Sorry for the long time in between posts. I didn't realize it had been so long actually. Well Christmas is coming in a few days and I am super excited! Santa has treated my kids well this year. They don't know it yet but I do. Santa and I talk ya know....=o)
And ya know the song "I saw mama kissing Santa Claus"? Well I just recently got that song. Yea I know rather blonde of me but it happens. But anyways, I started thinking, Ok, so Santa is typically daddy and daddy helps mommy do the shopping and the wrapping and the hiding of the presents and is all happy and jolly. Well not in our house. That's all me. I'm the fat and happy one. I'm the one who wraps and hides gifts. I'm the one who gets the gifts and brings them into the house on Christmas eve. I'm the one who shops for everything. I'm the one who puts everything under the tree. And if I ask my husband to do any of these things I get met with some grumpy annoying answer that leads me to realize I was better off doing it by myself. So although I love the holidays, that song is just wrong. Mama isn't kissing Santa Claus.... Daddy is kissing Santa Claus. And while we're on the topic of that song I should mention that the reason it got to me to begin with is b/c there is a version of the song where the kid says, I did, I really saw it. And I'm telling my dad. And I laughed b/c I got it. So that is my new thing for the season.
Lets see... We've been blessed with some nice things this season. We have a friend at church who bought each of our children something just b/c she loves them and cares about them. She just wanted to and felt the desire to spread her love to them. We had a very generous gift from my father in law for all three of our children while Connor and I were visiting him. And my aunt and uncle and my grandmother all were gracious in their giving to our children this year. I couldn't ask for better or more from my family this year. They have all been there and been supportive of us.
We have been making ornaments this year so there are quite a few homemade ornaments on our tree this year. The kids and I have made about 30-40 Christmas mice. We made them with their friends as well. Oh and I made a wreath for my car this year! WOO HOO! Now if I could only get Tommy to put it on my car. He is such a scrooge! Hopefully he will be happier on Christmas. We can hope for the best. He will have what looks to be a half day tomorrow and then will be off on Christmas eve, Christmas day and the day after Christmas. The bad thing is he doesn't get paid for it so we will be hurting come pay day. I really do like having him around but not having any money to go with it hurts. We can't pay our bills as it is. Ah well. I will enjoy the time with him here b/c it will end soon enough.
Now I'm going to go and turn up the heat and get my kids into bed so I can finish folding up some laundry and whatnot so I can relax a bit. I still have to make a bunch of things for Christmas day. It's not so bad when you get to have the holiday at your house. You know what food you are going to get and you know how much of it will be there too! Christmas is my favorite.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Merry Christmas!!!!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Christmas cards and whatnot....
So I was making a Christmas card for whatever I give out on Christmas day to family and I decided to let the kids make cards when they came home from school. I had Megan and Zach today too so I thought it would be a fun craft idea. It was very fun in the end however Connor seemed to think that everyone and their cat was out to hurt him and make him unhappy this afternoon. All he did was whine and cry and complain about how Meg took what he wanted and how he didn't like what he had done on his card. It was a disaster for him. I was calm.... for most of the afternoon. Until Megan finished her homework and even Rhiannon had started hers and he was STILL whining and crying 2 hours later. Then I started yelling at him. I couldn't take it anymore. I was done! So I told him that he was going to bed early, like when we got back from taking Rhiannon to girl scouts.... since I don't bring her home, he is taking a shower and going to bed. I can't take his whining and crying anymore. And meanwhile through all of it he still made me smile....
Tommy's favorite Christmas song ever came on.... Little drummer boy. And they explained who was singing it and the name of the song. And I said oh, this is Tommy's favorite song. I'm looking at Connor and he is looking at me and he says, Why are you looking at me? I'm not a drama boy! And I just giggled and said the name of the song is little DRUMMER boy and yes you are a drama boy, more than any I know. It was cute and in his hysterics today it made for a nice break in the monotony of Connor's typical day lately.
The rest of the kids had a lot of fun with the cards and stuff. They made nice little creations. Alanna scissored hers to bits and we still put it in an envelop to give to Santa on Christmas eve night. Rhiannon made a card inside a little card with great little pictures in it. And Connor actually ended up making two cards. One for Mr. and Mrs. Claus and one for the reindeer I believe. But tell him that reindeer is spelt rEindeer instead of rAindeer and we have another meltdown on our hands. =o)
Ah, such is life with young children. You've got to love them or you might have to just drown them! Especially when you are highly stressed with no husband around to hug you and love you and tell you how wonderful you are. And how great the house looks and how much he knows you are trying your best even when you feel like you can't give anymore! Or just to help you pick up around the house when you really just want to sit down and have a fucking break. No censoring here today. I want a break. And I can't wait until the kids school break starts b/c that means I get a break. I don't have to get up early, I don't have to run to drop off or pick up anyone. I can sit around in my PJ's for half the day or the whole day if I want. It's just the kind of thing I've been waiting for. A time to enjoy my kids with no other kids that aren't mine around without my ok on that particular day, like today. I said yes to Meg and Zach so they were here. However, just my kids sounds awesome! Making Christmas cookies and working on getting Christmas dinner together sounds good too. I'm awaiting Santa Claus.... I hope you are too. Even Santa knows I need a break now. Well I must go and make dinner and usher the kids out the door b/c there is girl scouts tonight. Wahoo! I don't do pick-up, just drop-off. I love having friends. It's nice to share the responsibility of any parental duty. And this one is welcomed!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Tommy's favorite Christmas song ever came on.... Little drummer boy. And they explained who was singing it and the name of the song. And I said oh, this is Tommy's favorite song. I'm looking at Connor and he is looking at me and he says, Why are you looking at me? I'm not a drama boy! And I just giggled and said the name of the song is little DRUMMER boy and yes you are a drama boy, more than any I know. It was cute and in his hysterics today it made for a nice break in the monotony of Connor's typical day lately.
The rest of the kids had a lot of fun with the cards and stuff. They made nice little creations. Alanna scissored hers to bits and we still put it in an envelop to give to Santa on Christmas eve night. Rhiannon made a card inside a little card with great little pictures in it. And Connor actually ended up making two cards. One for Mr. and Mrs. Claus and one for the reindeer I believe. But tell him that reindeer is spelt rEindeer instead of rAindeer and we have another meltdown on our hands. =o)
Ah, such is life with young children. You've got to love them or you might have to just drown them! Especially when you are highly stressed with no husband around to hug you and love you and tell you how wonderful you are. And how great the house looks and how much he knows you are trying your best even when you feel like you can't give anymore! Or just to help you pick up around the house when you really just want to sit down and have a fucking break. No censoring here today. I want a break. And I can't wait until the kids school break starts b/c that means I get a break. I don't have to get up early, I don't have to run to drop off or pick up anyone. I can sit around in my PJ's for half the day or the whole day if I want. It's just the kind of thing I've been waiting for. A time to enjoy my kids with no other kids that aren't mine around without my ok on that particular day, like today. I said yes to Meg and Zach so they were here. However, just my kids sounds awesome! Making Christmas cookies and working on getting Christmas dinner together sounds good too. I'm awaiting Santa Claus.... I hope you are too. Even Santa knows I need a break now. Well I must go and make dinner and usher the kids out the door b/c there is girl scouts tonight. Wahoo! I don't do pick-up, just drop-off. I love having friends. It's nice to share the responsibility of any parental duty. And this one is welcomed!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cruxshadows show and other stuff...
So the show was awesome! It was a long night for someone who doesn't go out like they used to all those years ago. I felt so old and tired. I loved dancing and singing.... or more like yelling.... and I loved that Tommy and I had a night out. I slept most of the next day on and off. It was weird. I remember going out and being able to do whatever I wanted the next day. And this time, I was tired, really tired. We got to go out to eat and had a nice meal. We get to Alley Katz where the show was and the place was supposed to open at 8 but the bands are still doing sound checks. They let us into the stairwell and make us wait there until 9:15. We waited for what felt like forever but finally got let in. Tommy and I both wanted to have a drink but that didn't happen b/c the place we went to only served beer. That really sucked.... neither one of us drinks beer. So no drinks for us! We had water instead. We adapt easily.
I: Scintilla and Aryia were the opening bands. They were good. Kind of stompy but good nonetheless. I did very little dancing until the Cruxshadows came out. Tommy didn't realize that CXS wouldn't go on until about midnight and by that time he was done and ready to go home. I tried to warn him it would be a LATE night but I guess warnings fell on deaf ears b/c he started to get cranky. People were packed into the front of the stage like sardines and there was a big open space in the back. Although we could have spread out, we didn't. When you want to see a band that badly, you stay up front. I was essentially in the second row, stage right. It was hugely awesome to touch Rogue's hand while he sang. This time I did not dance with him when he came out into the crowd. I did however wait until they did their encore and finsihed with Marylin, my Bitterness..... when he pulls up a few people on stage to sing and dance with him. I asked Tommy if he wanted to go and he said no.... I threw my jacket at him and went on over there. Rogue pulled me up on stage, I smacked my head on a HUGE speaker and I danced my heart out and sang Marylin! The kids thought it was awesome when they asked if I got to dance with Rogue and I said, Yes!
Unfortunately my camera died so I only have about 4 pictures from the show. It was a very bad move on my part to not charge the battery. For that, I'm a dummy. BUT, there is good things for those who don't think ahead! I asked Rogue if he could do me a huge favor. He asked what it was. I told him how much my kids love them and how my camera died. I asked if he would sign a piece of paper for them that I had. He said how about this, let me give you a poster, on me and I'll write something to them and you can get the whole band to sign it? I was shocked and grateful! He said it would take him a few to get back to the table but that he would get there eventually. And while the bouncer threw out almost everyone, he let Tommy and I stay so we could do what Rogue promised. We got everyone's signature but the two dancers. Although sad they were busy elsewhere. The kids are thrilled with the poster which is signed to Connor, Rhiannon and Alanna. We are going to frame it and put it up in our living room.
The night was long and tiring. I bought three CDs, 3 bracelets which were supposed to be for the kids, and two buttons. They price things cheap so you can get a lot for a little. It was a great night that Tommy and I both agreed we should try and do with the kids at Dragoncon.... a comic convention in Atlanta, Ga. that comes around the last weekend in Aug./first weekend in Sept. right before school starts. It's the only all ages show that we know of that we can get to. The kids have been dying to go to a Cruxshadows show and although Rogue warned me that they go on late, like midnight..... Our kids would be so excited I don't think they would care! To be able to say they got to see mommy's favorite band, a band they themselves really like, live!!! They would be thrilled! So our hope is to swing that this summer if we can stay on track. It will be our family trip... to the new aquarium, the con and the CXS show and home again in time for school to start. Wahoo!
