So today I have been getting caught up in my schoolwork since I am so behind. If I stay focused I should be all caught up today. The reason I got behind is that last week my kids had CRCT's in Rockdale (two counties over) and even though we home school them they have to take all their tests in a leadership center so the teachers can make sure they are actually learning everything. The funny thing about this is that my daughter walked out of each and every test and said "I thought they were…

In my profile picture it will be kind of hard to miss the hairless rat giving me kisses. Her name was Tinker Bell and we lost her last year to cancer  but during her life she received nothing but the greatest amount of love and attention any rat could have ever hoped for. We now have a new rat which we named Pinky though she herself has bonded with my youngest child Eli. She likewise has been well loved for the last 6 months but I don't have too many photos of me with her since, like I said,…