WhatEva     A Daily Journal By: Eva Moore

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"Good judgment is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgment."

-- Fred Brooks

3.31.06
9:27pm

     I have now experienced Michigan weather and it's craziness.  Well, at least I have experienced it mostly...not snow wise yet.  But wow, today was crazy weather.  So I knew that it was supposed to be lightening and thunder storms all day right, but it wasn't really happening.  So when 6pm came I thought that I would just go out with my mom to store and buy some stuff, and we took Evelyn too.  I wore my flip flops (66 degrees today-tornado warning just ended)  and no jacket, Evelyn I gave a sweater to.  When we came out of the store though it was pouring rain.  Not a horrible pour, but still a pour.  I decide that water is just water, who cares.  We start to walk to the car.  Evelyn and I are getting a shower from the rain, but she seems ok.  Then, half way to the car (I parked kinda far) there was lots of lightening, and thunder, and then buckets of rain started falling.  Tons of rain, hard.  Evelyn starts screaming.  We are not in the shower anymore folks, we just got thrown in the bath.  We try to get to the car as fast as possible.  Water is getting in all the bags of groceries, and we are drenched.  My mom puts Evelyn in the car first, her poor little elephant is all wet.  She is in the car screaming while we are trying to put two carts of groceries in the trunk.  Finally that is done, with no consideration bread possibly getting squished.  Driving home was bad.  Besides all the lightening, I couldn't see anything.   You know how sometimes when you are driving and it is raining, you think to your self that you are so glad that you are not on the freeway...well, I was just driving on country roads, but I might as well have been going 80mph on the freeway it was so hard to see out my window.  I was only going 30-40mph, but that didn't help.  My tires were even skipping, it happened 4 times.  My mom used her cell phone to call James when we were about 1 minute from the house.  We decided it would be best if we parked in the garage tonight to unload the groceries.  So we asked him to open the garage door.  I don't have an opener, since I don't usually park in there.  Well, we get there and hand my soaking wet baby to James, the elephant goes in the dryer, and we (my mom and I) start unloading the groceries.  Well, on my third trip into the garage to do that all of a sudden there is a mass amount of pounding on the garage door.  A LOT.  It was hail.  A bunch of big hail just pounding down.  Crazy.  Through the whole process of bringing the groceries in there is water all over the floor from our shoes, pants, grocery bags, and who knows what else.  All the food that had a box over it, was very wet I had some boxes fall apart on me.  Some water even got into a few things of food.  The lightening was going strong and according to the news there was so much of it that they said it would be best to not leave your house for the next 30 minutes.  WHAT???  Never heard that said over lightening before.  But I believed it.  The tornado warning was still in affect too.  I had to go upstairs and change clothes, my legs were way to wet to just sit around in.  I did that, and finished cleaning up the water mess....and after another 30 minutes the weather channel  announced that the tornado warning was dropped and the bad weather was moving away.  WHEW.  Enough of that huh?  Talk about crazy weather.  I would much rather have had 6 inch's of snow, then all of that rain and wind. 
     But, the rest of my day was spent trying to entertain the kids, and taking care of James.  He was feeling better today...no more fever.  It broke last night.  He had the shakes so bad because of it too.  But I made him lunch today, (which I don't usually do, that's why it was special.) and then I made sure he took some medicine.  I did a lot more painting in Evelyn's room today.  I got one butterfly almost done, and Alice is more than half done too.  I decided today that on the harder areas to outline, like Evelyn's eyes, and her eye lashes, ect...I would just use a fine permanent black marker to outline.  I don't want to risk messing it up, and I think this will work well.  So I bought those at the store.  OH, and I am still doing well with my Weight Watchers diet.  I am excited to lose the next 10 pounds.  I want to see the number I am currently on disappear.  That would really make me feel great and boost my confidence up a lot.  Really, I guess I already have good confidence, just not in the liking my body area.  Everywhere else though I am fine.  Weird huh?  Or maybe not, I bet a lot of girls have that problem.  I know some of my friends do.  And if you ask me they look great...but girls will be girls, we never think we look good.  It's not until we are way fatter that we realize we were skinny before.  Now that is odd.  lol  So...that's all for now.  More later.  Bye.

3.30.06
8:47pm

     Would you believe that all my kids have been asleep for over an hour?  It's true.  Isaiah went to school, then I took him and Evelyn and Dusty to the park (great day here, 65 degrees and sunny) for over an hour.  Isaiah fell asleep in the car when I was going to pick up Pizza.  He was knocked out.  I mean that kid was impossible to wake up.  He went to bed.  Evelyn went to bed 40 minutes later.  Great way to start the night if you ask me.  Especially since I already had the whole house clean.  We had a good time at the park though.  We get there and a lady that I met previously was there.  Her name is Stephanie.  She has a little boy who is a year younger than Isaiah and a little girl who is as old as Evelyn, but smaller than her.  That's not surprising though, since Evelyn is way taller than most her age and weighs more because of that.  So, after hanging out at the park for quite a long time, and talking to Stephanie, I offered to give her some of Evelyn's clothes that do not fit her any more due to her height.  So she walked back to our house with me and I gave her a quick tour of the house while going to get the clothes.  She gave me her phone number so that way we can get together and let the kids play over here.  Sounds like a good idea to me.  She seems really nice.  And it would be good to have another little girl for Evelyn to play with that is her age.  Although parts of me still can't help but think that it wouldn't even be necessary if we hadn't moved.  Sometimes it is hard to not feel resentful of the situation I am in.  Like when I got lost yesterday.  My first thought was, "This wouldn't be happening if I hadn't had to move."  But, I can't think like that.  Thinking like that will get me no where.  I am going to live here, and I better get used to it.  I did find a really cool place to take some pictures today though, I do think that is one big plus about living here...I get to really be creative here.  I love that.
     On a down note, James has been sick all day.  He caught whatever it was I had.  I am feeling much better, besides the same headache.  James on the other hand has had a fever of over a hundred, headache, sore throat, and chills.  He took the day off and spent most of it in bed.  I tried my best to keep the kids out of his way and leave him alone.  A little while ago he told me that he is feeling better, but tomorrow will be the real test.  I hope that he does though...since it is supposed to be raining tomorrow, it will be harder to keep the kids as occupied.   I need to buy Isaiah some more paints and crafts once we get our finances in order.  That kind of stuff helps to keep him busy.  Right now almost everything keeps Evelyn busy, so nothing to worry about there. 
     I started painting the body coloring on the mural in Evelyn's room.  It was just as hard as I thought.  I couldn't quite get the color right, and her arms ended up being too pink.  Luckily for me, I am using Acrylic paints, and those are easily painted over.  I took a little bit of the pink, put it in a different section of my pallet, and added a tiny bit of brown.  It turned out perfect.  So I painted over it and now all I have left for the flesh tone is the face.  I am so nervous though about the eyes, especially when it comes to outlining.  I could so easily screw it up.  Most likely I will be painting other things and leaving that for last.  Anyway, that's all for me.  Till next time folks.  Bye.

