I'm a terrible blogger.....LOL I have been so busy with the stupid everyday things in life, that I've totally neglected blogging. First....Congrats to EH! I knew you'd do wonderful! Keep up the hard work...This semester will be as good as the last! I'm proud of you for not giving up, especially when things were rocky! YOU GO GIRL!!! also, thanks for checking up on me! It's nice to know that someone is looking out!
The kids are all doing wonderfully. I got the best surprise...Nathan my trouble child brought home all A's on his report card....I'm so proud of him, he really worked hard. He's so smart, it's just been getting him to apply himself and do the work. He really cowboyed up and did a fantastic job....His teacher is a wonderful woman. She reminds me so much of my favorite teacher in grade school Mr. Sampugnaro (Mr Sam). He was tough, but he cared. He really turned me around. THANKS MR SAM.
It's been an series of events this last month....GOOD GOD, I'll be glad to have a boring life. No drama, or emergencies, or surprises of the bad sort. I spent this morning out running around trying to find Pat a shirt and tie. He's a chef....He only wears a suit for funerals and interviews...Lets see....It's been at least 8yrs since we've attended a funeral.... So I had to get him something to wear. His uncle died suddenly this week, and he is going to be a pallbarer(sp).
On Monday morning we got the call...very shocked to say the least. I took Ruby to school that morning, and her little friend Krissy and her mom were waiting. I asked how the weekend was and Sheila just looked at me and I could see the tears welling up, I hugged her and asked what was wrong. She told me her dad had just died that morning.... I just hugged her. He had been sick with cancer and hadn't been doing well. We had talked about it on Friday afternoon, and she said that he didn't want to do chemo anymore and that he said he was done with everything and just wanted to go. Having been down that road myself, I told her that as much as she loved him, it was his choice. She agreed. She just didn't want him to suffer. We talked about hospice and the good things it does. I told her if she needed anything, to just call. I wasn't surpised that he had passed. I just felt awful for her and Krissy. Monday was Krissy's 5th B-day. Krissy didn't know yet. I told her that I was sorry to hear about her father and if there was anything she needed to just call....
So yesterday when I took Ruby to school, I asked Sheila how she was holding up...She informed me that her nephew died that morning at 2:30. He was born very premature in October and had undergone several surgeries. He was doing very well, and the parents had even finished the baby's room, because the Dr's told his parents that they were going to be able to take him home in a few weeks....I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the boy went down hill very very quickly. I started to tear up. I can't imagine how she's keeping it all together. That's alot of death all at once. I could only hug her. I didn't have any words other than how sorry I was. I know she's a strong woman, but she's still just one person.....
Hmmmm other than that, not much more to tell.... There is alot of crap that has happened in the last month, but I don't feel like rehashing it now....lol
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Thank You
Thank YouThank you for all the smiles
you've put upon my face.
Thank you for all times
you put me back in place.
Thank you for giving me
the shelter in the storm.
Thank you for your heart
of gold that kept me safe and warm.
Thank you for the nights
of silly stupid fun.
Thank you for the knowledge
from one to one.
Thank you for the rides
to and from.
Thank you for sharing when
I needed some.
I'm thanking you for little things
that happen day to day
the things I haven't mentioned
and the things I shouldn't say.
I mostly want to Thank You for the friendship that you've shared
The love and understanding smiles, tell me that you've cared.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Change....
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 #$%@*&! reason......
I'm hoping that I can get one more tattoo before they leave... I want my tinkerbell on my lower back.... If not, I'll just have to go to Cali to get it! I may just wait, and take a little vacation later.
Well that's all for now....
Here's Rick and I at the pre-opening party for the shop they had here in town. We both were a little tipsy that night!!! I should know better than to let him mix my drinks!!!!! LOL
RRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH...... I always have a problem trying to up load pictures here..... It's won't let me for some #$%@*&! reason......
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.....
