A control freak living in an out of control world

2011-04-02T08:20:00.000-07:00

On any given day
you will find me in my car crying, letting off a little steam from the weeks events
On any given day
you will find me red in face so angry I can not see for any number of reasons ranging from parents who beat their children and worse or over office politics which I abhor or being judged for things I have or have not done.
On any given day
you will find me laughing,joking,being crude or down right raunchy and over all having a moment of funny.
On any given day
you will find me day dreaming about days past and events that were funny or day dreaming about my so called "happy place" a cabin in the woods looking out over a sill and quiet lake while I sit on my porch
On any given day
you will find me filled with fear. Fear of the future , Fear of past mistakes returning, Fear of the present, and Fear of decisions that must be made.
On any given day
you will find me in my bath room downing a shot of tequila to make it through a tense evening.
On any given day
you will find me hugging my daughter just cause and basking in the moment of tenderness with her.
On any given day
you will find me talking to my son at night on his bed. listening to him tell me about the newest Lego piece or the latest saga of his circle of friends.
On any given day
you will find me in prayer asking God to fix my life once again.
On any given day
you will find me make a deal with God that if He does fix it again I will do this or that.....
On any given day
you will find me in Awe of my maker.
On any given day
you will find me being what every one else wants me to be. Then in my car or when I am alone you will find me being me with all my faults, strengths,dreams, wishes , hopes , desires, loves, tenderness, humor, and regrets.
But on any given day if you look close enough you will see me living my life

frustrated!

2011-03-21T18:40:00.001-07:00

yup that about sums it up.

Mi Mi's, Mee,Mee's,Mea,Mea's?

2011-02-26T08:21:00.000-08:00

Personally I am not involved in any Mi Mi's or however you are supposed to spell that.
However I do follow quite a bit and I was thinking the titles need to be changed up a bit.....
I am all for artsy fartsy but how about some humor.......:)

How about some of theses?

Masher Monday, Mickey Mouse Monday, Make mine a double Monday, Mower Monday,
My gosh what have I done Monday......see
Tantrum Tuesday, Tickle Tuesday, Tyrannosaurs Rex Tuesday, Teetotaler Tuesday, To all the people who bug me Tuesday............
Whacked Wednesday, Whipped Wednesday, Who are you Wednesday, Wink Wednesday......
Thumb Thursday, Tinker bell Thursday, Trombone Thursday, Tip my hat Thursday, Tricked you Thursday......
Freaky Friday, Far Far away Friday, Fake out Friday, Floppsy Moppsy Friday, Flash dance Friday, Finished finally Friday......

You know just say-en
;)

memories

2010-09-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

well I have been thinking a lot about this subject.
the subject of Memory. As some of you know my father has Alzheimer's
this got me to thinking..... shhhh it can happen.
The new memories we make with our family's our friends. who are they really for?
us?,them,our kids?
I am not talking about the memory as in did I remember to pick up the milk, or send a note to school with the kids......(another subject that created a whole memory I would like to forget :)
I am talking about things like family outings to the apple farm,rollerskating,playing board games during the week, super bowl Sunday's.
I had to ask my self do these memories help me? I don't think as much as I would think they should.
This is what I think. My memories that make an impact in my life are the ones from the past in my own child hood and even into the early 20's. Those are the ones that keep me.
So in my mind the memories that I am trying to create are mainly for my own kids.
So they have something to keep them. I know this didn't make any since for some. It is just something that I was thinking on. I don't get to spend a lot of time with my kids as I would like nor do I spend a lot of time with friends or family as I would like. So for me I try my best to create the most out of so little and hope it is enough to create a good memory that my kids will have. Cause that is what my mom did for me.

T Thoughts.

2010-05-26T17:49:00.000-07:00

So how do I do the investing thing.
when is the rain gonna stop.
I really just don't like my dog somedays.
I wish I had just a cat.
I get really angry with my daughter and are you sure she's mine?
no really God are you sure?
I hate my job
I love my job
can I do both?
How in the world do you plan for the future yet not do well in the present.
I do not like my emotions they are emotional.
They turn on me they make me crazy.
I think they do it on purpose.
I can not depend on anything.
I can depend on change.
I hate change.
I do not like that my parents are getting older.
This is not the kind of thing I like.
being an only child is great when you don't want to share
it is not okay when you are the only little Indian standing.
I do wish I could get "it" right somedays
or not care so much about not.
I do care.
but do I care to much or not enough
do I have a balance.
I don't think so nope more than likely not.
Is the rain ever gonna stop?

things I'd tell her

2010-04-14T20:54:00.001-07:00

Dear gram,
I miss you.

words my mama told me.

2010-02-15T12:08:00.000-08:00

When I graduated my mom gave me a cup. The cup was not as significant as what it said.
I don't know if she knew how much the cup meant to me. At that time I drank alot of coffee and so the cup was the important thing to me at the time. :)
As the years went on and my life had many ups and downs and twists and turns.
I still have the cup. Amazing! I have lost a lot in my adventures and it surprises me that 1. the cup is intact and two I still have it.
The message on this cup is what I have come to appreciate through the years. And now that I have kids of my own I can truly understand what it really means.

Success
is many things to many people
but if you have the courage
to be true to yourself,
to live up to your potential,
to be fair with others,
and always look for the good
in any situation...
then you will have been the best you can be,
and there's no greater success than that.

I think these words are great. And I really appreciate my mama giving them to me.

new year , new cheer and maybe a tear.

2010-01-02T08:10:00.000-08:00

So it is the new year. My mind goes to the "so what" kinda thinking.
Is this year so different than the last? Is this year going to bring promise,sorrow,change?
Each new year I wonder the same thing. Each year is always unknown, it is always new and it is always full of change.
I know that this up and coming year will be change both good and bad.
This year I feel the same as all the other years that have come before. I will be doing the same thing as I did in those past years as well.
Learning,growing,living. Making sure I do what I am called to do, walk where I need to walk,run when I need to run,laugh,cry, and over all try my hardest to be the person God called me to be and made me to be.
T

They do listen.

2009-12-21T06:09:00.000-08:00

My kids had an eventful weekend. which means I had a nice quiet week end. :)
On Friday my little E went with my cousin. We have the kids call her auntie. She had called earlier in the week to set up a time to take each of them to a movie an lunch.
E was first. They went and saw Princess and the frog. Apparently there was a discussion during the movie. Little miss thing thought that the movie was going in one story line and Auntie didn't agree.
apparently after a minute or so Miss thing held up her hand and said "well you have your way of thinking and I have mine". Whoa! This is a statement that is used by me often. I often doubt that my kids listen to me especially little miss thing. She tends to bounce when you talk to her or generally look disinterested. Later when the story line did go the way in which Auntie said Miss Thing said "oh you were right, sorry"
Ah makes a mama proud to know that some of the important things you try to teach your children do stick.
On Saturday it was Mr Dude's turn. They went to see Planet 51. Before they even left the house he had planned how much they would eat at the movies. He of coursed checked with Auntie to make sure this was a viable plan. At lunch I was informed that it was very good. Now Auntie comes from a gaming family meaning that they love to play games. We do as well, however poker is not on our list of card games. Auntie asked him to play poker, the card game. He promptly told her that his mom doesn't let him play poker. her statement back was that "well your mom isn't here". oh what a tempter my cousin can be. ;p His return statement was the same a wry smile and a firm no.
Both my kids have different personality's. I have one who is bouncy and appears not to pay attention. The other is bossy and very set in his opinions. With both I try to teach them integrity and honesty. To be responsible for your actions no matter what. I try to teach them that they have choices to make and that It is their choice as to how they handle their emotions and actions. That they have to be responsible for the consequences of those actions both good and bad. That it is okay to disagree with some ones opinion. It is an opinion and that it doesn't mean they have to agree always. I try to teach that everyone is entitled to think differently than them it's okay.
It makes me very proud that I have two wonderful kids that actually once in awhile listen.

quirks

2009-12-17T18:18:00.001-08:00

So this morning I found my favorite socks. I call them "my socks of luv"
They hug my feet. It is like getting a foot hug all day long.
This got me to thinking that not very many people that I know anyway have such sayings as "socks of luv" I don't know how many of these little sayings I have but I think quite a few.
It made me realize that In my age I am turning into my mother and my grandmother. The goofy things they did as I was growing up don't seem that goofy any more. such as "hey there is a mouse that looks like a leaf" that was my mother who said that, as a leaf blew across the road.
not that long ago I thought a log looked like a duck and was telling my kids to look at that cool duck across the road. My hubster pointed out to me that it was a log and my son was laughing at me.
I am glad he was laughing. I laughed too.
I am learning that it is okay to laugh at myself. I am quite funny in all these little things.
I hide things from myself sometimes. not intentionally but I can't find them. I put things that are important in a "safe" place and then I forget where the "safe" place was. So I frantically look for it enlisting everyone in the family to join my frenzy. When I find it or when my hubster finds it it I realize that "ah that was the safe place" I won't use that again it's not that safe if I can't remember where it is. Nobody but me laughs at this because they are frazzled from the co-motion. Not me I just laugh. It is kinda funny if you think about it.
I remember my grandmother doing this from time to time. she didn't laugh so much about it she would just say " oh dear oh dear" or "well damn it all" when she was really frustrated at trying to find something she put away.
I am glad that some of these quirks happen because I need a good chuckle now and again.

Warning do not try this if..........

2009-12-16T12:12:00.000-08:00

So as you have read in the last post I tried the Vick's thing for about a week.
HA! I suppose that Vick's is good for the general colds, coughs, aches but lets just say that although I think that it works over all for general purposes. It does not take care of lets say Bronchitis or sinus infections or even ear wax!
Of which I have an abundance of all of the above! Now I tend to get Bronchitis at least once a year and sinus infections at least two times But the wax!
Now that was pushing it! See when it comes to my little lobes I am very protective. I only have one that works and frankly I could careless about the other one. It doesn't work, it doesn't hurt so why worry about it. Apparently Doctors don't take the same view point as me.
He was quite concerned that because the wax was blocking my canal I could not hear......DUH I'm deaf in that ear. He still proceeded to make me cry by trying to remove it. Not that it hurts that much to make me cry....... bad memories of other doctors probing,poking,flushing and over all inflicting pain. Years of Doctors doing this to my little lobes makes me mmmm lets say slightly hysterical! So I am now on antibiotics, an inhaler as well as cough syrup, and ear wax softener.
So although I think the Vick's theory works as an all purpose help. I do not think that it cures completely.

