Hello again

It's been awhile since I have been on here. Dial up sucks! We've had ups and downs since Ive last blogged.
Our holiday was good and sad at the same time, my Dad came out from California to visit for Christmas. It was nice visiting with him, he is doing so much better since he is sober now. He just celebrated 2 years sober on January 22nd! It was sad because I missed the rest of my family so much, maybe this year we can go visit for Christmas.
My daughter isn't happy here in this house. She does not like her school, wants to go back to the school she went to before this one. he kids at her school now are rough and not nice, she feels like she doesn't fit in.
The house that we live in is nice, not big enough for all of us but nice. Living in the country is beautiful and peaceful, I love looking out my windows and seeing nature. But it has it's down sides. It's so dark here, which is wonderful when you want to look at the stars in the sky, but not so great when the kids have to wait for the bus in the pitch black dark. I am not comfortable with that at all, they are too far away from the house so I couldn't hear them if they yelled for me and I can't see them except a little light from the flashlight they carry to see along the road. We live pretty far from any stores, and Jeff's work. We are spending so much money on gas it's insane. So we are looking at houses in town, which I found were cheaper then here and closer to Jeff's work. So we would save money on rent and gas! Just not sure when it will happen, the kids will definitely finish this school year here.

101

A friend has urged me to make a 101 list. Which is basically 101 things I want to do in my life before I die. No idea if I can come up with all 101 things in one try so I may edit every once in a while.

So here it goes, in no particular order...

1. Make a snow angel
2. Swim in Costa Rica waters
3. Visit Alaska
4. Spend a month in Scotland
5. See the Eiffel tower in person
6. Spend the weekend on an island in Greece.
7. Learn how to ice skate.
8. Go to a professional football game
9. Achieve my GED
10. Not care what anybody thought about me for a whole week.DONE
11. Be forgiven.DONE
12. Make a birthday cake from scratch. DONE
13. Swim with dolphins
14. Own a house
15. Be debt free
16. Take my kids to Disneyworld
17. Learn to play the piano
18. Learn to play the guitar
19. Speak publicly....DONE
20. Take a two week vacation alone with my Husband.
21. Get over my fear.
22. Sing karaoke
23. Learn how to make a cobbler
24. Take a road trip with my best friend. DONE
25. Paint a picture worth hanging on a wall. DONE
26. Scuba dive
27. Have an amazing art collection
28. Spend a week in a cabin in the mountains with no electronics to distract me
29. Go to Hollywood and walk the stars.
30. Counsel someone
31. Visit Stonehenge on the equinox
32. Lose weight and maintain it.
33. Make a French dish
34. Take dancing lessons
35. Donate money to a good cause
36. Go on a cruise
37. Get laser hair removal
38. Have a family reunion kickball game
39. Go ocean fishing
40. Take a vacation alone
41. Have a romantic dinner
42. Own a bookstore
43. Build a library in my house with built in bookshelves
44. Run a marathon
45. Make a garden
46. Keep the garden alive
47. Change a life
48. Learn to walk in heels
49. Own undeveloped property
50. Go horse back riding on the beach
51. Visit Louisiana
52. Buy a brand new car
53. Dance in the rain


I'm sure more will come to me soon.