Better

• The first days of school were great.
• The kids are all excited.
• The little one was really excited but when I asked him if he was going back he said "NO!" :(
• He meant it. The next day he woke up saying he wasnt going to school.
• I have never had one that did that and I have 5 kids. :(
• I kept telling him he was and he kept telling me he wasnt. He wasnt getting dress, he wasnt getting in the car, he wasnt getting out. A strong "Yes you are." fixed all those.
• When we got to his hallway he stopped. He was like dead weight. Would not move at all. When we finally were in the class and I needed to leave he cried. Not alot just enough to make me cry like a little baby when I got to the car.
• Yesterday was harder than the first day of school.
• Today he was just fine. Didnt mind being left at all and he was sitting outside the classroom with all the other kids when I left.
• The big boys got to get out at the curb today.
• I was stopped and said if you can get out in the next 2 seconds you can.
• They were gone. Didnt even say bye or have a good day.
• I still cant believe how big my kids are getting.
• Why do they make us fill out all that paper work at the end of the school year if they are just going to make up fill it out again at the beginning of the school year? Isnt that a waste of time and money?
• Thats all the school stuff for now :)

School...

• So I have cried alot today.
• Today was the first day of Kindergartner.
• The first day of middle school.
• The first day of the last year of middle school. Meaning this is the last year before high school. :(
• I was worried about the big ones going to middle school. Finding all their classes, getting their books, and lockers, and lunch. Just plain old worried.
• It got better. One of them needed to tell me they forgot their schedule at home. I told him to get another one from the office this morning. He didnt want me to go in :(
• The first grader didnt even tell me good bye this morning. When we got to his classroom he just kept on walking to the end of the line. I had to call him back to get a hug.
• The kindergartner was all excited until it was time to go to his class and then he didnt want to go to school any more.
• As if I wasnt having a hard enough time dealing with him starting school he didnt want to go any more. He even wiped a tear away when I told him it was time for me to leave.
• This feeling has just gotten worse all day long. I am ready for my babies to come home and tell me about their day.
• Sigh.
• If I find the cord for my camera I will post their pick. It was a good one. They were all smiling and actually looked like they loved (well at least liked) each other.

Stuff...

• Going swimming with some family today :)
• I have ever said I love my family? I do. They are the greatest :)
• I have some school supplies but not everything. I need to get busy school starts in 2 weeks.
• One of the boys is in trouble. Last week he twisted words around so he could have his way and got people ...for lack of a better word.....pissy.
• My kids want braces. We are still waiting on some teeth to grown in.
• The other one wants to whiten his teeth. I told him if he brushed for 2 weeks without me having to tell him he could. That was yesterday and we started over this morning.
• Last week I drove half way to Houston twice to pick up kids. ( we switched the boys, she can only handle a few at a time).
• It was a long drive and yesterday I had to change a tire :/ It wasnt flat but I ran over something (really small that he car in front of me ran over) and it took a chunk of rubber out of the tire.
• Some ladies stopped to see if I was ok. They didnt offer to help though because they didnt know how to change a tire. Just wanted to know if I needed a ride or to use the phone. Nice ladies though :)
• I had to change a tire by myself before my parents would let me drive by myself. Its a good thing to know how to do. I am surprised to know how many people dont know how to do it, women and men.
• My kids are driving me nuts.
• Why do they always have to say "what about.....?" Only one does it every single time he gets in trouble. It makes me want to scream. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Ok I feel a little better (because I actually just did that).
• I am going to substitute this year. It will be a first for me.
• I hope I enjoy it because its a great way that I can work but still do all the things I want to do with my kids.
• It also allows me to go back to school when I get ready to. I have decided that I want to get my little one into second grade before I do though.
• Its feels kinda crazy for me to have plans for 2 years in advance. I am not a planner. The only thing I plan are vacations (sometimes). Everything else just kinda get placed in the schedule where it fits.
• We have 2 birthdays this week. I am going to have my first teenager. Ya ya just pass the box of tissues cause I have been crying all week about it.
• Next week football starts. Practices are going to be 2 nights a week. Thank goodness thats all the league allows. I dont know how much more I could fit in. :)
• I love football :) I find that one of the boys does better in school during football too. I dont know if its because he has a better attitude in general or if he does it so he can play either way I like it.
• I really need to start writing all this stuff down because I forgot half the stuff I was going to say :(

life...

• I havent posted in a while. I have been busy....or lazy. You pick.
• We went to a birthday party on Saturday. It was at Paintball Paradise.
• They boys always have a blast when we go there. It helps that I really like the people that own it and work there. They are always always nice and helpful.
• The only bad part is the bruises that come with paintball.
• My little ones have big nasty bruises. One has on right in the middle of his umm upper body (not really the stomach but not really the chest either). Its a nasty one. The boy that shot him was called out for shooting to close.
• The hubby plays too when they play paintball. Because of him we played for an extra 2 hours. Sigh. I was ready to go home. Good times.
• Because we played to long I missed my class reunion. :( I wasnt to bother at first but now I am. I was excited to see all the people I havent seen in years.
• That makes both of them that I have missed now. The one I went to school my whole life (but one year) and the one I graduated from.
• Cleaned out the little boys room today. It took a few hours with help from the big boys. I kicked the little ones out every time they came in. They want to keep everything.
• They are not allowed to run around with paper made toys any more. I found a ton of them. Lots of clothes too. No wonder they never have pj's and shirts.
• The kids are almost done with their summer projects now. I am making them work on them for several hours a day until they are completely done. The oldest one is not liking it at all.
• It could be because I am picky picky about them and think they need to be neat and look good.
• My little ones have discovered spending the night with friends and family. The older ones (11 and 13) are just now starting to ask to go places with their friends. I always said that was weird because I stayed with friends when I was the little ones ages (5 and 6).
• I had some more but my mind is wondering soo....

Stuff...

• I had chicken fried steak at 9 o'clock this morning.
• It was left overs from last night and it was good :)
• I was kid less last night. I enjoyed the quiet.
• I will have 2 extras this weekend. I am excited about it though.
• Taking the little one to a pool party this weekend. He is excited to see his friend. He hasnt seen any of his friends since school has been out.
• We have been busy.
• We went with Sprint for the boys phones. It was like $10 more but it came with more air time and we will be able to add our phones without upping the plan when the our (my hubby and mine) current plan runs out.
• Turns out the reception for Sprint sucks. They can text but cant talk on them. I thought maybe it was just here but the boys are elsewhere and still can not talk. This is ok for them cause they just text anyway but not for me cause I am a talker.
• The phones are going to have to go back. They are going to have to get a new number again.
• We had Orkin come out and spray our house for bugs. We signed up for a contract with them for a year. Its what the recommend (of course). We only pay when they come out so I figure why the hell not cause if we dont need them I can just cancel the appointment. The lady never called to set up the monthly visit so i dont even have to cancel. :)
• I am tired of laundry. I hate laundry. Well I dont mind the sorting and moving it around part just the folding and putting it up part.
• The Skeleton Key was on this morning. I hate scary movies. I knew better than to watch it. It gives me the hebbie jebbies. Yep. I am a chicken.
• I need a nap.

Life is hard...

• My grandmother passed away Saturday. It was a complete shock. She was at work on Friday. She just had the gastric bypass surgery a few months ago. Just bought a new car and was working hard to improve herself.
• I have for as long as I can remember thought of my grandmother as being in her late 50's early 60's. Over the years her age never seemed to increase in my mind. She aged well. When she passed away she was just 3 months short of 73.
• At the funeral home the director told my mother and aunt and uncle that most people are the widest at the elbows but that wasnt the case for my grandmother. She is widest at her hips but she would still fit into a standard coffin, she would just be a little snug in the hips. My cousin told me this and she and I rolled laughing. In my family we lovingly call this the "Spiker Ass" and we all have it.
• I already regret not spending more time with her. I have that same regret with my grandfather on the other side. I am too young to have regrets in my life. I am going to work to make sure I dont have any more.
• A few weeks ago my step sisters husband attacked her. She tried to get away from him but when he broke through the door (the second one) and she had no where else to go she shot and killed him.
• CPS took her children and she went to jail. Things are a bit better now. Her children are with her husbands parents and she is out of jail on bond. She is also staying with her in laws.
• She and her children are doing ok. Evidently that was not the first time that he attacked her but the first that I had heard about it.
• I am still not sure of all the details. At the end of the month I should know more. I am stressed, worried, frustrated, confused, and sad all at the same time.
• My kids are bickering and fighting almost all the time (it had gotten better the past week or so).
• My children just got new cell phones. They had the go phones, now they are on a plan. I am not happy about it but its a battle I fought and lost.
• My littlest one starts school this year and I already started crying about it.
• School supplies list are ridiculous. I have 5 boys and not only am I buy their supplies. I have to buy the teachers supplies too. Dry erase markers and erasers, tape for tape dispensers, full package of red, black and blue pens(my 7th grader wasnt allowed to use pens). Really? Why isnt the school supplying that stuff?
• My hubby continues to hound me about going back to Disney for Christmas. It was next Christmas now its this one. Disney is expensive. Our family is not small and we cant stay in the smaller hotels unless we get 2 rooms and doing that cost the same as the bigger nicer hotels. I want to go back but not till the little ones are big enough to do everything and want to ride the bigger rides.
• I think it is the stress but my back and sides are killing me.
• On the bright side of things. I have lost 8.5 lbs in the last week.
• Sigh.. It has to get better.

