I love Saturdays!! It's when I get to weigh myself and see how I am doing with my weight loss. I am down another pound so that is 42.5 lbs total!! I am pretty impressed with myself. Sometimes though when I see how little I look in the mirror it doesn't feel real. I know I am not tiny but compared to last year I feel so small. I am getting close to my goal.

We picked up a really big Christmas tree!! I can't wait to decorate it tomorrow. I need to really get working on Christmas shopping. My cat wants a new bed. Ann wants a bone!! Charlie wants a stuffed animal and all Shadow wants is a new eye!! LOL I crack myself up.

I should get to sleep soon. Babysitting at the church. I wish they had little children again. I sort of feel out of place. I was going upstairrs with the big kids but don't feel right there. At times, I will sit in church at the suggestion of one of the volunteers (church members) but it feels strange to get paid to be in church.

I am 13 lbs away from my goal of losing 50 lbs. I lost 1.5 lbs this week and was glad to see that cause I slowed down a little bit on zumba and started walking my Dog Ann thru this trail.

I was letting her run free but she chased some animal up a tree and I think it got her face. She has a little mark. I love my dog too much to let a racoon kick her butt.

I am going to try aqua zumba this week and soak in the hot tub at The Rock. I am excited about that.

It's my weekend but I babysit on Sunday for the church and on Monday I volunteer for this emergency day care. I like it but not sure how long I will continue to do it weekly. It's one of those things that I enjoy doing but it does take time away from my busy life.

Well, I better get to bed.  Hope everyone is doing well.

I can't believe I haven't written here in a while. I used to love it and lately I just don't get around to doing it.

Life is hectic around here. My biggest wish would be to get thru the day without a major meltdown from Tyler. Only way to get that is to not be home.

I started volunteering for this nursery that provides emergency care for children birth to six years old. I have learned that it's not all a 911 emergency. It may just be a meeting, class or work.

I even heard that they suggest Mom's bring kids for Mom can get some Me time!! How cool is that??

I got to lay down and cuddle with one little girl and it was so sweet. I like doing it and hope I continue to like it as I do it more.  The one thing that I like is that I just sign up for when I want to come. I can decide the hours and if I feel like I need a week off I just don't sign up.

Work is pretty good. Both my clients seem to do being doing well for thier age. Next month, I will be at my job for six years. I just wish someone would tell me why I only make about 9 an hour??

One of my clients is in a retirement home and I have been seeing that side of taking care of the elderly. Yesterday, I got to let a bird sit on my arm. Hopefully, they will give me a print of it. 

Well, got to make my lunch and dinner for work.

A little of this and that

Hey all, I haven't forgotten about this blog. I guess you could just say that I have been very busy.

I am juggling being a Mom, wife, work, pets, cooking and exercise in my daily routine. I suppose cooking goes into the wife and Mom category

I bought a couple cookbooks on my kindle and gave myself a challenge to pick one meal from each book each week to cook. One is casserole and one is crockpot cooking.

It's been a bit of a challenge due to the fact that I am not a really organized shopper and might not have everything all planned out when I do my shopping. I do the crock pot cooking on a day where I get it ready and it cooks while I am at work. I usually do the casserole cooking on my day off.

I have thought about preparing a meal for Tad and the kids on a day where I work second  shift and not home to eat but so far it's just wishful thinking.

I spend a lot of time at the Y doing zumba. Then, my next favorite thing to do is swim. I am teaching myself to learn how to swim under water. I recently discovered blowing bubbles under water. It's funny cause when Amiah is potty trained and does the next level of classes that's something that they will learn. So, Amiah and her Nana can learn together.

Speaking of Amiah. Her personality is blooming. She is starting to use sentences like please, Nana or please, Papa. Or thank you, Nana. My favorite is when we are outside and she wants me to jump on the trampoline she says, jump, Nana.

Tyler is doing alright except we have been dealing with behaviors that are not age appropriate. Sometimes, I just want to think we beat the autism or developmental disorder and we are on our way!!  But then his behaviors and struggles smacks me in the head and has to keep me on my toes.

