Sitting here wandering what to write...

I sat here and listened to "Blessed Soul" song "Nora" ( That was my moms name and that song gets to me everytime I hear it)... I will see her again someday!! I miss her terribly and I know my dad does too.. he worries me all the time... hes not wanting to celebrate any holidays this year. He didn't show up to either one of my kids birthday parties, didn't celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, and it looks like Christmas is going to be the same. It breaks my heart that he doesn't make an effort to see my kids. Yes, I know they can get on his nerves real quick , but gosh there kids and would love to see him all the time. When mom was alive they would go and stay all night with them, but that stopped when she passed. Except for the time that I had to pratically live with him after he had his horsing accident and had his spleen removed. Christmas is the Holiday that it breaks my heart to celebrate without mom being my birthday and all. When I hit the 30 mark it hurt me real bad that she was not here to celebrate it with me. Soon I will be 32 and it still hurts to know that she won't be here, but I know she is watching over my family everyday. I have 2 wonderful Angels watching over my family. I just feel like I am being pushed out of my dad's life , he seems like he is trying to push both my brother and I out of his life. I don't want to lose a father too. No, my dad and I never did get along very well. He's my dad and I love him so much!

Wow What A Week It Has Been......

Okay my week....

Monday - I get up at 6 a.m. to get the kids up for school. They get dressed and wait for the bus. They went to school feeling fine. They come home from school feeling icky.

Tuesday - The same thing up at 6 kids get ready for school and are feeling fine before they get on the bus. Zach calls me from school mom I dont feel to good my stomach hurts and my head hurts, but I dont have a fever and I dont want to come home. Yes my son loves school so much that he would rather be sick at school than to come home. Me never I was always trying to find excuses to stay out of school. =P Okay son but if you get to feeling any worse call me and I will come get you. Okay mom. No call. The kids get home and Zach is not feeling to good. Abbie calls her papa John to come get her for a little bit. She goes over there she was feeling fine but then my cell rings about 2 hours after she has been at Papa's house. John tells me that she wants me to come and get her that she is not feeling well. OH REALLY, OH NO!! So I go and get her. Get her home and give her some medicine. Jason was gone to a friends house so I called that friend and told him to stop and get extra 7up or Sprite which ever he was going to get cause we dont just have 1 sick kid we have 2 sick kids. He was like I wonder if it was something they eat. DING the Light went off in my head. Okay never thought of that cause both belly's were hurting. So I asked Zach what did you eat at school? Breakfast I eat a biscuit and sausage and for lunch I didnt eat anything but crackers and drank some water, cause I was not feeling good then. Okay!! Abbie what did you eat at school? I had a biscuit and sausage and for lunch I eat chicken and rice. Okay!! So you both had biscuit and sausage? Yes!! Okay I will give you some Pepto... ewwweee from both kids but they took it. About 30 minutes later they were up and bouncing off the walls. Okay they eat something bad at school right?

Wednesday - The same routine up at 6 get kids ready to catch the bus. They both were feeling fine they went to school. They come home and they both were icky feeling so I check their temps. nothing they were both normal. ???????? Big ????????? What is wrong with these kids ? I was confused but later into the night the fevers started arriving. Zach was at 101.3 and Abbie was at 101.8. Medicine was administered the fevers started to come down slowly. To late to call the dr. gave them more medicine so they would be able to sleep through the night.

Thursday - Again up at 6 a.m. woke Abbie up checked her tempature it was 98.1 ok normal. Yes!! Go and wake Zach up and ask him if he feels alright yeah mom I feel fine his feet hit the floor and he was oh my I dont feel good. OH NO felt him his head and he felt like he was on fire, checked his temp. 102.2 wow your not going to school. He crawls back in bed I get him some medicine to bring that fever down. Tell Abbie she isn't going to school either. Sit and play the waiting game finally 8 a.m. rolls around called the dr office and they had not turned there phones on yet. WHAT!!! Okay so I call back 5 minutes later and they transfer me to the dr office. The receptionist answers and says I'm not sure Hold for a minute and I will see what Robin the nurse says? OKAY..... Yes we can get them in about 10:30 a.m. you will be squeezed in so it may take a while ... okay that is fine TY! So at 9:45 a.m. we are off to the dr office get there and wait about 20 minutes passed 10:30 not bad to me. They call us back the dr examines them Zach sounds a little congested so I am going to put him on an anibiotic for bronchitis he has a touch of bronchitis. It seems that he common cold with bronchitis. Okay! Abbie seems like she just has a common cold. Okay! I am going to order a Flu Swab to rule the Flu out. Okay! So down to the ground floor to the Lab we go. They get called back and you of thought Abbie was being killed all they wanted to do was take a q-tip looking device and swab her nose. So we finally got her calmed down to do that. Zach had the same thing done but nothing crazy for him. All done ... you all want stickers... of course.... they took about 8 stickers a piece.

