A tiring day

I had a tiring day! I had too much sleep last nite! I actually got 8 hours of sleep, so I wasn't feeling very well today.

I put Mark in his "big boy" underwear this morning. About 30 minutes later~"Mommy. I need another pair of underwear." So, I think "Ok. It's just gonna take a bit of getting used to". So I go and get him another pair of underwear and shorts. Thirty minutes later "Mommy. I need another pair of underwear." My thoughts~ "Ok. It's gonna take a bit longer than I thought, but geez. He goes potty good with pull ups" As I go to put his underwear and shorts in the washing machine, *squish* I stepped in his pee!!! Oh I got upset, but I told him "You HAVE to go potty when you have to pee, ok?" He said~ "Ok". So I go get him new underwear and shorts. (Ok you know the drill now) About thirty minutes later "Mommy. I need some new underwear." ~~By this time, I was wore out from getting his clothes hehe. It wasn't helping that I wasn't feeling good. BUT I was like "Ok I'll get some more for him" As I walk to the door of my bedroom~~guess what? You guessed it!*Squish* I had stepped into his pee a second time!!!!! Well, I had him put on a pull up. I couldn't handle it anymore. Then this afternoon, when his sisters got here, I put him in underwear again. He did fine! Maybe he's just not a morning person hehe.

Lewis is at work right now. I was just starting to get used to sleeping in the bed with him again (yes~just sleeping~since I slept during the nite and he slept in the day, we both had a whole bed to ourselves, now we have to share again hehe) He isn't going to be home til about 2am or later. I'm glad he's able to do this~extra $~but I was liking having more time with him. Oh well. I'll have him tomorrow and .....he's going to church with me Sunday!! YEAH!!

I took a picture of Mark driving the lawn mower with his daddy. I can't wait to develop it. Plus, I took a picture of our parental suite. It is my mission to have it cleaned out by the end of next month. Our room is the WORST of our whole house. It drives me nutz. It's been almost 3 years and I feel as tho we haven't totally moved in yet. Got a ton of boxes and junk all over our room. UGGG

**Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner that women do
**Non-dairy creamer is flammable (I know that for absolute fact hehe)
**Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz (I can see why he changed it! hehe)
**Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
**Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music

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My sis

I don't have a biological sister, but she's close enough to it! We have been friends for 16 years (over half our lives). We consider each other sisters(we have been mistaken in public as sisters). I thought I'd post this to Staci's challenge even if we weren't sisters by blood. :) (This was taken on New Years during a break from our VERY long game of UNO)

Tell Me...

What ya think about my new background. Is it too much? I was on here today changing my blogspot and myspace. Needed something new :)

I did some of the chores I had thought of for today. Didn't do as many as I had planned....Oh well. I have more days :) I mainly need to take some things to GoodWill. That would help a lot hehe

Lewis' first day back at Salisbury Lumber went ok. He was in a good mood when he was home tho! We FINALLY got our grassed mowed. He's been needing to do it for a week now (I say he cuz neither him nor my FIL let me mow. A man thing I guess)

Mark did good for me today. I was real happy. OH~~He is in big boy underwear now. I think his pull-ups were just not working out for him. I think he thought that it was just a different type of diaper. He had 2 accidents today (just pee), but I expected that. He was upset about it tho. I am just dreading the time he poops in them instead the toilet.

Reflections of Grace (the group I'm in at church) are performing on Sunday. I can't wait. It's going to be so good. I think Lewis is coming. For those of ya that don't know~I have a problem getting him to church. Hopefully now that he is back at a 1st shift job, I will be able to again.

My mom is home from the hospital. The test didn't show anything wrong. They told her that the amount of medicine that she was taking was TOO much for her age. They cut a lot of her medicine out. Hopefully, that will be the problem. If it's not, I don't know what they will try next. I didn't get to talk to my parents today, but a friend of theirs told me this. Mom said she'd call me tomorrow (doubt it hehe).

**Brazil got it's name from the nut, not the other way around
**Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves
**If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom (why couldn't they just say "bobbing up and down" I don't know hehe)
**In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an 'ugly' potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man
**In the Andes, time is often measured by how long it takes to smoke a cigarette

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Just another day

Kinda boring hehe

I worked on something for Chloe. I do plastic canvas and am making something for her. I hope to be done with it soon. If I'd just sit down and do it, I'd be done in an hour or so. Lately, I can't just sit still.

My dad still hasn't called. I guess everything is going ok. Today was the 3 day mark. Mom said that it'd be 3-5 days; Dad said it'd be 3-7. So I guess I'll just have to wait.

Lewis starts SL tomorrow. I already have some chores lined up in my head to do. I'm going to miss the morning time we had tho. I just hope he doesn't come home with an attitude. When he worked there before, he'd come home, get upset with me and Mark and just have a really bad temper. While working at Freightliner, it was so great. He was in a good mood a lot of the time (he said it was just cuz I was asleep when he got home and so by the time I had woke up, he'd be cooled down) The people who usually caused his bad mood are gone now, so I hope that makes a difference.

