Hooray - another successful night!

Carli successfully slept all night in her bedroom again last night. I know it's only the second night, but I'm still thrilled that she's doing it. She came into our room asking if she could sleep with us.

I gently said, "No, you need to go back to bed." Then she said, 'but I'm thirsty." And I told her, "well, go get something to drink" and she promptly walked herself out to the kitchen and got a drink of green tea. Then she went back to her bed and went back to sleep.

Carli and sleeping through the night in her own bed

Carli successfully slept through the night in her own bed last night, without once getting up to come into bed with James and I. She even managed to sleep without having the television on all night. I went and turned it off around 10 p.m. when I myself went to bed.

I thought she would wake up and fuss about it, but she didn't. I was surprised, but happy that she remained asleep. I guess she didn't because before she went to bed we told her that she was to try and sleep without having the t.v. on all night, I told her that I would be coming in to turn her t.v. off after she'd fallen asleep and she acknowledged that it would be alright if I did.

So, I did. Yay for Carli managing to stay asleep all night, in her own bed, in her own bedroom. It wasn't very difficult for her because I think she really wants to do it and not sleep with mom and dad anymore. She's nearly 8 years old (November) and she is ready to be a big girl.

Wow, have I been neglectful recently on this blog!

But no big surprise. I do have three other blogs I'm writing, one of which I haven't blogged on since April! So, guess I must say I have two blogs that I am working on. Caregiving, what's it all about? And, A Day In The Life Of Me. The other two blogs are sitting idly by being neglected. Oh well, it could be worse!

So, it's been awhile

since I posted on this particular blog. However, that doesn't mean that I haven't been blogging elsewhere. I have divided (0r compartmentalized) my life, to some degree and think it's better. That way not everyone is forced to read all my editions and musings...they can pick and choose what they want to read, or not.

I only have a couple of followers on here and I would like for those followers to please look at my other blogs and perhaps follow them, as well. Some of you might be amused at what I am thinking and what I am writing - or not.

If you'd like, I will personally send you the links to my other blogs. Let me know what you think!

Easter Sunday

So, while some people celebrate Easter with chocolate bunnies, colored hard-boiled eggs for the kiddies to find and Easter baskets full of other candy, this is not the true meaning of Easter. Consider me guilty of this childish pleasure, because I have a 7 year old who loves to hunt for the eggs the "Easter Bunny" has hidden for her. Easter is celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after being nailed to the cross on what we now know as Good Friday.

I grew up in a Christian household where I learned that Easter was a time for hunting Easter eggs and then going to church to learn about Jesus' resurrection. Every year from the time I was a toddler and into teen-age and early adulthood (although the Easter Bunny stopped visiting my house when I was about 12). Hence, beginning today, we are now engaging our daughter in the same way.

Yes, we let her hunt said Easter eggs - as I said in the beginning of my blog. But, we also purchased 'The Passion of the Christ' to watch later today - since we are waiting on some things before we start attending the church we've decided on becoming members.

I love Easter, bunny, chocolate candies and Jesus Christ.

God Bless!

Back to work and school

It's nice to finally be back to work and having Carli back in school and learning. The week of Spring Break was wonderful and busy, but that was a nice change from Spring Breaks of past. I have Carli signed up for Summer School in June, and will turn in the application at work tomorrow. So nice being able to work at her school and get the same vacations as she does. Every parents dream - or nightmare if you have ill-behaved children! Ok, only kidding -all kids are well-behaved, right?!

I was sick with a cold/bronchitis during Spring Break and my first week back to work. I'm still sick, but feeling better. Sort of. I'm not sure if I have bronchitis or a cold. Oh well, whatever it is I will manage somehow.

Four more weeks of regular learning and then three weeks of DIBELS. I am going to be busy, busy, busy, but that's ok. What I'm most interested in finding out is if I'll be getting my contract renewed for the 2010-11 school year. I hope I find out soon!

First Full Day of Spring!

Well, Spring may have started yesterday at 1:32 p.m. Universal Time (whatever that means!), but today is the first Full Day of Spring! - How wonderful it is to be having Spring in Arizona -that's where I live. And I love it here. There is no place I'd rather be honestly, because everywhere else it is still cold and rainy and/or snowy, except maybe in Florida - but there its a wet heat where one feels like they just stepped out of the shower into another shower (I hate that feeling!)

Here in Arizona, however, the heat is dry and if there ever is any snow (yeah, like there'd ever be snow in Phoenix), it would probably last two or three minutes, unless the weather was perfect for snow remaining on the ground for a little while longer than that. Thank goodness, though, there is never any snow here in Phoenix and for that I am grateful and happy. That's why I moved to Arizona - to get out of the rain, snow and generally cold weather that seems to last forever when you are stuck somewhere you really don't want to be.

Now, I've been in Arizona for nearly 10 years now and I don't regret my decision to move down here and start my life over. The previous 10 years I'd lived in Kennewick, WA married to a cop and three stepdaughters who completely and totally hated my guts - I don't know why, I'm not a bad person - maybe someday I'll ask them why. Or, maybe I don't care anymore, because I've moved on. I have a third daughter of my own now and wouldn't change it for anything, no really, I wouldn't.

Things haven't always gone smoothly for us, but for the most part life is good and I can't wait to see what the next 10 years brings us.