Haven't written here for a long time. Lots of things have happened.
My dad lives with us.
Number one son lives with us.
Number two son has started back to college.
Husband took a demotion and pay cut at work, but it is better than being laid off.
The hundred year old tree in my front yard "broke", it has to be taken down.
My great nephew Caius was born.
I had a birthday.
My mom had a birthday.
My stepmom ended her life.
I flew to Arizona, loaded up my dads house, and drove a 16 ft truck, loaded with his belongings through the mountains...all the way to Indiana. It was exhausting.
Number one son thought he no longer wanted to be with his long time GF, so I borrowed a truck, went to Cincinnati, loaded him up and brought him home. I am sending him back this week, 23 yr olds should not live with their parents, Love him dearly, but he must go. His GF misses him, he misses her, they belong together.
I have lost 20 pounds...wonder why?
I go to the doctor on September 5th, I do not go to doctor's, I hate doctors. I need a doctor.
I am perimenopausal, I am nuts, and evil to everyone. I have anemia, I eat ice all day, everyday, i need my blood fixed. I have a weird spot on my skin, it has been there for years, never told a doctor about it, i just ignored it, it is now dark brown, scary..it has changed, it wasn't supposed to change, now i have to show it to a doctor, and i have never shown it to anyone.
My dad found awesome old polaroid pictures of my childhood friend, her brother, mom and grandma, they are standing in front of her family's blue and white camper. I have to find a way to scan them, so I can share them with her :) We had a lot of fun at 1000 oaks camping, when we were kids.
I will update more often, I promise.
Did I mention that I also work 45 hours a week? While I was gone to AZ and dealing with the funeral, my ass't manager decided to quit.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Bored, my momma always said there is never any reason to be bored, find yourself something to do, or I will find something for you. You never wanted my mom to find something for you, it always involved work.
I am bored, my house work is done, as done as I care for it to be anyway. I worked 2hours this evening at my "store", just to kill some time
Tom is temporarily on the 3-11 shift, I am not used to entertaining myself. I have always had too many people around, now it is eerily quiet in my house. No brothers to torment me, no kids to chase after, nothing, just me and my computer.
The second son will be home soon, he had classes all day, then he tutors math in the evening, when he gets home, he will walk in and inform me that he "hungers". No husband to cook for, not going to mess up my clean kitchen, the college student son has a 5 dollar foot long Subway sub with his name on it in the fridge.
I am not only bored, but I am lazy :) So I have decided to figure out how to put pictures on here.
That way I have accomplished something on this warm, lazy, long boring, wonderful day!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
I am updating :)
As you know...my one blog reader, I am a manager of a very famous coffee shop. A coffee shop struggling with some growing pains, so as a company, things are changing, and with that change comes meetings....lots of freaking meetings. I was Indy 2 days, 3 weeks ago, 2 days this week, have an off site all store meeting scheduled for next week, the next day....guess what??? Oh yeah, back to Indy for another 2 days. No wonder I waited for the boys to be grown before I got back into this business.
My eldest and his girlfriend blessed us with their appearance over the holiday weekend. Yeah, they had laundry to do....I like him being only a few hours away, just gonna take some time to get used to the noisy one being in the house again. (he spent from 18-22 living in FL) Thank goodness it is only for a couple of days at a time. We have Wii, we also have Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii, I do okay at it, can play on medium, the boys laugh at me, it is all fun. The eldest son is obsessive about playing it, he must do all songs on expert.....loudly. This is not bad, I am used to his noise...but when he wanted to "perform" for his cousins, during Easter dinner, I had to "lay the hammer down" nothing funnier then seeing a 23 year old brat pout because he couldn't play with his toys.....do they ever grow up??? Is it just a man thing??? His GF threaten me with my life it I were to ever let him take the Wii home with them.
Speaking of the GF, they have been together 7 years now, they celebrated their 7 year anniversary this week. They started dating at 16 years old. I just hope they stay together, she is awesome, and she is also getting ready to start med school, she is going to study to be a Neurologist. He will be a stay at home dad, with his home based recording studio, or at least that is their long term plans.
Youngest son spent Easter with his father. He is now 20 years old, gets in his car every other weekend and drives to his dads house. There is no court order, that expired when he turned 18, there is no child support, that ended a couple of months ago, there is nothing saying that he has to go there, but he does. I think this says a lot for his dad. When I was married to him, he was the biggest ass, he did not appreciate us at all. The divorce was the best thing that could of happened to him and his sons. Once they were gone, and he was in that big house by himself, he realized what he lost and what he might lose forever, his sons. I rarely if ever talk to him, the boys do not discuss him with me, but I know that they are close, and to me...that is a good thing.
When and if youngest son gets a serious GF, I am sure these weekend arrangements will change, I just hope that the ex understands. At some point, #2 will begin to live his own life, and his weekends with dad will stop. I think we are both hanging on to #2 a little bit longer cause of #1 leaving so young.
My husband has 2 daughters, they both live in upstate NY. The oldest daughter is going to graduate from college a couple of weeks after she gives birth to her second child. We are going to see her graduate in May, and meet the new grandson, and see him baptized. Since my husband and I have been together we have made many cross country trips, but they are always either to NY or FL, depending on what was happening with either ones kids.