**A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night
**Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is~~be it red or neon yellow
**Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age
**Chop-suey isn't a native Chinese dish, it was created in California by Chinese immigrants
**Hummingbirds can't walk

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Not much to say

Not much to say today. We had to go over to MawMaw's this morning and clean out her freezers and cabinets. Good Grief she had a lot of food!!! We won't be needing much from the grocery store for a while.

Took Ross to the library today. He wanted me to sit with him this time. I was so happy. He got a little bored about halfway thru. I told him if he wanted to see if he would get a prize (they have a drawing at the end), then we had to wait. I knew he would get disappointed if his name wasn't drawn (he was kinda sad last week) and I know that is normal. You just don't like to see your kid disappointed. BUT his name was drawn! I looked up to the sky and said "Thank you God!" I think He knew Ross needed a little pick me up.

Got home and came down with a TERRIBLE headache. Fell asleep and slept too much. Now I still have a headache and feel bad for sleeping so much. UGGG

Lewis just went off to his last night a Freightliner. He has mixed emotions. I know he's gonna miss that place.

**Count de Grisley was the 1st magician to perform the trick of sawing a woman in half in 1799
**The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flinstone.
**Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better
**Amount that American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating ONE olive from each salad served 1st class~~$40,000
**The average number of days a West German goes without washing his
underwear: 7 (that's just gross!)

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Last one tonight~Promise :)

My bestest friend sent this to me and it's awesome!

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."

I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

My 5 Things

5 Things in my fridge
1~whipcream
2~milk~ always have to have milk!
3~tea~can never be without tea either
4~about 7 different hot sauces~ my hubby's NOT mine
5~De Valle drinks~a spanish drink

5 Things in my closet
1~paint~when I was painting things in the kids rooms
2~Lewis' hunting gear
3~an aerial picture of our house~STILL haven't put it up
4~a suitcase full of Lewis' Hot Wheels cars from when he was a kid
5~3 bowling balls

5 Things in my purse
1~my marriage license
2~about 15 pens~I'm a pen freak
3~2 pictures of me and my hubby
4~a bible card~ it's a card that has the entire bible on it (you have to magnify it)
5~a clipping from the paper that I was in when I was a baby

5 Things in my car
1~a car seat
2~a booster seat
3~a Sociology book
4~dowl rods~from my group at church
5~my camo steering wheel cover

A weird day

It felt so weird today not going to school. I can't wait til Aug. (I never thought I'd be waiting for the day to go back to school hehe) I got to see my bestest friend today tho :) It felt so good to just hang out with someone.

Mark fell asleep pretty good tonight (Thank you God!)

Lewis has 2 more nights (including tonight) at work for Freightliner. Then back to a first shift job. I can't wait. If you saw our bedroom, you'd think we just moved in. SOO many boxes that need to have SOMETHING done with them. I'll just be happy not having to be quiet during the day! Whooooweeee I get my house back to me!! hehe

My mom went into the hospital today. My dad was supposed to call me to let me know what the number was to her room, but I didn't hear anything. I don't even know what hospital she went into. My dad has to stay with her the whole time. After this, both of them are going to be so tired for a while. Please keep them in your prayers. Mom is just so nervous. She tries to play if off, but I can see (technically~hear) thru it when we talk on the phone.

My FIL came over today. He asked if Lewis went back to Salisbury Lumber today. I said no, Thursday. He said "Oh. Margaret (Lewis' aunt) said he went back today. Well, come over and we'll figure out something about keeping Mark" Ohhhh I was kinda perturbed! They knew Lewis was going back. They knew I was going to school. They never offered to keep him. When I mentioned it to Karon (his fiancee) she said 5 times a week was a lot. And Fred (my FIL) doesn't like to keep Mark by himself~he's kinda scared of keeping kids. He's gotten better, but he doesn't jump at the chance. Anyways, I had to tell him I had already dropped.

Why don't people offer camps and activities for 3 year olds? I want to get Mark around kids his age, but they don't offer anything around here. One place offers a couple of things, but the child has to be potty trained. Please~any advise on potty training? He'll go pee, just having problems with going poop.

Anyone watch Treasure Hunters? Those guys from Texas~whooo. They are not the brightest, are they? They drive me nutz and I was so hoping they were going to lose tonight. But~look at this: The Browns were eliminated tonight, YET on the previews for next week~there they are again! hmmmmm

**A rat can last longer without water than a camel
**Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself
**John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. Irony
**Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps
**On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

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Whew! What a weekend!

It rained again! So the boys couldn't go out today. Again~I was being drove insane. And you'd figure they'd be tired tonite when it was time to go to bed. I even sent them to bed early, thinking "Even if they stay awake for a bit, they'll be asleep by their normal bedtime" WRONG! I don't know what time they woulda fell asleep if I did wait til their bedtime!

