My monkeys are my own personal fairy tale in real life...

My monkeys are my own personal fairy tale in real life...

Ramblings, Sentiments, Rantings and Musings

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I am a mother of 5 wonderful children and wife to one amazing Navy man. I am always changing things in my life, constantly learning something new and trying it out. I am a wannabe vegan, minimalist and currently living full time in an RV. Just for clarification, I say wannabe, because I know I am not perfect, but each day I strive to do the best I can. That's all I can expect from anyone no matter where they are in life. I learn something new everyday...mostly about myself and my little corner of reality. Life, to me, is loving, learning and making memories. These are better than all the tangible riches one can get their hands on! Besides, there will come a day when all I have left is my love and memories...so I'll stockpile as much of those as I can!
Computer's been on the fritz and the family's been on the go...

Well I haven't written in a few days, but ya know, it's okay cause I have been really busy. We have been to the beach a few times. I think we are in beach mode so intensely because we know that our beach days are sorely numbered. And we all will miss it so much.
Franki fell on the rocks and skinned up her knees pretty bad, but she's okay now. It is amazing what lots of love and a few bandages will do for an 8 year old. We've been to the park, out to dinner and gymnastics to name a few.
Our house looks like it is sold. We had a pretty good offer and we accepted. Of course it is only verbal at the moment, so we are crossing our fingers for a written contract. So we'll see.
I am starting to really feel the pinch of only having 3 weeks left here and there seems to be so many things to do before we leave. It is pretty nerve wracking sometimes. But we will get through it. We always do. And know amount of stressing out about it makes it any easier, faster or more organized.
I only wish that we had more time to visit family and friends before we leave, but it isn't looking good for that unfortunately. Worst part is it will be 2 years before we move again, and even then we have no idea where that might be. All of the grandparents are up in age and not in the greatest of health, so that makes us sad to know that we may never see them again. It is so hard to leave this time. Grandparents on both sides live in Florida and we are moving clean across the country. Much to far to pop in for the weekend or something.
The kiddies are all five still going to gymnastics and will hopefully continue to do so right up until the end. The kids are loving the private lessons with just them. My babes don't like to be in large crowds. They find it stressful and have a hard time when things get chaotic. So these lessons are fantastic for them. They are so incredibly supportive of each other.
Their coach called me the other night to tell me how amazed she is by my children and their relationships with each other. She says that you don't see it very often. I was so proud to hear all of the wonderful things that she had to say about my kidlets, but it made me kind of sad to think that she works with children all the time and that she so rarely sees this. I wish other children were as happy and supportive of one another as mine are. Wouldn't the world be an amazing place if all families were happy with each other more often. All right enough about that.
I hope that I am gonna be able to continue blogging when we leave here and are on the road. I can't wait to leave cause I am gonna see my brother, his girlfriend and his new baby. I am so excited about that. Then I am gonna get to stop at the cemetary and put flowers at my mama's grave. Haven't done that in almost 7 years. That makes me sad, but glad to get to go.
Well enough for now, otherwise this post may go on forever. Oh, wow, it already does...oops! I will write again soon I hope.

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