Lesson 1

Well last night I went through lesson 1 of Total Transformation. It was a very eye opening experience. I am excited and depressed at the same time. I am excited because we a trying something new and depressed because it seems like a very daunting task. Just about every characteristic he talked about, my son has. Not to a major degree, but it is still there. Tonight we need to discuss what characteristics we are going to work on. Dr. L said not to try and fix everything at once.

On a better note I had no problems getting A ready for school this morning. That is a major accomplishment. He woke up this morning and got his own clothes out and got dressed without me nagging him for 20 minutes. He ate his breakfast, took his pills...all without a fuss! Of course H had a 20 minute meltdown because I wouldn't put kool-aid in his cup instead of milk. He eventually mellowed out in time to leave. So I guess what I am saying is all in all it was a good morning. Now if we can make it through homework as easily as the morning went! I let you know!

Lots Happening This Weekend

Well we have had a busy weekend. We have torn down and burned my mom's old house. This has been especially bittersweet for me as this is the house that I lived in forever, plus it is the last house my mom ever lived in. I have spent the last few months going through all of her stuff in preparation for this. It has been a difficult journey to finally saying "see you later". I will never say goodbye to her, because I hope one day to see her again. It has been 8 years and 4 months since she passed and I still miss her every day. I know that just because her house is gone that she is not gone from my heart and my memories but it has still been a very hard weekend.

On a brighter note, we have started The Total Transformation Program in hopes of helping my 10 year old better cope with life and in particular school!

We have just watched the Jump Start DVD and my husband and I have filled out the Pre-Evaluation and Pre-Test for Lesson 1. I am pretty excited to start this and hope that we can get the results out of this we desire. I have found out that I have let my child train me, instead of me training him. Which I hate to admit is true. Instead of arguing non-stop with him, I have caved at times and by doing this I have taught him that the more he argues, he will eventually get what he wants.

I know it sounds crazy to rely on a program to help us with this, but anything we can get from it, we will take. It helps by making us actually set down and take a look at ourselves. So, heres to lesson 1 and what we can get from it. If it is anything mind-blowing I will let you know!

Why I've Started This Blog

I have decided to start a blog because our family is going through a lot of changes and I feel that blogging about them is going to help me with my sanity.

For those of you that know me, you already know all of this. This is to update friends and family that are farther away! So we are going to start with a little background.

I have been married for 13 years and we have two wonderful boys. The oldest one is 10 and the youngest one is 2.

The oldest one (A) is a "difficult" "strong-willed", what ever you want to call if child. He makes us want to tear our hair out at times. The major problem at the moment with him is we don't think he is going to pass 4th grade this year because he refuses to bring his homework home! If he does bring it home, he hides it and then lies and said he doesn't have any. Anyway, he is already on meds for ADHD. Believe me, we have tried everything and meds work the best for him and us. I just bought The Total Transformation and we are going to start this along with Total Focus to see if it helps and believe me right now any help is greatly appreciated!

The youngest one (H) is your typical tantrum throwing toddler at the moment. He is basically a happy go lucky boy. Although right now he has a different attitude than his brother, he wants to be just like him. He always shadows A around and I do believe that H thinks he is 10 also. It is amazing how much earlier he does things because he wants to be like A! It is kind of scary!

Along with these two wonderful boys we have added a fat cat, a lazy rabbit and a hyper malamute pup!

My husband and I both work full time. He works third and I work first. Stinks, but hey it's a living. We are doing much better than a lot of people and for that I am grateful. We both still have our jobs even though N went from working 60 hours a week to 38!

Well enough for now! Talk to you all soon!