Long time No type......

Wow, so its been several months since I've blogged last. I was shocked to find that my blog was still active. A lot has been going on here. We've been extremely busy with our usual day to day family routines. We started homeschool in September after labor day and have been going strong. Caitlin seems to be enjoying school and is flying through everything. I almost have a hard time finding challenging things for her to do. Shes working on 2nd grade reading, which we've finally hit an area that challenges her. Everything comes so easily for her that it makes her VERY angry when she has to work to get her words correct. She is a whiz at Science and Math. And she loves both. She loves to write stories and seems to write at least one or two princess stories a day. One of which was a story about mommy princess that was eaten by a dragon....I believe that was the jist, I'm not sure if I like that story tho. :) School as been fun, we've been on break since October 24th, as I flew to Ohio on the 25th to help my mother with my grandmother. Its been a challenge to be here watching and ultimately waiting for my grandmother to pass away. We've a great time one friday evening. It was just her and I. The way I've always enjoyed it. I actually said a few words at her funeral and had them play a song for her. It was nice and I did make it through the entire thing without fumbling and crying to much. I did have to stop a few times but it went well. I will post my words at the bottom. My brother caught me afterwards and said He was doing just fine until I spoke. In my mind I keep thinking *cha ching* Others could feel how I felt and thats what I wanted. Anyway, I will be going to the cemetary tomorrow for the burial of the ashes, next to my grandfather. Mostly just immediate family. I am going to place a few things in the vault for grandma's safe keeping. Things I know she will love. During the services I finally was able to see my cousins whom I haven't seen in so long. It was great to get back in touch with them. Of course we all exchanged email addresses (gotta love the information age) and there should be no reasons we can send out a howdy every now and then. After the burial, I will be heading back to Columbus to catch my flight back home. I am so excited to see my babies. I've missed them so much. Oh and I miss my adorable husband as well. He's a trooper. He's put up with so much from me these past couple of weeks. Bouts of sobbing, yelling and even some down right temper tantrums. :) Stress it does crazy things to ya. All in All everything went smoothly, but I'm glad its over. Hopefully when I get home I can do some journaling about death and my experiences with watching someone die. Morbid I know, but I've learned a lot the last couple of weeks and I think sharing would be a good thing. Ok off to finish the packing I go........





Me and my Grammy August 2000 at Tom and I's wedding