May Photo Challenge-- Urban Regeneration

Guidelines

Just to recap, the guidelines for the challenge are as follows:

1) Take a photograph that in some way, manner or form represents the theme of "Urban Regeneration".... examples could be a construction site, a new building, an old building that is need of repair, roadworks or something completely unique.... the world is your oyster!

2) Include a brief explanation of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme. The photograph doesn't need to be outside, it can be of somebody or of something around the home.... it just needs to represent the theme of the month.

3) When you have posted your challenge, be sure to send me a link so that I can include it on my "May Challenge Entry" post at the end of the month!

4) You want to join in with the challenge but don't have a blog or website to display your photograph on? No problem, just email me copy of the image, along with your name and a brief description of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme. I will then include your entry on my "May Challenge Entry" post at the end of the month!!!

I took these pictures of a local hospital down the road from me building on to the old part.

Busy Busy

hey all sorry I haven't responded to all of you but I have been busy with doctor appointments, work and planning a cookout for my friends and family. 2 of my friends and I are turning it into a surprise baby shower for another friend at work. We asked everyone to bring diapers or wipes. I hope she enjoys the gifts she's gonna get. I'll post about the party afterwards. TTYL. Love you all.

Faith's First Fish

We decided to go fishing one day at a local park and Faith caught her first fish. She was so excited and she kept talking to the fish saying your going home with me :)

This should be posted in all schools and work places

This should be posted in all schools and work places

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time..

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Wordless Wednesday

Reflection of sunset on lake.

My daycare issues.

Just thought I would update everyone on my progress. Counseling is going well and I had to go on another antidepressant (even though I didn't want to) but it seems to be helping so far. I'm not as anxious or nervous or grouchy. I did however have to fire my daycare provider because I didn't feel my kids were that safe there. Gage has been hit over there and told he was being taught a lesson by the other kid. My daughter got hit in the mouth by anither kid and no one did anything about it but what really ticked me off was the day I went there and I seen my daughter (3) and another 3 year old and 5 year old in the backyard with no adult supervision. I can't count the times that Gage was down the road at someone elses house and not hers. I found a new daycare closer to the school Gage is going to attend in the fall and Sindi is going to watch them for me on Fridays and Saturdays we both work. Other than working all the time I'm doing ok and I am slowly catching up to everyone. Thank all of you for all of your prayers and patience. You are the greatest.