3.29.06
9:18pm

     Hi.  Ugh.  How can I describe to you how I feel?  Well, I doubt that I can, since all the words that I am thinking of are not allowed on this page.  Oh well.  But you get the picture.  My throat feels the same.  I woke up this morning and there was no difference.  The only difference was that I didn't feel so groggy.  After I was done writing this last night I stood up to put Isaiah to bed and my whole body felt wrong.  I felt like I was beyond exhausted, and like I could collapse at any time.  I was upstairs saying goodnight to Isaiah, and he wouldn't let me leave...I wanted to go so bad, and I was so frustrated by him not wanting me to plus the medicine...I started crying an yelled for James to come up.  I went right into my room, crawled into bed and went to sleep.  Can you believe it?  That never happens.  Luckily it was my night to have Isaiah, and he slept all night, which meant that I did too.   Yet I still woke up this morning feeling very tired, and I didn't want to get up.  I ended up having a huge headache today, which I still have at this very moment.  Then, I had to go to that doctor appt.  Well, I didn't want to leave James alone with two kids while he was working, so I asked Tammy if she would mind watching Evelyn while I was gone.  I went over to her house to ask...and made sure to tell her that it was ok if she didn't want to.  After all, she has enough kids of her own, she doesn't need mine on top of all of that.  But lucky for me she said yes, and so all James had to worry about was taking care of Isaiah.  So...at 3:15pm I took Evelyn over there, stayed for a while till she got comfortable, and then headed out to my appointment.  Well...no big surprise, but I got lost.  I don't understand why all major streets don't have signs.  They should all have signs.  I ended up having to guess which street was Washtenaw, and of course I guessed wrong.  Then by time I realized it, I got stuck in rush hour traffic and it literally took me 14 minutes to go a mile and a half.  I am not kidding people.  Crazy.  Finally, I found the right street, and made it too the office building.  Of course I ended up parking in the wrong parking lot...and of course the whole drive there my lower back had been hurting...one more thing after another right?  Anyway, so I went in, 30 minutes late, feeling very frustrated, wishing that I was back in California.  The office was very 70's looking.  I am talking down to the wall paper.  The carpet was so dirty looking, I couldn't help but think that it needed a major make over.  After waiting for 20 minutes for the nurse to straighten out my health care, I went in to another room to wait some more.  I hate that.  Why do they take you into the actual patient room if they are not going to see you right away?  Makes no sense.  Anyway, so the doctor came in we talked, he got my info and all that.  Then after looking at the paper work I filled out, he asks me if I speak Spanish.   (I had filled in Hispanic in the race section)  I said no, since I don't.  He then looked at the papers again, and said, "But you have on here that your Hispanic right?"  (He himself is Hispanic, in his early 50's maybe.)  I said, "That's right, but I don't speak Spanish."  Well, evidently that wasn't enough for him, because a few minutes later he asked me what my maiden name was.  I told him, and he said, "Ah, yes that's a very Hispanic name."  What is that all about anyway??  Who cares if I am Mexican  or not?  A little bit odd anyway.  So my visit went good though, I got two free packs of pills and then a prescription for 10 more.  That makes for a whole year worth at least.  I made it home in one piece, and I was so glad.  I was so tired.  Later on Tammy came over with her kids and I was glad, because I needed to just have a friend here.  This day was draining, and it was nice to just sit and talk with someone who doesn't live in my house.  lol  I need to get out more.  I mentioned to Tammy about us going out in the evening sometimes and just being out and about with out the kids.  She thought it sounded like a good idea too, so hopefully that will happen sooner than later.  I need it.    Well, I am about done here, I am just gonna sit here, relax, and watch South Park.  I love this show.  Cracks me up.   Talk to you later.  Bye.

