Granny had a massive stroke last night, less than 2 weeks after leaving her assisted living facility and moving into a real nursing home. she was in perfect health other than her dementia and a few ovarian cysts, and just had a full work up done in september. you just never know.....my mom is devastated and she & her 2 siblings have many decisions to make today. My sister is real close to granny too, so i'm feeling bad for her. we cant drive there to say our goodbyes until they move her from ICU to another room, so we havent seen her yet. for some reason, i was closer to my Grandfather than i was to her. Jackson adored her, she was just his size and speed since he came here. he last saw her in january at a party they had at her place. no idea how many days she will hang on, but they are saying "days". i feel so bad for my Mom.
our truck is still messed up after 1550.00 in repairs. yogi has a roof to start tomorrow!
doug came to visit. has been sleeping all over town. yay. hes still attending school at this point, so im shutting up. i wish he'd take all his stuff.
the kitten left.
shawns top molars HURT.
i didnt sleep well last night.
i'm taking jack to find a halloween costume. he wants to be "scary".
phone keeps ringing!
be good!
I WILL NEVER GIVE UP. HE WILL GRADUATE. HE WILL LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. HE WILL FIND TRUE LOVE. HE WILL SURVIVE. HE WILL SHOWER REGULARLY. OR I WILL DIE TRYING. ~MOM
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Lessons I've Learned Lately, by Ali-installment 2(1st installment see july 18th post)
1. roaches don't die. ever.
2. text messaging while making an illegal u turn is frowned upon by the police.
3. rinsing bad smelling chicken doesn't neccessarily make it safe.
4. when your spouse calls you from the grocery store, asking for help with choosing a hair color, answering "whatever you like, babe" might not be the way to go.
5. never store chocolate in your glove box.
6. in a house full of teenagers, it is dangerous to fall asleep on the couch. think permanant marker.
7. E.T is just as sad the 23rd time you watch.
8. E.T. merch is expensive on Ebay
9. never let a 3 year old carry the bag containing the lighbulbs and eggs.
10. if you can't find your keys, look in the fishtank.
11. if your credit card is missing, look in the fishtank.
12. toddlers love gum & fishtanks
13. when teenagers move out of the house, they still expect you to do their laundry and provide them with pizza.
14. the FCC doesnt really care.
15. just because it says "washable" doesnt mean it is.
16. canned chili isn't really chili.
17. to kids, "a few" is 20 or more.
18. colorful language is not welcome at the DMV.
19. toll takers give lousy directions just for fun.
20. if a hairdresser offers you an alcoholic drink before she starts cutting, she's got big plans for you.
2. text messaging while making an illegal u turn is frowned upon by the police.
3. rinsing bad smelling chicken doesn't neccessarily make it safe.
4. when your spouse calls you from the grocery store, asking for help with choosing a hair color, answering "whatever you like, babe" might not be the way to go.
5. never store chocolate in your glove box.
6. in a house full of teenagers, it is dangerous to fall asleep on the couch. think permanant marker.
7. E.T is just as sad the 23rd time you watch.
8. E.T. merch is expensive on Ebay
9. never let a 3 year old carry the bag containing the lighbulbs and eggs.
10. if you can't find your keys, look in the fishtank.
11. if your credit card is missing, look in the fishtank.
12. toddlers love gum & fishtanks
13. when teenagers move out of the house, they still expect you to do their laundry and provide them with pizza.
14. the FCC doesnt really care.
15. just because it says "washable" doesnt mean it is.
16. canned chili isn't really chili.
17. to kids, "a few" is 20 or more.
18. colorful language is not welcome at the DMV.
19. toll takers give lousy directions just for fun.
20. if a hairdresser offers you an alcoholic drink before she starts cutting, she's got big plans for you.
