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Not much is going on today.  It finally stopped raining and is just cloudy outside.  It's definitely not as hot as it has been here lately.  Ugh!  I only like hot weather if I am by a pool or the ocean.  I will be happy when fall gets here.  That is my favorite time of year.   Oh, I have something to share with ya!  LOL!  I have been wanting to get Skye's hair cut for months now.  Keep in mind that she can go into sensory overload pretty easy and the only time she has had her hair cut is when she was in PPCD and one of the aides did it at school.  We had tried to take her to get a haircut last year and you would have been stunned to see the display of a tantrum she threw!  Whoa!  So, we never went back and her hair just keeps getting longer.  I cannot for the life of me cut a straight line so I am in no way handy with scissors.  Buddy decided that he would cut her hair!  So, I washed it and combed it out and she actually sat still and let daddy cut her hair!  I couldn't believe it at first!  I tapered it off a bit afterwards, but here is the result!  SEVEN inches gone!!  Now I don't have a major fight on my hands every time I need to brush her hair!  LOL!

I wasn't online much yesterday because I was cleaning and watching movies with my daughter.  She wanted me to sit down and watch Tinkerbell.  LOL!  I didn't mind since I love Disney movies.  Then we watched  The Land of Make Believe...one of the many Barney movies we own.  It was nice and she actually sat down and watched them with me.  Her attention span is very short most of the time.   After Buddy got home, we chatted and then fixed dinner.  We let the kids stay up a bit later last night too.  Skye is usually in bed by 9pm and we try to keep her on a schedule because she is so routine driven.  Since summer started, Tanner is up until at least midnight.  LOL!  Anyway, Tanner was playing a computer game and Buddy and I, along with Skye, kicked back and watched the Tour de France.  Lance is doing pretty dog gone good for coming back!  I think he is in second place.  Last nights crash was pretty bad though.  Jens Voigt's bike hit a bump and he went down!  He didn't even get up or try to move out of the way.  The Saxo Bank team has come forward and said he is in the hospital with a concussion and fractured cheekbone and he will not be returning to the race.    He hit the pavement hard and just slid.  I bet he sustained severe road rash as well.  I think they said he was going almost 50mph.  I am sure they will be talking about it tonight.

I hope the weather clears up by the weekend so that we can go swimming.  We have been going over to a friends to swim and eat dinner on the weekends.  The kids of course love the pool!  LOL!  Skye is not that scared of the water anymore and Tanner swims without his vest now. 

Swimming with noodles and floating on a ball.  LOL!

Its nice to be able to spend the weekends with the kiddos and hubby.  I am hoping that it stays that way.  We are having financial problems and we lost a lot when he came home off the road when he lost his job.  I just didn't know how much until recently.  I have been looking for a job myself, but I am limited.  I can only work during the school hours of my kiddos and it seems that most employers just won't work with moms these days.  Ugh!  Anyone else having trouble with the job market??

Okay, I am off to go get the kids lunch and to re-arrange and add a few things here. 

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After three long years and blogging on my own domain (which I have now closed), I have decided to come back here to Blogdrive.    I have also made the decision to keep all my older posts from previous entires here.  So, there is going to be a pretty big gap.  LOL!  So to make an extremely long winded story short, here's an update on how things have gone the last three years since June of 2006. 

Looking back through my entries, I came across several referring to all the tests that were run on my little girl.  Well, we got a diagnosis of Autism on October 3rd, 2006.  It was definitely a shock , but at least now we have an explanation as to why she behaves the way she does.  The how will never be answered.  A few weeks after that, I lost my mother.   Yes, after all the hospitalizations, doctors, and rehab facilities, she finally lost her will and fight with COPD and Emphysema.  It was and still is heartbreaking and I can't believe it has already been almost three years since.  Its seems just like yesterday.  We now live in smaller area, renting the house my husband grew up in.  Buddy, who used to be an OTR trucker, now works for our city as a CDL truck driver and is home every night with me and the kiddos.    Tanner, my little prince, will be entering fourth grade and he is doing so good! Skye, my little princess, has now advanced to Kindergarten after a year of Pre-K and attending Giggles Therapy.  We were able to get her into a PPCD (Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities) class after she turned three years old and she progressed extremely well, so she is now mainstreamed.  She does great at school and is ahead of her peers, but she still goes into sensory overload and has social and behavioral issues we have to deal with.  She was put on medication at one time, but is not taking anything now.  This has been a life changing event for my entire family.  Okay, that's the short story and long enough.  LOL! 

I am happy to be blogging again and I hope life allows me to post often and meet more great people out in the cyberworld!  I will be adding a few more things here as soon as I can get them uploaded.

Just wanted to let y'all know that I have moved my blog.  You can find me at the address below. 

Jen's Insanity  http://jensinsanity.com