He Went Back

...to school that is. This morning was the day! Shane is back to his normal routine of school. I know he was ready to go back but I'll worry about him just the same. He has this really heavy Social Studies book that I didn't let him take to school that I plan to drop off later so I can check in on him. His teacher said she figured I probably would :)

The kids' conferences went very well yesterday. Shane is staying right on level and has progressed with a lot of things already in the 9 weeks into the year. His teacher loves his creativeness and says he's a great kid. They all miss him at school :) We heard pretty much the same about Aften. Mrs. K told Jer how she loves me and how his daughter is such an angel at school. (I told him she was anyway but I think he just couldn't believe it! LOL We told Mrs. K how she's not always so sweet at home and she just said that it's proof we're raising her well because she's comfortable at home but knows to behave out in public :)). The real proof is in her work habits and skills part of her report card...all A's for Advanced for her age :) She's doing great in all subjects. Her reading most impressed us. They started her in Title I for her reading at the beginning of the year. She needed the one on one time to help her along. Aften started reading at a level 3 and this week she's on a level 12! That's how much progress she's made in 9 weeks! The teacher and her reading teacher are very impressed with her work and said by Christmas, she will be finished with the program.

The conferences took longer than expected and Af and were late getting to Pap's for the making of the applesauce. Jer was part of our hold up, too, He insisted on running an errand we could have done later and then he and Af took a while to eat their lunch and then we had to wait for Jer to get dressed to go hunting (15 mins until he got everything loaded up and situated...sigh....) when we dropped him off. Thank goodness Pap and Shane started making applesauce before lunch! We didn't make it there until 2pm! Shane was a great help for Pap and by the time I got there he was probably 3/4 of the way done. I helped with the last of it, cleaned up all of the pots and pans and the kitchen and then helped Pap bag the applesauce and we even had time to sit and chat before the kids and I had to leave to pick Jer up.

My Pap asked me about helping him out with some cleaning. He offered to pay me if I came down once every two weeks and helped him a bit. He does have a pretty large house for just. one person and he said he really just needs a woman's touch around the house. I think he's also lonely. I do feel bad for him. It wouldn't hurt to help him out and spend some time with him and he'll also pay me for it so I guess I could get my car loan paid off faster....

I'll leave you with some pretty pictures of the sky last night as we were leaving my Pap's :)

This one I took from further out the lane. You can just see the top of the neighbor's barn and silo.....and some of the orbs from the dust particles from the lane...lol

Same view, just a bit  more to the right.

 Today I hope to enjoy some free time to myself! I have some TV to catch up on that I wanted to watch on our 42" HDTV instead of the TV in our bedroom but to do that, I had to fight with Shane the last week...lol. I will probably sit and stitch while I do that. I am about halfway through the birth announcement I mentioned working on yesterday.

Jeremy is hunting today. Day #2 of his 3 day vacation...Archery ends on Saturday. I know he's sad but I'm not. It's been a long couple of weeks! We have a week off and then deer season starts the Monday after Thanksgiving. I cannot believe it's that time already!

Jeremy with his turkey that he shot last Saturday, Nov. 7th

Later today Jer will come home for lunch and we're hoping to go check out a car. My step father offered us this car right after my transmission went but we wanted to shop around. We wanted something a little newer and with less miles than my current car but it's just slim pickings out there thanks  to Cash for Clunkers program. Everything that fits in that range right now is too high priced for us. We don't want a second car payment right now so we can't just go for it. My step father has a 98 Saturn that he's willing to drop the price on for us. It's a four-door, fully loaded, raisin colored...he just put new tires/brakes/rotors on it.  It would make it really affordable for us and well, instead of thinking about getting a newer car that we would have for many years, we're thinking that if we buy this and have it for a year, two years would be great because Jer's truck will be paid off...it's better than no car. I'm tired of having to run all over the county to make my hubby happy so I have a vehicle. I'm tired of listening to Jer whine about how much he misses his truck (His boss said the other day, "Hey, Jeremy, your wife drives a very nice truck. Does she let you drive it?" To which Jer replied, "Once in awhile..." lol)

Alrighty, I'm turning the channel...enough of Sponge Bob...propping my feet up and stitching away :)


Have a great day :)