It's been quite a while since I last posted. Things have been gong super great with school. I am not making my goal of graduating with a 4.0 however I am still on track to keep my TEACH grant as well as graduating with honors.
Current class up for the next six weeks is Environmental Science. So far so good. Not really getting into this class like I have been in the last few classes.
The one thing I have been gratful for is the support of my family. My kids have been awesome about "helping" me do my homework. My husband has been totally supportive of me being school and the hard work that I am putting out to get the grades that I want and deserve. He's been so supportive that he is now jumping in and starting his first ever college experience ever. He will be working on his bachelors in Business Leadership. We were able to find a school that is 100% everything that he needs to move up with the state and become a district supervisor. I am so excited and proud of him for the journy that he is about to embark on. I know he will do great he always does.
In adition to my children and husband being super supportive my parents, sister, in-laws are all supportive and give me great feedback on papers that I send to them to review for me as well as encourgement through out each class that I have taken thus far.
After Christmas I will be stepping up the game and taking two classes at a time. I am thinking I am a bit crazy but I will be able to drop back down to one at a time when ever I want. I have a goal to graduate with my master the same time that Jonathon graduates with his Bachelors so that we can make it one great big party for the both of us to celebrate our acheivements together.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
1st Semester
Well, first semester is over and we are still going strong. As my first semester back to school came to an end I was feeling pretty good about myself and about my grades even though I got an A- causing my GPA to drop from a 4.0 to a 3.9 but hey I am being optimistic and looking at it as I have gotten A's in all of my classes.
Class #4 is going great even though it is not really a class that I really wanted to take but I have to take it so Critical Thinking and Problem solving it is my friends. I was a little intimidated by the name of the course, however; I have been able to surprise myself with how well I am doing.
We are having to write a persuasive essay which causes us to have to do a peer review. I guess because I have been doing so well my teacher thought that I would be a great person to complete two peer reviews. So here I have sat for the last two nights after my children have gone to bed looking at essay's from two different classmates giving my opinion on what they could do better and what they did well.
I did not have a problem doing two essay's I found it rather easy and breezed through them thinking, "Is this supposed to be hard? Am I missing something? Do I need to be taking more time with this?" Only to realize that I was thinking way to much into it and just needed to get through it and get it done the best I could. And that is EXACTLY what I did.
Really the only thing that scares me about the peer review has nothing to do with what if the other person thinks I was too critical of them but what my peer reviewer is going to say about my essay. Knowing my luck I am going to get someone that is completely against the ownership or use of any kind of gun period. I am going to get the only tree hugging, ignorant, self-centered person that is in my class to do my review.
I guess we just look at the bright side and keep on pushing through and getting on to the next class.
Class #4 is going great even though it is not really a class that I really wanted to take but I have to take it so Critical Thinking and Problem solving it is my friends. I was a little intimidated by the name of the course, however; I have been able to surprise myself with how well I am doing.
We are having to write a persuasive essay which causes us to have to do a peer review. I guess because I have been doing so well my teacher thought that I would be a great person to complete two peer reviews. So here I have sat for the last two nights after my children have gone to bed looking at essay's from two different classmates giving my opinion on what they could do better and what they did well.
I did not have a problem doing two essay's I found it rather easy and breezed through them thinking, "Is this supposed to be hard? Am I missing something? Do I need to be taking more time with this?" Only to realize that I was thinking way to much into it and just needed to get through it and get it done the best I could. And that is EXACTLY what I did.
Really the only thing that scares me about the peer review has nothing to do with what if the other person thinks I was too critical of them but what my peer reviewer is going to say about my essay. Knowing my luck I am going to get someone that is completely against the ownership or use of any kind of gun period. I am going to get the only tree hugging, ignorant, self-centered person that is in my class to do my review.
I guess we just look at the bright side and keep on pushing through and getting on to the next class.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
keeping the grade
As I have said a number of times before, it is not easy being a stay at home mom, going to school full time, and keeping up with the demands of having four children running around the house especially in the summer time, but some how I am able to manage to keep up the grade and continue to get the grades I want out of the classes that I really do not care that much about that I have to take because they are required. Even if they have nothing to do with my major.
I somehow let myself slip in the last class that I took and did not get the grade that I wanted, however, it was still an A even if it was an A- and A is and A right. I have stepped my game back up and have double checked and triple checked everything that I do in this current class and I am managing somehow to get 100% on every assignment that I have been assigned thus far.
I do not know if the class is just that easy or if I am just trying that much harder. Or it could just be the fact that I am much more laied back in this class and enjoying my children more often and worrying less and less about the demands that my class has on me. Which ever that may be I am glad that I am doing so well and I am hoping that this will help me get my GPA back up to where i would like it to be or at least closer to where I want it to be as, let's face it one A- will keep anyone from a 4.0 GPA.
although as well as I have been doing I am thinking about going straight into my master's program as soon as I am done with my double Bachelor and if I should do that I will want to go to AZ and walk with my class to get that diploma that I have worked so hard for. I am on the fence as to if that is something that I want to do right now. I guess it will all depend on how well I continue to do and if I am where I want to be or in a place that I am able to get away to do so. I think it would make a fun family vacation to go down to Arizona and see some sights and let my children watch me receive that piece of paper that says their mommy earned a double bachelor degree with kids still in the home and all of them being very young.
We will see where we are at 3 1/2 years from now.
I somehow let myself slip in the last class that I took and did not get the grade that I wanted, however, it was still an A even if it was an A- and A is and A right. I have stepped my game back up and have double checked and triple checked everything that I do in this current class and I am managing somehow to get 100% on every assignment that I have been assigned thus far.
I do not know if the class is just that easy or if I am just trying that much harder. Or it could just be the fact that I am much more laied back in this class and enjoying my children more often and worrying less and less about the demands that my class has on me. Which ever that may be I am glad that I am doing so well and I am hoping that this will help me get my GPA back up to where i would like it to be or at least closer to where I want it to be as, let's face it one A- will keep anyone from a 4.0 GPA.
although as well as I have been doing I am thinking about going straight into my master's program as soon as I am done with my double Bachelor and if I should do that I will want to go to AZ and walk with my class to get that diploma that I have worked so hard for. I am on the fence as to if that is something that I want to do right now. I guess it will all depend on how well I continue to do and if I am where I want to be or in a place that I am able to get away to do so. I think it would make a fun family vacation to go down to Arizona and see some sights and let my children watch me receive that piece of paper that says their mommy earned a double bachelor degree with kids still in the home and all of them being very young.
We will see where we are at 3 1/2 years from now.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Why me????
Communication and Information Literacy, I totally get why this is important as a teacher and the class is going really well so far. We are just getting ready to wrap up week two, so far the work has been pretty easy, I do not mean like, "hey, I can just whip this out in five minutes and I am done and it looks great and will get a great grade." I am talking about it is easy to get the work done, it is easy to find what I need, and the work is pretty easy. It is taking me a little longer to get the worksheets done so good thing they are few and far between. There is a lot of reading about 2 chapters equalling about 70-80 pages a week. Thankfully, the information is easy to read and most of it I already know.