Happy Independence Day...

well its still the 4th for me cause I am still up :)

I have a drink for you to try. Its really great:)

Texas Tea/Mexican Punch (two names because my hubby and I disagree about what the name of it was)

1 can frozen Limeade mix
3/4 can Tequila
3/4 of a Mexican beer...we used the green Dos Equis
2 limes - squeeze one, add some slices of the other
ice

This stuff is super good and easy to make.

Life...

• I am ready for the weekend!
• Took the boys swimming today. I am pasty white so I thought I would get a little sun.
• I am burnt. :( It hurts.
• I dont know what the deal is with my kids but at 8:30 every night they think they need to be loud. I am not talking I have five kids loud. I mean hurt my ears loud. Its got to the point where I have to make the go to bed to keep them quiet.
• I hat that cause its summer and the oldest one hates even more cause he is going to bed way earlier than he did during the school year.
• This week has been a long week. A week of worry and waiting. Today I got somewhat of a relief but I would have preferred a phone call myself.
• My step sister is doing ok and is handling things well (as well as can be expected) and she is with her kids tonight so that makes me smile inside.
• I have made about 10 post about what is going on but non of them seem right and the one that did just felt like I was sharing more than I should.
• On a brighter note its almost the weekend. :)
• I am up right now because when my hubby went to bed he asked our 6 year old if he wanted to go with him. I cant sleep with both of them. We have a king size bed and I only get about a foot and half as it is with him added I dont even get that.
• I took a picture but got yelled out when I did so I dont think I will be posting it.

Life...

• Something extremely tragic has happened in my family. I know better but I keep reading the news about it and the comments people have.


• The worry and waiting is killing me. I want to know what is going on and what is going to happen. I have been promised a call as soon as they figure anything out or know anything. I know the call will come but.....sigh.


• I have thought of a few thing to add about our trip but I keep forgetting to post them and/or write them down.


• My hubby at one point during the ride home looks in the mirror and says "Damn. I am good looking." I dont know why this cracks me or or that I am even surprised he does stuff like that. He is very full of himself.


• My kids keep picking at each other. It is driving me crazy.


• The oldest is well...I guess driving me crazy would work here too. Every time I even mention their summer projects its an argument. Either its not fair he has to work on it or its not fair someone else doesnt have to do what he does. It got him sent to his room today. All because I wanted his paper so I would know which book to order for him. GRRRRRRRR......


• I think I have an ear infection. One whole side of my head is killing me and has been for a few days. I am avoiding going to the doctor. I might break down and go though.


• Have I mentioned that I am stressed. Its summer its supposed to be all happy and swimming and hanging out.

Home again, home again gig-a-ti-gig.

• We made it home :)
• The trip there was better than I thought it would be. The kids were great.
• We took two days to get there. We stopped in Destin to play at the beach. It was still clean and oil free while we were there but on the way home we heard that it was getting close.
• We had a blast at the parks.
• Day one was at Animal Kingdom. We walked all over that park. Back and forth. Back and forth. We were trying to make sure we got to do all the things that everyone really wanted to do.
• We took a break everyday about 2 o'clock. We went back to the room and had a nap. Well sorta. My kids didnt really sleep so as much of a nap as I could have.
• Day 2 was at the water park. Blizzard Beach. We split up for this one because well big kids dont really like little slides and the little kids cant ride the big ones...not that I would have let them anyway.
• Day 3 was at Magic Kingdom. I think this was my favorite park. Most of the lines here are shaded and half maybe more of them the lines go through building with ac.
• Kolby had a fit on one ride that wasnt really a ride. They had to let him out in the middle. The hubby wasnt happy at all.
• The rest of the rides were uneventful.
• All the parks had a fast pass. Everyone can use it. You slide your ticket and it gives you a time to be back and you get to go to the front of the line. You only get to use it every 2 hours or after your time has arrived for the previous one. So it works out pretty well.
• My legs and feet hurt. Bad.
• It was hot but too bad.
• We took lots of pictures and video. Pictures will but up on fb soon...I hope. The hubby already put them up on his but me I am feeling kinda lazy so it may be a day or two :)
• The fire work show at Magic Kingdom was great. I was surprised.
• That place has changed since the last time I went, but that has been almost 20 years now soooo I guess I should have expected it. I dont know why but when I am not around things when they are changing I expect them to be the same as last time. That typically goes for children as well. I guess in my head time stands still when I am not around. Go figure.
• The drive there and back were beautiful. Well the parts I didnt sleep though.
• I have lots more in my head but I am going to have to write them down when they pop up cause I cant remember them right now. :)

Edit:

• We didnt buy any food while we were there which was a big plus. We had a quick service meal plan added to our tickets. One of the best things we did. I was worried the food wasnt going to be enough or that it wasnt going to be good. I was wrong. It was plenty of food and it was all good. We even had some left on the card that we didnt use.

Busy!

• I have been super busy lately.
• We are headed to Disney World :) I am so excited and cant wait.
• We are driving. We are taking 2 days to get there. I am hoping that it goes well.
• My Uncle and his family are going as well.
• So we are driving to his wife's house first and then starting our journey the next morning.
• Yes they are married and are still together they just have 2 houses about 4 hours apart. Its complicated but works for them so....
• I am still have laundry to do before I am completely ready. I hate laundry and I am out of soap so its going to be an early day tomorrow.
• The trip is all I can think about right now even though lots of stuff has happened in the last week or so :) Oh well I guess that stuff will wait and I will forget before I get back so the next post will be all about my trip too :)

I love family time....

• Had a great weekend :)
• Everything seemed to work out. My scheduling conflict was resolved by doing pictures earlier in the morning (thank goodness because it was sooo hot) and then heading off to the SIL's after.
• Family pictures were at my Mom's house. We all wore white shirts and blue jeans.
• I am amazed at how well it went. We started at 8 am, which means we had to leave the house by 7. Yea that was fun.
• We manage to keep the boys white shirts clean and everything :)
• It was humid as all get out though. I dont think I have ever sweat that much before 10 am.
• The Sil's was fun as usual. We hung out when swimming and played cards. I love her little ones they are so darn cute :)
• We forgot the kids birthday presents that she gave them though. They werent too happy about it but we didnt have time to go back for them.
• The kids started swim lessons this yesterday.
• The aunt that gives them sold her house and doesnt have a pool this year so she is renting one from a friend of hers.
• It seems like its farther out in the country because this place has lots of land surrounding it but its not really. I love the pool here. It is beautiful.
• Did I say I won a Tom Tom last week? I did and we played with it this weekend. That thing is awesome. I have figured out if I can make it take certain roads or not yet, but it changes if I take them anyway.
• We are making the last of the plans for our vacation. Getting the neighbors to take care of our dogs, and figuring out where we are going to stop on the way.
• I am getting really excited about it.
• The kids wanted to know why we were not flying. Gee it only cost an arm and a leg for 7 people to fly.
• We mapped it out and since we are taking 2 days to get there we should only be in the car for 8-10 hours. That leaves plenty of time to stop and stretch and move around.
• Thats all this early in the morning. I need to get back to bed :)

WTH????

