Kyna and Cody have decided to Elope (kinda). It was my suggestion, and they loved it.
To begin with, we have a trip planned to New Orleans for a day, then on to board a 5 day cruise. Its a work planned thing from my Office, but The owner of the company has graciously offered to pay for Spouses and Kids for the cruise and flights to and from New Orleans.
Kyna wanted Cody to go along, but he had to pay his own way. We scrimped and saved and he was able to get it done. So a few weeks back, I mentioned that they should try to get married on the cruise, thinking of the enormous amount of money they would be saving, not to have to do the big ceremony. (Something that was really bothering Cody, because his family is so dysfunctional) They loved the Idea, so we were off and running. Kyna was more excited about this event, that I saw her excited about the big wedding planned for next summer, so I knew that we were doing the right thing.
We found a lovely little boutique, and was able to purchase a wedding dress that was half the price of David's Bridal, then we found her shoes, and trousseau and a nice suite for Cody. The Bouquet has been made, the something old has been done (actually she has a lace purse made from my Wedding Dress, and also My mother gave her a little cameo necklace, that belonged to my Grandmother) That one made me cry.
The only thing left to do is get the marriage license. They are going to drive to Shreveport next week to pick it up. But we could get it in New Orleans on the day of the wedding if we needed to.
We found a minister in New Orleans, a photographer (from Craig's list of all things) She is a graphic artist and freelance magazine photographer. Can't wait to see how those pictures turn out. We found a place to have it. In the french quarter, a gourmet restaurant is letting us come in before they are open (since we already have a reservation to eat there) They have a beautiful courtyard with a fountain, and they will be married in the garden. The guest house on the property has a balcony, and an old kitchen, they will be allowed to take photo's there. Coincidentally the photographer was the person that took the pictures of the restaurant for their on-line site.
After an overnight stay in New Orleans, we will all board the boat, I bet we don't see much of them, they will be on their Honeymoon, and I will the proud Mother, telling everyone, look at my Beautiful Children. I am so Blessed.
We are planning to have a reception honoring them after we return. Probably in February, because we are full on - planning a 50th wedding anniversary party for my Mother and Father on Saturday, Jan 31st, and I just can't do two events that close.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Fondue Fun
This week we celebrated a birthday for my future son-in-law. We already consider him a member of the family. He and baby girl love to go to on special dates to a restaurant that specializes in fondue. I thought that I would surprise him with a fondue pot for his birthday, well Kyna wanted to get in on the fun as well, she found a pot at a garage sale that was still in the box and never used, and I found one at a resale shop (a really good one that you can use to cook meat) That means there were three pots, enough for a full fledged meal. Cheese, meat and dessert.
Then after looking around for a cookbook to go along with the pots, we found that this fondue restaurant was coming out with their own cookbook. So Kyna tried to order it on-line, and it was sold out. I happen to go right by the restaurant every day, so I went in and picked it up. It was more expensive than ordering it, but we were sure to get it in time for his birthday then.
So He loved the pots, and he and Kyna had a lot of fun, purchasing the ingredients and making a really great batter, several kinds of condiments, and we had the best meal. Even Husband, came out of his dungeon (aka world or war craft) to participate (this was a wonder of all wonders)
My Kitchen might not recover for a while....
Weight watchers starts on Saturday. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.
Then after looking around for a cookbook to go along with the pots, we found that this fondue restaurant was coming out with their own cookbook. So Kyna tried to order it on-line, and it was sold out. I happen to go right by the restaurant every day, so I went in and picked it up. It was more expensive than ordering it, but we were sure to get it in time for his birthday then.
So He loved the pots, and he and Kyna had a lot of fun, purchasing the ingredients and making a really great batter, several kinds of condiments, and we had the best meal. Even Husband, came out of his dungeon (aka world or war craft) to participate (this was a wonder of all wonders)
My Kitchen might not recover for a while....
Weight watchers starts on Saturday. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Lifes Issues
I am somewhat stressed
I was sick with a sinus headache for about a month. I finally went to the Doctor and she noticed that I had not had a routine blood draw in a year. I have Diabetes, and some of the problems associated with that involve the organs of the body, they check those systems by drawing blood and running it through several checks. One of my Liver test came back high, so Dr. wanted me to follow up with an Ultra Sound. I have had those before and they have come back ok, so I was not worried that this would be any different. Well was I wrong. I got another call from the Dr. and she wanted me to come in first thing the next day to go over the tests. Why? I asked her. She said, "we'll discuss it tomorrow, I want to refer you to a couple of specialists", I worry all night, and make it to her office the next morning, I am brought in for another blood draw, and then sent back out to the waiting room, after 2 hours of waiting, I ask the receptionist when am I going to see the Dr., after a few more minutes, I am called back, handed a paper for two Dr referrals and given the results of the ultrasound, and told to call and make appointments with a Urologist, and a Gastro Dr. I spend the rest of the day, trying to do that. I miss the day at work, because I had to wait so long. Yesterday, I went to see the urologist, and he tells me not to worry, the condition I have has probably been going on for quite a while and it is not related to the diabetes, I have just one working Kidney. He thinks that I must have been born that way, but I have had ultrasounds before and nothing was mentioned about one Kidney doing the work of two, so I think that It was not that way from birth. I am relieved about that.
I still am waiting to see the Gastro Dr. My Liver is acting up and Family Dr. wants me to follow up to make sure everything is Ok. It is still 2 weeks before I can get into see him.
So now, I am planning to start Weight Watchers next week, got to get rid of this Weight. (a baby gift) Thanks Kids.
To add to that stress, I am at odds with someone. this person is upset with me and called and let me know how upset. Said some things that really hurt. I was thinking that I had done a kind thing, but this person did not feel the same way. It was just too much for my emotions to handle and I could not get the call out of my head. I cried all the way to work, and several times during the day, then on the way back home I called my Mom and I cried again. Mom made me feel better, and said she thought that I acted from my heart and that I did nothing wrong. This person is upset, and lashed out at me. I might feel the same way if I were in thier shoes. There will have to be some forgiving before I will be able to really move on. I am still very sad this person feels this way, but nothing I can do about it now. I am going to have to call on God's strength to really get thru this one. I am really sad this person chose to be this way but not suprised, because this person has let me know in the past when they were unhappy. Just don't think that I will be able to be close to this person again, once bitten.... you know.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Nice to be appreciated
This month at work has been Accounting appreciation month. We have been given things, received flowers, got taken out to lunch, been flowered with Gifts and many other things. It has been nice to be the recipient so many nice things. First, we received a nice little lunch box, filled with cookies.
Then we got a nice binder with a movie gift card in it. Then we got taken to a nice lunch place. I received a gift card for Sonic, Braums, a Boyd bear statue, nice little candle holder, Potpourri, Carmel apple, Popcorn gift set, Pen desk set, There has been something almost every day. It was really fun. I appreciate all of the thought that went into this. It is a nice place to work. Every day, we have been playing bingo, via E-mail. Tomorrow will be the last day. I think my favorite was the meal at PF Chang's. The food was delicious.