I'm a believer

2009-12-12T06:50:00.000-08:00

Just a little interesting fact I found out.
Vick's put on your feet covered by socks overnight will make you better. I am a believer.

Personally, I was informed of this a few years ago my my mother in law. I did not believe her and chalked it up to some strange thing she did when she was a kid. I did not listen but shrugged it off.
Not until I heard of my uncle did the same thing.
Now to me my uncle is an up standing guy. a real go get'er. He is a Chaffee after all. Give it your all and nothing less. Doesn't seem to follow fads and has a very level head. I could go on but that is for another time.
My mom told me that he had a sinus infection or something to that effect and put Vick's on his feet and was better the next couple of days.
Okay so that did it for me. I put Vick's on my son's feet. He had been suffering with a cough that the Doctor said is just a virus and would get better....... a week and a half later if not two.
So I tried it.
OH MY GOSH! It worked. two days later he was so much better and no coughing at night!
Soooooo my daughter stayed home one day this week. Now when she gets sick a fever means that she is near death. so I keep her home even with no temp. she was not happy she was missing disco bowling in PE. but she was looking like death warmed over. She was also very snuggly and not really bouncing around. For her that is sick. She never stops moving.
That night I put Vick's on her feet and Wal-la She was up the next day bouncing around, no dark circles around her eyes, and she was ready to go. Her only complaint was wearing socks.... she Hates socks. They seem to be her nemesis. I could go on about that but thats for another time.
Sooooo I am sick and using vicks.... but it isn't working as fast. oh well I still believe.

Time

2009-12-06T09:34:00.000-08:00

What a word huh. Time. It passes, it rushes by like wind, or it can go painfully slow.
I try sometimes to capture it in my mind with memories and pictures but time is also illusive in the fact that you can't hold it still. It may move fast or slow but it always moves.Know wonder I get dizzy sometimes.It's not like I can sit on it to make it stop moving. Or tie it up with duct tape so that it never moves again.
All this to say I want more of it.
So I am going to Take it. Not borrow it like a cup of sugar like a meek neighbor. But take it with authority like a two year old takes a toy because they see it.
Who says I have to wait for time to catch up or to catch up with it. nope. I am going to go and grab life and go for a ride,stroll, or linger if I choose. because Time may move fast like lightning or slow like a slug but it is always moving and therefore so should I.
:)

something new

2009-12-03T06:08:00.001-08:00

The learn something new....
I learned that I am rusty on this computer!
I learned that my son loves to read and not just comics.
He just picked up two books at his school library. Harry cat pet puppy and Gregor the overlander. These are chapter books and really good books. He is on the stage crew for a play at his school and he is frustrated with all the down time. He likes to talk but he was getting tired of it.So he got some books.
I learned that my Daughter has a best friend. Every day this week she comes home with two dots colored on her hand. I of course have a coniption about it. and at that point she tells me that it is from a girl at school it shows that they are best friends.
She tells me that the girl has the same on her hand. I only hope her mother feels the same as me......no marks. So we decided that ( when I say we I mean I) a friendship bracelet makes much more since that colored dots on her hand. An Emmy project!
I learned how to put a background on my blog.
I learned how to download a zip file on to a disk. That was no small feet but I did it before work. I was very pleased with my self.
Well off to work.

time for a change

2009-12-01T06:02:00.000-08:00

Well now
as you have noticed...... I haven't been here.
It will be kinda a hit and miss but I am gonna try my hardest to blog.
I have sold my camera so the pictures will not be here so much. but I might steal some from my "secret source".... You know who you are.And if you don't well I'll let you know later.

I have made a list. Do you want to see? It is called my Personal Change list.
Not to catchy with the title but thus the word Personal.

1. eat better
2. find foods that give me more energy
A. So I can spend more time with my kids at night or on the weekend.
B. So I can be more active with out pumping up on coffee that raises my ever
raising blood pressure.
3. less TV
4. more reading
5. walk once a day
7. learn something new each day.
A. this could be a fact,task, or something in regards to idea's

It is not that big of a list but it has some big Issues in it.
I think it's a good list.
42 brings so many possibility's I am tired of sitting around waiting for them to hit me. so I think I will Strike while the Iron is hot to coin a phrase.

good bye big guy

2009-07-06T14:39:00.001-07:00

2008-12-22T10:51:00.001-08:00

family days

2008-12-20T14:22:00.001-08:00

so when your husband calls and says...... "honey I am really sorry but......" don't worry that he might have wrecked your only transportation or that their in the hospital..... oh no it is just that he went over budget on a Christmas tree!
He does this almost every year.

This is the final resting place for the tree. we had to totally rearrange the play room. I mean totally! un mount a storage book shelf and move it and re mount it. but TA Da!

now here is the first wave of snow..... you "sistahs" in the lake states have way more than I . but here in the PNW we don't get that much.

that is ice by the way.

I'll blog more later today and show you some more pics of todays snow.
It is exciting but there is one who is not to excited........

days, trials, life.........

2008-11-29T14:47:00.001-08:00

This is a picture of how my days go at work......some days that is.

Other days it goes just fine.

This is a picture of our TV alter....... it is now retired for the most part.
We did an experiment by grounding ourselves from it for two weeks. well the experiment is still going on. Our kids seem to really enjoy not watching it....well enjoy might be stretching it a bit but over all they do like the fact that it is not the center of our evenings. Instead we now play games and do a lot of reading.
current events and weather reports ecct. you might be asking.... well there is this thing called a news paper. we do get those and then we read them. We do watch movies on the week ends. and the kids do get to play their video games on the week end or the computer.
I have been caught sneaking on this machine a few times......... OH I have paid for this believe me.

So here is one thing that I really get bugged about
Bikers on the road that do not use the hand signals! I do not mind sharing the road. Not at all. what I really have an issue with is the fact that motorists are getting blamed for hitting these guys.... rightly so most motorists don't look out for them..... however I have seen a lot and I mean a lot of bicyclists who do not wear brightly colored clothes and blend in to the pavement because they "look cool in their attire" because they bought it at some bike shop. Nor have I seen bicyclists make hand signals to warn motorists that they are changing lanes or stopping or turning. I have had numerous bicyclists cut me off,cross traffic, and almost get into an accident.
It is frustrating.

Now I am going to return to my hole and spend time with my family again.
if you catch me on the puter it will more than likely be on face book.
I will try my best to keep up. but really I don't get a lot of time.

new work clothes.

2008-09-28T17:29:00.001-07:00

cross......

2008-09-27T17:38:00.000-07:00

So is this cross cultural? or
cross galaxies?
I am slightly confused about Optimists Prime
vs Darth Vader.

WOW Darth looks little in person.

Look Optimist is really green and blue......
slug bug?

note worthy

2008-09-21T18:46:00.000-07:00

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself and doesn't feel even the least bit weird shutting your 'Pepsi drawer' with her foot!

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend shoulder is soggy from your tears..

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first
names.
A real friend has their phone numbers
in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your
party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and
stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after
they've gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to
call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your
problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic
history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it!

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when
you have an argument.
A real friend calls you after you had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for
them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

frosting and slime

2008-08-24T08:25:00.001-07:00

see the frosting? this is the BIG can. The "BIG" can was hidden in my drawer. why? Wellllll because every time and I mean every time I have a can of frosting it some how disappears from the can. So when I pulled it out and turned my back big fingers got into it. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

so now comes the "slime" part. there is a web site and it is also a show. www.activitytv.com
anyway. I found this activity to make slime. I watched it then printed out the directions and then went to the store and bought borax and food coloring
and walla slime.

the first part

the blue slime

the pink slime

GOD IS GOOD!

2008-08-22T18:03:00.000-07:00

GOD IS GOOD
God is soooooo good to me!
I got the job!
Thank you allllll who prayed for me. Like I said be fore the only way I would get this job is by God and God alone. Well apparently this is the job he wanted for me to have.
All the odds were stacked against me. A lot of which I can not go into on the web.
I have been so stressed out as of late just because of this "job" thing.
but alas God has blessed me.
I have benny's as soon as I sign papers which will be next week.
so again THANK YOU ALL.

critters and such.

2008-08-19T05:51:00.000-07:00

okay some of these critters are blurry due to that fact that they don't stay still and my hands shook. so sorry.

This is a bee hive that has fallen from a tree.

fossilized pine cones?

this is a forest critter that seems to be watching Mr David an I as we ventured beyond the gate. I think that it is a red fox squirrel

.
these are not squirrel prints. we saw several prints that were pretty big. I don't think they are raccoons either.

do you see this chipper munk? so does Sydney.

The Walk

2008-08-17T14:21:00.000-07:00

camping II

2008-08-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

So here are some shots that I took. I will try to keep things brief.
We had some really fun times.
first off. My husband and kids set up the camp site Friday morning and came and picked me up after I got off work. The camp it's self was not that far away. One of the nice things about where we live. We are about 1hr away from mountains and about 2 hrs away from the beach.
The candle is citronella...... the only thing it repelled was the wax.

do you see the boxes of stuff green is the cooler with ice, the blue skinny one is the dry foods including dishes and can openers, and the long blue one is the camp gear it's self. mmmm guess who packed this trip.

This is the way in which we got water......mmmm yeah Next time I will bring a bigger container. This one we had to keep filling at least four to five times a day. But the kids took turns and thus probably the reason for it.

And then we had the famous "pit" toilets.....mmmmm oh yeah.... they did stink. and they stank even more when the "nice" people came and cleaned them out on Saturday.

more pics

2008-08-10T18:31:00.000-07:00

So here are some more of out adventures. One of the places we saw was a forestry center or museum as they called it. It was actually a covered bridge for a logging camp. They made it into a museum.

Do you see how small Darren is. Yah this is me and the kids up on a forestry tower. I am very afraid of heights,but the kids wanted to go up and see the tower and what was inside. Darren had already walked to much up trails and rocks so he could not go up the 6 flights of stairs to get up there. I have to admit it was pretty cool. I would not really want to stay there at night with wind and rain.