I got off the phone a bit ago with my mom. She is very nervous about going into the hospital tomorrow. Please pray. Pray also that they can figure out what is wrong and what they can do for her.

Not much else to say. My bestest friend is (hopefully) coming over tomorrow for us to hang out for a bit. We haven't seen each other for a while and I miss her.

**A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
**John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles
**Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks
**The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots
**Starfish don't have brains

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No patience!

I just had none of it today! I don't know why. The boys just drove me INSANE today. And since it was terribly muddy outside, I couldn't let them out to run off energy. Tomorrow I will tho! I figure it will be dry enough.

I very much dislike my mood swings! I snapped at Lewis so many times today, I'm surprised he didn't just lock himself in our room. I was taking things too personally. I don't mean to and then I spoke before I thought. It drives me nutz.

Please pray for our financial situation again. After we worked something out last time with the people that have our mortgage, they told us to not get behind again. We almost had them forclose on our house. We might be a little late if something doesn't come up. Lewis is supposed to get paid for his vacation time from Freightliner, he had scheduled in Nov. I just pray it comes when we need it to, so we won't be late again. If it comes when we figure it to come, we'll be fine. Lewis didn't discuss with me how our finances were(I take care of the checkbook) before he got us some new insurance. It is a good rate, but I wish he would've asked me first. Now he's also going to have to call the Child Support people to let them know we're going to be late with them.

The good news is that with this new insurance, we won't have to have referrals. Which is good because with the problems Lewis has with his neck, he can go the the chiropractor. Also, I can go to any doctor I want, so I don't have to deal with doctors that don't have time for me.

I am thinking about getting a temp. night job. It would help out a lot. Lewis is very against it. Wants to wait until his first SL check to see if I really need to. He doesn't like where I like to work~in gas stations. I know~weird hehe. I just like the different people and personalities you meet working in one. I have worked in 3 different ones (2 different companies, 3 different stores) and loved it a lot! Sometimes you even brighten someone's day just by being the only person smiling at them or saying a kind word. I like that. Had a couple of people who would only come in to say hi. I am a very big people person.

I just hope I can deal with being home so much. We'll see. I have some crafts I am working on and love doing them. I can do Spanish at my own pace (since I didn't like the 5 week classes anyways hehe) I just can't wait til school starts in Aug.

**If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050
**The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle
**There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility
**A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
**A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours

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How'd they do it?

We have had power problems the last two days. It went out last night @ 10 (they said it'd be back on by 1:30 am~ it wasn't until 3am) then this afternoon we had a BIG storm come thru. Our power went out around 4:30 pm. Interesting to keep the boys occupied. It's weird. When we had power, they'd go in their rooms and play and make up games. Today when we didn't, they didn't want to play in their rooms. Oh well. It is 9:54 and we FINALLY got our power back. I hate to admit it, but I am 26 years old and don't like the dark out here. We live 5 miles from the town, have 20 acres of land~~and it's just plain spooky. I prayed a lot last night! hehe. How'd they do it before power? hehe

Well~I have to re-say what I said in my last post. The doctor says Ross has a significant mood disorder. Although all the books and websites she wants us to read are about bipolar. She didn't want to put down bipolar down (but I think she believes thats what it is). I'm going to call next week to find out some more things.

Today was my last day in my Spanish class. My teacher was kinda upset. She didn't want to see me have to drop. But now I can take Mark to the library for their reading program for his age. It's at 10:30 and I was in school, now I can do it with him like I do Ross.

Lewis starts at Salisbury Lumber Thursday (I went ahead and dropped so I wouldn't get an F on my transcript). It's going to feel weird to have full reign of the house during the day! (Since Lewis worked 3rd, I always had to wait til night time to do housework or get on the computer)

Useless facts:
**The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language
**If you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111 you get 12,345,678,987,654,321
**Odontophobia is the fear of teeth
**No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
**The world's largest alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 letters.

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Finally~A diagnose

Well, they have finally told us a diagnose for Ross. He has bipolar. We have always known that it was a possibility, but it hits hard when they finally say~This is what it is. Now we know it's something we will have to deal with his whole life. Please pray! I am guilting myself~which I know it's not my fault, easier said than done.

I went and had my eyebrows waxed for the first time in my life! Yaweee. I told the lady I'd never done it (I've wanted to, but I'm a wimp hehe) and she looked and said (she's Asian) "Oh I see!" Good grief. Never realized how much of a difference it'd make.

Got any hints for potty training? Mark will go potty to pee, but we have yet to get him to go poop. I guess that now that I'll have more time to spend with him, I can work more with it.

Please pray! My spirits are way down. I am good at showing a strong outward appearance, but I crash later. I usually don't even say this, so anyone reading, I'm letting you see a rare side (just a peek). I'm just not happy much. I look it, I don't want you to see me blue. I just need prayer.