I take him to counseling bi weekly and we are looking into a adhd group with other boys. I take him with me to the Y about twice a week and that's sometimes skipping doing all the homework. Sue me that I am trying to keep his weight at a healthy place. He was gaining pretty fast and has a bottomless pit for a tummy and the weight just hangs around.  However, we must be doing something right cause he has grown taller but not gained any weight since Spring.

Work is going pretty good. Both my clients physically are well but the memory stuff seems worse. I suppose it's natural. I been debating working more with the second shift client and less or none at all with the first shift client but can't make up my mind. I think the truth is that I like the variety both clients give me. It also helps that not all my income is wrapped up in one client. Easy come easy go.

I mentioned Zumba!! I am down 33 lbs. It comes off slowly but I was able to give all my clothes away and buy new ones. I am finding that the majority of the shirts that I love are Old Navy. I don't like them if they don't come down far enough. I hate showing my belly. So, a few of the shirts that I bought and thought they were okay are actually too short for me. Good thing that I bought all second hand clothes. I am becoming a clothes hog. Clothes shopping is sort of fun now. It's not so much the shopping that's fun but more so the collecting of clothes.

William seems to be doing alright on his job. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that my kid is going to be 18 years old. He will be officially grown but reality are 18 years really grown? He maybe almost grown but always gonna be my baby.

I am going on my retreat for Mom's of special needs children on Oct 19th. It was really fun and relaxing. It also was very eye opening to see that I wasn't alone. It also showed me that there are families much worse with conditions that beat what we deal with.

Our 5th wedding anniversary is October 24th and Tad and I plan on spending the Sunday when I come home from the retreat together. It's hard to believe it's been five years already.

Well, it's late. Hope everyone is well.

We made it thru the first week of going back to school. I am not sure who it was harder on me or Tyler? I lost about an hour of sleep every day and by 5 pm or so I felt like it was time for bed. I only did zumba once due to just trying to get some rest and ease into our new routine. I was going to do zumba today but they didn't have it cause they were redoing the floors.

I been buying clothes that are much smaller. It's fun to get new things and see the difference in the sizes of my clothes. I am donating a lot of my old stuff to the church that I babysit at for their rummage sale. The church does zumba too but I haven't seen the need to pay to go.

Well, it's late and I need to get some sleep so I can deal with the church kids driving me a little crazy. 

Tyler starts school on Monday. I have mixed feelings about it. I know school is good and it beats him watching way too much tv. However, I like the care free summer days of swimming at the pools, acting like a teen at Magic Waters and being flexible with dinner and bedtime.

Zumba during the week is right at dinnertime and eating dinner together as a family is important to us but I also love zumba.

Well, I better get to bed so I wake up for zumba in the morning. 

Summer went by pretty fast as always. It's pretty much my favorite season. I love to swim and even more so love swimming outdoors under the sun. It's just so relaxing. I didn't get out as much as I would have liked but I can't complain.
Tyler got to go to summer camp for overnights twice this summer. He really has a great time. He tends to latch on to the camp counselors though. I suppose that's okay. Tad and I took a little break from cooking when he wasn't home. It was kind of nice.
Sunday, we are going to go to Magic Waters one final time before they close for the season. It should be fun. 

My vacation is over now. I went back to work yesterday. I had a pretty good week off and enjoyed the time off but now I am going to be broke. I am tired of being broke.  I been working on eating healthier and working out for quite sometime now and don't feel like I can afford it much longer. I am not the kind that can go hungry and I need low calorie foods like yogurt, string cheese and plenty of fruits to keep me within my calorie goal. I am kind of upset right now. It just seems like we can't get our act together and figure out a way to make things work with all the bills getting paid.
Today, I sent Tad off to pay 20 dollars for a dresser that needs a bad paint job and I am going to try to make it nice for Tyler. I want to make things easier for him to find things on his own and organize and label his dresser drawers. It seems like even a splurge of a dresser is really too much for us.
I would like to take Tyler to see a movie before school starts but the reality is that I just can't afford it.