Here are some random shots I took on the trip.

The water fall was a creek running down the trail.

This is a wild flower I don't know what the name of it is. But now that I know how to use my digital zoom as well as the manual (thanks mom) I can get these shots a little better.

This is a water skipper .

this is a fun log that I thought was cool.

camping

2008-08-09T17:52:00.000-07:00

Here is the new tent. We had a small four man tent and I just bought this one which is a 7 man tent.
I We didn't realize that it would be so hard to
find a tent site. We ended up in a place I used to dirt bike ride. Now they don't dirt bike ride there any more and the only place we could pitch the tent was a walk in site. It was a bit much. However the nice wood guy let us use his wheel barral.

This tent was a bugger to put up. We did a trial run at the house. The only thing that really is a pain is the fact that the ground was sooooo soft that the tent stakes did not stay in.

we went hiking the next morning. We walked along this trail and my son looks down and says "hey I can see tad poles the water is so clean!"
So I took a picture of the spot where the tad poles could be seen.
The really funny thing is my daughter is the one who had the binoculars.

This is a shot of a water fall that we saw crossing a bridge

This is the first time we took the dog camping.
I did not realize she loved rivers so much. She kept wanting
to cross. I was worried that she would try it and get caught in the current.
She didn't.
this is called the Wilson river. It is a source of many,many good times at least for me. There are so many fond and wonderful memories associated with this place.

And we hiked and we hiked. I love the mountain ash trees.
We did more but I will show you tomorrow. I am tired now. all that hiking you know.
:)

mecanic

2008-08-02T16:48:00.001-07:00

note the purse.
this is Miss Emmy working on a car with daddy. it is our Issabella Ick van that has gone belly up so Darren has taken it upon himself to try and see if it was an easy fix......mmmmhmmm It is not. but both kids had their hands in the "trying" to fix it.

Emily is actually quite good...... I did not get to see David in action.

Emily is not shy in getting dirty. she takes after her mama. It is a gravitational issue.
Dirt gravitates to her as it did and does to me.
I don't mind.

my trip , my veiw, my fun.

2008-07-29T17:54:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots of my view of the trip.
this is one of the first photo's I was asked to take along the way. It was only one of the interesting things we saw on cars,trucks,and motor cycles.

This is where I found out that my mom drove like an airplane. she stopped like one anyway.
We did not find out what they originally mined

See these kids on the tractor? I thought it was a little scary to let them just push it around.....see the little girl? At one point she was behind the tractor while the boys were pushing it. The grandma watched and told mom "she might get hurt" her mom looked and just said "well she might, but then that will just be a memory"
I thought about that and looked around and realized she was right. Those kids were being kids and she was not going to interfere with that until emanate danger was there.

Ahhhhh the plot thickens .......GMJ + Map=....well lets see what great adventures we will come up with.

Windmills , you have seen this picture before from GMJ. But here goes my plug for being "green" did you know you can request from your power company to use this kind of power instead of the fossil fuel? Well I just found this out...... but it costs about four dollars more than what I pay........mmmm not right now, I'm thinking.

Do you see the black bull? Do you see his lady friend ? Well she actually hid behind him, moved herself so that he was in front of her. I thought it was cute. Interesting how his horn is pointing down and one pointing out.

So here are all his lady's . It is funny to me
that they have horns. I always think of the males
having the horns but alas it is not so.
I liked them anyway. They were not friendly and although I was braver than Mom I was not going to push my luck. Them there are youngens and those mama's have horns.

2008-07-24T05:25:00.000-07:00

CHECK OFF LIST

2 pairs of shorts

2 short sleaved tops

1 pair long pants

1 long sleaved top

1 toothbrush

1 tent

1 shovel

1 smile, pasted on if necessary

1 charged phone

1 phone charger

1 camera

so here is what GMJ sends me in the mail last night........
mmmm once a mom always a mom. this is a list that I would write to my kids ;)
she had other things on there but , well some things just shouldn't be shared over the net.
This is the first long trip we have taken ever . normaly we go Yurting or motel-ing but this time we wanted a longer trip.
The painted on smile part is due to the fact like any mother hen I don't like to leave my chicks and tend to worry about them to much cuppled with lots of stress. And being a "control freak" I can be gloomy.
I think she forgot some things though........ can anyone guess what?

I am back.......more or less.

2008-07-19T19:40:00.000-07:00

well it has been quite a while since I have blogged.
We'll see how this goes.
Okay for the most part all has been pretty good.....well as of the last two weeks not so much.
My job is okay, Darren is still working on looking...LOL.
The last week I have been mostly in a daze. My Grandma passed away , and just when I thought I was getting a grip on that my father in law passed away.
Now both deaths were mostly expected. That does not in any way make the loss that much easier to deal with.
The Lord has mercy! maybe not the way most would think it should be. But I know He had mercy on my Grammy as well as Gorden. How? Because He did not let them suffer any longer.
But let me tell you, this is the picture that I feel the most.
I am still singing ....just keep swimming.
And again the Lord has mercy. I have passed one stage of getting hired on full time. So now I am still praying that the second and final stage I can pass as well.
Just when I think I do not have any more strength left God gives me a breath and off I go.

Dory

2008-07-10T15:24:00.000-07:00

my new name at work....this is what I sing down the hall

"just keep swimming" our halls are narrow.

but quietly I just keep singing

"just keep praying just keep praying"

I don't know if I will get this job and it is stressing me out....but

what I do know is that it like so many things in my life , is out of my control.

I don't get to control much if any thing anymore. and for a control freak it is frustrating.

so this is what I sing to lift my spirits.

on the other hand work is going good. I am learning alot.
Darren is okay. his back is okay it flares up now and again. Over all he is doing good.
he has applyed for a school bus driver and we are hoping he gets it.
the kids are doing really good. lots of fun stuff for them this summer.
that is all I can say for now.
my break is over and I am going home.

update

2008-05-30T11:57:00.000-07:00

well I have word that GMJ is on her way along with Papa carl.
they left about 9am and will try and be to California by this evening. GMJ when she is determend will get there fast.
It has been a sad time in my life as well as Darren's. but God will prevail.
He is our strong tower and a keeper of the storms.
Darren and I keep weathering one after another and my unbrella is wornout!
I do read your blogs and am very thankful that I still can do that much.
but my time is up and I have to go again.
I will keep you all updated in the coming week.
this is friday and I have two days off.

vacation

2008-03-19T17:19:00.001-07:00

it is time to say good bye for awhile
my budget says the Internet is to much money . so I am taking a vacation from my computer at home. I will however still blog from time to time. but from the library and occasionally from work.so there you have it.
sorry but I would rather go rollerskating and camping and well eating is good too.
I won't be totally absent so don't forget me. I have an e-mail that is free so I will be sending it to you all.
please continue to pray. I pray for you all too!
later for now and look in your e mail's for my e mail adress.
T

grrr. I was dumb.

2008-03-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

pray for me .
had a bad political day.
made a mistake and asked my bosses boss a question that I shouldn't have. and
it was a bad thing to do.
grrrrrr! It could blow up in my face.
please pray that I have peace.

on other news my daughter can ride a two wheeler
darren and I got bikes this weekend and so we went bike riding.
it was a blast!
anyway thats all.
t

still here.

2008-02-25T05:06:00.000-08:00

well I am still here.
it has been a really stressful week.....okay two weeks. I have a lot of war hoops to drive around
and I average about 46 hrs a week. I go in early and leave late. it is just the nature of the job.
I could be a pill and demand my hours and shuck the work back on someone elses desk....but that is and will never be how I am. Darren has been supportive on this because he knows that if I get this job a a permanent position I will be working like this anyway. keep praying that I do get a job here please. although it is stressful and can be a bit heart wrenching it is still the most rewarding job I have ever had. for instance when a child that tryed to bit you the first time you tryed to buckle them in and would never let you touch them, three weeks later lets you hold their hand to cross the street and is non stop talking and asking questions and lets only you buckle them in....that is rewarding.
anyway, my weekends have been full of spending time with my kids...we have gone rollerskating,mall walking, movie watching, making cakes..(.David did that all by him self), going to the parks, going to walmart in far away towns,and cleaning house.
but....this weekend....yeah MOM needed a break......so I was taken to a motel and was pampered,oh yeah baby! I lay ed around and watched cable(we don't have cable) we swam in the heated pool and soaked in the hot tub and ....... ate in bed and drank pop. GMJ had the kids.
it was a well needed break. now I am ready to start again....oh yeah they made (mom and Darren) go shopping and buy new clothes...yes I said made...I don't buy clothes for myself. but I now have some new jeans and three new tops and two unmentionables. so that about covers it every one is now caught up.
no Darren is not working yet :( he does need to get it in gear he needs a part time evening job, to make some money. he is doing fine other wise.

skating

2008-02-02T17:46:00.001-08:00

can you say bean pole?
blurry lip chewing skating boy
oh how to make the mommy fall down.......
lets dance....
mr cool
oh funny kids. conversation goes something like this....."move david" no you go around emily.

ah the office

2008-01-30T17:40:00.001-08:00

well for all those people who are curious.....I.E GMJ in particular. here is where I work.
well what do you think? all the comforts of home. I spend at least 2-3 hrs a day at this desk
I can't take pictures of the whole office because well ....... it wouldn't be nice to display other peoples personable stuff....;)
but I can show mine.

