blogging, stood at the looking glass to see Alice’s poems and pictures, been envious of the obvious love for wife and sons as well as an AMAZING way with words, and learned many things from other spectrum moms and talking pickles.  All of you and MANY, MANY more have made this experience wonderful and fun.  A part of me will miss you and I imagine I will still look at life as a blog post.  "How can I blog about this?"  ;)

In my real life, I have fabulous things happening. I have a wonderful son, who while being sassy with pre-teen angst, is my world. Spring is here and with it a call to be outside where computers and internet don’t reach. The puppy is growing rapidly and as he grows so does his energy levels, dragging me with him.

I have the possibility of love. Its out there waiting for me, I just have to stop hiding from it. I have gotten very good at hiding from it. I stay home to read and write blogs! I have the love of my family and immediate friends. But I feel that now is the time to get out there and find the love of a partner. I feel it calling me and I am ready to answer it.

Don't panic!  I am not giving up totally on blogging. This will not be an empty nest, it just won’t be occupied as often. I am perched on the ledge, spreading my wings to take off..........

I Got An Award!

Jody from Take Me As I Am gave me an Award!  Thank you very much, Jody!

She thinks I am a beautiful blogger!  Isn't she sweet?

Of course there are rules that go with this.  I am not one to follow the rules all the time.  Here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.


Ok.  I took care of #1.  Now for #2
1.  I am a single mom.
2.  I work for a Non-Profit
3.  I have a puppy named Jaxon, and 2 kitties named Saylors and Kitters
4.  I live in an apartment on the River.
5.  I LOVE sunsets
6.  I am a VERY lucky woman.
7.  Even after my messy divorce (I took him to the cleaners!) I still hope to find love again.  Its out there waiting for me!

#3.  I hate this part of the rules!  I love all my followers and readers too much to choose between you all.  If you want this award, help yourself to it!

#4.  I don't have to contact anyone cause I took the easy way out!

I hope everyone has a beautiful day!  I know I will.  ROAD TRIP to Headquarters later this morning!  Gotta love the Highways!

Shoes

I am a country girl at heart.  I hate shoes.  I didn't put shoes on this winter to walk about outside until there was snow on the ground.  And then it was only when I HAD to have shoes on.

This weekend with the WONDERFUL weather I kicked the shoes off again, except when I was in a store or on my bike.  This is the result:

Dirty feet!

I'm off to wash my feet before I crawl into bed!  Nite nite!

Happy Weekend!

Jaxon is getting better.  He is sleeping through the night again and going to the bathroom normally!  YAY!  We have one more dose of medicine to give him and hopefully he will be all better! He LOVES being outside with us laying in the sun.  He's learning to fetch and he walks on the leash VERY well.  I am kinda surprised at how easy he is to train to do things. 

The potty thing is taking longer than most things but he doesn't have control over those things yet.  He will soon though!  I think he is doing VERY well with the potty thing, there haven't been any accidents in the house in a couple of days.  YAY!

Don't mind the mess!

Yes, that is a life size Bear in the Big Blue House.

Son LOVED that show when he was little and I found Bear at the Disney outlet in Rehoboth for about $10.00.  It was a find that I could not resist!  Son has slept with him ever since, the cats like sleeping with Bear and now, so does Jaxon!

My weekend is shaping up to be pretty nice and not just weather-wise!  I'm taking the car for a tune-up, meeting my BFF for coffee and a cooking demo at the mall, riding my bike and having a cookout with the Compound (that's what we call the group of apartments where I live).  Son is going to his Dad's so I will probably also be napping in the hammock by the river!  Is it 5 o'clock yet?

HAPPY WEEKEND!

My Lunchtime

Was spent like this

He had to go to the Drs yesterday cause he hasn't been eating and had diarrhea.  Poor baby has tape worms!  Ewww!  So some medicine, some brushing to get rid of the fleas, some love in the sun with Mom and he'll be good as new!

Hope everyone is having sunshine!

Puppy Damage

This cute little guy

Chewed on THIS

the cord that connects/charges my eReader to the computer

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

LEGO Group

Friday was Son's first LEGO group session.  The Dr. who trained the staff at the Autism Center was there to get them started and boy, is he CUTE!  Had I known that, I might have pushed to have Son be in his LEGO group in Voorhess, NJ!

There were about 10 to 12 boys ranging in ages from 9 to 12.  I thought the facilitators were very brave to host that many kids that age and add on top of that the fact that the boys have varying degrees of Autism!  I was also surprised at how many grandparents there were dropping off the boys.  I was the youngest person there picking up/dropping off.

The parents were not allowed to stay for the group, of course but I was in my car watching through the window.  Son behaved very well, he stuck with the LEGOs more than any of the other boys in the group.  There were boys wandering around the room, one was laying on the floor and there was Son and a couple other boys seriously building the LEGO project.

There was one boy that got on Son's nerves with his disruptive behaviors but Son let the facilitiator take care of it.  And we talked about it when we were in the car on the way home.  Son showed some empathy for the boy.  I was proud of my Son.  He's a good kid!

And Son is excited to have group again next week!  Since they are changing from Friday's to Tuesdays, there is no group this week.

I have a meeting with the facilitator of the LEGO group on Tuesday of this week to discuss Son's goal for school and some other things that have come up recently.  Have I mentioned that I LOVE the Autism Center?