So the weekend started off exciting!!! And then it was Connor's birthday!!! He turned 8! And yes although this saddens me greatly that my little boy is 8, he had a wonderful day. He has chosed to go to California Pizza Kitchen for his birthday dinner/lunch the last 3 years and my parents always oblige. So this year it was us, my parents and Will. It was a nice change of pace. Last year he had about 25 people at dinner. It was what he wanted and we of course said yes. This year we kept it small. Connor got a load of drawing and at supplies. He also got a couple of video games. He got a couple of Beastquest books to round out the series he is reading. I think he has all of them now. He is a very happy boy. This friday he will be having a sleepover party with a few friends to celebrate his birthday as well. He can't wait! So far there is 6 boys including him. There could be 10 so pray for me! My little boy is growing up.... I can't swaddle him anymore.... I miss that. What a big boy he is becoming. If he doesn't stop growing soon I'm going to have to stunt his growth! =o) The deal was he was supposed to stay little.... he isn't holding up his end of the bargain here!
Ah well the holidays are upon us and I can't help but think of what our holiday plans are. We have a Christmas dinner every year where we invite our family and another family to come and join us on Christmas day. We go to church on Christmas eve and have a lovely time. I can't wait! It's been a rough year so I'm looking for some good holiday cheer right about now. We'll plan on having people over in the late afternoon and having a nice evening with whomever decides to hang out with us. It's always nice to relax on Christmas night after Santa has turned my house upside down and made my kids jump for joy all day long! I love the magic of Christmas and I can't wait for this one! It's starting.... I see the sprinkling.... now I just hope it snows too! Wouldn't that just make it the most perfect Christmas ever?!
We have a tree with multi-colored lights... not MY first choice but Tommy and the kids love it so it stays, this year. Plus I didn't want to still be cleaning up pine needles on Mother's Day! They are in my car and in my house and everywhere when we get a real tree but oh the wonderful smell of them! I love that smell. Anyways, if you want to join our Christmas cheer please let me know! We are looking forward to a very happy holiday!
Soon after Christmas we are going straight into our family baptism. Connor, Rhiannon, Alanna and I are all getting baptized. Tommy isn't ready for that leap yet and that's ok I suppose however the rest of us are going to be baptized in early January. The kids and I need to pick up Marianne from NY and then we need to come back. We need to get things in order so that all of the people who will be god parents can be here and be accounted for. Unfortunately some of them are already not able to make it. However we are working on alternates to help out there. And we are working hard to make sure that the kids and I are baptized during this time. We are excited about it and it's time for it to happen! Eternal grace is awaiting.... and I'm not waiting to accept it any longer and neither are our children!
Well I think I've done enough rambling for now. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was nice. We had two Thanksgiving dinners, neither of which we had to bring anything to. And we enjoyed them both! We make up for this when we cook for Christmas.... =o)
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
I: Scintilla and Aryia were the opening bands. They were good. Kind of stompy but good nonetheless. I did very little dancing until the Cruxshadows came out. Tommy didn't realize that CXS wouldn't go on until about midnight and by that time he was done and ready to go home. I tried to warn him it would be a LATE night but I guess warnings fell on deaf ears b/c he started to get cranky. People were packed into the front of the stage like sardines and there was a big open space in the back. Although we could have spread out, we didn't. When you want to see a band that badly, you stay up front. I was essentially in the second row, stage right. It was hugely awesome to touch Rogue's hand while he sang. This time I did not dance with him when he came out into the crowd. I did however wait until they did their encore and finsihed with Marylin, my Bitterness..... when he pulls up a few people on stage to sing and dance with him. I asked Tommy if he wanted to go and he said no.... I threw my jacket at him and went on over there. Rogue pulled me up on stage, I smacked my head on a HUGE speaker and I danced my heart out and sang Marylin! The kids thought it was awesome when they asked if I got to dance with Rogue and I said, Yes!
Unfortunately my camera died so I only have about 4 pictures from the show. It was a very bad move on my part to not charge the battery. For that, I'm a dummy. BUT, there is good things for those who don't think ahead! I asked Rogue if he could do me a huge favor. He asked what it was. I told him how much my kids love them and how my camera died. I asked if he would sign a piece of paper for them that I had. He said how about this, let me give you a poster, on me and I'll write something to them and you can get the whole band to sign it? I was shocked and grateful! He said it would take him a few to get back to the table but that he would get there eventually. And while the bouncer threw out almost everyone, he let Tommy and I stay so we could do what Rogue promised. We got everyone's signature but the two dancers. Although sad they were busy elsewhere. The kids are thrilled with the poster which is signed to Connor, Rhiannon and Alanna. We are going to frame it and put it up in our living room.
The night was long and tiring. I bought three CDs, 3 bracelets which were supposed to be for the kids, and two buttons. They price things cheap so you can get a lot for a little. It was a great night that Tommy and I both agreed we should try and do with the kids at Dragoncon.... a comic convention in Atlanta, Ga. that comes around the last weekend in Aug./first weekend in Sept. right before school starts. It's the only all ages show that we know of that we can get to. The kids have been dying to go to a Cruxshadows show and although Rogue warned me that they go on late, like midnight..... Our kids would be so excited I don't think they would care! To be able to say they got to see mommy's favorite band, a band they themselves really like, live!!! They would be thrilled! So our hope is to swing that this summer if we can stay on track. It will be our family trip... to the new aquarium, the con and the CXS show and home again in time for school to start. Wahoo!
So the weekend started off exciting!!! And then it was Connor's birthday!!! He turned 8! And yes although this saddens me greatly that my little boy is 8, he had a wonderful day. He has chosed to go to California Pizza Kitchen for his birthday dinner/lunch the last 3 years and my parents always oblige. So this year it was us, my parents and Will. It was a nice change of pace. Last year he had about 25 people at dinner. It was what he wanted and we of course said yes. This year we kept it small. Connor got a load of drawing and at supplies. He also got a couple of video games. He got a couple of Beastquest books to round out the series he is reading. I think he has all of them now. He is a very happy boy. This friday he will be having a sleepover party with a few friends to celebrate his birthday as well. He can't wait! So far there is 6 boys including him. There could be 10 so pray for me! My little boy is growing up.... I can't swaddle him anymore.... I miss that. What a big boy he is becoming. If he doesn't stop growing soon I'm going to have to stunt his growth! =o) The deal was he was supposed to stay little.... he isn't holding up his end of the bargain here!
Ah well the holidays are upon us and I can't help but think of what our holiday plans are. We have a Christmas dinner every year where we invite our family and another family to come and join us on Christmas day. We go to church on Christmas eve and have a lovely time. I can't wait! It's been a rough year so I'm looking for some good holiday cheer right about now. We'll plan on having people over in the late afternoon and having a nice evening with whomever decides to hang out with us. It's always nice to relax on Christmas night after Santa has turned my house upside down and made my kids jump for joy all day long! I love the magic of Christmas and I can't wait for this one! It's starting.... I see the sprinkling.... now I just hope it snows too! Wouldn't that just make it the most perfect Christmas ever?!
We have a tree with multi-colored lights... not MY first choice but Tommy and the kids love it so it stays, this year. Plus I didn't want to still be cleaning up pine needles on Mother's Day! They are in my car and in my house and everywhere when we get a real tree but oh the wonderful smell of them! I love that smell. Anyways, if you want to join our Christmas cheer please let me know! We are looking forward to a very happy holiday!
Soon after Christmas we are going straight into our family baptism. Connor, Rhiannon, Alanna and I are all getting baptized. Tommy isn't ready for that leap yet and that's ok I suppose however the rest of us are going to be baptized in early January. The kids and I need to pick up Marianne from NY and then we need to come back. We need to get things in order so that all of the people who will be god parents can be here and be accounted for. Unfortunately some of them are already not able to make it. However we are working on alternates to help out there. And we are working hard to make sure that the kids and I are baptized during this time. We are excited about it and it's time for it to happen! Eternal grace is awaiting.... and I'm not waiting to accept it any longer and neither are our children!
Well I think I've done enough rambling for now. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was nice. We had two Thanksgiving dinners, neither of which we had to bring anything to. And we enjoyed them both! We make up for this when we cook for Christmas.... =o)
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The house is cleaner....
Can't complain about that! Tommy and I cleaned the floors and cleaned the playroom this weekend. It was a good weekend. We had a nice evening at church and saw my parents for a little while. It really was kind of stress free. I like weekends like this. And to top it off since it's a holiday week the people at work have decided not to send my husband away this week! So he will be home every evening!!!!!! YAY! And then we will have two Thanksgiving dinners and then come home. And Tommy will have a 4 day weekend. It will be so nice. I can already see it. The house is almost in order so I'm not stressing that. I can make some Christmas cards. My favorite band will be in town this coming friday and my mom is watching the kids for us so that we can go see them. It will be our first night out together in probably a year. And we will capitalize on it for sure! I'm having a drink everybody! I think I deserve it. One drink in a year is about all I have so I'm about to work that into my one night of freedom. I'll let you all know how that goes. Since I'm working on a plan to have a night alone with my husband! WOO HOO. I'm looking forward to that. Anyways, thats all for tonight. It was a good day and now there is a clean playroom to go with that day. I'm going to curl up on the couch with my husband and youngest daughter for a while and watch some TV and maybe get to folding some clothes. As long as we can keep up on the clothes this week will stay just as good as this weekend!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Depression sucks....
Depression has set in around here. And it sucks. I've been unmotivated to do anything. Connor has had a headache and come to think of it, so have I. Rhiannon has been doing things that just aren't very nice to her sister. And Alanna has been peeing in her bed every night. Tommy had the glimmer of hope that he could come home this evening and that was quickly squelched when he got into work today. So the slight happiness I was feeling about him coming home early is gone as well. My Dr. and I changed my medication. It was obviously a bad idea b/c I feel like crap. I feel like I'm crashing and burning. And now that we are fixing it, it isn't fixing fast enough. I may as well be in bed with my PJ's on b/c I'm not being productive. The house is a wreck. And I don't care. I mean the laundry is up to date and there isn't stuff all over the place. But I'd like to clean my floors. And clean up the playroom. But I have no motivation to do so. I miss Tommy and so do the kids. We want him to be home and he never is. A weekend flies by so fast. So yea, I'm depressed. Plus we have no money for anything. We've been broke for a while but I can't afford to finish Christmas shopping for Connor and Alanna. It's sad when your kids Christmas suffers simply b/c you have trouble making ends meet. We finished for Rhiannon months ago but it was hard to buy for Connor and Alanna this year. Rhiannon still wants a Mr. Magoriam's Wonder Emporium sock monkey. That is the one thing we didn't get her that she wanted. We got her everything else she could want. Now we still have to worry about getting Connor the nice wood chess set with the drawer in the base. And maybe getting Alanna some disney fairy stuff. Connor also really wants a digital camera. And I've been looking at the less expensive ones but haven't been able to pick one up. Alanna has a click-start and I wanted to get her another game for it b/c she loves it. And she has a Leapster 2 that I thought she would enjoy another game for. If only Tommy's company would stop making them sit in a hotel room with nothing to do and let them make 40 hours.... or more.... it would be helpful to our budget. Ah well... that's my life today. And I actually feel a little bit better now.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Good News!