changes

2008-01-26T13:23:00.000-08:00

I have never been one to carry a purse, and when I have it had better be a very good one.
my preferences are coach . I also like nine west. but alas I have not had the money for any. the last purse I got was a Dakine for a Christmas present. I had two of them one I gave to my mom the other I have been using for work but it has not been working out well. I have to carry alot of paperwork and I have a day planner that I have to carrry. with all of this I finally broke down and got a bag. here are the pics.
before:

after:

still here

2008-01-23T04:38:00.000-08:00

well I am still here.
I worked 6.5 hours overtime last week and was a bit tired. but I made some well needed money.
I am discovering that there is a whole other type of politics when you work in an office as opposed to the city work. there is a lot of back biting and dirt slinging....... I guess they don't have real dirt like the city worker's do so they sling words instead. It is hard to deal with sometimes....oh don't get me wrong there is plenty of politics in the city jobs too. it is just a different type....more 'good ol boy' issues.
never the less I am liking it. that is the job stuff. now onto the fun stuff.
two weekends ago my daughter and I had a date and went and saw Alvin and the chipmunks
it was fun. and this last weekend we went rollerskating just me and her. David and Darren went to see the same movie while Emily and I skated. she did pretty good this time. she didn't hang onto the wall much at all. there was a lot of falling but she seemed okay with that. then as you saw on GMJ bloggie we went there on Sunday to watch football and have a sleep over. it was fun too.
I am enjoying being able to have dates with my kids lately it is more meaningful to me now more than ever. so I am sorry that I can't blog a lot. but I am hoping to be able to take more pictures on the weekend. ( if I can keep the boys away from my camera batteries!gggggggggrrrrrrrrrrr)
I don't know what I'll be doing this weekend. mr David will be at GMJ's for saterday night so maybe I can sneak in some skating with Emily heeee!
Ta Ta For Now.

mmmm long time no post

2008-01-05T08:13:00.000-08:00

so it has been awhile I see.
sorry about that
I am back to work and it is hard to post lately. I would rather be spending time talking with my kids and husband when I get off work and on the weekends.
we went rollerskating on the first. that was fun. I used to do that when I was young.
I still like it. Darren however did not. something about possibly falling and hurting himself.... I don't know....LOL.
if you read my mom's blog you should know all about her adventures with my daughter.... ah the emergency room what a fun time that was...NOT.
oh well it comes with Kids. I usally don't let it throw me to much. been there so many times with the other one.
oh and the job..... it is okay.
I have interesting news with the city Job.
I had forgotten that I applyed for another city job. then I got notice in the mail that I am on the list which is about 26 people. so I will be waiting for that interview.....
this is the one I really want. so pray if you would that I get it.
mmmmm
lets see anything else?
cat is fine
dog is fine
hubby is fine
..... yup thats about it

My Papa

2007-12-24T09:24:00.000-08:00

see this man ?

this is my papa . he made Christmas so very special.
he is the one who taught me how to snoop under the tree. every season I would go over to his house and he would wait till my grandma was busy and then he would take me and we get down on our knees and look threw all the presents and shake and rattle them.
this was quite a feet for him because his back . but he did it anyway.
He also taught me how to sneak the cookies from my grandma and how to drink coffee the proper way(which really isn't so proper :P)
He taught me how to really enjoy Christmas at his house.
we always used his socks for the stockings and he would always make sure that the "right" cookies were left out.
every Christmas that I spent over there was a treasure. the smells and the joy that was there has never been matched. and I am not sure that it should be. those memories are savored and treasured in my heart forever.
I miss my papa and wish that he could share those times with my kids. but God decided that that was not supposed to be the case. I have to accept that.
they have their own papa now and their own grammy. and I hope they treasure those memories like I do
have a merry Christmas and I pray that you enjoy every one you have.

second day

2007-12-19T17:53:00.001-08:00

so the first day: all drives were with people who work there in the office.
1. went for a 30minute drive to a town
2. picked up a small little human girl
3. drove 30 minutes back to the office
4. signed more paper work
5. went for another drive to 2 different schools.
6. was dropped off early
7. read study books for about an hour
8. went home

second day:
1. went to another office
2. filled out more paper work
3. filled out more paper work that I already filled out before.
4. had my picture taken, only to find out that I.D badges can not be made toady
5. found out that I needed different papers
6. watched about one and a half worth of videos
7. drove back to my office to inform my boss of the paper issue *(I couldn't reach him by phone)*
8. went down town to my long awaited interview
9. twenty minutes later I was done
10. then went home

third day:
1. arived at work
2. put knick knacks on my desk area
3. 7:30am prepared rooms for a Christmas Party....that they don't call a Christmas Party...LOL.
4. 8am was promptly bombarded by two people to do transports for*( pick up child and take them some where)*
5. hunted down a man whom I and another were doing a transport for. just to find out where I would be dropping the child.
6. went about twenty minutes away and picked up
7. dropped them off at school about 40 minutes away
8. went back to the office , before I was able to even get to my desk I was bomb barded
9. went back to my desk to find papers for another transport for next week.
10. wrote on the board where I will be for the next two hours
11. went 20 minutes away to pick up.....
12. came back and dropped some things off
13. just enough time to pick up from a school
14. the school was late!
15. just made the deadline for the drop off that was about 15 minutes away.
16. went back to the office
17. and sat! for the remainder of the time 2hours

actually I did do some organizing in my corner where every one just dumps stuff, now it does not look like a dumping zone. I reorganized my desk and made several stops to the supply area.
I now have my own grease board. so that I can write down where I go and when I'll be back.
this is important in case some one thinks they are going to add to my schedule. which happens in a blink of an eye
I left out little details that went on but I am not really allowed to talk alot about what goes on there. I can only fathom what will happen today.

mountian!

2007-12-16T20:53:00.001-08:00

who would have thought eh?

well now.........

2007-12-14T08:49:00.000-08:00

oh my life just seems to be interesting as it moves threw this world.
so as some of you may know I have a job that will start on Monday.
but as some of you ....... well most of you do not know
I have been on the city of Portland's water bureau hire list. meaning that when they call
me I go in and do an interview.
so guess who called me.
yup you got it the city. so now I start my job which pays very well and then go into an interview with another job that pays very well.
the Portland job would be permanent. where as this current job is only temporary.
so really there is no question as to what I will do if I pass the interview.
it is just kinda frustrating.
here I really don't want to work. I would rather stay home with my kids and have my husband work and I have one job and another strong chance of another. grrrrrrrrr.
here my husband would rather work and he can't get a job for some reason.....oh and he has been trying.
so the Lord has something up . I just wish He would let me in on it.........
cause I could help him out you know..... I am soooooo good at that.
mmmm well to me it is just a bit mind blowing.
okay now on to something even more funny
______________________________________________________________________
this week end my husband and the children were out in the garage. they were just goofing around and I was pleasantly in the house just .....lalalalalala
when the garage door fly's open and my son and my husband bring this large wire mesh thing
in and plop it onto the kitchen table.............. upon which he (my husband) says
"where is the four? and I need a big bowl,.....kids theres the paper and this is how wide I want it ripped up"
oh yah can you say paper mache? mmmhmmm~! well all I can say is my husband is spontaneous at times without a lot of forethought.
I quickly cleared the table of everything...... I know how messy it can get even if my hubby does not. plus kids+flour+paper+water=MESS!
so after it was all said and done this is what it looked like
can you say mountain? it is going to be so "he" says. my hubby has a train set he has been working on for the last few months and he has made ...... a mountain so to speak.

here we go

2007-12-07T06:30:00.000-08:00

here we go again....*sigh*
I went to an interview yesterday. I am 98% sure I have the job.
it is not a job I would have picked for myself.
it is not a job I would have even thought up.
let me give you some history on the situation.
my hub has been trying to go threw this Vocational Rehabilitation program,to be retrained in a new career. but this process has just made us all frustrated. it has been since October and he has gotten very little progress in "their" process.
soooooo It is back to work I go.
It sucks!
but that is another story of my own struggles.
anyway hubby is now looking for a swing shift job so that we don't have to pay for child care
but I am willing to pay . that too is another story.
ahhhhh to many story's..... LOL.
so my neighbor came over a few days ago and said that his work is hiring and do I want the job.
well....... my processing skills are shall we say not fast......HA.
so I say let me pray about it..... then promptly got into a heated discussion with my husband.
needless to say I filled out the app.
the job? ah I thought you would be curious. sorry I was a little ramblely
I am going to be a driver for foster kids.
in other words I will be driving foster kids from foster homes to school and after school
or from foster homes to visits with their "real" parents.
sounds interesting doesn't it?
not the kind of job I was looking for but we will see how this works out.
maybe God has another plan for me ?
who knows.
talk to you later.

the fun of GMJ's

2007-12-02T17:32:00.000-08:00

well we are home now but we had a good time.
the kids had fun and we did too.
Papa and GMJ survived.
and now say it is barren in their house.......... mmmmm we could change that............
LOL.
I didn't get the picture of my husband sneeking into the forbidden fudge....and being caught my mom in the middle of the night..... it must have been a quite a site.
here are some pics that I took.

to go baking list

2007-11-25T13:54:00.000-08:00

1. marshmallow cream
2. 24 oz cream cheese
3. package of pecan nuts
4. 2 8 oz packages of chocolate chips
5. 1 mini muffin pan thingy ma jig'
6 2 kids for taking along
7. 1 rolling pin
8. 1 husband for taster
9. sleeping attire
10. blankets
11. pillows
12. air mattress
13. pj's
14. clean clothes for the next day.
yep that about covers it.

2007-11-22T10:39:00.000-08:00

HAPPY
THANKS
GIVING
have a great thanks giving
1. I am thankful I have Christ as my savior (cause he knows I needed one)
2.I am thankful for my family (again cause He knew I needed one)
3.I am thankful for my kids (they keep me on my toes)
4. I am thankful I have good food coming today
5. I am thankful for all my bloggie friends
6. I am thankful for my best friend (you know who you are)(if you don't...... :( )
7. I am thankful that I have a place to live (and I have heat)
8. I am thankful that my grandma is still living.
9. I am thankful that I am still living (sometimes)
10. I am thankful I have my health.

2007-11-17T06:59:00.001-08:00

this is my cat
he is fat

this is a rat

he too is fat

my cat will not eat

that rat

my cat will not catch

that rat

the rat just laughs at my cat

the rat knows my cat is fat

we have now tape for our rat

soon he will not laugh at our cat

soon he will be stuck and that will be that.

got this from nette.

2007-11-16T12:27:00.000-08:00

PARENT - Job Description

This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way,
I don't believe any of us would have done it!!!!