Sunday, October 15, 2006
What's worse than the flu.................... ONE BATHROOM
We've had the flu running through the house this past week. First was Ruby, poor thing. I had taken her along on some errands Tuesday morning. We stopped at Aunt Amy's to drop off the chaffing dish we borrowed to cater a party we did last Sunday. She wouldn't even talk to Amy. She just kept saying that she felt weird. She used the bathroom there and we left. Ruby didn't look sick, nor did she act like it. I asked her if she was okay, she said yes. We ran to Thrift World to look at a coat for Nathan and she asked to use the bathroom again. I took her back there and she went...no big deal. I was looking around at some jeans for Nathan when she said that she needed to use the bathroom again. I had the coat and several pairs of jeans in my hands so I took her back to the bathroom again. I opened the door and turned the light on for her. I told her I was gonna wait in the hallway right outside the door for her because I had those things with me and I didn't want it to seem like I was trying to steal something, so I stood right outside the door. I heard her start to make a whining sound and I opened the door- She had vomited all over herself, her pants, underwear.... I grabbed the waste basket and held it up for her to throw up in while she was sitting on the potty. Poor girl was mortified.... Of course there are no paper towels in there- only hand dryers. I took her underwear off, rinsed them out in the sink and put them in my purse. I cleaned up her pants and legs the best I could and got her back into her rain coat. I tied the liner in the waste basket and left it in there. I made sure the floor was as cleaned up as possible without paper towels. We walked to the front of the store and there wasn't anyone in line to pay, so I paid for the coat and jeans and advised the checker of what had happened and that the bathroom would need to be cleaned up a little. Ruby came home and took a quick bath and got into pj's. She felt horrible and slept most of the day. The next day she said she felt fine and went to school that afternoon. Wed in the middle of the night she woke up vomiting again, and stayed home from school Thurs and Friday. She started feeling like herself again late Friday afternoon. I on the otherhand started to feel crappy. I knew I was going to get it. I did fine all night. Saturday I felt ok- not the greatest, but not terrible. I took a shower late in the afternoon and started to feel fine. Nathan came out of his hideout (bedroom) and laid on the livingroom couch and said "I think I'm gonna throw up" I looked at him and told him to go into the bathroom then, not lay on the couch. He made it just in time- he got sick.... But after that he said that he felt fine. Xavier felt fine, Molly was fine...I was a little worn out, but fine. By 10:00pm Nathan, Xavier and I were all vomiting. Molly had decided earlier in the evening that she was spending the night at her girlfriends house next door. We only have one bathroom in this little house.... It was interesting to say the least. Nathan had a bucket in his room- Xavier had the "ILL BOWL" on the living room couch and I hadn't needed anything. I managed to hold off until about 2am. But I ended up sitting on the toilet with the trash can in my lap.... I haven't been that sick in years.... By this morning the boys were fine and ready to eat breakfast....I wasn't feeling much like eating or drinking anything. It's about 3:30pm now and I'm just getting up to move around. Thank God it was just the 24hr thing... I hate when everyone is sick including me. It's so hard to care for everyone when you are feeling bad too. Molly and Pat are the only ones that haven't gotten it. Molly hasn't been home much, and Ruby stayed in the livingroom on the couch while she was sick, so they didn't sleep in the same room. Pat's been working so much, that he hasn't really spent much time around the kids the last couple of days so he might be spared....I doubt it though. I'm usually the one who never gets what the kids have.... I surely hope he doesn't get it though, he's worse than the kids when he's sick. He whines more than they do.... Well I'm sure that was just entirely Too Much Information.....But hey...I count my blessings now a days...It could have been so much worse....
I seem to find less and less time to post. Not that I ever really post on a regular basis, but still.
I haven't heard back from the attorney yet, but he said to call him back if I hadn't heard from him in a week or so. I'll call him on Tues, or Wed to see if he's spoken to the prosecutor and gotten the stupid driving on a suspended license dropped yet. I'm sure he will, I've never been in any trouble. The worst thing I've ever had is a traffic ticket years and years ago.
I've been working on Xavier's costume for Halloween. He's so creative. He decided that he wanted to be a lunch box. He took an old printer box, and told me how to make it so the front would open like a real lunch box. He wants people to have to open it to put the candy in. It's turning out pretty cute. Only one burn from the hot glue gun, so I'm doing good so far. He's making all the stuff to glue inside of it. I'll post pictures when it's done. Ruby wants to be Cinderella...imagine that. She is such a girly girl. She loves to play princess. She wants to be called "Princess Maggie" I laughed. She didn't think it was funny, she was "serious". Her new favorite line "I'm serious, really, I'm serious". Molly said she was going to dress up as Tiffany from the Child's Play- Chuckie movies.... That should be interesting. Nathan said he was dressing up like Link from Legend of Zelda video games. Xavier just laughed cause he said that Nathan was going to look like a girl in the white tights. I love Halloween.