• Where did the rain come from?
• My yard looks like it snowed.
• My neighbor has a Cotton Wood Tree. I want to cut it down.
• We have one but it doesnt produce.
• I think my other neighbor is joining in on netflix. She came to talk to me about it after her daughter was here and amazed we had it on our tv.
• The local movie store is closing.
• I really do like Netflix.
• My husband has been wanting a movie but I forgot to send the other one back and now I cant find it.
• SHH...I havent told him. I reporting to Netflix when I am done. I wonder how much they are going to charge me for it?
• Today was the last day of School!!!!!!!!!!!!
• The kids are already driving me nuts.
• They keep bickering and one keeps whining. I sent him to bed for a nap. That didnt go over so well.
• We are having diner way early tonight. Well for us anyway. Its a quick one...fish sticks and french fries. Good diner, huh?
• Sometimes easy just has to do.
• The boys have a soccer game tonight.
• They told me last night.
• I dont expect to be home before 9.
• The rain came quickly and left just the same.
• Damn. My yard needed some rain.
• I love the rain. The sound(even better with a little thunder) the smell and the green that follows.
• 2 weeks until we are headed off to Disney World :)
• We are having family pictures taken at my Mom's house on Saturday morning before we head off to Houston.
• That was the solution to me over booking my weekend. I am ok with it. My hubby not so much. It took some talking him into it before he would agree to leaving on Saturday.
• You wouldnt believe the Transportation Parade. There were all kinds of stuff. It was beautiful.
• Kolby's truck didnt quite make it though. They were in and out and the trip to the school didnt help it I am sure.
• It worked great at home but not so much there.
• The back end was carried by a friends son. He is a good kid and always helpful.
• Did I say my kids were driving me nuts already? They keep picking and picking and picking.
• If I freak out and yell my head off they might straighten up. I am hoping its just excitement that school is over. Well see soon.
• I have a lot to do tomorrow. Including get my tire fixed, well really buy a new one since they told me it cant be fixed. I keep putting it off though. Sigh.
• That is all for now. I have a soccer game to get ready for :)

Finally.....

Its done! It took longer that I expected and I am sure will only last a day or two but it was fun and Kolby and I had a good time :)

Crap. Crap. Crap....

• I over booked this weekend.
• We are supposed to have family pictures on Saturday afternoon.
• We are also supposed to go to Houston this weekend.
• Cant do both. My hubby is not going to be happy with me.
• I order some contacts for my son but they still havent arrived. It is getting annoying.
• Tomorrow is the last day of school.
• The awards over lap. I cant go to everything and they boys are not happy about it.
• I finally finished the 18 wheeler box. Well all except the decorating it. It is painted we just have to draw on it.
• I am excited about this summer and all the things we are doing.
• I am also frustrated with some people who dont know how to mind their own business.
• I have company now so I will have to do this later.

Weekend...

• Sometimes people I love really piss me off. Sometimes people that piss me off are only tolerated.
• I had a pretty good weekend.
• I didnt get the kids 18 wheeler finish like I had wanted but it will be done before tomorrow night.
• Everyone keeps telling me there is no way it is going to making through the Parade.
• Its going to have a test run just to make sure.
• I went to the OHV park this weekend. I had never been there before. We were in jeeps. It was a good time but man it scared the crap out of me sometimes. I had to close my eyes.
• If you dont know what an OHV park is, it the Off Highway Vehicle park.
• It was time spent with family so of course it was a good time :)
• Then the kids went to the MIL's house. They had asked to stay the night on Friday she said they could on Saturday instead.
• The hubby told me he wanted to go out. I was excited at date with the hubby :)
• Not so much :( We did go have dinner and then went bowling with friends. I really really wanted a date.
• It wasnt bad though because I ended up having a really great time. I got to meet the hubby's cousin's new girl friend. I like her but worry that he will be attached to a relationship that isnt going anywhere, and doesnt have the potential to go anywhere. She is planning to move out of state when she sells her house.
• There are other things about her that cause me worry for him to get attached but hey she is making him happy so that is what counts. Right?
• I have been doing laundry for what seems like weeks now. I am almost done but I know as soon as the boys clean their rooms it will be like I never even started it. Sigh. I hate laundry.
• My oldest son is giving me dirty looks because I am making him work on his school project. Its due Tuesday and its only about half done...if that. He has had it for several weeks.

Nap?

I so did not get a nap.....

Its been a while...

• My baby is 5 today. I am happy and sad about this.I have cried alot about him getting so big.


• This week was rough with his birthday and registering him for Kindergarten.


• Field/Play day was today. The note said they may get a little wet. They were sliding down a slide into a pool of water. A little ? Really? Come on. I felt bad for all the kids that had to stay at school the rest of the day.


• My little man said he wanted to stay so he could eat lunch and watch the movie with his class, half way through he changed his mind :)


• I have been making an 18 wheeler for the Transportation Parade. Well sorta. I have come up with the idea of how to make it and we have the boxes and all the stuff I need (well except the paint).


• A little girl is going to be riding with my son. Her mom said she wasnt making one. I am taking the box 18 wheeler up on Monday so she can help decorate one side of it.


• I still cant believe someone would tell their child they are not going to do a school project. She told her she would have a headache. Sigh. We have known about it 3 weeks before it needed to be complete. It just makes me mad every time I think about it.


• Some Friends asked if I would be going to my High School Reunion. I am not. We will be coming home from Disney. I cant say that I am too upset about it either. :)


• We have made arrangements for us all to get together. That I am super excited about.


• I cant believe I have been out of school for 10 year already. It seems like it was just yesterday and yet so long ago.


• I have a hang over. I never get hang overs. Mostly because I dont usually drink enough to get one but even when I do drink to much I dont get hang overs. Grr.


• Yes I know it was the middle of the week and I should have had so much but damn it I was having a hard week and decided to have a beer after diner and chill out a bit and well it tasted sooooo good, so I had one or two more :)


• Ok its nap time for me. I hope anyway.

Rain, Rain, and more Rain!

• I love the rain!
• Practice and Games have been canceled. I am not sure how I really feel about it. I have been feeling lazy so didnt really want to get up and get moving but I really like watching them play.
• Got the boxes to make the 18 wheeler. Going to get started this weekend. I have to figure out how to make it where it can come apart and be put back together easily.
• I have to help my oldest put together his classes for next year.
• Most of the electives for 8th graders are FHA related. I dont really like that.
• I had to call the school to figure out what some of the classes were. Pre Ag (which is wood shop), Ag Communications, Personal Skills, Wildlife Management, Livestock Production. There is also Band, Spanish, Video Tech, Yearbook, and Office Aide. Those last 3 the kids had to turn in an application for.
• I think that he will end up starting high school with 3 or 4 credits.
• That being said I am worried about how much homework the Pre Ap classes along with those going to give him credits will be. He hasnt been one for doing homework this year.
• I have to get my youngest one registered for Kindergarten. :( I have been shedding tears just at the thought.
• Instead of a birthday party for my little ones they have decided they want to go see Iron Man 2.
• My MIL is not happy about it. I told her to talk to the hubby about it but on her own time and not when he is home because I dont want to hear them argue about it.
• We are having family pictures taken at my Mom's house soon.
• I really like netflix.
• I keep forgetting to return the movies though. I watch alot of them on the computer.
• My hubby keeps watching scary movies. I hate scary movies. I had to put my foot down about a few of them because he watches them with the kids. They dont seem to bother them but it does me.
• Thats all for now because I forgot everything else :)

Hmmmm...

• I absolutely hate it hate it hate it when my children tell me things last minute that they have know about for days sometimes even weeks.
• This is happening alot lately. I dont know if it because they are getting lazy and not remembering or if its the end of the year and more stuff is going on.
• I made a rule about that kind of stuff at the beginning of the year that I have now brought back full force. If I dont know about it the night before its not going to happen. It will have to wait till the next day. This includes lunch money, meetings, and extra things for school (like chips and dip and drinks for parties).
• My son had a math problem that I wasnt sure about last night. That has never happen before.
• I noticed how dark it is outside. I hope we get some of the rain to go with it this time. It has split and just missed us for the past two days.
• Allergies have been recking havoc around here.
• We have a new post master that keeps sending all of mine and my sons mail back. It really pisses me off because we have been getting mail at the same po box for 7 years up until about 2 months ago. I am still getting all the stuff that has to be paid for but not the bills and birthday cards.
• My Grandma mail birthday cards on April 15th and we just got it yesterday. Almost a whole month later.
• My hubby was off early yesterday. He cut tree limbs for me until he broke the chain on the saw.It looks better sorta. He is not so graceful in doing stuff so some of the limbs he cut are really ugly.
• I will be fixing them of the next few days.
• Our neighbors were looking over the fence to see what we were doing as the trees that have grown along the fence line disappeared. A year ago there werent any trees there and now there are a bunch. They are all going. I kinda feel bad because they shade part of their year but I cant stand them (the trees not the neighbors).
• I have an acquaintance is that I have discovered is extremely racist. I have know her for a few years and it is only very recently I have heard any kind of racist remarks. I am not sure what to do. It disturbs me to no end because our children are good friends and play sports together. Her kids are very well behaved and nice kids. :-/
• On that note...I feel that people in general are good. I trust almost everyone until they give me reason not to. I feel very naive.
• We have to make a form of transportation for the Kindergarten Transportation Parade. This is what we do instead of graduation. Basically you start with a box (or something light weight) and make some form of transportation and paint and decorate it. This is supposed to be done as a project with(not for) your child. On the last day of school each child with walk with their transportation in a parade.
• It is very cute and has become very creative. There are army tanks, planes, jeeps, boats, motorcycles, and all kinds of things. My son wants to make a 18 wheeler. I am thinking that he can carry the front and we will put moving wheels on the trailer part so he can just drag it.
• On child has already come to school and said her mom said she wasnt making one because "She is going to have a head ache and her Grandmother wont help." This ercks me. She still has 2 1/2 weeks to do it and she is going to have a head ache the whole time? Sigh. She can ride (walk) with my kiddo. We might just make an extra one for her. :)
• My sons teacher has been really great this year. I would like to get her something to show our appreciation. Anyone have any ideas for a good gift for a great teacher?