3.28.06
8:12pm

     Hi.  I woke up this morning at around 4am...with a horrible sore throat.  My throat was so swollen, that it was hard to talk let alone try to take a drink to make it feel better.  It was so bad.  I ended up just laying in bed for a couple hours awake taking drinks of water when I could, then when Evelyn woke up to eat at 5:30am, I just drank some more water.  It wasn't helping.  Later, my mom gave me some liquid Tylenol that was for nighttime use, but I took it anyway.  Luckily I was able to nap twice today since Isaiah was at school and then he later took a nap too.  The medicine made the swelling go down, but man is it still sore.  Right now it hurts just sitting here in silence, and if I talk that just makes it worse.  So when I do talk I have to talk sort of soft, since the louder I am the more it hurts.  I suppose that this could be a good thing for James, since I am pretty much being quiet.  lol
I hope that this gets better. 
     Tomorrow I have a doctor appointment.  I am going to get an exam done, and then hopefully they will be kind enough to give me a prescription for some birth control pills.  I only have 5 days worth left...and I really don't want to get pregnant right now.  In regards to pregnancy...well I don't know for a 100% certainty that we are done.  I feel like two is all I can handle.  But since I have no idea how I will feel in 2 more years, we are holding off on any permanent procedures.  I mean it could be that when Evelyn is 3 years old, and Isaiah is 6, I might miss the whole baby thing.  But, then again, I really do think that two kids is enough.  I feel like a boy and a girl is just right.  Isaiah is so protective of Evelyn, and she loves him so much already...I can't imagine having a third and breaking up their little duo.  I don't know...I can say a lot right now...but things change quickly, who knows what will happen years down the line. 
     Today was fun for Isaiah.  He got to go to school and then after playing a game for 90 minutes he took a nap.  Later, when Jonathon got home from school (Nino and Tammy's son) he came over and played with Isaiah.  They had a great time running around chasing each other and playing Isaiah's new video game.  I am so happy that he has a friend.  Anyway...so that is about it.  I didn't do much else.  I am just feeling so tired right now from that medicine... and actually, I think I might be in bed by 10pm.  Now wouldn't that be out of the ordinary.  lol  Anyway...till next time people.  Bye.

3.27.06
10:40pm

     Well, after having several friends who are not Christians ask me what Scientology is, and after both times having no good answer for them...I decided to look it up.  WOW...what a pile of you know what.  I mean this "religion" (if you can call it that) is crazy.  First of all, who would follow a guy who says that we all are being inhabited by aliens who are making us feel sorrow and get sick to begin with?  Doesn't that just sound like a crack pot to begin with?  Not that they tell their new members about all that anyway in the beginning.  That is not until much later.  I won't go into it all.  But suffice to say that it's all thanks to Xenu, the alien, that we all are so depressed and sick all the time.  lol  If you want to learn more about this stupid so called religion, which you should, since they try to get college kids and you should warn your young adults about them, then visit this website.  There is lots to learn and read, I was amazed by how crazy this thing is.  This website is dedicated to telling people about how dangerous it can be...so take a look.  http://www.xenu.net/index.html
     Anyway, beside that little tirade I had a boring day.  So off I go to spend time with my man.  Later folks.
 

Update:  Here is the website of the church we have been attending.  www.trysomeh20.com
Check it out. 

3.26.06
10:18pm

     What a great day!!!  Ok, so we went to church, and service was really good.  Once again lots of good songs that I had never heard before.  You can really feel the presence of the Lord there.  We got there early too and hung out with people....James is doing really good at knowing everyone's names....I have not even tried.  He is much more social than I am anyway.  I just hung back and took care of the kids.  After that though we went down to the basement area where they have all the restaurants and we all sat at a table and had pizza.  Really good conversation.  The only bad thing was that poor little Evelyn was so very tired that you would have thought she would keel over any minute.  She usually takes her nap at 11am...here we were hitting 1:30pm.  She was miserable.  She kept trying to lay down on her side with her elephant in the stroller, but she couldn't get comfortable at all.  So that just made her cry even more.  I felt so bad for her.  Honestly, that is the only hard thing about Sunday's there...it is always during her naptime.  Usually she would be in a nursery and fall asleep there.  But, James had an idea though about waking her up early on Sunday and putting her down for an hour nap at 9am.  That way she can at least have a short nap which should keep her happy at least through out the service.  I think it might work.  Just means that one of us will have to wake her up at 6am though, I don't know how I feel about that.  I don't think I would want it to be me.  Forget that. 
     Anyway so after we came home I did some quick clean up and got ready for Tammy and Nino's kids to come over.  They had been wanting to play over here again, so I said it was fine.  While they were here, I thought that it might be nice to have Nino and Tammy stay for dinner...but if they did, then I would need more chicken, 3 chicken breasts would not be enough for 5 kids and 4 adults.  So I called Tammy up and first asked if they wanted to have dinner here, and then when she said that would be great, we both went to the store and did some grocery shopping.  It was nice to get out of the house with another girl, and with no kids!  I was really glad to have some time to just hang out with her though.  Sometimes that can be hard when you have kids.  So...they came over and while I cooked everyone was playing and having a good time.  The kids were all wrestling with James going crazy.  lol  It was funny.  Dinner was great.  Really great actually.  It was a really great evening.  After they left we cleaned up the mess.  We got to eat at our new dining room table which was really nice too.  Then, we actually came up stairs to bed.  Amazing huh?  I am just relaxing here with my warm cushy blankets typing this things out.  I think that I might even go to bed when I am done here.  Now that really would be amazing.  lol 
     Anyway, yea, I am tired...I am gonna go now.  I can feel my eyes closing already.  I will talk to you all again later.  Bye.