Thanks to all of the Accounting supervisors for all of your work in planning a good accounting appreciation month.
Then we got a nice binder with a movie gift card in it. Then we got taken to a nice lunch place. I received a gift card for Sonic, Braums, a Boyd bear statue, nice little candle holder, Potpourri, Carmel apple, Popcorn gift set, Pen desk set, There has been something almost every day. It was really fun. I appreciate all of the thought that went into this. It is a nice place to work. Every day, we have been playing bingo, via E-mail. Tomorrow will be the last day. I think my favorite was the meal at PF Chang's. The food was delicious.
Thanks to all of the Accounting supervisors for all of your work in planning a good accounting appreciation month.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Empty Nest and New Found Family
This post is way past due.
1st, I am having to deal with empty nest. I thought I couldn't wait for empty nest, but I am finding it lonley. My Son moved out early in the summer (May I think) with his girlfriend. The girlfriend did not work out (I'm happy about that), but you never know, she may work out one day. I know he loves her, but she just has some issues that are hard to get past. Now my Daughter has begun a job, that she works different hours than me. afternoons till 10:00 PM and on weekends. My son-in-law (I feel like he is my son as well) started a job working nights.
My Husband works weekends and when he is not working, he is glued to his computer. I fix his meal and set it in front of him as his computer and that is about all I see of him. (I guess we are really disfunctional.
So this weekend, I decided I was not longer going to stay home and feel sorry for my self, so I went to a quilt show all by myself. I enjoyed it. So next week, more quilting. and maybe I will go see a movie alone. I don't mind shopping alone, and going to some things, but I can't go out to eat alone, don't need to anyway. Thinking about joining weightwatchers. I have some health issues I really need to work on.
But this week I found someone new "Family wise"
Both my brothers have kids that do not live with them. My youngest brother, while he was divorced, had a child with his girlfriend. He got back together with his wife, so they chose to not keep ties with his daughter. My mother was heartbroken, but it was his girlfriends wishes, and he choose to abide by them. She is very young, maybe 4 or 5 I think.
But my older brother, found out just this year that he also had a child. He did not know about her. Her mother and he broke up just out of highschool (30 years ago). She left him for his best friend. It was a really roughe time in his life, and for a while, we thought that he might not bounce back from it. but he did. Well one weekend, a few years after she left him, she came back into his life, it was just a long weekend affair. I know it was not right, but he was not quite over her at that time. It was before he met his now Wife.
This ex-girlfriend was really wild and had substance abuse problems and this past summer she called him. She said that she was in recovery and need to make some things right. She told him that she got pregnant as a result of that weekend affiar and he had a daughter. He was shocked. We all were, as well as hurt, that she kept this info from him. She made him promise that he could not contact the girl. We did not even know her last name. All we knew was her name was Dusty and she was 29 years old. He graduated from Haltom High School, and was now married and living in Washington DC. She had 4 little kids.
Well I did not promise that I would not try to find her, so you guessed it. I found her thru "Isearch.com" I knew her fathers name, he had a myspace account, and dusty was linked as one of his friends. It worked out that My daughter also had a myspace and we were able to send her a message. We did not tell her that Bro was her dad, but she read between the lines and her mother had to tell her the truth. She called my Bro and they had a two hour conversation.
The are now in the process or ordering a paternity test to verify the truth.
Well I was in hotwater for a little while with the Girls mother (it's ok.) She told me years ago, that she did not like me, because I protected my brother too much. My Brother's wife thought I overstepped my bounds as well. Maybe I did, but I could not see him going thru his life not knowing her, especially after them losing thier Daughter in law and grandchild. I trully acted out of love for him.
Sorry Bro and Dusty if I got too snoopy. But hey, you kept your word. You did not try to find her, but Lil Sis did.
Love you.
1st, I am having to deal with empty nest. I thought I couldn't wait for empty nest, but I am finding it lonley. My Son moved out early in the summer (May I think) with his girlfriend. The girlfriend did not work out (I'm happy about that), but you never know, she may work out one day. I know he loves her, but she just has some issues that are hard to get past. Now my Daughter has begun a job, that she works different hours than me. afternoons till 10:00 PM and on weekends. My son-in-law (I feel like he is my son as well) started a job working nights.
My Husband works weekends and when he is not working, he is glued to his computer. I fix his meal and set it in front of him as his computer and that is about all I see of him. (I guess we are really disfunctional.
So this weekend, I decided I was not longer going to stay home and feel sorry for my self, so I went to a quilt show all by myself. I enjoyed it. So next week, more quilting. and maybe I will go see a movie alone. I don't mind shopping alone, and going to some things, but I can't go out to eat alone, don't need to anyway. Thinking about joining weightwatchers. I have some health issues I really need to work on.
But this week I found someone new "Family wise"
Both my brothers have kids that do not live with them. My youngest brother, while he was divorced, had a child with his girlfriend. He got back together with his wife, so they chose to not keep ties with his daughter. My mother was heartbroken, but it was his girlfriends wishes, and he choose to abide by them. She is very young, maybe 4 or 5 I think.
But my older brother, found out just this year that he also had a child. He did not know about her. Her mother and he broke up just out of highschool (30 years ago). She left him for his best friend. It was a really roughe time in his life, and for a while, we thought that he might not bounce back from it. but he did. Well one weekend, a few years after she left him, she came back into his life, it was just a long weekend affair. I know it was not right, but he was not quite over her at that time. It was before he met his now Wife.
This ex-girlfriend was really wild and had substance abuse problems and this past summer she called him. She said that she was in recovery and need to make some things right. She told him that she got pregnant as a result of that weekend affiar and he had a daughter. He was shocked. We all were, as well as hurt, that she kept this info from him. She made him promise that he could not contact the girl. We did not even know her last name. All we knew was her name was Dusty and she was 29 years old. He graduated from Haltom High School, and was now married and living in Washington DC. She had 4 little kids.
Well I did not promise that I would not try to find her, so you guessed it. I found her thru "Isearch.com" I knew her fathers name, he had a myspace account, and dusty was linked as one of his friends. It worked out that My daughter also had a myspace and we were able to send her a message. We did not tell her that Bro was her dad, but she read between the lines and her mother had to tell her the truth. She called my Bro and they had a two hour conversation.
The are now in the process or ordering a paternity test to verify the truth.
Well I was in hotwater for a little while with the Girls mother (it's ok.) She told me years ago, that she did not like me, because I protected my brother too much. My Brother's wife thought I overstepped my bounds as well. Maybe I did, but I could not see him going thru his life not knowing her, especially after them losing thier Daughter in law and grandchild. I trully acted out of love for him.
Sorry Bro and Dusty if I got too snoopy. But hey, you kept your word. You did not try to find her, but Lil Sis did.
Love you.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
New Beginnings
I have quite a lot going on in my life at the moment.
