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Day Zero and random stuff	[Jul. 16th, 2017\|01:56 am] Christen
Leon needed a nap. I am in the same spot on not having a job as I was when I wrote over a month ago. Being paid, applying, but no real hope in sight at the moment. I have been able to cross off something on Day Zero 3.0 since I last wrote. The loss of Photobucket is quite sad for me. Nick is working the summer season at the ski resort, he has hernia issues though so it's a painful thing, but he loves the job. I wrote 2 years ago how Day Zero 2.0 was 34.7% done. I was curious what those two years had brought, and I also have crossed stuff off since I LAST wrote on it. I'm up to 58.4%. I've actually even been able to cross stuff off on the original. When I finished the original I was apparently 54% done, it is now 69.3% done. At the point 2 years ago when I wrote the original was 60% done. Man ever realize you're no longer online friends with somebody and can't remember if it was you or them? Love and God bless, Christen
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B+	[Jun. 2nd, 2017\|08:52 am] Christen
Rock's soccer team. I got a B+ in Cost Benefit Analysis, that's actually kind of surprising, I was worried it might be a C lol. I have one more class today, and then I have two more days and then the school year is over. And I'm unemployed. Unless something changes before Friday and I get a job. I have 3 ways that could happen. I'd be pretty happy if one of them panned out and did happen, especially if it happened before Friday. I did a Novena where my special intention was that I have a job this May. That's today, or it didn't come to pass. Don't think though that I'm saying I don't think a job in June would be an answer to that prayer, it just would be on somebody else's timeline and not mine. Since I don't know if I'm moving districts, becoming truly unemployed, etc. I am not at the moment concerned with figuring out what to take for that extra credit I need if I go back to the district I live in. If I stay here that credit does me nothing and I just as well take it next year. I've already taken 3 credits and I'm taking a fourth next week, so 4 is good for a summer. If I take 4 more next summer I'll be good for recertifiying. And then I could take 4 more the year after and I'd get to move over a column in the district I currently work for. So, it just really is a big, wait and see where I'm going game right now. I mentioned a cool graduation gift a mom was doing for her son, she confirmed she'd been doing it since Kindergarten! How amazing. I'm starting it next year for all my school aged kids, I might even do it for Leon when he starts preschool. At least with my unemployment on Friday should come free time, and with free time should come the ability to work on my weight loss. I also just realized this time is when 3rd hour normally gets out and soon I'd normally be eating lunch and going to the bathroom and I'm wanting to do those things, so I think I'll pause this and return to it later. ***************** Well, I ended up accidently shutting down the computer in the middle of writing this, so several days later I'm back. Today is my last day of school. I posted this part of a song I like on my facebook about it: I had a job but the boss man let me go He said I'm sorry but I won't be needing your help no more I said Please mister boss man I need this job more than you know But he gave me my last paycheck and he sent me on out the door\ Love and God bless, Christen
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Narnia	[May. 25th, 2017\|12:02 am] Christen
Courtney in her tap costume. I've read several chapters out of Dawn Treader lately, two today even. I may actually finish the series this summer. I took my test for my class today, so just the final project now and I'm done. I have a job interview on Friday. I forgot Terra's Carebear glow bear in her list of presents she got at her party. I don't even want to discuss my weight. ************************** New day. I'm 6 school days away from done with my 6th year of teaching and my first (and possibly only) year in Boise. Tomorrow is Thursday and then I have an interview Friday. If I move districts, I may want to take one more credit this summer. I just can't figure out what I want to take. I'm having a debate about an e-mail I got today, but I don't really want to discuss it here, I'll share with you after I've decided what I am going to do about it. Pay day tomorrow. My favorite day. Today I got the coolest thing ever that a Mom is doing for graduation for her son. He's a sophomore, but she's been doing it for years, I distinctly saw things that implied 7th grade was for sure in there, I wonder how far it went back actually. I thought it was so cool though that I'm going to start one of the same thing for Courtney next year. I think that's when I'll start it for all my kids. 8th grade. The students I taught my first year were 6th graders. As long as nothing went wrong for them, or they didn't get ahead, they graduated last year. They are out in their first year of working for a living or going to college. They are these 6th graders who shocked me with questions like "When can you drop out of school? How old do you have to be?" To which I was happily interupted when "Citlali" I can't remember her name, just how to say it, would say "18" Yes, please! Please do that. Well, they may have since dropped out, but Citlali, I'm sure she went off to college this year. Love and God bless, Christen
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Narnia	[May. 20th, 2017\|08:15 pm] Christen