Sorry for the graphics.....I'm sure you could have done without them!
I seem to find less and less time to post. Not that I ever really post on a regular basis, but still.
I haven't heard back from the attorney yet, but he said to call him back if I hadn't heard from him in a week or so. I'll call him on Tues, or Wed to see if he's spoken to the prosecutor and gotten the stupid driving on a suspended license dropped yet. I'm sure he will, I've never been in any trouble. The worst thing I've ever had is a traffic ticket years and years ago.
I've been working on Xavier's costume for Halloween. He's so creative. He decided that he wanted to be a lunch box. He took an old printer box, and told me how to make it so the front would open like a real lunch box. He wants people to have to open it to put the candy in. It's turning out pretty cute. Only one burn from the hot glue gun, so I'm doing good so far. He's making all the stuff to glue inside of it. I'll post pictures when it's done. Ruby wants to be Cinderella...imagine that. She is such a girly girl. She loves to play princess. She wants to be called "Princess Maggie" I laughed. She didn't think it was funny, she was "serious". Her new favorite line "I'm serious, really, I'm serious". Molly said she was going to dress up as Tiffany from the Child's Play- Chuckie movies.... That should be interesting. Nathan said he was dressing up like Link from Legend of Zelda video games. Xavier just laughed cause he said that Nathan was going to look like a girl in the white tights. I love Halloween.
Sorry for the graphics.....I'm sure you could have done without them!
Friday, September 29, 2006
BUSY BUSY BUSY
Sooo to catch up.........
The morning after my husband brought home the roses, I was being selfish. I wanted more baby's breath in them, so I ran to the floral dept. at the grocery store. The young girl working behind the counter couldn't get her scanner/label maker to work. They had baby's breath by the stem for 1.99, but if it was wrapped up in a cellophane package it was 2.99. When I compared the two, there wasn't anymore in the wrapped package than there was on the single stem, so I asked if there was anymore not wrapped, she said no, but she would unwrap some packages for me and relabel them. After waiting almost 30 mins and 3 people later, no one could get the label made. I suggested that I just scan one of the labels 5 more times when I got to the check out! I know, I'm brilliant......LOL. The florist advised that would be fine. So I went to the self check out, advised the attendant of the problem and finally got out of that store... What should have been a 10 min errand took me almost 45 mins. I had left the kids at home, cause it was gonna be a "quick" errand, so I was sure they thought something had happened. Anyway, I was about 2 blocks from home, and speeding up the hill and I got tagged by the police for speeding. They had set up a radar trap at the elementary school, you can't see them until you are right up on them.... They weren't there when I left, but they were there in full force now. So I got flagged into the parking lot. I knew I was speeding, so I just pulled over and started getting my registration and insurance card out. I also knew that my license was expired, I was a little nervous about it, but I figured it was my own damn fault. I had been too lazy to go get it renewed. It was one of those things that everytime I thought about doing it, I had a million other things to get done first, and then I would forget about it. I never use it for ID, cause I never need to show ID for anything. I never go out to the bar, and where I buy cigarettes, everyone knows me.... Anyway I told the officer that it was expired, and handed her my registration and ins card. She ran my plates and everything came back fine with that. The other 3 people who got pulled over right after me where all on their way with tickets in hand. I was getting a little nervous by this point. The officer came back and asked me why I hadn't gotten my license renewed and I told her. Part of the reason it wasn't such a big deal to me was that I was no longer working in the field anymore, I used to work on an ambulance for years, and always had to have a current license, well it's been almost 3 yrs that I've been out of the field, that I really didn't have the same urgency about it.... Anyway she looked at me and told me that not only was my license expired, but that it had been suspended in 2002???? I was totally shocked. I asked her why it was suspended, and she said that I must not have paid a court fine or ticket. I haven't had any tickets in years and years. I was involved in an accident in 2000 while working. But I never got a ticket, and everything was settled by work's attorney. Anyway, the officer asked if the reason I didn't renew it was because it was suspended. I told her I had no clue it was suspended. She told me that I would have to leave the car there and walk home. I was only about 2 blocks away. She then asked me if she could search my car, I said yes. I told her that the back driver-side door wouldn't open. I asked her why she was searching my car, and she replied that she has the right to search the vehicle of anybody who was under arrest. I just about passed out when she said that. She must of noticed that I had turned completely white, she then said that driving on a suspended license was an offense that I could be taken downtown and booked for, but she believed that I didn't know it was suspended, so she was giving me a ticket to appear in court. She looked in the glove box and the middle console and that was it. I parked the car in a stall and got my baby's breath and walked home. The kids asked about the car, and I told them that it overheated and was parked at school. I didn't want them to get scared. I called my hubby at work and told him what had happened. He was just as shocked as I was and asked if I was ok. I said yeah, I guess it could have been worse. The lady could have been a real B*tch and taken me downtown.
