Week In Review: December 13 - December 19, 2009

Here is this weeks Week In Review for December 13 - December 19, 2009


Sunday: Got up and fed the kids. Didn't do too much else to start the day. Joe went to work. I hung around. Fed the kids some lunch. Put CJ down for a nap. Then I figured I had better do some baking. So I started on some of my cookies. Joe came home from work. We figured out something for dinner. Ate. I baked some more. Gave CJ a bath. Sent the girls for a shower. Put the kids to bed. Then I baked some more. Watched a little TV. Went and took a shower and then went to bed.

Monday: Got up early. Got the kids ready for school. Took them to school and waited around for someone to pick up their fundraiser. They did not show. Came back home. Got Joe and we went to the bank and then to do some shopping. We got some paint for our new apartment and a few other things. Went to Walmart and got a few Christmas gifts. The Job Lots to get some platters for my cookie trays. Then to the dollar store and got some stocking stuffers and finally to the grocery store to get a few things I ran out of for my baking. Then we had gotten a call from the FRC that there was some stuff for us there that we needed to pick up so we went to the school to get that. Came home and put everything away and put CJ down for a nap. Then I went back to the school to pick up the girls and hand out another fundraiser. I stood around chatting with some friends. Good thing too because the person for the fundraiser was about 20 minutes late. Gave him the fundraiser and then went home. Helped the kids with homework and started on my baking. Got dinner on the table and as we were eating Joe discovered that one of the gerbils was missing. We found it under all of the bedding dead :(. Figured out who's it was. It was Natalie's, but Kaitlyn took it harder. We cleaned out the cage and put Lucky back in. The girls said goodbye to their gerbil and wanted to go get a new one. So we went to the pet store and did that. We have two gerbils again, but they don't get along so they are in separate cages. The kids got ready for bed and went to bed. I did more baking. I finally finished for the night and went to bed.

Tuesday: Got up really early. Joe was in work early and he was storming around for some reason. Usually he's much more considerate. So since I couldn't sleep anymore I got up. Did some stuff on the computer. Got the kids ready for school. Put dishes away. Cleaned out the fridge. Walked the girls to school. Came back home. Washed the dishes. Gave CJ something to eat. Started on my baking again. Took a break because he was into everything. Best to wait till he's sleeping. Fed him lunch and put him down for a nap and then I worked on my cookies. Joe came home from work and I continued working. Then I went to pick the girls up from school. Waited around for someone to pick up a fundraiser and she was a no show. So rushed home expecting to have to go meet our new landlord to sign the lease. He pushed back the time so I did more baking. Got a cookie finished before we had to leave. Went to the apartment, but he forgot the lease. Ugh, so we went to the store so I could get more flour and then back home where I continued to bake. Joe cooked dinner. We sat down to eat and then I baked some more. I finally finished around 11:30 at night. Then I went to take a shower and went to bed.

Wednesday: Got up to start making a cookie tray. Cleaned up the kitchen and pulled everything out and went to work. Got the kids ready for school. Then we went to the school for the playgroup Christmas party. Had a good time at that and then we helped Kaitlyn's class make gingerbread houses. A fun day. After all of that we went to meet up with our new landlord again and signed the lease. Then we came home for lunch and to put CJ down for a nap. Then it was time to pick the girls up from school. So we went and got them and went to the new apartment to check around a little and measure some stuff. Then we went to Walmart to get a few things and finally home. The girls did their homework and then we went back out to get something to eat. Home to eat and then the kids got ready for bed and went to bed. I did laundry When that was done I went to bed.

Thursday: Got up a little late and the kids weren't up. Had to wake them up and get them ready for school. We brought them to school and came back to the house and packed up the car with some stuff we were moving over to the new apartment. Went over there with everything and tried out the new paint in the kitchen. I think it will work out okay. Then we came home and I called a bunch of the services to switch them over to the new address. Joe fed CJ and put him down for a nap. Had to get him up early to bring Joe to work though. Brought him in and then came back home and hung around. Made a few more phone calls and then went to pick Kaitlyn up at school. Natalie had to stay after for drama. So I came home with CJ and Kaitlyn and helped Kaitlyn with her homework. Then we went back to the school to pick Natalie up. Came home for her to do her homework and washed dishes and started dinner. Then we went to pick Joe up from work. Came back home and I finished making dinner and we ate. Got the kids ready for bed and sent them to bed. Did more laundry. Took a shower. Went to bed.