My Daughter got engaged to her boyfriend, and while I am thrilled, I am also hoping that they don't plan to be married too soon. He fiance is in between jobs, suffers from depression, that he takes medicine for and is about to be out of it because of the expense. He is somewhat trying to find another job, but not as hard as I hoped he would. I think it is because he just is not sure how to go about it. I am going to have to spend some time helping him, and planning a wedding the I can't afford all the while trying my hardest to get daughter to look into going to school. She wants to, but I will have to really push to get her up and at it.
My Son has gotten his first apartment, and he moved his Girlfriend in with him. I love her, but I think he should have tried it without her for a while. The main reason he moved out, was because she wanted to get out of her Grandmother home, and I can't blame her for that. It was hard for her. She is a young mother already (two year old daughter with her abusive ex boyfriend) D-son love the Little child as his own and I am happy for him. I guess that I am un-officially, "Nana Karen"
I am a little aprenhensive about my Children both putting the cart before the horse in thier relationships, but they are both old enought to make those decisions, and I believe that they have found relationships that are for the most part Healthy and are both being very responsible.
I am happy for them, and love both my "New Kids" (in-laws) My Son in Law - treats me like I am his mother (He does not have one) My Daughter in Law - not so much just yet, but I am working on her.
I am moving my sewing stuff into my sons old bedroom, wow a room of my own. Can wait.
My Daughter got engaged to her boyfriend, and while I am thrilled, I am also hoping that they don't plan to be married too soon. He fiance is in between jobs, suffers from depression, that he takes medicine for and is about to be out of it because of the expense. He is somewhat trying to find another job, but not as hard as I hoped he would. I think it is because he just is not sure how to go about it. I am going to have to spend some time helping him, and planning a wedding the I can't afford all the while trying my hardest to get daughter to look into going to school. She wants to, but I will have to really push to get her up and at it.
My Son has gotten his first apartment, and he moved his Girlfriend in with him. I love her, but I think he should have tried it without her for a while. The main reason he moved out, was because she wanted to get out of her Grandmother home, and I can't blame her for that. It was hard for her. She is a young mother already (two year old daughter with her abusive ex boyfriend) D-son love the Little child as his own and I am happy for him. I guess that I am un-officially, "Nana Karen"
I am a little aprenhensive about my Children both putting the cart before the horse in thier relationships, but they are both old enought to make those decisions, and I believe that they have found relationships that are for the most part Healthy and are both being very responsible.
I am happy for them, and love both my "New Kids" (in-laws) My Son in Law - treats me like I am his mother (He does not have one) My Daughter in Law - not so much just yet, but I am working on her.
I am moving my sewing stuff into my sons old bedroom, wow a room of my own. Can wait.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Heart Broken for what can't be
I am really sad, last Friday night my Nephew's fiancee was on her way home from work (in the evening) She called Nephew, who was at his Mom and Dad's house with her sleeping 4 year old, just to let him know that she was on her way. This was a little after 9:00 PM. She said that she needed to stop and get gas and to get a bite to eat. She is expecting Nephews first child (between 6 and 7 months along). She did not show up and Nephew got really worried. He called her parents, and her friends to ask if she checked in with them. She did not. He called the Police who suggested that he call the local hospitals. He called the county hospital and they said that she had been in an accident.
Nephew got to the hospital, only to be told that she had died in a automobile accident. She was hit by a DRUNK DRIVER. The Drunk driver survived. Penny died in the car, before she could be rescued. I am Heart broken for my Nephew, for the life that he was beginning. They were going to be getting a place of thier own at the end of the month. I am Heart broken for my Brother and Sister, they were so looking forward to thier first grandbaby. I am Heart Broken for the Baby, the life that never got to be. That was stollen from her by someone. I am Heart Broken for her 4 year old son. The Son that she cared enough for to leave an abusive relationship for, to be on her own. Not that young Son is going to be thrust in to turmoil. He does not understand that Mommy is in Heaven, and that He might have to go live with his Father, that was abusive to his mother. He will probably no longer have contact with Nephew, who loved him and treated him like his own son. He will probably no longer have contact with His adopted Grandparents, whom he called "Mom and Dad", because that is how Nephew addressed them. It was so cute.
I am Heartbroken for what can't be.
If you are a praying person, please pray for all of the families affected by this tragedy. Her Parents, Her Fiancee, Her Child and everyone that love her and was looking forward to this new life that she was carrying.
Nephew got to the hospital, only to be told that she had died in a automobile accident. She was hit by a DRUNK DRIVER. The Drunk driver survived. Penny died in the car, before she could be rescued. I am Heart broken for my Nephew, for the life that he was beginning. They were going to be getting a place of thier own at the end of the month. I am Heart broken for my Brother and Sister, they were so looking forward to thier first grandbaby. I am Heart Broken for the Baby, the life that never got to be. That was stollen from her by someone. I am Heart Broken for her 4 year old son. The Son that she cared enough for to leave an abusive relationship for, to be on her own. Not that young Son is going to be thrust in to turmoil. He does not understand that Mommy is in Heaven, and that He might have to go live with his Father, that was abusive to his mother. He will probably no longer have contact with Nephew, who loved him and treated him like his own son. He will probably no longer have contact with His adopted Grandparents, whom he called "Mom and Dad", because that is how Nephew addressed them. It was so cute.
I am Heartbroken for what can't be.
If you are a praying person, please pray for all of the families affected by this tragedy. Her Parents, Her Fiancee, Her Child and everyone that love her and was looking forward to this new life that she was carrying.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Black clouds over him
When will it slow down. The black cloud hanging over f-man is still there.
First of all, our goal is for him to move out soon. He has found a person that is interested in being a room mate, A girl he knew from school. I met her and she seemed nice. They are just friends, there is not romance going on. She has a 10 month old child and she is working as a security guard on the weekend, and in a restaurant during the week. I don't think that it will be easy for him, but I have decided that I just can't mother every kid I know. I feel bad that I have taken this attitude, but I seem to be the only person at the house that still even likes F. I think everyone is over him. I need to just sit back and let him go.
About the black cloud. This week was going to be another step in the right direction for him. He was going to get his own cell phone, and get off of our plan. I have been paying for his phone, and while it has not been a lot of money, it has been money and money is a little tight, because of some medical expenses, car payments, and feeding my extended family these days.
Even though I have been at my job for more than a year, the cut in pay that I took has affected us. It seems that we are living from paycheck to paycheck, and every little bit helps.
F-man, has an old car, but it seems to be sound, as long as he takes care of it. He has had some problems with it, but I thought that he had gotten all of the kinks out of it. He took it in for some repairs and withing a week the wheel fell off while he was driving it.
Then the other night, he was leaving a friends and he put the key in and it stuck in the ignition and he could not turn the car off. He did not know what to do, so his friend told him to open the hood and take the wire off the spark plugs. He tried to pull one off, and the car did not stop, so then his friend tried to pull off another one and it broke, still the car was running. (what the heck)...
they pulled off another one, it also snapped and then the car stopped.