Happy Mothers Day!

• Happy Mothers Day to all!
• This weekend has been great.
• I went to a birthday party for a cousin. It was fun.
• Everyone stayed around and had a big people party after.
• I love being with my family.
• They make me happy and I always feel at peace around them :)
• They are good for my heart and soul.
• My Mom and Will sent me some flowers for Mothers Day.
• They are beautiful and smell wonderful. The whole house smells of fresh flowers :)
• My mouse is messed up so I stole the one on the boys computer. I have had it about a week but they really really really want it back :( No more computer for me until I get to the store for another one.
• Happy Mothers Day. I hope you all have a wonder day!

Life....(cant belive I didnt have a title up here)

• We have ordered some ear plugs for my son. (the one that got tubes put in his ears) With baths and swimming over the summer and vacation coming soon I think they will be worth the money. He isnt old enough to do the disposable ones on his own and I am not sure he would notice if they came out anyway.
• One of my 5th graders got Taks results back (for the ones they took in March) but the other one didnt. I wonder if he did and just didnt bring them home.
• How does the school not see a problem with a kid missing one period in the middle of the day? I mean they know if they are signed out and have left. So the attendance has to be wrong, right? I mean my kids are too young to be skipping school.
• I am so glad they didnt have the grades and attendance on the computer when I was in school. I love it as a parent but as a student I am sure I would have hated it.
• The hubby wants to start looking for cars for the oldest one. He will be 13 this year. Option is get one they can work on together or get one that we would drive for a few years first.
• I dont really like either option.
• My hubby never finish any projects around here. Either I have to finish them or they will sit undone.
• Something that I would want my son to drive wouldnt have enough room for the family. I mean the hubby could drive it but I cant see him going from his (big ol') truck during the week to a small car on the weekends.
• I have been up way to long this morning. My little one woke me up just before 3 and with the snoring bear in the bed next to me I couldnt get back to sleep.
• Its Cinco de Mayo! My son said they are learning about Mexico today.
• I went to a band concert last night. The sixth grade band was good. Better than the second band, which made me want some ear plugs of my own...no it wasnt that bad. They did still need a little work on it though. The last band was good. They played a superhero song and had people dress up as the super heroes. It was cute.
• I have been doing laundry like a mad woman. I hate laundry. I think the kids are going to start doing their own. They already know how....
• I wrote this at six in the morning but forgot to post it...silly me. I guess thats what lack of sleep does to you :)

Stuff...

• This weekend was good.
• We had a great day at the zoo on Friday. It was my sons birthday. My mom met us at the zoo so my littlest one could go with us.
• We also met my cousin and her daughter on their field trip. I was nice that they were both the same day.
• We had cupcakes and all the kids , well most of them, scraped the icing off them. Whats wrong with those kids. The adults didnt get one cause there were more than expected with us.
• I never thought keeping up with kids at the zoo would be so much work. I think if it were just ours it wouldnt have been a problem because we could have just threatened to beat them if they didnt mind.
• I had one of the sweetest boys go with me and took lots of pictures of all of them together.
• No soccer this weekend :) I dont know why but it seems like a beating this year.
• I am stressed is an understatement. I am always sleepy, no mater how much sleep I get.
• We kinda just hung out all weekend. Watched the kids ride their bikes in the road. One of them is almost ready for training wheels to come off. :) He is getting so big.
• The grass in the front is looking good. I just hope I continue to remember to water it. I have also been picking stickers out of the yard. I am hoping to get them all before they get a good start. I hate stickers. I like to walk around with out shoes on and I cant even do that in the house cause the kids track so many in.
• Kids say the funniest stuff. Its so random.
• The older ones are picking some stuff up at school that I dont like at all.
• I know its because they are getting older but I still dont like it....Speaking of getting older. Our neighbor has a crush on one of the boys. She was talking about it but not saying who and he was naming the characters in Twilight and she asked him for a last name cause his name is the same. He said "Not me. Ewe gross!" Poor girl. As she rode off she said "I dont like you anyway."
• Every time I see a Police Officer with someone pulled over I think to myself what an ass, but in all the times I have been pulled over not once have any of them been an ass or even just the slightest bit rude.
• I need to get invites out for the boys bday party. We always do it in between the two birthdays. Its just easier to do them together.
• The post office is starting to piss me off. They keep sending some of our mail back. My son and I dont not share the name as the rest of the house. I get half of my mail and they sent all his birthday cards and presents back. It hasnt always been like that. It just started in the past 2 months or so. I am making a special trip to see the post master in the morning. I am not looking forward to it.
• I guess thats it for now....

Blah...

• My friend put this on my face book. Isnt it the sweetest thing? Its Jacob when he was a little over one and that is her daughter.
• We play a computer game called WoW. My husbands account was stolen. He has gotten it back but it will be another week before it is back to the way it was before.
• He blamed the kids for down loading all the stupid little game and going to all the websites they do. Turns out that he is the one with the key logger on his computer.
• The kids won their soccer game this weekend. They havent played the really good teams yet. The games at this age are good. I get excited when they play well.
• I also have some new grass in the front yard! :) The hubby not only brought it home but also laid it out.
• I didnt get to do what I wanted to do this weekend so I didnt do what was wanted of me.
• I also have gotten to speak with some of my old friends. I am surprised at how just speaking with people that I know and love have changed my attitude.
• A friend of ours is having a baby with a girl he has had an on again off again relationship. Most of his friends dont like her. Me I think she is a money grubbin' bleep adee bleep bleep. But really I am happy for them...
• You believe me dont you?

Stuff....

• I caved in and got a facebook.
• They should ban those little games on there. I am already addicted to one. :(
• I am not sure I like it. I cant figure out how to stop getting an update every time someone adds a new friend or comments on a picture of someone I dont know. It drives me crazy.
• Other than that I like it. I have gotten to talk to alot of people that I havent in a really long time.
• Soccer got rained out! I was excited. So excited I think it was wrong.
• My kiddo (the first one I had, you know since we have the his, mine, and ours thing going on) turned 11 yesterday. I cried about it on Saturday.
• I made it worse by thinking the oldest one would be 13 this year and the baby would be going to school in August.
• Man I was a mess.
• The kids were really loud and crazy being stuck inside this weekend. I sent them out to play for 30 minutes on Sunday.
• Yes it was still raining. They weren't out there that long.
• Ok long enough that their little hands were cold. And they jumped on the trampoline and there must have been a ton of water on it cause they were soaked. Nothing that a warm bath couldnt take care of :)
• We didnt have birthday cake yesterday :( We had Root beer Floats.
• Its the hubby's birthday today. I always make a dinner on everyone birthday but he doesnt want me to cook for his he wants to eat out. :(
• Dont they know that my fun on their birthday and its the one time I will make whatever they happen to want. Even if its something I hate to make.
• The kids were late to school this morning because I over slept. I dreamt that I had already taken them to school so it was a complete surprise when they came in and asked when we were going. Poor kids.
• Ok off to do some paper work so i can take one to the orothodontist. Anyone know a good cheep one. I think braces on one kid is going to kill me and I know that at least 1 or 2 more are going to need them.

Ok..