Will's dad has been moved to a rehab center! He is stable and doing better! This is great news. He has been in the hospital for three weeks so this is a good thing. He has been getting a little bit stronger and feeling better. He had his first radiation treatment yesterday as well. Things are looking up! I can't help but feel optimistic about what lies ahead when things are going so well right now with Will's dad. No one is allowed to pop my bubble. I'm allowed to live in it! It's making me happy right now. And we all can use some happy in these hard times. So, nyah.... that's that.
Tommy, Rhiannon and I went to the viewing for Harry, Rhiannon's great grandfather. The only thing that upset Tommy and I was that people kept saying, "Oh, this is Samantha's daughter." We didn't cause a scene and say no she's not but we both wanted to. Rhiannon is technically by birth Samantha's daughter and that's what made her related to Harry which is why we were there which is why we kept our mouths closed. No one there except Susan and Travis know the truth about what is really going on so we felt it best to not cause a scene. However, Rhiannon did call me mommy and Samantha made it clear that she didn't want to see Rhiannon so she left as soon as she was asked. Then we brought Rhiannon in. We had it planned that way since we did not want Samantha and Rhiannon to see one another. But when we found out Samantha felt the same way it just justified everything that we wrote in our letter to Susan.
We tried to be factual about it. We tried to not be attacking but honest. I don't know if that worked out but we'll find out if she ever contacts us about it. Tommy got Travis' number. That is Samantha's brother. He apparently isn't to happy with his sister either. It seems that no one in that family can deal with her either. We were received well and people were nice to us all. That was comforting I guess you could say. We are apprehensive about other meetings but are willing to try if things continue to go well.
Connor and Rhiannon got their report cards home yesterday! Connor brought home straight A's again! He is doing very well in all subjects but is still having problems focusing and staying on task without bothering friends. We are working on that. Connor's AR tests are just great! He has a 99.3 average on them. He's had 100's on all of them and a 90 on one. So he is soaring right along with them. Rhiannon brought home all B's and one A! She needs to work on time management but is doing well in all other areas! Rhiannon's AR tests are at about an 83. She is having some trouble with comprehension but we are working on getting her to bring home her library books and read them at home and at school hoping she will comprehend them better if she reads them more times. All in all the kids did very well with their report cards!
I am finishing up some swaps on swap-bot and working on feeling better. Alanna and I stayed home today. We both have a cold and are kind of losing our voices. They aren't all gone but they aren't all there either. She has been having a hard time with her sleep and sniffles so I let her sleep this morning. She slept until 10:30 and then layed on the couch with me until 11am. Then she proceeded to get on the kitchen table, naked and walk back and forth. I explained to her that she's not a stripper and she needed to get down. She said she likes being on the table. I said I don't care we don't walk on tables, get down. She got down. But really, that child just defies me to the core! It's her joy! I truly believe she thinks of ways to drive me nuts and plans them out and then does them. And when she isn't doing that, she's so exhausted, she's sleeping! But what can I say? I love her! She makes me nuts but I love her! Connor and Rhiannon too. They are my babies. They grow up too fast!
Connor will be 8 in 12 days! He is counting the days. I remember doing that. And how excited I was. I was truly thrilled when my birthday came around. I think it was for the presents, not b/c I was another year older. Now with my own kids, I dread their birthdays b/c it means they are growing up and I wish they would just stay little. I have this unnatural desire for them to stay little so I can enjoy them longer. Is that weird? Maybe not. But it actually physically depresses me to watch them grow up. I have an ache in my heart when I think about my baby being 8 years old. I think about him being born and it makes me cry. Not b/c I am not happy, I am but time has gotten away from me and I don't know where it went. And I feel like even though I'm here everyday, I'm missing the precious things in their lives. That couldn't possibly be true but I feel like it is. They just grow up too fast and time flies. I wish time would just stand still for a while.
Ah well, As I say that I also seem to be wishing away a week at a time b/c Tommy is yet again away. He is gone Monday through Friday. And being a single parent is hard. I have my mom helping me with the kids when she can but it's tough to have no one here at night with you. I miss having him here and when you are just trying to get through another day it's hard to enjoy the time you have. I need to stop doing that. I need to enjoy the time I have and work on that. Maybe Tommy will get some work in town sometime soon. It would be nice.
Anyways, not much else going on. We are just hanging out and getting through the day. Connor and I will be visiting Will's dad this afternoon. Then Connor's popcorn order came in so we have to go and get that too! And then we will be delivering those. It will be a nice night. And tomorrow too! Talk soon.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Tommy, Rhiannon and I went to the viewing for Harry, Rhiannon's great grandfather. The only thing that upset Tommy and I was that people kept saying, "Oh, this is Samantha's daughter." We didn't cause a scene and say no she's not but we both wanted to. Rhiannon is technically by birth Samantha's daughter and that's what made her related to Harry which is why we were there which is why we kept our mouths closed. No one there except Susan and Travis know the truth about what is really going on so we felt it best to not cause a scene. However, Rhiannon did call me mommy and Samantha made it clear that she didn't want to see Rhiannon so she left as soon as she was asked. Then we brought Rhiannon in. We had it planned that way since we did not want Samantha and Rhiannon to see one another. But when we found out Samantha felt the same way it just justified everything that we wrote in our letter to Susan.
We tried to be factual about it. We tried to not be attacking but honest. I don't know if that worked out but we'll find out if she ever contacts us about it. Tommy got Travis' number. That is Samantha's brother. He apparently isn't to happy with his sister either. It seems that no one in that family can deal with her either. We were received well and people were nice to us all. That was comforting I guess you could say. We are apprehensive about other meetings but are willing to try if things continue to go well.
Connor and Rhiannon got their report cards home yesterday! Connor brought home straight A's again! He is doing very well in all subjects but is still having problems focusing and staying on task without bothering friends. We are working on that. Connor's AR tests are just great! He has a 99.3 average on them. He's had 100's on all of them and a 90 on one. So he is soaring right along with them. Rhiannon brought home all B's and one A! She needs to work on time management but is doing well in all other areas! Rhiannon's AR tests are at about an 83. She is having some trouble with comprehension but we are working on getting her to bring home her library books and read them at home and at school hoping she will comprehend them better if she reads them more times. All in all the kids did very well with their report cards!
I am finishing up some swaps on swap-bot and working on feeling better. Alanna and I stayed home today. We both have a cold and are kind of losing our voices. They aren't all gone but they aren't all there either. She has been having a hard time with her sleep and sniffles so I let her sleep this morning. She slept until 10:30 and then layed on the couch with me until 11am. Then she proceeded to get on the kitchen table, naked and walk back and forth. I explained to her that she's not a stripper and she needed to get down. She said she likes being on the table. I said I don't care we don't walk on tables, get down. She got down. But really, that child just defies me to the core! It's her joy! I truly believe she thinks of ways to drive me nuts and plans them out and then does them. And when she isn't doing that, she's so exhausted, she's sleeping! But what can I say? I love her! She makes me nuts but I love her! Connor and Rhiannon too. They are my babies. They grow up too fast!
Connor will be 8 in 12 days! He is counting the days. I remember doing that. And how excited I was. I was truly thrilled when my birthday came around. I think it was for the presents, not b/c I was another year older. Now with my own kids, I dread their birthdays b/c it means they are growing up and I wish they would just stay little. I have this unnatural desire for them to stay little so I can enjoy them longer. Is that weird? Maybe not. But it actually physically depresses me to watch them grow up. I have an ache in my heart when I think about my baby being 8 years old. I think about him being born and it makes me cry. Not b/c I am not happy, I am but time has gotten away from me and I don't know where it went. And I feel like even though I'm here everyday, I'm missing the precious things in their lives. That couldn't possibly be true but I feel like it is. They just grow up too fast and time flies. I wish time would just stand still for a while.
Ah well, As I say that I also seem to be wishing away a week at a time b/c Tommy is yet again away. He is gone Monday through Friday. And being a single parent is hard. I have my mom helping me with the kids when she can but it's tough to have no one here at night with you. I miss having him here and when you are just trying to get through another day it's hard to enjoy the time you have. I need to stop doing that. I need to enjoy the time I have and work on that. Maybe Tommy will get some work in town sometime soon. It would be nice.
Anyways, not much else going on. We are just hanging out and getting through the day. Connor and I will be visiting Will's dad this afternoon. Then Connor's popcorn order came in so we have to go and get that too! And then we will be delivering those. It will be a nice night. And tomorrow too! Talk soon.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Another unexpected turn of events....
So Tommy got a call last night.... it was from Samantha's mother. Well that's weird b/c we haven't heard from her, her daughter or anyone in that family in almost 2 years! And it's kinda creepy to think that someone is out of your life and then realize you may have to worry about them again. I mean we have been over Samantha. She is buried and in the past for us. We are working on an adoption and a huge party which you know you are all invited to when it finally happens! It will be Rhiannon's second birthday! But ah, well you all know this already. Back to why she called.
Her father passed away. Yes, Rhiannon's great grandfather. And after much debating and talking by Tommy and myself we decided to go to the viewing as they are called down here. And then we also decided I should call Samantha's mother and talk to her. I mean I don't know her but what the hell. What could it hurt right? I don't know if she thought we would come or not but I informed her that we wanted to come. At first we thought it would be all five of us but with what is going on with Bill we are not taking Connor. And my mom offered to watch Alanna. So it will just be me, Rhiannon and Tommy. That's fine.
But me and her get to talking. And apparently just about everything that has gone on over the last 8 years(ya know including the pregnancy) Samantha has lied to her about. And I'm telling her um no, we never did that, no she never tried to do that, no that never happened, etc. And the whole conversation goes like that. Meanwhile somewhere in the middle of all this she informs me that she thought about fighting me for custody of my daughter. And I was a little surprised. I answered nicely but now that I think about it I realize that she didn't think it through. And she didn't think about the court system either. Why would she fight me? I have no legal right's to Rhiannon right now. Tommy does. All the fighting in the world would get her nowhere b/c I am the wrong person to fight. And even so, why would you want to fight her mother? I have never done anything to you. I have always taken care of Rhiannon. In fact while Samantha has been off avoiding parenthood like it's the bubonic plague I have been enjoying the pleasure of three beautiful children that I couldn't love more if I tried. I love them so much it hurts. Yes them frustrate me from time to time but what child doesn't frustrate their mommy sometimes?