Well guess what...we are committed..this is our last trip for a couple of years to see kids....next year...we are coming to CA...he has never been, and it has been too many years since I have been, so start making room, should be June 09.
PS pictures next time...internet is being stupid tonight
My eldest and his girlfriend blessed us with their appearance over the holiday weekend. Yeah, they had laundry to do....I like him being only a few hours away, just gonna take some time to get used to the noisy one being in the house again. (he spent from 18-22 living in FL) Thank goodness it is only for a couple of days at a time. We have Wii, we also have Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii, I do okay at it, can play on medium, the boys laugh at me, it is all fun. The eldest son is obsessive about playing it, he must do all songs on expert.....loudly. This is not bad, I am used to his noise...but when he wanted to "perform" for his cousins, during Easter dinner, I had to "lay the hammer down" nothing funnier then seeing a 23 year old brat pout because he couldn't play with his toys.....do they ever grow up??? Is it just a man thing??? His GF threaten me with my life it I were to ever let him take the Wii home with them.
Speaking of the GF, they have been together 7 years now, they celebrated their 7 year anniversary this week. They started dating at 16 years old. I just hope they stay together, she is awesome, and she is also getting ready to start med school, she is going to study to be a Neurologist. He will be a stay at home dad, with his home based recording studio, or at least that is their long term plans.
Youngest son spent Easter with his father. He is now 20 years old, gets in his car every other weekend and drives to his dads house. There is no court order, that expired when he turned 18, there is no child support, that ended a couple of months ago, there is nothing saying that he has to go there, but he does. I think this says a lot for his dad. When I was married to him, he was the biggest ass, he did not appreciate us at all. The divorce was the best thing that could of happened to him and his sons. Once they were gone, and he was in that big house by himself, he realized what he lost and what he might lose forever, his sons. I rarely if ever talk to him, the boys do not discuss him with me, but I know that they are close, and to me...that is a good thing.
When and if youngest son gets a serious GF, I am sure these weekend arrangements will change, I just hope that the ex understands. At some point, #2 will begin to live his own life, and his weekends with dad will stop. I think we are both hanging on to #2 a little bit longer cause of #1 leaving so young.
My husband has 2 daughters, they both live in upstate NY. The oldest daughter is going to graduate from college a couple of weeks after she gives birth to her second child. We are going to see her graduate in May, and meet the new grandson, and see him baptized. Since my husband and I have been together we have made many cross country trips, but they are always either to NY or FL, depending on what was happening with either ones kids.
Well guess what...we are committed..this is our last trip for a couple of years to see kids....next year...we are coming to CA...he has never been, and it has been too many years since I have been, so start making room, should be June 09.
PS pictures next time...internet is being stupid tonight
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Talking to myself
Well, the #1 nephew's GF had her sonagram yesterday....we now know that we have yet another boy coming...he is due right around my birthday!
Gotta love those boys! So to celebrate his coming, I shopped. I am the ultimate bargain hunter, a local upscale dept. store at the mall has 80% off the lowest price...oh yeah! I got him size 6 and 9 month winter outfits, along with a cute snowsuit, one that is a snowsuit with a bag like thing that covers it and you can put the car seat belt through an opening in it. I spent all of 50 bucks and got 500 dollars worth of stuff.
#2 Son had his 20th birthday a couple of days ago. Was a milestone one for me, after 10 years of having a teenager, i no longer have one. I was blessed, my teenagers were a riot, always fun and never any of the normal teenage angst that I see some of my nephews dealing with. I think it is because my sons were what I will very lovingly refer to as Geeks. Yay for geek kids, they make life pleasant. They liked to be at home, made good grades, could care less about what the other kids wore, always have worn pants that cover their rear ends. I think the reason they were easy is because they each had a "passion" something they could focus their energy on, outside themselves. Their friends were equally geeky too, the oldest always hung with the music kids, and the youngest with the math and science kids...yeah, he was in the chess club too.
#4 brother stopped by my work to visit for a few minutes yesterday. He has 3 sons, 19, 17, and 10. His 19 and 17 are really struggling with life, he looks for advice, but I just don't have any to offer, trying to fix kids at that age is too late. They aren't bad, they just exist, the oldest quit school and received his GED, the second has been in and out of different schools, is now going to the alternative HS, but will quit when he turns 18 this summer. They just don't have any goals for their futures, and you can't force goals on a person, they have to set them themselves. I wish I could help him, cause he is sad, because he knows they will live the same life as he has led, one that took him until 35 years old and 3 kids to grow up. The 10 year, so far so good with that one, he is an honor student, an athlete, and a all around good kid..you know what they say, 2 outa 3 ain't bad.
Back to nephew #1, the kid is following in his aunts (me) footsteps, did a couple years of college and is now a restaurant manager...i love it. We talk "shop" on the instant messenger.
Funny thing is my son #1 is following in my brother #2 footsteps, brother #2 is nephew #1's dad...got that? brother 2 and #1 son, both graduated from a technical type college, both spent a few years in Florida, and now they both live in Ohio and are involved in some aspect with the entertainment industry.
