Back Again @ MindSay

I recently read that Tess is taking an indefinate hiatus from her blog due to depression.  I understand that completely.  As you all know, I have only written a handful of times in over a year and it all started after I had a miscarriage two springs ago.  Many of you were there for me with words of comfort and sympathy and I appreciate that so much.  But there comes a point when reading your own depressive words just makes you feel worse.  You feel like a burden, a downer, someone who is very uninteresting.  I know this isn't true, but that is how you feel when you are very depressed sometimes.

Luckily, I am very much past the depressed state.  I have been in a fairly good humor for a while and can attribute my lack of blogging only to being lazy.  While I was gone I got very interested in genealogy.  I got a paid subscription to ancestry.com and really have enjoyed learning more about my ancestors and family.  It is very addicting!  I also started writing articles for Associated Content and making a little money on the side here and there.  I've been thinking about expanding my writing horizons a bit and so a few things I have always wanted to do.  More on that at a later time...

The children are doing fabulous.  Jared is now in the 3rd grade and is doing great.  He is getting so grownup and can read and write so well.  Klara started kindergarten a few weeks ago and has really been making us proud with her behavior and work ethic.  She has yet to get in trouble even one time!  Last week she lost her first tooth.  It was the bottom left front tooth and so she got a visit from the tooth fairy.  She was super excited!  Will has started 3 yr old preschool one morning a week at our church's preschool program and has enjoyed that quite a bit, as well.  That means I have one morning a week completely alone and free of children!  And do you know what I did on my first completely free morning? 

Like any good amateur genealogist, I went to cemeteries and read tombstones!  Kathy says that is morbid and I'm weird, but I love going to cemeteries and looking at the stones.  Especially older cemeteries.  Plus I got a lot of exercise!  I was foiled this past week due to a cold, but I hope to get back out and do it again this week if my sinuses are better.

Please forgive me if I don't stay 100% up on everyone's journal entries.  I'm trying to split my time up to do the various things I enjoy and it can be daunting to comment all of the time.  Just little steps at a time.  I am glad to read some of your entries again and I am going to do my best to get back into writing.  If for nothing else, to keep a written account of my children's lives.  I'll talk to you all more later!

~Alice

SOME PICTURE FROM OVER THE SUMMER

This was supposed to be a picture of the kids with a piggy at the county fair...it turned out to be a picture of the kids with a pig's butt!

This one is a bit better with the front end of a goat!

First day of kindergarten for Klara!

The kids in front of the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile.  This was right before the American Idol Concert we took them to last week.  Klara finally got to see Sanjaya in person!  Note the fancy red dress!

Yo wass up people?? If you were wondering where I was for the past two weeks I was grounded cuz of my gay german grade. I went from a 97 to a 54..then back up to a 97. Since I brought my grade back up I got ungrounded. I broke up with Brandon...I think I did the wrong thing though. But then again it was probably for the best. I mean I wanted to go out with him in the beging of the yeah but he turned me down cause I was suicidle. Then att the meet your Friends night thing I danced with him, && after that he wanted to goout with me. SO I don't really think that it was all that great...:'(

                                          For now I shall leave you....with nothing but hope

Tonight i was riding in the car on my way back from teen court with my two BEST friends, cody and sam, and sam was in front so i was stuck in back

we were jsut laughing and talking and it was so fucking fun

i sat back and watched my two best freinds and thought damn look at this

the sun was setting all pink and blue really pretty

and we were listening to the radio and an awesome song was on the radio

And i got a back seat view and i just couldnt explain it

it is a good life after all

thanks cody, sam, couldnt have done this with out you

Well, I'm back. Yeah Yeah, I know, who cares, get on with it already. When last I was here in any useful capacity jimschweizer and I were going on about tax policy. Exciting, eh? I've been gone but I had wanted to respond so I'll start by reposting his last comment in it's entirety and then responding.