as if my titles are all catchy, LOL, but couldn’t think of one so I’ll just start typing. Thanks for the comments on my last post. Kelley, C & B are already looking forward to seeing Ben. The new bosses closed today on the house they bought for us to live in so that’s a done deal. I have reservations about the school, but will either live with it or get mad and pull them out, though we really can’t afford that. My hope is to be in the Master of Arts in Teaching program this Fall so I can teach at the school. We’ll see how that goes when we get there.

Here’s the problem with the school…I called a few weeks ago, just to feel things out, because there was at least a possibility we’d be moving there. I spoke to the principal, who was nice, understanding of the huge change for the kiddos, said we’d “try to work something out” to get the kiddos in the same class. Well, when I called last week, he told me he couldn’t put them together. Not because there’s a policy of splitting up twins…but because the teachers all have the same number of students right now and if one teacher got two new ones while no one else got any, that teacher might be mad. Seriously? I was floored. I asked who this was about, the teachers or the students. Well, for that conversation, I was talking to the assistant principal. In the same conversation I was told that they didn’t send out paperwork ahead of time because they’ve done it before and had people not send it back. Okay, um, so they spent a dime on black and white copies and .41 on a stamp? Geez, Louise, I’m really concerned about this school right now. Anyway, the assistant said she’d “work on him” for me, referring to the principal, but I’m pretty worked up about the whole situation. It’s bad enough that they’re going from a school with 12 kindergarteners, where everyone knows them and they know everyone, to a school with over a hundred kindergarteners. The schedule is totally different, the classrooms will be different, they will spend alot more time at a desk than they have been so far, EVERYTHING will change. Is it so much to ask to at least let them keep each other in the classroom? Oh, and then he said he’d let us see the school over the break, but he couldn’t ask a teacher to come in and meet us. Well, I didn’t really expect that, but it would be nice if we could at least know which room they’ll be in…but he said he couldn’t assign them until we showed up on Monday morning. Yes, I’m worried about the school. If this is representative of how they handle their students and parents, I’m just not sure I have alot of confidence in how my children will be treated. So, yes, there’s good and bad in everything and there’s the bad. The good, we’ll be closer to family and friends and working for some awesome people…I just have to figure out a way to make the best of the bad and keep everyone happy. Wish me luck!

but here I am. How’s everyone? Getting ready for Christmas? Well, we are in a way…packing. Yep, it’s true. DH just isn’t happy here and the family really misses us so we’re headed back to Arkansas. As with most things in life, there are good and bad things about it. Bad, we’re leaving an absolutely incredible school. Good, we’re going to live across the street from my sister and her DH, at least for a while. Bad, we have to move again. Good, we’re going to work for a couple that is like family to us so we know it’s a good move for our family. Bad, bigger school. Good, teaching opportunity for me. So, all in all, it will be good. I’m just ready to get through it. We’ll be moving the weekend before Christmas. I had thought we wouldn’t put up a tree at all, but then I decided to put up a small one so we at least have something. We’ll actually be spending Christmas Eve at MIL’s house since we won’t be even nearly moved in and unpacked, yet. Anyway, I got some stuff to make Christmas decorations for the three today so that’s what me and the kiddos will be doing. Oh, and I got the stuff to try Giada’s Italian Doughnuts, though we’ll be doing the cinnamon/sugar and confectioner’s sugar toppings only. I plan to spend some time AWAY from this computer today and enjoy Sunday with my babies.

They’re taking it fine, BTW. You know, at this age, they’re pretty resilient. My nephew’s stepson goes to the same school they’ll go to, though he is a couple of years ahead, so that helps. It also helps that the one little guy that Casey considers his best friend in the world also lives in the town we’re moving to, even though he doesn’t go to public school. C & B are already looking forward to spending some time with Ben. They’ll be fine, even their teacher, who hates to see them go, said so.

On the scrapping front, not much activity lately. I have had a lack of mojo, but hopefully it will be back soon. I did design a couple of things, including a completely new kit:

and a rework of my original Snow Daze:

I also did a couple of quick tumbler inserts with these two kits. Here they are:

Okay, enough shameless self-promotion there. If I can find the time and figure out a good way to do it, I’ll probably give away a few of these. I just need to get the technical aspects in place and I don’t think it will be today. I guess I should send out some ads or something, I’m not sure any of those things has sold at all. Once again, I get inspired to create, put things up and they don’t sell. You’d think I’d take a hint, huh? I know, I know. I am still struggling with this. I really want to enjoy scrapping as much as I once did, but it’s changed so much. Debi wrote a great post about it, I hope she doesn’t mind if I share it with you because it sums up what I feel, too…and I have to think there are lots of people feeling this way, but we’re not sure what to do about it. I have searched and searched for a place where it feels like it used to, but I just can’t find one. Of course I have the resources to make one, but why? It’s so hard to get people to come, it’s not worth the struggle. I don’t know, I’m not sure what needs to happen, but I just don’t find the satisfaction in scrapping and designing that I once did and that saddens me. It was the first real true hobby I ever had and I hate that part of the joy has been sucked out of it like it has. Anyway, I’ll decide what to do at some point and probably try something new, only to see it not work out, LOL. But, like someone said about my DH, I’m not happy if I’m not in the middle of something. Maybe I’ll do it just for the sake of doing it, we’ll see.