Ok time for useless facts:
**Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury
**The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910 (where were their parents?)
**A duck quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
**The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns (Geez~I'd hate to have to pay that bill!!)
**The fingerprints of Koala Bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

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Hope ya have time for this.

Today was good. Lewis went to his meeting and they want him to come back. Now the problem is that I'd have to withdrawal from my class. I don't want to, but I might have to. Thurs. and Fri. I'm gonna be calling around to some places to see if I can get Mark into something. My biggest problem is his age and that he isn't potty trained~or I'd probably be able to get him into the daycare at RCCC (they offer grants for it, but the child has to be potty trained.) So we'll see. I have til the 21st to withdrawal and get just a "W" on my transcript.

The class is small. We have 8 people, but there was only 5 there today.

Took Ross to the library for their summer reading program. I LOVED it when I was a kid. Today, I think Ross got a little bored. They had a story teller. He likes more interactive things. He told me it was boring after it, but when I took him to his dad's house, he told his step-mom that he had fun. So, he had a bit of fun hehe. I think he liked to get the books more than anything. He was so excited that he got a Star Wars book. Not a picture book either. A chapter book. So it will be interesting to as whether he will like it once the book gets started. We'll see.

I'm thinking of dyeing my hair again. I used to dye it all the time, but it got so long, I had to use 2 bottles, then even 2 bottles weren't enough and I quit doing it. Since my hair is short now (10 inches shorter), I'm thinking of doing it again.

***Caution*** Ranting and jumbled thoughts below***
How come when things seem to be going so good...things change? Lewis was doing really great at Salisbury Lumber. He had been there for 16 years, made great money. Then he got hurt, we had a couple of tough months. He went back, had some major personality clashes with some people. So he gets fired. We have a year where he can't find work. Then he goes to Freightliner. He has a little bit of a problem with his sleep schedule (just not used to 3rd shift) but overall, he loved his job. Then they start moving him around the plant. Now he very much dislikes his job. Plus he's worried about them laying off. So now he is going back to SL. We had a good schedule going. He'd come home in the morning and go to bed, I'd get up and take care of Mark all day. He'd get up that afternoon, and he'd take care of Mark while I went to school. I'd come home, put Mark to bed, then Lewis went to work. (sometimes the last 2 items flip-flopped). It was tough, but we were doing good. It got a little bit changed this summer (he'd come home, watch Mark while I went to school, went to bed when I got home, woke up, we spent some time together, he went to work) Now with him going back to SL, everything is going to get mixed up. As you might have been able to figure out, I don't like change. I don't mind change when I AM the one doing the changing, but when it's out of my control, it bothers me (I guess that's the word I'm looking for). I feel lost anyways right now, and now this is coming up. Lewis wants me to tell him how I feel about this situation, but when I do all he says is "We can make it", which I know we can....just a big adjustment to make. We're also not paying for our insurance (health, life, dental, vision) and when he goes to SL, we will have to. Again, he will make good money, but....oh I don't know. As I write this, it looks foolish. Sorry~can't change how I feel. I just want to feel secure in that we WILL be ok. Again, I know that we will, but it's sometimes tough to just depend. I have a BIG problem with depending on someone~even God. I am very independent and I've been struggling lately with letting go. Please pray.

Ok enough ranting for tonight. If you made it thru it~thank you :)

I love useless facts and I found some cool websites for them. I thought I'd end my posts with a few each time. Hope ya like them.

**Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine
**If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
**Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
**Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".
**1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television (I have~have you?)

Hope I put a smile on your face. Please comment! Even if you don't have a blog, you can comment~just click anonymous.

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Finally~The final

Hiya all.

Well, had my final today for my 1st 5 week class. I made an 82.5. I am kinda upset about that. I did end up with a 97.66 for the class, so I'm happy about that. I forgot to study my geography~and I very much dislike geography~and it had 10 questions of that. Oh well. The next 5 week class begins tomorrow. Yippee hehe

Lewis got to go to work today (technically tonight~he just left a bit ago). They still aren't working a whole lot. First shift is off tomorrow. There are soooo many rumors going around that place, that we won't know what's going on until the company tells him.

Tomorrow is the meeting~at Salisbury Lumber. Pray for it please.

Anyone watch Treasure Hunters? It's pretty good. I enjoyed it. I'm ready to see how good America's Got Talent is. Never know nowadays. Three of my favorite TV shows were canceled and they were good. Oh well. You know all the TV stations are just looking at the $$$.

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My ABC's

Saw this on Staci's~figured I'd do it too.

Accent: Southern

Bible Book That I Like: Esther

Chore I Don't Care For: Any! hehe Mostly folding socks

Dog or Cat: Neither, but would like a dog

Essential Electronics: Ummm my computer! My DVR!!!

Favorite Cologne: Whatever I think smells pretty (or get for free)

Gold or Silver: Both

Handbag I Carry Most Often: The one I got half off at Goody's

Insomnia: Heck yeah. All the time!