On the way home mom Im hungry okay wait until we get back home. They got something to eat and we went home. The phone rings as soon as I sit down. Its the dr Hello, Hi this Dr. Goodale okay and the words they both have the flu. WHAT!! Yes they both have it.. okay I am also calling in medicine for you and Jason. Okay!! Dreadful Wal-Mart Pharmacy I went got there and they didnt have all of Zachs filled okay thats fine I will wait. It got filled and the pharmacy dr said its going to be $30 a piece is that okay? Well it will have to be okay we need it! $142.00's of medicine felt like I was robbing a drug store when I left that place with a wal- mart bag full of medicine. NO SCHOOL for the kids until MONDAY!!! WHY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday - To sum it all up Zach does not like taking the medicine that was given to him! Who does? Kids are doing a little better ! I am still pondering on how they had the FLU and no vomitting just fever and chills. It just doesnt make since to me!! Jason gets a call from his Local to work in Rabbit Hash for 2 days Saturday and Sunday on nights. Yes he takes it. Kids are a little upset but they get over it.

Saturday - Wake up and Jason gets ready to leave for Rabbit Hash. Hes all packed and stuff sitting out on the porch waiting for his buddy to arrive. He leaves about 12:30 p.m. the kids have been good. He leaves and thats when the little devils come out to play!! I am saying that lightly! NOT!!!!! Not 2 hours after he leaves they get grounded from there DS's. Why you ask???? Well they started to fight over a blanket and then it turned into a hollering contest which mommy won and then it turned into a fight, even though I had done gave them warnings. This was after dad had told them if they was good for mommy there would be money involved well they blew that out of the water. They are sitting in Zachs room playing some board game. Its calm for know!!!!

Mister Trying To Be Sneaky....

My son is not enjoying 4th grade this year like he has K-3rd grades. He says there is to much writing and this is coming from a boy that writes constantly. I said well son the higher the grades you go the harder its going to get.

Well last night somehow it was my fault that I didnt get his stuff out of his backpack. Yeah you heard me right it was my fault. This is our conversation last night after 9 p.m. when he was supposed to be going to bed.... also he does his homework on the bus which has been stopped cause his math homework was incorrect and look like chicken scratch....

Zach: Oh mom you forgot to sign my planner!
Me: No Zach I didnt forget to do anything you are supposed to give that to me when you get off the school bus.
Zach: No mom you are supposed to get it.
Me: NO SON it is your responsiblity to hand that stuff to me instead of having that dang Nintendo DS on your mind.
Zach: But I dont mom!
Me: Oh but son yes you do cause as soon as you came in you through your backpack into the corner and wait until after your bedtime to have me sign your planner and then blame it on me.
Zach: Okay yeah thats all I had on mind!
Me: I know it is!
Dad: Son this math homework looks awful and some of them are wrong.
Zach: No they are not dad!
Dad: Yes they are son!
Zach: Throwing a hissy fit!
Me: Well the homework on the school bus stops and you do your homework at home and no Nintendo DS until you have it done and done correct.
Zach: STOMPING OFF ACTING LIKE A DRAMA QUEEN!!!!
Dad: You can go to bed at 8 tomorrow night!
Zach: WHAT?
Dad: You heard me!!!!!!!

So that sums up that he will not be doing his homework on the bus and blaming me for not signing his planner. Also he had a paper that was a study guide and I was supposed to sign it also. He also studied that on the bus and Jason asked him questions off of it and he got them right. HOW?? I dont know cause he sure didnt get that from my brain! Heck when I was in school I would read things and it would go in one ear and out the other. I could read the story over and over and it would never stick. I am glad that he is not like I was in school!! THANK GOODNESS!!!!

Not Sure What To Put Title As............ cont...

As before I told you that my hands were hurting but my mother in laws story would continue.....