Sorry for ranting on about this. I just feel like letting of some steam. I am gonna go make some orange honey muffins that I wanted to make last week but I lost the recipe.

I am on vacation as of today!!! I love my job but lately I feel like I need at least one or two vacations per year. I like to have one in the winter break and then again in the summer. It's going to be tight around here for a couple weeks because it's unpaid since I used my vacation check for Christmas shopping for my kids.

Today, we are hitting up Magic Waters. That should be fun!!!!!

I took Saturday off to give myself a 3 day weekend! It was pretty nice.  I tried to have some balance between spending time with family and just having some alone time. I had a really nice time at the pool with the boys on Saturday. We got the packet of coupons from the park district so it should be the beginning of our summer fun.

Sunday, the kids came to the Y with me and I did Zumba and the kids played raquetball with me. I like playing it but I am not very good at it. It's almost easier to play on your own cause you don't fear clobbering someone. lol  I got the chance to sign Amiah up on my Y membership and a class coming up next month. I remember taking Tyler to the same class when he was her age and I think she will enjoy it. I have to take her to the Y so they can take her picture

Today, I drove out to Rochelle to visit my friend Susie. I don't travel much so it was kind of scary but I felt like if Tad said I could do it then I could. I don't mean as in give permission but if he felt like I would be okay then I knew it was something that I could probably do.

Oh and last night, William and I watched Jack and Jill!! It was about twins and so funny!!! I loved it. I don't watch movies too often but I love redbox.  It's the next best thing to lifetime. If I could pick one cable channel it would have to be lifetime channel.

Today, Tad had some stuff to take care of so I stayed home with Amiah. Before, he actually left we went up to the donut shop and had some donuts. It's the same place that I went to as a kid but it's a different name now. It was kind of fun sitting there with Mymy and thinking of the fun times as a kid and remembering how much fun I had with my big sister before my parents lost the house.

I came home and Tad did his stuff and Mymy and I stayed outside the whole time he was gone. We blew bubbles and have some fun with that. She helped me water the plants and I must admit they are looking very good. We played in the backyard with the dogs and I noticed the nests that Tad had found. We even came in and got a carrot for the bunnies. I love how she pretends to eat something up.

I loved spending some one on one time with her. Between work and everything else I don't get to play with her as much as I would like too.

I just put in for an unpaid vacation and as much as I am nervous about the small checks I am looking forward to time with the kids. I split my vacation up between being home with the kids and then being home while they are with their Dad's. It works out though that I will have a couple more days after they get back home. So it's perfect.

I am off tomorrow and we will probably hit the pool since we got the coupons from the Rockford Park District. I have to pay for myself but it makes getting out and doing fun summer stuff a little more affordable. Plus, I did have to buy the coupons so it's kind of a push to get out there and do things so not to feel like any money was wasted. 

Ashley left town to go back to her new home. :(  I wished I could have seen her more while she was here but I guess a little is better than nothing.

Today, my client wanted to go to an event and we caught the last hour of it. It's always nice when I get to experience stuff with my clients outside of staying in the house. I almost had to pay for myself and get paid back but they let me in for free. I think any organization should waive the fee for a caregiver especially if it's just a cover charge to get in.

I babysit for the church tomorrow and I hope I get a child again. Last week, I had two kids come in but the parents stayed in. It didn't stop me from playing with them though. 

Work was pretty good day. I been noticing with my day time client that she is trying harder to do other things than just sit and read the paper. She did really good with walking this week and I am impressed. I think the hardest part of my job is trying to figure out how to make or suggest the elderly do something that they don't want to do. I am a kid in their eyes and here is this kid telling them to do this or that.

My second client is actually the one that I have been with the longest. I always enjoy her company. At times, it gets old cause of the memory issues and stuff but that's to be expected.

Today, we went for a walk and was gone for about 40 minutes. I am lucky that we didn't get lost. She kept insisting she knew a short cut and said that short cut was cutting through someones yard. I didn't think we should walk thru yards though. I love that she has a dog. It gives us more of a reason to go for a walk.