I used to have a little car, that the sparks plug wires would slip off on and the car would start to run really rough, and that was with the wire still on the plug, just not good contact.
So I was back to running him back and forth to work, I really hate doing it, so I thought that on Monday, I would pick him up, take him to the bank to get his check cashed, go to "wally world" for spark plug wires and back over to the friends so that he could get the spark plug wires put back on and drive it to the shop so that I would not have to pick him up again the next day.
"Wally world" did not sell spark plug wires (it was 11:00 PM on a work night and we are running all around the city looking for an all night parts place. Someone had told me once that a certain parts place, near downtown, was open 24 hours. Well it might have been open like that at one time, but we could not find it. We gave up and came back home.
Got home about midnight. Got up early the next morning to take him to get new wires and guess what. His bank card did not work, so more money from me.....when will this nightmare ever end. ....
I had to get to work, so I purchased the wires, dropped him off at his friends house with his extra set of keys and he replaced the wires, started the truck with the stuck key and drove it to the repair shop. I went to work, transferred more money to his account so that he could pay the repair shop, with the understanding that as soon as his paycheck cleared, he would transfer the money back to me.
He went to pay and his card was again declined. After several frantic calls to me at work, I gave him the number to the bank and he found out that they had put a security hold on his account because they suspected that someone had used his card fraudulently. They called him, but heT thought that they were calling him because his account had gone a little negative, so he did not bother to call them back. I have never ignored a call from the bank. They took the hold off of his account, and he was able to pay for the repair, but now he is broke again, and not able to get his phone switched.
One more week behind. and one more black cloud has unloaded it shower and moved on.
O yea, the problem at the bank, was because of his use of his debit card at a car repair place, because of a stuck key in the ignition in his old car, that broke a week after he had that problem fixed. We have our suspicions about that car repair place. Two times he has had his care fixed a that well know national repair chain, and two times less than a week after, he had a major unexplained problem with his car. Once causing him to have to replace the car. He picked that repair place, this time I picked the last one.
First of all, our goal is for him to move out soon. He has found a person that is interested in being a room mate, A girl he knew from school. I met her and she seemed nice. They are just friends, there is not romance going on. She has a 10 month old child and she is working as a security guard on the weekend, and in a restaurant during the week. I don't think that it will be easy for him, but I have decided that I just can't mother every kid I know. I feel bad that I have taken this attitude, but I seem to be the only person at the house that still even likes F. I think everyone is over him. I need to just sit back and let him go.
About the black cloud. This week was going to be another step in the right direction for him. He was going to get his own cell phone, and get off of our plan. I have been paying for his phone, and while it has not been a lot of money, it has been money and money is a little tight, because of some medical expenses, car payments, and feeding my extended family these days.
Even though I have been at my job for more than a year, the cut in pay that I took has affected us. It seems that we are living from paycheck to paycheck, and every little bit helps.
F-man, has an old car, but it seems to be sound, as long as he takes care of it. He has had some problems with it, but I thought that he had gotten all of the kinks out of it. He took it in for some repairs and withing a week the wheel fell off while he was driving it.
Then the other night, he was leaving a friends and he put the key in and it stuck in the ignition and he could not turn the car off. He did not know what to do, so his friend told him to open the hood and take the wire off the spark plugs. He tried to pull one off, and the car did not stop, so then his friend tried to pull off another one and it broke, still the car was running. (what the heck)...
they pulled off another one, it also snapped and then the car stopped.
I used to have a little car, that the sparks plug wires would slip off on and the car would start to run really rough, and that was with the wire still on the plug, just not good contact.
So I was back to running him back and forth to work, I really hate doing it, so I thought that on Monday, I would pick him up, take him to the bank to get his check cashed, go to "wally world" for spark plug wires and back over to the friends so that he could get the spark plug wires put back on and drive it to the shop so that I would not have to pick him up again the next day.
"Wally world" did not sell spark plug wires (it was 11:00 PM on a work night and we are running all around the city looking for an all night parts place. Someone had told me once that a certain parts place, near downtown, was open 24 hours. Well it might have been open like that at one time, but we could not find it. We gave up and came back home.
Got home about midnight. Got up early the next morning to take him to get new wires and guess what. His bank card did not work, so more money from me.....when will this nightmare ever end. ....
I had to get to work, so I purchased the wires, dropped him off at his friends house with his extra set of keys and he replaced the wires, started the truck with the stuck key and drove it to the repair shop. I went to work, transferred more money to his account so that he could pay the repair shop, with the understanding that as soon as his paycheck cleared, he would transfer the money back to me.
He went to pay and his card was again declined. After several frantic calls to me at work, I gave him the number to the bank and he found out that they had put a security hold on his account because they suspected that someone had used his card fraudulently. They called him, but heT thought that they were calling him because his account had gone a little negative, so he did not bother to call them back. I have never ignored a call from the bank. They took the hold off of his account, and he was able to pay for the repair, but now he is broke again, and not able to get his phone switched.
One more week behind. and one more black cloud has unloaded it shower and moved on.
O yea, the problem at the bank, was because of his use of his debit card at a car repair place, because of a stuck key in the ignition in his old car, that broke a week after he had that problem fixed. We have our suspicions about that car repair place. Two times he has had his care fixed a that well know national repair chain, and two times less than a week after, he had a major unexplained problem with his car. Once causing him to have to replace the car. He picked that repair place, this time I picked the last one.
Monday, September 03, 2007
labor day
Putting off clearing out my craft area has finally come to a end today. I decided that I just couldn't be productive in that space any longer. My little nook, in between the kitchen and the living room has become a drop spot for things. Books, fabric, patterns that I had gotten off the Internet and thought I would like to make, but never gotten around to it. I had to try to organize it into something that I could work in. So, today, D was at work, K and C were off doing things, F and D were out also, so It was just me. I started trying to get it back into order. I moved the furniture around. My cubby is what should be my dinning area in my house, but we don't use it for that. We have not really ever used it for that. At one time it held a table and chairs, but we never really ate there, because it was too small really for a table and 4 chairs and then try to sit around it. You would have to pull the table into the center of the room, and then you could not get to the kitchen to bring the food in. It was just not designed right. So I turned it into my craft area. It is still not big enough, but I can make it work, with a large shelf, and lots of plastic bins to put things in. I spent several hours sorting my scrap material into lights and darks and putting them in bins. I then moved my sewing machine back into my sewing cabinet. It was removed for a while so that I could take it with me when I went to my sewing club meetings. I am just about done, and ready to tackle another project. Can't wait to get in there, next project to make - some cute little purses for a craft sale, then finish the quilt that I started for F and then start a cute little pink and black quilt for k.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Mothering my Mother
My mother recently had surgery, and she is looking so frail and sad. I hate to see her in pain. I want to be with her at the hospital all the time, but I have to work, so I am so torn. Thankfully, my Dad is spending time with her, something that I wasn't sure he was going to do. He is retired, but he spends a lot of time running a business, and when he is not doing that, he is away in Oklahoma at thier farm trying to get a trailer remodeled, because they are planning to move into it as soon as it is finished. I hope he finishing it soon, because she needs to be there in the country, enjoying her time.