I met my mother in law back in 1999 when I was dating my husband. She was the best mother in law anyone could ask for. When we first met and as we was leaving her house she wanted a hug from me ( I am the type of person that doesn't like to hug at all ) Well she wasn't going to have it I was giving her a hug and when I did she whispered in my ear I LIKE YOU! I was like WOW never before have I heard that from a b/F's mom. I asked Jason if that was a good thing and he was oh yeah she likes you already. I didn't become her daughter in law until February 09, 2002 also the same day my mom and dad had gotten remarried. About a year after we got married my mother in law had been battling Chrones Disease, but it was not that bad at the time. She started having problems and so she had another surgery done on her large intestine she had some of it removed. As the years went on her health got worse. She was a smoker and I mean a chain smoker. About 3 years before she found out she had cancer her Dr. told her that she was going to have to stop smoking ( She was like yeah right ) her Dr. plainly told her to stop smoking or it would kill her. To our surprise she stopped smoking and she used nothing to get off of them either. When the doc said it would kill you she put them down. Well about a year after that she got a place on her butt-hole. She was the type of lady that thought she knew it all so she self diagnosed herself as if it was her Chrone's Disease acting up. In 2006 she had a major surgery done to remove all of her intestine to have a colostomy done and also had a hysterectomy also. We almost lost her 3 times during that 2 month stay she had at the hospital. She was supposed to be free and clear. The sore was supposed to go away. She got to come home on her birthday March 17th. So 1 year went by and she was a very stubborn woman we tried for years to get her to go the Dr. over that sore on her butt, but no she just thought it was her chrones disease. Well she started having trouble walking and it just got tougher for her. Then she finally broke down cause the sore on her behind was getting to much to bare anymore. They performed a biopsy on that sore. The results came back and it was cancer. Poorly differentiated Carcinoma Cancer a very rare cancer. She was diagnosed the day before Thanksgiving in 2007. It was very heartbreaking so our Thanksgiving we spent around her bed just gabbing it up. She was admitted to the hospital in Madisonville for her radiation treatments. She spent her Christmas in the hospital so we bought her a little optical tree and decorated with ornaments and then we took all our gifts up there to celebrate Christmas with her. She came home for a few days then she had her terrible episode she was real sick and her companion John of 15 years called my hubby and his brother for them to get over there right away and when they got over there my hubby had to perform CPR on her she stopped breathing the ambulance got there and took her to the hospital. They done scans that showed that her cancer was in her lungs and her brain. It had progressed. She was rushed to Madisonville and she had lost memory. The cancer had done spread to her brain and her body was shutting down. They kept her pain free cause that's all they could do. She eventually went into a coma she could not talk she could hear us but she could not talk. I was at home with Abbie. Zach had done gone to school. My cell rang and it was my hubby to tell me she had just passed. She passed on January 25th, 2008! She will be dearly missed!!!!

My Sunday !!

My Sunday started out not so good I had a headache and kept hitting the snooze button on my alarm. Abbie comes and wakes me up and says mom what about church, " I say mommy doesnt feel good right now". 10 a.m. came and something just literally pulled me up from bed and my head was saying go to church. I got up and showered and got ready and went to church and I am so glad that I went. It was a very moving and touching sermon. The preacher talked about Jesus how he is our stepping stone. It was a very awesome sermon this morning. In the past I have had so much trouble going to church after losing 3 of the most important people in my life. I just couldn't understand WHY god took them, but I so understand now he took them so they would not suffer anymore and were they would be worry free up in Heaven with him and his son JESUS!!! JESUS IS MY ROCK !!!!

Zip Lock Bags - Don't know if it's true!

I received this email from my mothers cousin Marian. I just thought I would share this on my blog! I think I am going to try it!


Didn't check with snopes on this, but sounds interesting, now if we could find something for the mosquitoes!!






We went with some out of town friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast, and we sat in the enclosed patio section beside the house. We happened to notice a couple of zip lock baggies pinned to a post and a wall. The bags were half filled with water, each contained 4 pennies, and they were zipped shut.. Naturally we were curious! Ms Sweety told us that these baggies kept the flies away! So naturally we were even more curious! We actually watched some flies come in the open window, stand around on the window sill, and then fly out again. And there were no flies in the eating area! This morning I checked this out on Goggle. Below are comments on this fly control idea. I'm now a believer!

deb

Zip-lock water bags
Sue says:

Many people swear that a zip-lock bag filled half-way with water and attached over entry-ways will repel flies. No one yet knows how or why it works, but there is speculation that it has something to do with the way the moving water refracts light. If you have tried this please use the comments form at the bottom of the page to share your results with the rest of us.

ann Says:

October 5th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

I did tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend. I have a horse trailer with full LQ. The flys were very bad this weekend while I was camping. I put the baggie with pennies above the door of the LQ. NOT ONE FLY came in the trailer. The horse trailer part had many... Not sure why it works but it does!!!!!!!



