WTH

Just a few simple sentences....Congress should go without getting paid before our military does.  As someone who was a military wife for 7 years, I know that military members do not make enough for the work they do as it is.  And to expect them to go without pay is outrageous!  Many military families live paycheck to paycheck, and they need their full pay....not half their pay, and not a promise they will get back pay once everything is straightened out.  Our service members are the most important people in our country, and they should be treated as such!

Ridiculous!

I had an assignment due in one of my classes a week ago Tuesday at 11:59 pm ET since that is when our weeks end.  We are supposed to have our grades for that week by the following Sunday night.  I am STILL waiting on my grade for that paper! 

Now, the school did do an update on the website the weekend before it was due.  And because of that update, a lot of students were locked out of the system.  Due to that, most instructors did give an extension to those students without losing any points on their work.  However, there were many of us that were able to log in fine, and submit our work on time.  We should have gotten our grades on time.  The students that weren't able to get into the system should be treated like any other extension as far as the grading time table is concerned.  That is, there work should be graded when it gets turned in.  Those of us that were able to get it turned in on time should not have to wait until the late submissions are in before our work gets graded.  I did my part and did my work AND got it in ON TIME.  I should get my grade ON TIME.

I also want to add that I have e-mailed my instructor to ask when I should expect my grade, but apparently I'm going to have to wait forever on a reply back on that!

No More Brian

From my 4 year old:

"Mommy, if you chop me up and bake me in the oven for supper, then you won't have no more Brian."

So I asked, "Why would I chop you up and cook you for dinner?"

Him: "I don't know, but you wouldn't have no more Brian."

So I assured him I have no intention of cooking him for dinner, that the only food I will be cooking will be coming from the grocery store.  I wish I knew where he came up with this stuff at.

Hot Wings

I had the craving for some hot wings a couple days ago, so I decided I needed to make some.  With all the recipes out there, I didn't know which one to try.  So I decided to just "wing" it.  I wish I had gotten pictures.  I took:

About 4 lbs of chicken wingettes
about 1/2 cup melted butter
about 1-1/2 cups hot sauce

I threw the wings into hot grease and cooked them until they were golden on all sides, then drained.  The butter and hot sauce got mixed together in a bowl and the wings got dipped into it.  From there, they went into the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. 

The results were pure perfection.  My dad and I loved them.  My cousin was visiting the next day and finished off what we didn't the night before.  He said they were great!

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Somewhat Hard

This term in school is somewhat hard for me.  I am getting an A in my math class.  But my grade in Legal Ethics has slipped.  Thanks to getting a B on one test and a C on another, my grade is sitting right around a high B.  A lot of people think there is nothing wrong with that.  But the problem is that when it comes to school, I have to be perfect.  My grade point average right now is a 4.0 from the first 2 terms.  I don't want it to change.  During my first term, I was just shooting for making the Dean's List.  But with my 4.0, I made the President's List.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing my name on the President's List.  We are just getting ready to end week 4 of this term, which means Midterm week starts on Wednesday.  I am buckling down even more to study for my Legal Ethics Midterm.  Hopefully, with a little luck and a lot of studying, I will be able to use my Midterm Exam to pull my grade back up to an A.

I have also been helping my oldest study more in his subjects at school.  He hasn't started his third quarter off so well.  As a result, he is doing some extra studying at home in those subjects, and I am also helping him with some of that studying.

My daughter had her winter testing done that they are doing for Kindergarten this year.  All her scores are falling in the "Above Average" and "Well Above Average" scores.  The school year is more than half over, and she hasn't learned one thing yet this year in Kindergarten that she didn't learn either at home or in Pre-K.  I take that back.  She has learned how to do her alphabet in sign language.  That's it.  Everything else they are doing in Kindergarten, she already did at the beginning of Pre-K.  She ended Pre-K doing addition and subtraction, along with some beginning reading.  They haven't even made it that far in her Kindergarten class yet.

Things Kids Say

My 4 year old has informed me that I picked him out.  He said I went to the "kid store" and picked him out of a cage from all the other kids in the store.  He also said I had to pay $3 for him and that the reason I picked him was because he was the cheapest.    I just love the imagination of kids.

Goals for the New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  In the upcoming year I have decided to set some goals for myself.  Some of these include:
1. Eating better.  I have been trying, and doing good for the most part, but I need to lay off the chocolate.
2. Get more excercise.  I do get some now, but not enough.
3. Get more organized.  I am one of the most disorganized people there is, and I would like to try to fix this.  I plan on doing this in babysteps.