Duct Tape Crafter

I have those times that I swear someone stole days from me! Sometimes I look up and those days have run into weeks that were stolen! This is a fine example, the last time I posted to my blogs was July 25^th! I look up at the calendar coming to the realization that it has now been three weeks since I posted last! Geez louise!!! What happened to all those days in-between? We have been extremely busy! I got J enrolled in school, which took two trips to the school since she wanted to go back to her old school. One trip to enroll, then one trip to set up her schedule with the counselor. T was easy to enroll, she is still at the same school she has been in since kindergarten, and she will probably stay there through all her school years. It was this school system I put J in last year, the schools are only 8 miles from our house. The crazy state of Indiana though has our school district of record more than 20 miles away, with an hour bus ride for the kids and/or 30 minutes direct by car. The idiot politicians though think my kids should go to school in the school of the county we reside in. The stupid county politicians put the school on almost the other side of the county. Why? Because they really do not care about us little peon people on this side, we are just so few! However, the county politicians sure do not want to miss our tax dollars, do they! This hurts the kids so much, when all the activities are at the school, the drive to get the kids back –forth for the parents becomes a nightmare. Now we top that time, the distance, with the cost of gasoline! It is crazy! You would think the county & state would allow the kids in this area to be educated in the school closest to their homes! What happens is we pay out of area tuition so T can go the school closest to our home, where we are on the county line, where the majority of the kids in the area go. I had better get off this soapbox or my entire post will be over this issue!

Besides getting the girls enrolled in school, I got my own classes together for my fall 2008 semester. I also got my books ordered for the semester - $400 later! T has been to vacation bible school, birthday parties, and playing with friends. J has been working, talking to friends, and other teen stuff like shopping! Chuck and I have a wedding to go to this weekend, plans to take the kids to the state fair, then to an amusement park this month. The last three weeks have been busy with working on the house, keeping the yard mowed, taking care of kids and animals, trying to sneak some sewing in, then just trying to stop and smell the roses from time to time!

I have pictures of T’s birthday that happened here too! I will do another post with those pictures plus more in the next few days!