• So I cant be as big of a bitch as I think I can.
• I was friendly to someone who I swore to myself I wasnt going to be. All damn weekend. Things arent the same but I was still nicer than I thought I would be.
• I also didnt go get in the car 2 hours after we got to the late family Easter.
• My SIL's kids are soooooo damn cute. I just want to squeeze them:) but one is too little to be squeezed and the other wont let me :(
• The kids came home with too much damn candy.
• We had extras. Cousins kids. They are so sweet...well one of them. The boy can eat. He is 8 I think. Ate half of a large pizza for dinner and then ate 6 donuts for breakfast.
• I would love to have a little girl but I dont want any more kids so I will stick with borrowing them and giving them back.
• The hubby did something I would have never thought of for him. He brushed and fixed hair this morning.
• I finally told my Mom about things that have been going on in my house and why I have been pissed and stressed and well when it comes down to it I guess unhappy. When I started she was ahh my poor baby. But before I finished she was pissed too.
• My Mom is over 50. She is one of the sweetest people I know and loves to help others. She is always busy. And I do mean always. She is getting her teaching license this summer. She will start teaching in the fall.
• Her friends say they need to give her some mean lessons. I agree..sorta. I know my Mom and she can get what she wants :) You know when someone isnt really wrong and you end up doing what they want you to do even though is not what you wanted. She is good at it and does it in the nicest, sweetest way possible.
• Man I love her :)

WOW

Did you see the 18 wheeler on fire? Crazy stuff. Looking for a pic. It was a 18 wheeler, dump truck and a pick up. They were all on fire and the 18 wheeler was hanging off a bridge. Not sure about injuries yet....

Enjoyment...

• I have enjoyed the past day or two. Nothing much special going on just life.
• We have been going to the park everyday while we wait for the bigger kids to get out of school.
• They seem to love it and as long as they leave when its time I think it will be a daily thing for the rest of the school year.
• I had my first snow cone of the year today!
• The oldest is getting braces. Well maybe if we can afford them.
• I really like the orthodontist that we saw today but we are going to try a few others before we pick one.
• Only because I was told the price I was quoted was really high and well with 5 kids we need to save all we can.
• My SIL might be going to Disney with us :) I am excited about it. I really do enjoy myself when I am around them.
• I really need to talk to my uncle about this since he is going too! :)
• I still havent had to speak to that person I was talking about before. I think that may be why the past few days have been good.
• The hubby asked it I was mad at her. I am not. I am over it, its just not going to be the same anymore. I am surprised he even noticed.
• My yard really needs to be mowed. I think that will be tomorrows goal.
• My neighbors dog/cats keep getting in our trash.
• The city tagged all their cars to tow next month if they are still there. He is always working on them and they are never there long so I dont know why they did that.
• I think I am pissed about what they are doing to the street downtown. I dont think it looks very good. I also dont thing the street was bad. I dont recall pot holes in it(maybe a few but not many). I dont know that the streets on the side of town I live on are really really bad and I do mean really bad.
• After the last rain I thought I went around a new pot hole in the road but didnt quit make it around it. It was so bad that I bottomed out on the damn thing and it was a new one. The city's way of fixing the streets over here is to put gravel in them. They put asphalt in the holes sometimes but as soon as it rains it washes right out. They need to be redone completely.
• TAKS test were this week . I hate those damn thing and cant stand that for the last six weeks(at least) that is all that my children have done in math class.
• Ok I have to figure out what I am doing with the pork chops I thawed for dinner. Have a good night!

Its been a while...

• Things at home have been...rough to say the least.
• I am not 100% sure that life I as I know it will survive. I am certain that life will not be the same.
• Easter was ok. We do a family Easter on Saturday. That way everyone can come.
• We didnt stay long. My husband decided he was tired and went to sit in the car.
• Well that was my family Easter. We will have one with his family this coming weekend. I plan on returning the favor.
• All hell broke loose this weekend.
• It really annoys me when I take the time to tell my kids to do something and even go to all the trouble to ask them several times if they did it and they tell me yes, yes I did it but then it turns out they have really done it.
• It happened this weekend with shin guards of all things. They needed to be taken to practice. It didnt happen and then late that night I got a call they would be coming to get them in the morning. (Thats when things got really bad) The kids ended up coming home. When they were getting ready for the game he couldnt find the damn shin guards. The whole reason I asked about them the day before (not to mention practice)
• One of the boys got detention last week. Well then he called yesterday and had 2 more days of detention this week for something else. He got it on Friday.
• As part of all hell breaking loose this weekend the hubby is going to deal with it. His way of dealing with it.....telling him it better not happen again.
• I am not happy about it.
• More talking about this weekend needs to happen. I have been half ass avoiding it because I am not sure what the results will be.
• That being said, I am looking for job and a sitter for my young one.
• I also think that damage to certain relationship is beyond repair. Not that I really care much right now but it could cause major problems later down the road since its within the family. Being civil will only get you so far.

Stuff...

• There is some animal making a really weird noise outside right now. Its driving me nuts.
• Soccer is in full swing now. I really do enjoy watching my kids play (when I actually get to watch them and not constantly look for and keep up with the others and their many little fights).
• One of the boys keeps asking if they can walk to the skate park. They (2 of them anyway) have before but the last time they got in a fight (you know the actual push and hitting kind). The answer is no. no. no.
• I know people think I am harsh with my boys but I cant stand to see kids running around misbehaving. I dont want my boys to be one of them.
• I am having a hard time getting my little one to eat anything but junk food. I dont mean just cookie and cokes and candy. I mean he wants hot dogs and chicken nuggets and fish sticks. He wont eat veggies hardly at all and most meat we have to make him eat. He tells me it disgusting. Thank you Honey. Once he starts eating though he likes it. Grrr...
• I am not ready for Easter this year. It seems weird that its already here.
• I havent talked to my Dad in a while. I have tried to call him the past few days but no answer. I wonder if he went out of town.
• My middle schooler had detention for not bringing his book to class. He says this is only the second time and it doesnt happen often but his idea of often and mine are not the same.
• I started walking this week. The little ones love it because they get to play at the park while I walk. The older ones not so much because I picked them up late yesterday. Opps.
• My hubby wants me to order him some boots "like the ones he had last year or was it the year before?" He has no clue where I ordered them from. Me either hun, me either.
• My mom got me a new camera for my Birthday. The boys said it was like theirs. Kinda but mine is a different brand and alot nicer, so really nothing like theirs. Hehe.
• That damn thing is still making noise.

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

• I just received some really beautiful flowers :)
• I have had all kinds of phone calls today.
• I love that.
• I get to talk to some family that I dont talk to one a daily (or weekly for that mater) basis.
• I told my littlest one today is my Birthday and he said no he wanted it to be his birthday.
• The hubby told me happy birthday yesterday. I told him it wasnt my birthday and he said "Today is the 23rd right?" Yes honey it was but thats still not my birthday.
• His response was well he told me then so if he forgets today it will be ok.
• Not so much.
• I am going to make my own cake. He is sweet enough that he would go buy me one but I like home made better unless its pie. I cant make pies. I suck at it. Either they burn or the filling gets under the crust.
• My older kids the ones that should remember my birthday since I have been saying for 2 weeks my birthday is this Wednesday, didnt remember this morning :( But thats ok I will remind them again when they get home :)
• I never know what I want for my birthday (or Christmas). It drives people crazy.
• Thats all...today is beautiful!

Its Over....sigh....

• Spring Break was fun. Busy but fun.
• Surprisingly everyone was in bed on time and got up easily this morning.
• We started Spring Break with a trip to see my SIL.
• Then the kids swear they had soccer practice on Monday.
• We rushed around Monday after noon trying to get new soccer cleats and get everything done before practice. There was no practice and I was pissed.
• Tuesday the kids got new shoes. All of them. It was stressful.
• Just taking all the kids into a store all at once by myself is a beating but then trying to find them each something they like that fits is almost impossible.
• Kolby was easy. He found a pair of shoes that came with a comic book. They had his size and he was done. I dont know if he even knew what the shoes looked like before we left the store.
• That caused all kinds of problems with the littlest one because he wanted ones with a comic book too.
• I tried a pair of shoes on him and he hated them and they hurt his feet until he saw the comic book in the box. I tried every other pair of shoes I could find that he might like and he wouldnt have any of it. We ended up getting the pair with the comic book that hurt his feet but they cant hurt to bad cause he wears them all the time (as in never takes the damn things off) and doesnt complain about them hurting.
• You would think the other would be easier because they are older and can pick them out and try them on with out my help. I just needed to check them once they were done, right? HUH. They were the worst ones.
• They couldnt find any they liked and when they did they couldnt find it in their size. The deal was I would pay $50 for them shoes, if they cost more than that they had to pay for the rest. They managed to find shoes for less. I knew they could do it :)
• I hunted shoes and hunted shoes only to find them and they not fit. He was looking for 2 sizes to big.
• The other one kept getting shoes that were to small. He stated with a 5 1/2 and ended up getting a 7. In his defense there wasnt much of a difference in the shoes.
• The other one did ok. He just picked the ugliest shoes in the store. But hey thats my kid for ya.
• The older kids went to spend Wednesday with their other parents.
• Thursday they came back or I picked them up on the way to Chuck E Cheese.
• I ended up trading kids around before I came home. I got one that was scared of the dark. I mean really really scared of the dark. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be.
• Friday we spent the day at the park with my family. It was fun. When we got home the youngest ones wanted to know why the big kids got to go to the park down the road from us but I wouldnt take them.
• I wanted to yell "because I am worn the fuck out" I didnt I used the because I said so thing.
• I always hated that when I was a kid.
• Damn it I got up to pick up the kids and I forgot what I was rambling about.