Monday, October 27, 2008
PMS makes me mean & other tales
ok.. so.. whatever. mary poppins doesnt live here NO MO. she left. mommy dearest took her place last night lol. i am on edge, tired, achey, and irritated that "C" & Kayleigh stole all my Tampax! Luckily, kristin left me some inferior backups & i will head to the store momentarily. i decided that blogging my thoughts might put me in a better frame of mind so i dont yell at the sweet autistic kid who bags my groceries. i usually adore all my special baggers, & they dig me bigtime, im just afraid i may blow it today if i dont snap out of my mean-ass funk.
about 6 weeks ago Yogi's truck was fixed. cost us 1200.00$ now its broken again. estimate? 600.00$. its an 04. what the hell? we just dropped it off and are hoping the estimate stays where it is!
electrician is coming to fix our problem on saturday, but we will be without power for 5 hours or more. oh, well.
we didnt kick doug out. he left. i called him and told him i thought he made a hasty& rash decision, and gave him until 8pm to decide what he really wanted to do. all my kids know that once theyre out-theyre out. he called me at 630 telling me he would be coming home. great. what time???? I DONT KNOW. you dont know? you are grounded, tonight was the night that you desperately wanted to go out, and were upset when i said NO, THEN you were booted from school a FOURTH DAY. so now you are out with all your friends, getting EXACTLY what you wanted all along, and are telling me that once you have your fun tonight, THEN you will come home and start over???? um.... NO. come home NOW, face the punishment, give me the car keys back and deal with it. you cant have it both ways. he said OK, but then never showed up. kristin, who didnt know doug called me at 630, called her brother at 745 and said "its almost 8pm! get here or mom is locking up! youre an idiot!" to which he replied, "no, i dont want to come home, so i will face the consequences." so.. he literally moved out of his house in trade for ONE NIGHT OF FUN. why is is that 18 year old boys can only think with Mr. Big Man???(their penis). M.B.M. isnt gonna find you an apartment buddy! M.B.M. needs to take a vacation! he also needs to get a job.
On a MUCH happier note-jackson continues to flourish. you know how they say RAD kids really improve when they get to that point of being with you as long a they were with "them"? maybe its true! hes been with us over 5 years now, and has been in the states almost 5 years(nov. 5th) he was between 6 & 7 somewhere when we adopted him. so we are getting there. he is a happy guy right now, having his very best school year so far, his SPED teacher is an old friend of mine- i was a teaching assistant for 5 years way before he came home- and she is AWESOME. shout out to terri maki! he works hard for her. he also has a male teacher this year for regular classroom stuff and enjoys that. he also LOVES science. his attitude at home is wonderful and GET THIS ONE!!!!! 2 nights ago i was watching baseball and whining to yogi that it was cold in the living room. jackson went down the hall to kristins room and brought me back a blanket and covered me up!!!!! i was so blown away i almost cried. he said "this blanket is warm, MOM!" it was so cool. Yogi & i just kept looking at each other like WHOA. thats one for the books, folks. if only he'd curl up under the blanket with his old mom......eh, who cares?
OH! heres a cool thing. jackson was the #1 draft pick for basketball this year out of 314 kids. he got an amazing coach and his black friend and him are together, like we asked for. pretty fly huh??? gonna be a good year.
we are "babysitting" a 7 week old long haired kitten. i cannot wait for him to leave lol. the kids LOVE him and the kitten loves Yogi to pieces, but shawn keeps dumping the food, water & litter and im about to go out of my PMS affected mind. hes got to go! hopefully today. our adult cat, Pheobe, hates his guts too. the dog has been surprisingly gentle & kind to him.
ok, i will stop there. thanks for the ear. if youve called me & i havent called you back, its not you-its me. i get weird about the phone sometimes...... sorry. call you soon. love al
about 6 weeks ago Yogi's truck was fixed. cost us 1200.00$ now its broken again. estimate? 600.00$. its an 04. what the hell? we just dropped it off and are hoping the estimate stays where it is!
electrician is coming to fix our problem on saturday, but we will be without power for 5 hours or more. oh, well.
we didnt kick doug out. he left. i called him and told him i thought he made a hasty& rash decision, and gave him until 8pm to decide what he really wanted to do. all my kids know that once theyre out-theyre out. he called me at 630 telling me he would be coming home. great. what time???? I DONT KNOW. you dont know? you are grounded, tonight was the night that you desperately wanted to go out, and were upset when i said NO, THEN you were booted from school a FOURTH DAY. so now you are out with all your friends, getting EXACTLY what you wanted all along, and are telling me that once you have your fun tonight, THEN you will come home and start over???? um.... NO. come home NOW, face the punishment, give me the car keys back and deal with it. you cant have it both ways. he said OK, but then never showed up. kristin, who didnt know doug called me at 630, called her brother at 745 and said "its almost 8pm! get here or mom is locking up! youre an idiot!" to which he replied, "no, i dont want to come home, so i will face the consequences." so.. he literally moved out of his house in trade for ONE NIGHT OF FUN. why is is that 18 year old boys can only think with Mr. Big Man???(their penis). M.B.M. isnt gonna find you an apartment buddy! M.B.M. needs to take a vacation! he also needs to get a job.