So, this week we are talking about the difference between primary and secondary sources which is really easy to figure out and talk about. We are also talking about why it is important to cite information and quotes that you may use in your essays or work. There are so many plagiarism laws that it is not even funny. With I am glad they are there and that the law sees fit to protect people against "word" thieves.
I am sitting on the couch the other night, kind of watching "Deadliest Catch" on Discovery with Jonathon as I am reading through one of the question posts. I open a new thread to read someones response to one of the questions for this week and notice that I feel like I have read this before. As I get looking I go back and look at a few other things and realize that it is my post. I thought that I had clicked someone else's thread so that I could read and comment and wonder why all of what I wrote is not there.So I get to looking and find that it is my post, minus a few sentences at the end. I guess my response was so great that someone thought they could use it as their own and hope they didn't get caught doing so.
Little did this person know that I check the threads every day a few times a day and I generally read every ones posts and decided which ones I want to comment on. Lucky for them I kept my cool and did not say a word to him but emailed my teacher instead. People that know me really well know that every fiber, cell, molecule, and ounce of my being wanted to getting catty and respond to this persons post and call them out in front of the entire class and ask them why they thought it would be okay to use my response as their own?
I get a phone call from my teacher yesterday, he explains he got my email and that he is looking into it and will be conducting and investigation on this person. Good thing it is only the second week of class because now he has to go back through all of this persons posts and double check his work with everyone else's work in the class, which makes a lot of work for my teacher. I am glad that he is looking farther into it and that he is doing what needs to be done to make sure that this person takes responsibility for what they have done and that they will not be doing it again.
This could be as little as a 0% for the week on discussion and participation or as much as being kicked out of the school. As my teacher said, "plagiarism of any kind, even using someone else's post as your own, in the academic world is no different than committing a murder on the street." I for sure would not like to be on the receiving end of any of this.
I feel bad that I may be getting this person kicked out of school or even causing them to fail and assignment but in the end it really is not my problem and I should not feel badly about it because they are the one that chose to copy/paste/and delete the last few sentences of my post and try to pull it off as their own.
I really think that this person was thinking they could get away with it. This is the second time that this has happened to me. I really do not understand it. There are people in this class that have way better answers than what I am posting. And to top it all off this person had the guts to comment on my post.
Well, I know that academic justice will be served and that is all I care about.
So, this week we are talking about the difference between primary and secondary sources which is really easy to figure out and talk about. We are also talking about why it is important to cite information and quotes that you may use in your essays or work. There are so many plagiarism laws that it is not even funny. With I am glad they are there and that the law sees fit to protect people against "word" thieves.
I am sitting on the couch the other night, kind of watching "Deadliest Catch" on Discovery with Jonathon as I am reading through one of the question posts. I open a new thread to read someones response to one of the questions for this week and notice that I feel like I have read this before. As I get looking I go back and look at a few other things and realize that it is my post. I thought that I had clicked someone else's thread so that I could read and comment and wonder why all of what I wrote is not there.So I get to looking and find that it is my post, minus a few sentences at the end. I guess my response was so great that someone thought they could use it as their own and hope they didn't get caught doing so.
Little did this person know that I check the threads every day a few times a day and I generally read every ones posts and decided which ones I want to comment on. Lucky for them I kept my cool and did not say a word to him but emailed my teacher instead. People that know me really well know that every fiber, cell, molecule, and ounce of my being wanted to getting catty and respond to this persons post and call them out in front of the entire class and ask them why they thought it would be okay to use my response as their own?
I get a phone call from my teacher yesterday, he explains he got my email and that he is looking into it and will be conducting and investigation on this person. Good thing it is only the second week of class because now he has to go back through all of this persons posts and double check his work with everyone else's work in the class, which makes a lot of work for my teacher. I am glad that he is looking farther into it and that he is doing what needs to be done to make sure that this person takes responsibility for what they have done and that they will not be doing it again.
This could be as little as a 0% for the week on discussion and participation or as much as being kicked out of the school. As my teacher said, "plagiarism of any kind, even using someone else's post as your own, in the academic world is no different than committing a murder on the street." I for sure would not like to be on the receiving end of any of this.
I feel bad that I may be getting this person kicked out of school or even causing them to fail and assignment but in the end it really is not my problem and I should not feel badly about it because they are the one that chose to copy/paste/and delete the last few sentences of my post and try to pull it off as their own.
I really think that this person was thinking they could get away with it. This is the second time that this has happened to me. I really do not understand it. There are people in this class that have way better answers than what I am posting. And to top it all off this person had the guts to comment on my post.
Well, I know that academic justice will be served and that is all I care about.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
w"A"y to go
second class finished up last week and I finallyh got my grade. Even though my teacher was not the most helpful and at times I felt like I was going to get a bad grade on assignments off of his comments I ended up getting very good grades on everything with the lowest grade being an 87% on an Essay. After all the hard work being sick for about a total of two weeks during the class. Shuffeling kids back and forth from here and there, taking a trip to grandma's house a few times, having family in town, two birthday parties at my house for two of my kids, I managed to get a 95.5% giving me a solid "A" in what will probably be the hardest class I will take over the next four years.
Now on to tackle the next class. This on should be a breeze "Communication and Information Literacy." I totally get why I have to take it to be a teacher but I know it is going to be boaring and I am going to want to be done with it quickly. My last teacher had a PhD which at times made him sound condicending and rude but at the same time he was a good instructor and did just sit back and let me and another class mate battle things out at times. After all it was a religious class we are all going to have differences in opinions and worldviews.
One thing I will be concentrating on in this class though is not letting my teachers notes, whether good or bad, not get to me. I am confident, I do know what I need to do in the class to get the grade that I not only want but the grade that I need in order to keep my goals.
I was so excited to call my dad and tell him about my grade in this last class and that I currently have a 4.0 and got an "A" in a difficult class. The exciting part was to hear him tell me that he is proud of me and that he knows I can do this and that I can and will do well in my schooling and that he totally 100% has my back and is supporting me and rooting me on all the way.
That was huge to me and I hope my dad knows what that ment to me. Thanks Dad!!
Now, on to Com. and Info. Lit
Now on to tackle the next class. This on should be a breeze "Communication and Information Literacy." I totally get why I have to take it to be a teacher but I know it is going to be boaring and I am going to want to be done with it quickly. My last teacher had a PhD which at times made him sound condicending and rude but at the same time he was a good instructor and did just sit back and let me and another class mate battle things out at times. After all it was a religious class we are all going to have differences in opinions and worldviews.
One thing I will be concentrating on in this class though is not letting my teachers notes, whether good or bad, not get to me. I am confident, I do know what I need to do in the class to get the grade that I not only want but the grade that I need in order to keep my goals.
I was so excited to call my dad and tell him about my grade in this last class and that I currently have a 4.0 and got an "A" in a difficult class. The exciting part was to hear him tell me that he is proud of me and that he knows I can do this and that I can and will do well in my schooling and that he totally 100% has my back and is supporting me and rooting me on all the way.