Job Title: Wife, Mother, Homemaker, Student

Kids: 2 boys, 2 girls

Living Arrangement: In a mobile home on 20 acres of land next to my FIL

Most admirable Trait: Being a good friend and listener

Naughtiest Childhood Behavior: I know I had one~just can't think of any

Overnight Hospital Stays: twice~birth of my boys (Ross~2 nights Mark~1)

Phobia: Spiders, heights, rollercoasters, I'm sure there is more

Quote: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.---Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

Religion: Christian

Siblings: 3 half brothers

Time I Wake Up: Since I'm in school~9am When I'm in night school~whenever hehe

Unusual Talent or Skill: One that drives Lewis nutz is flaring my nose (he can't do it)

Vegetable I Won't Eat: Most of them

Worst Habit: Worrying all the time (which is why I need my second quote)

X-Rays: knees, wrist, foot, teeth

Yummy Stuff I Cook: Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and cheese on top, and Country Pie~it's awesome

Zoo Animal I Like Most: Monkeys or in Spanish~los monos

Hola

I'm running out of titles!! hehe

Well, today was a good day. Karen, my FIL's fiancee, got Mark this morning and took him with her. I got to finally fold and put up laundry. Yeah me!! This evening, we were to have fish with my FIL and Karen (KK is what we call her). Weeellll, my FIL thawed out enough fish for about 15 people! So we had to get some people to our house quick to help us eat it all. KK and I went to my neighbor's to see if they'd like to come. They were getting ready to go to their daughter's for supper. So, KK called her mom and dad and they said they'd be right over. They LOVE Mark. KK takes Mark to go see them all the time. Mark calls them MumMum and Poppy. We had a wonderful supper. They are some great people. Even with 7 people, we still had a lot of fish left. Guess we all know what we'll be eating the next couple of days.

I have my final in the morning. I feel prepared. Hope I am.

Lewis meets with Salisbury Lumber on Tues. Pray that we will get the answer we need. I'm worried about his job at Freightliner. I know God will either close or open this door for us.

Happy Father's Day to all fathers out there.

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Trying...

To figure all this out! hehe I've got to get new pics. Hope you like these!

My girls! (tho this is a couple of years old)

My boys!!

*Most* of my family

I don't have an *All* family picture yet. We have one before Mark (with Ross) and one after Mark~this one (without Ross) I did have Lewis' mom take an *all* family picture at the family reunion, but haven't had the pictures developed yet.

Well.....

Just a long day (again)

Had my practice for ROG (Reflections of Grace). We're getting our 2 songs ready. Hope they ARE ready by July 2! Kinda worried~but it's to the Glory of God. He will make things the way they should go.

Had to rush home to get ready for the funeral. It was a long funeral. We (Lewis and I) were kinda put off by the new pastor (they had the old pastor and the new one that came to that church a year ago). He did a bit of a sermon (which was ok), but he started talking about his father. I'm sorry, but funerals are about the deceased. It kinda upset us a bit.
Went out to the grave site and Mark wanted to pick flowers off the grave sites! We had to really watch him. His cousin (Lyndsey) helped to keep him away.
Went back to the church for a meal. It was good and it was in their gym, so Mark and Lyndsey got to run some energy off.

Went to a movie tonight. Saw Ready to Launch. It was ok. I didn't like them using GD in the movie (about 3 times). I don't see why they have to! It doesn't add anything to the movie! Geesh people!

Lewis is watching the Busch race and I'm in here~checking e-mails, doing some surveys (I'm getting a toaster oven! I've been wanting one for a long time. I saved up enough points to get one finally!), and just looking.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Write ya later.

Just a plum long long

I went to school (sounds familiar huh? hehe). I had a vocab test today. Drumroll........I made a 105 on it YEAH!!! Now all I have to prepare for is the final.

Went to get Mark and me something to wear for the visitation and funeral. I found a great dress. Then came home to get ready for the visitation tonight. Haven't seen Lewis in a suit in a long time!! He was sexy hehe.

The visitation was long! I guess since I didn't really know anybody, it just made it feel that way. We just got home a bit ago.

Mark made me cry tonight. He saw his MawMaw and wanted her to wake up. Went up to the casket and said "Wake up MawMaw!" He said she was tired and was sleeping, but she was only going to sleep for a little bit~not a long time! I cried. He loves his MawMaw.

Well, I'm tired and I don't really have anything else to say~I'm drained

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Going here....Going there

Went to school this morning, found out I had missed the morning registration so I'd have to go back at 5pm. Had a good class. Getting nervous about my last 2 classes (since they are test days!)

Came home. Lewis had fixed lunch. He's an excellent cook hehe. We had hamburgers :). Mark was wired a bit today. Whew lol. I was able to have an hour nap until we had to start getting ready.