She is supposed to go to a rehab center today for 10 days. I hope it goes well.
My mom is not old, but she seems so frail at the moment. She thought that she would be better after the surgery, not in constant pain like before, jump out of bed and take off. Not so..., she is going to have to learn how to do things again, for a few months she will be having to really work to get back to walking again.
Love you Mom, hope you are better soon.
K.
She is supposed to go to a rehab center today for 10 days. I hope it goes well.
My mom is not old, but she seems so frail at the moment. She thought that she would be better after the surgery, not in constant pain like before, jump out of bed and take off. Not so..., she is going to have to learn how to do things again, for a few months she will be having to really work to get back to walking again.
Love you Mom, hope you are better soon.
K.
Friday, August 10, 2007
A 15$ mistake, costs $1200...
When you have not parented a child from the very beginning, it is so hard to make sure that they are really doing the right things. This week we had a situation that I feel really bad about for F-Man. It seems that he has such bad luck, or was it just ignorance on his part, or My part. I guess I will never really know.
F-man is 19 years old, and came to live with us, because he had no where else to go. I hear from my husband all the time, that him being in our lives is all my fault.
F-man is many thing's. First he is very sweet with a kind heart. He is quiet, he likes to have fun with his buddies (in my experience, all teen boys, do.) He likes to play the guitar, although he is not great at it, he has a real passion for it, and plays his guitar in the room he shares with D-man all the time. F-man, is withdrawn, this causes everyone to feel alienated from him sort-of. I think that it was his way of coping with his last family situation. He was adopted from foster care when he was 10 years old, and I believe that his adopted family, only adopted for the monthly income they recieved for thier kids. They have 2 biological children and 4 adopted children. F-man's bioliogical brother, told me that he felt there was a difference in treatment between Bio and Adopted kids treatment by thier parents. F-man states that as well.
F-man loves to socialize with Girls, but he seems drawn to Girls a few years younger than him. Most of his friends are in several years behind him in School. That is not to unusual, but my other 3 teen's at the house have friends the same age or older than them. They have left the Highschool drama years behind them.
Anyway, I digress...., F-man purchased a truck from C (Kyna's boyfriend) He worked hard to pay for it - took him about 6 months, The first week he had it (after we told him to take it slow and not to drive on the freeway) He didn't listen and wrecked the truck, He again worked to pay for the repair, all the while, I got stuck taking him here and there. Well a couple of month's go by and everything seems fine. High school is finished (he did not graduate) He tested and got his GED, and I was encouraging him to look into Community college (he has not) Everyone at the house is getting really frustrated with him, because it seems like he is just coasting. Not trying to get a better job- still working the part-time pizza gig.
The something went wrong with the truck - had to put it in the shop (took all of his money) After he got the vehicle back, he noticed that it seemed to be running a little hot. He did not say anything to anyone about it. Just kept driving it.
Last Saturday, he came in from work and said, I barely made it home from work. I said Why. He said the Car was getting hot. I asked if he checked the oil and water lately and he said "no", I don't have any money to buy oil, so I was waiting till my check comes in next week. I sent him out to check the oil and it was not even registering. Off we go to the store, I buy 4 quarts for him.
He comes home put's it in and it is too late. Starts it up and it is clacking and rattling and really running like Crap.... (Engine ruined). Back to Square one.
Now I have to leave the house every night at 10PM to drive 20 minutes - one way, to pick him up from work (He just started a new job) Working from 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm.
It is more money, but I am so frustrated to again have to run around for a Kid that is not even mine. I feel bad for him, but I am really ready for him to be an independent, person. Should I have been better at reminding him that it is important to check things like Oil and water. I just assumed that he was doing it.
The husband seems resigned to ignoring everyone else in the house, so I am working a full time job, coming home from work and fixing dinner for 6 adults (2 of which have to have plates put up to eat later) and leftovers for me to take to work (that is quite a feat) clean up the kitchen, and then leave to pick up F-man and then get up and start all over again. Calgon take me away!!!
F-man is 19 years old, and came to live with us, because he had no where else to go. I hear from my husband all the time, that him being in our lives is all my fault.
F-man is many thing's. First he is very sweet with a kind heart. He is quiet, he likes to have fun with his buddies (in my experience, all teen boys, do.) He likes to play the guitar, although he is not great at it, he has a real passion for it, and plays his guitar in the room he shares with D-man all the time. F-man, is withdrawn, this causes everyone to feel alienated from him sort-of. I think that it was his way of coping with his last family situation. He was adopted from foster care when he was 10 years old, and I believe that his adopted family, only adopted for the monthly income they recieved for thier kids. They have 2 biological children and 4 adopted children. F-man's bioliogical brother, told me that he felt there was a difference in treatment between Bio and Adopted kids treatment by thier parents. F-man states that as well.
F-man loves to socialize with Girls, but he seems drawn to Girls a few years younger than him. Most of his friends are in several years behind him in School. That is not to unusual, but my other 3 teen's at the house have friends the same age or older than them. They have left the Highschool drama years behind them.
Anyway, I digress...., F-man purchased a truck from C (Kyna's boyfriend) He worked hard to pay for it - took him about 6 months, The first week he had it (after we told him to take it slow and not to drive on the freeway) He didn't listen and wrecked the truck, He again worked to pay for the repair, all the while, I got stuck taking him here and there. Well a couple of month's go by and everything seems fine. High school is finished (he did not graduate) He tested and got his GED, and I was encouraging him to look into Community college (he has not) Everyone at the house is getting really frustrated with him, because it seems like he is just coasting. Not trying to get a better job- still working the part-time pizza gig.
The something went wrong with the truck - had to put it in the shop (took all of his money) After he got the vehicle back, he noticed that it seemed to be running a little hot. He did not say anything to anyone about it. Just kept driving it.
Last Saturday, he came in from work and said, I barely made it home from work. I said Why. He said the Car was getting hot. I asked if he checked the oil and water lately and he said "no", I don't have any money to buy oil, so I was waiting till my check comes in next week. I sent him out to check the oil and it was not even registering. Off we go to the store, I buy 4 quarts for him.
He comes home put's it in and it is too late. Starts it up and it is clacking and rattling and really running like Crap.... (Engine ruined). Back to Square one.
Now I have to leave the house every night at 10PM to drive 20 minutes - one way, to pick him up from work (He just started a new job) Working from 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm.
It is more money, but I am so frustrated to again have to run around for a Kid that is not even mine. I feel bad for him, but I am really ready for him to be an independent, person. Should I have been better at reminding him that it is important to check things like Oil and water. I just assumed that he was doing it.