Well, I should get to sleep. Hopefully, I can sleep at least to about 9 am and maybe find something fun to do since Tyler is off for the summer. 

I love Tad!!! He is an keeper!! 

About this time a year ago, my husband suggested I adopt a cat from the shelter since it was cat adoption month. I thought I was ready to be a household without a cat. I think it took me a while to really want a cat due to Tigger passing away and how sad it was that she died in my arms.

When he suggested it. I must been ready cause I ran out of the house to get to the shelter. They did the five dollar adoption all the month of June but my cat was waiting for me.

I look at cat after cat and when I seen Bella sitting in an corner cage all on her own I knew she was the one for me. She has fit in so well. She just isn't allowed in our room because she pee'd on our new bed. Other than that she hasn't been naughty. She lets Amiah lay on her and mymy tries to copy her. It's just freaking cute.

When I think of her in kitty jail. I get sad. I wonder how someone could have left her in jail. Well, I am tired and gonna get some sleep. 

I always love Saturday evenings because my work week is over. Don't get me wrong I love my job. I have two clients that I get along with. One I have been with for almost two years and the other one longer than six months. My evening time client is my favorite but I also been with her the longest.

Tonight, I brought in a pizza and shared it with her. A big part of the night we talked about turkeys in her yard. It's hard not to really come to care for your client and even though your kind of tired of talking about turkeys or whatever else is running thru her mind it's just cool that I love my job and work for nice clients. 

School is almost out! Part of me is going to enjoy the break of the daily school crap but the other part is going to enjoy having a little more time to do things with the kids and not be so rushed. I have to quit thinking of William on vacation though cause he is finished with school and actually has his gradation on Friday.

I wish I didn't have to work full time this summer. I love going to the pools, Magic Waters, laying out at the Y. I love to walk Ann on the bike path and sit in the grass and read a book. I hope we have a nice summer but not overly hot. Well, I should get to bed. 

I had promised William that if he applied for 5 jobs before Friday morning that I would take him to see the Movie he wanted to see. It was called Cherynobal and it was crazy freaky. I might have spelled that wrong but oh well.  I love movies. I would go more often if I had more money.

Shortly before we were getting ready to leave my job called me asking me to come into work early. The best that I could offer was about two to two and half hours early cause I promised William if he did his job applying that I would take him.  I don't make promises if I don't plan on keeping them. I may not be the perfect Mom but I keep my word. I loved the movie but I find it sad that I never knew about the true story of this city cooking themselves with radiation.

I dropped William off near his friends house and I was getting ready to head to my clients house when I got the call that I was to meet them at the Y.  I just happened to leave my swimming suit in my locker so I was able to swim with my client.

It was a little weird taking a shower and undressing and dressing in front of her. I didn't make a big deal out of it though because it's usually the other way around. I thought it was cute that I could say I got paid to take my clothes off.  I swam laps with my client. I am very impressed at her ability in the pool. She thinks she is weaker and I think she is doing great. However, it was my first time personally being in the pool with her.

I just love my job. I have been to so many interesting places with my clients and gotten paid to explore life a little more.

Well, I better get to sleep. Tyler has to get picked up at 9 am tomorrow from school.

Today, I am going to do Zumba.... for the 4th time this week!!!!! 

What's going on in my neck of the world??

• William has his graduation coming up in a couple weeks!!! Yay William!!
• Tad just past his 3 year mark since he quit drinking!! Yay Tad!! 
• Tyler is old enough to use the cardio machines and the big boy weights at the Y now and loves going. Yay Tyler!! 
• Tyler only has a few more weeks of school.
• Ashley and Kyle are coming back to Rockford soon for a visit!! Yay I get to see Ashley!!! 
• I have been doing Zumba at the Y now for a few weeks and I love it! I am down 19 lbs in about three months. I don't quite see it but we are the hardest critics on ourselves. 
• Tad has always and continues to be supportive of me going to the Y. 
• Amiah keeps on getting cuter and is talking quite a bit more. Yay Mymy!! 
• Our backyard is looking really nice. 
• I bought us a new tv using kmarts layaway!! Yay me!!! 
• Did I mention Ashley is coming? 

