quote:

Originally posted by cindahomaker:
Hi Lori ai just wanted to encourage you that you are doing a great job with your kids

Ditto here!

Jacinda,
your safety group sounds great. You've got some really good ideas.
Keep up the good work!!

Thanks for the encouragement! We're hanging in there. We've gone 5 days now "going solo" and I have to tell you -- it's no fun!! My husband made it to San Antonio safely and started in his new job yesterday. We talk every day, usually more than once, which is really great. He said last night that he thinks the job will be really good. The people he's working with are great. At least two of them are Christians and are already telling him about their churches and inviting him to come. One is giving him a ride to work for a couple of days so he can learn his way around before he has to drive it on his own. This weekend he's planning to visit one of the churches that his co-worker attends. It's very near my sister's house (where he's staying) and we looked up their web site and it looks really great.

We are desperate to get this house sold! We're talking to our realtor about what we can do to make that happen, and will be lowering the price again in the next day or two. There is just too much competition here with the new construction and SO MANY houses on the market! We're tired of waiting it out and just want to get it sold, even if that means not making as much profit. We've already found a house in Texas we want to buy, but can't move forward on that until we get this one sold.

I worked on school plans over the weekend and got everyone's assignment sheets done for the rest of the semester. Everyone is far behind, but at least they have a goal now and know what to work toward. The girls are being pretty good about doing their work (most days) and in helping keep the house ready to show. We are finding a new routine that works for us, so that has been good.

Hang in there Lori There is light at the end of this tunnel.
My Husband's job is based in San Antonio and he travels to there about once a month.. It's a company that makes industrial computerized scales. Husband says similar things about the workforce in his job. He also says San Antonio is very nice. I hope ya'll like it there!

Hi Lori,

Slow and slower - I'm so sorry your house hasn't sold yet. You must be exhausted with all that you are facing.
How has your health been?

Blessings,
Christine

www.HomeFieldAdvantage.org

Hi Christine,
Well, at the moment I AM exhausted, but that's mostly just because it's Thursday. It's our busiest day of the week and I'm always tired early in the evening. Overall I think my health is doing okay. I'm off all medication right now for at least 3 months, maybe more. I'm trying more natural ways to get the cholesterol under control. After we get moved I'll have it checked again, and if it isn't any better I'll talk to my new doctor about what to do next. But I'm praying I'll be able to get it back down without any more medication.

The housing market is SO slow right now! It's very frustrating, and now that my husband has had to go out ahead of us it's even harder to have to just sit here and wait. I'm really hoping we get some showings over this weekend. If something doesn't happen very soon, I just don't see it happening for a few more months. Holidays are not a good time to sell a house!

I keep trying to focus on the positives. My husband has a place to stay, and we will all have a place to stay when we get there. My sister is being very generous and helpful to us, so that's a huge blessing. My son has decided to go with us and I am SO happy about that! Maybe part of the delay in selling the house has been to give him time to make that decision. And overall the kids are being great about everything. So it could be much worse, and I just have to hang on to the good stuff to get thru the not-so-good stuff.

Lori,
Sorry to hear your family is "geographically challenged". I've been there and understand how you feel. Allow me to introduce myself....

My name is Amanda. We are a military family. My husband is active duty in the air force and has been for 21 years. We are currently in our 11th house in Naperville, Illinois and have moved 10 times over the last 20 years. Family separations are awful but happen frequently in the military. We are blessed in that we have not been separated for more than 6 months consecutively.

But on a good note, my most concentrated spiritual growth periods over the years have happened during those periods of separations. God really used those periods to teach me more about Himself. Yes, those separations were hard, but God was with me and growing me rapidly during those times. So good things can come out of tough situations.

Selling a house is such a drag. We've done that a four times. I'll pray for a buyer to come soon. I always went over board trying to keep the house spotless which drove us all nuts. The funny things is three out of 4 times the house sold when it was shown with a more lived in look (a bit messy) rather than the magazine show house look. So do what you can and don't worry about it. God will send the buyer in His time.

