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Favorite Quotes---Of all the things you can lose, your temper is one that can't be replaced.
---Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when no one is watching.
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Community Training
Last night our school hosted a community training session on Internet Safety. While I didn’t attend, I did get my hands on the handouts this morning as I was curious to see if there was any new information that I wasn’t aware of out there. I’m fairly restrictive with Cameron, but I try not to be too restrictive as I want her to learn to use things responsibly versus just not letting her use the Internet. While most of the information was common sense if you are familiar with the Internet, I did find a section on sexual predators that I found interesting. Because of Megan’s Law, public records must be made available concerning sexual predators. While I know the URL of my state’s database, I did not realize there were multiple national databases. If you are not familiar with these do a search, and you’re likely to discover not only these national websites, but also your states that will tell you if anyone convicted of sexual crimes lives in your neighborhood. While I do not think we should single these people out or crucify them (I know for a fact of at least two in my community that are in the Texas database because they were 18 or 19 and dating a girl younger than them. Mom or Dad got mad one day and decided to press charges), but I do think as responsible parents we should be aware of the members of our community.
Girls are Evil
You know I’ve heard this many times in my life - how vindictive and ugly girls can be, but I’ve been pretty oblivious I guess. i wans’t this way, and had not been treated this way. Today, however, I got so angry at the ugliness of the girls in Cameron’s class - actually this time, just one girl - one of her “best friends.” I’ve been struggling with this since last year when we moved schools. At our previous schools the kids were all friends. There wasn’t really any “groups.” Our new school though is drastically different. Her grade is very “clicky” which is hard for my little sensitive girl who just wants to be everyone’s friend.
Today she came running to me after school, and pulled me quickly aside. Why? Because she was in tears because this “best friend” had told her that if she went to the Cheetah Girls concert, she was going to pull her hair out!!!! Cameron had to be consoled (as you can well imagine), and then she wanted to call the little girls mom.
I didn’t let her call the mom explaining that this was a school issue, and she should have told her teacher or whatever adult was in charge at the time of this exchange. I did stop one of her teachers after school also though and made him aware of the situation - asking him not to actually do anything about this infraction but to make him aware and watchful of future exchanges!
So today I agree with those that have told me before how evil girls can be, and I don’t like it one bit.
Overwhelmed
That’s how I feel so many times throughout the year? If you are a full time working mom, you know the feeling. If you are a single mom to top this off, you really know. There are times I just can’t seem to get everything done. The house is a disaster, lesson plans need to be done, papers graded, a vacation planned, supper cooked, groceries and such bought, and the list goes on and on and on. I’ve commented on multiple occasions that I need a secretary or an assistant of some kind (or just to duplicate me). But now I’ve started hearing the term virtual assistant a lot. I have read of some stay at home mom’s who are starting careers as virtual assistants and also actual companies with more experience such as BPOVIA, Virtual Assistant. I’m not sure if the help I need could be assisted, but it would sure be nice. I’d love it if I could find some help though. 
Of course, the things I’d like to have help with are grocery shopping and the dishes.
RAOK
Random Acts of Kindness - You never know just what they mean to people do you? I encourage my daughters to complete these random acts of kindness. If we have two of something, share it. When Cameron outgrows toys or clothes, we pass them on for free to those we know will appreciate them. Completing random acts of kindness (RAOK) are something that are important for me to pass down to my daughters. I want for them to know how special these are to the people you pass them on to. Yesterday, we received our own random act of kindness. We went to mail some letters and packages and barely made it to the post office in time. We literally were the last customers. As we completed our transactions, the postal employee chatted and chatted with Cameron. I was so impressed. Somehow the conversation turned to Disney and from then on, Cameron was putty in her hands. She talked and talked and talked. After completing our transaction, I expected them to come around and unlock the door and let us out, but boy was I surprised. Instead, she asked Cameron if she’d ever been in the back of a post office before. Cameron shook her head and so we were took out the back way and Cameron was given a tour of the post office. She explained how they send and receive mail out the back of their office. Showed her how they stuff the post office boxes, where hte mail goes when you drop it in the boxes outside. By the time we left, Cameron was literally glowing. How could this woman have known just how exciting this was to Cameron. I heard all about it (even though I was there and witnessed it first hand! lol) the entire way home. She called ato tell my grandmother when we got home, and on the way to the movies today, she told my dad about this trip. Such a small action for this woman….something she will soon forget, made such an impact on my little girl.
I Miss These Days
Ok parents of older kids, do you remember and miss these days? My baby (remember my baby is 
decided to curl up in my lap tonight while I watched the news for some high quality snuggling time. She just laid there much like she did when she was still a baby and toddler. I do miss those days - when I could keep her close to me in a baby carriers. I always loved to just hold her until we both fell asleep. Tonight that happened again for the first time in years. I could tell something was wrong - this is so unlike her to do the longterm snuggling - but she wouldn’t tell me that anything was wrong so I just held her close and enjoyed every second of it. Well until my arms started going numb and I woke up….she’s not really small enough to be holding anymore. :)
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