Friday: Got up early and got ready for the FRC breakfast and popping popcorn. Went to the school and got the kids settled at the breakfast. Got a little something for CJ to eat and went back to help Joe with popcorn. Got finished with that pretty early. Came home. Gave CJ a little something to eat. Got some ebay auctions ready to be shipped. Loaded them in the car. Brought Joe to work. Came back home and put CJ down for a nap. Then I relaxed for a little while. Did some more laundry. Got CJ up from his nap and went to pick the girls up from school. Came home and finally got my kitchen table cleaned off. Cleaned up the living room did a little more laundry. Checked to make sure the girls were packed for their weekend with Grandma and Grandpa. My dad came over to pick up the girls. I chatted with him for a few and then he left with the girls. CJ and I hung around the house for a little while. Then we left to pick Joe up from work. Got him and went to the post office at the grocery store to mail those packages. Then we headed to Borders to get a DVD we had put on hold for Natalie. Then we went to Chili's for some dinner. Then to Walmart to get a few more gifts. We haven't gotten a whole lot for CJ so we found a couple of things there for him. Then we came home and put CJ to bed very late. I stayed up playing around on the computer and then went to bed.

Saturday: Got to sleep in. Joe was up early for work. CJ slept late because he had gong to bed so late. That was nice. I got up before he did. Just enjoyed the peace and quiet. When he got up I fed him breakfast. Then I washed some dishes and made some frosting for one of my cookies. Frosted the cookies. Made plans with my friend to take CJ later in the afternoon so Joe and I could do some painting at the new apartment. Did some blogging. Got dressed. Got CJ dressed. Joe came home from work and we brought CJ over to our friend's house. Then we went to the new place to get some heat going in there. Then across the street to the store to get something to drink and some stuff for us to have for dinner. Then back to the new place to paint. When we had gotten the kitchen painted we went back to pick CJ up at our friend's house. Came home put CJ to bed and ate our dinner. Then we spent the night watching TV and the snow fall.

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Play and Learn Christmas Party

Today was our playgroup Christmas party. The main reason I've been pushing myself to get my baking done all week. Something I look forward to every year. Boy, I'm going to miss this when I no longer have children young enough for playgroup. This year Joe was off from work so he got to come with us so that was a huge treat. We had a good time and when it was all over we went to Kaitlyn's class to help put together gingerbread houses. And you know what they say, a picture speaks a thousand words so I'll let the pictures do the talking...

CJ at the playdough table

CJ on the slide

CJ going down the slide

Here comes Santa Claus looking a little thin this year

Santa all settled saying hi to the boys and girls

CJ was called up for a gift and he ran right up there. Not at all afraid

Coming back with his gift

Opening his gift

CJ look over here

No CJ, I can't see your face

A good picture of him with his new toy, a Santa Spud

Now it's time to go to Kaitlyn's class to help out with her gingerbread house...

CJ fits right in at school. He pulled a chair right up to Kaitlyn's desk and went to work on his coloring with her

Making friends already

Kaitlyn's gingerbread girl that she made while other kids were doing their gingerbread house

Such a fun filled day. And as always my cookies were a hit. It's always good to get no tears from CJ when he sees Santa. And we had lots of fun helping the kids put together Gingerbread houses. Too bad we can't return on Friday to help decorate them.

Week in Review: November 22 - November 28, 2009

Here is this weeks Week In Review for November 22 - November 28, 2009

Sunday: The kids woke me up way too early. Got up and wasn't feeling well at all. Got them to get their own breakfast and then spent the rest of the day either on the couch or in the bathroom. Not fun. Joe went to work. I got the kids some lunch and put CJ down for a nap. Then slept a little myself. Then Joe came home from work and I was feeling worse. He made dinner and washed some dishes. Joe got the girls in the shower and got them ready for bed for me. Sent the kids to bed and watched some TV and then went to bed.

Monday: Got up feeling better. Although I had a bad headache still. Got the kids ready for school. Joe brought them to school and I went to run a bath for CJ. I got a phone call from someone who I completely forgot I was supposed to meet to pick up their fundraiser. We arranged something else. I gave CJ a bath and then Joe got home. So I went and took a shower. Got ready to go meet this person for their fundraiser. Gave out the fundraiser and came home. Joe left for work. I swept the kitchen floor. I fed CJ lunch and put him down for his nap. Cleaned up the kitchen a little and then took it easy. CJ got up from his nap and we walked to go pick up the girls from school. Came home and got them going with homework. I washed dishes. When Joe got home from work we headed over to a friend's house who had invited us over for dinner. So we enjoyed a nice evening with friends. Left kind of late. Came home and put the kids right to bed. Joe and I stayed up and watched TV. Then we went to bed.

