I'm not feeling the greatest at this moment... My best friend is leaving. He's moving back to California.... I'm happy for him, he's going to be back with family and friends, but I'm sad that I won't have him here in town with me. It's a strange feeling knowing that I won't be able to just hop in the car and go over to his house anytime I want. I feel guilty for feeling bad for myself. He and Shawn will be much happier in Cali. Shawn especially. Shawn is a very talented artist. He's and awesome tattooist. Cali is the place to be for them, but I want them to stay with me!
I'm hoping that I can get one more tattoo before they leave... I want my tinkerbell on my lower back.... If not, I'll just have to go to Cali to get it! I may just wait, and take a little vacation later.
Well that's all for now....
Here's Rick and I at the pre-opening party for the shop they had here in town. We both were a little tipsy that night!!! I should know better than to let him mix my drinks!!!!! LOL
RRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH...... I always have a problem trying to up load pictures here..... It's won't let me for some #$%@*&! reason......
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
How time flies.........
Wow.. I can hardly believe that it's almost Thanksgiving. It seems like I never have enough hours in the day anymore.
It seems like I was so busy last month, but when I look back at it I wonder what was so busy about it. I did end up having to go to court because the attorney didn't get around to getting ahold of the prosecutor. When we got there the copy of the traffic ticket they had showed a speeding violation on it, mine however did not have that info on it. I'm not denying that I was speeding, that's why I got pulled over, but the fact the signed copy that I had which matched in every way the copy the prosecutor had except for the fact that the speeding violation wasn't on mine. It obviously was written in after I signed it and had my copy. So the short version is that they dropped the speeding if I agreed to plea to driving on a suspended license. I didn't want to, because I didn't know it was suspended, but the attorney (which is my husband's uncle) said that it would just end up costing my more money to fight it. If the speeding charge wasn't on there if would have been much easier to just get the whole thing dropped. I decided that the $94 dollar fine was cheaper than paying the fine for speeding in a school zone and also having to pay the attorney for his services in fighting the suspended license. So now I'm sure my insurance will go up...but it's all done and I'm legal once again.
I spent a lot of time last month making Halloween costumes for the 2 youngest. Xavier wanted to be a lunch box. He is so creative. Anyway after a few burnt fingertips from the hot glue gun, and some creative sewing of carrots and bananas we had a spiderman lunch box that opened in the front. He loved it. Everyone did. Every house we went to had to go get someone to come look at it. He ended up with twice as much candy as the other kids. It seems the more cute the costume the more candy you get.
Ruby went as Cinderella. I will never again put 2 hoops in a princess dress. She was supposed to where her costume to school. Try getting a 4yr old in a car seat with that on. Not happening. Luckily school is only 3 blocks away. I ended up buckling her in the seat. She was beautiful though. Her teachers knew that she would be a princess of some sort...she is my girlie girl. All the kids in the school have a Halloween parade where they go outside and go around the block..(more like 4 blocks total) It was a cold day... so they walked very very fast.
Molly went as a Goth Bride. She thought it was so cool. I hope she doesn't decide that it's so cool that she wants to dress like that often. I don't think so though..she couldn't stand having the black make-up on her eyes... I'm pretty easy going with how they kids want to dress. As long as it's not trashy trampy. Molly's dyed her hair twice now...She thinks I'm cool cause I let her. I let her cause she hasn't picked neon blue with pink stripes or something outrageous. It's been pretty much natural hair colors...But middle school is around the corner....