Went back to school to register. I have registered for the Spanish class and if Lewis goes back to Salisbury Lumber, we'll deal with it then. I also found out I will be getting the maximum amount this coming up 2 semesters. SoI am VERY happy about that! I'm debating taking 3 or 4 classes. I haven't looked at the schedule of courses since I've decided I have to take night classes. I hope the classes I was thinking about also offer night ones.....knowing my luck~probably not hehe.

Went to Lewis' Aunt Margaret's house. MawMaw's church members were bringing food for a family meal. It was good *YUM* hehe. MawMaw's obit was in the paper today. It was a very good one. You can see it by going here: http://www.legacy.com/salisburypost/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=18116623 (hopefully you can just click on it, if not, copy and paste.)

Mark has a new saying~~"Hey mommy~I pooted!" Ohhh sometimes it's "little boy" cute, but he likes to just up and say it in public and it's embarrassing!! One day he stood in front of Lewis and said "Listen" then he stood there looking around and then pooted and laughed. Ohhhhh what to do, what to do hehe.

Freightliner was out of work this week. The company that they get a certain part from, is on strike, so Freightliner can't do the trucks. Lewis will get paid for 3 berevement days. Hopefully, they will get to go back next week. I think it's SO unfair that other companies are getting "punished" for THAT companies problems. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pray for us! We have just barely got our finances fixed after last year (him getting injured then fired), so if this goes on for long, we are in trouble (unless he does get his job back at Salisbury Lumber). I would love for him to go back to Salisbury Lumber~it's day job hehe. I'd get to see him more. But if he doesn't get re-hired~ pray the strike goes "bye-bye" Thank you. I will let you know about Salisbury Lumber on Tues.'s blog :)

Luv to all. If you haven't called or seen your grandparent(s) lately, do it! Tell them you love them.

Write ya later.

My day

Well, a busy day.

I went to school. Just a few more days of this class. Three to be exact. I wish I could continue this summer. Still wondering if I should go ahead and register and if Lewis does go back, then withdrawal. I just don't want anymore W's on my transcript. I have done so good at getting it clean and nice looking hehe. I'm still thinking about it.

After school, I picked up Ross and went to meet up with Staci. It was GREAT to see her again. I thought about it on the way home and it's been almost 10 years since we saw each other (not counting going to her wedding). It's amazing. Time flies! We were talking about that today. My mom always told me that after HS, time sped up. And the older you got, the faster it flies. I always laughed at her. Now I don't hehe.

Went to church tonight. I am in a group called Reflections of Grace. We do signing, interpretive dance, use sticks (like dowel rods), ribbons, and have done a LITTLE bit of drama. It's a fun group. We are trying to get 2 pieces together for 4th of July. We're running out of time and have a bunch to do.

Now I'm just taking a break from homework. Only a few more assignments. Tonight's and tomorrows. I kinda like homework hehe

Ross goes for another appointment tomorrow with his neuro~whatever. I think it's next week when we find out the results. I hope they can tell us SOMETHING. He had a bit of a bad day after we left from seeing Staci. He was real good when we were out, but we got home~he didn't want to be good I guess hehe. His step-mother also told me he had a late night last night. Lately, it seems, he has a late night the day before I get him.

I'm hopping....upset

I am sooooooo upset! Lewis is wanting to change jobs. He wants to go back to the job he had done for 16 years (he built cabinets). He's been at Freightliner for a year now. Well, it's getting to the point of where Freightliner is getting close to a layoff, so he wants to go back to the cabinet business (since issues have been resolved) WEEELLLL~~if he does, I can't take another class this summer...I won't have a babysitter. BUT does he think of this???........NNNOOOOO. So now I will have to wait til late Aug to go back. (I still have to check to make sure there are no night classes they are offering that I need. I hope there are, but I don't believe there is) I know Lewis loves building cabinets, and I would love for him to go back... but I wish he'd think of me too. I understand that he is low man on the pole at Freighliner (he is the last hire so he is first to go) and that he's worried that if he waits til he gets laid off, that he won't get the amount of $ we need from the other job. STILL... he didn't discuss it with me. He called them (the other job, Salisbury Lumber) last week and didn't tell me. I found out cuz they called yesterday to set up a meeting . He called them today and set up a meeting for Tues morn. I asked if it sounded promising and he said yes. So I guess I don't have to register for a class on Fri. errrrr ugggg and any other stress noise hehe

Ok, enough rambling. I needed that tho.

MawMaw Mowery's visitation is Fri night and funeral on Sat. Keep us in your prayers.

I have to go to Goodwill. I have NO nice clothes to wear. I had nothing to wear to the family reunion Sun (I apologized to Lewis and started crying), so I definantly don't have anything dark colored. I totally dislike shopping for *chunky* clothes.

Well I'm gonna go and finish my homework. I destressed a bit, so I'm a little calmer (for now). Thank you for reading my ranting hehe

Write ya later.

Just another day~with sad news on the side

School was the same. Some people in there irk me. They don't take Spanish for 3 years then come back to it in Intermediate and just drag the class down. Drives me NUTS!

