Life is Good

In our life we can stare at the past, but only the future is ours to change!

It has been a couple months since my Dad's surgery.  I must say that things have gone quite well.  He is healing very nicely and is getting around with only a cane now.  The best thing of the entire situation is that my Mom has stepped up and is gaining self confidence and independence!!  I am so very proud of her.  She is not only driving in town now she has driven to the city, around the city and elsewhere!  She is handling things much better than she thought.  Way to go Mom!!  I truly hope that once Dad is able to drive again that she maintains her independence and continues on.

Work has been busy.  I am working a lot of overtime, but the money is much needed.  We have had to replace our toilet, the van needs to be repaired after an accident and of course it is summer now so between my dear hubby driving summer school and soon to be unemployed for a month with only unemployment it makes it much harder to do something special with the kids for summer vacation.  This year though with all the overtime I have worked it sure has helped.  We are in much better shape this summer vs last.  We are planning to take a trip to the Granby Zoo in Quebec.  None of us have been there before so it should be a nice treat for all of us.  Maybe next year we can go to yet another province  :)

I am very proud of both of my kids.   They both finished the year with amazing report cards.  My daughter has straight As and was disappointed that one was an A-!!!  She has worked so hard this year and brought the few Bs she had to As.  Who could ask for more??

My son.....has come so far!!  Last report his reading was a C- and he brought that up to a B!!!  He worked extremely hard and did it.  All of his grades were Bs!  He has done a lot of growing and thankfully the school was very supportive and worked hard with us to help get him there.

Me.....well I am now at the 200lb mark and holding.  I put my gym membership on hold for the summer and I expect I will cancel it in September.  We are looking at getting a family membership at the Y.  I love Curves but it costs 55 just for me and the family membership at the Y is around 100 for the family....can't really see the point in paying for both places.  Plus I need some time to get my body used to the new shifts I am working.  It will be interesting to see how it goes.

Life has been good.  My family is healthy and happy.  Money is decent, not wonderful but when is it ever???  LOL  I am very excited for my summer vacation, and a nice trip with just us and the kids.  Life is good.

Well it is time for me to get ready for work.  Yippie.   3 night shifts this week.

Till next time.........