Danielle Martin Says:

September 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

Fill a ziplock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight but significant passage way for insects.Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and wasps away. Some say, that wasps and flies mistake the bag for some sort of other insect nest and are threatened by this.

maggie Says:

June 7th, 2009 at 11:40 am

I swear by the plastic bag of water trick I have them on side porch ( our house entry) and all around the basement door. We saw these in Northeast Mo at an Amish grocery store & have used them since. They say it works because a fly sees a reflection & won't come around.

Just DJ Says:

May 16th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that each of the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure that flies are basically prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I moved to a rural area and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain but I tried it, worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the occasional one, but he don't hang around long.

Not Sure What To Put Title As............

I watched the Film of Farrah Faucett called Farrah's Story.... The document done on her battle of cancer. My mother in law had the same type cancer as she did. I DVR'd the film just have not had the ump to watch it. I watched it last night by myself cause hubby did not want to watch it to hard for him. I cried cause my mother in law never made it that far with her cancer. Just like Farrah said Why Can't They Find A Cure For All Cancers!!!!!

I have had to deal with 5 deaths in the last 7 years. I understood when my grandma S. and Grandpa S. passed away. I have been angry with the good lord above ever since he took my mom in 2005. Then it didn't help when my other grandmother J. passed away, but I understood she wanted to go. Her saying every night before she go to bed was " Goodnight everyone , Lord Willing I get up in the morning" she said that every night before she would go to bed. Then my mother in law passed away in 2008 and that was heartbreaking also. It has taken me awhile to start going back to church. I started going to Green River Chapel a friend asked me if I would be her guest at church and I said sure. I liked it so I started going but when Thanksgiving and Christmas rolled around I kind of started not going. My kids would ask mom when are we going back to church and I would say I'm not sure. The holidays are the hardest for me.

When my mom had a terrible fall at where she used to work Ventura Plastics she had a bruised up leg. Shes 5 ft tall and she fell off a platform that was 5 ft off the ground. The doctor put her to be off work and to have her leg elevated. Well the 6 weeks went by the bruise was still there and she was having troubles walking. She started using a cane and then it progressed and she started using a walker. Her legs were deteriorating fast. She got the news in January of 2005 that she will never walk again. So she went from a walker to a wheel chair. She had no use of her legs anymore. The muscles were deteriorating in her legs. From January until about May she was in and out of the hospital learning physical therapy. She was doing good. Then about a week before Halloween she fell off her potty chair and bruised her right buttoks area. Well a few days went by and she was having troubles and was in agonizing pain. My mom woke my dad up about 3 am and told him you have to take me somewhere I cant take this pain... and for my mom to do that she had to be in serious pain. Dad loaded her up in the truck and took her to the ER in Russellville. They done x-rays and found that she had very bad blood clot that was pushing up against her bladder. So they rushed her to Bowling Green Medical Center for emergency surgery. She made it through the surgery just fine. She had a ventilator on her until she could start breathing on her own. They took it off a few days after surgery. Well the night after that I had a dream that my dad would call me about 6 am to tell me she had taken a turn for the worst. That dream came true cause November 2nd 2005 at 6 a.m. my dad calls my cell and tells me that I need to get to the hospital as soon as I can that she has taken a turn for the worst. I could not say anything I gave the phone to my hubby I was crying so hard I could not breathe good. We took the kids to my mother in laws and told them they will not be going to school that day. I got to the hospital and dad told me that she was having trouble breathing so they put the ventilator back on her, but when they went to put the tube in her throat she vomitted which ended up her aspirating it. The fluid filled her lungs and the Dr.s said that she would be a vegetable all her life. Well my dad had called my brother and we had to wait for him to get there. Not knowing that it was going to be the hardest decision I would have to make in my life. My brother arrived and dad pulled me and brother out in the hall and we discussed letting her go. We knew she did not want to live like that. She passed away at 7 p.m. November 2nd 2005 the dr.s said she went quick and peacefully. It was the hardest decision that I think I have made in my life. I just couldn't believe that God would take such a wonderful person at such and early age my mother was only 58 years old.

Then it wasn't to long after my grandmother J. got ill and she passed. My grandmother was ready to go and be with her husband Russell up in heaven. She was ready the day he died back in 1968. I understood why she passed it was her time. She passed the same month that my mom passed. November 27th 2005.

I had gotten over these deaths and finally could realize why he took them.

My mother in laws passing was the last straw for me.

My hands are tired more about my mother in law next posting!!

My Son Got Bapitized!!

My son Zach was bapitized August 9th, 2009 at Green River Chapel. I am so proud of my son to ask God into his life.