Not much to report on the afternoon.

Lewis is making me upset. Our one weekend with one kid and he's going fishing!! I was so looking forward to this weekend and I'm spending it with myself (well~and Mark). Can't he understand that I want time with him? I tell him this and he's like~well I haven't been fishing in a long time~EXCUSE ME?! You went a month/month and a half ago. When was the last time we had a one kid weekend? About 2 years ago! UGGGG ERRRR

Anyways~pray for the Mowery family. Lewis' grandmother passed away tonight. It is sad that she is not going to be with us, but we are happy that she is not in pain and with the Lord now.

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Good Weekend

I had a good weekend overall. Ross was so great! He was like a new kid! My MIL came over Sat. evening. OHHH she upsets me! We went out to eat last night. Then today we had a family reunion. All the kids were together (been a long time). Then I took Ross home and I went and saw Lewis' grandma. Then came home and finished my homework for tomorrow.

Last night, my MIL asked where we wanted to go eat. We figured it out and then Lewis and I changed clothes. I came out of the bedroom and the boys came up to me and said "Can we go to Chuck E Cheese's?" I said "No." MIL looked at Mark and said "We'll see what daddy says when he comes out" OOOOOOO I was sooo mad. Then I was pretty much ignored the rest of the time she was here. It gets to me!!

Anyways~I was leaving to take Ross home and Mark wanted a hug. Mark got so excited to give Ross a hug that he leaned too far and Mark and Ross went tumbling down our steps~to concrete stepping stones below. I screamed and Lewis came out. They were ok, but it was scary for a minute or two. (second time Mark has had a hard landing~he tumbled down about 15 steps to concrete floor in my MIL garage in Fla. He was fine then too~tough boy!)Ross and I got into the Expedition and I told him how proud I was of him this weekend. and he told me~"I had fun.....until that last part!" I cracked up laughing. He's a cool kid (when he's not in a mood).

Lewis' grandmother is really bad. She is in so much pain. We know she is ready to go home to the Lord. She is confused most of the time, when she's not hurting so bad that all she's doing is moaning, or asleep because of the pain medicine. Lewis had a tough time last night seeing her. Her name is Marian Mowery~please pray that the Lord takes her home soon. We are wanting her out of this terrible pain.

Weeellll~that's all for now

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Good Day :)

I have Ross this weekend. I was kinda worried cuz my MIL being here. He was SO GREAT today. I was so proud of him! And yes I did tell him (many times). I felt bad for him cuz my MIL brought something for Mark, but didn't Ross. I told him since he was so good today, we'd go get him something.

Please be praying for Lewis and all of us. Lewis' grandmother is in BAD shape. She is not expected to live much longer. He went and saw her tonight and she knew who he was at first, but then forgot who he was. He's very close to her. We knew we were living on short time, but it's still gonna be hard.

Also, a friend of mine (and Staci's), Stacey, her grandfather died Wed. Pray for them. They are doing good tho.

Staci~Ashley and Emily are Lewis' and his ex-wife's, Ross is mine with my ex, and Mark is mine and Lewis'.

Well, I'm gone for now. Tired, have homework, have MIL here, and have a headache. I'll write more later.

Write ya later.

What a day!

Hola to everyone :)

Well, it was Ross' last day for kindergarten. My "little" boy is going to be in 1st grade! He brought home A LOT of pictures he drew and I'm gonna send some to my mom so she might be able to put them in her hospital room. Maybe that will cheer her.

I took Ross to his psychologist appointment today. I saw Ross go thru 3 different emotions in about 2 hours. First, the school forgot to give him his medicine today!!! So that didn't help. When I picked him up from school:happy. Got to Mrs. Holly's (the psychologist):still happy. Toward the end of their session:very mad. Leaving:so-so. Then we got into the Expedition~he wanted to sit behind my seat on the floor. I told him he couldn't, that I would get into trouble for him not being in his seat and buckled. He asked me if I would have to go to jail, I said yep. He asked if he'd have to. I said no. Then he started crying. I said what's wrong? He said "I don't want you to go to jail!" I told him if he got into his seat and buckled, that I wouldn't. It's been a long time since he's had such a big range of emotions in such a short amount of time. It's amazing how that medicine helps him.

I have been having headaches again. I haven't worn my contact (yes~I said contact and not contactS~I only need it for my left eye). It has been bothering me. I need to go and get a new pair of glasses for when I can't wear it.

Today has been so long, but at the end of the day I wonder where the day has gone. I haven't really gotten to see Lewis that much the past week. It's been a HI BYE week for us again and I hate it!! One of these days we'll get some time! :)

I'm blah right now so I am running out of things to say (and you say~this isnt enough? hehe), so I will go now

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UGG

I'm a day behind on my homework (and yet I'm on here hehe) Don't worry~I'll get caught back up. :)

Ross did good at school. At my house~another story!! Well, I do what I can. He did go to sleep fast tonite tho :)

Fall semester I am going to have to take night classes! Morning classes are killing me. I can only study at night and so I'm up late, then i have to get up early to go to school UGGG. It doesn't help that I have NEVER been a morning person! I am such a night owl. So I have to go back to night classes.