So it got Tommy and I to thinking. If Samantha's mother wants any kind of relationship with Rhiannon or with us, which she said she did, then we need to set her straight. We needed to let her know what has really been going on the last 8 years. B/c we can't enter into a false situation with someone who may just decide that they are going to act on something that makes no sense. So tonight I sit down at my puter and start to type. I get 7 pages into a very informative letter. But to be honest some parts were kind of harsh and where it wasn't harsh it was kind of broken up and bounced around. Word craps out on me! I was pissed off! I told Tommy it was my draft but I didn't mean I wanted to erase it! Ok I had to start from scratch now.
I start over. And nine pages later I have what I think is a very informative yet honest letter from Tommy and I. We sat on the phone and worked through it together. Then I typed it up. It took me a long while but there were quite a few things that we felt that we needed to be clear on. Especially if we are building a relationship that has been built so far off of lies.
So we are hoping that after she sees what Rhiannon's life was like, from the view of her parents. The ones that have had to care from her from a baby.... that maybe she will see where things may have gone wrong. And maybe she can set the record straight on what we were told about her too. It's not like that lie didn't come full circle. But hey, we may find out it wasn't a lie. We don't know. It is worth the time to us to find out though. We are looking out for Rhiannon's best interests and the best interests of our whole family. And to do that we need to get to the bottom of all of this to start fresh otherwise, why bother, right??
So here's to hoping kids! Maybe we will gain a new person in our family or maybe this will be another mess to clean up. We shall see where this adventure takes us! But lets hope the adventure is worth our while! And for my childrens sake lets hope its low key. They have enough drama in their lives. If you know more, we'll chat.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Her father passed away. Yes, Rhiannon's great grandfather. And after much debating and talking by Tommy and myself we decided to go to the viewing as they are called down here. And then we also decided I should call Samantha's mother and talk to her. I mean I don't know her but what the hell. What could it hurt right? I don't know if she thought we would come or not but I informed her that we wanted to come. At first we thought it would be all five of us but with what is going on with Bill we are not taking Connor. And my mom offered to watch Alanna. So it will just be me, Rhiannon and Tommy. That's fine.
But me and her get to talking. And apparently just about everything that has gone on over the last 8 years(ya know including the pregnancy) Samantha has lied to her about. And I'm telling her um no, we never did that, no she never tried to do that, no that never happened, etc. And the whole conversation goes like that. Meanwhile somewhere in the middle of all this she informs me that she thought about fighting me for custody of my daughter. And I was a little surprised. I answered nicely but now that I think about it I realize that she didn't think it through. And she didn't think about the court system either. Why would she fight me? I have no legal right's to Rhiannon right now. Tommy does. All the fighting in the world would get her nowhere b/c I am the wrong person to fight. And even so, why would you want to fight her mother? I have never done anything to you. I have always taken care of Rhiannon. In fact while Samantha has been off avoiding parenthood like it's the bubonic plague I have been enjoying the pleasure of three beautiful children that I couldn't love more if I tried. I love them so much it hurts. Yes them frustrate me from time to time but what child doesn't frustrate their mommy sometimes?
So it got Tommy and I to thinking. If Samantha's mother wants any kind of relationship with Rhiannon or with us, which she said she did, then we need to set her straight. We needed to let her know what has really been going on the last 8 years. B/c we can't enter into a false situation with someone who may just decide that they are going to act on something that makes no sense. So tonight I sit down at my puter and start to type. I get 7 pages into a very informative letter. But to be honest some parts were kind of harsh and where it wasn't harsh it was kind of broken up and bounced around. Word craps out on me! I was pissed off! I told Tommy it was my draft but I didn't mean I wanted to erase it! Ok I had to start from scratch now.
I start over. And nine pages later I have what I think is a very informative yet honest letter from Tommy and I. We sat on the phone and worked through it together. Then I typed it up. It took me a long while but there were quite a few things that we felt that we needed to be clear on. Especially if we are building a relationship that has been built so far off of lies.
So we are hoping that after she sees what Rhiannon's life was like, from the view of her parents. The ones that have had to care from her from a baby.... that maybe she will see where things may have gone wrong. And maybe she can set the record straight on what we were told about her too. It's not like that lie didn't come full circle. But hey, we may find out it wasn't a lie. We don't know. It is worth the time to us to find out though. We are looking out for Rhiannon's best interests and the best interests of our whole family. And to do that we need to get to the bottom of all of this to start fresh otherwise, why bother, right??
So here's to hoping kids! Maybe we will gain a new person in our family or maybe this will be another mess to clean up. We shall see where this adventure takes us! But lets hope the adventure is worth our while! And for my childrens sake lets hope its low key. They have enough drama in their lives. If you know more, we'll chat.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Friday, November 7, 2008
Hard days to come....
So how do I start this? My father in law has cancer. Stage four unbeatable cancer.... It is overtaking his body very quickly for the amount of time we have known about it. When Will told me that his dad was in the hospital I was surprised but never thought it was this bad. Then we found out about the lung and spinal cancer. And to make a very long story short, then he lost motor function in his lower extremities. Paralysis was setting in. He had emergency surgery to restore function on Monday morning. It was a slight success! However, a disoriented man who dislikes being in the hospital and dislikes being sick does not want to stay there. And right now he has to. Connor, Tommy and I will be going to visit him tonight.
As I sit here and write this my kids are in the living room watching cartoons, being kids. Doing what any kids should be doing. The only real difference is that my 7 year old is learning about cancer. The ill effects of what smoking can do to your body and other bad things that we sometimes do to ourselves. I bought him two great workbooks to use that are very helpful with learning and dealing with cancer for kids of family members with cancer. Connor has been enjoying doing them and working on his feelings. He has some great ideas! And keeping his spirits up is what matters right now. If I have to watch my son deal with this I will do what I can to ease his pain and suffering.
For those of you who don't know this person I speak of... he is wonderful, kind and loving. He has truly been a kind soul throughout his life. He has helped countless people through their very own loss and now we must help one another through what is to come. I know I cannot rely on anyone else to make me feel better but I can try and and talk through my hurt so that I can be there for my son. It is just a hard road to navigate especially while teaching a child about disease and dying. I truly hope that everyone who this post touches is in good health today! And please cherish the time you have with the people you love. It sometimes ends far quicker than you ever expected, without much warning and leaving a wake of destruction in it's path.
Even if he cannot be there, we are planning a very happy event in January. Our family baptism! We are working on getting a few people here so that the kids can have godparents but we have run into some hiccups. It seems that bad things are happening everywhere. Either way myself and the kids (and maybe even Tommy) will be getting baptized in January. It will be an event I have looked forward to for quite some time! All three of my children will finally be officially walking with God and in the grace of Jesus. I really am happy about this. There has been a lot of turmoil surrounding our lives over the last year and there is obviously more to come in the next few months, however there is this glimmer of light that I can hang onto.
I hope each of you have a glimmer of light. I know right now I need that glimmer. Smile and hope for the best!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
As I sit here and write this my kids are in the living room watching cartoons, being kids. Doing what any kids should be doing. The only real difference is that my 7 year old is learning about cancer. The ill effects of what smoking can do to your body and other bad things that we sometimes do to ourselves. I bought him two great workbooks to use that are very helpful with learning and dealing with cancer for kids of family members with cancer. Connor has been enjoying doing them and working on his feelings. He has some great ideas! And keeping his spirits up is what matters right now. If I have to watch my son deal with this I will do what I can to ease his pain and suffering.
For those of you who don't know this person I speak of... he is wonderful, kind and loving. He has truly been a kind soul throughout his life. He has helped countless people through their very own loss and now we must help one another through what is to come. I know I cannot rely on anyone else to make me feel better but I can try and and talk through my hurt so that I can be there for my son. It is just a hard road to navigate especially while teaching a child about disease and dying. I truly hope that everyone who this post touches is in good health today! And please cherish the time you have with the people you love. It sometimes ends far quicker than you ever expected, without much warning and leaving a wake of destruction in it's path.
Even if he cannot be there, we are planning a very happy event in January. Our family baptism! We are working on getting a few people here so that the kids can have godparents but we have run into some hiccups. It seems that bad things are happening everywhere. Either way myself and the kids (and maybe even Tommy) will be getting baptized in January. It will be an event I have looked forward to for quite some time! All three of my children will finally be officially walking with God and in the grace of Jesus. I really am happy about this. There has been a lot of turmoil surrounding our lives over the last year and there is obviously more to come in the next few months, however there is this glimmer of light that I can hang onto.
I hope each of you have a glimmer of light. I know right now I need that glimmer. Smile and hope for the best!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
A new day and a new president!
I have to say... in our home we are very excited about the turn of events that happened in yesterdays history. It was literally history! And I am so proud to say that it was my very first time ever to vote, I voted for the right guys and he won! Yay! I think that this will be a good thing. People can make whatever accusations that they want but in the end, we needed a change.... it will be a good thing for our country to have a change. 8 freaking years of the guy who should have come out in the 10 gallon hat, spurs and a six shooter are coming to an end and I couldn't be happier for that.(I will thank Will for that little funny anecdote.) He may have done some things worth writing home about but in the long run he continued to make war and kill innocent people. I think that every few years you need to change it up and shake the nation to it's core.... HELLO OBAMA! Welcome to the presidency. I hope you do us proud.... we could use some goos old proud around here. And some honesty and some hope. You're it, make it happen!
So my wonderful 7 year old son was thrilled that Obama won. My 31 year old husband cried like a baby that Obama won. My ex-husband was clearly thrilled that history is in the making. And me, I am just happy for a change. A change I believe is for the better.
Rhiannon and I have our eye Dr. appt. tomorrow morning. We have to take Alanna to school and rush to the eye Dr. I then get to pay $80 for us both to see the Dr. And tell us we both need new glasses. Thanks for that Mr. I would have never known without his expertise that I'm like a blind bat and that my daughter is getting there too! She tried to hide it and trips over her own feet every other step! I just need the scrip. But no, I have to have our eyes puffed and dialated and then tested twice. Once we are done with that they will give us that magical piece of paper that will in the end cost me $100 for Rhiannon and $180 for me. Since we cannot afford glasses at all we will get Rhiannon's tomorrow b/c she now has none. Both pairs broke. Her regular pair and her older pair that she was wearing as back-up. So I have to find the $100 but my daughter comes first and we are determined for her to not go another day without glasses. We know where to get them inexpensive however that may mean waiting 2 weeks. I hate to do that to her but we need to be cost effective and do waht's right for her. We'll work it out. Then comes my turn. Maybe I will get glasses for Christmas! We shall see! Anyways.... that's our day in a nutshell!
Hugs and Love!