3.25.06
10:32pm

     What a frustrating day.  As you know, we went to that thing last night at our neighbors house, and then we came back and James started working again.  Well, I went to bed shortly after I finished my journal on here, James on the other hand was up till 3 am working.  What does that mean for my day???  Well it means my day today went down the drain.  James slept till 11am...woke up, did a couple little projects around the house, and then played a video game with Isaiah.  That all lasted until 2pm and he started working again.   I had already had the kids all morning, pretty much had at least Evelyn while he was out with us....and then when he started working it was all me again.  Now, this whole day had already been tiring...I had swept and mopped the entire kitchen, which is huge mind you.  I had helped my dad bring in a bunch of sheet rock and a door.  (They are putting walls up in the basement now.)  I was tired.  I was very tired.  Then he starts working again, and you know what?  Of course Evelyn got cranky, Isaiah got whiny, One thing after another.  It wasn't until 9pm that James was done and I was very ready for his help.  Sometimes I just want to get in my car, drive into a parking lot, and take a nap for a couple hours, simply because then no body could bother me.  lol  Wouldn't that be nice?  To be able to sleep and know that nobody could bother you.  That is what I would like.  A day where I could sleep without having to hear everybody else in the house.  A day where I could stay in bed however long I want.  A day when I could go downstairs, and not have to hear a video game being played, or a stupid cartoon on.  All of which are things that my husband does by the way.  lol
     I really am getting sick of cartoon network.  I swear 90% of the time that is the only station that James watch's.  It drives me nuts.  A person can only handle so much stupidity all day.  The worst part is that he doesn't even watch them most of the time, he just needs to have noise while he works.  I say turn the radio on...it's noise.  And the names that they give them are so stupid...one cartoon is named Bobo bo bo bobo.  I am not kidding people.  It just ended on the TV that is right in front of me.  Thank goodness I didn't have to watch it, James turned it on because Inuyasha is on next.  I do like that one.   Anyway...so Lorenda should be back home right now.  She caught her plane at 2pm.  I am going to let her call me though, I don't want to bother her, she might be discussing a lot with her husband for all I know, or just trying to relax from the trip.  I will call tomorrow at the most. 
     Anyway...having a stressful day doesn't give you much else to write about except for the stress.  So I am gonna go.  I will let you know tomorrow though how church goes.  Talk to you later.  Bye.

3.24.06
12:11am

     It has been a interesting day that is for sure.  But I liked it.  The first half was just ok, same ole same ole...you know, cleaning, playing with the kids, watched some TV, checked email...and I even used some of a refund check we got from our old car insurance today and bought Isaiah some new X-Box 360 games that were more appropriate for him.  I decided today that he shouldn't play the one's James has anymore after I witnessed a lady die by having an arrow shot through her neck and then an axe slammed into the back of her skull.  Isaiah looked at me and said, "Mama, look an owwie."  (or boo boo, whatever) Now, even though besides that comment, Isaiah didn't seem to care, I still didn't think that such graphic violence was necessary for him to view right now.  I don't mind most violence, but that was a little much for me.  Maybe when he is 7 or 8 you know. Or maybe you don't know, maybe you have a different view on that than me...either way, I told Isaiah he can't play James' two games that he has which are like that, and told James to put them away up higher so that way Isaiah can't reach them too.  Otherwise I know that he will see them and start playing when I don't even know it.  So I went and bought him some other games...one is the new King Kong game...he loves the big "monkey", and the other one is called Kameo...I won't try to explain what that one is about.  But it is a good one.  Later on I found out from James that Nino and Tammy across the street were having a bunch of the college kids from their church over to hang out...a lot of them.  They invited us to come to.  (We are college age after all)  Well, I knew that we wouldn't be going right away when it started (7:30pm) because James was going to be working a lot.  So I offered to baby sit their kids for them so that way they could have more fun and get more done.  I took 3 of their 4.  Isaiah and them had a great time actually, and they played video games, watched a movie, painted, played with play-doh...all kinds of stuff.  Emma, their oldest daughter, didn't want to go home.  I told her she could come back anytime though.  I hope they do.  I want Isaiah to hang out with more kids.  Especially for when summer comes and he starts going to the park across the street, I would like him to already know some of the kids.  Anyway though, so Tammy came to get the kids though around 8:40pm, and James decided to take a break from work and go over there to.  After he had been gone for a while and I was finally done cleaning the mess that was my kitchen...I went over there too.  There were so many people there.  All my age or younger.  They played this came called Mafia (James explained it and it sounded so fun) and evidently James killed everyone off and it was a huge surprise that he was in the Mafia.  When I got there people were giving him high fives and talking to him about how good he did.  If only they had already known what an incredibly good liar he is...they would have found him out a lot sooner.  I hung out there for about 20 minutes with James and then we both came home.  Now...it is right back to work for him.  Poor guy.  It really stinks to be working  in a California time zone but living in Michigan.  For us it is so late, over there it is only just 9:30pm right now.  Oh well.  He is a night owl anyway.  Oh...while I was out today buying those games I also went to Jo-Anne Fabrics and bought the paint that I need for Evelyn's mural.  I started on it today too and it looks so great.  I am really excited about doing some more of it tomorrow.  I will try to take a picture of it so you can all see it.  I am doing really good on my weight loss by the way.  I have lost 12 pounds now.  I expect that I will have lost another pound in the morning too.  I did really well on my diet today.  With Weight Watchers, when I follow the plan well, I lose weight quickly.  Gotta love it.   Anyway, that is all for now  Talk to you all later.  Bye.

3.23.06
10:14pm

     Ok, on the church website somewhere is a link to take a test to see what your spiritual gifts are.  I took the test.  Here is what happened. 

Spiritual Gifts	Strength
Evangelism	10
Prophecy	12
Teaching	17
Exhortation	15
Pastor/Shepherd	16
Showing Mercy	16
Serving	14
Giving	15
Administration	14