The husband seems resigned to ignoring everyone else in the house, so I am working a full time job, coming home from work and fixing dinner for 6 adults (2 of which have to have plates put up to eat later) and leftovers for me to take to work (that is quite a feat) clean up the kitchen, and then leave to pick up F-man and then get up and start all over again. Calgon take me away!!!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Surfer's - Dude
We just got back from S. Padre Island, texas. The Beach, yea. Me - Kyna, Daniel, and Cody. We left on Thursday around midnight, just as soon as Daniel got home from work. He works 2nd shift. The car was packed and ready to go when he got home. It was a long drive, 9 hours, 548 miles. Daniel was pumped and he talked almost the whole way there. That was good, because I couldn't have made the long drive with out that. Kyna n Cody slept or tried to sleep in the overcrowded back seat of the Explorer. They had an Ice chest and clothes bag in the floor, so they had thier legs up on the seat the whole way.
I love road trips, and we don't take them often enough. The only problem is that no one else in my Family likes to go. I guess I am going to have to get brave and just go on my own one of the these days. Anyway - back to this trip.
We drove all night, and driving thru the area of the Texas that is just ranch land, we say a family of Coyote's standing by the side of the road. This area is deslolate, with lots of mesquite trees and cactus and nothing else. It was nice to see nature.
We arrived at SPI around 9 am, then met my Brother and His wife and there two dogs, Star and the newely adopted DUDE. Both dogs are pomaranians, and Dude had a skin problem and all of his hair on his back side fell out. He looked so funny, but he was so sweet. We put our Tent up on thier site on Friday. The kids went to play on the beach, while I set it and I got really burned on my arms and neck.
That night we went out on a boat to see the dolphins, and watch fireworks. It was great. Saturday morning the kids had surf lessons, I had to move the camp site, because my Brother was leaving and we could'nt have the same site on Saturday.
I finally got that done in time to see the kids surf a little, then we relaxed on the beach for a little while, went to a great seafood restaruant and came back to the tent in the evening. The kids were all really burnt and in pain, even tho we did use sunscreen, the Texas sun was just too hot and they all got burnt. The salt water also caused thier feet to swell and they were miserable. We decided to cut our trip short by one day and drive home on Sunday, rather than Monday.
On Sunday, we got up, packed up the camp, drove out the the far end of the island, North padre. It was beautiful, pristine empty beach and large sand dunes. I loved being out there. We picked up shells and enjoyed an hour or so on the beach. Then we drove back into town, the Kids went parasailing and then we got in the car and drove home. The drive home was a little harder because everyone was tired and did not want to talk much.
We got home about 11:30 pm and a large storm hit about 15 minutes later. That storm was bad, and several people were injured and lost thier homes just 10 miles down the road from us.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Thank you JC Penneys
D-Dad went back to work yeasterday and they had a department meeting.
D-Dad does Phone tech work for penneys getting stores up and running when thier registers are not working or some other computer problem. There are quite a few in his department and they worked on a average - quota system. D-Dad always complained that the system had many flaws, and he would start fretting about not making quoto for the month, even before he really knew if that was true or not. D-Dad is a real worrier and a big "IF" man, meaning that when something isnt going well, he worries and worries and works up all of the "If" scenarios in his head. He gets really upset and quiet or angry and vents on me. I hate it, and I have had to deal with this for 25 years. It has been a real strugle and I have had to really lean on the Lord to let it go sometimes. I have had to be the rock in our marriage for quite some time.
Anyway, before I get off on a tangent too much, back to why I love Pennys....
Yesterday at the Company meeting, they are putting his Department and another Department together and changing the Quota system. They said they are going more "customer freindly". He was so happy, the quota system is being revamped and they said that it is not going to be as big a factor anymore. It was such a problem, that some member of his department would only take the easy calls, so they could close more calls. It was only hurting everyone, because that would make the average higher. D-Dad would complain and the higher up's would just say, the formula is correct. D-Dad, takes more of the more difficult calls that take longer and he was not making productivity as often as some of the others who were cheating.
Penneys is changing the system so that calls come right to the first person not on the phone (the way it should be) and if they can't fix the problem, they try and then pass the call on. Penney's is going to look more at the quality of the work, rather than the number of calls you take. Those that take more calls, are really not doing the job, they are just jotting down the problem, and passing the call on.
This new system will start next month, and Boy am I loving Penneys. Thank you Penneys, you just made my home time with my Darling husband less stressful for me.
Signed,
The sounding board (Wife)
D-Dad does Phone tech work for penneys getting stores up and running when thier registers are not working or some other computer problem. There are quite a few in his department and they worked on a average - quota system. D-Dad always complained that the system had many flaws, and he would start fretting about not making quoto for the month, even before he really knew if that was true or not. D-Dad is a real worrier and a big "IF" man, meaning that when something isnt going well, he worries and worries and works up all of the "If" scenarios in his head. He gets really upset and quiet or angry and vents on me. I hate it, and I have had to deal with this for 25 years. It has been a real strugle and I have had to really lean on the Lord to let it go sometimes. I have had to be the rock in our marriage for quite some time.
Anyway, before I get off on a tangent too much, back to why I love Pennys....
Yesterday at the Company meeting, they are putting his Department and another Department together and changing the Quota system. They said they are going more "customer freindly". He was so happy, the quota system is being revamped and they said that it is not going to be as big a factor anymore. It was such a problem, that some member of his department would only take the easy calls, so they could close more calls. It was only hurting everyone, because that would make the average higher. D-Dad would complain and the higher up's would just say, the formula is correct. D-Dad, takes more of the more difficult calls that take longer and he was not making productivity as often as some of the others who were cheating.
Penneys is changing the system so that calls come right to the first person not on the phone (the way it should be) and if they can't fix the problem, they try and then pass the call on. Penney's is going to look more at the quality of the work, rather than the number of calls you take. Those that take more calls, are really not doing the job, they are just jotting down the problem, and passing the call on.
This new system will start next month, and Boy am I loving Penneys. Thank you Penneys, you just made my home time with my Darling husband less stressful for me.
Signed,
The sounding board (Wife)
Monday, May 14, 2007
Graduation crazyness
This was a really busy weekend. Graduation invitations had to be addressed and pictures of K in her cap and gown. She was beautiful, we took pictures in the yard around all of the greenery
I tooked them to the amazing machine at walgreen's where you stick your memory card in and then it allows you to take out the flaws, crop and charge up the color a little. You can change to black and white and it sends the info straight to thier printing machine and in an hour you have prints. I think that you can do it from home also, but I haven't tried that yet. I have been happier with thier prints, than w-mart, because you can fix them right there. Lets keep this our little secret, because I don't want to have to stand in line to do my picture magic.
I should have done this last week to save on the postage, but I couldn't get K to pose for pictures. I finally got her boyfriend to take her out and do them and she was happy to do it for him. They all turned out very good. No just have to get them to the post office. I have no time, no time.
Mothers day was special. D-Dad was home and he made breakfast YEA ME..., then we went to Mom and Dad's place for a fish fry, MMMMMM. Then K cooked dinner and I did not have to cook at all yesterday. But I did have to clean up the kitchen. That was a really good Sunday.
