Shy guest bloggers leads to me rambling

Usually Fridays are for guest bloggers, but it seems people are being a little shy lately!

I still wanted to do a blog because I don't want to lose momentum. There are just so many things on my mind these days though. It's hard to pick just one. I guess I'll just unload a little of what's been rattling around up there this week. Hopefully you can relate or enjoy some of these little ditties.

I was driving home from the store yesterday and for whatever reason, I became a little reflective. Sometimes things are tough, and nothing goes the way I want it to. But this week has shown me that if you just give it time, good and evil balance out. Patience gets rewarded. And it's not like it was anything gigantic; I didn't win the lottery or a new car or anything like that. But I noticed throughout the week all the little things added up. When I was at the store, I forgot my debit card but I had just enough cash in my wallet to cover everything I needed. When I drove home from across town, I hit every green light except 1 or 2, which in my town is like Truman Show magic. Every little prayer I had from being somewhere on time to Will's behavior was answered. I'm a little more appreciative that I got a break from all those little annoyances this week. So if things feel hard, or you're stressed out, give it time. It will balance out eventually, even in the tiniest of ways, so be aware of those small blessings every day.

Another thing weighing heavily on my mind is the new common core standards in our schools. In full disclosure, I don't know all the ins and outs of it, I don't know exactly how it all works, I just know that it's rough on our kids. It's hard to stand behind something that makes it impossible for a teacher to be flexible and accommodating, and that seems to try to shove every kid into the same mold. It's rough on the teachers, who want our kids to be successful too. There shouldn't be so many tears when trying to accomplish homework. It sucks that, as a parent, I feel like I need to get a "Common Core for Dummies" book to get my kid through his education successfully. My heart goes out to the teachers struggling to balance the stupid regulations with all the different ways kids learn. I hope they know that many of us parents are behind them and will do whatever we can to help. We are grateful for the work they do every day to shape our kids into awesome little human beings.


 This week has been a little crazy, and I'll show you why. We have some new family members:

My husband bought a new 125 gallon fish tank. It's his baby/project because I will kill them if I have to take care of them.  My son loves them and that's cool. His favorite is called a rope fish, which looks like a snake, and he named him Willy.

We're not too exciting this week, but thanks for stopping by anyways!!!