Things I noticed on our road trip...

• My kids are pretty good.
• They can even be nice a sweet to each other when they want to.
• There is not much to see between here and Houston. :/ blah.
• The rest stop in Huntsville is one of the nicest I have seen and is always clean.
• It still creeps me out at night.
• No how clean the car is before we start its always a mess before we make it back home.
• Even with a trash bag the kids leave trash all over the car. We went the last half of the trip with no snacks or drinks because of it.
• The kids and hubby can read in the car. I cant. I get car sick.
• The little ones can entertain themselves every easily.
• Driving while watching one dance in the back seat and not get caught doing it is hard.
• I wonder where he got his moves? I hope not from me cause it took everything I had not to laugh. It was a mix of the 70's and 80's.
• When the hubby says he needs to use the bathroom we stop within 5 mins. When the kids tell us we ask them if they can wait. That doesnt sound so fair to me.
• Once we stop once for a bathroom break it seems we have to stop at least every hour for one. Drives me nuts.
• My hubby's idea of half and my idea of half are not the same.
• My car does not handle at 90 as well as 80.
• I need new brakes.
• When you get off 45 on a service road that you would think put you right back on, it doesnt.
• Some people are real asses when driving. I think my hubby is one of them. He also wants me to be when he is in the passenger seat.
• I was almost rear ended by the same guy more than once. One time I am almost certain he was less than 6 inches from me.
• I never knew there was so much traffic on 45. At all hours.

Some things drive me crazy....

• My son hurt his arm last weekend while he was with his mother.
• I wanted to take the insurance card up to the hospital but they were done before I got there and said oh no it will be ok. She will fax it from work on Monday.
• HUH. Yeah right. I knew that wasnt going to happen. I took the card up there today after I called to make sure it was there. I dont want a bunch of unpaid hospital bills.
• It looks bad on credit. Then again it would have been her credit. Still, I would much rather it show up a good credit on ours though.
• All the info on file was hers. Yes she is his mother and yes she has a right to be on it but all his primary info should be our home, our number, the hubbys name and info. That kinda stuff because if they need something they are going to have to call us. Or well they can call her and she call us and then call them back or have us do it.
• I am not saying she shouldnt be on there at all, just that she should have put his dad on there first. He lives with us and we are the ones that deal with all that stuff and we are the ones are going to be paying for it so we are the ones who need the bill.

Oh the joys of being a step parent.

Socks, Socks, and more Socks!

• They are every where and I cant seem to find one damned pair.
• The sock thing was just out of control in my house. I couldnt take it any more.
• I bought new socks for everyone in my house yesterday. OMG who knew that would be so expensive.
• We washed and folded all the socks. Anything that didnt have a match or had a hole went in the trash.
• We threw out about a half a bag of socks.
• After all that we still only matched about 10 pair of socks. 10! thats it. 10! (that doesnt include the ones everyone is already wearing.)
• 10 pair for 7 people, most of which are the hubbys. Well that means either my kids are not wearing matching socks most of the time or I am washing the same 2 pair of socks over and over all week.
• I am going with the second (but we all know it probably the first).
• I have no clue what to do with all the soccer, baseball, and football socks. I dont want to throw them out because we still use them all the time and I never know what color the boys will need the next year.
• I do however think that 12 pair of Texas Ranger blue socks are too damn many.
• All that being said. My sock problem no longer exist. Everyone has new socks. Most importantly though we dont have any extras :)

• I washed my sons phone last night :( It comes on with another ones battery but not with his.
• If its messed up he has to replace it cause I wont.
• My other son lost the camera he got for Christmas. It was a nice one. I am not happy.
• These are just 2 examples of why I dont like my kids to have expensive toys (electronics).
• My kid with the hurt arm really doesnt like me this week. I wont let him run and play and he cant play on the computer or video games. He is bored out of his mind.
• My opinion on this is if his arm is so hurt and sore that he cant participate in school and can practice his horn then its too hurt to do those things too.
• Man I am a mean momma. :( Poor kids.
• I have been avoiding something that I can no longer put off.
• Once it is over with I wont have near as much stress. Stress make me super crazy. By crazy I mean a total Bitch.
• And being a bitch all the time makes me tired.
• I loved diner tonight. It was kinda like a breakfast pie. It was croissant roll with eggs, sausage, and cheese. Yummy. Yummy. Yummy!
• I was playing a game online today and someone tried to have cybersex. This wouldnt have bothered me near as much but it was on Yahoo and my kids play games there sometimes.
• I always want to go through all their crap and then tell them I am some fat hairy guy but I blush just at the thought of describing some sexual act to a stranger much less actually type it out. I think it might kill me.

• This weekend was interesting.....I guess.
• Didnt do too much.
• We were supposed to eat brunch with my parents on Sunday.
• We didnt get to :(
• We got all the way there and got a call about our oldest child being hurt.
• He hurt his arm again. It ended up not being broke but he is in a brace for a week or two.
• Soccer starts today. I am excited and dreadful.
• Its raining again.........
• I am really upset about not getting to eat with my parents. :/
• I think I resent my husband. More so than I realize.
• I gave up alot to be with him and it seems like I keep giving up bits and pieces of myself.
• When I moved I gave up seeing my friends and family everyday. Then it became more and more. Now I dont even talk to my friends from before my husband. My hardly ever see my family now and most of them only live a hour away.
• I no longer work because I take care of our children. It would cost more for child care than I would make a week. He has been saying he doesnt want me to go back to work even when the youngest goes to school.
• My father now lives just a few hours away and we still dont see him but on holidays.
• My sister in law lives about 5-6 hours from us and we have seen her more in the past 4 months (when she moved there) than we have seen my dad in the past 2 years.
• Its not that I dont enjoy it I just think my life needs to be about me and what I want sometimes.
• All this added together makes me a very pissed off unhappy person.
• I love my husband and I dont want a divorce but I want myself back. All of those things were a part of what made me who I am.
• I also think this all distributes to my depression.
• Wow that was more than I intended to let out....

These things are going to be the death of me....

I LOVE them but damn they have soooo much fat.

Sigh....I have been busy..

• Ok so one of the little ones had tubes put in his ears yesterday.
• I got him up at 4am so he could have breakfast because after 4:30 he couldnt eat anything because they scheduled him for 12 o'clock surgery. grrr.
• He had 3 pieces of Cinnamon toast, 2 cookies, a yogurt, and a glass of chocolate milk. Can you say PIG.
• We are supposed to be there by 10:30 so we need to leave by 9:30 with no stops on the way.
• After I get the other boys off to school and give the little his last drinks until after surgery I start getting ready and get the hubby up...sorta.
• The hubby gets up 30 mins. before we leave and ask if he has time to shower. GRRRR.
• As we are getting ready to leave he wants to stop and get a drink to wake him up.
• We stop and he forgot his wallet so we have to go back and get it. Then stop again and he gets himself something to eat too. I have more than one problem with this. He didnt ask if anyone else wanted anything and he was eating in front of a 5 yr old that couldnt have anything to eat or drink.
• The big breakfast at 4 am worked cause the little one didnt ask for anything to eat or drink until after the surgery.
• The other little one that had to go too not so much. He was hungry before we even got to the hospital.
• Thank goodness for moms :) My mom took him to play and grab a bite to eat while we were waiting.
• The MIL came too but she had to leave early cause we still were not in yet the kids were going to need to be picked up from school. Thank goodness for MIL's. She was not happy about this though. She wanted to stay.
• Surgery scheduled for noon didnt happen till after 2. I was starving cause I didnt have breakfast cause I ran out of time :(
• Surgery was quick when it finally got started. He was only away from us for about 20 mins at the most.
• Poor thing. His ears hurt and his leg. I had no clue so I had to ask if they had done something to it. Turns out he got a shot there. Poor thing.
• I may have held back a few tears when he was crying cause his ears hurt.
• He had 2 pop cycles and we got to leave. We were only in recovery for maybe 30 mins.
• We finally got to eat on the way home:) His choice McDonald's, of course.
• He was so good all day :)
• Now we are just hoping that this fixes his hearing problems. They will test it again in a few weeks.

