Elanna's First Day

Today was Elanna's first day of pre school. I was very proud, all the other kids cried, but not Elanna. Of course, she already knew the room since she goes to Sunday School there every week, but I expected that she might panic because all the other kids were panicking. Also, I forgot to bring Hootie.
WIth my two and half free hours this morning I am working on writing a few articles and making reservations for our upcoming Disney World trip. Some website wants a series of articles done on topics relating to students going to college, so I'm plowing through their title list trying to submit as much as possible before the deadline next week. If nothing sells, I'll just post it to some other website that will throw it up just to see what kind of hits it will get. That's what I did with my calculator article; the website that asked for it went with someone else's. Personally, I don't think it was nearly as good as mine, but it was very pro-HP, and there was a lot of HP advertising on the site . . . If they wanted a B.S. ad piece they should have told me. I could have written a B.S. ad piece. Anyway, it has worked out because the site that did take it has generated me the most money than any article yet. I'm on track to meet my goal of $30 a month (I at least want to pay for Elanna's pre-school if I'm working instead of being with her)

I'm Back

I've really been slacking in the blogging department this week. I have good reasons, though. We finally got Dan off to the desert a few days ago. We had to struggle through a few days of shoe drama first; The Air Force "forgot" to order his shoes for four months, so he had to let someone in Resources have it. The scene was very reminicent of the one in "Glory" where the colonel is yelling at the Quatermaster about how no one in his company has any shoes. At any rate, he got shipped off, and according to his last phone call was doing pretty well.

Elanna got her first black eye on Sunday. She was running around the Sunday school classroom with a book when she tripped and fell. It looks pretty swollen, but she doesn't seem bothered by it. Her first day of pre-school is on Thursday, so I hope it has cleared up by then. Otherwise she'll have to explain to her great-grandchildren how Great-Granma managed to hurt herself while reading a book.

Hi Mom!

I gave my mom the link to my blog yesterday, so hopefully she'll find me. Not much to look at, I know, but here I am. After Elanna starts pre-school next week I'll add some more stuff on here. Maybe I'll branch out and get my own webpage.
Speaking of Elanna starting pre-school, I got my first school supply list yesterday. technically I guess it was her first list, but since she doesn't seem motivated to get a job and buy this stuff herself . . . Anyway, this school wants me to buy a can of Lysol, a package of Clorox wipes, and a box of goldfish crackers. What am I paying money for? If they can't afford this stuff, doesn't it make more sense to charge me a bit more and then buy all this stuff in bulk rather than all these tiny cans and boxes?

Free Lunch

So a wonderful thing happened today. Dan and I were eating lunch with Elanna and Hootie (who goes everywhere with us now) at Furr's when a very nice lady came up to us and thanked Dan for being in the military. Then, she insisted on buying us lunch! We were so grateful. Stuff like that never happened anywhere else we were stationed.

I guess this means I have to stop being mean to the Clovers for a while. I'm going to try really hard, too, since tonight we're going to the county fair.

We're Back

We're back in Clovis! The three of us got back from spending the week with Larry and Corrie in Palmyra, VA (it's right next to Monticello). Elanna loved playing on the boat and swimming in the lake. We also took her peach picking (apples aren't in season for a few more weeks) and shopping. Would any trip to a real city be complete without shopping at a real mall?
We're going to have a pretty busy month ahead of us. The church wants me to run a Wednesday night class for 4-5 year olds. I was told today to make up my own curriculum, so I'm looking for any ideas. The book I got is for young elementary-aged kids, and I need to come up with snacks, crafts, and games.
This week is also the first week that Elanna is going to do her speech and occupational therapy three times a week. Mother's Morning Out doesn't start until the 27th, and if I get this financial counseling job I might up her to twice a week. Hopefully, I can work something out where I can do most of the work from home after she goes to sleep.