     Now, I could also copy out for you what each of my gifts is and what it means...but that is a lot, and if I don't even want to read it, I doubt you would.  I prefer to just look at the graph above.  I just don't like reading all that stuff about what each one is...For example, my highest one was teaching, I know what that means, I don't need to read about it.  I always find it interesting, how on this test, and on personality tests, I always score very close to everything.  I am never drastically more one way than another.  Maybe I am just odd like that.  Who knows. 
     Today was good and bad.  When I was picking up Isaiah from school...on the drive there, my eyes were watering so bad.  I was worried about my safety because of it.  But I couldn't make it stop.  It just kept going.  On the plus side, I can actually wipe the tears away now that my stye is just about all gone.  Whew.  Today is also my dad's birthday.  He turned 49 years old.  But, he is one of the youngest and best in shape looking 49 year olds I know.  So that is good.  My mom made him a cake...and we all enjoyed eating that at lunch time.  Evelyn was pretty good for me too, at least for half the day.  Then the screaming started.  She was just tired though.  Poor thing...she needed her elephant, but I had it in the dryer from washing it.  Do you realize that I still have my favorite stuffed animal that was given to me when I was 1 year old???  It was my Benji.  You know the dog they made all those movies about?  My Grandma Sheila gave it to me and I still have it.  It is in Evelyn's closet.  He is so worn out too.  He has patches of hair on his chest missing because I would get him so dirty that my mom had to put him in the washing machine all the time.  But I loved him.  And I still won't get rid of him.  I plan on keeping Isaiah's elephant and Evelyn's elephant forever too.  Isaiah calls his "The One", Evelyn can't talk yet, so I don't know what it will be called...but we joke about calling it "The Two".  lol
     Anyway, I guess I should get going. I might want to visit with my husband for a little while I guess.  lol  Talk to you all later.  Bye.

3.22.06
12:01am

     Well, it is late...and I have to take Isaiah to school still.  I am chatting with Tiffany, and so it is obvious that this will not get written quickly.  Keeping that in mind, I will not be writing this out tonight,  Talk to you all later then.  Bye.

3.21.06
9:10pm

     I feel awful.  I am only getting worse.  My nose is so runny, my right eye keeps watering, and my left eye is still freakish looking.  I hate it.  While taking Isaiah to school this morning I pretty much tried to keep my hair over my eye.  Pitiful.  I have been miserable.  Thank God I got to take a nap, a long nap...and James was able to join me too because Evelyn ended up waking up at 6am and going back to bed at 8am.  She slept for 3 hours!  It was great.  Although I woke up feeling like I still would have liked to be in bed.  The worst thing is that this cold/whatever else it is, makes you not want to do anything.  I didn't want to clean, didn't want to talk to any one. Just wanted silence, which of course in this house was not going to happen. 
     Jeff Brown, our friend who moved here before we did, said that there is a job opening at the company he works at.  Evidently he already put in a word for James, and I think gave someone James' resume.  I hope that he gets an interview.  I have a feeling that they would pay him well.  Or at least the same that he is getting right now. 
     American Idol is on...some of them are doing good.  Some of them are....well not.  I hate how the judges on this show always say the same about the contestants every year.  "This is the best group of singers we have ever had."  Well, that's not true.  There is always one or two from each season that stand out...but that's it.  They aren't all great.  It's just funny.  They can't think of anything new to say anymore.  It's all the same thing over and over again.  Even the comments on the singing are starting to feel like re-runs. 
     Anyway, I feel awful, and I still have to email some people back...so off I go.  Talk to you all later.  Bye.

3.20.06
10:25pm

     WHAT A DAY.  I feel awful.  First of all, I have a massive sty in my left eye.  Massive...or at least it must be because my eye is now swollen big time and hurts very bad to the touch...which doesn't make sneezing easy, since even blinking hurts.  And I have been sneezing, because I have a cold now too.  Watery eyes, runny nose, and then sometimes a stuffy nose.  Might at well just say it is irritated.  lol  Then...to top it all off, Evelyn was having another bad day.  Couldn't seem to get to sleep for naps very well...at one point I had to actually hold her for almost two hours while she napped.  My arm was killing me.  I have never had to do that before.  I guess these teeth are just affecting her a lot.  I wish they would just get done with whatever they are doing already.  Of course, I am sure there will just be more teeth to follow.  ugh.
     Also...since I was feeling so gross today I did not get anything done.  I had to go to the store tonight, but didn't want to show my face with my funky eye, so even though James has a cold too, his eyes are still good, so he went.  That is where he is right now.  I wrote out a good sized list (which I am bad at doing anyway) so he should be gone for a while. And of course, I have to take Isaiah to school this week, and that means that they are gonna see how funky I look too.  The worst thing about that is when you know people are going to be seeing this abnormality on you, you basically feel like as soon as you walk in you should just explain what it is, so they aren't staring at you wondering.  But then you end up looking kind of dumb for that too.  Can't win.
     I printed up a bunch of those landscape photos I took and enlarged them to 8x10's.  They look so great.  I am really getting excited about my photo's.  I think that I am getting really good.  Although black and white pictures have a tendency to look good no matter what.  lol  But really, I would buy these, they look great.  I am going to be putting all 6 of them in black frames and then hanging them in the dining room.  Should look great, and once spring hits, well that will just mean we can head out to all the lakes and I will get some great shots then.  I am so excited.  Lots of creative things for me to do here.  The mural in Evelyn's room, photography, and just decorating this new house.  I feel like I won't get to do much with the house though until Evelyn is more self sufficient.  She still needs me a lot.  Can't really get too much painting done when you are having to watch where your baby is crawling to.  lol  Anyway, I am tired, and James should be home soon.  Talk to you all later.  Bye.