POSITION :
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Long term, team players needed, for challenging
permanent work in an,
Often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
and frequent 24 hour shifts on call.
Some overnight travel required, including trips to
primitive camping sites on rainy weekends
and endless sports tournaments in far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily,
until someone needs $5.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a
pack mule
and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat
in case, this time, the screams from
the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges,
such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
and stuck zippers.
Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and
coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings
for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be willing to be indispensable one minute,
an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a
half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for
the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :

None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years,
without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills,
so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :

Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because
of the assumption that college will help them
become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that
you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :

While no health or dental insurance, no pension,
no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
no stock options are offered;
this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth
and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

tagged

2007-11-13T17:53:00.000-08:00

Rules: Once tagged, you must link to the person who tagged you. Then post the rules before your list, and list 8 random things about yourself. At the end of the post, you must tag and link to 8 other people, visit their sites, and leave a comment letting them know they’ve been tagged.

1.I am deaf in my right ear
2. I am not a big cake fan it has to be yellow and a cream cheese frosting kinda thing.
3. pizza is my favorite food eeeevvvvveeeeerr
4. I like to go for walks anywhere
5. I love to talk to strangers, you never know what you'll find out.
6. I do not like cream in my coffee
7. my cat is my favorite pet
8. I like the color green

now to tag. rachel,martha,kim,heather,gudl,Eisbär , prisilla,GMJ,Himself

Christmas blues....boo hoo.

2007-11-11T19:05:00.000-08:00

1. gifts
2. I do not like the emphasis put on the gifting
3. I do not like the rational of " it is the spirit of giving"
4. I think the emphasis should be put on family
5. I think the emphasis should be put on Christ
6. I think that I stopped enjoying Christmas the day I got married and had kids.
7. I enjoy being married and kids, I just don't like the stress of money and gifts
8. I miss the snow
9. I miss the big family time
10. I do not like the arguing in this season (more like tense conversations now)
11. I do not like the "can I have's"
12. I do remember doing this my self
13. I do remember the fun as a kid
14. I miss the smell
15. I miss the men being men and watching the games
16. I like cutting my own tree
17. It is something we do every year
18. It is the only I mean only tradition we have
19. I guard it with my life
20. I want to make Christmas fun for my kids
21. I don't like the non unity between my DH and me with this season
22. I like the santa claus tradition
23. we do keep it
24. we do teach the "reason for the season " too.
25. we decorate the tree together
26. oh that is another tradition
27. I shall guard that one too.
28. mmm well the neighbor plays santa every year
29. that is a tradition too
30. Darren does the same for his kids
31. that makes three traditions
32. I do like to decorate my house
33. we do lights every year
34. we try to out do the neighbor ( who plays santa)
35. up to number 4 now
36. we are going to a cabin this year
37. I would like to save money and do that again next year.
38. I think it would be cool
39. I think I am done now.
40. I like ham for Christmas
41. I like mashed potatoes
42. I like green bean casserole,waldorf salad,jello salad
43. I like to go for a walk after dinner.
44. I am the only one in my family who does
45. my mother and father like to also
46. my husband does not
47. I am glad this is at the end of the year
48. I'll get over it don't worry.
49. I am done now
50. see I am over it now.

holloween costumes.

2007-11-05T08:45:00.000-08:00

yes we go tricker treaten.

we have rules and exlplain alot of truth of things.

we go for the candy. of which the children are secretly heavyly taxed.

the candy is gone threw with a fine tooth comb and then placed in bags with their names on them. this way they get candy for at least a month. and we don't have surgar rushes with bad melt downs.

here are some pic's of before and afters.

ah don't you like boxers with marry janes?

ninja boy.

princess.

saftey first. these are dollar tree glow sticks held on by tape..... the cheep mans version of reflecter tape...LOL

weekend fun

2007-10-28T18:06:00.000-07:00

on friday my son had a play date , sooooooo I took my daughter and one of her friends to the zoo. that was alot of fun for all.
now on saterday we hung around till about 11am and then we went here the corn maze. we went with my brother n law and his family the maze was alot of fun except it was like sloshing threw mud that was sooooo soupy that you would think you were in a cow pasture on a bad day. so once we finished that we went on a hay ride to the pumkin patch to pick out our pumkins, thennnnn we went on a cow train........ mmmhmmm that is really just barrells (plastic) painted like cows and cut in half with a seat in it.... it was fun. the kids had a blast and all in all we had a great time. this Sunday we went to church and then took the kids over to GMJ house so me and my hub could go to IKEA for a date. they carved the pumkins they picked out . it was a GREAT week end.

ah morning

2007-10-24T11:19:00.000-07:00

so here is a Monday morning...... arn't they cute.

girl camping

2007-10-20T07:35:00.001-07:00

so my son went on a camp out with his cub scout troop last night (darren too). so my daughter and I had our own. we had a tent and a fire and color books and other books and Miss Kitty. we stayed up and colored and sang songs.

the boys didn't fair so well from what I herd this morning....it rained all night and the boys didn't know how to stay away from the sides of the tent so they were wet and cold most of the night...... dumb boys LOL.
Emmy and I had a great time.

ah the fun!

2007-10-19T17:12:00.000-07:00

so as alot of you may know my mom (aka GMJ) went on a little outing yesterday.

here are the fun high lights:

the first stop was me on the train known around here as the "max" it takes me from my town in Aloha all the way to Gresham. I took the red train which takes me to.......IKEA! where mom picked me up.

this is the view were I left from.

after mom picked me up we went to Sherie's for some breakfast and coffee. we also discussed where our next stop would be.....hello no brainier! IKEA!!!

this is Sherrie's our first stop then

IKEA! of which we learned how to live in a 575sq foot home and a 350sq foot home and a 200sq ft room.......with out kids.... it would be fine. but I do have some GREAT ideas for organizing my house.

so we spent about 2hours there following the arrows....then we also know where alllllll the bathrooms are. and we found out where Tupperware heaven is....... Ikea has the best organized kitchens ever!!!!

then off to the RED BARN this is a local produce place where it smells like a farmers market and it really is a barn. very fun...not my cup of tea although I did buy some calaflower and pears as well as some green onions....oh and some squash.

this is just the sign.

okay now for the really funny part.do you see this fence......(HA she didn't think I would find a pic I bet....LOL!!!)

okay so this is the fence that we went around to get into this area....this is the area where the old house was that was chalked full of memories both good and bad, depending on who and what time of the year it was. so we wanted to investigate it closer and find out where the house really was and what trees were left ect. now when we found out all the stuff we wanted too........ we hopped the fence instead of going around again..........HAHAHAHAHA... well one of us hopped it......... GMJ did not succeed........... only one leg did she get over and then with a look like a trapped deer she was stuck......the laughter that followed was not a pretty picture. I could not(because I was threatened) take a picture of this. she did get unstuck and simply walked around...... I could not stop laughing!

the other picture that I could not snapp fast enough was a picture of this lady knitting while waiting for the light to change at a stop light. no I am not joking! she was knitting at a red light.that must be one blanket she has to get done......

I think that about covers it all in all we had a GREAT day and I am thankful that we have them.

weekend fun

2007-10-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

nothing like a good walk in the fall, this time Darren was able to go as well. those new hips move fairly well. He was able to go on some tuffer terain that he hasn't been able to to for quite sometime. it was fun and the kids love the nature.

Emmy likes to find feathers and the dog squirrels..... always a risky combo to let them go in the lead . David just likes to show his strength and what tree he could climb.

ah caught. trying to pull one over on emmy is not an easy task. she always catches him.

love

2007-10-09T14:57:00.000-07:00

if you listen to the song it makes a bigger impact looking at the pictures.
as a parent we can't make the storms of life disapear like our children want us too. but we can comfort them and teach them how to weather them.

non working woman

2007-10-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

so I have not been working outside of the home for about week and a half.

some may wonder why no blogging......wellllllllll

since my absence in the house, it seems some buggy's have invaded my computer due to someone exploring their goofy E bay and Craig's list sites.

annnnnndddd there is sooooo much to catch up on at the house.

like, errands that haven't been done because my van (Darren's old work van) tryed to kill me three weeks ago by having it's brakes go out down hwy 26. yes it was a hill and well it is apparent that I am supposed to live here.....even if I want to go home. ;) annnnnndddddd because of that we have not been able to fix it ....... something about children eating kinda comes first....

and having one van while I was working did not allow Darren to get errands run.

today I am supposed to be cleaning the house........... but there is a garage sale going on in my front yard and I am needed from time to time. thus invading my train of thought and making me not want to really work allllll that hard.

it is really strange to be back home I have forgotten some things like pulling meat out for dinner and laundry........ now that I am home my DH has began to think He's retired......:(

I took David to get new shoes yesterday and I was willing to pay up to 45 bucks for some nice tenny's..........but noooooo he wanted converse canvas low tops......they were cheep. oky doky.

Emmy of course has pink tenny's and purple slippers. she likes to match but my son well mmmmm he could care less if he matches as long as he is comfortable. here are some pics of the kids and playing.

the last one is of david and his new shoes..... my son does not like to wear pants and will wear these sport shorts...... does he care that those shoes soooooo do not match.....no way.

any way that is all for now.

oh the differance

2007-09-18T16:44:00.000-07:00

so tonight my husband is folding the clothes
and he says to me
"look at this pile it is allllllllll Emily's, there is hardly any of Davids.
what is she doing putting the clean clothes in with the dirty?"
well I just simply nodded my head and explained the thing with girls vs boys and how they differ in the clothes.......
my son for instant if his pants are on...... let me rephrase that cause he never wears pant it is always shorts.......
if he has his shorts on and his shirt the chances of him changing his clothes after that are slim if at all. It would be like us trying to make water come out of a rock with out a rod.
but with Emily if she decides that she is not happy with the attire after she has it on well she will simply change her clothes and apparently the ones she is changing out of have been contaminated and will go not back into her draw but into the laundry
I did not realize this until she was dressing herself that indeed she is like a little whirl wind when it comes to clothes. picture the person throwing clothes behind them out of drawer and you would be picturing my daughter.
my son on the other hand is the exact opposite.
once those clothes are on they are like glue. he is picky about what he wears but until he finds it he is not changing out of jammies.
and matching is not a issue for him. one long sock and one short sock apparently are perfectly legal.
so are not tying your shoes. and so what if your shirt is below your short line... not a problem.