Nathan is my cross to bare. He's really trying his luck. He just doesn't want to play the game by the rules. His behavior is just not acceptable. I know I should count myself lucky...He's not getting into trouble with the law or anything like that. He just does whatever he wants or doesn't do. He's been slacking on his homework. Nothing terrible, he got 2's on his report card..But he's a very brilliant child and there should be nothing less that 1+'s. His teacher agrees. I told him he needs to bring it up. We've tried the positive reinforcement; doesn't work. We've tried the grounding; doesn't work. He has had all his privileges taken away-no video games,internet,TV,radio.... he doesn't care. He does his chores half assed..I don't pay him allowance. He steals from his brother and sisters...He lies...He got Halloween taken away from him. We allowed him to wear a costume for the school parade ( I didn't want the other kids to make fun of him), but he wasn't allowed to go trick or treating that night. I stayed home with him and he handed out candy. The other kids shared candy with him when they got back. We had a huge bowl of candy left over cause we only got probably 10 kids to the door that night. Nathan ate all the candy that was left over. Sunday I went to get a Snickers and the only thing left in the candy bowl was a few tootsie midgies. I was furious. I asked him calmly if he ate the candy out of the bowl...he denied it. I told him that I knew he had done it cause neither his father nor I have touched the bowl since Halloween night. He finally admitted it. I had already caught him playing his brother's gameboy about an hour before this. It was only 10:30am. I told him enough was enough. I made him move all the furniture and clean the wood floors in the livingroom and dining room and hallway. I then made him polish the floors by hand. I made him scrub the kitchen floor with an old toothbrush. I feed him lunch of a hotdog and saltine crackers and water. He hates hotdogs... I told him that I was preparing him for life behind bars. I told him that was where he was headed, and there they don't get to choose what they eat, and what they want to do. They do manual labor... He worked all day until about 8 that night. I gave him a peanut-butter sandwich and a glass of milk and granola for dinner. Made him shower and go to bed. The whole day he was very nervous about something. Pat had called home from work early in the day and I told him what I was doing. Pat talked to Nathan on the phone, but I didn't get a chance to find out what he said until he got home. Apparently he told Nathan he was very disappointed and that they had talked about what happens to kids who can't be part of a family. Pat had told him all about Boy's Town. Well when he talked to Nathan on the phone he told him that he would call Boy'sTown on Monday and see about getting a placement. I started laughing. I know it sounds terrible, but Nathan has no idea that he's not going there. Nathan isn't a bad kid.... I just don't want him heading down the wrong path. I've already talked to his counselor at school and she's meeting with him this week and she said that she would let me know what she finds out. I keep telling Nathan that I love him too much to let him end up in jail. So the saga continues....
We had family pictures taken last night...UHGGGGG I told the kids on the way there that even if the people tell them to smile big.."show me your teeth" that they should just smile their normal smiles...I hate the cheesy fake smiles. I want pictures that are of how they always smile or laugh... the older ones knew what I was talking about. The younger ones made the cheesy smiles... I wasn't very impressed with the workers there. I think we had someone who was new. She didn't know how to put the info in the computer, and I heard her say she's never done a family this big. There's only 6 of us... to me that's not that big, but I'm the youngest of seven kids so.... Anyway, some of them came out ok...We only spent about $200 and got several decent poses... Well just have to try again another time. It's sad to say, but this is the first "family" picture we've every taken. Usually the kids are the only ones getting photos.
I'm not looking forward to Thanksgiving. I hate having to go to Pat's side for the holiday. His whole extended family is there...and everyone is so fake. We have to do Christmas on that day too. It's just a long drawn out day with a ton of kids who are not behaved. My kids are not spoiled and they mind (most of the time)These other kids act like it's the first time out in public and are crazy...
It's gonna be worse this year cause Pat has to work the holiday at the club and I get to go with the kids by myself. I wouldn't mind if it were just his parents and sisters, but all of the cousins, second cousins and third cousins...Aunts and uncles.. It's probably about 45 people all confined in a house.... I'm from a big family and there are about 36 of us but it always seems easier at our gatherings... I don't know why....
Enough babble.....
It seems like I was so busy last month, but when I look back at it I wonder what was so busy about it. I did end up having to go to court because the attorney didn't get around to getting ahold of the prosecutor. When we got there the copy of the traffic ticket they had showed a speeding violation on it, mine however did not have that info on it. I'm not denying that I was speeding, that's why I got pulled over, but the fact the signed copy that I had which matched in every way the copy the prosecutor had except for the fact that the speeding violation wasn't on mine. It obviously was written in after I signed it and had my copy. So the short version is that they dropped the speeding if I agreed to plea to driving on a suspended license. I didn't want to, because I didn't know it was suspended, but the attorney (which is my husband's uncle) said that it would just end up costing my more money to fight it. If the speeding charge wasn't on there if would have been much easier to just get the whole thing dropped. I decided that the $94 dollar fine was cheaper than paying the fine for speeding in a school zone and also having to pay the attorney for his services in fighting the suspended license. So now I'm sure my insurance will go up...but it's all done and I'm legal once again.
I spent a lot of time last month making Halloween costumes for the 2 youngest. Xavier wanted to be a lunch box. He is so creative. Anyway after a few burnt fingertips from the hot glue gun, and some creative sewing of carrots and bananas we had a spiderman lunch box that opened in the front. He loved it. Everyone did. Every house we went to had to go get someone to come look at it. He ended up with twice as much candy as the other kids. It seems the more cute the costume the more candy you get.
Ruby went as Cinderella. I will never again put 2 hoops in a princess dress. She was supposed to where her costume to school. Try getting a 4yr old in a car seat with that on. Not happening. Luckily school is only 3 blocks away. I ended up buckling her in the seat. She was beautiful though. Her teachers knew that she would be a princess of some sort...she is my girlie girl. All the kids in the school have a Halloween parade where they go outside and go around the block..(more like 4 blocks total) It was a cold day... so they walked very very fast.