3.19.06
10:20pm

     Ok, here I am.  There is so much to write, I hope I can remember it all.  Yesterday was good.  A nice simple semi fun day.  James bought two new video games for the X-Box 360, and Isaiah and him have been enjoying that a lot.  Our across the street neighbor has also.  Nino has played here two times.  Today he brought over his son too, so Isaiah and him (Jonathon) were in one room with the original X-Box, and James and Nino were in the other.  We even had Jonathon stay an hour longer after Nino left to play more with Isaiah.  It was so nice for Isaiah to have a friend over.  They got along really well.  I am also so glad to have a neighbor who we can get along with so well, people who share our same interests you know.  I really like Nino's wife Tammy a lot. 
     We watched the movie Walk the Line last night also.  That was really good.  Not as heart wrenching  as Ray starring Jamie Foxx, but still really good.  I will say this about the two movies though, they both have main characters whose brothers die.  Now, what is up with that?   Sort of strange don't you think...I wonder if that is a type of rule or something...like to be a really good singer, you need to have a family member die.  j/k  That was a bad joke, I know.  But still, it is strange that they have that in common. 
     So, in regards to today.  First I want to say that we attended the church that Nino pastors at the University of Michigan.  It is a church to reach out to college students.  So everyone there is basically 18-28 years old.  Nino told me the website, but I forget what it is.  Anyway...so we went, it is held in a smallish sized room in the college...It was so cool to be walking through the college...I have never been in one you know.  But that's for another entry.  Anyway, church was great.  It was so awesome to see all of these young people worshipping the Lord.  They were all singing....praying at random around us...you could feel God in that room, and it was strong.  Nino did a great job preaching too.  His style is sort of like he is just your friend and he is having a conversation with you...but there was a lesson, and verses were being read from the bible.  It was great!  Now, in regards to music...I don't know if you all know, but I can do with or with out it.  If I had a choice...I would skip it.  I am not one of those people who goes to church to hear  the music...that's not how I worship...I come to hear Gods word preached to me...and I expect to learn something.  So, because of this I am very picky about the music...since I know I am gonna have to hear it, I want it to be what I like at least.  The music they played was also good...and I guess it would have to be to grab the attention of the younger crowd.  They played songs that I had never heard before, but they were great.  James and I really liked it there.  We felt welcome, comfortable, it felt right.  Or I should say, as right as a new church can feel.  We are going to go back a few more times though before making a final decision.  You know what is cool...Nino is the same guy at church, as when he is here just hanging out.  I like that.  I feel good about the whole thing.  Especially about making friends. 
     In other news...I am really getting good at photography.  As you may remember from last year, we bought an awesome camera.  8.1 Mega pixels.  It cost a whole bunch of money, but we did it with our tax money from last year, and it was worth it.  I have been using it in black and white mode, and wow am I getting some great pictures here in Michigan.  Wonderful landscape photos.  I printed six of them up today as 8x10's and honestly, these are pictures that I would buy. They look amazing.  James and I decided to get black frames for them and hang them up in the dining room.  I am really excited for when spring hits here, so I can get some great pictures of the lakes, and trees with leaves on them.  Moving here has deffinelty brought a lot more of my art side out.  Even when it comes to Evelyn's room right now...I am just all over it.  Praise God.  God is good isn't he.  What a great day it is today.  And you know...even if tomorrow is awful...Praise God!  That's all for me people, I am gonna end it on those happy thoughts.  Later.

3.18.06
1:15am

     OK, it is after one in the morning, I do have a lot I could write to you about, but there is no way that I am going to sit here and do it because not only do I have the horrible feeling that one of these kids is going to be waking me up tonight I also have to wake up and get this family ready for church.  So....you all are just gonna have to wait until tomorrow evening when I can actually sit down and tell you properly about my day.  Cause if I try right now...I will be in too much of a hurry, and you won't get all the good details.  I know you love the details.  lol  OK, nite folks. 

3.17.06
10:16pm

     Well, we have decided to give my dad his birthday presents tonight for his birthday instead of on his actual birthday, which is this Thursday.  Why?  Because he actually has the entire weekend off, and this way he can enjoy them better.  So we just spent 2 hours putting everything together.  James and my mom did the drum set that she bought him, and I took care of our gift, the electronic keyboard.  For whatever reason, it did not come with am adapter to plug it in, so I had to run to the BP Gas Station and get some batteries.  Stupid really, they should include that kind of thing.  It came with headphones, but it can't come with an adapter!  Whatever.  We will get him one later, for now this is fine.  He should be home with in 30 minutes we hope, and so we are letting Isaiah stay up so he can see my dad's reaction too.  Isaiah was loving the drums and keyboard.  Considering that my dad already has one acoustic guitar, and two electric ones, he basically has the making of a band down in the basement.  I told James he could be the singer.  lol 
     Isaiah and I had such a great day today.  First of all I made it a point to play with him a lot upstairs today, so that way my dad wouldn't have to hear him.  I had Evelyn up there too, and just put a gate up so she couldn't get hurt or anything.  I worked on her mural some more, and although Alice's eyes look more nervous than surprised, I would say it is looking great.  My dad is supposed to try to help me with her eyes this weekend.  I started some other areas of her room though, and I am really getting excited about doing this project.  It is so nice to be able to do something cool for her room.  I plan on finding some simple pictures of super hero's too, so I can do some stuff in Isaiah's room.  It will be harder though, since he has slanted ceilings.  But I also think that will help to give the impression of them flying.  :-)
     I haven't been able to talk to Lorenda as much as I would like during this trip to her brothers.  When I call one of us has to go fairly soon, and then we both get busy and don't call back...it's frustrating, but I know it won't last forever.  Once she is back in California it will go back to normal.  My dad got home a little bit ago.  He was really surprised at our gift.  He was sure we bought him a home theatre system, so seeing the electric keyboard was a pleasant surprise.  I was really glad.  Isaiah on the other hand was so incredibly tired from waiting up for his grandpa that when I finally put him to bed he actually stop me from talking to him and said, "Mama, go....go mama."  lol  That kid cracks me up.  He sure does know what he wants huh? 
     Tiffany has her new computer.  James was on the phone with them trying to help them set it up...get rid of things they don't need, and get them things they will need.  It was a long process, and it isn't done yet, but I am just excited that now they are online once again and I can chat with her too.  Although she leaves this Sunday for Oregon, so I will have to wait till she gets back most likely.  Although I think that I would do fine if one day the internet was gone...I do really enjoy having it.  It just makes communication so much easier.  I think that internet/computers, and cell phones, have got to be on the top ten list of best inventions.  How could they not??
     The crazy thing is that Forbes just put out their list of the richest people in the world....guess who number one is????  Yep, it's still Bill Gates.  Big surprise.  What do you do with yourself when you have that much money?  What do you buy?  I can't even imagine it.  I would have to just give a ton of it a way...charities and stuff.  Just keeping it all for myself would make me feel horrible.  From what I understand though, he does give a whole lot to charities.  I suppose that if he didn't, he would get hassled a lot for it.  lol
     Isaiah and I went on a long walk today (part of our great day) and ended up finding this great wooded area that had grassy path ways all around.  We walked around for 30 minutes.  I got to listen to all the animals moving around in the brush, and when we were leaving...we saw a fox!  I was so excited.  Isaiah thinks it was a dog, but that's ok.  It was just so cool.  I took a ton of pictures in Black and White, they turned out great.  I am going to be printing some of them up to hang in my house.  I can even send them to Costco through the internet, and have them printed up really large, to hang up in my dining room.  Now that's a good idea!  Anyway, I am gonna go now.  I will have James post some new pictures on here tonight too, enjoy.