I called my sister later that day and explained to her what happened and asked her and her husband to pick up the car and drive it to my house so it wouldn't get broken into. I ended up calling the attorney on the following Wed. I explained to him that I got pulled over for speeding and it turns out that my license was suspended. He was looking things up, and told me that he couldn't find any reason why it was suspended. He verified that it had been suspended since Dec 13, 2002, but other than that he would have to make a few calls. He called back and asked if I had paid a ticket in April of this year. I advised him I had not, and hadn't had any traffic issues other than the ambulance accident, in at least 12 years. The funny thing is, I got a speeding ticket in the same exact spot. I know it was more than 12 yrs ago, cause I didn't have any kids. I'm not even sure I was married yet, but I can't remember. I was on my way to my sister's house to watch her kids so she and her husband could go out for her birthday, and I was running late. I was speeding down the hill, and the cop was sitting in the schools parking lot.... The attorney said that there was some kind of ticket issued in 2002 and that it was paid in April of 2006. I advised that it wasn't me, but I needed to get my license un-suspended so I could drive again. He advised to send a money order to the Dept of Motor Vehicles in Lincoln and they would send me a re-instatement letter. As soon as I get that letter, give him a copy of it and he would take it to prosecutor and get this ticket dropped. So I mailed off the money order and am waiting for my letter. I will go get my license renewed and make sure that I NEVER let it lapse ever again.
I've been walking my youngest to school everyday since. I'm to scared to drive. It would be just my luck that I would get pulled over by the cops, and this time I would go downtown. My car has a cracked window on the back driver's side. Some kid thought it would be funny to shoot it with a BB Gun, so it's all taped up with clear tape. I haven't gotten it replaced yet cause it's too expensive, and It hasn't been a priority. It's a foreign car, so it's more expensive to fix. It's also tinted which raises the cost. It's not the kind of car that just blends in the crowd right now....
I've found myself being a "Becky Homecky". I've cleaned, conditioned and polished all of the wood floors.... I've needed to do that for a long time. I've kept all of the laundry cleaned, I sorted through toys and gotten rid of a bunch of things. I've been baking and cooking all the time. Ruby and I put up the Halloween decorations yesterday. I gone through a lot of stuff that was just sitting around. I made some curtains for the girls room. I got all the kids TV's, VCR's and DVD players hooked up the right way so everything works together... I've been playing games with the kids, playing outside, raking leaves and jumping in the piles. The kids are loving the fact that Mom is at home.