Chelley
So my wonderful 7 year old son was thrilled that Obama won. My 31 year old husband cried like a baby that Obama won. My ex-husband was clearly thrilled that history is in the making. And me, I am just happy for a change. A change I believe is for the better.
Rhiannon and I have our eye Dr. appt. tomorrow morning. We have to take Alanna to school and rush to the eye Dr. I then get to pay $80 for us both to see the Dr. And tell us we both need new glasses. Thanks for that Mr. I would have never known without his expertise that I'm like a blind bat and that my daughter is getting there too! She tried to hide it and trips over her own feet every other step! I just need the scrip. But no, I have to have our eyes puffed and dialated and then tested twice. Once we are done with that they will give us that magical piece of paper that will in the end cost me $100 for Rhiannon and $180 for me. Since we cannot afford glasses at all we will get Rhiannon's tomorrow b/c she now has none. Both pairs broke. Her regular pair and her older pair that she was wearing as back-up. So I have to find the $100 but my daughter comes first and we are determined for her to not go another day without glasses. We know where to get them inexpensive however that may mean waiting 2 weeks. I hate to do that to her but we need to be cost effective and do waht's right for her. We'll work it out. Then comes my turn. Maybe I will get glasses for Christmas! We shall see! Anyways.... that's our day in a nutshell!
Hugs and Love!
Chelley
Friday, October 31, 2008
Stuff that gets in the way of posting....
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We love this day!!!!
Ah life is complicated sometimes..... We have had some hard news this last couple of weeks and if you don't know about it then you aren't going to. We are keeping it close to us and aren't spreading it around. It's hard to swallow, especially for the kids and in time, things will go back to normal but as with everything in life, they have to learn sometime. But there are just things that you hate to have to watch your kids learn about.
Anyway, With our lives being up and down it's been crazy. Connor got a reading award at school today! It was great except for my little princess wreaking havoc on the cafeteria as I tried desperately to watch. That child will not listen to save my sanity! It just won't happen. I may as well be asking for a miracle. You know, they don't come around often, well Alanna listens about as often. It's sad really. No matter how much attention she gets or doesn't get she still behaves like she has never been taught manners. I know I taught her something. Ah well. Connor got his reading award and I took a pic after he got it b/c Alanna was not listening. I'm very proud of him. He is just awesome and the medication he is on seems to be working well.
Connor's birthday is coming up. Nov. 30th. He will be 8. It makes me sad. I know I should be happy but my baby boy is 8. If it was my cat I wouldn't be sad but my little baby who once fit in preemie clothes is now wearing these size 8 jeans and size 2.5 sneakers and it makes me sad. What happened to the baby? He just grew up and I kinda feel like I missed it. I was here everyday and I feel like I missed it. I wonder how some of you who read this feel. The kids are just always changing and they are wonderful and beautiful everyday.... it's just too bad that everyone isn't here to see it and that there are people who just don't care to. I feel more sad for them than I do for me. At least I get to watch my kids everyday. They make me smile and they make me laugh and they make me cry and they make me crazy and they make me scream but I love them so much.
Ok, on to something else..... Rhiannon and I have an eye Dr's. visit this week! YAY.... it is LONG overdue. Now if I can only afford to get us new glasses! She has two broken pairs of glasses and none that she can wear. She can't see great without them and I have to get her new ones when we go on the 6th! Here's to hoping for one of those miracles! *crosses fingers*
Let's see.... Alanna burned herself on the grill last week sometime. I may have already written about it. They weren't bad, mainly just red marks. One spot blistered. She was helping tommy cook and she slipped. It was an accident. She is mostly all better now. She just had a halloween parade at school yesterday! She is Tinkerbell for Halloween! It was so much fun doing the halloween party for the little ones. Rhiannon is a "scary" witch. And Connor is Indiana Jones. They look so cute! I'll try to remember to take pictures.
OH! As an early Christmas gift my mom paid for me to join curves! It's a women's gym. Only women, no men allowed in the place. I like it there. I go four days a week after I drop Alanna off at school. It's good so far. We shall see how is goes from here on out! I like it and the women are really nice. Some are pretty funny. There is a woman there who is always moving. She said, you'd think I'd be skinny, right? I guess it's all the beer I drink when I go home! Or maybe it's the wine on the weekends?! She's a nice lady. There's another lady who showed me an alternative way to do one of the stretches b/c really, what woman who has a belly and boobs or lets just be real.... we are too fat for this shit.... can actually bend her knee into her chest keep her other leg straight while sitting on the floor and touch her toes? UM.... not me! She is another lady I like. I can talk to her and she is just real about it. The workouts get you moving and keep you moving for a bit and then you stretch. I don't like the stretching part but I do it. Just not for as long as they tell you to do it for. I like to just do what I need to and move on. I made a paper bra picture for breast cancer awareness month and I wrote "save the tatas" underneath it. They all got a good laugh out of that. I wonder how I did in the little vote we all took. Maybe I won something. We will find out soon. Anyways, I am hoping to have more energy with going to the gym. Thats my goal. Losing weight and getting my blood sugar down are the added benefits that I hope to gain as well. So far, so good!
Well that's about all I have to say today. Tommy is on his way home and I have a halloween party to get ready for.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Ah life is complicated sometimes..... We have had some hard news this last couple of weeks and if you don't know about it then you aren't going to. We are keeping it close to us and aren't spreading it around. It's hard to swallow, especially for the kids and in time, things will go back to normal but as with everything in life, they have to learn sometime. But there are just things that you hate to have to watch your kids learn about.
Anyway, With our lives being up and down it's been crazy. Connor got a reading award at school today! It was great except for my little princess wreaking havoc on the cafeteria as I tried desperately to watch. That child will not listen to save my sanity! It just won't happen. I may as well be asking for a miracle. You know, they don't come around often, well Alanna listens about as often. It's sad really. No matter how much attention she gets or doesn't get she still behaves like she has never been taught manners. I know I taught her something. Ah well. Connor got his reading award and I took a pic after he got it b/c Alanna was not listening. I'm very proud of him. He is just awesome and the medication he is on seems to be working well.
Connor's birthday is coming up. Nov. 30th. He will be 8. It makes me sad. I know I should be happy but my baby boy is 8. If it was my cat I wouldn't be sad but my little baby who once fit in preemie clothes is now wearing these size 8 jeans and size 2.5 sneakers and it makes me sad. What happened to the baby? He just grew up and I kinda feel like I missed it. I was here everyday and I feel like I missed it. I wonder how some of you who read this feel. The kids are just always changing and they are wonderful and beautiful everyday.... it's just too bad that everyone isn't here to see it and that there are people who just don't care to. I feel more sad for them than I do for me. At least I get to watch my kids everyday. They make me smile and they make me laugh and they make me cry and they make me crazy and they make me scream but I love them so much.
Ok, on to something else..... Rhiannon and I have an eye Dr's. visit this week! YAY.... it is LONG overdue. Now if I can only afford to get us new glasses! She has two broken pairs of glasses and none that she can wear. She can't see great without them and I have to get her new ones when we go on the 6th! Here's to hoping for one of those miracles! *crosses fingers*
Let's see.... Alanna burned herself on the grill last week sometime. I may have already written about it. They weren't bad, mainly just red marks. One spot blistered. She was helping tommy cook and she slipped. It was an accident. She is mostly all better now. She just had a halloween parade at school yesterday! She is Tinkerbell for Halloween! It was so much fun doing the halloween party for the little ones. Rhiannon is a "scary" witch. And Connor is Indiana Jones. They look so cute! I'll try to remember to take pictures.
OH! As an early Christmas gift my mom paid for me to join curves! It's a women's gym. Only women, no men allowed in the place. I like it there. I go four days a week after I drop Alanna off at school. It's good so far. We shall see how is goes from here on out! I like it and the women are really nice. Some are pretty funny. There is a woman there who is always moving. She said, you'd think I'd be skinny, right? I guess it's all the beer I drink when I go home! Or maybe it's the wine on the weekends?! She's a nice lady. There's another lady who showed me an alternative way to do one of the stretches b/c really, what woman who has a belly and boobs or lets just be real.... we are too fat for this shit.... can actually bend her knee into her chest keep her other leg straight while sitting on the floor and touch her toes? UM.... not me! She is another lady I like. I can talk to her and she is just real about it. The workouts get you moving and keep you moving for a bit and then you stretch. I don't like the stretching part but I do it. Just not for as long as they tell you to do it for. I like to just do what I need to and move on. I made a paper bra picture for breast cancer awareness month and I wrote "save the tatas" underneath it. They all got a good laugh out of that. I wonder how I did in the little vote we all took. Maybe I won something. We will find out soon. Anyways, I am hoping to have more energy with going to the gym. Thats my goal. Losing weight and getting my blood sugar down are the added benefits that I hope to gain as well. So far, so good!
Well that's about all I have to say today. Tommy is on his way home and I have a halloween party to get ready for.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Thursday, October 23, 2008
I've felt crafty lately! I joined a swap-bot, which I have mentioned here before! And even though we don't have a lot of money.... ok we are dead broke most weeks.... I am in a pay it forward kind of attitude. I really feel like giving something to some one else and making them smile can make their day or week. Sometimes it's just about that for me. I don't even know if or when I will get stuff back b/c I send out my swaps right away when the swap starts! And most swaps aren't about spending money. They are about making things with your hands. Or buying something raw and making it different and putting your own creative spin on it. So I joined up and have been doing new and different things the last week or so. I like it. It lets me think outside the box in terms of what I normally do and that's just great for me. I am learning new terms and new things to do. Some of them don't interest me at all.... like Dotees? They seem to be little dolls that you make with fabris scraps I think. I'm not even sure really. But they don't look like fun to me. Tommy is a little dismayed about the shipping b/c some swaps require me to pay a dollar or two in shipping but I really have enjoyed myself and you always get something back for something you send out! Well usually you do. There are times when you can get flaked on but I'm hoping that doesn't happen to me. So I'm getting something creative too! It's great to see what other people come up with! You get rated on what you send other people as well. Did it meet the requirements of the swap? Did you send anything extra which you can do if you want to. Did you send something that pertained to what the person liked? Since you fill out a profile of things about you and your family(if you so desire) people can send you things that you like, that your kids like or just things in general that pertain to your life. Like I like faeries and purple and black and the occult and christian things like crosses(jewelry mainly), etc. People can look through my profile and see that and send me something that is in the genre. It's neat b/c you can join swaps specifically for things like that. They are so much fun! I'm really excited to be doing this! It's been a lot of fun so far! I'm liking the craftiness of it all especially! Anyone want to join in?!
Love and Hugs!
Chelley
Love and Hugs!
Chelley
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
More photos!!!
