Saying YES to something new

Do I even do that? Am I so set in my ways that I refuse to even consider doing/eating/going something/place new? Most of the time if I am brutally honest I would say yes, sadly, I am just that way, but I have been trying to be more open to new things. Instead of ordering the same old standby when we go out to eat I have been bravely trying something new on the menu. Most of the time I have been pleasantly surprised and glad that I didn't get the same old chicken strips.

I know that I am getting more and more like my parents all the time. I also know that if I didn't live so close to them and actually work for/with them I probably wouldn't be this way. Attitudes and habits do rub off. I see my parents alot differently now as an adult than I thought of them when I was growing up. As they have changed (and not always for the better) I can see them in myself and I cringe at times. I really would like to NOT be like them in so many ways. Maybe I should write all those little things down that bother me so much and then make a conscience effort to be different. Sounds good huh!

Well, Emily no longer has to wear her retainer. It hasn't been fitting right for awhile now and so they just tossed it. She only had them for 7 months. But she has 5 more teeth that are loose and trying to make their way out, and then I think/hope she is done with that. We go back in January to see about starting the whole process over again. At least when it is all over she will have nice straight teeth unlike when we started this 2 years ago.

School is in full swing and after some schedule adjustments and learning where everything is we seem to have hit a happy stride. Tori is taking 3 science classes this year and dropped Spanish 2. She can take it next year. She only has one math class this year, Pre-Calculus, so I think she will be happier with that. She was hoping to take some classes online but the new Junior class advisor is against it. I personally know that if Tori sets her mind to something it gets done, this woman doesn't know my daughter and is just clumping her in with everyone else. She is a straight A gifted student. I just wish someone at that school would give her the recognition she deserves.

Less than a month to CE. I am super stoked and ready to go. I have been collecting the supplies that I will be needing to take so that I don't forget anything. I am one of those people that just has to have it all ready to go so that I know that I don't have to worry later.

This is the last week of the My Freedom class. I am no closer to finishing now than I was earlier, I have been trying to decide what type of album I want. I bought a nice little 8x8 linen album and could go to town cutting paper and getting the pics and journaling done, but I hate to cut up my big sheets of paper and have all those scraps. I have thought about doing this album digital since I can easily print the pics out here at home or online and it would be done, but I am not comfortable enough with digi yet to feel like I want to tackle it that way. Really if I would just get started I could finish it in no time. I have all the pics on a flash drive to print out, journaling thoughts on post-its and a basic layout scheme to follow I just keep making excuses not to get started. I am such a pansy!