My oldest son has been trying our patience lately. Yesterday morning I went through his back pack and came across a note from his teacher. Apparently there was a problem between him and another boy and Nathan hit this other kid in the head with a folding chair. Nathan in his "ultimate" wisdom, thought he could forge my signature. Well, if I was smart I would have let him try to get away with it, called his teacher and let her know what was going on, and then he would have really shit his pants when he had to call home from the principals office. Instead, I woke my husband up, showed him what I found. He's better at dealing with Nathan than I am. I loose my patience with him. He's a very smart kid, but he's lazy. He always in a hurry to get things done so he can go play his video games. He's also a HUGE smart ass. I have to admit, he can be extremely funny, but it get old when it's all the time, or when it's really not appropriate at the time. Anyway, he never seems to learn from his mistakes. He's tried to forge my name on a note before, and got caught. You'd think that he would have learned from his mistake, but no... Not Nathan. Anyway, his dad sat him down and asked what happened and of course Nathan says it was an accident..BALE BLAH BLAH... Nathan's teacher is really a neat and laid back lady. She's not the type to over react. I was sure this wasn't an accident. Pat asked Nathan several times to tell the truth... Pat drove the boys to school that morning as usual when Nathan has band on that day, except this time, Dad parked in the parking lot and told the boys that they would have to walk to the side of the building where they go in for breakfast. He said the look on Nathan's face was priceless... Nathan knew that Pat was going in to talk to his teacher...... BUSTED! It turns out that Nathan and this boy were having issues. Apparently this boy had been teasing Nathan about liking some girl and Nathan got angry and hit this kid with the chair, after he tripped him. It also turns out that Nathan has 2 missing math assignments, and told the teacher that I took them and wouldn't give them back. Pat was furious. Nathan was lying again. Pat and the teacher talked, she told Pat that Nathan was getting a 3 in math because of the missing work, and that there is absolutely no reason that Nathan should have anything less than a 1 in any of his classes. Nathan is very smart, just doesn't want to put forth any effort. He is always looking for the easiest and fastest way to get things done.
That afternoon, when the kids got home from school, I asked Nathan if he had homework. He did, but nothing in Math. I advised him that his father spoke with his teacher this morning, and that we knew about the missing homework. I asked if he had brought his math book home. NO. I made him call his teacher at school to make sure she would still be there and tell her he was coming back to get his math book. HE WAS FURIOUS!!! but he did it. When Pat got home last night he and Nathan had a LONG talk ( about 1.5 hrs) When they were done, Nathan came to me and asked to talk to me in MY room. He apologized about his behavior and his lying. I told him that I know he thinks we are too hard on him, but that we are hard on him because we love him. We don't want him growing up thinking that he can do whatever he wants when he wants. We want him to grow up being responsible and dependable and honest. I told him I accepted his apology and that I loved him.
This morning I went to the DMV in town and got the renewal stickers for my car. I drove my husbands vehicle so I felt a little easier about driving. I wanted to get the stickers before the current ones expired. I'm so paranoid now it's not even funny. I guess it's cause I know my license is suspended and now I feel like I'm doing something wrong...
Oh yeah... I filed for unemployment the week of my birthday. I was told that someone would be calling me on the 21st at 8:15. I had all the kids out of the house except for Maggie and was ready to explain what happened and why I quit. NO CALL. I though maybe I heard wrong and that the call was supposed to come at 9:15 so I waited. I called them at 9:25 and explained to the lady who answered the phone what was going on. She put me through to the "Diane". I told her that I had been waiting and wanted to make sure the call was supposed to happen today. She said I called and got your voice mail, so I went ahead and processed your claim with out you. I told her that my phone didn't ring, and that there was nothing on my caller ID. I also told her that I don't have voice mail. She got really snotty then. She insisted that she called and that they "don't leave messages, so I processed it without you." She told me she already spoke to my former employer and got the resignation email I sent. She read it to me and I confirmed that I had written it. I tried to explain further, but she was very hostile towards me, and kept saying I should have talked to someone the day I had gotten the emails blah blah blah... I couldn't get her to understand that I didn't work a Mon- Fri type of job that it was 3 days one week and 4 days the next and so forth, basically she said I had no grounds to quit and it was not due to anything the employer had done. I just kept being pleasant to her and when she was done being snotty I wished he a good day and a fabulous weekend, and I wasn't being sarcastic about it. I'm sure that really pissed her off, and that was my intention. I got a letter from them on the following Monday that said I was assessed a 12 wk waiting period for quitting. That was fine by me, I had planned on waiting 12 weeks anyway. I figure that it would kick in just in time for X-mas shopping... LOL..... I have to make 2 contacts weekly, which I do via computer. I've been applying for jobs that I'm not really qualified for, that way I have no chance of getting a call back. I figured my employer screwed me over, I'm just returning the favor!!! I did get a call from someone I don't remember applying with, so just to be safe I'm going on an interview Monday, but trust me- it's easy to blow and interview. Besides it's for a financial institution, I've worked nothing but medical for that last 10 yrs. I told the gentleman calling that I'm not a salesman. I'm not good with selling anything. He said that he would still like to meet with me and go further into depth with things. I figured that if he was that insistent, then he probably got my name from either someone at the unemployment office or my former employer, and I had better at least show up. As long as I don't turn down an offer for employment I'm ok. I figured that by the time I'm done with the interview he won't want to offer me a job.