3.16.06
11:32pm

     Well good evening!  It certainly is over here.  I had such a good time with Tammy and Nino.  They are great to hang out with.  I felt very comfortable and wasn't afraid to just be myself.  Which sometimes, when you are around someone you don't know...and one of them is a Pastor, you might feel sort of held back.  But I didn't.  It was so nice.  We watched the movie Flight Plan, with Jodie Foster.  It was pretty good. Kept me wondering how it was gonna end, even though I could tell who the bad guy was.  Tonight we had pizza for dinner too, so that just made the night even better.  Of course there always has to be some kind of excitement with the kids.  And it was Isaiah's night for that evidently.  He fell out of bed!  He has never done that before.  We all heard him crying and since it is my night to have him I went upstairs.  I went inside, didn't see him, but he was crying.  He was on the other side of the bed on the floor holding his face.  He must have landed on it.  Poor little guy.  I let him watch the end of the movie with us to help him calm down.  I just don't see how that could have happened, he hasn't fallen off a bed since he was a baby and I was dumb enough to let it happen by closing my eyes. Yep, never tell a tired mother to watch the baby when she is still laying down in bed.  I mean duh!  lol
     I spent a good amount of time today cleaning up the house in preparation of our guests.  But I did manage to talk to Tiffany and Lorenda today.  They are both doing good.  I am anxious to go back to California to see them all, just not excited about the plane trip.  I am still having a hard time with it.  And of course movies like the one I watched tonight don't help me at all.  But, I did manage to get other things done today that were also quite fun.  For one...I decided to do a mural on Evelyn's wall, also of Alice in Wonderland like my mother in law did, but now as elaborate.  I'm not that good.  I picked a picture out of the book, and started drawing it, I must say, it is looking awesome.  I did the whole sketch on her wall today, and now I just need to buy the paint colors I need.  I will also be drawing other things too though, since I have so much wall to work with.  I am thinking of doing some other Disney characters in murals around the whole room.  It will look great.  Of course I will have to go over the other stuff that I already did that now won't fit in with the theme.  Anyway, I have to go...it's getting late now.  I really meant to write more than this, but time just flew by as I was browsing other things.  Oh well.  There is always tomorrow.  Later
 

3.15.06
10:03pm

     Hello.  Tomorrow is going to be fun.  Our neighbors across the street are coming over around 7:30pm to watch a movie.  I had to ask them tonight about what kind of movie was ok...I have Saw 2 here, but didn't know if they were into horror movies, turns out that they get scared, so I will be going to the video store and try to find a good one that we will all like.  And, if that fails, I figure we probably have one that they haven't seen.  Especially considering how many we have.  I really do want to get to know them better.  James was also thinking about trying out their church.  Nino is the pastor...and even though it is a church for college kids mainly, we figure that maybe God put us across the street from them for a reason.  Which may be very true...and after all, we don't seem to be having any success with the other church's we have gone to.  Honestly, finding a church is so exhausting.  I want to fast forward to when we find one.  lol
     I talked to Tiffany today. Guess what?  She got a new van!  I was so excited for her.  They went to Car Max and got a great one.  It even has a dvd player and all power everything.  Everything, even the sliding doors open with a click of a button.  Only cost them $15,000 too.  Car Max is awesome I guess.  She should also be getting her new computer delivered soon, and when that happens I will be mailing her our old printer and scanner.  Which I wouldn't really classify as old, since they are really good ones, especially the scanner. 
     Today James went to Babies R Us and bought Evelyn one of those things that she hangs on to and she can walk with...then, you can adjust them so she can sit on them and ride it like a little bike.  She was doing so good too.  She seems to really like it.  And even better I think having this is really going to help her learn to walk on her own.  I am guessing by 11 months she will be walking.  Isaiah was walking at 10 months...I would have guessed that for her,  but she is almost there already. 
     James has been working so hard lately.  He just stopped a little bit ago.   I am not looking forward to when that guys last day comes, then we will never see James.  The nice thing though is that he starts at noon, at least we have the morning with him.  Oh, I almost forgot, for some strange reason, I have been incredibly cold today.  And everyone else in this house has been fine, but not me.  I am so cold.  I was hanging out in my bed for a few hours watching TV just trying to get warm.  And tomorrow it is supposed to be snowing...I hope my temperature is back to normal by then.  Well, anyway, I am done...tomorrow though I will tell you all about our evening with Tammy and Nino.  Should be fun.  Talk to you then.  Bye.