From left to right this is Riya, Isabel, Alana and Alanna. Yes there are two Alanna's in her class. Alanna calls her the new Alana. It's nice. They like one another.
Cute little princess! She had so much fun!
Ok the apples weren't that big to begin with but she tried to eat the seeds! She loved this apple!
Here is a bunch of the kids from the preschool, most of which we didn't know but that's ok! They loved the tractor! And they let them sit in the front so cool!
Here she is pulling her bag of pumpkins! We didn't tell the people that work there that we got two pumpkins instead of one. If they cared they would have made it easier to pay at the end of the ride, dontcha think?Alanna had a great time with her friends!!!
PHOTOS!!!
Ok so here are some pics of The latest things I have made.... that I've take pictures of anyways. This is a card I made for my father in law. It is all stamped and colored with colored pencils.
This is a chinese food box that I decorated for a swap.
Here is another angle of the box. Each side is a little different.
These are my first ATC's!!! (Artist Trading Cards) October theme.... I go Halloween.
And this was a little wooden spider that I got to embellish a bit. I enjoyed this one!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Crafting and such!!!!
So I've been crafting like a madwoman. I have pics I'm going to put up soon too! I have made these things called ATC's (Artist Trading Cards). They are the size of credit cards and you embellish a picture of something. Whatever the topic is. I did one on angels and cherubs. And I did one on October! So I did Halloween and Samhain! It was fun. I have never done anything like that but I'm learning and I think I like the mediums. I can use anything I want to embellish them and that means I am forced to think outside the box with my crafting! I like that about this swapping stuff. www.swap-bot.com, it's awesome. I'm enjoying the challenge in crafting again!
Now onto more important news.... Will's dad is in the hospital. He was dizzy and collapsed on Sunday morning. The doctors found some clots and they are still running some tests. I will be talking to Connor about all of this, this afternoon and then we will visit Granddaddy tonight for a bit. I'm sure Connor will be ok once he sees him but this will be hard for him to take since he just saw him and he was fine. Bill is a very well respected man who is well known in our city and I'm sure he is getting his fair share of visitors but none will be as important as his grandson.
So Alanna and I went to the Hanover vegetable farm today to pick a pumpkin with her school. It was a class field trip. It was fun but kind of drawn out. I was just tired I think. I was actually exhausted. Once we actually got to the fields there just wasn't that much there to choose from and it was a little surprising b/c at Ashland berry farm they are well stocked with pumpkins when we go. It's just different than what we are used to. The kids had a great time and loved every second of their adventure! I have pictures of this too! I will post some pics soon!
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
Now onto more important news.... Will's dad is in the hospital. He was dizzy and collapsed on Sunday morning. The doctors found some clots and they are still running some tests. I will be talking to Connor about all of this, this afternoon and then we will visit Granddaddy tonight for a bit. I'm sure Connor will be ok once he sees him but this will be hard for him to take since he just saw him and he was fine. Bill is a very well respected man who is well known in our city and I'm sure he is getting his fair share of visitors but none will be as important as his grandson.
So Alanna and I went to the Hanover vegetable farm today to pick a pumpkin with her school. It was a class field trip. It was fun but kind of drawn out. I was just tired I think. I was actually exhausted. Once we actually got to the fields there just wasn't that much there to choose from and it was a little surprising b/c at Ashland berry farm they are well stocked with pumpkins when we go. It's just different than what we are used to. The kids had a great time and loved every second of their adventure! I have pictures of this too! I will post some pics soon!
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
Saturday, October 18, 2008
A boy passed away....
Right in front of my church last week. He was 22, He turned 22 three days before his accident. It was very sad. He was my parents neighbor and he happened to pass in front of my church. It was very odd in that way. He swerved and crossed the road, hit a pole and died instantly. I went over a gave them a card even though I didn't know them well. The family was very nice and is having the services at my church today. My mom is going to pay her respects and then coming over here.
This afternoon we are going to lunch with Marti, Tommy's mom. The girls have made Halloween cards for her. My mom decided to join us. I don't know if Marti will come with us but afterwards I need to go to The Children's Place and get both girls socks. Alanna also needs a couple pairs of jeans and a few long sleeve shirts. She has a whole bunch of short sleeve shirts and only a handful of long sleeve shirts. Well I think I'm wrong, she has about 3 or 4 long sleeve shirts and a sweater. The sweater is too small around the neck hole. You have to smush it down over her head and it gets caught on her earrings. Thats no good. My mom made Alanna a beautiful sweater that I posted last week. She loves that one! Her Nana made it! She is wearing it today with a t-shirt and jeans. Rhiannon just needs socks. She has white socks that are just too small. And white match anything and she never has a problem finding apair of socks to match an outfit if they are white so today hopefully they will have them in her size.... b/c she is getting them if they have them.
Moving on.... we will also be looking at the art show that Marti is working today! It should be quite nice. I will update later on lunch and the beautiful artwork that we see today!
Love and Hugs!
Chelley
This afternoon we are going to lunch with Marti, Tommy's mom. The girls have made Halloween cards for her. My mom decided to join us. I don't know if Marti will come with us but afterwards I need to go to The Children's Place and get both girls socks. Alanna also needs a couple pairs of jeans and a few long sleeve shirts. She has a whole bunch of short sleeve shirts and only a handful of long sleeve shirts. Well I think I'm wrong, she has about 3 or 4 long sleeve shirts and a sweater. The sweater is too small around the neck hole. You have to smush it down over her head and it gets caught on her earrings. Thats no good. My mom made Alanna a beautiful sweater that I posted last week. She loves that one! Her Nana made it! She is wearing it today with a t-shirt and jeans. Rhiannon just needs socks. She has white socks that are just too small. And white match anything and she never has a problem finding apair of socks to match an outfit if they are white so today hopefully they will have them in her size.... b/c she is getting them if they have them.
Moving on.... we will also be looking at the art show that Marti is working today! It should be quite nice. I will update later on lunch and the beautiful artwork that we see today!
Love and Hugs!
Chelley
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Swapping.....
So I've joined a new website.... it's www.swap-bot.com. It's great! And I must than Jessica for turning me on to it. You get to sign up to swap with a group of people for different things. And if doesn't matter what it is, there are tons to choose from! I am signed up to do an unbirthday swap where we send one another a few things that we like and wrap them up like its your birthday! I'm signed up for a tea bag swap. We are swapping three different kinds of tea, two bags each. And another is an embellishments swap. I will get together a bunch of things that you would use to put on cards or scrapbooking and send those to some one and get something like that back! It's just an awesome idea. I like these kinds of things. I will be getting something other than bills or junk mail in the mail. I will be crafting stuff on a regular basis if I so desire. And you can sign up for up to 5 at a time. I signed up for 5. Of course I did! What was I thinking?! But it should be a lot of fun. Plus I met a really neat girl who shares a lot of the same interests as me so we decided to do a personal one on one swap. It promises to be a lot of fun! I can't wait for that one b/c she seems like a cool chick. So anyways, thats my fun for the day.
On to more of the norm... Ricky was back today. I will be watching this little boy until the first week of November and then he and his family are moving back to NC. His dad was called back to active duty and he will be shipping out in March I believe. So they have to move back there for him to report back to work in the military. They are very upset about this as I'm sure anyone would be. He should be gone 9 months. After that they want to come back to Richmond again. So until then Ricky is with me part time. After that I will have my days to myself again which will be weird since I'm so used to having him here now. Ah well, I will get used to it.
Anyway, today Alanna was all over the map with Ricky. She pushed him down which I still don't know if it was an accident or not. And then Ricky "fell" off the couch. We still don't know if he was pushed or if he fell for real. However he got a scrape on his head. I felt bad since they usually play so nicely together. Hopefully they will be nicer together tomorrow!
Rhiannon broke her glasses and has no others to wear. I made an appt for us both to see the eye Dr. in early Nov. but until then she looks a little funny with no glasses. Not only that but she is constantly rubbing her eyes and squinting. This kid says she can see just fine without her glasses but does stuff like that without thinking about it. Odd huh? I know she can't see as well b/c otherwise she wouldn't need them. Try telling her that though. No reason to fight about it though.
Connor has been doing pretty good on his new medication. So far I haven't seen any weird or out of the ordinary behavior. He has finished his early bird work and gotten good reports from school all week. YAY for him! I hope it continues.
Tommy is out of town again until Friday. This shit is getting real old real fast. He's been out of town for six weeks straight and the single parent stuff isn't fun. He says he understands but I think if I left him alone with 3 kids for a week(not six) he'd be dying to get out. This weekend he and Connor are going to the campout for the boy scouts so he won't be around this weekend either. I will see him Friday night and that's it. Maybe part of Sunday too! I'm tired.... really tired. I need help, I need a break. When does that happen? Anyone want to come over and watch the kids for a few hours? *weak grin*
Well, my stomach hurts so I'm heading to get into PJ's I think. Night night to all!
On to more of the norm... Ricky was back today. I will be watching this little boy until the first week of November and then he and his family are moving back to NC. His dad was called back to active duty and he will be shipping out in March I believe. So they have to move back there for him to report back to work in the military. They are very upset about this as I'm sure anyone would be. He should be gone 9 months. After that they want to come back to Richmond again. So until then Ricky is with me part time. After that I will have my days to myself again which will be weird since I'm so used to having him here now. Ah well, I will get used to it.
Anyway, today Alanna was all over the map with Ricky. She pushed him down which I still don't know if it was an accident or not. And then Ricky "fell" off the couch. We still don't know if he was pushed or if he fell for real. However he got a scrape on his head. I felt bad since they usually play so nicely together. Hopefully they will be nicer together tomorrow!
Rhiannon broke her glasses and has no others to wear. I made an appt for us both to see the eye Dr. in early Nov. but until then she looks a little funny with no glasses. Not only that but she is constantly rubbing her eyes and squinting. This kid says she can see just fine without her glasses but does stuff like that without thinking about it. Odd huh? I know she can't see as well b/c otherwise she wouldn't need them. Try telling her that though. No reason to fight about it though.
Connor has been doing pretty good on his new medication. So far I haven't seen any weird or out of the ordinary behavior. He has finished his early bird work and gotten good reports from school all week. YAY for him! I hope it continues.
Tommy is out of town again until Friday. This shit is getting real old real fast. He's been out of town for six weeks straight and the single parent stuff isn't fun. He says he understands but I think if I left him alone with 3 kids for a week(not six) he'd be dying to get out. This weekend he and Connor are going to the campout for the boy scouts so he won't be around this weekend either. I will see him Friday night and that's it. Maybe part of Sunday too! I'm tired.... really tired. I need help, I need a break. When does that happen? Anyone want to come over and watch the kids for a few hours? *weak grin*
Well, my stomach hurts so I'm heading to get into PJ's I think. Night night to all!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Pumpkin Picking and Tuesday grind.....