Molly went as a Goth Bride. She thought it was so cool. I hope she doesn't decide that it's so cool that she wants to dress like that often. I don't think so though..she couldn't stand having the black make-up on her eyes... I'm pretty easy going with how they kids want to dress. As long as it's not trashy trampy. Molly's dyed her hair twice now...She thinks I'm cool cause I let her. I let her cause she hasn't picked neon blue with pink stripes or something outrageous. It's been pretty much natural hair colors...But middle school is around the corner....
Nathan is my cross to bare. He's really trying his luck. He just doesn't want to play the game by the rules. His behavior is just not acceptable. I know I should count myself lucky...He's not getting into trouble with the law or anything like that. He just does whatever he wants or doesn't do. He's been slacking on his homework. Nothing terrible, he got 2's on his report card..But he's a very brilliant child and there should be nothing less that 1+'s. His teacher agrees. I told him he needs to bring it up. We've tried the positive reinforcement; doesn't work. We've tried the grounding; doesn't work. He has had all his privileges taken away-no video games,internet,TV,radio.... he doesn't care. He does his chores half assed..I don't pay him allowance. He steals from his brother and sisters...He lies...He got Halloween taken away from him. We allowed him to wear a costume for the school parade ( I didn't want the other kids to make fun of him), but he wasn't allowed to go trick or treating that night. I stayed home with him and he handed out candy. The other kids shared candy with him when they got back. We had a huge bowl of candy left over cause we only got probably 10 kids to the door that night. Nathan ate all the candy that was left over. Sunday I went to get a Snickers and the only thing left in the candy bowl was a few tootsie midgies. I was furious. I asked him calmly if he ate the candy out of the bowl...he denied it. I told him that I knew he had done it cause neither his father nor I have touched the bowl since Halloween night. He finally admitted it. I had already caught him playing his brother's gameboy about an hour before this. It was only 10:30am. I told him enough was enough. I made him move all the furniture and clean the wood floors in the livingroom and dining room and hallway. I then made him polish the floors by hand. I made him scrub the kitchen floor with an old toothbrush. I feed him lunch of a hotdog and saltine crackers and water. He hates hotdogs... I told him that I was preparing him for life behind bars. I told him that was where he was headed, and there they don't get to choose what they eat, and what they want to do. They do manual labor... He worked all day until about 8 that night. I gave him a peanut-butter sandwich and a glass of milk and granola for dinner. Made him shower and go to bed. The whole day he was very nervous about something. Pat had called home from work early in the day and I told him what I was doing. Pat talked to Nathan on the phone, but I didn't get a chance to find out what he said until he got home. Apparently he told Nathan he was very disappointed and that they had talked about what happens to kids who can't be part of a family. Pat had told him all about Boy's Town. Well when he talked to Nathan on the phone he told him that he would call Boy'sTown on Monday and see about getting a placement. I started laughing. I know it sounds terrible, but Nathan has no idea that he's not going there. Nathan isn't a bad kid.... I just don't want him heading down the wrong path. I've already talked to his counselor at school and she's meeting with him this week and she said that she would let me know what she finds out. I keep telling Nathan that I love him too much to let him end up in jail. So the saga continues....
We had family pictures taken last night...UHGGGGG I told the kids on the way there that even if the people tell them to smile big.."show me your teeth" that they should just smile their normal smiles...I hate the cheesy fake smiles. I want pictures that are of how they always smile or laugh... the older ones knew what I was talking about. The younger ones made the cheesy smiles... I wasn't very impressed with the workers there. I think we had someone who was new. She didn't know how to put the info in the computer, and I heard her say she's never done a family this big. There's only 6 of us... to me that's not that big, but I'm the youngest of seven kids so.... Anyway, some of them came out ok...We only spent about $200 and got several decent poses... Well just have to try again another time. It's sad to say, but this is the first "family" picture we've every taken. Usually the kids are the only ones getting photos.
I'm not looking forward to Thanksgiving. I hate having to go to Pat's side for the holiday. His whole extended family is there...and everyone is so fake. We have to do Christmas on that day too. It's just a long drawn out day with a ton of kids who are not behaved. My kids are not spoiled and they mind (most of the time)These other kids act like it's the first time out in public and are crazy...
It's gonna be worse this year cause Pat has to work the holiday at the club and I get to go with the kids by myself. I wouldn't mind if it were just his parents and sisters, but all of the cousins, second cousins and third cousins...Aunts and uncles.. It's probably about 45 people all confined in a house.... I'm from a big family and there are about 36 of us but it always seems easier at our gatherings... I don't know why....
Enough babble.....
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