That was huge to me and I hope my dad knows what that ment to me. Thanks Dad!!
Now, on to Com. and Info. Lit
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Last week of hell class
It have been away since I have been able to catch up on all of my blogs. We are entering the last week of this crazy Christian Worldview Class and I can not wait until Sunday when the class is over. I have learned a lot of things that I am sure I will never use but you never know what you are going to need and when.
I have learned things about other worldviews that I did not know before and that some of my own beliefs over lap into other worldviews.
there have been struggles that I have gone through in this class with other class mates and with my instructor, however, it was a great learning experience and I am grateful for that. I have done what I feel is the best that I can do in this class. I just wish that instructors like this one would step up their game a bit and figure out when to post grades and when to post the step by steps. There are students that want their grades the beginning of the new week not a week after they that week has been completed. I guess each teacher has their own method and we have to adjust to that.
I still think he needs to be better about posting extra assignment help. If you have the step by step instructions ready to go so that you can email them out when students ask for them why not just post them with the assignment and not have to worry about emailing them later on? It just doesn't make sense to me.
On the upside though and am still doing great in the class and have a 95% with just one more assignment to go, I hope I get a good enough grade to keep my "A" and keep my 4.0 gpa. there is no telling with this teacher though. Once you think you have him figured out he changes things up and you have no clue what he is looking for anymore.
I have been getting and I am gratful I will continue to get the great suppost that my husband has been providing to me. only about 192 more hours and 3 1/2 more years to go until I have my degree. this is really starting to be a great experience for me. I could not do it with out the support of my wonderful husband and children.
I keep thinking to myself though even when I have had 2 papers due in one week why do people keep complaining about doing their school work on line? I guess they are just not prioritising their time well enough. I do have the joy of nap time at my house and that one of my four kids goes to school all day so I am sure things will get a bit interesting in a few weeks when school is over for him. I will have to revamp my schedule and do things a little different so that I can get everything done. I have decided how ever that I will be getting up in the morning with my husband and getting him out the door and then working on my homework after he is out the door until my kids get up. Seeing how I am always up that early anyway during the shcool year why change it now. Just keep the same schedule.
So now the plan is in place just a matter of getting with the program and get things done quickly. Next year when two of four kids are in school I may step it up and take two classes at at time so that I get done quicker but who knows we will cross that bridge when we get there.
As for you parents out there that have only one child at home and are continually complaining about how hard it is to go to school on line and keep up with everything that a stay at home mom and wife have to do I do not want to hear it. And I have plenty of friends that work full time and take care of their children and wifely duities and take multipul classes at a time and do not complain about it and complete the classes with great grades.
But as a student/mom I wish you all the best of luck and keep on kicking and you'll be able to conqure this too.
I have learned things about other worldviews that I did not know before and that some of my own beliefs over lap into other worldviews.
there have been struggles that I have gone through in this class with other class mates and with my instructor, however, it was a great learning experience and I am grateful for that. I have done what I feel is the best that I can do in this class. I just wish that instructors like this one would step up their game a bit and figure out when to post grades and when to post the step by steps. There are students that want their grades the beginning of the new week not a week after they that week has been completed. I guess each teacher has their own method and we have to adjust to that.
I still think he needs to be better about posting extra assignment help. If you have the step by step instructions ready to go so that you can email them out when students ask for them why not just post them with the assignment and not have to worry about emailing them later on? It just doesn't make sense to me.
On the upside though and am still doing great in the class and have a 95% with just one more assignment to go, I hope I get a good enough grade to keep my "A" and keep my 4.0 gpa. there is no telling with this teacher though. Once you think you have him figured out he changes things up and you have no clue what he is looking for anymore.
I have been getting and I am gratful I will continue to get the great suppost that my husband has been providing to me. only about 192 more hours and 3 1/2 more years to go until I have my degree. this is really starting to be a great experience for me. I could not do it with out the support of my wonderful husband and children.
I keep thinking to myself though even when I have had 2 papers due in one week why do people keep complaining about doing their school work on line? I guess they are just not prioritising their time well enough. I do have the joy of nap time at my house and that one of my four kids goes to school all day so I am sure things will get a bit interesting in a few weeks when school is over for him. I will have to revamp my schedule and do things a little different so that I can get everything done. I have decided how ever that I will be getting up in the morning with my husband and getting him out the door and then working on my homework after he is out the door until my kids get up. Seeing how I am always up that early anyway during the shcool year why change it now. Just keep the same schedule.
So now the plan is in place just a matter of getting with the program and get things done quickly. Next year when two of four kids are in school I may step it up and take two classes at at time so that I get done quicker but who knows we will cross that bridge when we get there.
As for you parents out there that have only one child at home and are continually complaining about how hard it is to go to school on line and keep up with everything that a stay at home mom and wife have to do I do not want to hear it. And I have plenty of friends that work full time and take care of their children and wifely duities and take multipul classes at a time and do not complain about it and complete the classes with great grades.
But as a student/mom I wish you all the best of luck and keep on kicking and you'll be able to conqure this too.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
School is going well, I have changed a few of my habits to help out a bit. I guess not really changed them but have gone back to them. There for a while was just using the lap top in the living room and I felt like I wasn't really getting anything done. I would wait until all the kids were up and fed and dressed before I would sit down and work on my homework.
This was just so frustrating. I had the idea to move the desk top computer to the living room but then thought "If I do that then I would be able to hide and get work done if I need to" so we scratched that idea and left it hidden in our bedroom.
I have heard a number of people that are taking classes on line complain and complain about how hard it is to get everything done, and they are only taking one class (as am I), some of these people are stay at home moms (as am I), but they only have one child or all of their children are in school all day. Yet they still complain that they can't seem to find the time to get all of their house work done, all of their school work done, make dinner on time, work on craft projects that they like to do, and just feel very very overwhelmed about the whole thing.
I have made friends with a lady in my current class and she, as well as a few others in my last class, have emailed me and wanted to know how the heck I do it with four kids, and only one of them being in school all day, one being in pre-school two day a week, and I still manage to keep up with my house, my kids, dinners, laundry, play with my kids, watch movies with my kids, snuggle my kids, have time for hubby when he gets home, go to town to grocery shop (this is at least a 4-5hour process) during the week, manage to get all of my homework done, turned in on time and get no less than a 95% on everything I turn in, and still sew.
My response is simple, I just do it. I do have a little schedule that I try to keep to though and this is it:
6am up and get Ellis ready for school, while he's dressing and eating, I make his lunch and his dads lunch, un-load my dishwasher, and pack his back pack and pick up any random toys left in the living room
640am get Ellis out the door to the bus
642am get on computer check posts, comment to posts
650am turn in any completed worksheets, essays etc. (worksheets Tuesday, essays usually no later than Thursday)
7am start any extra pick up I need to do and change and fold laundry
715am Quinn is usually up by now and wants to eat so while I nurse him and catch up on a favorite show that's been DVRed
730 Emma and Cade are up wanting breakfast and cartoons (note: cartoons do not happen very often I am not really a tv person and like the quiet, also if the tv comes on my children usually don't get much done including playing)
8am if it's on the tv goes off, kids get dressed and play in their rooms, when weather is nice it is outside they go (unless it's winter then we are usually inside all day every day) I also use this play time to spend with my kids, play with them, read to them, I also use this time to do some of my crafting and letting my kids stamp, color, draw, their own crafts with scissors, glue, glitter, stickers, stamps, etc.
