Wow

This is going to be a really busy next week for us starting on Saturday.....I am trying really hard to limit my car usage since it cost us $79.00 to fill the van on Monday! Gas is 3.49 a gallon! Ouch!!

We have my youngest sisters high school grad party Saturday....free food is good... Well not totally free if ya count the gift I need to get for her, prob just do money since she is working towards getting a lap top for college. :-p
lol my dad is happy to have no kids in school....well high school anyway Addie plans to go to college and I hope she does!

Sunday we have the Chrylser appreciation day.....more free food and drinks to! All the activities re free that day to! The CHIPS people will be there doing fingerprinting, video, and DNA for kids so we will be having all 3 of ours done! I am really excited about this since we have never had it done before. I pray to the good lord above we NEVER need to use it!
Plus they will have all kinds of other stuff to do all day!

Monday is Kindergarten graduation.... I still am not sure if I should hold Brian back...I am thinking WTH why not let him go to 1st grade and just keep working with him over the summer to catch him up?! Hubby wants him to go to 1st, his teacher wants him to repeat K and I am torn! He was 5 when he started so hes an early Bday and we are used to Robbie who turned 6 about 3 weeks after school started. I do not want him to feel left out during the Grad ceremony and party afterwards! More on this later when I figure it out.

Monday is also my Gyn appt.....go figure I am 40 with my tubes tied and because she wants to avoid a Hyst she put me on the pill.........grrrr! My face is breaking out like crazy and I am getting headaches a lot and it started after the pill so Im guessing that is the cause. Much to talk about with doc on Monday!

Tuesday is thwe last day of school for the summer............ay yi yi lord help me the kids are going to make me crazy! I am signing them up for activities at the library and will do all I can to make sure we go....I have to get into a routine to keep them both on task and do "school" type things daily! They FIGHT so much on evenings and weekends having all 3 home all day is going to be just ducky!

Thursday is Courtney's 4 year physical so I will update more on how she is doing then! LONG drive to Crystal Lake that day :-(

Well, kittens are starting to walk around! We are wondering how in the world we will be able to keep track of them once they get older.....we want to tame them and so far that seems to be going well. I hold and pet them at least once a day. They are now 3 weeks old, I'm thinking at 6 weeks we need to bring them in the house and get them ready to go to homes....I hope!

Well, thats about all for now!

9 years

Yup yesterday was 9 years Rob and I have been married! He had been teasing and taunting me for 2 days about it to. I was starting to get really mad at him and finally ended up telling him to bite me over his "gift" I couldn't have. So he sends me a text from work to listen for the door, shortly after I got a flower delivery from PepperCreek!
9 red roses one for each year we have been married.
He hand wrote a card for me and this is what it said. I was really surprised he went to the florist and specially ordered what he wanted and wrote what he did.
9 red roses, Red, the color of passion. We have lived our nine years with passion. Passion in the way we love, passion in the way we fight, passion in the way we play. But at the end of the day, after all the mean and cruel things we have said, our passion to each other remains.
1 white rose. White, the color of new, future untold. Void of color. Ready to have a new chapter made. Our future is open. Free of hate and mistakes of our past. The color of this rose is still to be made. Let's color it red with our love for each other.
3 colorful flowers ( 3 Gerber daisies) 1 for each of our kids. Young, bright, and full of color.
Enjoy the colors of our lives.
WOW I was deeply touched that he thought of all this and it brought me to tears. To bad he was at work when I got them.

Well, mad dash to begin cleaning around here...my inlaws are coming in for the wekend. It will be nice to see them and the kids are really excited to. Hubby actually has a 3 day weekend so he will be able toi enjoy his parents as well. Now let's hope the weather stays nice and we can cook out and they can go fishing to. Storms in the forcast though! grrrrr

