I'm flyin'

I had the oppertunity this weekend to participate in the Young Eagles program. I didn't know what I was signing my kids up for when I signed the permission slip two weeks ago but it looked interesting. I thought I would take them down to see what it was all about and then if I didn't like it we would leave. I told my friend who has three kids about it as well and she called and made an apt. as well. This way I didn't have to go it alone.. We got there and I put my 11 yearolds name on the list. My ten year old kept saying he didn't want to go.
What you do is send your kid(s) ages 10 to 17 up in a plane with a pilot. One choice is the four person Cessna. The other is a two person experimental plane. My friend found out that if your child is scarred and its ok with the pilot, an adult can go up with them. That was great. I got to go up with both my boys. We took about a 20 min. flight around town. We saw the beaches, the pier and the general area around the airport. The funniest thing was on top of one building there was writing. It said "Made you look". We laughed. My oldest sat in the front with the pilot and he even got to steer and push buttons. They both said that they wanted to do it again. I beleive the purpose of the whole thing is so that they can have the worlds largest log book. But I also think that they need more interest in pilots and they are starting young ; ) I took lots of pic's. Wish I knew how to put them on here though.

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I went down to file for child support today. I had to, I'm really broke. My middle son just had his 10th birthday and I barely had enough for a 10 dollar gift. I bought him a legos game and some goggles for the pool. I also felt bad because none of his friends were around and his cousins didn't come. So besides me he only got a few bucks from his two Aunts and Uncles from out-of-state. (two of my brothers). I hate it when I can't shock the kids with the gifts they wanted. My oldest is already bugging me for his graduation to middle school gift. He wants a mini-bike. And at $150 I just cant do it. I have not recieved anything from their dad since we broke up and its just too difficult.Sorry.

I'm still here...

I know I havn't written in about a week and a half but I really have nothing to say.
This site really helped me heal and I am very thankful for that. I have been very buzy with the boys. They are very time consuming. I keep wondering if it will always be like this. I mean, from the time I get home from work it's all about them. I am not saying that it is not supposed to be like this, but I remember some me time before. Like I used to have time to dye my hair or paint my nails. Not now, I would have to stay up till 2am to get that stuff done.
I gather the older boys to do homework and help them. Then I get dinner started and let them know the plans for the night (ie: scouts, store) After dinner is done I feed the baby. (If he hasn't eaten while I was cooking) The boys are catching the last bit of sunlight outside and I have to round them up. Then it's bathtime and then quiet games. After that I'm beat, off to bed. Where in the above schedule is time for a relationship or friends?
The reason I have this idea is because my mom mentioned to me that our church has a singles group. How dare her! Yeah, rub it in a little more mom. Thanks