Junk mail

Too much, I say! It is just too much junk mail, so back in April, I decided I would get my name taken off these mailing lists. I spend about 30 minutes 1x a week calling, and now it is only about every other week. It doesn't take much time, and I cannot tell you how little junk mail I receive. I know many of you are thinking you don't have time for this, but I came across an additional solution too...dmachoice.org. You can select which catalogs, magazines, and other mail offerings you receive. You can be specific on the catalog or say "none" to all of them. That is one place to start.

This photo is just the ones I have called and noted the dates. Of course when you call they tell you it might take 4-8 weeks to be effective, but I don't care. I check additional junk mail received against those I have called and toss them. It is so freeing not getting all that in the box. I was to the point that I only checked my mail 1x a week because I hated to get so much junk. If everyone would do this, think of the trees we would save, and the amount of time we would regain.

People, take a stand against Junk Mail! Reclaim your lives and save the trees!!!

PS I know I've been a bad blogger. I want to post Zachary's solo from his play, but the time it could take to extract just that part is weighing heavy on my shoulders. Oh the stress! Just kidding.

Swim Team

I decided I wanted Zachary to be a better swimmer about a year ago, but his therapy schedule would not allow it. I thought it was important since he does not seem to understand drowning.

I mentioned swim team to him last summer, and he has talked about it off and on all year long. We started the last week in April, and have been swimming Monday through Friday for an hour per day ever since. Zachary really likes it and wants to be faster and better. I have been so impressed with him and how he has improved. They learn four strokes and let me tell you, there are a lot of pieces of information to coordinate. And with group instruction, well, that can be a challenge in itself.

Last week was our first Swim Meet. And it was chaos! People everywhere, at 6:30, and most of them smiling. Some are crazy, hard core swimmers. I figure as long as Zachary is enjoying it and improving, we are right on track. He raced in three events and was a trooper from 6A until about 12:30. I was glad we did not have to stay for any relays.

Thought you would want to see how he is beefing up now that he is a swimmer!

Lions and Tigers and Bear, oh my!

None of these animals showed up this week, however, we did have "trimming and washing and mowing, oh my!" Zachary has decided he wants to be responsible and with that decision he has decided to learn few new tasks. Mowing the lawn, doing laundry, trimming his nails, ironing his clothes, and cleaning house. It does help that three of these are Scout tasks for a pin he needs. Here are a few pics of from our exciting first week of Summer. We are loving the new, responsible Zachary...

He is going to make some wife extremely proud when he shows her he can clean and do laundry. I'm training him up in the right way, not only for a wife, but for me too...less chores sooner than later. I just hope he keeps the positive attitude.