October Updates

So pretty much nothing blogworthy has been happening around here lately, but I couldn't close out October without another post. So here is how we've been Livin' Lockwood for the past few weeks.

SAM - Fourth grade is going to be the death of both Sam and I. I have already done
4th grade, and I am not enjoying going through it again. This year Sam was moved up into what his school calls the "Enrichment Program." It is a slightly modified version of a "gifted" program, since I don't think any of these kids is actually certified as gifted. Anyway, I really thought that this would be great for Sam, but now...not so much. Math is great, science is fine, but writing...OY VAY! You would think this child has never put pencil to paper, and I mean this literally, as in he cannot hold a pencil correctly and form letters. Apparently he has spent the greater part of his school years thus far doing worksheets, because I have never noticed this like I have this year. It goes far beyond handwriting, though, throw in sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, etc. I have also come to realize that if Sam has no interest in a subject than he just really doesn't give a damn about paying attention and learning anything about said subject. Sam is working on these issues and I am working on not concluding each homework session by screaming at him. I have not had my finest mommy moments in the past few weeks, but don't call Nanny911on me yet.

Sam finished up his Fall basketball league and it went really well. There were some great ball players on this league and I think that it really helped him to be a better player himself. He has a couple of weeks off before his winter league starts.

The boys have off of school tomorrow and Friday, so we are going to the Great Wolf Lodge for Sam's birthday. He turns 10 on Nov. 5th, and this is one of those indoor water park resorts. And we know he loves his water parks! I will post more about it when we get back.

RYAN - Ryan has finally finished up his first season of baseball, which he loved. It was so awesome to see how he kept improving and how his love for the game grew. He is still struggling a little in school, but he has a fantastic teacher who is working with him on different learning methods. We are in the beginning stages of having him monitored/tested for dyslexia or some other form of a learning disability. Don't know much about that yet, but I am glad that he finally has a teacher that wants to take more of a proactive approach to his difficulties.

Tonight Ryan has gone with my Dad to watch his beloved Yankees in the first game of the World Series. They are going to the place that my Dad sees Ric Flair most weeks, so Ryan is also in "stalker" mode. He has gone with his camera, a WWE newspaper article he would like to discuss, and his Ric Flair action figure. Hopefully RF is there or he will be really disappointed.

SCOTT AND I - Business has really started to pick up for us. This is the busiest we have been in awhile. We have projects booked out to the end of the year, so YAY US! Now, getting people to actually pay their bill is another issue altogether. I am getting to be quite the expert at filing small claims lawsuits. I have filed lawsuits in every county within 100 miles of Charlotte. This was all new to me, despite Scott's belief that because I worked as a paralegal for 10 years I should know how to do everything that might happen in a courthouse. I did real estate and estate planning. If you need a mortgage closed or a will, I'm your girl, but not so much on suing people. But I'm a pro now. NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T PAY YOUR BILLS - Don't put all of your information on Facebook. I have tracked down more deadbeats using Facebook, so at the very least make your profile private. Dummies.

We've got our water park and Halloween coming up, so hopefully I'll be posting more regularly. See ya then!