Gotta love those boys! So to celebrate his coming, I shopped. I am the ultimate bargain hunter, a local upscale dept. store at the mall has 80% off the lowest price...oh yeah! I got him size 6 and 9 month winter outfits, along with a cute snowsuit, one that is a snowsuit with a bag like thing that covers it and you can put the car seat belt through an opening in it. I spent all of 50 bucks and got 500 dollars worth of stuff.
#2 Son had his 20th birthday a couple of days ago. Was a milestone one for me, after 10 years of having a teenager, i no longer have one. I was blessed, my teenagers were a riot, always fun and never any of the normal teenage angst that I see some of my nephews dealing with. I think it is because my sons were what I will very lovingly refer to as Geeks. Yay for geek kids, they make life pleasant. They liked to be at home, made good grades, could care less about what the other kids wore, always have worn pants that cover their rear ends. I think the reason they were easy is because they each had a "passion" something they could focus their energy on, outside themselves. Their friends were equally geeky too, the oldest always hung with the music kids, and the youngest with the math and science kids...yeah, he was in the chess club too.
#4 brother stopped by my work to visit for a few minutes yesterday. He has 3 sons, 19, 17, and 10. His 19 and 17 are really struggling with life, he looks for advice, but I just don't have any to offer, trying to fix kids at that age is too late. They aren't bad, they just exist, the oldest quit school and received his GED, the second has been in and out of different schools, is now going to the alternative HS, but will quit when he turns 18 this summer. They just don't have any goals for their futures, and you can't force goals on a person, they have to set them themselves. I wish I could help him, cause he is sad, because he knows they will live the same life as he has led, one that took him until 35 years old and 3 kids to grow up. The 10 year, so far so good with that one, he is an honor student, an athlete, and a all around good kid..you know what they say, 2 outa 3 ain't bad.
Back to nephew #1, the kid is following in his aunts (me) footsteps, did a couple years of college and is now a restaurant manager...i love it. We talk "shop" on the instant messenger.
Funny thing is my son #1 is following in my brother #2 footsteps, brother #2 is nephew #1's dad...got that? brother 2 and #1 son, both graduated from a technical type college, both spent a few years in Florida, and now they both live in Ohio and are involved in some aspect with the entertainment industry.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
hmmmmmmmmmm...as if
I have spent a year lurking here on the blogs, enjoying everyone else's stories, and just wonder if I have a story to share. My life seems boring and mundane compared to most, but we will see.
Every year on Jan 1st, I do not make resolutions, I just ask....what will this year bring? I love the surprises..last year I received my 1st grand-nephew...from my #2 nephew, of course a boy, only boys in this family..except for me, I am 47 and the only female born to my family in 47 years...how's that for a little interesting? 4 brothers, 2 sons and 11 nephews...
A little about me. Married the boy next door, had 2 sons with him, and after spending half my life with him...I divorced him...after a few years with just me and my boys, I met my current husband...on the internet, I guess that could be a story for later, been remarried for a few years now. He has been a great husband so far, kind and very giving, maybe just a little lazy about the house, but a hard worker. My sons love him, as do I.
My sons are about grown, the oldest a musician, trying to figure out life, but doing well at taking care of himself and making his mother proud, the youngest is a computer and math geek, he is currently a junior in college, living at home and also making me proud.
I have always worked outside the home. I look back now and wonder how I did it all, Thank God for youth, because there is no way I could do now what I did then!
This blog will act as an online journal, for me and my life...the husband, the sons, the job, the brothers, the nephews......and some day in the next decade or so, maybe a grandson, I do not hold on to any hope whatsoever of ever having a granddaughter.....just maybe ....maybe a grand neice....come on #1 one nephew, who's GF is just a little pregnant right now...so I do have hope!
Every year on Jan 1st, I do not make resolutions, I just ask....what will this year bring? I love the surprises..last year I received my 1st grand-nephew...from my #2 nephew, of course a boy, only boys in this family..except for me, I am 47 and the only female born to my family in 47 years...how's that for a little interesting? 4 brothers, 2 sons and 11 nephews...
A little about me. Married the boy next door, had 2 sons with him, and after spending half my life with him...I divorced him...after a few years with just me and my boys, I met my current husband...on the internet, I guess that could be a story for later, been remarried for a few years now. He has been a great husband so far, kind and very giving, maybe just a little lazy about the house, but a hard worker. My sons love him, as do I.
My sons are about grown, the oldest a musician, trying to figure out life, but doing well at taking care of himself and making his mother proud, the youngest is a computer and math geek, he is currently a junior in college, living at home and also making me proud.
I have always worked outside the home. I look back now and wonder how I did it all, Thank God for youth, because there is no way I could do now what I did then!
This blog will act as an online journal, for me and my life...the husband, the sons, the job, the brothers, the nephews......and some day in the next decade or so, maybe a grandson, I do not hold on to any hope whatsoever of ever having a granddaughter.....just maybe ....maybe a grand neice....come on #1 one nephew, who's GF is just a little pregnant right now...so I do have hope!
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