Tuesday: Got up and got the girls ready for school. Joe had already left for work. I cleaned up the living room and kitchen. Walked the girls to school. Came home and vacuumed. Then we had CJ's PAT (Parents As Teachers) visit. Things went well with that. She left and CJ and I played. I gave him lunch and put him down for a nap. Then I just hung around. Joe called and said he was getting out half an hour early (got to take a half hour lunch instead of an hour) so he'd go pick up the girls. So that saved me another walk. Then I got a phone call from someone who had ordered something from the fundraiser from someone but she didn't know who. She was angry with herself I think for not knowing who she ordered from, but seemed to expect me to fix the problem. I called Joe to have him find my PTA VP though so she could get in the closet to get me the list of who picked up and who didn't. He came home with the girls and that list. I tried to see if I could figure out who this lady ordered from, but all of the girls with a name even similar to what she thought her name was had picked up their stuff and I couldn't find any girls who even lived on the street this woman said she lived on. So not sure what's going to happen. If she calls back she's going to have to get me a lot of stuff before I can reimburse her. Then I helped Kaitlyn with her homework. That took forever. It was a big homework assignment for her, but her reading ability definitely made it harder. Finally got her through that though and then we had dinner. We played with the kids and then got them ready for bed and sent them to bed. Once they were in bed Joe and I watched some TV and I played on the computer. Then we were going to go to bed, but I realized I forgot to do something on the computer. So I went to do that and ended up staying up way later than I had planned on. Just as I was going to go to bed CJ woke up. So I went in thinking he lost "Bob" and found he had no diaper on. He was wet. His crib was wet. His blanket was wet. So I took him out. Stripped the bed. Stripped him. Put him in the tub. He was screaming and shivering. Washed him real quick. Joe woke up. I dried CJ off and put a nice warm sleeper on him and Joe took him into our bed to warm him up while I finished cleaning the mattress and remaking his bed. Then he put him back in his crib and I went and washed the sheets and blankets from his crib. Stayed up so I could put the stuff in the dryer and finally went to bed at about 3 a.m.

Wednesday: 7 a.m. comes quickly when you've only been in bed for 4 hours. I reluctantly got out of bed and got the girls ready for school. I got dressed. Joe brought the girls to school and came back and we went to the grocery store. Did some shopping. Then went to my Avon lady to get some fundraiser sheets she had for Avon to help the Make a Wish Foundation. Came home and put the groceries away. Gave CJ lunch. Put him down for a nap. Did some stuff around the house until it was time to pick the girls up from school at 1. Went and got them and talked to the principal and then came home to feed the girls lunch. Joe went to work. I laid down while the girls played with their brother and dozed for a few. Then I got up to someone pounding on the door. I didn't answer. They continued pounding. Do you know how hard it is to try to keep a 2 year old quiet in hopes that someone will leave? I hate answering the door when it's dark out, Joe's not home, and I wasn't expecting anyone. So I just don't do it. Whoever it was finally left and I washed dishes and started dinner. Fed the kids and then just hung around. Put CJ to bed and was watching TV with the girls when again there was a knocking on the door. Grrr, take the hint I'm not answering. I sent the girls to bed. Joe eventually came home from work. I washed dishes and started on my White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake squares. When they were done it was time for bed.

Thursday: Got to sleep in. Joe had already gone off to work. The kids were up. I made them pancakes for breakfast. Fed them. Did some laundry. And sat around not knowing what to do with myself. I put CJ down for a nap. Gave the girls a snack. Took a shower. Got dressed. Did more laundry. Sent the girls to take a shower. Woke CJ up from his nap. Gave him a bath. Got him dressed. Joe came home from work and changed. Got everything together and left to go to my parent's house for Thanksgiving. Got there as everyone was having dessert. We served ourselves what was left of the food which wasn't a lot. The kids played. We chatted with family. Everyone left and as soon as they were out the door our issues between my parents came up again. So we got the kids ready to leave and got out of there to go to Joe's brother's house. Then we went home and put the kids to bed. Joe and I watched some TV before we went to bed.