One more thing before I close. We just moved from San Antonio. In fact, we still long to go back there. My 13 year old misses her friends terribly. My 10 yr old is content wherever he is. We were planning to retire at 20 years in the military so the kids wouldn't have to move during their teen age years, but God keep blessing my husband's career. So we trust He will heal our kids' broken hearts. Anyway, if you have any questions about San Antonio, I'd be happy to try to answer them. We were there 2 years and lived near the Sea World side of town. Have you heard of FEAST - the home school support group? I think you'll like it. Check out their website http://www.homeschoolfeast.com/

I'm off to have my quiet time with the Lord. Have a great day.

Blessings to you all,
Amanda

Amanda,
I'm so glad you posted. What an encouragement to me! Thank you! We, too, were a military family. My husband retired from the Air Force in '97 after serving 23 years. We, too, were going to retire at 20 years, but God had other plans. We were assigned back in Florida, our home state, in '95 and thought we would never leave here. We bought a house, he retired, and went to work here, and we thought we were home to stay. But again, God had other plans. We've never lived in San Antonio but I have a sister there, and another one who did live there for a few years with the Air Force, stationed at Lackland, AFB. My husband is working at Lackland now and we're looking at some housing areas on the west side of town (I think that's right anyway).

I have done some research on-line about homeschooling there and will check out the link you gave. I'm not sure if that's the same one I've looked at before or not. Thank you for your help in that!

It's funny, our kids were very resistant to this move when it first came up, but now they are all looking forward to it (ages 12, 14, 16 & 18). I believe God has been working on all of us, getting us prepared for whatever He has for us out there. I know the house will sell in His timing, but waiting on that can be SO hard!

Thanks, again, for your help and encouragement.

Just a quick post.....

We went to a different church yesterday. I think we're going to move our membership and it just kills me! Our entire lives are bound up in our church and the thought of leaving is difficult. We've been active members since August, 1997.

I think I'm going to post about this in the prayer request thread.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and Monday is going well. Lori, how was your weekend? Christine, when are you gonna slow down long enough to post again? Cinda, Wendy, Amanda???? Where is everyone????

Oh, I just found the new thread for chatting! Thanks Christine!!!! I'll copy and paste my last post to there.

Well, Quiver

I'm here just don't have much to talk about.

I've been achy all over but not sick iykwim.

I have a birthday party for Lina on Wed. that I'm not ready for. Really have had made some strides around here but at a stand still.

Trying not to embarrass myself as I'm very emotional lately and who knows why??? Probably just ran myself down with all the extra stuff I've been trying to do. My dh worked a long week 7 days and that always affects my mood. I NEED at least one day of him being here to help me.

I'm praying for you Lori to be able to move on with your dh VERY VERY soon.

And Quiver you must be very use to having your dh away to not be going bonkers every week.

Well I could certainly whine a bit more as tonight has been no exception of crazy messes to clean up and discipline problems.


I will choose to change the subject though first PTL Lori that your house is showing more often!!!

And ladies I have been wondering about a funny thing that my boys exhibit.

They understand most of the things that they should at their age but I think this is so weird if they were asked to recite say their abc's or numbers (they know them in asking a question like sight recognition but not so much to recite in order. Not that they have never been able to recite but as of late I've been trying to refresh them on the basics and this has come to my attention. They can not sing the abc song with me at 5 and 6 years old

Also I was wondering your ideas about this. I have always been more realist in my entertainment maybe too mushy liking Pollyanna type movies but not so much sci fi other worldly movies stories etc... My dh is different in that he'd rather escape to another time and world than to watch / play some thing more real for instance he'd rather play a game that has bad guy /good guy creatures than a simulated war game.

My boys are following him in this they want to like what he does and so are already playing games that are other worldly or fantasy about aliens, robots etc ...

My ds 6 says to me today mom I wish I were a robot so I could live forever and I remind him we should be glad for what/ who God made us to be and that he will live forever with Jesus in the BEST place ever some day etc ....

How would you try to strike and maintain a balance in this situation?

Hi Lucinda,

I'm sorry you've been feeling down in the dumps lately. Are you feeling any better?

My son, my youngest, is very dramatic and imitates everything. When he saw Superman, he thought he was Superman. When he saw Spiderman, he thought he was Doc Ock for months.
When he saw 101 Dalmatians, he thought he was Cruella Deville for the longest time.

The positive side of this is that when he watches something like Veggie Tales he pretends to be Bob or Larry.

Have fun!

Christine

www.HomeFieldAdvantage.org