Beautiful Day - Hope it stays that way

Hello All,

Just a note to all about what is going on in the Hixson clan. David seems to be doing well with his new classes and we are definitely seeing improvement in grades and behaviour (knock on wood). He is going to turn 16 on the 28th so if you can, give him a call and tell him happy birthday. Also, I am doing better now that it is getting warmer and nicer outside. I have been walking to the park everyday with Gabby and walking the trail (1/2 mi). The park is on the way to school for David so I leave at 7:30a and if David is ready, he can walk with me. This has proved to be motivation for him to get his butt out of bed and ready on time so that he can walk with me. Not to say that he doesn't have his good days and bad days but we are starting to have more good days than bad days and that is a huge improvement.

On the marriage front, John and I are doing really good and spending A LOT of time together but that isn't exactly good for our finances. You see, John has not worked for almost a month because the work just dried up all of the sudden. Please pray for John and his dad to start getting more work as we are just barely scraping by on just my and Meghan's income. He has made a webpage www.hixsonconstruction.com and is putting signage on both of our vehicles as well as printing out flyers to put on cars and front doors. He is also posting an ad in Craigslist everyday but so far we haven't had any luck. John's dad has never advertised before because he has never needed to since starting the business in 1971 but this economy is beginning to hit home on even established companies. Sooo, I am now in the position of head cheerleader trying to keep John's spirits up and not let him get depressed about the lack of work or go stir-crazy because we have to stay home so much (no money means less outings :( )

On a better note, we have started dancing again at a place on Del Paso Blvd and we go as much as we can afford and when we have someone to watch Meghan. That is why I started walking again, I need to build up my stamina. I used to be able to do three tush-pushes in a row, drink a bottle of water and go back on the floor for more. Now one tush-push is almost more than I can handle and that is not good. I am not even 40 yet so I am not ready for the rocking chair.

Well, I am going to go now so that I can get dressed. John and I are going to go to Mongolian for lunch and get out of the house (all you can eat for not much $$$).

T

PS I am doing a lot of card-crafting so I am going to get my most recent work scanned in and put up on my blog so you can see it.