What a Year!!!!

2011 sure is turning into an interesting year! Here's a little about what's been going on in our world:

• I turned in my keys and turned my classroom over to someone new in February. I started my new job as a math intervention teacher at a PUBLIC!!!!!! school. I do math intervention for half of the day and the other half of the day I substitute teach in my building or in a building close to mine. I am in heaven and still can't believe that this is my life! I love my job and I love the public school atmosphere. I have had SO many great experiences and professional development opportunities in the past 5 weeks. I will be pink slipped at the end of the year but I hope that I get something for next year.

• R had his business name and website content pretty much stolen by another business in our town. They started the SAME business as him with the name only varying by one word and changed two words of his mission statement to use as their own. It makes me sick to my stomach that people would do this. Our town in small and the last thing that R really deserves is having the rug pulled out from underneath him. I mean they pretty much stole his name and business and are claiming it's their idea and original content. We consulted lawyers and are going to try to avoid sending a cease and desist letter but it may come to that if they won't be amicable about it.

• In more exciting news R got a part time job as an executive director of a foundation. It's a really great opportunity and barring anything coming up on his background check or credit report he has the job. It's just about 15 hours per week and he can mostly work from home! I'm very excited for him especially since he just took a huge blow this week with the whole business stealing. I just pray that it works out because our credit isn't completely stellar with the issues we've been dealing with for the last 2 1/2 years!

• Little man and Baby M are doing WONDERFUL!!! I love them to pieces and I couldn't ask for better children. They are comical, have contagious giggles, and are so smart! I hope that I can spend the summer NOT working and home with them.

• We're on sprin.g brea.k this coming week so I'm looking forward to having the week off. My mom is going to take the boys for a few days to spend time with them so we're going to have some time off. I'm looking forward to a little break and having time to read and get some things done around the house.
  

I'm Back!

Wow, really it's been since August since I've posted?!?!? It's one of those things that I've been "meaning" to get around to now for months. Things have been busy, wish I could say that I haven't posted because I started a wonderful new high paying job, or that R had finally got a job, or that I won the lotto, but nope things are pretty much the same.
I have a new position that is A LOT more work and the same amount of pay (not sure how that works?) and I've been working 60+ hours since the school year started just trying to keep my head above water but overall it's going well. I'm still on the look out for new positions and jobs that open up and I apply for everything but no luck. I was passed up again for 2 positions in our local school district once again because I have my master's degree. I'm really contemplating my new career move and going back to school because I'm totally screwed. I need to advance in order to because able to get a better paying job that's higher up on the totem pole.
R's business isn't going bad. He's gotten some new clients and one is ever a steady paying one so that's nice, though it's very minimal. He keeps VERY busy and is working harder than he ever did when he made thousands. He's also super dad and doing a wonderful job keeping the house running in my absence.
Little man started kindergarten and is LOVING it! We have parent teacher conferences tonight so we'll see how he's "really" doing, lol. He's reading at a level 2 which is pretty good for the beginning of the year and he's going to start learning decoding skills in small groups. Overall, I'm happy with his teacher. She's pregnant and will be going off on maternity leave in January so hopefully that goes well. He's a little too chatty and a bit silly at times but his behavior isn't terrible.
Baby M needs a new name on this blog because he's HUGE and so not a baby anymore. He can say his ABC's, count to 20, and he knows all his shapes and colors. He just turned 2 in the beginning of September and amazes us each day. He can now carry on complete conversations with you and just loves life. I love that I can come home everyday, yes everyday, and I ask him how his day went and everyday I get the same answer, "good." I'm going to miss the days when I don't get a "good" from him. He smiles all the time and is such a happy go lucky kid.
There's the quick update. As for smaller less important details I've started running again and I'm getting frustrated that I'm gaining weight, yes you read that right, gaining weight!!!! We're contemplating baby #3 but I don't think that's going to happen at this time. I'm really going to try to be better about blogging!