Zumba

I have started doing Zumba.  Tonight, I did it for the 3rd time. Each time there has been a different instructor so it's a little different each night. It's pretty fun but at first my hips are kind of achy. There are a ton of people that go and tonight I was thinking how it's so weird that I am a gym goer. I say that because in school I hated gym.

I was always the last person chosen when their was teams and probably because I have two left feet and can't play sports. I hated gym twice as bad when I made it to middle school. I hated the shower thing. It's funny that now I can't imagine not taking the shower at the Y. It's part of the appeal. I love the sauna and find it nice to get dressed and not worrying about my sons walking in on me. I don't like closed doors so I can take my sweet time.

Well, I better get thinking about bed. 

Today, was my long day at work. I have a daytime client and second shift client. I have been with the second shift client the longest and honestly she is my favorite. Don't get me wrong the other lady is nice and we have good moments and it's a lot better now that I only see her three times a week instead of four.

On the way, to the second client, I stopped and got Subway. Basically, I shared my dinner but I couldn't eat a foot long sub anyways. It was a turkey one with tons of veggies. I am not sure how my job would feel about me bring food to her but I have never been told no. I have bought pizza from the grocery store a few times. The fun part about her and not sure if it's an elderly thing or just her. I think more of an elderly thing cause once with the other lady when her family member brought us fast food she got all weird and thought no way the family member could afford that. It was too funny. If I could afford it then so could she. But how do you say I am under paid and I can afford it.  Well, anyways, it just doesn't take much to make the elderly happy.  I call it interactive caregiving.  I need to remember to bring Titanic cause she keeps saying she wants to see it again.

Well, it's late and I better get to bed.

Is bigger and fancier always better?

I got to go with my client to see the Nicholas Conservatory this week.  If I remember right a family donated one million dollars to build it. I think that was awesome but honestly I think the money could have been spent better.  Since, I was with my client, who can't get around very well, I wasn't really able to check it out compared to if I had gone on my own.

From what I saw of it. It was pretty and very relaxing. It wasn't as big as I imagined because when you first walk in there is a lobby and a gift shop. They even have a cafe for people to get snacks.

I remember a few different times walking through the old conservatory and pretty sure it was free. It wasn't anything that a person might want to spend more than 15 minutes or so looking at. Honestly, I still don't think the average bear would want to spend that much time there. You can only walk around looking at the plants for so long and eventually your going to see it all. Again, I wasn't on my dime so I know I missed out on some stuff.

I wanted to write about the cost. It's six dollars to get in. I know that's not a lot but if a family of four wants to go then that's 24 just to walk through looking at plants. I know in the grand sceme of things that 24 isn't much but with so many people struggling I wonder how many families from the Rockford area can come see it.

I have to wonder what was wrong with what we had? Do we as a society always have to get bigger and better? I know Faith Center wanted to get bigger and better and fell on their ass trying to do it. Now, they are running the risk of having the whole chuch and grounds taken from them. This could also affect the building down town that helps the homeless and other programs like the tutoring programs. Let's settle for what we have people.

Back to the plants. Now, I know people drop 6 per person for lots of things so it's not totally unheard of that families could spend money on something like this. However, if people are having trouble we want the best bang for our buck. Do I want to spend 6 to see plants or would I rather sit in on a movie for two hours? I could probably come up with a better example of how I could think of better ways to spend my time and money but it's late.

I should add that they have a free day once a month. But to me stopping in to walk thru the Conservatory wasn't planned. I would be walking on the bike path and just decide to walk through it. I would admire the fish the turtles and the plants. I didn't have to plan to have cash on me or plan to go on the free day. I wouldn't have to feel like I have to stay as long as possible to get my money worth cause I didn't pay.

