managing

   i have not written in a long time . i have actually been a little bit overwhelmed with life. most people are during the holidays, thanksgiving was great we enjoyed our family at our own house ,my kids had the whole weeek off actually we came up with new ideas to make us as a family work more efficiantly together. managing a family is challenging work . my son is having a hard time with anger management so i came up with the idea of journaling as a family so we all got a journal to write our daily excitements , or feelings in or what made us upset or frustrated a way to express emotions in a healthy way. my oldest son somehow along the way has decided that he is intitled to things. He doesnt understand how lucky he is, so im on a mission to clarrify that for him there are so many less fortunate people in this world i need him to realize that and learn to appriciate his things and also learn the value of a $1. im working basically full time now with customer service on the comp i love my job im totally good at making someone happythat calls initially very upset. im still struggling with home organization, but during our family meeting we talked about how we are all going to start making it a point to help eachother  because that would make us all as a family alot happier  and if everyone picks up after themselves then hey mom has more time to do fun stuff with them. i think we may have gotten our point across a little better this time. my son is learning to do the dishes and they are both signed up for the after school homework help program tues and wed and then on thursday its bible studies after school with the sunshine club football at the community center is over with now but basket ball is starting so we are going to let him have a try at that .
                                                  I have also added couponing to my life. i watched 2 episodes on tlc and thought omg if they can do it so can i . went to a couponing seminar at the union tribune and have beeen trying to learn the ropes.christmas  is comming and all my decorations are out i love this season im we have already got our boys what we wanted so the stress is gone so thats fantastic. i want to take the boys to volunteer somewhere maybee at a food bank or something  the focus is the spirit of christmas not just about presents from santa.