Well, the time is almost here!

The time is almost here! Tomorrow at 2:30pm I will start my journey through the Business Systems Technology course at the tech school. I am so happy it is finally happening and that this time next year I should be graduated from it and trying to find a job. I just pray that God will help me through this as well as finding a good job when I am done. I know I can do it, I just hope I can do it and juggle the stuff that needs done at home. I am afraid that my family may not help enough with the house work and stuff. My husband has to work, and he may be to tired to do much, and my daughter has school and stuff and to be honest she just may not do it. But what will be will be, and I will deal with it as I need to. So if I don't post much, not that I do much right now, but if I don't it is because I am just to busy instead of not having much to post about.
God Bless,
Judy

Why?

Why do teens rip out the hearts of their mother and stomp on them and make them feel like the dirt under a snakes belly, then get all mad when mom tells dad, and dad gets on the teen, so she takes it out on mom. Teens, can't live with them, can't kick them out. What to do, what to do? Crying doesn't help, ranting doesn't either. I am just about ready to go ballistic. I do the best I can to set realistic rules and guidelines for my kids, and they have all tried them a lot, but B.J. strikes at my heart and tries to hurt my feelings and stuff and I can't handle that. My others just fussed and feuded and got over it for a while. Not B.J., she just tries to hurt my feelings in hopes of getting her way. She doesn't do hardly anything I ask of her, and she takes advantage of me too. Lord please help me figure out how to discipline her in a manner that will teacher her the right way to do things. Put it in my heart to know what to do. I am about at my wits end. I am starting a new path in my life, and now she is giving me trouble. I can't take much more. Please help me Lord,
Judy

Wow, it seems unreal.

I now have all the stuff I need to register my daughter for the act test. It seems so unreal to me. When did she get old enough for the act test, or to be taking college History classes in dual enrollment? It just seems like it was yesterday that she started Kindergarten, and now she is a junior in High School and has her drivers license. I am so proud of her! She does so well in school. I pray she continues to do this well through high school and then through college. I feel old! :( LOL Thank you Lord for giving me my precious children.
Judy

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

I feel like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. A friend of mine went a little to far, and has hurt my daughter's feelings. Then when my daughter just let it slide, and was trying to forget about it (which is a very mature way to deal with things like this), the friend said little snide remarks that brought it back up, at church no less. My daughter, once again, just let it slide and didn't make a scene, which makes me proud because there are a lot of times you just have to be the mature one even if you are younger. But then, the wife of a friend saw a post on facebook that my daughter had posted the night it all happened, which was almost 24 hours prior to her reprimanding remark that really ticked my daughter off. Now I feel like I need to stand up for my daughter, but I want to do it in a mature and christian manner, but I also know that my friends take things to personal and get offended real easy. Like they never make mistakes or something, I guess that is the way I would describe them. So, my problem is this: My daughter has been trying to deal with it in a very mature way, but now that it hasn't been dropped, do I confront my friends and if so how. HELP!!!!! I don't like confrontations, but I will not let my daughter be made fun of the way she has, and I will not keep telling her to let it slide when she hasn't done anything wrong. All she did was react to someone else going to far. How do I tell my friends this without them taking offence?
Confused and Stuck,
Judy

It is official

It is official, I have pre-registered in the evening Business Systems Technology class at the local Tennessee Technology Center. And I now know how all the kids feel having to have immunization shots. I had to start having the MMR 2 shot series, because when I was little it was just rubella shots. It is now mandatory for all students going into higher education have both of these shots. I also decided to get the tdap (new version of dpt), as well as to start the Hep-B series. I chose to take the last two on the advice of the nurse at the health department. Can we say pin cushion? I felt like one yesterday! LOL! My arms are sore today, but I am good. I officially sign the registration forms and get my books and start class on September 1st. I will be in class from 2:30pm until 9:00pm. I will have a 30 min supper break too. So it is 6 hours a night,5 nights a week. I am excited as well as nervous. I will try to post every now and then and let you all know how it is going.
God Bless,
Judy

Proud, and yet sad

As I sit here tonight I am proud yet sad at the same time. My oldest child, Brad will leave Tuesday to head out for Basic training in the United States Army. He will be at Fort Knox, and he entered to become trained as a tank crew member. I am proud of him, as I am proud of all who give their service to this great nation. If not for our military, this country would not be what it is today. Of course this country was based on Christian values, and without God, we would have nothing. That being said, this country would not be the free country that it is if not for the fine people who have given their lives for it. Those that served are to be honored and thanked at every chance. We had a family cookout Friday for Brad, and a couple of nice young men that he met while doing his pt. They will be heading to their basic training in the next week as well. I pray for them, as well as all those heading to training, or who are already serving for our fine country, whether here or overseas. Thanks also should be given to all the families that await their loved ones to come back from deployment. These families have to go on with life without a major part of their family, and they do it proudly, and with so much grace. At least the ones I have met have. I know how difficult this can be since I am a "Navy Brat" myself. My father is a 20 year vet of the US Navy. There were many times that he was on the aircraft carriers and we missed him a lot. So to all the families out there with loved ones serving, Thank you. And to the Soldiers themselves, Thank you! And I pray the Good Lord keeps you all safe, and bring you back to your families safe and quickly.
May God bless and keep you all,
Judy