This is my new facebook profile photo. Yando was the bomb. May he RIP. I'm considering stopping my homework where I am for the night, going up and reading my Narnia book and going to bed. It is only 10 minutes before I was planning to call it quits anyway, but I'm not as far into my homework as I had hoped given Terra's birthday party tomorrow. I'm just worried I won't get done by the 11pm deadline tomorrow. Hopefully I do. Then there isn't a deadline for Sunday, so hopefully I'll be set by Monday and then I have a test Tuesday and so there isn't a deadline Wednesday so I think that means all I have left after that is the final project. So really, if I make tomorrow's deadline, I should be good until a week from tomorrow! **************** New day. I have done pretty well at staying positive today, which I did not do yesterday. Part of that is I was at a soccer tournament or preparing for Terra's party, or having Terra's party. Now I'm sitting down to do homework and that'll probably go away. Terra's birthday party had one kid from her dance class (she invited the whole class), one kid from her preschool class (she invitied the whole class) and then 4 of the neighborhood kids showed up and my parents. As well as my own kids. So it was a good show up. She got a new Moana Doll. She got some Calico Critters. She got a pool noodle. She got a jump rope. Terra also got a hatchimal thing. She got a teddy bear and tsum tsum and Hershey bar. And she got something with letters and colors and stuff. This week is my children's last week of school. I have another week after that. On Friday at 11am my children will be 8th grade, 5th grade, 3rd grade, 2nd grade and Kindergarten. Plus Leon. So in May 2014 I said I didn't like the new front page and said I wanted to change back, eventually I did, and I accidently changed back to the no longer new one again. Ah! I had somebody invite me to their church recently. That's just not happening. I love that you have a church you love, but so do I. Love and God bless, Christen
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(no subject)	[May. 18th, 2017\|11:01 pm] Christen
My kids being silly. I'm certain I've made a lot of progress on Day Zero 3.0 since I last wrote since that was SEPTEMBER. September was forever ago, more than 6 months ago. I however haven't made too much progress on my reading. I was reading book 4 in Narnia, I'm now reading Dawn Treader which I think is like book 5? Lol Oh I wasn't yet reading 4, and I'm already into 5 lol. I'm liking monthly paychecks more now than I did in September, mostly because Nick was working, and then there were taxes, and my salary with all that was enough to last the month. Just thinking about all the things I might be able to do someday that I never thought we'd be enough on our feet to do is making me happy. I wrote that line 3 years ago tomorrow. The fact is the things that were making it all better, didn't work out. And we still haven't got there. Who knows if we ever will. This underlined piece is from an entry I wrote on this day last year. The italic part is now 4 years old. Things got substantially better from when I wrote that, and I need to remember that, because I'm worried about the future right now. And worry is wasteful and not from God and I need to stop it. The saints are praying for me, this will work out. I've quit using photobucket for various reasons, I'm worried about all the photos I have stored there and nowhere else and I'm worried that the photo I've shared in this entry may not work. While I never use LJ anymore, I'm so glad it still exists and that I have this long term thing where I can look back at progress of my kids, myself, etc. I did get one phone call for an interview, I actually turned them down. Nick's been working for a month and a half or so at this point. That line is from two years ago in June. I'm sitting here asking myself how I did that. You see, like is my normal at the end of a school year...I'm job searching. And my heart is aching, I've never loved a school like I love this one. Love and God bless, Christen
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No progress	[Sep. 19th, 2016\|11:35 pm] Christen
Amber played goalie on Saturday for a little while, twice. I don't think I've made any progress on my Day Zero 3.0 since I last wrote, I also think Nick is currently off sulking somewhere right now. Things I think. I get paid by my job for the first time on Friday, that should help me begin to think of completing certain goals on my list. Last year on this day Amber went to a birthday party of a little girl in her class, yesterday she went to the same little girls birthday and LJ went to a party and Rock to a playdate. My kids had a social Sunday. Courtney had two sleepovers this weekend, so she had a social weekend. Both were at our house. I'm not reading anything right now, but I just finished the 3rd book in the Narnia series, so hopefully I'll be reading the 4th book soon. I have lost the copy we own, or rather the kids have, some time ago. So I asked Rock to check it out from the library for me, hopefully he'll do that tomorrow and I'll be able to begin reading it. I guess I used to feel that the budget with the monthly pay checks was easier, but I do dislike monthly paychecks. Nick and I are both working now, so there will be a little bit of money coming in between my paychecks, so that should be nice. I just went in and changed what I have budgeted for how much Nick'll make, Nick is not bringing home quite what I had budgeted, which is probably because I was budgeting it including tips or including the pay raise he'll have eventually. But all the same, we can survive off of just mine probably (since we've been surviving off less for um always) so his is just making it feel easier. Love and God bless, Christen
