If It Works, Why Not?

So things have been there usual up and down... Sometimes it feels like you can never get ahead as to no matter how hard you work, no matter how hard you try to always do the right thing, there is something that always pops up and punches you back down on your ass. My preschool is going well. I have room for one more on Wednesdays and Thursdays only but that's not too big of a deal as one of my part timers my be taking at least one of those days. I think we have finally found the perfect mesh of kids & parents. I recently had to talk with one mom about how I didn't think her daughter was quite ready for preschool yet. I think I need to update my ad because I don't think its clear enough that I am providing preschool but instead of a half day/few hour schedule, its for full childcare type hours and that's not just childcare, its preschool. I know when I was working out of the home, it was a huge relief that my mother-in-law was able to take my daughter to her half ...

So my hubby has been out of town for over the last week and he won't be back for almost another week. I am going insane. I don't think he realizes how much we appreciate everything he does and that we do know how hard he works and all the things he does for us. It becomes apparent especially when he leaves. But I want to have the house just as clean and kept up when he gets home as it is when he is here but I am finding it very difficult to keep up with everything as well as it is when he is here. My husband pampers me. He cleans the house, does yard work, does the check book, cooks, tends to the kids, fixes the car, does the dishes, the laundry, etc... But I also miss him. I am missing how he makes me laugh, makes me feel better when I am stressed, plays with the kids... My insomnia has been horrible with him gone. There are nights that I end up fussing at him to rollover because his snoring keeps me up, but when he is gone, the silence is maddening. I want the snoring ba...

So things have been falling perfectly into place with my in-home preschool/childcare. My slots are filled, the parents are nice and all the kids get along wonderfully. My oldest started kindergarten last week. I cannot get over how quickly this time has come. I still remeber when she was a tiny baby and now she is almost to big for me to carry up to bed. She even lost her first tooth last Thursday and already has 2 more that are loose. But she likes her teacher and is already making friends. She came home raving about her new friends and how her favorite thing about school was playing in the play kitchen. She told me about how her new friend had glasses, wore a pink shirt too, had the same type Hello-Kitty lunch box but with a different color bow and was allergic to apple juice; but she couldn't remember her name- haha- the things kids remember! My son also started back to his preschool last week too. Just in time to update his IEP at the beginning of September. He has had h...