Hey all, So here is a photo from pumpkin picking! The kids were really liking the hayride. I have a whole bunch of photos actually! I really enjoyed hanging out with my kids, husband, brother-in-law, Kurt and (soon to be sister-in-law?) Kelly. Not really sure what to call her but she's awesome. We like her a lot and the kids think she's a lot of fun too! Well anyways, the kids had fun like I said before so I don't need to go over details again. I am just posting the pic and going to do homework with Connor and Rhiannon. Shouldn't be bad they've had time to chill out by now.
Other than that not much going on. Connor is on a new medication that seems to help him out a bit for school work. YAY for me and his teacher. Rhiannon broke her glasses and now we both have eye appts. in early Nov. She's good at breaking things and losing things. And Alanna is throwing a tantrum right now so I'm gonna go!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Monday, October 13, 2008
My cyber pet......
So if this works right this is my pet on facebook. Her name is Emily VonHoppentrauff! Isn't she cute?!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
More Halloween Stuff....
So today was a day of putting out halloween decor. Our house is now decorated for halloween and I am now given the task for making roughly 55 invitations to our annual halloween party. It should be fun. We have on every year and this year will be no exception! Wish me luck with the invites!
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
Pumpkin Picking....
Well we just did our annual pumpkin picking! It was a lot of fun! Tommy's brother and his girlfriend made it a birthday present for the girls and they really enjoyed it a lot. We had lunch and played a bit while there too!
Connor picked a nice big pumpkin! He was hard to find so there are very few pics of him at the patch! However, he did a zipline that he thought was awesome!
Rhiannon trekked through the patch and picked some good ones too! She was all about carrying them back to their pile all by herself no matter how big the pumkin was. She also did the zipline and loved it! We took a pic of her in the pile of pumpkins that is really cute!
Alanna likes baby pumpkins so she picked quite a few small yellow bulblike pumpkins that probably weren't ready to be picked. She seemed to really like a green one she found but soon moved back to her little ones again. Alanna went in the bounce houses and of course peed in her pants while in it! She has a tendency to be a betsy wetsy doll. Too old for that too! But ah well she will grow out of it. I keep saying it like it's true then maybe it will be someday!
So anyways, Kurt and Kelly made the afternoon so much fun for everyone! Thank you so much! The kids are currently carving their pumpkins as I type. I carved one and I took pictures of them carving theirs and then came in to write about our day. They love this part.... carving it all up and getting all messy! Then we have to clean the kitchen. Alanna and Connor are carving the same thing this year. Rhiannon is doing her own thing. I did a witch. Tommy helped Alanna.
Well that was our Saturday! Hope yours was just as fall like!
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
Friday, October 10, 2008
Another beautiful card
I have fun making cards. They allow me a great release that I seldom get elsewhere. This card had some not so pretty rose buds underneath the paper I put on it. I used two pretty scrapbooking and crafty papers on this. Some ice/snowy glitter and a couple of pearl dots. The saying about flowers I felt was very appropriate as well. I think the vellum over top of it in person looks very nice but in a picture it just doesn't capture how pretty it looks. I just wanted everyone to see how the card looks both ways though. If you have any requests please let me know as I am happy to try and make something from your vision and capture it on paper. I draw as well I just haven't done any lately. This has been my creative outlet for quite some time. It makes for some beautiful products when I am done. However I give them away to family and friends. I've never had the idea to sell them until recently and if anyone knows how to burst into that market, well.... TELL ME ABOUT IT! I'm all ears! I hope you enjoy my creations through my blog as much as I enjoy sharing them!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Something to talk about....
Hey all, I'm having an ok day. I'm talking to a friend about sex. She works at an adult shop here in Richmond. I don't have a website right now but if I get one I will post it. It's a very nice place actually. Small and clean. The people there are nice and I think it would be fun to work there too! Who knows it I may look for a PT job there too! I just need some more fun in my life and whatnot. The unexpected can be a lot of fun! We shall see.
Me getting a job outside of the house is always hard b/c I have to rely on my mom. And with Tommy out of town all the time I have to ask her to be here a lot. And it's hard on her to be here when she has her mom to take care of and her house to take care of and whatever else going on in her life. But she tries to help when and where she can and I have always appreciated that. So if I have the opportunity for a PT job I will try and work it out with her regardless of where it is. My helping angel.
On to other things. How about why my kids are off from school today and tomorrow but Columbus Day is Monday? We are all baffled by this. But whatever, I got to sleep til almost 11am. It was nice. Alanna woke me up so she could watch TV after she pressed numerous buttons when she should not have touched anything. Then I get up to brush my hair and go to the bathroom and she is buttering a bagel! She is FOUR! How she does these things on her own is beyond me. She is so self-sufficient sometimes but others there is a monster in her room that is going to get her! She can't even step foot in her room b/c she's scared! hehehe. She's so cute! But tomorrow we have a Dr's. appt. so I can't sleep in. But that's ok one day was great!
SO back to interesting news... LOL here it is.... the Vicki garbage. She FINALLY addressed the $60 she owes me by telling me she'll pay me $50 in $5 installments over 10 weeks! I said fine. I'm not letting her get the best of me and I'm not fighting with her over something petty. She wants to be petty that's fine. I'm not interested in the BS that is Vicki and the backstabbing she has done so I have moved on. You live and learn and I have learned a lot over the last year or so. People will show you their true colors eventually and sometimes they are brown and streaked with orange and all nasty. Others are purple and pink and make you smile just by being there. I'll take the latter. Thank you to everyone who is my friend and makes my life worthwhile!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Me getting a job outside of the house is always hard b/c I have to rely on my mom. And with Tommy out of town all the time I have to ask her to be here a lot. And it's hard on her to be here when she has her mom to take care of and her house to take care of and whatever else going on in her life. But she tries to help when and where she can and I have always appreciated that. So if I have the opportunity for a PT job I will try and work it out with her regardless of where it is. My helping angel.
On to other things. How about why my kids are off from school today and tomorrow but Columbus Day is Monday? We are all baffled by this. But whatever, I got to sleep til almost 11am. It was nice. Alanna woke me up so she could watch TV after she pressed numerous buttons when she should not have touched anything. Then I get up to brush my hair and go to the bathroom and she is buttering a bagel! She is FOUR! How she does these things on her own is beyond me. She is so self-sufficient sometimes but others there is a monster in her room that is going to get her! She can't even step foot in her room b/c she's scared! hehehe. She's so cute! But tomorrow we have a Dr's. appt. so I can't sleep in. But that's ok one day was great!
SO back to interesting news... LOL here it is.... the Vicki garbage. She FINALLY addressed the $60 she owes me by telling me she'll pay me $50 in $5 installments over 10 weeks! I said fine. I'm not letting her get the best of me and I'm not fighting with her over something petty. She wants to be petty that's fine. I'm not interested in the BS that is Vicki and the backstabbing she has done so I have moved on. You live and learn and I have learned a lot over the last year or so. People will show you their true colors eventually and sometimes they are brown and streaked with orange and all nasty. Others are purple and pink and make you smile just by being there. I'll take the latter. Thank you to everyone who is my friend and makes my life worthwhile!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
This is what my mother does to create... she knits. And she is damn good at it too! She made this is about 4 days! She loves to make things for my kids. They each have a sweater or 2 or 3.... =o) I think I have to have her make something new for Connor now. Alanna also has a dress that my mom made and another sweater and this one! All currently able to wear! How awesome is that?!!
My mom has some creativity that I can't fathom with her knitting. Keep it up!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
My latest creations...
These are a few pics of some things that I have made recently.This is a picture I made for my aunt. She has YET to receive it but she will! I adore her and wanted to make her something special!
This is my vellum and leaf picture. It came out ok. Not exactly what I was hoping for but I like it.
I like this one b/c I can write under the gold layer and make that the card. I think it's pretty and elegant!
I was just playing with my new brads and flowers when I did this one. I have never really used them before so the flower thing is kinda new to me. Wanted to try something different.
This is one of my favorites so far. MY FRIENDS have made a good part of the story of my life and I thought that the card was whimsical.
This is quilling my friends. It is not that easy to do when you are learning and these were my first real pieces. I hope that you can see how hard I was trying!
I really like this card but I messed up with the glue. I should have used glue dots here. You learn by trying, right?Well these are my latest creations. I hope they inspire some of you in some way to be creative as well.
People....
Not really sure where I'm going with this but we'll see.... ok... I never really thought of myself as a drama queen. I think some people go and look for it and with some people it finds them from time to time and with others they just avoid it like the plague. I think I'm the one in the middle. Drama finds me from time to time and although that sucks it makes my life more interesting for a short time and heightens my awareness of who I really am and who my friends really are. At times, those things blurr. I think they do for a lot of people though. You go through life living and you forget to check in with who you are and what you are about anymore. Life gets in the way of just remembering you sometimes. So at times I've made mistakes but all in all I've had a good life with good friends and great parents who have helped me more than they will ever realize. Im grateful for all of it. But there is always the flipside of that. The people who stab you in the back and make you feel like shit. I have had those people in my life too. I think I'm finally rid of those people for good though. There hasn't been any goodness that has come from them being in my life in a long time and so the ties have been undone. I'm ok with that. I'm living my life for me and my family and my real friends now. Thats all I need. And you don't need to have 40 or 80 friends that you don't remember on your myspace to have friends. You need to have a select few good people who know you and love you... and know them and love them back. If you're my friend, thank you. If you're not, oh well. I'm happy with the friends I have, the ones I may meet from here on out, and the ones I have left behind. So maybe people should get over the number of people in their life and look at the quality of people in their life is all I'm trying to say. I think I've made my point. Later all! That woman up there has been through EVERYTHING with me and she's still by my side.... no matter what we dislike about one another we still love one another.... that's a real true friend thats more like my family!!!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Models and Models...
So here's the funny thing about models... we all have our own perceptions... kind of like opinions and assholes, we all have them. So here is a sort of epiphany that I had while talking to Tommy last night that I thought you might enjoy if you frequent here.
When men talk about models they are generally talking about model airplanes and whatnot. Tiny replicas of the real object. These fun things to put together, paint and in some cases for some men they make them go vroom vroom!
When women talk about models we are talking about these women of obscene proportions that have no place in the real world. And truth be told we too are talking about tiny replicas of the real object b/c anyone who tells the truth would say that real women have curves, bumps, rolls and boobs!
So I just felt like putting in my two cents about that! Real women like you and me are BEAUTIFUL! SHOW IT OFF!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
When men talk about models they are generally talking about model airplanes and whatnot. Tiny replicas of the real object. These fun things to put together, paint and in some cases for some men they make them go vroom vroom!
