Yes it is I back from the land of who knows. I had lots to blog about but just no time to do it when I wanted to. So I will start with just saying "HI" everyone. Kids are on their first break from school, 3 whole weeks. Miss M has 4 days of  special classes for high performing kids and then she starts her break on Fri. She got A's and one B+ on her report card. For her 4th grade class trip they are going to the Grand Can yon over night!! Dad is going as an extra chaperone. They are going on her birthday in Feb.  She is a student mediator and has joined the  school choir and computer club, on top of Girl Scou ts. As long as her grades are still good she can do them all.

Mr Lightning (Think the movie "Cars") got all exceeding grades on his report and his speech teacher even held off her child birth just so she could attend his teacher conference. (Okay she didn't but she did have the baby the morning  after the conference LOL) His sister gave him a bike she won at the school raffle. Only thing is that he can't ride it since we can't put training wheels on it, so we have to get him another one at Christmas anyway. He has quite a few new friends and is very helpful with his classmates. His teacher is really nice and very understanding when he does have a meltdown over noise or not wanting to complete something because he is just 'done' with it.

Hubby has been living here but we don't see him much except for socks on the livingroom floor and this low rumble of snoring during the day coming from the bedroom.  He has been on the swing shift and jsut found out that he will be going to mid shift next month for a little bit to cover for a co-worker going on vacation. UGH!! His birthday is on Weds the 26th so we celebrated on Sun even though he choosed to stay at home and watch the "Bear s" game instead of the dinner out that I had planned. He got a portable GPS as a gift from family since he is going hunting in Nov in Illinois. The kids and I was going to go up and meet him but the plane tickets are too high right now so maybe we can make it for Christmas this year.

I had another birthday earlier this month, the big "45"  yikes!!  I am still in the process of  getting school paperwork done. My transcripts has to be assessed and it is taking them forever, so the VA will not let me register until they can get a formal plan which can't be done until the transcripts is done. ARGH!!! They also want me to do research on whether to go to the community college and transfered to Arizona South which has a campus in the same location (which is close to me) or go to the University (which is downtown and will cost me in gas and parking and time). This is really getting to be a pain. Oh well.

Well tonight with the kids finally in bed I noticed that the new TV season has started. I caught the beginning of  "D ancing with Stars" because Miss M likes that show and thinks I should go on there. Apparrently she never noticed that I can't dance and would benefit from the lessons or she really thinks I am good. LOL!!  I taped '2 and a half men' for Hubby. I watched the new show 'Journeyman' and really like it. Kinda reminds me of the show 'Quantum Leap' but not with the jokingness.

I caught about the first 30 mins of "bachelor" and he is cute. Now one observation I have is this, Why do african-american women apply to this show?  Now I am not throwing in racism, far from it, but I don't think any of the bachelors are ever going to pick outside their race. Just from experience and knowing it not going to happen. I didn't see who he sent home tonight so I don't know what happened this time around.

I see that I am going to be sampling a lot of new shows this week. It also looks like I am going to need a second DVR. It gets on my nerves when they pile all the good shows on one night. The ratigns on these shows would be better if they would spread them out and stop trying to compete with each other. 

Oh another new show called 'House Virgins' started on Sun on HGTV is pretty good.

When I start school I am going to miss seeing my shows.

Well, I just got a Vicky Secret gift card and I am going to go spend it on-line. WooHoo!!

Sending (((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))) out to my brave Gabe!!!!