D-dad goes back to work today after being home for 6 weeks because of surgery. I am glad because he was starting to get anxious staying home all the time. That was hard on everyone else, because he was grumpy... I guess I would be too if I have been thru some of the medical procedures he has had to go thru.
Later.
I tooked them to the amazing machine at walgreen's where you stick your memory card in and then it allows you to take out the flaws, crop and charge up the color a little. You can change to black and white and it sends the info straight to thier printing machine and in an hour you have prints. I think that you can do it from home also, but I haven't tried that yet. I have been happier with thier prints, than w-mart, because you can fix them right there. Lets keep this our little secret, because I don't want to have to stand in line to do my picture magic.
I should have done this last week to save on the postage, but I couldn't get K to pose for pictures. I finally got her boyfriend to take her out and do them and she was happy to do it for him. They all turned out very good. No just have to get them to the post office. I have no time, no time.
Mothers day was special. D-Dad was home and he made breakfast YEA ME..., then we went to Mom and Dad's place for a fish fry, MMMMMM. Then K cooked dinner and I did not have to cook at all yesterday. But I did have to clean up the kitchen. That was a really good Sunday.
D-dad goes back to work today after being home for 6 weeks because of surgery. I am glad because he was starting to get anxious staying home all the time. That was hard on everyone else, because he was grumpy... I guess I would be too if I have been thru some of the medical procedures he has had to go thru.
Later.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Prom Pictures
This past weekend was the prom. At first K did not want to go, and Cman did not want to go. But I encouraged and they went, we spent 5 hours trying on dresses and K looked beautiful. We got up early on Saturday, she and I went and picked up her Cap and Gown for graduation, then we went to the beauty college and got K got an up-do and a pedicure. Mom got a pedicure also. Then we had to go pick up some things at the last minute. Went by the florist and got flowers, raced home to make wrist corsages. Had to pick up the Tux from the cleaners at 4:00, then went to pick up Fmans date, went to the botanic gardens for pictures and then dropped them off at the prom. They got there at 6:00 and called at 9:00 and said they were leaving.
What a lot of work for several hours, but I got some really special time with my Daughter and she had a fairy tale evening with her true love.
Later they all said they were glad they went, and had a really wonderful time.
Graduation next.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Spoke to soon
My last post talked how Fman finally got mobil - well that lasted all of 4 days.
He started driving on Monday, and we warned him that he is should really take it slow. He should only drive back and forth to school and to work, all fairly close to home right.
On Friday, on my way home from work, I got a call. Fman had an accident, he was driving on the FREEWAY!!!! He was in friday rush hour traffic and he had two friends with him. They had gone to a neighboring town, (about 10 miles away) to meet some girls (the horndog).
They were on thier way back and the traffic stopped and he didn't He ran right into the back of a trans-am. The guy was pretty cool about it, but Fman's truck is pretty smashed up.
When I got there, to help tow him home (I had the tow rope) and Cman was going to tow him. I really let him have it. He got really quiet and yes mam'd me quite a bit.
It was an ordeal getting the vehicle home. (The rope broke twice) But about an hour later we got home. Fman had to cancel his prom date, no car to drive.
We all knew that it was going to happen, because he is just not very experienced and he does not think things thru very well.
Some lessons must be learned the hard way.
Chow.
He started driving on Monday, and we warned him that he is should really take it slow. He should only drive back and forth to school and to work, all fairly close to home right.
On Friday, on my way home from work, I got a call. Fman had an accident, he was driving on the FREEWAY!!!! He was in friday rush hour traffic and he had two friends with him. They had gone to a neighboring town, (about 10 miles away) to meet some girls (the horndog).
They were on thier way back and the traffic stopped and he didn't He ran right into the back of a trans-am. The guy was pretty cool about it, but Fman's truck is pretty smashed up.
When I got there, to help tow him home (I had the tow rope) and Cman was going to tow him. I really let him have it. He got really quiet and yes mam'd me quite a bit.
It was an ordeal getting the vehicle home. (The rope broke twice) But about an hour later we got home. Fman had to cancel his prom date, no car to drive.
We all knew that it was going to happen, because he is just not very experienced and he does not think things thru very well.
Some lessons must be learned the hard way.
Chow.
Friday, April 27, 2007
A Long time coming
This weekend my Son Dman is moving home. We had to ask him to leave because of his un-healty choices. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do, and we took
a chance, but it worked.
Dman had to go thru some hard things, and ended up at his Aunt and Uncles house for a while, and it was just far enough away to get him away from some of the bad influences (friends) in his life and to get him to see the truth and get back on track. He is working now it is time for him to move-on before he wears out his welcome so he is moving home. We hope that he does not get back into his old ways, ahd He has assured us that he won't. He will again share a room with Fman. Everyone is working so it won't be to hard for them. It is only temporary until Fman graduates (I Hope, I Hope) we are ready for him to leave.
Speaking of Fman - he finally got his ID problem taken care of. He did not have his original birth certificate or original adoption papers. His parents never filed his records with the state so the state does not have a record of him. We spent several days trying to get his records and finally went to the County Courthouse to file to have his records reopened. Once we were there, they sent us on a "wild goose chase" to several different departments on several different floors, and finally told us that we needed to go to Juvenile services to get it taken care of. (Adoption was done thur Child Protective Services) It was across town, and we only had 30 minutes to get there. I asked the person downtown to give them a call to let them know we were coming, and when she told her our problem, the lady at Juvenile agreed to certify the copy of his adoption record that we had so that he did not have to request to have his record reopened. Fman went the next day and got his license. What a big headache and what a big relief. He is finally able to cart himself where
he needs to go. He had been paying on a car, but could not drive it because of not having a license. After a year it was getting really tiring for him and us getting him back and forth to work.
DDad had major surgery and is now home recovering. It has been nice to have him home on the weekends for a few weeks,as he usually works weekends, but he is going to have to go back to work soon. He has a wound vac system and has to go for a dressing change every 2 days. This vac is a pump that is hooked up to his wound and taped down with suction cups attached to his body, it pulls out all the inpuritys and heals the wound from the inside at the same time, The Doctor felt that his wound was significant enough that he did not want him to get an infection, so he did not completly close it. It takes several months for a wound like his to heal, so he will have to go back to work wearing the vacume. It is awkward to try to go anywhere, so he is pretty much hung out at home. I try to get him to go out when I am with him at home, but he is still tires really easily, so we arent getting out much.
I am having to do all of the heavy work, like yard work and taking out the garbage.
because he can't do it. Hopefully this will be all over soon and we can get back to our normal routines.
a chance, but it worked.
Dman had to go thru some hard things, and ended up at his Aunt and Uncles house for a while, and it was just far enough away to get him away from some of the bad influences (friends) in his life and to get him to see the truth and get back on track. He is working now it is time for him to move-on before he wears out his welcome so he is moving home. We hope that he does not get back into his old ways, ahd He has assured us that he won't. He will again share a room with Fman. Everyone is working so it won't be to hard for them. It is only temporary until Fman graduates (I Hope, I Hope) we are ready for him to leave.