When women talk about models we are talking about these women of obscene proportions that have no place in the real world. And truth be told we too are talking about tiny replicas of the real object b/c anyone who tells the truth would say that real women have curves, bumps, rolls and boobs!
So I just felt like putting in my two cents about that! Real women like you and me are BEAUTIFUL! SHOW IT OFF!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Monday, October 6, 2008
Camping time is coming up!
So Connor joined the cub scouts recently. We are selling popcorn over the next couple of week and he and Tommy are going camping soon! He is very excited about both of these things. I let him go around to a few houses on Sunday and he got a few orders. YAY! Anyone who wants to buy popcorn for a really cute cub scout who just happens to live at my house let me know.
I went out and spent WAY too much money on crafty supplies this past weekend. It was my little indulgence. I know, I already talked about this and those of you that know me know that I have a tendency to overspend in this area. I love to do my crafty stuff and make cards for people. I want to get back into scrapbooking too. So I figure I'm going to have to start putting a little bit of money into it to be able to do it.
Anyone remember Vicki? I used to watch her daughter, Lindsey. I also used to be very close with her. That was until my son innocently but not so smartly took his boy parts out in front of her daughter. And apparently I didn't handle it with as much anger or punishment as she would have liked..... So long story and text msgs short, we are no longer speaking. She was "too upset" by my non-challant way of dealing with the situation. I was upset at her hanging it over my head. So she decided she didn't want to talk to me anymore. At least you know who your true friends are when something weird, bad or out of the ordinary happens. She'd been slipping away for a while, it was only a matter of time before she was gone for good. I saw it coming and I just can't be bothered to stoke someone else's feelings and have them ignore mine.
On to much happier things!!!! Tommy will be home tonight. It's almost like a three day weekend for him! WOO HOO! I will have to figure out how put up pics here so that I can put up pics of the kids and hubby and my crafting stuff and whatever else I find. We shall see. Anyways, Talk to you next time!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
I went out and spent WAY too much money on crafty supplies this past weekend. It was my little indulgence. I know, I already talked about this and those of you that know me know that I have a tendency to overspend in this area. I love to do my crafty stuff and make cards for people. I want to get back into scrapbooking too. So I figure I'm going to have to start putting a little bit of money into it to be able to do it.
Anyone remember Vicki? I used to watch her daughter, Lindsey. I also used to be very close with her. That was until my son innocently but not so smartly took his boy parts out in front of her daughter. And apparently I didn't handle it with as much anger or punishment as she would have liked..... So long story and text msgs short, we are no longer speaking. She was "too upset" by my non-challant way of dealing with the situation. I was upset at her hanging it over my head. So she decided she didn't want to talk to me anymore. At least you know who your true friends are when something weird, bad or out of the ordinary happens. She'd been slipping away for a while, it was only a matter of time before she was gone for good. I saw it coming and I just can't be bothered to stoke someone else's feelings and have them ignore mine.
On to much happier things!!!! Tommy will be home tonight. It's almost like a three day weekend for him! WOO HOO! I will have to figure out how put up pics here so that I can put up pics of the kids and hubby and my crafting stuff and whatever else I find. We shall see. Anyways, Talk to you next time!
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
Saturday, October 4, 2008
One more day....
Ok, so Tommy had his interview WITH DIsh today. It went fine but they don't pay enough so that's out. Sucks but oh well. He tried.
My day was longer than expected. I took Connor to Walmart to sell popcorn for cub scouts. We headed to Wendy's to grab a quick bite which took almost an hour. Not so quick when you have two kids with ya! Then we went to target for my medication, cat litter and cat food. Then we went to Memories Galore. Check them out at www.memoriesgalore.com They have a wide selection of scrapbooking stuff. Then we headed to Michaels to look at more scrapping and cardmaking stuff. *SHUSH*I spent too much money on stuff. Once done with that we came home for about 45 minutes. I made a card and called Tommy to see where he and Rhiannon were at b/c we go to church on Sat. night.
We head to church and spend some time there. I like it there. It's homey. The message today was about the willingness to let God in. Ask and you shall receive. It was a good message for us this week. We need to ask for God's guidance in more of our life. It's makes me fell nice inside when I have tears in my eyes in church. I am thinking about my life, my family and what I can do to make it all the better. There is always room for improvement. And if you don't think there is, get off your high horse.
Well thats about all for today. We may have a girlie sleepover in our future for tonight as well. I actually like having sleepovers, they're fun!
More later!
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
My day was longer than expected. I took Connor to Walmart to sell popcorn for cub scouts. We headed to Wendy's to grab a quick bite which took almost an hour. Not so quick when you have two kids with ya! Then we went to target for my medication, cat litter and cat food. Then we went to Memories Galore. Check them out at www.memoriesgalore.com They have a wide selection of scrapbooking stuff. Then we headed to Michaels to look at more scrapping and cardmaking stuff. *SHUSH*I spent too much money on stuff. Once done with that we came home for about 45 minutes. I made a card and called Tommy to see where he and Rhiannon were at b/c we go to church on Sat. night.
We head to church and spend some time there. I like it there. It's homey. The message today was about the willingness to let God in. Ask and you shall receive. It was a good message for us this week. We need to ask for God's guidance in more of our life. It's makes me fell nice inside when I have tears in my eyes in church. I am thinking about my life, my family and what I can do to make it all the better. There is always room for improvement. And if you don't think there is, get off your high horse.
Well thats about all for today. We may have a girlie sleepover in our future for tonight as well. I actually like having sleepovers, they're fun!
More later!
Hugs and Love,
Chelley
Friday, October 3, 2008
New start with a blog....
Hi! Well lets see, I'm starting this blog and I'm not sure where it will go. I'd like to take some pics of the cards and pictures that I make and put them up here. I'd also like to just keep friends and family a little more up to date about our lives since we all live so far away or have so little time to talk.
I'm tired all the time, did I mention that? I always want to sleep. Yes I see the Dr. for this and yes we are working on it. One medication at a time. This week we are trying Focalin. It's ok. Not great. Not really doing the job that I hoped. I'm still not motivated to clean my house. Imagine a bear coming into a campsite, doing his usual rampage and then leaving a hot steaming dump right in the middle of it... yea well that's my house right now. It's such a pain in the ass to clean that never ending cycle of shit. I sometimes just say screw it. This has been one of those weeks. But now, this weekend I will pay dearly for my screw it attitude.
Tommy is still traveling with work. Now that really sucks too. This will be five straight weeks out of town and only two weekends home. He has a job interview tomorrow though! It is wish Dish Network and we are really excited about this prospect. We will keep you updated on this.
Let's see, the kids.... well they are good. Connor is seeing a child psychiatrist. We are trying to work on his hyperactivity and inattentiveness. I think that he needs some help with these things. It's a long time coming and anyone who knows him well knows that he has a lot of emotional outbursts that are totally unwarranted for a 7 year old. other than that he is still reading on a 3.5 grade reading level or thereabouts. And he really does love school. Rhiannon is doing better with her homework. She has only forgotten her books twice this week. She is having less "hurt" feelings about me not helping her with her homework. Her idea of me helping her is giving her the answers. And her principal is very strict about her doing her work on her own and then going over it with her teacher. Alanna LOVES preschool. She is loving everything about it from her teachers to her new friends to the songs. She has been so happy there. It's been hard to let go of my last baby but I have to keep reminding myself of two things: One, it's only four days a week, three hours a day and Two, if she wasn't there she'd still be messing up my house every morning! There is another Alanna in her class but she spells her name with one n. She is the "new" or other Alana. It's very cute. So all in all the kids have adjusted pretty well to school this year.
Me.... hrrmm... Well I'm making cards and pictures. I really enjoy doing it. I am hoping to get all of my pictures off of my computer and onto some CDs and then into prints. Once I do that I want to scrapbook all of them. I know, BIG PROJECT FOR ME! But I really miss doing that too. So eventually I'd like to do that. Right now the cards are where it's at though. If you've never gotten a handmade card from me send me your address or shoot me a harsh response and I will send you one. I love to make people happy with my crafty hands. Now get your minds out of the gutter.... I mean with my talents.... ok forget it... you get the point. I'm good at making cards and I would love to make money doing it but I don't know anyone who can do that so I'm just going to do it for me right now. That is just good enough. I'm happy with that for now.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
I'm tired all the time, did I mention that? I always want to sleep. Yes I see the Dr. for this and yes we are working on it. One medication at a time. This week we are trying Focalin. It's ok. Not great. Not really doing the job that I hoped. I'm still not motivated to clean my house. Imagine a bear coming into a campsite, doing his usual rampage and then leaving a hot steaming dump right in the middle of it... yea well that's my house right now. It's such a pain in the ass to clean that never ending cycle of shit. I sometimes just say screw it. This has been one of those weeks. But now, this weekend I will pay dearly for my screw it attitude.
Tommy is still traveling with work. Now that really sucks too. This will be five straight weeks out of town and only two weekends home. He has a job interview tomorrow though! It is wish Dish Network and we are really excited about this prospect. We will keep you updated on this.
Let's see, the kids.... well they are good. Connor is seeing a child psychiatrist. We are trying to work on his hyperactivity and inattentiveness. I think that he needs some help with these things. It's a long time coming and anyone who knows him well knows that he has a lot of emotional outbursts that are totally unwarranted for a 7 year old. other than that he is still reading on a 3.5 grade reading level or thereabouts. And he really does love school. Rhiannon is doing better with her homework. She has only forgotten her books twice this week. She is having less "hurt" feelings about me not helping her with her homework. Her idea of me helping her is giving her the answers. And her principal is very strict about her doing her work on her own and then going over it with her teacher. Alanna LOVES preschool. She is loving everything about it from her teachers to her new friends to the songs. She has been so happy there. It's been hard to let go of my last baby but I have to keep reminding myself of two things: One, it's only four days a week, three hours a day and Two, if she wasn't there she'd still be messing up my house every morning! There is another Alanna in her class but she spells her name with one n. She is the "new" or other Alana. It's very cute. So all in all the kids have adjusted pretty well to school this year.
Me.... hrrmm... Well I'm making cards and pictures. I really enjoy doing it. I am hoping to get all of my pictures off of my computer and onto some CDs and then into prints. Once I do that I want to scrapbook all of them. I know, BIG PROJECT FOR ME! But I really miss doing that too. So eventually I'd like to do that. Right now the cards are where it's at though. If you've never gotten a handmade card from me send me your address or shoot me a harsh response and I will send you one. I love to make people happy with my crafty hands. Now get your minds out of the gutter.... I mean with my talents.... ok forget it... you get the point. I'm good at making cards and I would love to make money doing it but I don't know anyone who can do that so I'm just going to do it for me right now. That is just good enough. I'm happy with that for now.
Love and Hugs,
Chelley
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