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Back to work	[Aug. 19th, 2016\|12:24 am] Christen
Courtney today on her first day of 7th grade. Well, I'm a teacher again. An unexpected turn, but it's a done deal. It would seem I've checked off several things since I last wrote on Day Zero 3.0. I wrote about a tragedy last I wrote...which has been a while. I've had a lot more sorrows since then. The mother of a very close childhood friend (so like a second mom to me) died this month. My cousin became homeless for a while during the Louisiana floods, she has her home back, but it isn't exactly livable. It was under water. She lost her car, everything. Then my friend was diagnosed with breast cancer. That's all not counting that the reason I'm working is Nick has lost his job and so that opened me up to get one. I bought and read the 8th Harry Potter book, the one based off the play since I last wrote. That was kind of fun. Went to a midnight release and all that. Slam try outs happened, Courtney's on the team again. They didn't cut anybody as far as I can tell, there are 19 girls. So making the team doesn't seem all that impressive to me. Our PS3, one of the original backwards compatible ones, it died. I miss it greatly. I need to do a Novena real quick... Love and God bless, Christen
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Weight sucks	[Jun. 24th, 2016\|03:04 pm] Christen
We got a puppy yesterday. Well, I'm still bouncing around 160lbs...Idk...I really don't know. School ended since I last wrote, thank God. I needed a break. I'm not ready to go back either, but luckily, it is still June, so it isn't time. I'm not sure when I last shared about Day Zero, but I'm certain I've completed more since I last did. I have 13 things done, and I have 4 in progress because I'm behind. I was doing good only keeping it at 1 in progress at a time, but now I'm behind, so I have 4. I need to finish one of them sometime. I guess I could go work on the one I've been working on today. ********************* New day. I had a friend, who had a son last month, he only lived 6 hours. It's really taken a toll on me, and I just realized I really need to go put something on my list for her actually. Nick has been working open to close every day lately because his boss is sick. I'm worrying about how long that can go on. He says since they're open longer hours tomorrow he can't do it. "160lbs I set as a goal for June 30, 2011, and when I came across that fact recently here at LJ I decided to set that as my goal for June 30, 2013. And my current low weight is 160.5lbs, so I've almost done it!" I wrote that 3 years ago today...and I've had another baby since then, but my low is below that, but I'm about there now. I'm a couple pounds below, but I'm so frustrated. I want to be done with 160lbs forever! Ugh. Love and God bless, Christen
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Escaped the 160s	[May. 18th, 2016\|10:40 pm] Christen
It's not the best photograph ever, but it is still an okay one. It is Leon playing in the San Fransisco air port, they have this little science discovery play area. Well, I actually lost the water weight, so I'm down today and not back over 160, and it is my goal to NEVER be back over 160lbs, so I think in celebration and as a reminder, I'll get off the computer and finish this later. I still have to work on community service. Oh my gosh. Nick's phone and my phone, both didn't ring. I pretty much got confirmation tonight. Just thinking about all the things I might be able to do someday that I never thought we'd be enough on our feet to do is making me happy. I wrote that line 3 years ago tomorrow. The fact is the things that were making it all better, didn't work out. And we still haven't got there. Who knows if we ever will. Can I just randomly throw out there I can't believe they still haven't released KHIII, I have been talking about it for so long. Another airport photo, just because I enjoy sharing my vacation photos: Love and God bless, Christen
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cries all night long	[May. 17th, 2016\|11:29 pm] Christen
Leon and I on his first airplane! Well, I'm in a bad place mentally tonight and of course the first thing I need to update you on is that my scale and I are not friends. I'm doing terribly weight loss wise for May. Just give up. Today is my one year anniversary of when I got serious about weight loss. I need to get serious again. Today wasn't good though so I bet I'll be back over 160 tomorrow, I haven't been there like in 2016 I think...smh. Ugh, and just now I thought, "Oh, last time I mentioned cleaning up the kitchen table, I should go tidy it some more." So I went and Rock's Community Service report is sitting there...and it just stressed me out worse. Today is not my day. At all. My phone seems to not be ringing. Another rejection. But I want to be a SAHM so mostly that's okay. Amber is almost a 1st grader, LJ a 2nd grader, Rock a 4th grader and Courtney a 7th grader. It sounds a bit weird. And of course Terra will be off to 4s preschool in the fall. Leon will still just be home, with me it appears. It's everything that's holding me back on my weight loss. I have a hormone issue, I'm having that time of month right now and woke up with so much water retention I could feel it. I'm eating like crap, so it is diet too. I'm not getting in as many steps as I should, so it is work out too. It's everything. How do I fix that? For a year I've done better than I'm doing this month. I don't know what to do. And I haven't been doing GREAT in 2016, but better than this. I just don't know what to do. I'm feeling so low tonight. I really need a hug. Love and God bless, Christen
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