Kids are back in school!

The kids have been in school a total of 4 days now! Abbie has been sick 2 of those days but she is better today thank goodness. I think everybody around here is cautious cause of the outbreak of the Swine Flu at the Job Corps. Campus. They confirmed over 46 cases that came into the hospital but were not admitted. I was afraid that Abbie had it cause she came home complaining she had been cold all day and her throat hurt and her she felt sick. I was oh no the first thing that came to my mind was that stinkin ole Swine Flu. I told myself if she wakes up and starts vomitting I was taking her to the ER. She woke up and was ready to eat and bounce around. Praise The Lord!!! Hopefully she won't come home feeling bad today. She has Girl Scouts meeting after school today. Yesterday they had a special day for the Girl Scouts they had like a spa day for them Abbie had her nails painted with little daisies on them being that her Girl Scout Troop are called the Daisy Troop!

2 days until kids go back to school....

Thats the reason for the school background. I just can't believe that summer is almost over. I am glad that it is almost over. My kids have erkkked (not sure I spelled it right)my one last nerve. I am so ready for school to start only 2 days... Yippeee!!

Don't get me wrong I love my kids but goodness I have to have a break.

Abbie will be in the 1st grade! She is excited about going back to school. At the open house she found out that she is sitting by her best friend Ethan. He's also her next door neighbor. I'm not sure that is a good thing or bad thing! Ha Ha Ha!! Abbie also knows almost everyone in her class, so that is a good thing. She is my little social butterfly.

Zach is going into the 4th grade gosh my first born! He loves school and he is a good student. I just hope this teacher this year is like all the other teachers he has had. I am so afraid that it is going to be a rough year for him. I sure hope not!

Alex my stepson is going into the 8th grade. WOW the teenagers these days are something else. If I had as much as a foul mouth as the teenagers today I wouldn't have a bare bottom to sit on. :P I mean come on some of the words that I heard back in April on Zach's Birthday at Spinners from those little kids... F this F that or that stupid MFB. Im talking this was coming out of about 10, 11, 12 year olds. I just hope Alex is not snatched out of 4 or 5 different schools his 8th grade year. His mom is on her 4th marriage and not sure how long it will last or how long she will let it last. Shes a social butterfly in a totally different way. :P

Yay 2 days until school starts!!!

What a month it has been....

Well July was a rough month. First off my sister - in - law decided she was moving to California and leaving her kids behind. She left behind a son who is 12 soon to be 13 and a daughter who is 17 and has a daughter of her own who is 5 months old. I just don't understand how she could just up and leave them kids and her grandkid behind. Well her son was suppose to go too Indianapolis Airport with her to spend one last night with his mom, but he didn't get to go. WHY you ask???? Well she got there and I texted her on her sidekick (she's deaf and thats the only communication I have with her) I asked her was her son with her and she said no. I said I thought he was supposed to go with you so he could spend one last night with you and she said no I didn't have room for him. WHAT??? She had 2 cars following her and she didn't have enough room. That's a sad excuse!! So I texted her ex-husband the one that has custody of the kids now and asked him how his son was and he told me that he cried himself to sleep. He was so looking forward to going. The next day I talked to my nephew and told him he was welcome to come down here and stay before school starts. He said sure no problem so about July 15th or so my hubby and I went to Evansville and picked him up. Then we went to the mall over their and went school clothes shopping. I found a lot of good deals on clothes. We had all 3 kids with us including hubby's nephew with us. It went smoother than I thought. While my nephew was here he was a very big help. I miss him so much and I know its hard on him to be there without his mother. Well he went home July the 28th his dad and sister came and got him. I am so glad that I got to see my Great Niece also. She is such a doll. I will be glad when my sister in law comes to her senses and realizes what a big mistake she made moving out there for a man. While her ex and her daughter were here they were so aggravated with my sister in law cause she was texting them constantly wanting to know where they were at. I thought what does she care and what is she going to do? Finally her daughter told her if she was going to aggrivate us so much you should have just stayed in Indiana. I laughed my butt off cause thats all she is doing is getting on everybody nerves. I love my sister in law but geee whizzzz give me a break with all the snapping at me for stuff that I have no idea about. Telling me that she raised her kids it was time for them to be on there own... I was like oh my goodness is she kidding me or has she lost her mind? Her son is only 12 years old he can't live his life on his own. I know her daughter is a mother but goodness this is the time when she needs her mother the most. My sister in laws reply was I taught her alot before I left and she will be okay. I said yeah I know she will be okay cause she has to now. My niece is a wonderful mother to her baby. I am very proud of her I was worried about her at first but since she has been down here a few times I can tell she is doing a wonderful job. Yes all mothers get frustrated with their kids. You can't say you don't either. I get frustrated with mine all the time of course my kids are 9, 6 (going on 16), and 13 (acts like he is 18) they work my nerves everyday, but I love them all with my heart. I just hope my nephew is doing okay. All in all I hope August is better than July.