I had some quirks too at this age and even older. I just didn't realize it was passed down....... oh the fun I have. ;0P

fun stuff

2007-09-11T17:29:00.000-07:00

I did not take pictures as I hoped I would. but I did have a GREAT time.

Tracy and Denis are wonderful hosts. I would recommend them as a stop on your travels anytime!

It was a lot of fun just being able to hang out and have fun,eat good food, get shown the sites of Medford.

Tracy and I have been friends for at least 22years. It has never ceased to amaze me that we can pick up in conversations like we have never been apart.

it was even more fun that my kids did not come..... yes I feel some what guilty about feeling that way, but to be honest it was nice to spend 5hrs in a car with my husband with out the constant bickering of two board children. It was also nice to be able to focus on tasks with out interruptions every 5minutes...... yes I feel some what guilty for thinking that too.

I am thankful that GMJ took them although it was not the best of times for either of them, everyone lived.

here is a picture of three of us playing ...... (well two of them playing and me trying to follow)

worship songs in the morning. it was nice to be able to share in that.

all this to say it was fun and it will happen again soon I am sure.

this by the way is before we worked in here. ;)

before and after

2007-09-03T07:13:00.000-07:00

well for those of you who thought I was joking about taking over one room at a time........well it is no joke. the kid's rooms were the next on the list.
Tracy mentioned that I don't put before pictures on so here is a couple of them. David's room and Emily's room then there are after pictures. I like them the most.....LOL.
it took most of the day to do them both. mainly because I had the kids help.
beds were striped and sheets washed,books taken out and reorganized,dresser drawers in David's room were redone........ he puts his clothes away himself but this means that who knows where anything is, including him....... I get tired of hearing "MOM!!!!! where is my (now in whisper voice) underwear?!!!!!!!. at which point I say mmmmm I didn't put it away so I don't know......where is your underwear? in a drawer? so needless to say we redid it.
Emmy has been wanting her doll house back that she was grounded from (she would never pick any of the little stuff back up) so that was the main goal for her room. to get the doll house back in there.

she likes to play in there but as you can see there was no room...... I didn't want it back in the play room soooooo I rearranged it so she has room to play.

I am hoping that with school starting this will stay like this.......mmmmm yeah right.
oh well .

here is the after pictures.

pockets

2007-09-03T06:24:00.000-07:00

I don't carry a purse usally unless it is a clutch and that is for very very special occasions.

I used to carry a purse. I was and am very picky about what kind and I don't usally like pockets on the inside.

I have become acustom to carrying just the basics. If I am going to need more things like camera or brush or "other" things I will take one. I tend to loose them or they get stolen. here is what was in my pockets on Friday.

one pay check, my work keys (they clip to my belt loop) two cards , reciets, a zoo pass (I have know idea why).

fun at moms.

2007-09-01T19:51:00.000-07:00

so we went to mom's (mine) and all of us went.

it was fun the kids played with the neighbors and my dad and husband put together a

computer desk...............

Darren has really not been doing anything in his opinion manly so this was big.

we got there at about 1130am and left at 6pm

my bell so to speak had gone off at about 2pm.

I was not going to be able to leave until the desk was put together, per orders from the manly folk.

but I did take a few pictures, some are on the other bloggie....... the beginning

proud manly men

ah finished product

missy miss

2007-08-29T04:53:00.000-07:00

we went to the Zoo on Sunday this is my daughter with her birthday present she got from her brother.........it is her favorite present by the way.

she calls her Miss Kitty.

Miss Kitty has her own hammock bed in Emily's room that we made .

even though she has a hand made cradle, oh no Miss Kitty does not sleep there...... that is reserved for "baby" only.........*sigh*

so this picture pretty much sums up my missy miss .

gotta luv her!

she makes us laugh so hard at times.

notice the bag, oh yah Miss Kitty went to the Zoo too just like that.

take over

2007-08-26T08:56:00.000-07:00

Taking over one room at a time.
so last weekend I organized and cleaned my room and the play room.
this weekend it was the kitchen...............I am not sure why my hub has a hard time with
detail, he says he sees things in the "big picture" mode.......
mmmmmm
so why can't he see things like cob webs and dust bunnies? or crumbs on the counter
would that not be in the big picture?
I see them. they torment me in my dreams..........
dust bunnies are not cute little things when they come at you in your dreams.......LOL!
so now my kitchen is "big picture" clean.
that means that the counters have been scrubbed , the appliances have been washed down
the refrigerator has been wiped down (outside only)
the cork board has been cleaned off (expired coupons are now gone)
floor has been cleaned
the garage door has been wiped down
the corners of the walls cleaned off.....
oh the horror of it all!
mmmmmmm
yes my hub sees the big picture, I see the little ones that make the big one....LOL.
yes it is a team effort.
I am not knocking him..............exactly.
really it is all in good fun that I write this.
the only room I am not touching is the ..........................
garage.
well that is until I run out of rooms....LOL~!

it is finished.

2007-08-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

withdrawls are over!
and new life begins, more or less.
this weekend I had a cleaning bug and well I cleaned.
more or less.
more like I was tired of my room being everyone else's.
for instance in my room this is what was in it.
an art easel .....my daughters
three pairs of unmatched socks........the other part of the pair was in their rooms
toys dropped from the day
papers
boxes of games
so on Sunday that was the goal
everything went out that wasn't mine and I spent about an hour in there .
I vacuumed all the Cob webs off the wall and then all the corners and edges of the carpet.
then I cleaned off the top of the dresser
dusted and was finished

then that was not enough for me I moved to another room...........
my friend is moving to California so I got some organizing things from her and came back home and went to work on the play room.it was filled with papers and was becoming so cluttered that I could not walk threw with out winching..........sooooooooooooooooo

this is what I did do.

so now I feel better. I so do not like clutter and I need my space in order to feel sane so to speak . clutter makes my mind cluttered and I can't think. so now I feel a little better. any way sorry I haven't been posting very much. things are just moving along and .........oh I almost forgot I have to see a doctor on Tuesday for my blood pressure, for some unknown reason I can't seem to keep it down past 156 over 88 and apparently that is not good. oh well i have fought the good fight and now I must face the must face the music . oh well.

I have been looking for more work. and we are also looking for a new place to live. it is frustrating on both accounts. we would like to live in the country and in Washington. but I find that the jobs there are not as prevalent as here. not to mention we are finally rooted in a church we like..... but Calvary Chapels are everywhere. ho hum de dum. we will just keep plugging away.

later .

day????

2007-08-10T04:56:00.000-07:00

I have forgotten the day........
but here is an update.
Darren is getting way better.
he no longer has that many dizzy spells and is starting to sleep at night .....thanks to some Tylenol pm and a little pink pill .
he is pretty much off all of the others , the ones that help with the dizziness and upset tummy.
he is completely off the pain meds and has no pain........
CAN I HEAR AN AMEN!
The doctor says that yes he is disabled to a point and will sign what ever papers needed so that my husband can be retrained.
LET ME HEAR ANOTHER AMEN!

and me?
I am busy as ever, it seems my days run into each other.
I need to get to the doctor myself, so that I can get my blood pressure under control,
apparently this is important......<:s
lately I have been feeling rather proverb 31 woman and it is not any fun.
it is not as glorious as some may think.
Early to rise, doing laundry and dishes, sometimes making lunches, writing notes to keep things organized. working during the day to keep money flowing, coming home and spending time with the family by eating dinner,playing games, going for walks..........

the kids, well they are surviving. my son announced that this is the worst summer ever..... cause he has had so many that he can remember right....LOL.
I laughed. I did remind him of all the things he has done this summer. mmmmhmmm, didn't fly, but hey he is only 7 and Lord willing will have many more summers to come and not all of them super dooper.
Emmy has got a tooth on the bottom that has come in and another on the way......we didn't think they would start coming in till she was 6. so this is a great thing........ she won't know what to do, she has really never had front teeth. we make a big deal of it.
her birthday is coming up and she has been writing her list and reminding her daddy daily of what she wants.
Darren and David will be going shopping tonight at the mall.......mmmmm. this should prove interesting. my kids love going to the mall....... you get See's Candy's samples. Darren is okay with going but was balking at the candy issue........ "you can't go to the mall without a See's Candy sample!" is what I said.
Emmy and I will be at home doing the girl thing, nails, hair. over all preening and primping. she loves to do that.
Saturday is going to be busy
we will be driving to look at a house up in Washington that is way cheaper that what we pay now, and is in the country. it is a 1hr to 2hr drive so it will be an adventure.
then Darren's folks come over at 5pm or so and then it is bed........ I think.
Sunday we go to church and then it is all to ourselves..........I am hoping.
my kids have now decided that missing church is not something they want to do anymore........ I don't know why but I am not going to argue it...... I think they just like being with their friends, again I really don't care as to the "why" but am just happy that they want to go and don't put up a fight.

friday day 5 maybe?

2007-08-03T20:20:00.000-07:00

so today is better.
yesterday was okay,
he still has a very upset tummy
and he becomes dizzy easily.............mmmmm eating might help that.
he seems not to eat and thus gets dizzy.
well today he saw the pain doctor and all went well.............sorta.
the great news is he is doing it and that impressed the doctor that and we as a family are supportive.
the bad news is that this flue like symptoms will continue for the next two weeks.
this is going to be rather stressful.

all in all we are doing good,
the kids are so good at GMJ that it is scary.
despite what she states in her blog she is very good with my kids.
they are bright eyed and very happy.
they do miss their home and their daddy and mommy and both of the critters.
but over all doing good.

thank you all for your continued prayer!!!!!
it is so very helpful. I would be totally lost without God in all of this and I know that praying together as brothers and sisters in Christ we can move mountains .

sorry no picture tonight, I am at my moms.

day 3

2007-08-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

yup today is not very good either,

upset tummy, dizzy, cold sweats, headaches

oh my gosh!

it is horrible to watch and not be able to do any thing.

at least the legs have stopped jumping.