By the way, I pay taxes to the Rockford Park district so even though I never paid to walk in to see the plants I did pay because I own my home. Even renters are paying cause the landlords are paying taxes. I noticed that they have been offering some "classes" there and saying a fee does apply.

Last spring, we went to a gardening event that was held by the Rockford Park District and I won a earth box and everyone was given free starter flowers and veggies. A fee didn't apply and everyone poor, middle class or rich had a right to go and could go.

Now these classes that say fee applies just makes it seem like they want to attract a certain type of people. It's like they are saying your kind of people stay away from here. Not that we are poor. We are probably more lower middle class. We have money and bills paid but not a lot of cushion.

Good night. It's been a long day.

I love Saturday nights because I know I get two days free of taking care of the elderly. I am happy that I really like my job and hours are going strong but nothing is better than having a couple days home with my family. Of course there is babysitting at the church and babysitting for MELD. Then, there is my trip to the Y two or three times a week. I stay way too busy and sometimes I just want to sit home and do nothing. What is odd is that I am not comfortable doing nothing. I feel nervous if I don't get a walk in or take sometime to go life weights in the basement. I don't like to walk when it's dark. It scares me. I always bring Ann but not sure how she would react to bad guys. I like to think she is on the aggressive side if she needed to protect her Mommy.

We got our new bed with part of our tax return and I feel bad that Ann won't sleep in our room anymore. I miss her. Well, I should probably get to bed. I love my sleep. I am a blanket hog though. I wonder if they have a support group for people married to blanket hogs?? haha Step away from my blanket and you can live.

just bored and nothing better to do.

I love my work week now. I go for three five hour days and I have 3 second shifts. I only have one day where I have to be gone from morning to night. I have had more time to spend time with family and friends and getting to the YMCA on a regular basis.  The only thing that I would change if I could get away with it would have one less day shift but that's not likely.
It was a pretty good work week. I got my day time client out of the house twice this week. Once was just to go joy riding and the next day was to go to the doctor and then we went to lunch. She got a pretty good report from the doctor.

It was my day off. My friend Rachel gave me a Magic Bullet and we used it for the first time to make smothies. They were pretty good. I can't wait to try some other things in it. I love how it could be taken to work and I could make my client a little treat.

Friday, I brought my client a pizza from the store and cooked it. She always gets so excited when I do it and says it's better than take out. I don't mind doing stuff like that because without her I wouldn't have a paycheck. I know I would have other clients most likely since we have been doing well but it's still something little I can do to make our night better.

Tomorrow, I will probably go to the Y and then I think volunteering starts back up with MELD. That's why I need one more day off to rest. I will probably only go to MELD biweekly still because I just need my time again. I love what they do but they never took my advice on how to make the daycare a little less stressful at times. I think the Mom's should rotate being in the daycare as a volunteer to see how things go in a setting of taking care of multiple children. If they seen the effects of babies being dropped off without diapers or a bottle then maybe they could see how important it is to bring the babies in clean and dry and with everything they need.

It's been a while since I wrote on this blog. I have been staying pretty busy. Luckily, I did gain my Saturday morning back so what if I get a few bucks less each week. I just couldn't do the two 12 and longer shifts anymore. I am doing the one okay.

I been trying to go to the Y a few times a week. On most weeks, I make it work. I gave up walking around the tracks for the treadmills, elliptical and even the video bike.

It was Tyler's 12th birthday. I went out to lunch and got my nails done. I figure I should get presents too. Tad tried to steal his birthday but I wouldn't let him.

Tad did get his own birthday though. Well, this is kind of boring so enough for now.

Amiah is starting to talk more. She is getting her requests met more with words compared to a few months ago. She will say cheese if I get cheese. She knows where are fruit bowl is and loves to share fruit with me. She thinks every cat is named Bella. She loves our doggies.

I think the sweetest thing she says besides "mommmy"  is when she says "papa" Especially if we are out and about and he is ahead or behind us and she says "papa" in the most adorable way.

