Amen!

I love this time of year!

The stream down the road....

The neighbor's trees...

Abby had cheerleading tonight, so we dropped her off and went outside to walk on the path.  I think the path is around a mile long.  We also ate at the Flora Family Restaurant.  We don't go there often, but we found out that Tuesday's and Thursday's are free for kids.  I got out of cooking and the kids ate for free.  Can't beat that!

Fall break is coming up soon!  I can't wait!  I have my first blood draw and ultrasound the first day of fall break!  We are excited!  If those results turn out well, I get to start all of my stimulating medications.  I start my Lupron on Saturday.  Just 4 more days!!!  Can't tell we're excited, can you?!?!?!?

We're watching 2 1/2 Men right now.  It is not near as funny as it used to be.  IMO...

~Sam

My Adorable Family...

The kids created this yesterday.

Notice each car has its own parking space?

The kids are helping dad right now. 

They're working hard...  LOL!

Working Ground...

Shawn and I made a scarecrow.  As you can see I ran out of stuffing.  He needs a little work yet.

Shawn painted the face.  Cute, isn't he?  ;-)

I love my cute little family!!!
      ~Sam

Ahhhhhh!

I seriously freaked out yesterday!  After I blogged last night, Shawn and I went out to the garage to get some things.  When we got inside I screamed because a huge spider (bigger than a 50¢ piece) ran across the floor.  Shawn goes to kill it for me and I take two steps back and run into another huge spider.  As he's coming to kill it, I take a few steps to the right and run into another one.  After that I ran out of the garage freaking out!  There were spiders everywhere in the garage!  Shawn killed at least 10 spiders.  He said one of them was the biggest spider he's ever seen (outside of a zoo or something).   I am terrified of spiders, so being surrounded by them really made me panic.  We keep foggers on hand to fog the house every so often to keep the spiders away.  Shawn pulled the vehicles out and set 4 off in the garage.  When we buy foggers, we make sure it is the kind that also kills spiders.  Shawn is going to sweep the spiders up for me.  There is no way I am stepping a foot in there until I know I am not going to see one.  I've never seen a building overrun with spiders like that before.  It felt like a horror film.  Thank goodness the kids and Shawn are not afraid of spiders!  Its not fun!
   ~Sam

Is there a full moon or something???

The kids have been amazing today!  No arguing and they have wanted to help me all day.  The swept and dusted for me!  I'm enjoying it now.  I know in a few years they won't want to help clean the house.  After that we went shopping.  Bought the kids some new winter clothes.  It felt strange buying the kids a new winter coat then climbing in the Durango and starting the AC.  That's Indiana Indian Summers for you.

We brought Pizza Hut home with us for supper.  We haven't had real pizza in a couple months!  Yum!  We ate in front of the TV.  We just watched Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2-Rodrick Rules.  The kids loved it.  I have to admit I laughed a few times as well.

That's about it here.  It's 9:00p.m. and I'm ready for bed.  What a exciting Saturday Night!  Hahahaha!

Is this really all for me?!?!

My IVF meds came today!  Exciting and scary at the same time!

They even came in a cooler with ice packs.  They were still cool when I got home!

Most people make a baby when a daddy's love spills over.  (haha)

Then there are those of us who need a couple, a reproductive endocrinologist, a lab and Dr.'s to run it, an ultrasound tech, nurses, and many outrageously expensive medicines which include: Lupron, Menopur, Follistim, Novarel, Progesterone, and Floxin.  Don't forget all of the syringes and needles.  (I saw someone else post something similar recently and I liked it.)

I think that about sums it up.  C'mon October 15th.  I'm ready to start the Lupron...

3 days come and gone already?!?!

My days zoom by so quickly!  I wish things would slow down a little.  Right now we are watching Ghost Hunters.  Jason has his daughter Haily with him this episode.  Its so cool to see his daughter follow in his footsteps.  Sons of Anarchy was good last night.  What is Juice thinking?!  I love watching these shows with Shawn!  I'm so glad we have the same tastes in shows and movies.  We are so made for each other!

I started working on SES lessons yesterday.  Definitely keeps me busy...  SES stands for Supplemental Educational Services; better known as after school tutoring.  I tutored after school last year and made decent money doing it.  Okay, it was better than decent.  It was pretty darn good.  I will be tutoring again this year.  It starts next month.  Right now I have taken on the task of finding, copying, and creating 22 lessons for each grade level we plan on offering SES.  I will then send them up to the print shop at the high school to be copied for each tutor and student.  I have made good progress in 2 days.  Most lessons have lesson plans typed up, but I will need to type up the rest.

This might sound crazy, but I like doing this.  I know what needs to be taught, I know what (I anticipate) these students will struggle with, and where they will need the extra help.  I hope to spend a good amount of time on it this weekend and get it ready to go.  I am kind of crazy like that.  When I take on a task; and this is a rather large one; I try to complete it as quickly and proficiently as I can.  I do not procrastinate on big important projects like this.

I do, however, procrastinate on my repetitive grading and filing.   I was behind on grading, recording, and filing my student's papers; so I brought them home and worked on them for 2 1/2 hours last night.  I am all caught up now!  Yeah!

I am excited!  10 more days until the 15th!  10 more days until I start my Lupron injections!  Woohooo!!!!!

~Sam

Monday Wisdom... LOL!

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Colts-Bucc's game is on. Go Colts! Sadly, I fear 0-4 is in our future! I will forever cheer the Colts on anyway...

Pretty boring around here... We had leftover Chicken Fajita Soup and leftover Sausage Casserole for supper. Tomorrow is Ham & Beans in the crock pot and cornbread.

Goooooo Cooolllltttttssssss!!!!!!!!!!! Go BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Sam

Autumn

At least we went to a game that Purdue actually won!  Notre Dame is giving them a spanking and its just the first quarter.  I imagine the Colts game will be similar.

Last night we went out to eat at Red Lobster.  Yum!  We had a great time with Tink, Mike, and Sara.  We go every year for the shrimp fest.  I don't think I've ever seen the kids eat so much before.  The four of us even split dessert.  I even paid.  LOL!  We say whoever got paid last is the one buying.  My check got deposited Friday morning, so...  I guess I'm not living off of someones back after all.  Hahaha!  I couldn't resist!

I've taken almost 2 weeks of birth control.  I should start my injections for IVF on the 15th.  I am very excited about that!

We haven't done much of anything today.  Shawn mowed the yard, I picked up the house a little, and I did a little laundry.  We also finished season 3 of Sons of Anarchy.  We missed Season 4 Episode 1 & 2.  We didn't get them on our DVR, so unfortunately, I don't know if we will get to watch them.  We did DVR episode 3 & 4.  Anyone know where we could watch them online?

I went outside and took a few pictures about sundown.  I posted some of them.  Thor kept me company, he even made sure he was in a few pictures.  Its supposed to get down to 36° tonight.  I love it!  C'mon frost!

I feel like some James Whitcomb Riley now...

When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,

And you hear the kyouck and the gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,

And the clackin'; of the guineys and the cluckin' of the hens

And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;

O it's then the times a feller is a-feelin' at his best,

With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,

As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,

When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock

~Sam

Fall has Arrived