Brandon just came home. Our neighbor is so nice to train him in the school of hard work. So good for a boy his age. Nothing wrong with a little hard work. I remember talking to Brandon's grandaddy yrs. ago about the value of kids needing to work when he'd go over to the farm and they'd pick up rocks out of the garden. That's why Kenny works so hard I guess, because he learned a good work ethic from his dad, and now Brandon's learning it from his dad...neighbors...whoever wants to help out with that is fine with me.
People don't really know anything about other people. I'm basing it on labels given to them. Nobody really knows another person so it doesn't make sense to label like it's an exact science. h.s. mislabel exs....yes we do....have t.v.s, ipods, video games, vaccinate, buy bread, eat processed food aka junk food, not granola-ish at all (not anything wrong with that, just not me:)....another mis-labeling ex (which has a backstory of course)...hunting is great--in fact i'd like to get rid of some of the deer in our yard so hunt them down when it's legal--we could use the meat--j.k.--I'm always telling Kenny to handle it since he learned with the best, but we're sort of in a neighborhood and Audrey loves searching for deer so....(just not for 4 mo olds--lol--a 16 y.o. revelation out of nowhere)--don't have anything against hunting and won't keep anyone from hunting if they want to hunt--it's ok.....really....it is...I don't care:).....really; we don't dislike p.s., it may be in our future or not--who knows?--the kids from camp from all different backgrounds....kids in the neighborhood.....whatever relationships the kids have...it doesn't matter where you go to school...the truth is I really don't care as long as the world's still turning.....school's great but there's more to life than that; we love family--if not why then would I spend hrs and hrs painting and making things and trying to spend time with the children even when pushed away....a person can try all day long but sometimes other people's insecurities or personality glitches get in the way--and then tweak the events any which way to make someone look disinterested or indifferent but that doesn't mean its the truth...people see things differently....it happens.
Audrey and Livy both lost a tooth the other night. Lots of tooth fairy visits lately. We've been tooth fairying a long time...lots more teeth to go.
We came home from swimming the other day and Kenny had washed and waxed the car. It looked so shiny.
What a small world we live in. It seems like everyone who lives in a small community is connected in some way, in more ways than one. The six degrees of separation thing--we were trying to figure out how many people are connected. Interesting.
Ben and Emily had dinner wtih the neighbors last night. It's always nice when someone wants to invite your child over for dinner. I'll take help whereever we can get it.
The painter's done with the building. He stained the floors too and they're still a little tacky but hopefully soon we can move some stuff in. It's really cute. What a nice get-away--can't wait to use it!
It's very busy raising a family...thank God it's getting easier as time goes on. I don't think anyone who doesn't live our life could understand...just like I couldn't understand someone's else life...how could anyone who never comes around get it enough to talk randomly with no accurate basis...have time to question anything at all if you don't spend time with someone....distance observing through the grapevine doesn't mean anything....a minute in the driveway won't do every month or so....a day, a week, here in the trenches might be sufficient to understand a little better....
Blogging is so therapeutic. Now that therapy time's over.....I need to do something else. What can I get into while Savannah's finally sleeping? I've been trying to set up a time for the kids to go for a family visit if i can ever make contact.....see who's slamming the back door, going in and out.....drive Brandon to the neighbors or let him drive with me or whatever he wants to do....think on what we're having for dinner.....read a book or a superficial (in a way), but yet, fulfilling, get-away-from-it-all magazine (sometimes it helps to take away the seriousness of life), browse and search the internet which could also be a waste of time or valuable depending on what you're looking for.....water the flowers......straighten the house up for the millionth time.....watch the kids run through the yard playing deer....chat with Emily on the porch swing.....no, take that back....Jonah's hollering for me so I need to deal with that, then on to the next step.....so many things to do