Friday: Got up and Joe and I talked about some things. Made a phone call. Checked some e-mail. Fed the kids. Did some laundry. Just hung around. Gave the kids lunch and put CJ down for a nap. Joe went to work. I did more laundry. CJ got up from his nap. I made dinner. Leftovers for dinner. I let all the kids stay up late. Joe came home from work. Put CJ to bed and the girls stayed up a little while longer before going to bed. Joe and I stayed up watching TV and on the computer. Then we went to bed.

Saturday: Finally a day off for Joe. We got up and ready to go. Went to pick up a TV from a Freecyler. Brought it home and went back out to get some gas, something to eat, and go to Walmart. Got the things we needed and then headed over to Old Navy. Got some really good deals there. Then went looking around for rentals. Found a few and came home. Did more laundry. Cleaned the house. Started some brownies. Joe called about the apartments. Most of them are too small for us. I started dinner. Did more laundry. Went and took a shower. Got dressed and waited for our company to come over. Had a nice dinner with friends. Then watched a movie. They left. I did some stuff on the computer and folded some laundry and then we went to bed.

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Week In Review: June 7 - June 13, 2009

Here is this weeks Week In Review for June 7 - June 13, 2009

Sunday: Another lazy Sunday. I did some laundry. Joe called out of work in hopes of taking the kids fishing. He didn't end up taking the kids fishing though. Couldn't find any worms. So we just hung around the house. The girls played outside for a long time though. I made dinner and got the girls in the shower. CJ started running a fever so we gave him some Tylenol and a bath and put him to bed.

Monday: Woke up and CJ was still running a slight fever. He has a cough, but nothing else really. Joe brought the girls to school and I fed CJ, but he didn't want to eat too much. Joe and I went grocery shopping and when we got home we put CJ down for a nap and he slept for a while. I left at 1 to go meet with CJ's PAT (Parents As Teachers) teacher to discuss his Ages and Stages and then to meet with the school psychologist to discuss Kaitlyn. They are both doing relatively well. I came home for a few before having to go back out and pick the girls up from school. We came home and they both did some reading and then cleaned their rooms and the porch off before going out to play again. Brought them in for a late dinner and then it was right to bed.

Tuesday: I woke up very early. Played around on he computer and got everyone ready for school. I was supposed to watch my friend's son while she went on a field trip with her daughter, but rain postponed the field trip again to Wednesday. So Joe brought the girls to school and when I put CJ down for a nap I ended up laying down for a nap too. Got up and took a shower ate lunch and got CJ up from his nap and fed. We went to Kaitlyn's PPT. That took an hour to find out that Kaitlyn doesn't qualify for special ed. Then we came home. Hung out until I had to go pick the girls up from school. Got them and sent them to do their reading and then Joe had to go to work. I made dinner and fed the kids and CJ fell asleep after dinner. So I got him ready for bed and put him to bed. The girls stayed up a little late and then I sent them to bed. I watched the rest of my Mets game (a 6-5 win by the Mets) and fell asleep on the couch. I got up around midnight and went to bed.

Wednesday: CJ was up early this time crying. So I got up and got him out of bed. Got ready and got Joe to work. Then got the girls ready and brought them to school. Picked up my friend's son while I was there to watch him for the morning. We came back home and I did a few things around the house while the two boys played. I put CJ down for a nap and turned the TV on for my friend's son. I made lunch for him which he did not eat. I got CJ up from his nap and brought my friend's son to school. We were a little late because it's been so long since I've dropped a kindergartner off at school (a whole year) and I thought he had to be there at 12:30, but it was 12:25. Oops. I went up to the office and checked on the field day shirt distribution and talked to the secretary about seeing if the gym teacher would like to use the extra shirts as prizes or something. Then I came home and fed CJ lunch and I had lunch. I went to pick the girls up at school and came home for them to do their reading. Then we went to pick Joe up from work. We came home and had dinner. I had the girls shower and CJ take a bath and then sent them all to bed. Then I stayed up and made a sign for the FRC saying save our FRC for the next day and went to bed.

