New day. . . .

Ok I am over my pity party today and moving on.  New day new attitude.  I have decided that I will live for me and my family and no one else.   My number one priority is going to be my health and well being and then my families health and well being.   I plan on teaching my kids what they are not getting in school at home.  We already read the Bible most every night before bed and do devotions.  I love our devotions, they bring out topics that we may not talk about routinely.  They also make it easy to talk about difficult subjects.   History is another topic I will be teaching my kids.   Thank goodness my dear hubby  is a history buff, I will leave the history to him. 
One of my dear friends gave me some good web sites to look into for home schooling and I will be using these to help my boys through this year.  I am not in favor of the common core stuff.  Everyone says it is supposed to make everyone across the US teach the same information at the same time.  I don't agree.  Our school system still cannot figure out what is a good score for the test my oldest son took last year in 7th grade.  Why are we stressing our kids out over a test that the administration cannot figure out how to grade?  
I will no longer let anyone else dictate how I feel about myself.  I will try and teach my kids the same.  I want them to feel and be strong in themselves.  If you are strong in yourself you cannot be bullied by anyone.   Stand up and be strong. 
I use Keys for Kids for our devotions, google that and you will find the website.  

Feeling a little under appreciated. . . .

Have you ever just thought you could not win no matter what you did?  Have you ever just felt like giving up completely?  Who would notice if you didn't do all the little things that you do?   This has been a terrible week and I am in need of a good vent, just to get some things off of my chest.  Why is it we try so hard to do and please so many people that really do not care about you or anything that you do?  All they care about is if they get what they need out of us.  We really should just  care what our family thinks of us and how our family appreciates us.  I think it is in grained in us at an early age to care what others think of us.   I see this as a fault not an attribute in human nature. 
People will bleed you dry if you let them.  They will take and take and never give back.  Those are the people you should stay away from.  They are everywhere and sometimes they are not individuals they are entities like our school system.  They want you to give and give and give and what do you get back?  Kids that are being bullied and your school systems' answer to the problem is don't ride the bus, or if your kids lunch is being taken everyday by the same kid and the school tells you why don't you let your child buy their lunch.  Ha!!!  Why can't the school stop the bully??????  They know who it is, what is the hold up?   Here is another gem from our school system.  One kid trying to keep the bully form falling on top of him and crushing him and they both get sent to in school suspension.  Where is the justice in that?  I will tell you there is no justice.   I will be so glad when my kids are out of the public school system.  I cannot afford private school for two and I could not handle home school but I may have to buck up and do it.  Several of my friends have taken their kids out of our school system and are either home schooling them or sending them to private school.  You would think this would send a signal to the school system.  They are completely clueless!!!!!