LIFE...

Well Another week has passed, and time is getting closer and closer everyday to finally be done with my current job. My kids are much more excited for me to leave than I am, I had Adam tell me "Only 20 more days!!!" I have been VERY stressed out lately because I am worried and trying to get another job and apartment lined up, but it sure is tough. Its easy to say oh just put up ads on Craigslist or the newspaper, but then having people get back to you is the hard part. I have been working really hard trying to find a job, but it just seems hopeless, so Ilene thought it would be a good idea if we had a family fast this Sunday, for me to get a job, and for Alex and I to be able to find an apartment, and for cousin Roy to find an apartment as well. Everyone is welcome to join us in this special fast, and it would be greatly appreciated.

I have been so emotional lately and also crave everything...here is a list of the things I always want to eat, Sauteud onions, BIG MAC, French Fries, chips and El Pato, tomatoes with ranch, and that just about does it. I have to make this stop because I refuse to gain weight and get fat... I think I am just on this emotional roller coaster, where one minute I can be so happy and then someone can say or do the wrong thing, and it just totally throws me off. I am so grateful I have such a great husband, with ALOT of patience. Hopefully it doesnt last too much longer. Its just one of those phases...

There have been some great moments that have happened lately, and I just want to name a few because I am so happy and proud of my boys!!! Adam (9) in third grade came home with a list of 15 Hard Spelling words such as acceptance,geography,civilization,rhombus, longitude...and you get the point. Spelling is his weakest subject and it takes alot of effort and practice to learn these words. He was so sure that he would never in a million years learn how to spell those words, so I made him a deal that if he got 100% on his spelling test I would give him $5.00, and the deal was on...I was pretty sure he would atleast miss one word, so I wasnt to worried about missing my precious $5.00. He studied so hard everyday after school, and in the mornings before school, and did the homemade word search I made, along with the unscramble words, and write 5 times each, and write a sentence with the spelling word in it. Well sure enough he came home yesterday with a spelling test and 100%!!!WOOHOO I was so happy, so was he!!! Also another big accomplishment was that he had to learn all the states and capitols, and memorize where they were located on the map...so again, we worked EXTRA hard, and he got 100% on that as well!!! One more thing, he had a Hockey tournament in Massachusetts and he took his team to the championship and won the whole thing!!! Then Eric (6) first grade loves to have challenges, so we do large number addition facts flash cards, like 42+66, 22+13, and so on...I have 54 cards, and it used to take him about 5 mins to finish the deck, but now he is down to 2 minutes, so that has been a HUGE accomplishment...he isn't challenged enough in his classroom, so his homework from me gives him some challenge which he LOVES.

I was unloading the dishwasher when Adam walked in and asked me in a very serious tone...Senia, is beauty sleep true? I answered back with, Of Course it is!!! He then asked, Why do girls always need to have their beauty sleep? I told him, it makes them feel and look prettier when they are fully rested. He replied with, Oh well then you should try getting some more beauty sleep...Maybe he is trying to tell me something...

I cant stand when my kids are rude to eachother or hit or say mean things to me or eachother. My kids are the PUNKS... I had given them warning after warning that if it didnt stop something reallly bad was going to happen, well Eric didn't take me serious, and he kept being rude and saying rude things to me, so I decided okay thats it, I have had it with him!!! As I was thinking of a punishment, since I cant spank or flick his mouth, and timeout wouldnt teach him anything, I had already taken away his DS, so my last option was to sniff vinegar for a whole minute. I had to hold him down, and put the bottle right up to his nose, because I told him the more he fought with me the longer it would be until I started the timer... so if any of you have ever smelled vinegar, it is just GROSS, he learned a valueable lesson, and now is very nice to people!!!

I could go on and on with stories about these boys, but most of them are just better to be forgotten.

Last weekend was really nice, Ilene, Alex, and I rode the train to the city and went to visit Nick(alexs brother) and went to do a session at the temple. I loved going to the temple, especially there in NYC. Everything is SO busy and loud, but then the moment you step into the temple, there is this peace that just overwhelmes you. It was so wonderful, we also did some sealing, and hearing the words again, that were given at our sealing was just amazing. I love giving service and knowing that the work we did made the people in heaven so happy, that they finally got their work done. It was a great day!!! Alex and I got callings finally!!!! We are so so so excited, Alex is the 8 year old cub den leader, and I am the 8 year old activity days leader, and the 8 year old primary teacher!!! It was so neat, and we cant wait to start teaching and doing our callings!!! So that is all that has been going on here in my life!!!