I shutter to think what tomorrow will bring.

well here is a picture of what I look like

today I took off early mostly because there is a lot to do here at home in regards to daily house hold things. but then ................ I threw my cell phone down on the ground today and well it broke for good, it was already on its last leg and I was very frustrated.......... oh well. so I went to the mall to get a new one, then I got some tea from the special tea shop (the kind that helps you sleep). then I came back home and weed eater the flower bed and mowed the lawn, it is now 744 and I started at 3. oh well life goes on.....LOL.

tis okay, my kids are doing good and my husband will survive and I will too.

thank you all for your prayers.

day 2

2007-07-31T18:06:00.000-07:00

here is a picture of what my husband looks like pretty much.

the withdrawal are lessened mostly by the dosage of the pills he is taking to ween off.

day 3 should be worse than today.

jumpy legs,not sleeping.....(.well when you are supposed to anyway.)

cold sweats, oh lets say slightly cranky, edgy.

tis okay, this too shall pass.......so I have been told.

at least he is doing it, at least he is suffering to get threw instead of faking it.

and he wants to do it.

he deserves credit for that.

so I'll show you another picture of what he looks like tomorrow.

Zoo day with the family

2007-07-22T06:56:00.000-07:00

hickup?

2007-07-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

driving back from the Zoo
a big 4x4 pick up pulls beside us

Emily: "daddy is that a HickUp?"
Daddy: " no that is a Pickup. but there might be a hick driving it."

yup that be my family.

study break

2007-07-12T04:46:00.000-07:00

WOW!

so here is the scoop as of late

my mom had my kids for three days and two nights..............oh yah baby!

I dropped them off on Monday night and picked them up yesterday

in the mean time I have a test coming up on Monday.

in the test I need to know how to read a meter for water flow and also the districts for the whole city of Portland...... yes including all the compus points and direction of major streets and the dividing lines of those districts and I also need to know the defensive driving manual and the codes for the pretty paint they put on the sidewalk.

little secret folks......................I AM DIRECTIONALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL!!!!

no I seriously mean it...... yesterday I actually learned my N/S/E/W oh yah.

so now you see how much studying I need to do.

yesterday after work I went and picked up my kids, then drove back home, then my husband had taken the cat to the vet and so I had to pick him up after dropping the kids off and then came back home.................. and jumped in the pool with the kids!

here are some pictures of my study break............I stayed up til ten going over Google maps of my city and then I dreamed about it all night.... oh what a joy...LOL!

the job is a water meter reading position it is a really great job and pays rather good

so keep me in your prayers for that.

the sleeping children

2007-07-08T17:27:00.000-07:00

mmm this is what we call the "death" pose , she sometimes crosses her arms on her chest too and it looks like she is dead, you have to go over and feel her..... it really is funny
the typical boy child, who needs sheets when you have a comforter on an 80 degree day eh?

it is finished

2007-07-07T17:23:00.000-07:00

the old pool

the new pool
the half full new pool
waiting children
ah finally!

swimming at last!

for some this is a small pool , for us it is a big step. and really just the right size for the kids, we could have gotten a bigger one but why.

PooL

2007-07-07T14:35:00.000-07:00

okay pictures to follow
we are stepping up in the world now! we just bought a 8foot wide easy fill pool
and the kids are just about to drive us bonkers
it is half way filled now and it is about 3 pm
that pool is not gonna be filled until 5pm

you know I remember my parents had a pool for me . I just didn't remember them putting it up.
HA!
a repressed memory, blocked out on purpose! LOL!
now I know why........LOL!
anyway the pictures will follow later today.

Happy Fourth of July

2007-07-04T14:54:00.000-07:00

this is my neighbor's Bobs happy 4rth of July present from a couple of boys who stole a car. at 1130pm last night this is what he found , a car went about 50mph around the end of our street and ran over Bob's Ivy and right into his vans...... of which are only about a month old. after they ran into their cars they tryed to make a get away and peeled out and ran into our van.

yah mmmm.........not much damage there......."interesting" how the car missed the "mommy" van and hit the only van that could take a beating and keep on driving.......... "weird"? nah just the car angels......
poor Bob.... he does have full coverage so that is good.

where did it go?

2007-07-01T16:47:00.000-07:00

so where did my time go

I thought for sure I would be blogging more and having my time to my own and spending a relaxing time walking the dog......

????????????????????

nope not so much.....

most of my time was everyone else's

my kids, my in laws, then my husband when he came home him.

sooooo again I am sorry for not blogging as much

I do miss getting mail and comments.........but you have to blog to get them...LOL!

so here are some things we did this week

I made dinners and froze them so Darren will not have to cook for about three nights

they are all in individual Tupperware so all he has to do is heat them up.

kinda like TV dinners, but homemade.

then I had to visit my husband at least once a day it is 25-35 minutes away depending on the traffic, one way.

then off to the park at least once a day then home to cook and clean and get kids ready for dinner and bed.

whew! now here it is Sunday and I have to go back to work............YUCK! I soooo

don't want to.

check out the photo blog and you'll see the newest adventure.

routine

2007-06-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

we have a routine at night and it goes as follows:

eat dinner

shower (if shower night)

movie or games or books (depending on the day)

then off to bed

one parent takes one kid and reads a book

then we switch kids

because we decided that our kids go to bed by 7pm (unless there are activities to do with others)

yes even in the summer.

they are allowed to play or read quietly in their beds .

here are some pics to show you what they actually do.

Emily has three stuffed animals, one whom you should all recognize as "super ted" the other is a dog who was also a boy but now is a girl, and the "other" bear is now a girl too....:) they are not naked anymore. yet a new phase in my girl.

David has a hard time with writing so I thought that if he learned how to trace it would interest him enough to practice his fine motor skills. it is working so far.

WAZ UP?

2007-06-26T05:50:00.000-07:00

so it has been a bit long since I have really wrote anything......
lets see if my fingers still get it.

waz up?
I temporarily have my "old" job back
at least for one week that is . and believe me I am taking full advantage of it.
Hubby is in the hospital for three days....... the full three days unlike the last one where it was a day and a half......soooooo not doing that again.
he is having the other hip replaced, so he now will be even.
oh yah I said even...... he has been two inches taller on one side than the other....... so now he not only will have two new hips he will have gained the two inches back that he lost...LOL.

so now I have one whole week to do everything that I used to do.......
cook dinners,blog,do laundry,blog,take kids to various activity's,blog,clean house,blog,take pictures, and oh yah blog .
I am actually looking forward to it. I consider it my vacation.

I must apologize for not blogging as often, I just don't have that much energy and I really do read everyone and try to keep up with everyone lives.
so this week you will be hearing from me so watch out.....LOL
more to come so pay attention.
T

Bord now

2007-06-11T20:21:00.001-07:00

so as you all can tell I am running out of Ideas for music
I really have run my gamut of songs
so if you have some that you would like to hear I will see if the audio code people have them
and put them on.
or if you all like the Jars of clay ones or Third day those are rather easy to find.
any way
let me know.

weekend

2007-06-03T17:31:00.001-07:00

This was Sunday the last day of the weekend it was 81 degrees by noon and we were very hot so we took off to a park that has a fountian........ we were not the only ones with this bright idea...LOL.
the kids had a blast! and I enjoyed them .

emily is filling up her bucket the water will fly

the only shot I could actually get of emily she just kept moving around and around in a circle trying to get a good shot at anyone.

this seems to be the way things were with david.

the dog was not impressed

and the finale she finally got him

oh funny,funny!

2007-06-02T22:02:00.000-07:00

HOT

2007-05-29T18:28:00.000-07:00

it was 85 degrees today, I was hot
baseball and softball fields do not have trees.

100 things

2007-05-29T04:28:00.000-07:00

1. my real name is Thea Kathleen klein
2. my first married name was Smith
3. I didn't like it
4. I didn't like being married either
5. my maiden name is Francis
6. that name I did like
7. my middle name is supposed to be spelled with a C
8. and that is how it is legally processed for important paper stuff.
9. I do not like paper work
10. I avoid it at all costs
11. I make little piles that I secretly stash everywhere so no one will see them
12. I forget what is in the piles
13. I often wonder if this is normal
14. I think for some it is
15. I do not organize well
16. or at all
17. I am actually better at doing, than processing things
18.it takes me at least a day to process important decisions
19. if I am rushed I get very..........cross
20. I am supposed to be writing a to do list for my husband right now
21. I am going to go do that right now
22. I will be thinking of this today and will continue it tonight
23. I did not think of this list all day
24.I don't speak any other language
25. okay I speak one word of Korean, eedy wha it means come here
26. I love working outside
27. I love to camp
28. I am not fond of fishing
29. my dad introduced me to the out doors
30 my mom taught me how to appreciate the out doors
31. I love beer
32. I quit drinking beer or other alcohol.
33. I am 39
34. my mom and I are 20 years apart
35. I am very blunt
36. I don't intentionally hurt people by this
37. but it happens
38. I had one new boyfriend every new school year in high school
39. only one of them I liked
40. I have no brothers or sisters
41. It has never bothered me until now
42. I am afraid of being alone when I am old
43. I am a child of God
45. I am not afraid of death
46. I do not like Brussels sprouts
47. nor am I fond of fish
48. my favorite snack is chips and salsa
49. my favorite sweet is dark chocolate
50. for a long time I had a left sock and a right sock
51. I really could tell the difference
52. I am pretty much an open book
53. and you can read my face like one too
54. I had a pretty normal child hood according to me
55. I didn't like my step dad Allen or his son until I moved out
56. Allen did teach me about every sport imaginable
57. I know how to play Pool,bowling,batt mitten, ping pong, tennis, chochet, lawn darts, Frisbee, 10 different kinds of card games, chess, checkers and 4 other board games
58. I know how to play soccer, football, golf
59. the first thing I saved up for was a skateboard

58. I was in seventh grade
58. I learned how to roller skate with my cousin in my grandparents garage
59. they had metal wheels and leather straps
60. I met my husband at work
61. I liked his eyes
62. we met in a clean room (think Intel, and you'll know what I mean)
63. his eyes were all I could see
64. he is better at being a stay home "parent" than me
65. we were married a year later
66. I was pregnant 6 months later
67. I would love to visit Europe
68. I like world history
69. I don't get a chance to read about it
70. I like to read
71. again I don't get a chance to read much
72. I was a veterinaries assistant for a year
73. I like cats way more than dogs
74. I like to watch birds
75. the Hawk and the barn swallow are my favorites
76. I like most farm animals
78. Horses scare me
79. I do not like to go garage sale hunting
80. I don't like to have them either
81. I like my house to be clutter free
82. it is not
83. I have learned how to compromise
84. I have strong beliefs
85. I am rather opinionated
86. I try not to be
87. but it just comes out
88. I go to a very small church
89. I like small churches
90. I am not materialistic
91. I do like nice things
92. I just don't put my worth in them
93. I would rather save up money and get a good tool
94. I do not like cheap tools
95. I learned this from my grandfather
96. I am mechanically inclined
97. I like to mow the yard
98. almost done with my list
99. whew that was a long list
100. hope you learned more about me.
101. it is all true.....:)

ah the before and after

2007-05-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

before devouring

and after...........

is it friday?

