Life on Planet Caddick

May 2016. Big month around here. My niece is getting married! Yay! I'm so happy for her. This means I get to see my family again, for a good reason instead of a crappy one. Also, we have three family members graduating from high school this month. Crazy that these kids grow up so damn fast. The last time we were all together was July 2006, for my sisters funeral. I got to see my sister in June 2012 in Michigan, when our dad passed. I do have one niece that I saw not only in June of 2012, but also last year in May. That visit was a few hours long and I finally got to meet all three of her kids and hubby. So, now we get to all get together and celebrate something awesome. I can't wait! Bonus happy - hubby is giving her away. He is immensely honored that she asked him to do the honors. After the wedding and a side trip to the Grand Canyon, Zach has to do his end of course testing for school. We are almost done with his first full year of South Carolina Connections Academy. He...

I'm not going to lie. I totally got this idea Riding the Roller Coaster . Hers is called To Whom it May Concern and you should click that link and read it. I fell in love with idea because I haven't blogged in so long, and there's always a lot on my mind - so maybe it will make more sense this way. I'm not going to guarantee that though - after all, it's me blogging! Dear Doctor, If I was 45 minutes late to my appointment not only would you not see me, but you would charge me for a missed appointment. Please don't give me attitude when I say I need to reschedule after waiting so long. Dear English Professor, I really do appreciate that you are giving me a chance to raise my grade on my first paper. With two science projects, a computer project, and math I just don't have time. Let's face it, I'm not the greatest writer so I'll take my B- and be really proud of my work. Dear Math Professor, When five of the six students in your class aren...

In between reading and studying this weekend I watched (finally) Eclipse. I've read all the Twilight books and I always find the books much better than the movies - but I watched it anyway because, well, Erik was gone doing some Boy Scout thing and he doesn't like them. So, it left me thinking (as it does after every movie and all the books) REALLY? I mean seriously - how in the world is this a better choice than this I mean is Bella blind? And shouldn't the fact that your boyfriend has no body heat to warm you up during s snowstorm be some kind of indication that he may in fact, be a lousy choice? Really girls - you know you put your cold feet on your man during the winter! Normally I wouldn't even get involved, after all it's not real. But the fact that a blind person could see who's hotter annoys me. I mean they could have picked someone ugly to play Jacob - know what I mean? So I've always felt kind of sorry for Jacob - poor guy can't get a...

About a month ago one of my FB friends tagged me to do a "30 Random Things About Me" thing.  It was hard.  It was fun.  I thought I'd share with you guys... 1.  I would love to live in Honduras, Mexico, or someplace like that. 2.  As much as I don't like SC, I don't like moving more, so I guess we'll stay here. 3.  I regret every day that I put Zach back into school. 4.  Every picture of Zach, from 2 weeks to 1 year, was taken by my awesome friend Jen.     Every.  Single.  One. 5.  I miss my mom every single day. 6.  I miss my sister every single day. 7.  Someday me and my man are going to spend a week in Hawaii.  Maybe two! 8.  I was born in IL, but consider myself from Michigan. 9.  In second grade I went to three different schools because my dad got transferred. 10.  Chicago is my favorite city in the USA. 11.  If Erik wanted to go back to his homeland I would go and never look back. 12...

As a (sometimes) follower of FLYLady, I notice things - like Wednesday's are Anti-Procrastination Days. These are days you do stuff that you've been putting off. Well we all know I'm awesome at putting stuff off and since Zach is in CORE for 3 1/2 hours I figured I could do something. But WHAT?? Where to start?? So I listed three things I've been putting off: 1. Updating my blog 2. Buying Erik's Birthday Present 3. ANYTHING the FLYLady has on her list for the day So, at least I'm updating my blog. Check. Since today is Erik's birthday, I guess I couldn't put off the present buying anymore. Check. Laundry room and bathroom week. Check. Woo Hoo! By the way - if you ever have an opportunity to buy, rent, or steal a house with or without a laundry room always choose with! I didn't. 'Nuff said. CORE. I'm a little confused about Zach's CORE Class this time. I signed him up for Phonics and Spelling Camp. It seems like more of a ...

The other day I was taking a bath.  I rarely take baths - I shower.  I find I usually don't have the time or patience to just lounge in the bathtub and do nothing.  It's just the way I am I guess, but I decided to give it shot anyway.  So, I filled my tub with bubbles (Vanilla), grabbed my book (Death by Chocolate), made myself a little pillow out of towel, and decided to relax away.  I didn't do any reading, but I did do a lot of thinking.  Random thoughts about life and stuff - you get the picture. Random thought #1 - Grammatically speaking y'all is a contraction.  For those of you who don't use the word it's a combination of 'you' and 'all' and most people write it "ya'll".  I may not know a lot about grammar (which is why I rely heavily on my teachers manual during class!) but I do know contractions.  The apostrophe takes the place of dropped letters: did not becomes didn't, can not becomes can't - you get the picture he...