11am time for lunch I figure out what we are going to have, get it going, help the kids clean up their rooms and any messes they have made
1130am lunch
12pm down for naps. All three children go down for naps at the same time, I love this because then I can have some mommy time. This is when I work on any essays that I have coming up, reading assignments I may need to catch up on, blogging (even though this one is being done before 8am as everyone is still sleeping), watch a movie, start a sewing project (currently a bag for my mom for mothers day), change out laundry, fold a load or two, read a book, take a nap, basically what ever I want to do.
3pm Kids are getting up about now (yes they all three nap for about 3 hours) get kids a snack, help Ellis with homework (usually reading) and hang out with my kids
4pm Jon gets home and it's time to start dinner
5pm Dinner and dinner clean up
6pm pjs and veg-out time on the couch with the fam watching tv, sometimes a movie.
7pm kids to bed, yes all four of them, and some much needed mommy and daddy time, where we either watch our favorite shows together, that we have DVRed, or a movie and as always (fight with the 3 year old to go do bed and stay there, this is on going every night including most nights when he has not had a nap)
Cut out his nap you say. If I were to cut out his nap, come 4-5 pm he is extremely cranky wants no body but mommy to hold him (he's very attached to me :o( so day it makes me very crazy), or he falls asleep on the couch, which means he got a power nap and we are going to fight him until 10pm to fall asleep
9-10pm depending on my tired level I go to bed somewhere in here. But usually no later than 10pm so that I can get a good nights sleep. I am still working on getting Quinn to sleep all night so I usually get woke up at least once by him wanting fed. I let him cry it out for a bit. I can tell by the cry if he's going to go back to sleep or not. Last night up twice but went straight back to sleep both times.
This is just a basic schedule there are stamp groups, play dates, school meetings, packing, planning and all the other fun things that go on around here all the time. I feel like I have a very busy life but I always seem to manage to get everything done every day. I really don't know how I do it.
I rarely get sick but when I do watch out because I am usually sick for a couple of day. If hubby isn't doing much at work and can take the day off so that I can sleep I can usually kick it in about a day. The only time I have been sick to the point I couldn't kick it in one day with sleep is when I was pregnant with Cade and I ended up in the hospital with a potassium and mineral deficiency, how that happened I am not sure but he's the only one it happened with.
Any way, my point being if you are a stay at home mom with one child or children that are in school all day there is no reason that you can't get your work done on time, complete it to the point you will get a good grade, turn it in on time, get your posting and comments done on time and get a good grade in your class.
I have given a small little glimpse into my everyday schedule with three kids at home and I manage to get everything done on time (always a head of time so I don't have to stress about it) and currently have a 4.0. Yes I know I am only in my second class but it is the hardest class I will take over the next four years and I currently have an A in that class keeping my GPA at a 4.0.
So if you want to complain about how hard your life is because you are taking one on line course and you just cant seem to get anything else done and your work is always late, you can seem to find the time to get your school work done and you are always crunching and trying to get it done and turned in the day that it's due before midnight, and either you are home by yourself all day or only have one child to take care of, then I am totally the wrong person to be talking to because I have no sympathy for you at all.
I will tell you to get off facebook, craft sites, quit surfing the Internet for who knows what, close YouTube, and get your but to work, whether it be on homework or your home.
Sorry for the rant but it drives me crazy when people sit and complain about every little thing and how they can't seem to keep their house up, keep up with their children, and get their school work done all at the same time. I seem to manage just fine and I have 3 kids underfoot all day long and some how I get it all done.
No I am not Mary Poppins and no I do not have magical powers, I am only human, and I just do it.
This was just so frustrating. I had the idea to move the desk top computer to the living room but then thought "If I do that then I would be able to hide and get work done if I need to" so we scratched that idea and left it hidden in our bedroom.
I have heard a number of people that are taking classes on line complain and complain about how hard it is to get everything done, and they are only taking one class (as am I), some of these people are stay at home moms (as am I), but they only have one child or all of their children are in school all day. Yet they still complain that they can't seem to find the time to get all of their house work done, all of their school work done, make dinner on time, work on craft projects that they like to do, and just feel very very overwhelmed about the whole thing.
I have made friends with a lady in my current class and she, as well as a few others in my last class, have emailed me and wanted to know how the heck I do it with four kids, and only one of them being in school all day, one being in pre-school two day a week, and I still manage to keep up with my house, my kids, dinners, laundry, play with my kids, watch movies with my kids, snuggle my kids, have time for hubby when he gets home, go to town to grocery shop (this is at least a 4-5hour process) during the week, manage to get all of my homework done, turned in on time and get no less than a 95% on everything I turn in, and still sew.
My response is simple, I just do it. I do have a little schedule that I try to keep to though and this is it:
6am up and get Ellis ready for school, while he's dressing and eating, I make his lunch and his dads lunch, un-load my dishwasher, and pack his back pack and pick up any random toys left in the living room
640am get Ellis out the door to the bus
642am get on computer check posts, comment to posts
650am turn in any completed worksheets, essays etc. (worksheets Tuesday, essays usually no later than Thursday)
7am start any extra pick up I need to do and change and fold laundry
715am Quinn is usually up by now and wants to eat so while I nurse him and catch up on a favorite show that's been DVRed
730 Emma and Cade are up wanting breakfast and cartoons (note: cartoons do not happen very often I am not really a tv person and like the quiet, also if the tv comes on my children usually don't get much done including playing)
8am if it's on the tv goes off, kids get dressed and play in their rooms, when weather is nice it is outside they go (unless it's winter then we are usually inside all day every day) I also use this play time to spend with my kids, play with them, read to them, I also use this time to do some of my crafting and letting my kids stamp, color, draw, their own crafts with scissors, glue, glitter, stickers, stamps, etc.
11am time for lunch I figure out what we are going to have, get it going, help the kids clean up their rooms and any messes they have made
1130am lunch
12pm down for naps. All three children go down for naps at the same time, I love this because then I can have some mommy time. This is when I work on any essays that I have coming up, reading assignments I may need to catch up on, blogging (even though this one is being done before 8am as everyone is still sleeping), watch a movie, start a sewing project (currently a bag for my mom for mothers day), change out laundry, fold a load or two, read a book, take a nap, basically what ever I want to do.
3pm Kids are getting up about now (yes they all three nap for about 3 hours) get kids a snack, help Ellis with homework (usually reading) and hang out with my kids
4pm Jon gets home and it's time to start dinner
5pm Dinner and dinner clean up
6pm pjs and veg-out time on the couch with the fam watching tv, sometimes a movie.