Tonight, I kind of wanted to go to the Y again, but I didn't want to go because I like to have my good size towel for my shower. Plus, I worked early today and wanted to stay home. I did feel like I really needed a walk and it was too dark for me to go.
Tad said, he would walk with me around the neighborhood with the dogs. So, I talked Tyler into coming with us and we walked about an half hour. It was just enough to satisfy my craving to walk.
Tad is so sweet like this though. He always tries to go out of his way to do the little things to keep me happy.

I got my nails and feet done on Sunday and we went out to John's. We hardly ever get to sit down to a meal on our own. Mostly, we have kids and when I come home in the evenings it's just too late to eat together. Then, Monday, I got my hair done. It's so short and thin compared to normal. I love how Tad encourages me to do things that make me happy. I love him so much.

I love tax refunds. It's like Christmas for the grown ups. Last year, we bought the new floor and this year our major thing was getting Tad and me a bed. It's going to be so nice to actually sleep together again. I hope Ann doesn't get hurt that she can't sleep with me. She is still my baby!

We were able to pay up all our bills. It feels nice to start fresh with them. Hopefully, we can stay on top of them for a while.

Tomorrow, I am getting a pedicure and a manicure at Walmart.  I haven't been back there since Ashley moved away. I hope it doesn't make me sad. I really miss her. She just got a new job being a nanny. I hope she likes it. I think she will be good with the kids.

I called into work cause I am sick.. I been fighting this illness for over a week but it just got worse. I ache from coughing so much. Tad has been really good and taking care of me. He is so sweet. I hope I can make it to babysitting but if I can't then they will survive without me. I figure right now I just need to rest and not run here and there. I hate getting smaller checks cause I miss work but I can't help it.

I wish I could just lay down and sleep but I am feeling kind of achy from laying around too much.

i am feeling a little bit worn down. i spent a good part of the day taking care of William seeing the dentist. He needs more work so it might be a while before I get my Friday back to hang out at home with Tad or go hang with friends. My long days at work are getting to me. I am happy I have a job but  I feel like it doesnt matter if I work or not I am going to be broke. At least I do have a great husband and pretty good children and a grand daughter. I cant believe she is almost two. She gives me a lot of joy. I wish I could take her shopping more.  Grandma would buy her lots of toys and pretty close if she could.

donations for meld

Its been quite a while since i donated anything to meld. Anyone up to making a donation to meld and i will put it to good use. I would love to create a diaper bag full of goodies for a new Mom to be. Its easy to donate just push the button on the right side of my blog to send funds.  No pressure. Did I mention I love shopping for baby stuff?

Last night, Tad and I had corned beef and cabbage for a late dinner!! It was yummy!! We stayed up pretty late hanging out. I love my days off from work. I get to spend more time with my family. I played UNO with Tyler and he beat me twice and I beat him twice. We let Tyler stay up till about 10 pm but then he had to go to bed. He tends to try to rise early even if he stays up late. Tad heard him popping bubble wrap when it was still dark out but made him go back to sleep. So, Tyler and I both slept till 10 am. William went to a friends house for the night so he wasn't here.
Right now, Will and Tyler are down stairs watching a movie. They get along a lot better now that they both are living with us. It adds a lot of work to Tad and me especially Tad cause he takes the early morning shifts to make sure William gets off to school. I sleep. I need plenty of sleep cause I can't take naps very easily plus I am working so sleeping on the job isn't good.
I got a new phone and I just love it. It's pretty cool. Hope everyone is doing well.

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Bella

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Can this dog go any faster??

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William!!!

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Tj with a big furry creature

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Meeee with my kitty!!

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This is the finished pillow for Ashley but the picture doesnt do it justice.

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I am changing phones so sending the pictures that i want to keep. This was Ashley's gift I made her for Christmas.

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Amiah playing in church daycare

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Monster at the end of this book.

I remember reading this book as a child. I believe it was at my Aunt Donna's house but I could be wrong. I loved this book so much as a child that when I borrowed a copy of it from the liabary it almost made me cry and I still get emotional thinking of this book.

Tad stole it for me and so now I can keep it forever. Scroll down the the bottom of this blog to read my favorite kid book.