Tuesday

There's not much new. Hubby is still job hunting. He has a second interview tommorrow and then another second on Friday (first was 2 phone interviews, but I count it since it lasted an hour.) Anyway, here's praying that one of them (or both!) leads to an offer. They both sound like good jobs.

I did find out that my BIL was laid off today. He's also in sales. Then dh told me how much we've lost in the stock market this year. Wow is all I can say. I sure hope next year is better.

The kids and I went with my friend Susan and her 3 kids to the zoo yesterday. They get so excited over the animals! It's very cute. They like going more now than when they were little. I suppose it's because they can read and learn about them now more. My little one just loves seeing animals period. It sure was hot though, luckily it looked liked rain most of the time so we were okay, but eventually it cleared up and it was hot. We left soon after.

At the exit there's always a panhandler. This guy was pitiful looking, he looked very mentally ill. The kids told me he was shaking, so I was explaining the delerium tremors to them (dt's.) I presume that was what was going on with the guy. This lead to one of my kids telling me that his friends dad is also an alcoholic. He was recent in a horrible motorcycle accident and is lucky to be alive and mobile. But he has lost a lot of his sight and can't drive, although he can now see well enough to work in the store he owns (cell phone sales.) At first his wife was running the store. So he's lucky, but still, it's a huge change in his life. My insightful son Chris said "He's probably depressed." Pretty deep for a 10 yo, but I agree. I guess he sits on the couch and drinks beer all day after work. And apparently they've hid the booze and he bicycles to the store to get more. They've gone to stay with grandma at times. It sounds pretty serious and I feel awful for the family. I know his mom, but not well enough to bring up the issue. I sure hope they get some help. But hey, it does put our unemployment problems into perspective, at least it will pass someday.

My first post

I'm boysmom, and I'm posting my first post on my brand new blog. I don't know if it will be good, but it will be something, which is better than my current (non-existent) journal. I'm a mom, as you can tell, and to boys, as you can also tell. I have 4 of them total. The oldest is 12, the twins are 10, and the baby is 4. And, no, he wasn't an accident, and also no, I wasn't trying for a girl (I'd have been nuts to think that that would happen.)

Anyway, I stay home with the boys and it's crazy here most of the time. My dh is a sales rep, currently in between jobs, sadly. But luckily we are okay financially even with that, still doesn't make it fun having him here aaaaaaaallllll the time, if you KWIM. Not to mention, health insurance, ha ha ha ha ha, don't even get me started there. I liked the bumper sticker "The USA's national health plan: don't get sick." Oh boy, is that ever accurate.

I homeschool some of the guys, this year one twin and the 4 yo. And that makes it even crazier, not sanity break for me! As you can tell, I'm pretty dedicated to my children, but at times I wish I weren't! I can't change though, I love being a mom and am lucky to have my children.