Some Good News that is also, Sad at the same time.

Okay it's that time of year again where parents are reminded just how fast their kids are growing up.  This whole year she has not been doing well in some of her classes and there was talk of holding her back next year.  We are parents that are real active in our kids school and their grades.  In saying that, if our girls are failing a class they are grounded until that grade comes up and if they are held back the next year they are grounded for the entire next school year...  I know there are people out there that would say that is too harsh.  When we got the first report card this year and we saw that Gabbi was failing one of her classes she was grounded.  Then by the first report card of this second semester she was failing three classes.  We explained to her that she was running out of time and that if she did not fix this, we would ground her for the entire next year.  She started working hard and in short time had brought up to of her classes grades...  There was one class that she just could not bring up no matter how are she worked at it.  I had her tested to see if she needed extra help in that class.

After the testing it was discovered that she did have a problem with Reading Retention.  However, the Special Education department decided that her problem was not bad enough to be in Special Education.  We continued to work hard in helping her to bring up her grade.  She was able to bring it up a little and we were worried that she was going to be held back.  I called the school this morning to find out about some dines she had, and they let me know that she will be going on to the next grade.  

I know that there are a lot of school districts that don't mark moving from the eighth grade to the ninth grade with a ceremony.  The Bennett School District in Bennett, Colorado does.  There was talk that she would not be able to be in the ceremony because of a fine for a book.  Anyways, to make a very long story short I called the school today to straighten everything out and to find out if Gabbi was going to be held back and I got confirmation that she is moving on to high school next year.

After I got off the phone with this news I started thinking "My Baby Girl is moving on to high school and growing up too quickly!"  Gabbi is my youngest and now all three of my girls are in high school.  It feels like just yesterday they were still in diapers.  I'm very proud of her, I'm very proud of all the kids.  Next year both girls will be home schooled, which I hope will help Gabbi out.

It seems everything is slowly coming together.  I can feel the stress amping up a little as we deal with the final week before we have to move.  Yesterday I rented the storage unit and put reservations on our motel room for three nights.  I am meeting with Craig Curl to work on getting the business plan done for the ranch.  I just have to keep a positive attitude and things will work out.

One thing that is having to go away is Shazi our Min Pin puppy.  She is too hyper to be in a motel and for her own sake we are selling her.  Its sad yet I know that she will be loved and happy.  Well that is all my news for today...

I woke up today! Its a GOOD DAY!!!!

Good Morning All!
It may be gray and cold outside however, I have a new prospective on life.  I talked to the FSA today and it really looks like things are going to be okay.  We may have to find a place to stay for a month or two.  I guess you can say my pity party is over and canceled.  Something tells me we will be just fine.

As to a post a did earlier this week about my family not liking my husband.  Robert is a good man who treats me good.  He works hard to try and support our family.  Like I said in a earlier post he is not perfect but at least he is not abusive or a drunk.  If my family doesn't like them it's okay I just ask that they respect my choices and treat him with respect.

Robert and I are working on starting a Cattle Ranch and my blogs will be very interesting since I grew up in the city.  I hope there are people out there who would like to follow me in the next chapter in my life.  Comment with your own stories I love to hear about other people.

We all have days where we think that life has dealt us a nasty hand.  If we would all just stop for a moment and look at the wonderful things in our lives and the beauty that is all around us, things don't look so bad.