2007-05-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

so today is Tuesday and I now have Internet..........LOL.
yah I didn't pay the bill.................
so this is the thing................. I AM A CONTROL FREEEEEEEEK!

with this in mind, I now have a job and I can't control everything!
even though I tryed, it apparently didn't work....
soooooo I have to give some up to my hubby......................

another note:
CONTROL FREEEEEEKS DON'T EASILY GIVE UP CONTROL!
but this is just another lesson in life
in order to work as a team you must learn to not be such a control freak...........
we do have are good points
we are steady and strong and get the job done (the right way according to us)
but God is showing me that I can not do it all.
I will write more later

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

2007-05-13T05:47:00.000-07:00

ten things I like about my mom.
1: she is very funny
2: she is a totally kicken cook
3: she is willing to try new things
4: she is a very,very good interior designer (though she'll say she is not )
5: she is creative and very good at artsy stuff
6: she is good with the elderly and seems to have a talent to make them laugh
7: she is a big dog lover
8: she is good at whatever she decides to learn about(with the exception of math ;P )
9: she is always willing to go on a drive to the beach at the drop of a hat
10: she is great at scrabble ( a trait I find annoying yet I am very jealous! )

I am here.

2007-05-03T20:40:00.000-07:00

this is the younger version of me playing in the dirt. apparently I enjoyed getting dirty from this time on....LOL.

I have been sooooo busy lately . here is the time frame from which I work with.

4:15 am my alarm goes off and I go and make coffee, or now Darren makes it at 4 so yeah!

430 am ----- some times I can blog at this time , but mostly this is when I can get my bible study done

445am is when I start making my lunch and Davids lunch and sort the laundry or do some odds and ends

500am is when D is sorta awake and ready to do some reading together and praying, or just talk about what is going on for the day. (he is trying)

530am out the door on the road, this is the time when I say an extra prayer or two or talk to my mom.

615am in the yard (place where I work) drink the rest of my coffee(I no longer bring a thermos, It is the tinkle factor, men don't like to stop that much..;) )

630am I have my orders of the day and head out to do------------- my job....

my job as of late has included : taking a truck (ford ranger) parking it on a softball field, pulling a "chalker" (basically a box with wheels and handles and a little whole in the back to make the line of chalk dust come out) out of the back then pulling a "spiker" (which is a large triangle with 5 inch spikes sticking out the bottom) out and placing 3 , 75lbs weights on the corners of this "spiker" , then after that then you place a 75lb wire woven mat behind it. and then drive around in a specific pattern on the field. when that is done then you chalk the lines and the batters box, and off to the next Field. there are on average 12-15 fields a day.

now if for some reason it is say raining and all the fields are out. our boss will pick about 4-5 of us and send us all out to one field , where we shovel and rake and move dirt for eight hours, this is a lot of work but it is sometimes fun.

at 300pm I get to go home

400 pm I actually get home at which point I have several options

option number one: walk the dog..... this happens rarely :option two sit with the kids and hear about their day, this happen sometimes, option three , take a shower and then eat dinner, then walk the dog. this happens a lot except I don't usually take a shower until the kids are in bed.

at about 8pm I am ready and most usually in bed.

that is what has been going on during the week. so blogging on the week ends works better, but I do sometimes comment on others .

it is way past my bed time so good night.

update

2007-04-28T08:28:00.000-07:00

okay so briefly
Mr. D is:
Less crabby (with some moments)
Meds are where they are supposed to be
walking more
doing his exercises
learning how to walk with a leg that is 1 1/2 inches longer than the other.
his swelling has gone down and the up and down fever is more down than fluctuating.

so over all he is doing good
apparently they had to break more of his bones to get the pins that have been in there since he was ten, out.
so considering that and putting in a giant hunk of steal into an area that was already painful.
his hips according to the doc were crushed together, he had lost 2 inches in height. now after the new hip is in he is quite a bit lopsided. :) LOL.

so that is the gist of it.
the kids are doing a bit better now that I am home ,
I did not realize that they had such a hard time with me going to work.
I think now that things will be settling a bit it will be less stressful for them.
I am hoping that we don't have that much traffic running threw here
(that was a hint for prayer ;D )
by that I mean people coming and going.

The doctor said that he can drive in about ten days or less depending on his progress.
that will be really good.

more updates to come.

THANK YOU MOM

2007-04-28T07:15:00.000-07:00

so as some of you know this is my mom.

she as some of you also know came over to my house while my husband was in the hospital .
but what I don't think you know is that she did a great job!
imagine leaving a house that is quiet
and entering into a house filled with noise and unfamiliar pets that cling to you like a dryer sheet.
I have to give my mom big kudos for this.
she also has a daughter who is a blond air head and didn't fill her in on some of the things around here that we do...... things like ,
when the kids argue about who's shower to take (we have two) they play rock paper scissors
or when the cat starts meowing feed him.
there are so many other things that we do around here that I just do and don't think about, so writing it down was ............well it really didn't happen.
so mom did a GREAT job !!!!
she came in blind and picked up the slack.
and that was a big help to me.
I am sorry she had to go on one hand but glad on the other.
I am happy she is home enjoying her quiet and her husband.
thank you mom.

Super Ted

2007-04-22T06:24:00.000-07:00

I am here to confirm that boy bears where pink too.

this is my bear. I have had him since I was 18 years old.

his name is Super Ted. Super Ted has been through a lot of things and I mean A LOT. but I never dressed him up in a pink dress..............LOL.

some of the things Super Ted has been through.

bear napping (not the kind where you sleep, the kind where someone takes your bear for ransom)

never being in one place for very long

homelessness

boxed

burned

washed and dried other wise known as bear torture.

And now, now Super Ted is the property of a little girl of who dresses him up, and has made him a girl.......... I haven't had the heart to tell her other wise.

I just smile and wink at Super Ted. and add it to the list of things he has been through.

okay.

2007-04-14T19:22:00.000-07:00

so I am not dead.
and I am very sore..............
I think this is an interesting experience for me.
when I started this job the first time I was in a whole other place in my life
now I am back 14 years later a completely different person than I was (mentally, physically,spiritually,and emotionally)
it is a bazaar feeling listening to these people talk about issues that I had 14years ago.
most all are single and I am girl number 2. the other one is ruffly about the same age.
she was most happy that there is another woman there.
it is hard work.
and the guy I worked with was a blessing to me. I think I drove him crazy. that's okay he drove me crazy too.
but he is a hard worker and very positive and easy going. so the Lord had picked him obviously .
next week I do not know who I will get as a partner. I am sure it will be some one interesting.
I am trying very hard to keep my positive attitude while there and I am always on guard as far as that is concerned........
I had forgotten how bad people look down on city workers, I got sooooo many dirty looks while driving around in a city truck, I kept asking the guy I worked with how come everybody is so cranky...... he of course just shrugged his shoulders......... I suppose he was used to I guess.

so the first day it rained, so that meant no fields would be playable.....which meant BOARD out of my skull.......except for the three house we spent on a base ball field ........ he edged the running lines, I raked up the sod that was edged ( with a shovel) and then put it in a cart and filled holes in the Field.....mmhmm. do you know how big a baseball field is? darn tooten big!
yah so that night I hurt. Friday came around and well.........not so much hurting but very tired, carpel tunnel likes to attack hands and make them numb at night...... very uncomfortable .

so as a result......... I will be blogging but not as much.
it is going to take some time to get used to this schedule.
don't forget to look though I might suprise you....:)

2007-04-08T07:17:00.000-07:00

HAPPY EASTER!!!!
He is risen!

They tried to kill me

2007-04-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

by request.

so I had to take a physical for this new job.

THEY TRIED TO KILL ME!
other than the normal stuff, blood pressure,hearing test,and vision stuff
there was the physical "requirement".
this is a series of physical lifting and "stuff" basically to see if you can meet the requirements of the job..........................YAH RIGHT!

so we go back to this room and there are all kinds of things, ladders and weighted shovels and other weights and a foot high stepping block in the middle of the room
(that should have been my first clue)
so this nice lady tells me the first thing I have to do is step up and down on this box for three minutes and a second a step...... not a problem, then she says okay now do it again for three more minutes at a faster beat....... my legs are slightly tired by this time.....
after this she lets me rest for less than a minute.......
second part of this "test" is grab 20lb dumb bells in each hand and lift them above your head five times...... that part almost killed me!
the third thing to do is lift this crate that is filled with 75lbs of weight and lift it from the ground to a shelf that is waist high , then put it back on the ground...... when I am done with that then I pick the little bugger up again and walk it 10 feet and back and put the sucker back down on the ground.
oh yah soooooo not done yet.
the forth and final part of this "test" was this : it was a circuit type test. the first thing I had to do was hammer a hammer on the designated spot on the floor 60 times, then go over to a weighted shovel and do a mock shovel motion (they had a mark on this board that you had to touch, which was about shoulder height ) then go to the 75lb weighted crate and turn it in full rotation three times, then go back to the 12 inch high step and step up on it 10 times with 20lbs of weight.
all this has to be done a total of 5 times in a 20 minute period......... even now I am losing my breath just explaining it to you
she kept telling me to pace myself , yah right...... mmmhmm. I asked her why she kept saying that and asked her if she thought I was gonna die on her...... she said no but I had good time...... you bet I did ! I did that circuit in 15 minutes......... she said that was better than most of the guys that come in there! DANG RIGHT!!!!!!
well after that it took me a good 10 minutes to breath.
but hey I passed eh.