Thursday: I was woken up way too early by a car alarm from the person next door. It kept going off. I couldn't go back to sleep. I got up and discovered my car was missing. So I flipped out. Joe and I frantically tried to figure out what happened. This is our only vehicle and he had to get to work and it was a rainy day. So we arranged for a pick up of him and I got to deal with the car situation. Such a mess. I also had to get the girls to school and go to Meriden for a rally to save our FRCs. So I did that with my friend. It was quick. Came home and put CJ down for a nap and made a million phone calls. Found out where my car was, but we couldn't go get it and needed to come up with money to get it too. Joe got home from work and we walked to pick up the girls and my friend's daughter. We went down to talk to the FRC and let them know how the rally went. Then we started to walk home, but I noticed my friend was outside the school waiting for their other child to get out. So we figured we'd give his daughter to him, but she didn't want to go. So after many tears and her refusing to go I said well we'll take her back to our house and you can come get her after your son gets out of school. He agreed and my friend's daughter was happy with that. So we went home and the kids got to play together for a little while and then my friend came to pick up his daughter. She left willingly this time thankfully. We had a stressful day so we ordered a pizza for dinner. Had dinner and watched our recording of Wipe Out with the kids and put them to bed. Joe went to bed early and I stayed up to watch my Mets game, but fell asleep. I woke up around midnight after the game was over and realized they lost and went to bed.

Friday: Another early wake up call. Joe was called into work early. He had to find a ride though and I had to juggle a few things. I had to call the insurance company first thing in the morning pertaining to the car. A friend of mine picked the girls up for me because I was getting a ride from my health insurance company for CJ's doctor's appointment. Got them off to school and CJ and I went to the doctor. We had CJ's appointment and called for the return pick up. I got home around 11 and put CJ down for a nap. Then I had more phone calls to make and found out we could get our car. So my friend who brought the girls to school for me said she could bring us to get the car. But Joe has to be there and he gets out at 4:30. I walked to the bank to get the money we needed and then walked to pick the girls up from school. Came back home and waited for Joe to come home so we could get our car. My friend drove us to Waterbury to pick up our car. Got it without too much incident. Then we went to get something to eat and back home. The girls played outside for a little while. We put CJ to bed and brought the girls in. We watched some TV with the girls and then sent them to bed. I watched the last half an inning of the Mets game where they blew it big time. I was not happy. Went to bed sometime after 12.

Saturday: For some reason I am no longer able to sleep too much past 6:00 anymore no matter how late I go to bed. So I was the first one up and enjoying the quiet. The kids got up and immediately the fighting began. Sigh, it's going to be a long summer. I washed dishes and fed the kids breakfast. Since we have been having so much trouble getting CJ to willingly take his medicine I put it in his pediasure. That seemed to work. I looked up on the library website to see if they had a book I want to get. They don't. But I told the girls I'd take them to the library. They are doing this special thing today where the kids Read to dogs. It's supposed to help improve their literacy skills so we shall see. I showered and then brought Joe to work. Returned bottles and cans (got $13 for that which is a lot at a nickel a piece). Then we stopped at the bank and then to the library. The girls first picked out some books then we went in to read to the dogs. There were only two dogs there so we had to wait our turn. The girls read to the dogs though who were very sweet. Put up with a lot from CJ. Then we left. We came home and had lunch. CJ wasn't really interested in eating though. Before I knew it we had to go pick up Joe from work. So we got him and stopped at the liquor store to pick up a bottle of wine as a gift for my cousin's engagement party tomorrow. Then off to Walmart for diapers and wipes and a few other things we needed around the house. We came home to get a few things and planned on going to the drive in for movies. When we went to leave my car wouldn't start!!! Seriously? After all we just went through with the car I was furious that it wouldn't start. It seemed like the starter to me. Joe tried to find it, but couldn't. The kids were very upset. We were very upset. It wouldn't start at all. So I was looking around online trying to figure out if we could possibly fix it ourselves and what it would cost. If we couldn't we'd need a tow and to pay a mechanic which would kill us. We found where the starter was, but it was getting too dark to mess with it too much. I had posted of our problems on Facebook and my friend ended up calling us around 8 to see if he could help. He ended up coming over and agreed it was the starter. It was too late to go buy a new one though. He did pull the old one out and will come over tomorrow to help us get to the store to buy a new one and put it in for us. Hopefully in time for us to leave for my cousin's engagement party. He can't come over until after noon. I can't wait till the week from hell is over.