I am reading a series of books by Joanne Fluke. They are good. Plus, they have recipes throughout the book. A book I read not long ago was: "E-mail to the Front: One Wife's Correspndence with Her Husband Oversees." it was pretty good. I got it at the Dollar Store.

OHHHH and my mother-in-law is coming in on Fri. Yippee (notice the major sarcasm) She will stay with us Fri. night and Sat. night. During the day she will be at her mother's house (as far as we know)

I need to lose weight! I have gained 20 lbs in the last three or so months. I don't understand it tho. I haven't changed my eating habits any. My doctor said my bloodwork looked fine tho (I had asked her to check my thyroid and my iron). Then she told me I might be depressed (I have been diagnosed 3 other times for depression by my OB/GYN (that I trust totally)), but she didn't have time for me at that appointment~to come back in 2 weeks and MAYBE she can do something for me. Well, needless to say~I'm looking for a new doctor. She is in the same doctor's office as Ross' doctor~it took 6 months and Ross getting kicked out of daycare before he would finally help us with him. I'm not going back to that doctor's office with any of my kids (or me). I need to call my OB/GYN and ask who he'd recommend.

Next weekend~not this coming up weekend~my hubby and I will have a 1 kid weekend. I don't know what we will do! hehe Our weekends are always full of kids. One weekend we have:Ross and Mark; the next weekend we have: Ashley, Emily, Mark. This next weekend we will only have Mark. Whooo It's the girls weekend, but they are going back to Fla. with my MIL for 2 weeks.

Ok~sorry for my bouncing around with the topics, but that's how I write :) I write whatever comes in my mind. Good Luck hehe

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A Long!!! day

Today I had another vocab test for Spanish. I definantly don't like 5 week classes. Too much vocab to learn in such a short amount of time. Tho I did do well. I made 105 (she gives us 5 extra points if we take it the day we are scheduled to take the test (too many people try to get a few extra days to study)). The class ends on the 19th and on the 20th the next class is supposed to start~if they get enough people to want it.

Ok~enough school talk hehe. Mark was WILD today. I don't know what got into him. He acted as tho he was hopped up on something!! hehe He did get calmed down enough to talk to my mom. It was her b-day today (67)

Staci~my parents moved back to Ga in 1999. I moved in with Christina at the end of 1998 (before her mom died, she asked me to move in with Christina after she died (so I did)). My parents didn't have any reason to be here anymore and at the time, they were making a trip to Ga once (sometimes twice) a year to see my mom's doctor down there. It took a huge toll on them~going that far about killed them every time.

Please pray for my mom. As I said she's now 67. I think she's starting to REALLY think about her mortality. She has to go to a hospital at the end of this month for an extended EEG. She has to be there 3-5 days. I think she's scared. They think it might be epileptic seizures. I had to calm her down and make her realize there were many different types of epileptic seizures (Ross has them). I wish I could go down and be with them (also I could help my dad out~he's afraid to go anywhere without her going, don't know if she'll fall down (she's done that a lot lately) and anything else that might injure her)

Also Staci~don't forget band!! Whenever it's cold, my mind flashes back to those *wonderful* finger exercises we had to do before performing and OH! how they hurt!! hehe My fingers ache when I think about them hehe.

Crystal~Thank you for welcoming me.

Ok~I will write another book later hehe Write ya later!

Bear with me!!

Hello. Please bear with me as this is my first time blogging!

I am married to a great guy~Lewis~for 3 years. I have 2 boys~Mark,3 and Ross,5 and 2 daughters~Ashley,12 and Emily,10 (technically step, but I hate that label now). I am a SAHM and also going back to school. Hoping to major (a least minor) in Spanish.

I had a good day with Ross today. I took him out~just me and him. He did good at school today so we went to the library and then the park. I was proud of how good he was. Ross has been diagnosed with:ADHD, seizures (focal), and a mood disorder~tho they don't know what type yet. It has been suggested: bipolar~which is REAL hard to diagnose on young children due to a lot of the symptoms are just what kids do at this age~ and Asperger's Syndrome~a type of autism. He goes tomorrow to start a bunch of test with a neuropsychologist or one of the psy- doctors (hehe) Ross has a bunch of doctors~sometimes hard to keep up with them all:neurologist, psychologist, and a psychiatrist. Hopefully we can get some more answers on how to deal with him.

It's tough around here. Even tho my husband is great person, it's more like I am a single parent. It's getting to me. I am amazed at how REAL single parents do it. If I didn't have the tiny amount of help from my father's-in-law fiancee, I wouldn't be able to get a break now and then. My parents live in Ga. so I have NO family here. God Bless all the single parents!

Well~not much else happened today, so I will close. Write ya later