Being A Single Mom

So, Taylor has officially been in Texas for two weeks. I have gotten just a small dose of what it would be like to be a single mom. I must say that I am truly exhausted. I never get a break. And I know that I will deal with it because it is only for two weeks. To me that seems like a really long time but in reality it's not. I am definitely left in awe of anyone who is a single parent. That is just such a HUGE responsibility and committment. I, at least, got to do with a 9-year old who I could send to school and who could keep himself occupied with LEGOs. For those parents that have younger children who need constant attention, I am thoroughly impressed. I don't know what I would do if I had to be a single paretn.

I just wanted to say that I have much admiration for ALL the wonderful single parents out there and also that I can't wait for Taylor to come home tomorrow so I can actually have a moment of a break. Single parents are AMAZING!!

A Journey To Share

I just wanted to let you all know that I have decided to change my lifestyle a bit and get healthier. I guess I should just say "get healthy" as I am not one of the healthiest people I know. Anyhow, I have started another blog that will be about my journey to a healthier me. It is called A Journey To Share. Please feel free to check it whenever you want. Please leave comments or share the site with other people you know as I can use all the encouragement that I can get in order to stay healthy. I am a bit of a junk food junkie and I need all the help I can get in moderating that. Check out my site!

I WIN

Hey everyone!
I just wanted to share that I just won a contest on my friend, Bobbi's blog. It's called N Her Shoes. She is always writing healthy lifestyle choices. I always find her blog to be encouraging. So, she's always having contests for free give aways and I actually won one for some laundry detergent, called WIN. So, as you can see, I "WIN"!! Anyhow, I just thought I'd share a little about her blog. And anyone can enter her contests. She alwasy cool goodies to give away, usually having to do with health and exercise. So, check out her blog!!

Some Random Things For the Past Month

Well, it has been a while since I have posted. There have been many ups and downs in the past month or so, that I don't know where to start.

As you all know, Tyler has been acting up A LOT in the past month and half. He got in trouble majorly at school one day (the day before my birthday) and since then has been acting up non-stop just refusing to do his consequences. In the last post you read about the police coming because of his tantrums. In addition to that Tyler has been stealing some stuff and lying A LOT. Tyler tried to get out of his homework so he told me that he threw it away. He didn't think that I would make him go get it but... I did. And he actually started digging through the trash can as if to prove it to me which I don't understand cause he would have to tell me the truth once he was at the bottom. But he went through the trash can. Here is a picture of this:

As you can see, he's already almost to the bottom and STILL has not admitted that he is lying.

Just a couple of weeks ago, I was able to do a couple of babysitting jobs. This is a picture of one of the boys that I baby sat. His name is Jacob. He was so cute and SO good. He cried a little when his dad walked out the door but then he was absolutely fine for the rest of the day.



In addition, we've had some interesting weather in the past couple of weeks. I've noticed in the most when I take Tyler to school.

When you look to the north, you see this, snowy mountains:
And when you look to the south, you see this, rolling green hills:I just thought that was kind of cool to share just because it seemed interesting to me to look at both of the things on the same day. Yeah, it's these little things that keep me going everyday. :-)

Sorry about the next few parts of this post because I think it's just going to me jumping from random subject to random subject. They all seem important to me but there is no rhyme or reason to them. So, bear with me.

So, in addition to all of this, I have started going to school to become a Medical Assistant. But first I have to take these ridiculous pre-requisites. I could pass every test without ever going to class or reading the material. But it's good because I have started and there's no stress with it.

As of last night at midnight, Tyler finally finished his final assignment from his consequences (which started on Jan. 12). That is how stubborn Tyler is. He refused for such a long time and amazingly I didn't 'give in. But I do see lots of changes in Tyler (and myself) since this all began. I actually do feel like he is going to try to make a better effort to make the right choices. So, I am so thankful that this battle is completely over. Now, we can have some fun together again. Woo hoo!!

Taylor left for Texas on Sunday (Feb. 15) to help his brother with his business. He is going to be gone for two weeks. That's a REALLY long time. :-( Well, on Tuesday (Feb. 17), I had to call Taylor and tell him that his truck was stolen right out of our car port in our apartment complex!!! Can you believe it?? Amazingly (by God) the truck was found the next day. So, it is at a tow yard. However, since Taylor is out of town, and the truck is registered under his name, then I couldn't get his truck without a notarized letter from Taylor saying it is okay for me to pick up his truck. Ridiculous! And on top of that I have to pay the tow yard to get the truck back!! Not even sure exactly how much that will be.... but I'm sure it will put a dent in the money that we already don't have. So, I finally got the letter from Taylor yesterday after the Police Traffic Office was closed so now I can go get the truck today. I'm kind of scared of this because I don't know if it's okay or if all of Taylor's tools are still inside. So, that I will be doing today. But definitely, Thank You GOD for getting it back!!

Another praise is that I have a job now. It is a part time job in Redlands, shipping small parts for a vintage car shop type of Business. They kind of make re-wiring systems for old cars. It seems pretty cool. I won't be doing any of the re-wiring. And the boss seems really great and he's working around my school and my family. Amazing!!!

And as far as the adoption is concerned, all of our stuff in this phase is complete. There is a court date on March 2nd for the termination of parental rights for Tyler's birth mother. Please pray for that day because it may (or may not) be a rough day for Tyler. Then after that date, I'm not totally sure what else we will have to do.

I think that is all for now. I will try to keep this more update so that I don't have to try to think of everything all in one post because I'm sure that I forgot something. Anyhow, thank you all for your support and prayers.