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Save our FRC

I'm sure my long time readers have heard me talk about the Family Resource Center (FRC). When we first moved here 5 1/2 years ago we knew no one. I met my neighbor through an online yahoo group we were on together. She told me of the FRC at the local elementary school. Since at the time the girls were only 4 1/2 and 1 1/2 I knew nothing of the schools. They hadn't entered the schools yet. So she was telling me about these playgroups and Tune Times they have for children birth to 5. Well, this was perfect. I was becoming increasingly disappointed with the preschool I had Natalie in and wanting to remove her from the school. But her having a speech delay I did not want to do it if I didn't have some way for her to be around other children around her age. So when my neighbor told me about this I said okay this sounds perfect. I called up and spoke to a woman named Carol. She told me when and where they were and to come on they'd be more than happy to have us. So the following week I went with the girls. I knew no one there. Carol came up and introduced herself and welcomed us. I went to the puzzle table with the girls. Linda eventually came over and introduced herself to me as well. I didn't really know any of the parents, but I felt so welcome and it was such a nice environment for my young children. Plus, this was the school in our district. Natalie would be attending this school in September for Kindergarten. So it was nice to already be familiarizing ourselves with this elementary school and some of the people in the building.

Now fast forward 5 years and I still attend those playgroups that originally brought me to the FRC. Both the girls are no longer able to attend, but CJ and I go. I know everyone there. Carol and Linda are still there running them.

Now let me go back again. At first I thought all the FRC had to offer were these playgroups. I was so wrong though. As I got prepared for Natalie to start kindergarten I began to learn what a presence the FRC has in the school. They are huge. I began volunteering my time in the FRC. I was invited to join the PEP group (People Empowering People) when Natalie was in Kindergarten. I helped plan their May International Dinner for the school. I offered my clowning expertise for that event. I also had helped plan a Child Safety class for parents to take through the FRC. So many doors were being opened up to me at this time.

After graduating from PEP I continued my work with the FRC. They are the ones who pushed me two years ago to run for PTA president of the school. I did and I won. I don't know that I would have gotten as involved in the PTA as I did, or rather stay involved if the FRC wasn't there supporting me. We had some glitches with the previous officers as I was trying to get my foot in the door of the PTA. The FRC was there helping me through it all though.

But what about what they've done for my kids? Well, they have given Natalie and Kaitlyn great confidence in the school. They have talked to my girls when we've gone through difficult times in our family. They have provided winter coats, back packs, school supplies, and countless other things to children in the school who couldn't otherwise afford things. And numerous times a year all the kids get free books from the FRC through book share and the Reading is Fundamental program.

Mostly they have been a huge help to me when CJ was going through problems from birth. We were struggling with a doctor who wasn't listening to me and was more interested in accusing me of starving my son. They helped me to find a new doctor who would listen. I ended up joining their PAT (Parents As Teachers) program last year. I did it initially thinking I don't need this. CJ is my third child. Been there done that. I know how to parent. I was doing it to help someone new to being a PAT teacher. I never imagined how much help she would actually be to me. In all of our concerns about CJ's weight gain his development wasn't a huge concern to us. We were constantly worried with the pounds he was putting on. So when we did our first Ages and Stages and discovered that CJ's motor skills were falling behind I was surprised. He wasn't greatly behind, but enough to throw up some red flags and get Birth to Three involved. So the FRC helped me get someone from Birth to Three out to evaluate. They came out and determined he did qualify for services. He's just recently been discharged because he's doing so well. However, I still worry. So my PAT teacher is doing another Ages and Stages to see where he is now and then when we go back in September we'll see if he's still doing well. I am so reassured to know that we have this resource to fully monitor his progress and make sure he stays on the right track for development. I don't know what we would do without it.

Most recently the FRC has helped us out in a financial matter. When we lost our Angel Celeste back in December we did not have the money to cremate her. We did not want her to be tossed out as medical waste though so the FRC helped us fund the process. Not only that, but everyone in the FRC rallied around us and brought food and attended her memorial service and were just such a great support to us morally.

Now you might be wondering why is she singing the praises of the FRC so much? Well, it's because next year we might not have an FRC in our school any longer. I don't know where that would leave us with CJ. But even on a wider scale I have seen the amazing things that have been done for so many families at the school in helping with financial matters and so many other things that arise. So many more families are in need now with the state of the economy so losing the FRC at the school would be a huge blow.

The governor of CT has proposed new budget cuts. Originally she was saying all funding would remain in place for the FRC's. Now, however, she's proposing all funds be cut from the FRC's in CT. This would virtually close down the FRC. We can't have that. I understand cuts need to be made to prevent raising taxes, but the FRC is not a place to cut. Our families need them more than ever now. So I don't want to see these funds cut out of the budget. If anyone reading is in CT and would like to help me support our FRC please leave me a comment to let me know. I will get you all the information you need to contact the governor and tell her not to cut our FRCs. Lets work together to save our Family Resource Center!