Blah Blah Blah...

• MIL's.. sometimes they are great, sometimes not so much. Well right now I am loving mine. She comes in handy being so close. You know for those times when damn it I have already started diner only to remember I forgot one thing. The kids can run and borrow it for me :) My MIL is really pretty good.
• One of the boys will be getting tubes put in his ears tomorrow. :) and :( We are hoping this will help his hearing. If not we will have to look into something else. I am kinda worried about that.
• He cant eat after 4:30 in the morning. He will be getting up early for breakfast otherwise I think the day will be unbearable for him...and me.
• I pulled over on the side of the road today to talk on the phone because it was the hospital for registration info. A really nice cop stopped to check on me and make sure I wasnt stuck. It was raining. After he walked off I wish I would have gotten his name. As much as I like to complain about when people mess up I really like to complement them to their bosses when they do well :)
• We had some great dentist appointments. Some were last week and some today. Apart from that scheduling mix up (the one where they scheduled us for after the office closed) they really are a great dentist office.
• Only one cavity :( It will be fixed later this month. That was the earliest they could get him in. The rest were all good and the littlest ones brush their teeth the best. Hard to believe. They brush so well the dentist asked if I was still brushing their teeth.
• Sigh. My oldest just came in and said I forgot his math meet this weekend. I didnt forget because I didnt know. He told me they would be having 3 more and he would get a paper telling me about them. Well he got the paper he just didnt give it to me so I didnt know to take him. Now he doesnt get to go to the other ones. I am really irritated at him for this. He got his bag and I found the note inside but he still insist that he gave it to me.
• He watched me take it out of his bag with his other mess of papers. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
• Cheating or Not Cheating? One of the boys had a paper to do. He had the rough draft that the teacher had already looked at and helped him with some but was hard to read and had alot of miss spellings. This is the only child that really struggles with spelling and writing so..... I copied the rough draft but corrected all the misspellings and had him help write the beginning and ending. He then copied it on his own sheet of paper. I see it as I corrected his rough draft before he made his final copy but for some reason I kinda felt like I might be doing something I shouldnt.

Life is a beating me to death....

• Practices are about to start and have started for one.


• My oldest wants to run track and play soccer.
  
• He didnt know they when practices were for track because he only listens to half of what is said.


• This drives me insane. Not just because he never completes anything I want him to but because it also affects his school work and sports. It also isnt very responsible and I think he need to be.


• Dentist and doctors and different doctors and then back to the dentist soon.


• The last time I made appointments for the boys to see the dentist they set the appointment for when the office was closed. I was pissed. They then couldnt see them all at the same time so I get to make 2 trips. Oh happy me.


• Thinking of talking to the doctor about depression.


• Is there a teachers union around here? . How much of students failings are the teachers responsibility and how much the parents and how much the students.


• I think this responsibility changes from parents and teachers to students gradually. I also think that as they get older and are supposed to be responsible for the work and grades and parents are not as much a part of homework and schoolwork it is a teachers responsibility to notice when grades are low and when students are receiving zeros. At that point they should contact the parents. If parents dont know there is a problem until report cards come out then it too late.


• Most of the time when I ask to see my oldest sons papers that I know he has not done so well on he doesnt have them. Either they gave it back and he threw it away or they require them to keep them in a classroom binder. One of his teachers is hard to get a hold of. That same teacher doesnt post grades until the end of the six weeks. This annoys me greatly.


• By the way I love grades being on the internet for parents to access. You can see absents , tardies, and grades (as long as they are posted). If they had that when I was a kid I would have been in trouble. :)

Life

• I saw the donut shop burn today :( I dont like the other one in town and sometimes when we were running late that place was a life saver.
• I hate the weather lately. I wish it would stay like it was today. I had all the windows open and the heat and air off. Yea for the electric bill. I didnt realize that so many people were upset about their bills. It wasnt just me or my MIL.
• There are so many clothes in this house but no ever seems to have something to wear.
• We are finally going to get to see our new niece. The last time we had this planned we didnt get to go cause the hubby was going to have to work but then didnt. I am getting excited about it again.
• This summer we are going to Disney World. My uncle and his family are going too. The kids are excited and I am excited to watch them talk about it.
• My oldest got to miss 3 days of school this week. Tue and Thur for UIL and Wed. the entire grade went to a museum. Well they got to go if they did all their work and didnt get into trouble. That was the condition because sometime ago the school was banned from that museum do to behaivor problems.
• The UIL has some great news and not so great news. He placed 2nd in the test that he took on Thurs. :) Greats little one! The not so great news.....well I kinda want to bitch about so....
• On Tues he went for one test. It is timed. It takes 10 mins. 10 mins. He gets up to go to the bathroom in the middle of it. 10 mins I say. He couldnt wait 10 mins? I could maybe understand if he was sick or something but no he just needed to pee. 10 mins! He was disqualified for it. Sigh 10 mins....
• The littlest one and I had a great convo today as I was trying to figure out why my kids mattress was falling through on one end. (a slat was missing and another moved)
  

Me: What happened to the bed? It wasnt like this yesterday.

Him: I can hold it (the mattress) up with my head.

Me: No thats ok I got it. What the heck how did this get like that?

Him: I dont know.

Me: (as I move a slat down) What happen? Did they break another one? (we have had to replace a few of them do to the kids jumping on the bed)

Him: I know where it is. (he goes and gets it)

Me: Where?

Him: Right here.

Me: How did you know that was there?

Him: Cause I'm a genius.

Did I mention that he is only 4.

Why???

• Why do I do this to myself? I am so stressed out over stuff that I can not change.
• My Valentines Day wasnt great.
• In fact non of my weekend was great or even good.
• The only good thing that happen was my little one got to go to a bday party and had a great time.
• I let my children play in the snow for a while. We went out in it twice. The next day it was melting and a muddy mess.
• Some children came and asked if my older ones could go out and play. Nope we had already been and just finished drying everyone and everything. I felt bad cause they came from a good 6 blocks but they just headed to the next kids house.
• We bundled up and we didnt stay out for more than and hour or so each time but one of my kidos has an ear ache this morning and didnt go to school. Poor thing.
• I was so ready for the kids to go to school this morning. My house has been extremely loud lately.
• I am worried however about the kids grades since the last 2 days of the sixweeks they were not at school so all the late work I made them do might not be accepted, not that I would blame the teachers.

Life...

• I have always thought my kids are pretty well behaved. Well I had a few surprises.
• First the one of my brats flipped off his teacher!!!!! I couldn't believe it. She didn't see it but the other students did. I thought I was going to beat him. I spank my children but I couldn't this time due to I didn't know if I would stop....How unbelievably disrespectful. He knows better. That boy will be working his butt off the next few weeks along with being grounded.
• Next one of the boys calls to ask (he was with his other parent) if he can be dropped off at the park to play with his friends. The answer was sure that will be fine. Out of all the kids who would be doing what he was supposed to I thought it would be him. I was going out but he said not to drive by he was calling him so I don't go next to the park just close enough so I could see. There was not one kid at the park. I was pissed and as I was going back home to see if he had talked to him I see him walking up the street. Turns out he was heading where he was supposed to end up but because he wasn't were he was supposed to be it wasn't the street I expected to see him on. Boy was he in trouble....
• The other boy is just going to be beat. He never seems to listen to what he is told. Well half of it anyway. Either its not done properly or only half done. He has a trash can in his room that was so full he had another bag of trash sitting next to it. I told him for a week to take it out but he kept forgetting. He only took it out when I yelled and screamed and threw a fit and grounded him. Then he said he put it all together so he only had to make one trip. Great it was done, I checked didn't see any more trash. The little shit had the same freaking bag sitting next to his trash can yesterday.
• All of my bigger boys have gotten lazy about doing homework and getting it in on time. I know that they are getting to the age where school work isn't as important to them and they want to hang out with their friends more now but that just doesn't work for me and the whole boys will be boys thing can fly right out the window because that isn't happening either.
• These are the biggest things I have had to deal with so far as a parent so I guess I am lucky but damn they are stressing me out and I know that more is to come.

Stuff...

