Wow, I remember when i was 11 years old, I got my very first job as a ad delivery person. I delivered the grocery store ads to houses around my neighborhood and now.... My son has his first job doing the same thing! I am really hoping that this shows him a little responsibility and helps with his value of money.
The other day his dad took him for an appointment to one bank to open a bank account but, they only offered 0.5 percent interest on children's savings accounts. Another bank offers much more. So, he took Dalyn to both banks and told him about the difference in interest rates, After looking into both, Dalyn chose to go with the bank that would give him more bang for his bucks :) A little research lesson, an obvious choice but, it was still a choice that he had to make. Better banking hours (The bank that offered 0.5 interest proclaimed) Or, more interest on savings. The lesson was, always make sure you look at your options before settling. Today he will go sign up for his bank account and deposit his "passing" money that he still has not spent yet :)
So, After i feed the kids lunch, Laine, Gracie and I will be going with Dalyn to deliver his papers. I think i will go with him at least a couple times so he gets the feel for it before i send him out on his own. It is only a once a week thing and it will give us something to do :)
Summer is flying by, I am looking forward to the kids getting back to school though. It is VERY hard to work at home and find balance with the kids. Most days i feel like an entire day has slipped by before i have been able to accomplish anything at all. Then by night time, i just don't want to be sitting at my computer. I am grateful that my mom has vacation every other week for the entire summer (isn't that awesome????? She banks all of her stat days and vacation and takes 4 days off plus her regular 2 days off every other week) She has been taking the kids for several hours on the days that she has off plus, the kids go to their other grandparents here and there, it helps :) Although, today has been great! it is a GORGEOUS day outside, Not too hot, perfect day for the kids to play outside. That is what they are doing, they have been out there for over an hour, only coming in a couple times for drinks. So peaceful. LOL
In other life news, I know i haven't really updated my blog in a long time, it is in major need of some renovation. I have that on my BIG list of stuff to do. Hehe... I will get there! If anyone knows how to insert the graphic look custom categories headers (im not sure if that would be how to explain it even..LOL) I would LOVE some direction on that. I don't even know where to look to figure out how to get it done.
In general I have been pretty down in the dumps since I made a bad decision about my digital designs. I am not going to go into details.... All i can say is that it has sucked the motivation right out of me. I don't even know where to begin picking up the pieces. I feel like i have to start all over again! But, that is what i am going to do. I have to. Designing is something i once had such passion for. I still have it when i work for a particular scrapbook company, They give me motivation and inspiration and it all just comes to me. I love seeing my work in print. Its an amazing feeling to get that finished album kit into my hands.
I love my digital scrapbooks and, i haven't even made a layout in ages. I started a couple but, that's about it.. I never did get them finished. They just sit on my hard drive waiting for me to go back to them.
I know what i need to do, I need to get rid of the negativity and self doubting thoughts and just MOVE ALONG.... chalk it up to a lesson learned, next time i will learn to not be so trusting and naive.
One of my other goals is to start taking pictures again. I really dont have any interest in my camera. I have the nikon d70s but, i dont know how to take good pictures out of auto mode. I really want to learn but, that whole idea of messing up all of my pictures scares me. UGH, i need to get over it though, i really do. So, that is also on my to do list. Im sure once i get it, i will have it and then i can improve on it from there. I just need to get the whole aperature, white balance, iso, etc. Right now, i have no clue.
I will leave you with one of my recent favorite shots though :)