On a MUCH happier note-jackson continues to flourish. you know how they say RAD kids really improve when they get to that point of being with you as long a they were with "them"? maybe its true! hes been with us over 5 years now, and has been in the states almost 5 years(nov. 5th) he was between 6 & 7 somewhere when we adopted him. so we are getting there. he is a happy guy right now, having his very best school year so far, his SPED teacher is an old friend of mine- i was a teaching assistant for 5 years way before he came home- and she is AWESOME. shout out to terri maki! he works hard for her. he also has a male teacher this year for regular classroom stuff and enjoys that. he also LOVES science. his attitude at home is wonderful and GET THIS ONE!!!!! 2 nights ago i was watching baseball and whining to yogi that it was cold in the living room. jackson went down the hall to kristins room and brought me back a blanket and covered me up!!!!! i was so blown away i almost cried. he said "this blanket is warm, MOM!" it was so cool. Yogi & i just kept looking at each other like WHOA. thats one for the books, folks. if only he'd curl up under the blanket with his old mom......eh, who cares?
OH! heres a cool thing. jackson was the #1 draft pick for basketball this year out of 314 kids. he got an amazing coach and his black friend and him are together, like we asked for. pretty fly huh??? gonna be a good year.
we are "babysitting" a 7 week old long haired kitten. i cannot wait for him to leave lol. the kids LOVE him and the kitten loves Yogi to pieces, but shawn keeps dumping the food, water & litter and im about to go out of my PMS affected mind. hes got to go! hopefully today. our adult cat, Pheobe, hates his guts too. the dog has been surprisingly gentle & kind to him.
ok, i will stop there. thanks for the ear. if youve called me & i havent called you back, its not you-its me. i get weird about the phone sometimes...... sorry. call you soon. love al
Sunday, October 26, 2008
no news is good news?
not so fast LOL
i am steadfast in my decision to not alow doug to slither his way back into our home & disrupt my mary poppins existance. its all about ME now!husband is a wuss. he is wavering in his TOUGH LOVE persona. must reel him in before he blows it! he worked all weekend. i cleaned and organized and plotted my evil plan to extract toddler son from his corner of my bedroom. it will happen. it must happen.
i am steadfast in my decision to not alow doug to slither his way back into our home & disrupt my mary poppins existance. its all about ME now!husband is a wuss. he is wavering in his TOUGH LOVE persona. must reel him in before he blows it! he worked all weekend. i cleaned and organized and plotted my evil plan to extract toddler son from his corner of my bedroom. it will happen. it must happen.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
nothing good
nothing good to talk about or report today. doug moved out, dont feel like typing the whole story but lets just say, long story short, he'd rather move out than be grounded or be without a vehicle. he went back to school after his 3 day suspension, and was kicked out again in the first half hour. thats how it all started. now hes asking to move back in, now that the fun he wanted to have last night is over. NO. whether hes going back to school, i have no idea. he doesn't turn 18 for 5 more weeks, so im not sure how this will all play out. all i know is-jackson wants his room, and shawn wants jacksons room!
kind of a crappy weekend so far. we've been cleaning out our storage room in the basement for days, no fun but im happy to report i found some things id been looking for. jackson went clothes shopping, we found all dougs size 14, 16 & 18 clothes i had saved way back when, size 8 1/2 work boots and 2 good winter coats in jacks size too! SCORE! hes thrilled. i also found another bag of clothes for shawn i had forgotten about. he is SET until age 4 or 5.
today Yogi worked and i cleaned. yay. tomorrow we may go back to the pumpkin patch with a camera and get jack a halloween costume.we may go visit some friends who just put a huge addition on their house. havent seen them in ages. that should be a good time.