• Friday we took one of the boys to see and ENT doctor for his hearing loss. I liked him. He was hard for the hubby to understand though. He was great with the little on that decided not to say one word to him. He did giggle once when the doctor acted surprised that a monkey came out of his ear when he looked in.
• His hearing loss is not from nerve damage so it can be fixed. Right now he has a lot of fluid in his ears that could be causing the problem, if not its the little ear bones.
• He may have to get tubes if the fluid doesn't clear up on its own but not yet because this is the first time the doctor has seen fluid in his ears.
• He says that he doesn't even consider it a surgery and for adults he does it in his office but they wont let him do children there.
• We are getting our taxes done this week :) Super excited about it cause we always get money back because we have so much with held.
• Anyone know a place that accepts used toys? I will be cleaning out my young ones room this weekend because there just isn't enough room for all their toys. They are still in good shape though.
• My kids are pretty good. Most everyone tell me they are well behaved and well mannered. The oldest one is pushing my limits.
• When my hubby was talking the my MIL about punishing him she told him to remember that he will be old enough to chose to live with his mother in a year. I went crazy pissed off when he told me about it.
• First I wont play the game of I am mad at you so I am going to live with my other parent game. If he leaves he will stay with her until he finishes school.
• Second there are some other issues that would have to be addressed and she would have to take us to court.
• Our kids have cores to do they are set every week and they usually have to help out with other stuff too. They are lucky and have a lot and get to do a lot. I don't think they know that and it drives me nuts.
• I feel like i am just floating through life right now.

Meet...

my new niece, Emily! She was born Jan 19th 2010. She is so beautiful.
And this is just the cutiest little pic of her and her brother! There was another one that was sweeter where he was looking at her and patting her feet but you cant beat the looks on their faces!

What to do?

My kid brought me a progress report this morning. Said he drew on it and scribbled it out. It was on the signature line and just below. It was my initials. I could still see it through the scribbles. :( He says its not. YOU CAN SEE IT!!!!!!!! Grr. I am so mad. Its stupid cause all of his grades are good. 90+ His average is 99. There is a dance tonight and his friend is supposed to come over. I dont want to tell his friend he cant come now because he wont have a chance to make other plans for the dance and his parents may have plans now that he isnt going to be home. Any ideas for a creative punishment? For trying to sign the paper and for the lie.....I dont want to go over board but I want him to know this is not acceptable.

Something happen...

at the school today. A kid was hurt at BIS at the end of the day. I am not sure what happen but the child was going to be transported by ambulance. They blocked off the front of the school and traffic was backed up everywhere. Thats 2 accidents in as many months. Major ones. I am concerned.


****edit**** This wasnt an accident. It had to do with a child with a pace maker and it stopping.

Stuff...

• The kids are stressing me out.
• Hell life in general is stressing me out.
• I forgot to send my kids homework with him last week and now I cant find it. :( He is going to have to redo the whole thing.
• We got a new TV last week. Its nice but I thought it was LCD when I bought it. Its not its plasma.
• That means it uses more electricity and easier for the kids to rune.
• Its huge. The hubby loves it.
• That also means we had to upgrade the dish because we didnt have HD. We do now! We also had them fix our bedroom satellite so we get tv in there too now. :)
• The guy who installed the new Satellite took forever and did a crappy job. He even unplugged my dvd player and used the cable instead of just using one of the HDMI cables. I didnt notice cause well I was just ready for him to get out of my house. The hubby was pissed. At the guy that did it and me for not checking. Oh well we fixed it and I called and complained.
• Our old tv was in a built in so we had a big hole with nothing in it since we hung the TV on the wall. We Fixed it this weekend. It looks nice and now we have more room for our DVD's.
• My hubbys computer is in our bedroom now since the boys have a computer. I hate it. I cant sleep when he is playing because he pounds on the damn keys. I can handle the talking and the light from the monitor but damn it the click click click just pisses me off.
• Did i mention that the kids are stressing me out? I mean really really really stressing me out.
• I am going to be an aunt again on Wednesday :) The first girl :) I am super excited.

Crap I forgot...

A note from the nurse was sent home with my kindergartner letting me know I need to have his hearing checked. My thoughts were whatever he doesn't show any signs of having trouble. He talks well and is doing well with sounds and reading (well with school altogether). But I took him to the doc anyway cause they asked for the note to be sent back with the follow up info. Turns out he does have hearing loss. It is in the moderate range. I asked how much and its 50 decibels. Well how much is that compared to normal. About half. To me that is not moderate at all. That is a big problem. I have all kinds of questions but I am only getting general answers. I wasnt really too satisfied with them. But we did get some nasal spray and a allergy medicine. There was a little bit of water in his ear that may be causing a problem. We want it cleared up before he sees the specialist on the 29th. I am not real excited about this. I am nervous. I am making the hubby go with me to this appointment. I hope that this is not permanent loss of his hearing and that it is not progressive. Since the first appointment I have noticed that he ask what alot but that could just be me being paranoid.

NO F'in Way...

First off today was a bad weather day for my kids. Why? There may have been a little ice first thing this morning but by 9 the roads were clear. The weather people keep telling me its not getting out of the teens for the next day or so but it was below freezing when I was out this afternoon.

I cant believe they lost. I am not a Texas fan but damn. I got really excited and then was let down. They got so close and then just let it fall apart. I feel so bad for them. It was almost as if I could see the life drain out of them. Oh well better luck next time....Maybe more tomorrow.

I have something else to talk about but it needs a special post all to itself so it will have to wait.

I forgot...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's my long list....maybe made short!

• Crap. Crap. Crap. I hit the back button by accident.
• My computer is still f'ed. I thought is was going to be simple but the one problem caused a few more.
• Where to start....
• The last of school I was going to Christmas parties at school. They are so cute when they are little and my littlest one got to join in most of the fun. He was really excited about it.
• When I pulled up to the next school there were EMT's caring someone out on a stretcher. I panicked. It was awful.
• I get in and get the boys and talk to a teacher who wouldnt tell me who was hurt (but another parent did). I cant believe that a locker fell on a student. One of my children got to see it happen. It scared him. I hope that they reinforced all the braces for them over the holiday.
• The kids were pretty good over the holiday. That is they all survived :)
• I finished all of my shopping about 4 days earlier than I have any other year. Sorta.
• Can you believe all the snow on Christmas Eve? It was so beautiful. It sucked to drive in though. We were at a family Christmas when the snow blew in. Good thing we were just going Moms after cause it took about an hour longer than it should have just to get there and it took my MIL more than 3 hrs to get from Azle to Bridgeport.
• We let the boys have a snow ball fight that night but it didnt work to well because the snow was dry and wouldnt stick together.
• Mom took a bunch of pictures only to come in and notice she didnt have the memory card in :(
• They tried again but it wasnt the same because the boys had run through everything.
• I managed to piss my hubby off and to get any sleep I slept on the couch on Christmas Eve....grrr him. He put the kids in bed with him.
• Everything was smooth going and we made it to another family Christmas for lunch, and one for diner, and then one in Houston a few days later. While we were gone it snowed again so we came home to snow :)
• While we were in Houston it was getting cold and we didnt do much which was fine with me because I was already worn out.
• MIL wasnt happy about it. Her and the SIL were kinda fighting but kinda not. I think the MIL was getting her feelings hurt. She had alot planned that we didnt do.
• All the kids have a cough. I think we gave it to my nephew. :( The SIL got really sick though and after we had left she had to go to the hospital. She is doing better now though. She is also off her meds to keep her from going into labor. She thinks she will still make it to her due date. I said no way.
• We had another family Christmas on Sunday. I am going to kill my step mother. She got the loudest toy gun ever.
• I just took down my Christmas tree yesterday. I made the kids help. We are missing an ornament that I know we had when it was put up. I think one of the kids may have broken it and thrown it away without telling me.
• All the kids are back at school now :) I am enjoying the quite. Well Alex is still here but he is quite (for now anyway).
• Yesterday I was talking to the hubby and he said he was glad to be back at work instead of sitting at the house doing nothing. ....I dont think we did nothing even one day of Christmas break. Crazy man.

Stuff the kids got for Christmas:

• Computer to share
• Cell phones -big boys
• leapster 2
• ipod docking station
• cameras - all of them
• wii games
• movies
• rocking horse -one of Alex's favorites
• toys
• clothes
• games -rock-n-sock em robots and others we have played them all now. I like them.
• itunes and money.
• I am sure I am forget some but you get the idea.

Still alive

I havent forgot you but my computer broke and I am just now getting it fixed. I have lots of updates. Should be up and running on Monday!