7pm kids to bed, yes all four of them, and some much needed mommy and daddy time, where we either watch our favorite shows together, that we have DVRed, or a movie and as always (fight with the 3 year old to go do bed and stay there, this is on going every night including most nights when he has not had a nap)
Cut out his nap you say. If I were to cut out his nap, come 4-5 pm he is extremely cranky wants no body but mommy to hold him (he's very attached to me :o( so day it makes me very crazy), or he falls asleep on the couch, which means he got a power nap and we are going to fight him until 10pm to fall asleep
9-10pm depending on my tired level I go to bed somewhere in here. But usually no later than 10pm so that I can get a good nights sleep. I am still working on getting Quinn to sleep all night so I usually get woke up at least once by him wanting fed. I let him cry it out for a bit. I can tell by the cry if he's going to go back to sleep or not. Last night up twice but went straight back to sleep both times.
This is just a basic schedule there are stamp groups, play dates, school meetings, packing, planning and all the other fun things that go on around here all the time. I feel like I have a very busy life but I always seem to manage to get everything done every day. I really don't know how I do it.
I rarely get sick but when I do watch out because I am usually sick for a couple of day. If hubby isn't doing much at work and can take the day off so that I can sleep I can usually kick it in about a day. The only time I have been sick to the point I couldn't kick it in one day with sleep is when I was pregnant with Cade and I ended up in the hospital with a potassium and mineral deficiency, how that happened I am not sure but he's the only one it happened with.
Any way, my point being if you are a stay at home mom with one child or children that are in school all day there is no reason that you can't get your work done on time, complete it to the point you will get a good grade, turn it in on time, get your posting and comments done on time and get a good grade in your class.
I have given a small little glimpse into my everyday schedule with three kids at home and I manage to get everything done on time (always a head of time so I don't have to stress about it) and currently have a 4.0. Yes I know I am only in my second class but it is the hardest class I will take over the next four years and I currently have an A in that class keeping my GPA at a 4.0.
So if you want to complain about how hard your life is because you are taking one on line course and you just cant seem to get anything else done and your work is always late, you can seem to find the time to get your school work done and you are always crunching and trying to get it done and turned in the day that it's due before midnight, and either you are home by yourself all day or only have one child to take care of, then I am totally the wrong person to be talking to because I have no sympathy for you at all.
I will tell you to get off facebook, craft sites, quit surfing the Internet for who knows what, close YouTube, and get your but to work, whether it be on homework or your home.
Sorry for the rant but it drives me crazy when people sit and complain about every little thing and how they can't seem to keep their house up, keep up with their children, and get their school work done all at the same time. I seem to manage just fine and I have 3 kids underfoot all day long and some how I get it all done.
No I am not Mary Poppins and no I do not have magical powers, I am only human, and I just do it.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
new class :(
Well, my last class went pretty well. It was probably the easiest class I will take over the next four years and the current class is probably the hardest class I will take.
I came out of my last class with a solid A and was only a few points shy of 100%.
My new class is Christian Worldview or CWV-101. So far I have leaned a little about myself, or should I say relearned few things about myself, like that am really good at B.S.ing my way through essays or worksheets that I really have no clue what the teacher is looking for at all. I've learnd about Naturalists, and this week we are studing Secular Humanists. There really is nothing that I will learn in this class that I will need for my degree, however, I may gain an undertanding of other types of people and what they believe rather than continuing to live in my little bubble with the limited information that I have about other religions.
Being a mom and student is not easy, but at the same time, when you are only taking one class at a time it is not all that hard either. Figureing out a schedule that works for your house, your family, your school work is the best thing to do. We have found a pretty good rythum that works for our family. It's not always the easiest for me to get my housework done, my schoolwork done, playtime with my kids, time with my husband. I am having to learn to let a few things go and not worry about having what I feel or think is the perfect house all the time. My floor doesn't always get vacuumed everyday like I want it to my kitchen is not always clean, and my meals are not always perfect. But my family is happy, there is food on the table for 3 meals a day, snacks in the cupboards, clean clothes and 4 happy children that get the love and support of their parents.
My children are also being able to learn that it is never too late to get your education, no matter how old you are, how many kids you have, how many adult responsibilites you have or how busy people may think you are.
I am glad that I am able to show my children what it is to work hard, apply yourslf, and continue on with the things that you want most out of life.
I came out of my last class with a solid A and was only a few points shy of 100%.
My new class is Christian Worldview or CWV-101. So far I have leaned a little about myself, or should I say relearned few things about myself, like that am really good at B.S.ing my way through essays or worksheets that I really have no clue what the teacher is looking for at all. I've learnd about Naturalists, and this week we are studing Secular Humanists. There really is nothing that I will learn in this class that I will need for my degree, however, I may gain an undertanding of other types of people and what they believe rather than continuing to live in my little bubble with the limited information that I have about other religions.
Being a mom and student is not easy, but at the same time, when you are only taking one class at a time it is not all that hard either. Figureing out a schedule that works for your house, your family, your school work is the best thing to do. We have found a pretty good rythum that works for our family. It's not always the easiest for me to get my housework done, my schoolwork done, playtime with my kids, time with my husband. I am having to learn to let a few things go and not worry about having what I feel or think is the perfect house all the time. My floor doesn't always get vacuumed everyday like I want it to my kitchen is not always clean, and my meals are not always perfect. But my family is happy, there is food on the table for 3 meals a day, snacks in the cupboards, clean clothes and 4 happy children that get the love and support of their parents.
My children are also being able to learn that it is never too late to get your education, no matter how old you are, how many kids you have, how many adult responsibilites you have or how busy people may think you are.
I am glad that I am able to show my children what it is to work hard, apply yourslf, and continue on with the things that you want most out of life.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
UNV 103 GAME OVER
Well, I finished my first official college class on Sunday April 3rd.
This class taught me how to work the classroom web sight, turn in assignments, how to manage my home and school work, how to communicate more effectively through emails, forms, etc. It was a fun and easy class to start off with. I know that all of my classes will not be as easy as this one was, since this was the introduction class to how the school site works and getting you used to an online classroom.
I started my new class on Monday April 4th. Yes, I had to go to school and do homework on my birthday and as a mother. I thought that once I had kids and was married I would no longer be having to worry about my own homework on my birthday but that's what comes with being an online student and mom and adult all at the same time.
My new class is called CWV 101 or Christian Worldview. I am sure I will have times that I struggle through this class because of the nature of the class. I am sure there will be many times that I will have to bite my tongue and not let my emotions get the better of me. At least with this class being on line I will be able to think about how I feel and what I want to say back should the need arise rather than popping off and saying something that I will later regret and have to apologize for.
I have set a very high goal for myself to graduate at the end of four years, in 2015, with a 4.0, I know that this is a crazy goal to set for myself since I have not been in school for a while and the fact that I have a family and house to take care of on top of doing all of my school work.
So, far (after only one, WAY easy class) I am achieving this goal. I came out with an A and my percentage was 98.55%. This was a little lower than I wanted it to be but I am proud to say I got an A and A's are what get you a 4.0 not A- or B's but solid A's and 98.55% could be and A+ to some people.
I am glad that I made it through with a grade that I really wanted and that I worked hard to get that grade. I WILL be continuing to work hard to get solid A's in the rest of my classes.