Well that's about it....I think anyway. I'm truly enjoying myself at home. I love being here when my kids get home from school, I love making home cooked meals, I love to iron clothes, I love being able to just sit back with my feet on the coffee table and watching a soap every now & then. What can I say. I love being a stay at home Mom. I am going to check into taking some online classes for medical billing and transcription. I can do that work from home.
The morning after my husband brought home the roses, I was being selfish. I wanted more baby's breath in them, so I ran to the floral dept. at the grocery store. The young girl working behind the counter couldn't get her scanner/label maker to work. They had baby's breath by the stem for 1.99, but if it was wrapped up in a cellophane package it was 2.99. When I compared the two, there wasn't anymore in the wrapped package than there was on the single stem, so I asked if there was anymore not wrapped, she said no, but she would unwrap some packages for me and relabel them. After waiting almost 30 mins and 3 people later, no one could get the label made. I suggested that I just scan one of the labels 5 more times when I got to the check out! I know, I'm brilliant......LOL. The florist advised that would be fine. So I went to the self check out, advised the attendant of the problem and finally got out of that store... What should have been a 10 min errand took me almost 45 mins. I had left the kids at home, cause it was gonna be a "quick" errand, so I was sure they thought something had happened. Anyway, I was about 2 blocks from home, and speeding up the hill and I got tagged by the police for speeding. They had set up a radar trap at the elementary school, you can't see them until you are right up on them.... They weren't there when I left, but they were there in full force now. So I got flagged into the parking lot. I knew I was speeding, so I just pulled over and started getting my registration and insurance card out. I also knew that my license was expired, I was a little nervous about it, but I figured it was my own damn fault. I had been too lazy to go get it renewed. It was one of those things that everytime I thought about doing it, I had a million other things to get done first, and then I would forget about it. I never use it for ID, cause I never need to show ID for anything. I never go out to the bar, and where I buy cigarettes, everyone knows me.... Anyway I told the officer that it was expired, and handed her my registration and ins card. She ran my plates and everything came back fine with that. The other 3 people who got pulled over right after me where all on their way with tickets in hand. I was getting a little nervous by this point. The officer came back and asked me why I hadn't gotten my license renewed and I told her. Part of the reason it wasn't such a big deal to me was that I was no longer working in the field anymore, I used to work on an ambulance for years, and always had to have a current license, well it's been almost 3 yrs that I've been out of the field, that I really didn't have the same urgency about it.... Anyway she looked at me and told me that not only was my license expired, but that it had been suspended in 2002???? I was totally shocked. I asked her why it was suspended, and she said that I must not have paid a court fine or ticket. I haven't had any tickets in years and years. I was involved in an accident in 2000 while working. But I never got a ticket, and everything was settled by work's attorney. Anyway, the officer asked if the reason I didn't renew it was because it was suspended. I told her I had no clue it was suspended. She told me that I would have to leave the car there and walk home. I was only about 2 blocks away. She then asked me if she could search my car, I said yes. I told her that the back driver-side door wouldn't open. I asked her why she was searching my car, and she replied that she has the right to search the vehicle of anybody who was under arrest. I just about passed out when she said that. She must of noticed that I had turned completely white, she then said that driving on a suspended license was an offense that I could be taken downtown and booked for, but she believed that I didn't know it was suspended, so she was giving me a ticket to appear in court. She looked in the glove box and the middle console and that was it. I parked the car in a stall and got my baby's breath and walked home. The kids asked about the car, and I told them that it overheated and was parked at school. I didn't want them to get scared. I called my hubby at work and told him what had happened. He was just as shocked as I was and asked if I was ok. I said yeah, I guess it could have been worse. The lady could have been a real B*tch and taken me downtown.