A Newspaper Article I found!

I was cleaning out some old papers and stuff and ran across this newspaper article of the Stam Variety Store that was located at Oxford, Indiana. My grandparents owned that store. The article is when it went out of business September 01, 2001. My mother ran it until it went out of business. It was were I spent most of my summers growing up as a kid. It had anything from candy ... he he he ... that was the first stop I made everytime I arrived there. Come on give me a break I was a kid thats all I had on my mind back then. :P Then it was school supplies to shoes if you can read the article it will explain it was a very old Variety Store my grandparents opened it back in 1949. If you are unable to see the writing send me an email and I will send you a copy of the pictures.

I Will Try!!!

I will try to write something later on today! I have had my hands full the last 3 weeks or so. It's also been hard on my family with the sister - in - law just literally leaving her kids behind to be with another man half way across the United States. Well off to bed I go. More of whats going on later! =)

WOW, I Can't Believe She Left......

I am sorry readers I have to vent this out or I was going to blow soon!

My Sister-In-Law will be leaving out for Indianapolis Indiana Airport tomorrow she will be flying to California. Its very sad. Why???????????

She is moving to California to be with her new boyfriend. Why is this bothersome to me? Well it really ticks me off that she is going and leaving her kids and brand new grand baby behind. Yes you read right she is not taking her kids with her she is leaving them in Evansville with their dad. I just don't understand HOW a MOTHER could leave her own flesh and blood behind. Her son is 12 and her daughter is 17 and just had a baby in February. Yes and she is leaving all that behind not giving a care in the world about them. It is so sad to see her do that to my niece and nephew and also my new grand niece. I just couldn't do that to my own kids.... I would regret it. Just how in the world does these mothers do that to their kids. I never would of believed it would happen in my own family. IT IS SO SAD!! =( I am just so angry at her. She was telling us she had to live her own life and her kids live theres. Wow she has a life , she has her kids and when her daughter needs her the most with becoming a mother herself. Who will she rely on now? Well I have one guess on that and its going to be the lady that got her into alot of trouble and the one that probably let my niece get pregnant in the first place. My nephew is so mad and holding inside and it hurts me to see him like that. He is such a good boy and he is sweet. Why does it have to happen to him? I am just so really ticked off right now. I'm a mother and I couldn't even think about leaving my kids behind to go be with another guy that is half way across the United States.

Three Day Crackers

1 box of saltine crackers

1 1/2 cups of canola oil

1 1/2 tsp. of crushed red peppers

1/2 pkg. of dried buttermilk ranch dressing

1 pkg. of regular ranch dressing

In a large bowl with a tight fitting lid.

Mix:

dressing, red pepper, & oil

Seal bowl and shake real good add 1 box of saltine crackers for 2-3 days.

Rotate & Turn the bowl 2-3 days to coat the crackers.

Oil will soak into the crackers making them crisp & delicious.

I know you are thinking canola oil and thats what I thought at first but those crackers are delicious. They are real good. If you would like trying them go ahead.

The Boomerang Express has come to an end!

Well it was a blast the 3 days that bible school started. I can say that bible school is like I remember it when I was going. I am so glad that beechland still does the Pledge Alligance to the American Flag, the Christian Flag, and the Bible. I think its ashame that people have to be so strict when it comes to mentioning the word GOD. God is why we are here today and his son JESUS.

Abbie is in the middle holding the Bible.

The last day they done there singing and signing of the songs! They were so good in doing so! Then after the program was over we had a cookout and a big slide.

Zach was bouncing and getting some air and I caught him!

The only picture I could catch of them both coming down the slide at the same time!

Abbie jumping up in the air! She got some major air that time!

All in all the kids had a blast the last 3 days at V.B.S. at Beechland Baptist Church.

Venting my ANGER!!!!

Well my day was going okay until I ran into my stepson at my father in laws house. My stepson is a 13 year old and he acts like he can do anything and everything. Well he was told he was not to do any wrestling cause of the dangerous medication he is on for his acne. My hubby talked to his mom about it and she told my hubby that she didnt want him wrestling either. Well Alex my stepson just told me oh yeah tell dad to call me cause he is a liar cause my mom said that she did not say that to him. Well she is lying and turning Alex against his dad and I am stuck in the middle.