Kittens

Yep, they are now about 12 days old....eyes are open. Still managing to keep the kids at bay and satisfied with a daily viewing of them. Mama cat is a stray I feed and when she is out eating we go in our shed and do a well kitten check. All 5 are growing so much. We have 3 dark calico's and 2 orange and white striped tabbies. We have become quite protective of them. Hubby and I went out at 2 am to chase a dog off who was at the shed barking....scaring the crap out of mama cat. So I put big toys in front of the shed so other animals have a tougher time getting close but mama gets out just fine. The kids wanted to keep them all....I explained we couldn't so right now we are down to keeping 2....since we have a black 10 year old cat (Meekah) I am hoping we keep 1....an orange one! I do not want to break the kids heart but I cannot really afford vet bills for 2 kittens right now. I really hope we can tame them right away so I can find good homes for them. More strays around here is not a good option!
Other than that it has been the same old stuff just a new day. I am STILL filling out disability paperwork....what a pain in the butt! They obtain copies of all the medical records so WHY do I have to provide dates of tests and such? I have to go asking the doctor and hospital only to have them ask later....dumb.........plain old dumb! Add to the fact that my husband STILL does not agree nor think I need to file it is stressful here. He wants me to get a job........

What a day

It was really nice outside for a change! We spent a lot of time outside today.
The news around here is that mama cat (the stray I feed) Had 5 kittens earlier in the week and I have been hovering over them like they were mine....guarding the shed from other strays and kids! She has 3 dark ones like her and 2 orange ones. She so far has been doing really well with them but tonight I noticed her 2 blocks away! WTH is that all about? I double checked the shed and sure enough the kittens are alone. I really hope she comes back soon....what would I do with 5 kittens that don't have their eyes open yet?!?! Good lord I'll worry all night now....maybe Ill go out in a bit with a flashlight to see if shes back. Hmmm, I will be heart broken if something bad happens to the kittens. We have already decided to keep one...more than likely one of the orange and white stripped ones. They are all so darned cute!
Well 2 of the 3 kids got hurt today. Courtney fell and scraped her hands. Brian first got stung on the back of his knee by a bee and then whacked his shin on the slide while at the park....poor kid is not having a good day!
Rob is working again tonight so it has been fairly mellow around here....well except the kids are making me crazy. He has not been very supportive of my filing for disability...man a TON of paperwork to do and I am not done yet....Spent hours on it and no end in sight!
Mother's day tomorrow...we are going on a picnic at the park so I hope it is nice out. My mom, step dad, my sister Trisha, her son Kobe and my other sister Megan will all be there. Hoping we have a good time! Not even sure what park we are going to just winging it lol hoping we find a good spot by the playground!

Pink

I just listened to Pink's new song Mr.President................all I can say is wow shes right on the money and it made me really wonder what our presidents answers would be! Sometimes I wonder what the world is coming to and how come more people don't stand up for what they believe in. Fear is a strong emotion....I think that is what holds us back. Speaking of fear I think it's time for me to decide what I'm going to do....I see my neuro doc on Monday and well.......I hate to admit it but maybe it is time for me to let go of being a nurse and file for disability. I would feel horribly guilty if someone got hurt because I tried to keep working. But on the other hand what do I do if Hubby gets laid off??? How in the world would we survive on a lower income job? I'm scared of that considering for the first time in a very long time we have a van payment. I guess the longer I put this off the longer it will take to win a claim for Disability. Then again my husband is not making this easy for me with all the what ifs. He sees that I am still walking and talking and does not take my disease seriously. I am not sure what it will take for him to realize this is real and is only going to get worse. My biggest hope is that I don't end up in a wheelchair before I can take my kids to Disney World....I really really want to take them there! I am hoping with next years tax return we can take them! Oyyy what to do....What to do!!!!!!!

Sometimes I wonder

We received news yesterday that my step dads nephews 19 year old son was killed in a bad car accident. So bad in fact that the car burned to pieces and they could only identify him by dental records so it took awhile. They are still investigating the crash to try to figure out what happened. The driver of the semi he hit head on is in serious condition. A 25 year old fella out of Texas...I feel bad for him being so far away from home and injured. I hope his family is able to come be at his side, I hear he has some bad burns as well Our family is reeling from the shock. My sister is having a rough time...this is the 3rd death for her in just a few months. 2 friends and now a family member. Sometimes I wonder why life can be so tough....the challenges we all face as we age can really cut to the heart. Some hefty prayers going out for al over this one.