I called my sister later that day and explained to her what happened and asked her and her husband to pick up the car and drive it to my house so it wouldn't get broken into. I ended up calling the attorney on the following Wed. I explained to him that I got pulled over for speeding and it turns out that my license was suspended. He was looking things up, and told me that he couldn't find any reason why it was suspended. He verified that it had been suspended since Dec 13, 2002, but other than that he would have to make a few calls. He called back and asked if I had paid a ticket in April of this year. I advised him I had not, and hadn't had any traffic issues other than the ambulance accident, in at least 12 years. The funny thing is, I got a speeding ticket in the same exact spot. I know it was more than 12 yrs ago, cause I didn't have any kids. I'm not even sure I was married yet, but I can't remember. I was on my way to my sister's house to watch her kids so she and her husband could go out for her birthday, and I was running late. I was speeding down the hill, and the cop was sitting in the schools parking lot.... The attorney said that there was some kind of ticket issued in 2002 and that it was paid in April of 2006. I advised that it wasn't me, but I needed to get my license un-suspended so I could drive again. He advised to send a money order to the Dept of Motor Vehicles in Lincoln and they would send me a re-instatement letter. As soon as I get that letter, give him a copy of it and he would take it to prosecutor and get this ticket dropped. So I mailed off the money order and am waiting for my letter. I will go get my license renewed and make sure that I NEVER let it lapse ever again.
I've been walking my youngest to school everyday since. I'm to scared to drive. It would be just my luck that I would get pulled over by the cops, and this time I would go downtown. My car has a cracked window on the back driver's side. Some kid thought it would be funny to shoot it with a BB Gun, so it's all taped up with clear tape. I haven't gotten it replaced yet cause it's too expensive, and It hasn't been a priority. It's a foreign car, so it's more expensive to fix. It's also tinted which raises the cost. It's not the kind of car that just blends in the crowd right now....
I've found myself being a "Becky Homecky". I've cleaned, conditioned and polished all of the wood floors.... I've needed to do that for a long time. I've kept all of the laundry cleaned, I sorted through toys and gotten rid of a bunch of things. I've been baking and cooking all the time. Ruby and I put up the Halloween decorations yesterday. I gone through a lot of stuff that was just sitting around. I made some curtains for the girls room. I got all the kids TV's, VCR's and DVD players hooked up the right way so everything works together... I've been playing games with the kids, playing outside, raking leaves and jumping in the piles. The kids are loving the fact that Mom is at home.
My oldest son has been trying our patience lately. Yesterday morning I went through his back pack and came across a note from his teacher. Apparently there was a problem between him and another boy and Nathan hit this other kid in the head with a folding chair. Nathan in his "ultimate" wisdom, thought he could forge my signature. Well, if I was smart I would have let him try to get away with it, called his teacher and let her know what was going on, and then he would have really shit his pants when he had to call home from the principals office. Instead, I woke my husband up, showed him what I found. He's better at dealing with Nathan than I am. I loose my patience with him. He's a very smart kid, but he's lazy. He always in a hurry to get things done so he can go play his video games. He's also a HUGE smart ass. I have to admit, he can be extremely funny, but it get old when it's all the time, or when it's really not appropriate at the time. Anyway, he never seems to learn from his mistakes. He's tried to forge my name on a note before, and got caught. You'd think that he would have learned from his mistake, but no... Not Nathan. Anyway, his dad sat him down and asked what happened and of course Nathan says it was an accident..BALE BLAH BLAH... Nathan's teacher is really a neat and laid back lady. She's not the type to over react. I was sure this wasn't an accident. Pat asked Nathan several times to tell the truth... Pat drove the boys to school that morning as usual when Nathan has band on that day, except this time, Dad parked in the parking lot and told the boys that they would have to walk to the side of the building where they go in for breakfast. He said the look on Nathan's face was priceless... Nathan knew that Pat was going in to talk to his teacher...... BUSTED! It turns out that Nathan and this boy were having issues. Apparently this boy had been teasing Nathan about liking some girl and Nathan got angry and hit this kid with the chair, after he tripped him. It also turns out that Nathan has 2 missing math assignments, and told the teacher that I took them and wouldn't give them back. Pat was furious. Nathan was lying again. Pat and the teacher talked, she told Pat that Nathan was getting a 3 in math because of the missing work, and that there is absolutely no reason that Nathan should have anything less than a 1 in any of his classes. Nathan is very smart, just doesn't want to put forth any effort. He is always looking for the easiest and fastest way to get things done.