This class taught me how to work the classroom web sight, turn in assignments, how to manage my home and school work, how to communicate more effectively through emails, forms, etc. It was a fun and easy class to start off with. I know that all of my classes will not be as easy as this one was, since this was the introduction class to how the school site works and getting you used to an online classroom.
I started my new class on Monday April 4th. Yes, I had to go to school and do homework on my birthday and as a mother. I thought that once I had kids and was married I would no longer be having to worry about my own homework on my birthday but that's what comes with being an online student and mom and adult all at the same time.
My new class is called CWV 101 or Christian Worldview. I am sure I will have times that I struggle through this class because of the nature of the class. I am sure there will be many times that I will have to bite my tongue and not let my emotions get the better of me. At least with this class being on line I will be able to think about how I feel and what I want to say back should the need arise rather than popping off and saying something that I will later regret and have to apologize for.
I have set a very high goal for myself to graduate at the end of four years, in 2015, with a 4.0, I know that this is a crazy goal to set for myself since I have not been in school for a while and the fact that I have a family and house to take care of on top of doing all of my school work.
So, far (after only one, WAY easy class) I am achieving this goal. I came out with an A and my percentage was 98.55%. This was a little lower than I wanted it to be but I am proud to say I got an A and A's are what get you a 4.0 not A- or B's but solid A's and 98.55% could be and A+ to some people.
I am glad that I made it through with a grade that I really wanted and that I worked hard to get that grade. I WILL be continuing to work hard to get solid A's in the rest of my classes.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Now the work will start
This is the last week of my very first class at GCU and I can't wait for it to be over. I am glad that the next class will be more challenging and that I will actually learn something from it. I am sure that I will at many times become so irritated with people in my next class that I will want to through the computer out the window but I am expecting people in the next class to ruffle my feathers so to speak as the next class is called "Christian World View."
I am sure there will be people that bash other religions because they do not understand them. I'm sure there will be missionary opportunities but will I be able to recognize them or will I be so frazzled by what other people are saying about other people or religions to notice that they are there. I am really hoping and praying that I will be able to recognize them and act upon them. At the same time I am really hoping that they are not there at all and that I can just get through the 7 week class whole and without problems of any kind.
I don't really know what to expect from this class but I'm sure I will make it though just fine. This first class has been so easy that at times I have wanted to rip my hair out for lack of boredom. However, I now know that I will do just fine with taking care of my family, home, church callings, and school work
So here's to the last week of what will probably be the easiest class I will have to take in the next four years and on to the harder work that I will actually learn something from and be able to apply to not only my classroom when I am done but also in my home when helping my children with their own school work.
And a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to the most wonderful husband in the world that has been extremely supportive of me starting school back up and getting the education that I want. He has sat next to me on the couch watching TV not complaining about the typing noise going on next to him that he would much rather not be there. As well as taking the time to look after our four children so that I can get some school work done when he is home during the day and on the weekends. And to the family and friends that have encouraged me to continue the good work and support they have provided and will continue to provided through out the next four years.
I am sure there will be people that bash other religions because they do not understand them. I'm sure there will be missionary opportunities but will I be able to recognize them or will I be so frazzled by what other people are saying about other people or religions to notice that they are there. I am really hoping and praying that I will be able to recognize them and act upon them. At the same time I am really hoping that they are not there at all and that I can just get through the 7 week class whole and without problems of any kind.
I don't really know what to expect from this class but I'm sure I will make it though just fine. This first class has been so easy that at times I have wanted to rip my hair out for lack of boredom. However, I now know that I will do just fine with taking care of my family, home, church callings, and school work
So here's to the last week of what will probably be the easiest class I will have to take in the next four years and on to the harder work that I will actually learn something from and be able to apply to not only my classroom when I am done but also in my home when helping my children with their own school work.
And a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to the most wonderful husband in the world that has been extremely supportive of me starting school back up and getting the education that I want. He has sat next to me on the couch watching TV not complaining about the typing noise going on next to him that he would much rather not be there. As well as taking the time to look after our four children so that I can get some school work done when he is home during the day and on the weekends. And to the family and friends that have encouraged me to continue the good work and support they have provided and will continue to provided through out the next four years.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
1st quiz
Well, I took my first quiz, why I don't know. I have until next Sunday at 1am my time to get it completed and turned in and there is nothing that says I that it is not open book. I didn't do as well and I thought I had done so it's probably a good thing that we are given two chances to take it. Now I just have to make sure that I get 100% the next time I take it since there is an average to the two scores to get the final score.
I had a gut feeling that I should just go to bed and worry about taking the quiz later in the week since it is getting a little late and I have been dealing with a two year old that refuses to go to sleep for the last three hours. I really don't think that my mind is working to the best of its ability so 10pm was probably not the best time to take a quiz.
I still can not believe I missed that many though. I have been through this whole web site and classroom a million and one times and can get exactly where I need to be without having to click out of one screen and back track to get to the right place.
Oh, well I guess I'll review a little bit better tomorrow while my children are napping and take a crack at it again later on. I may even jump around the web site while I am taking it. There are only 30 questions and we have 30 minutes to complete the quiz so that is an average of 1 minute per question. I think I can search and find all the correct answers in 1 minute per question. Beside there are some questions that I have no doubt in my mind at all what the answer is and they were cake questions to answer.
So, here is to another try tomorrow, or the next day since I have week to take the quiz again.
I had a gut feeling that I should just go to bed and worry about taking the quiz later in the week since it is getting a little late and I have been dealing with a two year old that refuses to go to sleep for the last three hours. I really don't think that my mind is working to the best of its ability so 10pm was probably not the best time to take a quiz.
I still can not believe I missed that many though. I have been through this whole web site and classroom a million and one times and can get exactly where I need to be without having to click out of one screen and back track to get to the right place.
Oh, well I guess I'll review a little bit better tomorrow while my children are napping and take a crack at it again later on. I may even jump around the web site while I am taking it. There are only 30 questions and we have 30 minutes to complete the quiz so that is an average of 1 minute per question. I think I can search and find all the correct answers in 1 minute per question. Beside there are some questions that I have no doubt in my mind at all what the answer is and they were cake questions to answer.
So, here is to another try tomorrow, or the next day since I have week to take the quiz again.
Friday, March 11, 2011
3 weeks left
Well, I am over halfway done with my first class and it feels great. I still have a 100% on all of my assignments and that is an awesome feeling. I know that the courses are going to be getting harder and harder as I go but I still have a goal of graduating with a 4.0, I really don't know why I wasn't this motivated in High School. I guess maybe then I was more worried about other things and didn't apply myself as much as I should have. I didn't get bad grades but I know I could have done WAY better in high school and gotten better grades.
College I applied myself a bit more and that felt great that I was on top of things for most of that. But, this time around I'm really wanted to be better than I have been in the past with my studies. My academic counselor had to be the bad guy for a few minutes the other day when I told her that my goal was to graduate with a 4.0 and tell me that "it's a great goal but, don't get discouraged if you get an A- in a class because one A- will drop my GPA down from a 4.0." Not what I wanted to hear but she has to remind me of things like this as well as encourage me to continue to do well in my courses.
