Thank you.

Well it's been a while again.

Honestly I do not even want to recap what has been going on in my life since the last post. There has been a mixture of positive and negative events. I have decided to move forward and not look back.

Having said that, I am glad to say that I truly believe that the changes I have made in my sons life have truly benefited him in every way. Jamie has grown so much in the last month, I have changed the school he attends, I have taken the professionals advice in his treatment of his diagnosis of ADHD inattentiveness, and have found a sport he truly enjoys as well as I do. Jiu-jitsu has given Jamie self-confidence, and the self-control that he needs to succeed in life. I have learned from his jiu-jitsu lessons, as a parent. I know it has only been a little over a month for all these changes but I truly believe Jamie and I are heading down the right path. But that’s just it, we are heading down a path, on this path there are many crossroads ahead.

Having stated that now I am moving forward in my life. I have been struggling with decisions, choices etc... And have come to the realization tonight that I have to live for myself and for my son. I need to make decisions based on what is good for us, instead of worrying what others want me to do or will think of me because of the choices I make.

I am making a decision to go down a path that I have been searching for, for a while and during this journey I will truly see who is there for me, and who will support me.

It is thanksgiving weekend right now and I have so much to be thankful for. My son, my family, my friends have always been there for me and I look forward to many more years together.

This may seem like a vague blog entry right now, but I am just getting back into it!

Love you all!

Natasha

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Oprah Winfrey

Some pics from the last few months



Red Solo Cup! Julie, Shannon and I in Schumacher!

St-Hubert!

Go SENS go!

My new car!

MMMM Cake!

Shannon!!! What a great sport she was!

GO Sens GO! Thanks Shane

haha

Julie and I!! Good times!

Jenns Dauber!

New hair, bad pic...

Easter Bunny bread

Bahahahahahaha

Jamie falling asleep at La Chaumiere

ZOOM ZOOM

my ladies

Lately I have been missing some of my great friends alot. Perhaps that is due to the fact that I will see them in the near futur! I am looking forward to this long awaited double bachelorette in Toronto. To spend some time with the girls I grew up with means the world!

There are many events this summer that leads me back to them, the May run bachelorette, Holly's wedding in June! Jen's wedding in July and of course our annual August long weekend camping trip! I also get a chance to stop in at Ashley's place for a visit, get to see Ren's baby bump and sing some crazy songs with Kim as we road trip down!!!

I've missed you ladies and can't wait to make some new crazy silly memories, and quote papers!!

Love y'all

See you soon

Back!

I've had my head burried in a book, or in bed....or in my thoughts....

So it’s been awhile since I’ve posted and I have a couple friends that have been asking me to post something, so here goes.

Many things have happened in my life since the last postings. I have been through some up and downs in most aspects of my life.

·         Monday I start training for a new position within the YMCA, I will be supervising one of our satellite location before and after school programs in South Porcupine. I am looking forward to the adventures to be had at this school! I’ve been there a couple times in the last month, what a great bunch of kids. As much as I do enjoy the toddler room, I am looking forward to the school aged children. It’s basically going from one extreme to another in the services we offer.

·         I bought a car!!! Thanks to my sons grandparents I had a vehicle for the last 6 years which was theirs, a 1999 Ford Windstar, which was great, I am forever grateful to them for providing my son and I with transportation all these years. However the van was getting there in age and with the job in South End I needed a reliable vehicle. That’s when Nino the 2008 navy blue, Pontiac G5 came into my life. I can actually go out of town without worries with MY vehicle.

·         Jamie is having some difficulties at school, I am in the process of working with the school and many different agencies in the community to find a solution and help for him to succeed. This has taken a great toll on me stress wise. I am not the type of person to get stressed out, but this certainly has me. From attending many different meetings with various professionals and telling them over and over again Jamie’s struggles the stress is something I could never imagine.

 I feel alone in dealing with this on a day to day basis. I am alone actually. Yes I have great friends who have listened to me talk about everything, but no one knows like I do the feeling of having 5 people, his teacher, principle, agency worker, and other school staff sit in a room, with me, alone and tell me that we need to find out a way to help my son since he is struggling a great amount.

To everyone else, Jamie seems fine. But he is not at the level he should be in academics, shows no sign of interest in improving either. No one wants their child to struggle in anyway, it’s hard. I have to keep reminding myself that I am going through the motions of finding how to help him. I am actively trying to help him out instead of ignoring the issue and letting him slip through the cracks.

There are other moments that have happened since, some I would like to forget; some I can’t help but remember because of the impact they have had on my emotions, my heart or my life in general. I feel like right now I am in between highs and lows in life. Every day brings something different. For example today was a great day until a few words had an impact on me, in a negative way. I was shocked to realise how simple words can have such an impact on me. It made me realise the words I sometimes use and how they can affect someone. Not only do words affect you negatively at times but there are many times when words can affect you positively as well. Those are the ones I love!!!

Lesley, Jenn and Shane…There ya go…I posted!

Word!

Gonna get back into this!

Happy Friday the 13th!

I've been away from my blog for a while, alot has happened since. I plan on starting to blab again on here like before! Keep checking in.

Hope everyone has a great weekend

Saturday night

My best boys always there for me never disappoint! Love you xox

It's Friday...I'm at home...Boy do I feel old.

Wow, what a well deserved long weekend.

These past two weeks have been so draining in many ways. The fact that we had First aid and CPR training last weekend from 8:30-4:30 Saturday and Sunday made these two weeks seem like it would never end. During all this I was house sitting which wasn't draining at all, it was quite nice. Physically my body feels like I should sleep for the next three days, emotionally as well. Keeping up with the immaturity of some people I have in my life, combined with the craziness of my great friends and just the highs and lows of life has also made me that much more exhausted.

I am sitting here waiting for my dinner to arrive, I ordered in since my plans changed it's 8:13 I am starving. I had a nice relaxing bath while reading my book which I had set aside for the last two weeks. Baths, what a great way to just get away from life's problems and relax...and even better bringing a book along for even more relaxation. Let me tell you though getting out to find that the ninja turtles are blaring on the TV not so relaxing..

Another relaxing event I enjoy, getting my hair done! Tomorrow is the day and I can't wait. My hairdresser has changed locations and I am anxious to see this shop, you can get inked and get your hair done. After my hair appointment I have a mini road trip planned to go for dinner in Iroquois Falls with Lesley, and well maybe Courtney. Lesley had been talking about The Silver Grill and how yummy the burgers are. So, we are going for dinner.

What are you doing?