A new home.....a new team.....a new beginning

So, here are the two newest Sparta Warriors. We are, or should I say have been moved and well settled in now for over two months. It is a nice place to live, with so many kind and friendly people....just as most small towns are! It reminds me so much of Dickson.....so I guess I really did come back home? The boys are doing well, Reed will start Kindergarten in two weeks from tomorrow. We are all very excited for him, he asks each day if it is time to go to school yet?

We have found a great lady to care for Tate while I return to work, so that is a godsend. He actually starts for half days tomorrow. I know I am more anxious than he will be scared! He and I have never spent very much time away from one another since I have been the sahm for three years. I know he will cry and that truly breaks my heart, but with a two houses to take care of we don't really have any other choice. So, right now I will say, "Lord, please allow our house in Ardmore, Tennessee to sell, Amen". I did get a great 8th grade Language Arts teaching assignment here in Sparta, that I am tickled with and grateful for!!! Even with two houses, we may actually be able to put a bit back into savings.....so not all is so bad!

The football season is off and running, with a scrimmage last week and another this Thursday! We are very happy with our new family of coaches and their families. Everyone is as excited as we are for the season to kick off! We are having our first family get-together this Friday....so I am excited....I love company!

So, first full day with Coach gone.....wow this is nice...lol..and hehehe. No we do miss him, and hope he is settling in well at our new home. I need to be packing the kitchen, but I wanted to update the Coach that all is fine and the boys and I are having a better half of the day with no tantrums so far......but I haven't made them come in yet....so I won't hold my breath.

Oprah show on Motherhood

Did anyone see Oprah's show on Motherhood? It was quite interesting and comforting! I am glad I am not the only self-proclaimed terrible mother! These other moms were brutely honest, and that is refreshing. I am glad to know I don't have to feel bad about feeling like I want to run away (very quietly) so they won't hear me and follow! So, thanks to all you honest mothers out there!
But one thing that struck me funny, was when "the Oprah" said, "but you all knew that was how is was going to be".....Well, actually no I absolutely did not know it would be like this! I did not know that I would feel guilty ALL the time, whether I worked or stayed at home. No, I did not know I would really hate my husband most of the time, then hate myself for hating him. No, I did not know I that I would sometimes hate my kids, and yes then hate myself for ever let myself feel that way for a child I carried in the womb and then brought into this world. No, I did not know that I would NEVER get time alone again. No, I did not know that I would always compare myself to every other mother in every situation. No, I did not know that it would be THIS HARD.......I could honestly go on and on about listing things I did not know. So, no Oprah, I did not know that is would be like this..........but I also did not know just how much I could love another human being either.....so go figure

Just a Tuesday Morning

I blog so little these days, busy packing boxes and working on class papers. I had a few minutes this a.m. to say all is well here in Ardvegas........busy getting ready for our move to Sparta. The boys are eating breakfast, and I am having that first cup of coffee of the morning. Dash is underneath me sniffing.....little pain probably is about to pee in the floor.....this potty training of the dog is really getting on my nerves....ughhh

About to be off to the gym, and then back home to vacuum and work some more on this praxis paper....yeah for me!

Coach is out of town so it will be quiet here today and tonight....

Go Warriors

So, Coach said the last post I made ages ago was all so down and out so I need to post that we got a new job........So.......hey WE GOT A NEW JOB!!!! Coach is officially the new football HC at White Co. H.S in Sparta, Tn. I, of course, could not be happier or relieved. I know coach reads this so if I haven't said it enough.....I am so happy and proud of you and for us.......!!!!!!

Here is the link to our first "Sparta Story" from the local paper The Expositor http://myspartanews.com/articles/2009/03/06/sports/football/doc49afa56a1b25b800447642.txt

Blues Man

Well, this is the song playing on my IPOD right now......couldn't think of another title......
Life is so hectic right now, Coach has resigned from his coaching position here in "Ardvegas". Not what we wanted for our family, but unavoidable circumstances pushed us to make the decision. He will be interviewing next week for a few jobs, but God only knows what is in store for us in the near future? I know coach sometimes reads this so, I don't want to say too much, but this SUCKS I want to stop packing boxes, and re-starting over and over again......I know I am good at it that's b/c I do it so much...arghhhhh.

Anyway.....the little ones are good......V-Day parties were today so they where all "sugared" up most of the day.....but they both went to bed early so I am finally able to sit down and type this bit of info......

Can't think of anything else to write.......

First stiches

Well, it is official, Reed has his first staples from a bang to the head at preschool.....of course the tough guy is totally fine, and complaining that is head hurts.....lol

Coach and I thought it was hilarious that is only took a miracle for him to wait 5 years to complete this feat....

It will definitely be a day we will never forget......