I don't really know what happened on the other end of someone using my work as their own, however my teacher did post to everyone the rules of on lines classes again and that they need to use thier own ideas. She was unaware that someone had done this and made sure that it was corrected.
On top of all this studing and everything that I've been doing, I've also been keeping up with my house and kids and the million different directions everyone likes to run as well as starting a new workout program called Shawn T Insanity, and it really is Insanity. I feel like I'm going to die everytime I do it. But I'm feeling better and I'm feeling a difference in my body and how I feel. I have muscles that I forgot I had so that is a good thing.
College I applied myself a bit more and that felt great that I was on top of things for most of that. But, this time around I'm really wanted to be better than I have been in the past with my studies. My academic counselor had to be the bad guy for a few minutes the other day when I told her that my goal was to graduate with a 4.0 and tell me that "it's a great goal but, don't get discouraged if you get an A- in a class because one A- will drop my GPA down from a 4.0." Not what I wanted to hear but she has to remind me of things like this as well as encourage me to continue to do well in my courses.
I don't really know what happened on the other end of someone using my work as their own, however my teacher did post to everyone the rules of on lines classes again and that they need to use thier own ideas. She was unaware that someone had done this and made sure that it was corrected.
On top of all this studing and everything that I've been doing, I've also been keeping up with my house and kids and the million different directions everyone likes to run as well as starting a new workout program called Shawn T Insanity, and it really is Insanity. I feel like I'm going to die everytime I do it. But I'm feeling better and I'm feeling a difference in my body and how I feel. I have muscles that I forgot I had so that is a good thing.
Monday, February 28, 2011
I'm hoping that my teacher is as observant as I think she is, I know that she reads everyones posts because she comments on the all. I realize that people will be thinking about some of the same things that I'm thinking about when they write their responces to the questions due each week but really come on use your own not mine. I really hope this person gets dinged for taking some of my responce and using as their own. A blind man could see that this person used part of my post and is trying to claim it as their own since they commented on my post about how they didn't think about some of the things that they used in their post. I have to post on two other people today so good thing there are three other people that posted today.
As a stay at home mom I really don't have all the time in the world like some of the people in this class apparently do, so please do us all a HUGE favor and keep your posts to a minimum. 4 complete paragraph more than likely will not get read or commented on by me as I have 4 children to chase and I really don't want to chase your 4 paragraph essay that was suppose to only be a few sentences or 1-2 paragraphs. I'm not sure that everyone in this class really gets how this works or what they are being asked to do.
When a teacher asks you to give examples in your answer they are not looking for 10 examples of the same thing a few is just fine. And by few I mean 2-3.
On, a brighter note. All of my kids are feeling much much better so I can concentrate a bit more on my school work and putting the quality that I would like to into my work. I've been being able to get all of my work for the week turned in on Sunday as it's seeming that things are really easy right now. The plan right now is that I will look ahead to see what's coming up and plan accourdingly. I'm sure some assignments will be cake and others will be hard. So get the cake out of the way and focus on the hard.
Great kids, make a great mom and I'm hoping that I can make a great student. My husband was standing behind me the other day when I checked my grades and asked why I had a low grade in my posts. Then he told me that he was proud of me because I'm above the class average by at least 5-10 pts on everything. My goal is to graduate with a 4.0 we will see how I do.
As a stay at home mom I really don't have all the time in the world like some of the people in this class apparently do, so please do us all a HUGE favor and keep your posts to a minimum. 4 complete paragraph more than likely will not get read or commented on by me as I have 4 children to chase and I really don't want to chase your 4 paragraph essay that was suppose to only be a few sentences or 1-2 paragraphs. I'm not sure that everyone in this class really gets how this works or what they are being asked to do.
When a teacher asks you to give examples in your answer they are not looking for 10 examples of the same thing a few is just fine. And by few I mean 2-3.
On, a brighter note. All of my kids are feeling much much better so I can concentrate a bit more on my school work and putting the quality that I would like to into my work. I've been being able to get all of my work for the week turned in on Sunday as it's seeming that things are really easy right now. The plan right now is that I will look ahead to see what's coming up and plan accourdingly. I'm sure some assignments will be cake and others will be hard. So get the cake out of the way and focus on the hard.
Great kids, make a great mom and I'm hoping that I can make a great student. My husband was standing behind me the other day when I checked my grades and asked why I had a low grade in my posts. Then he told me that he was proud of me because I'm above the class average by at least 5-10 pts on everything. My goal is to graduate with a 4.0 we will see how I do.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Rants
I had a little rant this morning with one of my friends about some of the people in my class. I knew I was going to be going to a Christian based school and I'm totally fine with that, however, I guess I was a little unprepared for some of the people that I may meet in some of my classes. I was rather surprised at how one of the lady's is a minister (not so surprised that there are lady's that are ministers, since we got married in Vegas and we were married by a woman) but that she would use almost every one of her forum posts as a way to try and preach to people. It's really difficult to read some of her posts.
I'm all for religion as I am a religious person but I don't like to feel like someone is trying to, in a direct or indirect manner, preach their religion to me or make me feel like they are trying to persway me to thier religion. After all aren't we all able to make that dicission for our selves? I know I should be reading everyone's posts and seeing how they answer the questions view the outlook, see the world/questions but really not going to be able to read much of her posts.
I'm all for religion as I am a religious person but I don't like to feel like someone is trying to, in a direct or indirect manner, preach their religion to me or make me feel like they are trying to persway me to thier religion. After all aren't we all able to make that dicission for our selves? I know I should be reading everyone's posts and seeing how they answer the questions view the outlook, see the world/questions but really not going to be able to read much of her posts.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Posts
I find it interesting that there are people out there that seem to not be able to answer a question correctly. Not that there was a correct answer but come on people really? How hard is it to write 250-300 words on someone you think is educated regardless of their schooling status? I didn't think it was that hard and found it rather easy to find a person that I felt of educated and how they are and how I can apply their story/life/strategies, etc to my education and how I'm going to use it at GCU while I'm gaining my education.
I didn't think that the teacher asked to to write about what we think and educated person is or how one becomes educated. I think we all know that there are different levels, if you will, of being educated and that you don't necessarily have to go to college to become educated. I don't think that these people were reading the same syllabus or question that I was reading.
However, even with my four children being sick (bronchitis, double ear infections and strep) I have managed to get all my work turned in a head or time and have been able to find a few minutes during the day to get my discussions done so that I don't loose too many participation point since it's 21% of my grade.
Here's to a continuing good grade and the health of my children may they all get better and maybe I can get my husband to get into the Dr too since he's got the same stinking cough my children do.
I didn't think that the teacher asked to to write about what we think and educated person is or how one becomes educated. I think we all know that there are different levels, if you will, of being educated and that you don't necessarily have to go to college to become educated. I don't think that these people were reading the same syllabus or question that I was reading.
