Update on the Miller Household.

Exercise:
7.06 miles=5-7mph, 0-3 incline, 64 minutes

We are really trying to stay out of the financial hole that keeps being dug up around us. Literally clawing, tooth and nail, to keep from sliding farther into the pit. Anyway, I don't want to dwell on that.

Bobby is trying to cash a check that Geico cut us. He doesn't have an account in Alabama so we can't cash a check as big as this one. He could open an account but is told he has to wait till the check clears before he can burrow into it. UGH! He needs a vehicle NOW! So far from our last phone conversation, he says that Geico is telling him that he can cash the check at "their" bank. Okay. If it becomes a problem I have remembered that I can transfer money from our account to another financial institution from our online account and it's FREE! But, I can only transfer so much a day and it would have to be 2 days of transfers for him to get his money. He can then mail the check to me and I can deposit it into OUR account to replace the money I transfer to him. Sunday is his last day with the car rental provided by Geico from the other guy who was at fault.

On a sort of good note, after confusion that Eric was to get his own rental French Horn, we don't. No...the school does provide the French Horns. Lucky us! If he had to stay with the woodwinds, we would of had to get those ourselves. Certain instruments are provided by the school and the French Horns are one of those. All we had to pay for was a mouthpiece and his book. Talk about stress. We were so worried about how we were going to crunch those into our already dwindling finances. Just once Bobby gets of Rucker and we find out if we are staying here or not, money should be the last of our worries. I would think anyway. So.....that is the end of my "whoa-is-me" moment.

Lauren is getting around! Now that she has discovered that two feet are better than two feet and two arms....she is moving. She is less frightened and taking more chances with more steps. It's a beautiful sight to see. She now has 5 teeth and one on the way. It's still trying to cut through. That is making her a bit miserable during the day. Lauren must be a very small child. Yesterday, at Eric's counseling appointment, many of the ladies in the waiting room couldn't believe that she was almost 11 months. They kept saying she had to be atleast 6-7 months old. Nope. Explains why Lauren can still fit in a few of her 6-9 month clothes. They are a bit short in the pant legs but she doesn't wear pants much anyway because it is so hot here. I might have to have to bulk her up. LOL! But she is pretty....as she is.

Eric is loving school! He has made a new friend. He loves his classes. He really likes his teachers. Oh, and they are having an open house Monday. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to pull that off. Eric has Boy Scouts, Matthew has Cub Scout Round-up, and this. UGH! But if I have to, I might just let Eric miss Boy Scouts this one time.

Matthew, well...it's the same old, same old with him. He hates school. LOL! No...he hates school work. He likes to learn but not at the expense of having it ruin his Xbox/Playstation2/GameCube time at home. In other words.....to hell with homework! LOL! But in all, he is a good kid with an ornery streak. He wouldn't be my Matthew without it.