Going back to Work....

The dreaded words no mom wants to hear. I will be starting a new job on Monday. It is a good job where I will only be working part time and eventually work from home. So I will be putting my child in a full time child care. I am glad that it is a school for children with special needs and they have gotten to know Hudson since January. We are starting a new chapter next week of unknown territory. I hope it goes well. Phil said we are going to be stressed out for the next few weeks. I said Stress is a choice. I think all will go well. Here are some pictures we took in Florida a few weeks ago. Hope you enjoy them.

Getting into the New Normal

Hudson has been going to school for 6 weeks now. He attends Siskin Children's Institue in Chattanooga, TN. It is an incredible place and we have enjoyed getting to know all the teachers and children. Hudson seems more vocal now and we think it is because he is around kids more. They work with him two days a week and he also gets his therapies there too. So I am now feeling like our new normal is starting to take shape. I must blog more. I have written some notes on my facebook but I do need to get out my ideas and issues. This is also for those whom I love scattered to the four winds so that they can have a window into my life and world. I have never been the best at living life behind a camera but I will make a consious effort to be more available to blog more. I am hoping that at least every Tuesday will be my blog day and hopefully more.

Christmas without you....

My family and I used to listen to this old 80's tune of "Christmas without you" sung by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was a sad song but had a nice ring to it. My dad would always twirl my sister and I while the song played.

This year was a good Christmas but I was having a Christmas without my family. Phil and I spent a whole week in Ohio with his family who has over the years become mine. It was a great time of relaxation, visiting with friends and family, and joyus celebration not just my brother in law getting married but of the best day of the year....Christmas!

I am going to post some pictures and maybe a video to show you soon. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Cold wind and football games

I have really loved going to my brother's football games this year. I am going to show you some pictures. He is officially big enough to kick my butt. He is huge and I still kiss him on the face. I love my family and you can surely tell. My sister and I are very supportive of each other and my brother. They won their football game last weekend 64 to 0. Pretty good I thought. A new rival has been started. I wish I could have played football but I settled for the dance team and thank goodness I got to attend every football game for four years of high school free. Now that the air is getting colder it makes it even more fun. Fall is in the air and my alumni fight song rings in my ears. Is it silly I still stand and do the drill team routine to the fight song? My sister and I still belt out the lyrics to our alma mater. Thank the Lord for sports, football, and big (younger) brothers who play the game and give you a reason to attend your old high school football games.

Blogging is time consuming...

I really just want to say that I do wish I blogged more. I have so much on my mind and heart and I really do have many pictures to share with you all. So I promise I will come back here on Wednesday and update this with pictures and things that have been happening here. I will leave one picture with you. Hudson got his new chair and he hates it with a major passion. He screams bloody murder in the chair and in his car seat. ....When you hear a crying baby think of me.

Too Busy...

Sorry I have not posted in a long time. I must say life has been a roller coaster. We are still in the same situation as before. I had a job interview Friday and I hope to hear back soon. We are looking at schools for Hudson and hoping to take a tour soon. Please keep praying for Phillip and myself. We are still experiencing many emotions that really hit us so quickly and sometimes leave in the same way. We really need wisdom and discernment. More to come soon.

Apartment hunting, pizza, and magazines....

So I went apartment hunting today. It was quite fun and I must say I believe I have made up my mind on where I would stay. We have rental options galore and it is amazing to me that I must deturmine which place would make the best home. The last two places I lived was not so much a choice. My first place on my own was a very old single trailer on my grandparents property. My grandparents own amazing river front property on the banks of the Tennessee River and in between two beautiful mountains. I hope to retire on this land someday. But you must know that on this amazing land is a circle of old some uninhabital trailers that they have used to rent out. My parents bought this old trailer in the 70's used. I lived there when I first came home from the hospital as an infant. So you can imagine when I lived there as a recent college grad that it was a bit worn. My grandparents graciously allowed me to live there rent free. I just had to pay the light bill as they called it. Water came free from the fresh spring on their property and was amazingly pumped into my trailer. It had potential in a creepy horror film sort of way. I lived there for two years. My second home was an apartment on the trendy, rich town of Signal Mountain. Phil and I live here still. Since I took a nanny position they offered an apartment as part of my pay and I must say they are great and spacious apartments and I have lived up here for 4 years and counting.

Now is time to move on....we must move off this mountain to save money on gas, car mantinance, and to be closer to all down in the valley. So I saw some really nice places today. Afterward I went to my dad's house and we had pizza and I was able to relax and look at all of Ann's awesome magazines and watch Bizzare foods...I love that show. I wonder where our next place will be. We looked at a house in Middle Valley on Sunday and it was cute and cozy. We shall see........