The thing that burns me up is he picks on my son Zach constantly and tells my little girl Abbie to pick on him too and I cant stand that. I want to beat my stepson down, but I know I cant do that. Its just hard to tell him to stop and he looks at me and smirks a smile oh hell it infuriates me. I just want to slap him silly, but I am not that kind of person. I just cant stand to be stuck in the middle of this crap.

Im sorry I had to vent and get this out of my system.

Hot Tamales!!!!

Well we were supposed to have a softball game tonight! The "Hot Tamales" are just to darn good that the other team had to forfeit so another word is that they didnt cheat to well last time we played them so they dont want to try it again. They also forfeited the tournament for tomorrow. So we have to wait for the coach to call and let us know when we will make up the tournament at our own softball field. When I say the other team cheated... well when girls are batting there is a 3 strike limit right? Well they were letting there girls get a 4 or 5 strikes before calling them out. So I technically call that cheating! They would hit fair balls and they would be foul but when my girl hit a foul ball it was fair. Its amazing how much adults can act like the kids sometimes. Its the kids game to play not the adults!!!! Well Zach has a game in a little bit so I will post more later!!

How do people come up with these clever ideas?

ZIPLOC OMELET

(This works great !!! Good for when all your family is together. The best part is that no one has to wait for their special omelet !!!)

Have guests write their name on a quart-size Ziploc freezer bag with permanent marker. (Rub-a Dubs are really permanent markers -some say they are, but they aren't.)

Crack 2 eggs (large or extra-large) into the bag (not more than 2) shake to combine them.

Put out a variety of ingredients such as: cheeses, ham, onion, green pepper, tomato, hash browns, salsa, etc.

Each guest adds prepared ingredients of choice to their bag and shake. Make sure to get the air out of the bag and zip it up.

Place the bags into rolling, boiling water for exactly 13 minutes [we did 15 minutes]. You can usually cook 6-8 omelets in a large pot. For more, make another pot of boiling water.

Open the bags and the omelet will roll out easily. Be prepared for everyone to be amazed.

Nice to serve with fresh fruit and coffee cake; everyone gets involved in the process and a great conversation piece.

Imagine having these ready the night before, and putting the bag in boiling water while you get ready. And in 15 minutes, you've got a nice omelette for a quick breakfast!!!

Mothers Day and What Nots!!!

My Mothers Day started out pretty good. The kids had gotten me gifts that they made me from school. Zach made me a Mothers Day bag and Abbie had me flower in a cup. The best gifts a mom could get made by her kiddos. Also I did not know that they had gotten me other gifts that there dad took them to get.

My Hubby got me 3 roses and the camo hat, my daughter picked the necklace out that says MOM and has a rose on it and its also a locket. My son got me the purple fishing rod. I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!

Then we went and put roses on my mother in laws grave. We love and miss you very much. Then the hardest part for me was going to my moms grave and my grandmothers grave. I put the flower arrangements that dad wanted me to get for her. Abbie stuck a rose in the ground for her Great- Grandmother. We love and miss you mom (moo-maw) Its been 3 years since you were taken up to heaven and I miss you everyday.

Then after we got all the flowers I was treated to dinner at the restaurant "The Cattle Pen". It was so good. Then we went home and napped off the lovely dinner.

On Tuesday I get a call from my dad and he asks me if I have anything to do right now and I say not a thing. Well he is on his way back from Indiana and he had been fishing before he left. He wants me to come help him. Well Im going to warn you I am no girly girl. I love to get dirty. I love helping my dad filet fish. So you can tell..... thats my bloody hands fileting fish and may I add it was 145 fish of filets. It took us about 3 hours to finish all them fish. Im going to cook up the batch he gave me tomorrow and take some to my neighbors. Abbie got into taking pictures and also handling the fish. She had to pose with the piece of fish filet to show people. That is something that does not bother me at all!!!!

Such Bad News in A way!

I woke up this morning about 6:15 am to get the kids up and ready to catch the bus. They get on the bus and I lay back down for about an hour. At 9:00 am I have to get up and take my elder neighbors to the eye doctor and some other places. I got home and laid down again until my dad calls my cell and I remember I am supposed to call Barrow Eye Center for him. I did that before I answered my cell and they told me his regular glasses are in but his safety goggles are on back order and thats the ones he needs. Hes working out of town in Indiana so I call his cell back and tell him that and he says well aint that a crock of &*(^! LOL! It saved me from having to drive to Russellville today so I figured I would start on my blog.