geeze, i sound like crap! i will try to be funny tomorrow. OY.
kind of a crappy weekend so far. we've been cleaning out our storage room in the basement for days, no fun but im happy to report i found some things id been looking for. jackson went clothes shopping, we found all dougs size 14, 16 & 18 clothes i had saved way back when, size 8 1/2 work boots and 2 good winter coats in jacks size too! SCORE! hes thrilled. i also found another bag of clothes for shawn i had forgotten about. he is SET until age 4 or 5.
today Yogi worked and i cleaned. yay. tomorrow we may go back to the pumpkin patch with a camera and get jack a halloween costume.we may go visit some friends who just put a huge addition on their house. havent seen them in ages. that should be a good time.
geeze, i sound like crap! i will try to be funny tomorrow. OY.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
31 things
1. Where is your cell phone? next to me-a rarity
2. Where is your significant other? in kristin's room studying for some test
3. Your hair color? blondish brown
4. Your mother? Gail
5. Your father? Doug
6.Your favorite thing? lemon cake lol
7. Your dream last night? Don't remember...
8. Your dream/goal? for all my kids to outlive me.
9. The room you're in? kitchen on laptop
10. Your hobby? photography, writing, scrabble, baseball.
11. Your fear? getting any fatter than this
12. Where do you want to be in six years? in a bigger house(add on to this one is fine) but would love a large log home with a (still)happy family.
13. Where were you last night? at Libby's house.
14. What you’re not? happy that the red sox are not playing in the world series tonight :(
15. One of your wish list items? season tickets.
16. Where you grew up? NH
17. The last thing you did? put babies to bed
18.. What are you wearing? jeans, Tevas, t shirt.
19. Your TV? ancient & not worth watching tonight. hhmmpphh!
20. Your pet? Dakotah(lab) pheobe(cat)
21. Your computer? HP laptop
22. Your mood? decent
23. Missing someone? for the rest of my life, yes.
24.Your car? 2005 ford expedition, white.
25. Something you’re not wearing? real shoes-ever
26. Favorite store? target
27. Your summer? mediocre at best
28. Love someone? love many people
29. Your favorite color? Red
30.When is the last time you laughed? 7 minutes ago- it doesn't take much.
31. Last time you cried? september 9th
i tag ERIN, KATIE & GALE
2. Where is your significant other? in kristin's room studying for some test
3. Your hair color? blondish brown
4. Your mother? Gail
5. Your father? Doug
6.Your favorite thing? lemon cake lol
7. Your dream last night? Don't remember...
8. Your dream/goal? for all my kids to outlive me.
9. The room you're in? kitchen on laptop
10. Your hobby? photography, writing, scrabble, baseball.
11. Your fear? getting any fatter than this
12. Where do you want to be in six years? in a bigger house(add on to this one is fine) but would love a large log home with a (still)happy family.
13. Where were you last night? at Libby's house.
14. What you’re not? happy that the red sox are not playing in the world series tonight :(
15. One of your wish list items? season tickets.
16. Where you grew up? NH
17. The last thing you did? put babies to bed
18.. What are you wearing? jeans, Tevas, t shirt.
19. Your TV? ancient & not worth watching tonight. hhmmpphh!
20. Your pet? Dakotah(lab) pheobe(cat)
21. Your computer? HP laptop
22. Your mood? decent
23. Missing someone? for the rest of my life, yes.
24.Your car? 2005 ford expedition, white.
25. Something you’re not wearing? real shoes-ever
26. Favorite store? target
27. Your summer? mediocre at best
28. Love someone? love many people
29. Your favorite color? Red
30.When is the last time you laughed? 7 minutes ago- it doesn't take much.
31. Last time you cried? september 9th
i tag ERIN, KATIE & GALE
is it neccessarily a bad thing?
that i allow my son to live on ninnies, goldfish, applesauce and carrots doused in hot sauce? oh- we also encourage him to stand on chairs. the kid eats next to nothing-and not much of that. i push pediasure and hope he grows. i am only one woman!
kendyl looks so cute in this hat i had to snap her picture. she says she looks FLY.
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