Speaking of Fman - he finally got his ID problem taken care of. He did not have his original birth certificate or original adoption papers. His parents never filed his records with the state so the state does not have a record of him. We spent several days trying to get his records and finally went to the County Courthouse to file to have his records reopened. Once we were there, they sent us on a "wild goose chase" to several different departments on several different floors, and finally told us that we needed to go to Juvenile services to get it taken care of. (Adoption was done thur Child Protective Services) It was across town, and we only had 30 minutes to get there. I asked the person downtown to give them a call to let them know we were coming, and when she told her our problem, the lady at Juvenile agreed to certify the copy of his adoption record that we had so that he did not have to request to have his record reopened. Fman went the next day and got his license. What a big headache and what a big relief. He is finally able to cart himself where
he needs to go. He had been paying on a car, but could not drive it because of not having a license. After a year it was getting really tiring for him and us getting him back and forth to work.
DDad had major surgery and is now home recovering. It has been nice to have him home on the weekends for a few weeks,as he usually works weekends, but he is going to have to go back to work soon. He has a wound vac system and has to go for a dressing change every 2 days. This vac is a pump that is hooked up to his wound and taped down with suction cups attached to his body, it pulls out all the inpuritys and heals the wound from the inside at the same time, The Doctor felt that his wound was significant enough that he did not want him to get an infection, so he did not completly close it. It takes several months for a wound like his to heal, so he will have to go back to work wearing the vacume. It is awkward to try to go anywhere, so he is pretty much hung out at home. I try to get him to go out when I am with him at home, but he is still tires really easily, so we arent getting out much.
I am having to do all of the heavy work, like yard work and taking out the garbage.
because he can't do it. Hopefully this will be all over soon and we can get back to our normal routines.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Summer and Calming Down a bit
I have decided to pick my battles with my Daughter (Cheer). She has agreed to let me know when she is going to be late and I agreed to let her do her thing for a while. She is a good girl and really has not given me much cause to worry about her. She is dating a really nice young man, that seems to really care about her. He treats her right, and she is spending most of her time with him. I am a little worried, but I don't have much control over the situation. She is going to work and taking care of her obligations, so there is not much I can complain about. She will be 18 years old in 10 days, and she reminds me of that. She wants to go on a camping trip for her birthday. I bought her a big tent so that she can have fun. Her big brother is planning to accompany her. I think that he will keep them out of too much trouble. They are going to a state park, so I think they will be safe. I am planning to go up on Friday and feed them, then they will stay the rest of the weekend. She always has loved her birthday to revolve around some sort of outdoor event. Swim parties, trips and such. She is my outdoor girl. I can remember our first camping trip, She was almost 2 years old and took to the outdoors immediately. She loved it. We went to Arkansas and love every minute of the week long trip. Lots of really good memories on that trip.
This has been are long week and I am really tire. My younger brother traveled into town from Kansas City. I spent two evenings (Sunday and Monday, visiting with him and my family. It was nice) Then on Wednesday, my Company had a pool party and NRH20. I was out late, Cheer and F Man took a bunch of friends. So last night, I just crashed early and I am dragging today. This weekend I am going to take my Mom to a family barbecue for the 4th of July. She just had knee surgery and she is getting around slowly. I am glad she had it done, because she was in pain.
Sometime this weekend I have got to get some cleaning in, I have to admit that I am not to good at this. Something I need to work on.
Hope you all have a very good 4th of July with lots of fun, love and Family enjoyment.
Take care.
This has been are long week and I am really tire. My younger brother traveled into town from Kansas City. I spent two evenings (Sunday and Monday, visiting with him and my family. It was nice) Then on Wednesday, my Company had a pool party and NRH20. I was out late, Cheer and F Man took a bunch of friends. So last night, I just crashed early and I am dragging today. This weekend I am going to take my Mom to a family barbecue for the 4th of July. She just had knee surgery and she is getting around slowly. I am glad she had it done, because she was in pain.
Sometime this weekend I have got to get some cleaning in, I have to admit that I am not to good at this. Something I need to work on.
Hope you all have a very good 4th of July with lots of fun, love and Family enjoyment.
Take care.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Canoe, can you?
I had my first experience with a canoe this weekend. I loved it. Being outdoors in nature.
Learning something new and being with my Brother and Sister in Law (She is much more like a sister) . I love hanging out with them. You can really feel thier love for one another and it is so inviting to be around. (I Love you Guys).
We are in the process of planning a family reunion and one of the activities will be a canoe trip, the campground that we are going to offers them, so we thought that we would take it just so that we would be knowledgable if anyone wants to go. It was an 8 mile 4 hour trip down the Brazos river in Glenrose Texas. The river is not very deep in most places, so the danger of tipping over is there, but if you did you could also just wade thru most of it with no trouble. We stopped on a little island and had a picnic lunch. We waded and stopped along the way to hang out in the water to cool off.
Then, we hit this one spot (Brother called it the chute) It was a spot where the water was rushing pretty fast and it looked to be about a foot deep. Of course I got the canoe stuck on a huge rock ( I was blissfully unaware of the need to navigate and be the lookout for big rocks) Sis and I got out to push the canoe off the rock. Brother had been doing this task most of the time, so this time, we thought that we would give him a break and take on the task. This was a Mistake......
The canoe took off, once we got it off the rocks, and lightened the load, with Brother still in the canoe. Sis and I though we would just wade thru this spot. Not a smart idea...., the current pulled us down, and we bounced off the rocks on the bottom, just like in the movies, bouncing up and down in the water (Life jackets still in the canoe) The water was about 3-4 foot deep, but the rush was such that you could not stay up. I went down first, Sister went down right after me. She yelled "Keep your butt up", how you are supposed to do this is beyond me, I had my feet in the air, my hands on my glasses and I was bouncing said anatomy off the rocks (Ouch!) I was going feet first, she was going head first, she hit a big rock with her hand. I was able to get my feet down eventuly and I was able to get out of the current and make it to the side (I swallowed so much water, I was coughing quite a bit) Sister zoomed on by, and stopped in the water that was much stiller. Then she told us about her hand. We thought it was broke, because she could not touch it, but It got a little better, so maybe it is just bruised really bad. It throbbed the rest of the trip.
We got back in the canoe and went a ways furter. Most of the river is concealed from the outside world with steep banks that go up several feet, so you really feel like you are out in the wilderness, even though there are houses all around. We saw horses drinking from the water, and a crane eating a fish. One large crane was sitting on the bank and did not want us to pass him, so just as we would get close to him, he would fly a little further up from us. He did this for about a half hour.
It was a fun trip, but about an hour too long. The last leg was hard. We were tired, the current was not very strong the last bend and we were having to really paddle. If I were to do it all over again, I would take the 3 hour trip instead of the 4 hour trip (the canoe rental place also offers a 6 hour trip. (I don;t think I could do that one)
Looking forward to doing it again and I can now recommend the trip the family at the reunion.
Little achey today tho. Wheres the Tylenol?
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