I have been thinking all day where to start and stuff.

Hubby started his Physical Therapy today and went back to work also. He just called a little bit ago and said they gave him elctro therapy. He said it felt good. Then I get the call from our insurance company that my Jeep is total loss. =( Its sad but kids are getting bigger and 2 doors is getting so rough on me. Jason wants to keep it and try and fix it and I want to look for something better and bigger to haul all five of us around at once.

Well the kids just got home from school so Im off to listen to them argue. LOL!!!

First Ball games!

This is the day of April 25th my day started out real crappy I got a call from hubby at 6:10 am saturday morning. I answer and he says Im sorry hun but I was just in a wreck. I was like what and he said hunny I am so sorry your Jeep looks bad. He said I got rear-ended. I was like oh no! It was sad for a bit because I know I inherited that Jeep from my mom after she passed away.

Well after he got home he had to go to the ER and they did nothing for him, but I was not able to stay his friend came up there and sat with him. He would not let me stay he didn't want his daughter to miss her first SoftBall Game. Which was at 10 am I got her to the game and she put her shirt and hat on. Her team is called "HOT TAMALES" it is so cute.

This is her first time up to bat and I thought she would be scared cause they are batting off a pitching machine, but she swung that bat and the crack of the ball going down the field. I was so excited she made it to first base. She made it all the way around all the bases. I am so proud of her for hitting that ball the first time. They won 4-3! Woo Hoo!!!

We left the ball park and went home to get ready to go too my Aunt Lindas house in TN. I was tired and and exhausted. Jason stayed at home his back was bothering him real bad from the wreck. I went to my aunts house for a fish fry and most of the family was there. It was such a blast!

When I got home it was late and I was very tired.

Happy Birthday Son.... sorry it went down hill after!

Well I should have started this blog on April 11th 2009, but I have been so busy with kids playing ball.

Well to start saturday the 11th of April off. It was my sons 9th birthday and we had a party planned at Spinners. That morning I got the kids up and my step-son wanted me to take him to his mammal's house so I did. Then my 2 kids I took to a easter egg hunt. Which they did very well I might add.

Well after that Easter egg hunt we went back home and waited until about 1 p.m. they had another Easter egg hunt to go too. Which I am not very impressed with. Abbie is a bulldozer to get to the eggs and Zach is one that stands back and watches. He didnt do so well with this easter egg hunt and Abbie did.

Well after that we went to Long John Silvers and used one of the coupons that the kids got in their easter eggs at the Ag Center. Thats why I am not impressed with that easter egg hunt thats all the eggs had were coupons. We got done eating and went back home to get ready for Zach's Birthday Party. I stopped by wal-mart and picked up his cake.

Then the party started and he had a blast he done all kinds of skating and playing games. When it was time to leave Zach looked at me and said "Why didnt my brother Alex come to my party" and I told him I had no idea cause earlier that day I heard Alex with my own ears and he told Zach I promise I will be there for your birthday. It broke Zach's heart that Alex was not there. Well this morning Alex pulled a fast one on me. I had no idea that Jason my hubby had told Alex that he was going to skip wrestling practice and go to Zach's birthday party. I didnt know that until Jason got to the party after he got off work. Well before we left the skate rink Jason had to tend to a boy that hurt his ankle out on the skate floor and no he was not with the party. We got in the Jeep to leave and Zach starts crying and I am asking why are you crying and he says cause bubba lied to me and told me he promised he would be there. Well we get home and Alex' mammal calls and asks if we have seen or heard from Alex and of course we haven't. She said well I dropped him off at his wrestling practice and no this is not any school associated wrestling practice he has gotten into a group called WWA (World Wrestling Alliance) and he is only 13. Well his mammal went to that house and hollered for him but one of the guys came out and said no hes not here some girl picked him up. Well as soon as she got back home he calls and says mammal come pick me up I am at the house you dropped me off. Well he lied to her and he wont admit it. Well his mammal called here and said he is at that house and Jason said I will go get him and you know that was not going to be good at all. It was not good he came in and apologized to zach it wasnt a sincere apology either. Well the rest of the night was very touchy. Well the next day Jason called Alex' mom and we found out why he has been coming here was to get a ride to practice we didnt know that his mom told him she didnt want him wrestling so she was not taking him to practice. Well we know now cause Jason told Alex that he is not to ask for a ride to wrestling practice from us again.

I will post something tomorrow!

I am just trying to get started its a little rough just bare with me. =)

My First Blog Post!

Not sure what to say! =) So I will let my friends know that I am starting a Blog! =)