However, even with my four children being sick (bronchitis, double ear infections and strep) I have managed to get all my work turned in a head or time and have been able to find a few minutes during the day to get my discussions done so that I don't loose too many participation point since it's 21% of my grade.
Here's to a continuing good grade and the health of my children may they all get better and maybe I can get my husband to get into the Dr too since he's got the same stinking cough my children do.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
FlyLady
Before I decided to become an online student I decided that before I could be okay with spending a few hours a day locked away in my bed room on a computer doing school work I needed to have my house in order.
I remember that about a year or so ago one of my husbands cousins told me about flylady.net, and I didn't really think much about it. I looked at the web site once or twice but never really did anything with it of about using it.
I remember the web site when I decided to go back to school and thought that maybe the web site could actually help me get things back in order around this place and help me with my schooling and keeping things organized with my school work too.
I couldn't believe how much stuff she had to offer. If I had only known that she had a who section about packing and moving, man our move would have been so much more organized and I wouldn't have felt like I was going to loose it and having to hold it together in front of everyone for over a month. Not to mention that my house would have gotten un-packed and organized a lot fast after we moved.
I told myself that before I could go back to school and get my BS I must get this house in a good working order, organized, and clean with a good routine that works for me and not against me. I started looking at flylady.net and about three months later my house practially cleans itself. Between the morning and evening routine that I go through everyday, including weekends, and the routines I've gotten my kids into with cleaning up their rooms and wiping down their bathroom every night before they go to bed, yes 6, 4 & 2 year olds can do this with out help, I can't believe how much time I have to spend with my kids after my homework is done. I'm not haveing to spend the rest of my day doing laundry and cleaning the house.
FlyLady.net has got to be one of the best web sites I've ever used and has helped me get not only my house in order, organized and clean it's helped me get my life back and freed up WAY more time for me to play with my children.
I remember that about a year or so ago one of my husbands cousins told me about flylady.net, and I didn't really think much about it. I looked at the web site once or twice but never really did anything with it of about using it.
I remember the web site when I decided to go back to school and thought that maybe the web site could actually help me get things back in order around this place and help me with my schooling and keeping things organized with my school work too.
I couldn't believe how much stuff she had to offer. If I had only known that she had a who section about packing and moving, man our move would have been so much more organized and I wouldn't have felt like I was going to loose it and having to hold it together in front of everyone for over a month. Not to mention that my house would have gotten un-packed and organized a lot fast after we moved.
I told myself that before I could go back to school and get my BS I must get this house in a good working order, organized, and clean with a good routine that works for me and not against me. I started looking at flylady.net and about three months later my house practially cleans itself. Between the morning and evening routine that I go through everyday, including weekends, and the routines I've gotten my kids into with cleaning up their rooms and wiping down their bathroom every night before they go to bed, yes 6, 4 & 2 year olds can do this with out help, I can't believe how much time I have to spend with my kids after my homework is done. I'm not haveing to spend the rest of my day doing laundry and cleaning the house.
FlyLady.net has got to be one of the best web sites I've ever used and has helped me get not only my house in order, organized and clean it's helped me get my life back and freed up WAY more time for me to play with my children.
1st day of classes
Well, school is in session as of yesterday, I know right? Who starts classes on valentine's day? Well, aparently GCU starts classes on the 14th of February. But, that's okay I'm not a big fan of that holliday anyway, it's nothing but one more reason to spend money on things we don't need and I don't really need a holiday to tell my husband that I love him.
Class went well yesterday, it's a really easy class and there are only two assignments due per week, both of which I have done for the week and it is only Tuesday. One assignment is due tomorrow and the next is due on Friday.
My wonderful husband is on afternoons so he doesn't go to work until 11am. This gave me some time this morning to post my forum descussions and get everything done including looking over next weeks assignments which will be very easy to finish and get in on time.
My children have been very good during the times that I've needed to be locked away in my bedroom on the computer, not to mention we learned this morning that our 7 month old baby LOVE Dispicable me and will lay motionless to watch it.
So, needless to say so far so good and I should be able to ACE this first class. It's not really been that hard to get a good system down in my home and I think that because my home is organized and we have a good schedule and routine there is why it is being so easy this 1st week.
I can't believe classes started yesterday, it's ten to 11 and all my school work for the week is done, all my house work is done and now all I really HAVE to do today is fold the laundry that's in the drier and play with my kids.
I think a nap will be happening today. If it weren't for my 6 year old being in school all day every day I would take of down to my sister's-in-law house and help her pack and get ready to move on Saturday.
Class went well yesterday, it's a really easy class and there are only two assignments due per week, both of which I have done for the week and it is only Tuesday. One assignment is due tomorrow and the next is due on Friday.
My wonderful husband is on afternoons so he doesn't go to work until 11am. This gave me some time this morning to post my forum descussions and get everything done including looking over next weeks assignments which will be very easy to finish and get in on time.
My children have been very good during the times that I've needed to be locked away in my bedroom on the computer, not to mention we learned this morning that our 7 month old baby LOVE Dispicable me and will lay motionless to watch it.
So, needless to say so far so good and I should be able to ACE this first class. It's not really been that hard to get a good system down in my home and I think that because my home is organized and we have a good schedule and routine there is why it is being so easy this 1st week.
I can't believe classes started yesterday, it's ten to 11 and all my school work for the week is done, all my house work is done and now all I really HAVE to do today is fold the laundry that's in the drier and play with my kids.
I think a nap will be happening today. If it weren't for my 6 year old being in school all day every day I would take of down to my sister's-in-law house and help her pack and get ready to move on Saturday.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Back to School
I started my college education almost 10 years ago. After a year and a half of "traditional" college I got married and soon after started my wonderful little family that consists of 4 beautiful children.
My husband drives a plow during the winter which a few years ago, through a study, was labeled the #1 most dangerous job in Wyoming. After getting hit my a semi whom chose to pass on the wrong side and my husband trying his hardest to get the wing on his truck in before the truck got to him so that he could change lanes. The impatient driver hit the wing of his truck and took the wing completely off of his truck.
After learning about the accident it really hit me that, should something ever happen to my husband whether it be his life being taken early or disabling him for good, I had nothing to fall back on to provide for my family.
Since I already have a bunch of my credits done for an Education degree I decided I would go back to school on line with a four year program and finish out my degree as well as adding an additional one. This way should anything ever (pray to the Lord above that it doesn't) happen to my wonderful husband I will be able to provide for my family.
My husband drives a plow during the winter which a few years ago, through a study, was labeled the #1 most dangerous job in Wyoming. After getting hit my a semi whom chose to pass on the wrong side and my husband trying his hardest to get the wing on his truck in before the truck got to him so that he could change lanes. The impatient driver hit the wing of his truck and took the wing completely off of his truck.
After learning about the accident it really hit me that, should something ever happen to my husband whether it be his life being taken early or disabling him for good, I had nothing to fall back on to provide for my family.
Since I already have a bunch of my credits done for an Education degree I decided I would go back to school on line with a four year program and finish out my degree as well as adding an additional one. This way should anything ever (pray to the Lord above that it doesn't) happen to my wonderful husband I will be able to provide for my family.
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