That afternoon, when the kids got home from school, I asked Nathan if he had homework. He did, but nothing in Math. I advised him that his father spoke with his teacher this morning, and that we knew about the missing homework. I asked if he had brought his math book home. NO. I made him call his teacher at school to make sure she would still be there and tell her he was coming back to get his math book. HE WAS FURIOUS!!! but he did it. When Pat got home last night he and Nathan had a LONG talk ( about 1.5 hrs) When they were done, Nathan came to me and asked to talk to me in MY room. He apologized about his behavior and his lying. I told him that I know he thinks we are too hard on him, but that we are hard on him because we love him. We don't want him growing up thinking that he can do whatever he wants when he wants. We want him to grow up being responsible and dependable and honest. I told him I accepted his apology and that I loved him.
This morning I went to the DMV in town and got the renewal stickers for my car. I drove my husbands vehicle so I felt a little easier about driving. I wanted to get the stickers before the current ones expired. I'm so paranoid now it's not even funny. I guess it's cause I know my license is suspended and now I feel like I'm doing something wrong...
Oh yeah... I filed for unemployment the week of my birthday. I was told that someone would be calling me on the 21st at 8:15. I had all the kids out of the house except for Maggie and was ready to explain what happened and why I quit. NO CALL. I though maybe I heard wrong and that the call was supposed to come at 9:15 so I waited. I called them at 9:25 and explained to the lady who answered the phone what was going on. She put me through to the "Diane". I told her that I had been waiting and wanted to make sure the call was supposed to happen today. She said I called and got your voice mail, so I went ahead and processed your claim with out you. I told her that my phone didn't ring, and that there was nothing on my caller ID. I also told her that I don't have voice mail. She got really snotty then. She insisted that she called and that they "don't leave messages, so I processed it without you." She told me she already spoke to my former employer and got the resignation email I sent. She read it to me and I confirmed that I had written it. I tried to explain further, but she was very hostile towards me, and kept saying I should have talked to someone the day I had gotten the emails blah blah blah... I couldn't get her to understand that I didn't work a Mon- Fri type of job that it was 3 days one week and 4 days the next and so forth, basically she said I had no grounds to quit and it was not due to anything the employer had done. I just kept being pleasant to her and when she was done being snotty I wished he a good day and a fabulous weekend, and I wasn't being sarcastic about it. I'm sure that really pissed her off, and that was my intention. I got a letter from them on the following Monday that said I was assessed a 12 wk waiting period for quitting. That was fine by me, I had planned on waiting 12 weeks anyway. I figure that it would kick in just in time for X-mas shopping... LOL..... I have to make 2 contacts weekly, which I do via computer. I've been applying for jobs that I'm not really qualified for, that way I have no chance of getting a call back. I figured my employer screwed me over, I'm just returning the favor!!! I did get a call from someone I don't remember applying with, so just to be safe I'm going on an interview Monday, but trust me- it's easy to blow and interview. Besides it's for a financial institution, I've worked nothing but medical for that last 10 yrs. I told the gentleman calling that I'm not a salesman. I'm not good with selling anything. He said that he would still like to meet with me and go further into depth with things. I figured that if he was that insistent, then he probably got my name from either someone at the unemployment office or my former employer, and I had better at least show up. As long as I don't turn down an offer for employment I'm ok. I figured that by the time I'm done with the interview he won't want to offer me a job.
Well that's about it....I think anyway. I'm truly enjoying myself at home. I love being here when my kids get home from school, I love making home cooked meals, I love to iron clothes, I love being able to just sit back with my feet on the coffee table and watching a soap every now & then. What can I say. I love being a stay at home Mom. I am going to check into taking some online classes for medical billing and transcription. I can do that work from home.
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