3.14.06
8:26pm

     Good evening.  Ah another day of American Idol.  Tonight they are having a "themed" night.  It's all Stevie Wonder songs.  So far I am not too impressed.  Lets hope that it gets better.  Today I did have a good day.  James took Isaiah to school, but that didn't matter, because Evelyn was determined to wake up at 6:30am.  I was not too happy about that.  Luckily for me, she did go down for a nap around 9am, and slept till 11:30am.  Oh yea, that means that I got a nap too.  And since I was not awake, I didn't care that James was playing video games the whole time.  lol  Isaiah came home, and even though he didn't look tired, I thought he should take a nap.  But, James didn't agree with me, so instead he ended up falling asleep later on while watching the movie Zathura again.  He really likes that one. 
     I talked to Lorenda briefly, because Evelyn was sitting with me screaming her head off, but she is doing good.  The went out a lot today and had some fun.  I am so glad that she is out and about, away from home, getting a new perspective.  Hopefully, on the 25th when she goes home, she will be relaxed and clear headed. 
     I was looking at hotjobs.com and monster.com to see if there were any available jobs here for James.  I was surprised to see that there are quite a few.  One that I found was for $33.00 an hour!  I think though that it said it was only a contract position.  But sometimes those ones can end up being permanent, if they really like you.  And come on, who doesn't like James?  I won't lie, I would love it if James made more money, but I really don't need him to.  And if something ever happened and we needed more money, I would just get a night job.  No big deal.  I really love having James home so much with his current job, but I know that it is near impossible for him to be the only one who is working.  Sometimes I struggle with the urge to be selfish and just want him to stay where he is....but then again, I really just want James to have a job where he is happy, and is not having to work 18 hour days because he is the only one there.  Ugh, why can't we all live in a nice happy society like the earth on Star Trek the Next Generation, where there is no money, no poverty, everyone gets to do the work they love and not have to worry about making enough money to support their family.  That would be nice.  I want to just fast forward to that.  Whenever it is that it happens.  lol  It probably never will.   I'm a dreamer. 
     Anyway, I can't think of anything else to say.  So..I will hope for more inspiration tomorrow.  bye.

3.13.06
10:30pm

     I have further confirmed that the world is going down the toilet.  Tonight I was bored, that is how all adventures start I think.  Anyway, so I decided to do something that I haven't done in a long time.  Go into a chat room. I just wanted to see if they had changed at all since I had last frequented them...and they had, they got way worse.  Way worse.   Yes people, if ever you wanted to be in a virtual den of sin, that is where to look.  Anyway, so I went into the adult chat room.  Not adult meaning X-rated, they had Teen chat, college chat, adult chat, ect...so I picked adult.   But, as I thought, it might as well have been titled x-rated.  Everyone was there for one thing.  I chatted with a few people who were willing to actually talk, (most just wanted to know what I looked like, ect..) and I discovered one thing.  Everyone on that chat room pretty much leads a secret life.  No one else knows about it.  And if you ask me, one thing is clear.  If it's not something you want everyone to know about, you probably shouldn't be doing it.  One guy said that although his wife was very cool about everything else, he hid this one thing from her.  He says it's his little secret.  And, he doesn't consider it to be cheating.  What???  The stuff that he is doing, and I know cause I asked, is definitely cheating.  I don't know what planet he is from.  His wife was gone for the night of course, at her mom and dads house with their kids.  Another guy I talked to asked me where my husband was...I said in the next room.  He was shocked that James knew I was in a chat room and didn't care.  I said, "Why would he care, I am just talking to people?"  Which by the way, he doesn't care.  The guy said that his ex-wife was a pretty jealous person, so he just assumes.  I said that he obviously then didn't have a very honest relationship.  I mean as long as I am not doing anything wrong, what is there to hide?  I guess they can't help but do something wrong though, so they have plenty to hide.  Here is the lesson learned.  People all over the world are involved in this type of sin.  It's just another type of porn that's more "live".  There was even a high school teacher on there.  So....I think that I am going to specifically start praying about this.  Just a short prayer everyday to help all of the people out there who are involved in this type of deception with their spouse.  Of course not all of them are married...but I am going to pray specifically for the ones who are.  At least if they are single, they are only messing themselves up.  Why did I bring all this up anyway?  It doesn't matter.  But, for you parents out there you should know that these websites are very easy to go on....they don't even give a warning.  You just click enter, type in your name you want to use, and there you are.  All a kid has to do is do a search for free chat rooms...the one I went to was the very first result that came up.  Easy as pie.  All the more reason to monitor your kids on the computer, kids can go here not even knowing what they will find.  You have to be careful these days. 
     Anyway, enough about all that.  Lorenda is now in Oklahoma.  I don't know how the weather is there, but here it was stormy.  Warm and stormy.  I guess that must be a bad mix, because we had a tornado warning issued for our county and the surrounding counties all day.  It finally ended at 4pm.  I wasn't worried though.  From what I was told by our realtor, they don't happen that often here at all, and even if they did, we have a basement.  Nothing to get scared about.   At least in regards to our own safety.  I guess the house might be in trouble.  lol  But I would let God and James take care of all that stress.  It would be too much for me.  We took Coco to the vet today.  She has been scratching her ears so badly all the time that I finally took a look at them, and they were bad, bloody and sore.  So we of course took her in.  Turns out that she has bacteria and yeast in her ears.  I asked James, who took her to the vet, how that could have happened.  He said he didn't know, because he didn't ask.  WHAT?  Why wouldn't you ask that?  So we can make sure however it happened, it won't happen again.   And so every time I would talk to someone today and tell them about Coco, they would ask how she got it, and I would have to say that I didn't know, because James decided we didn't need to know.  ugh
     So, the rest of my day was boring though.  Lots of boring same ole stuff that I always do day.  Cleaned up, washed clothes...watched some TV, played with the kids, ect.  Isaiah has to go to school tomorrow, but I am not the one getting up to do it.  YEA!!!  I love when it is not my week.  lol  And I love that we take turn too.  Anyway, I will talk to you all later.  Bye for now.

 

3.12.06
8:45pm

     I find it very interesting that Pastor Rob chose to preach about spiritual gifts this morning.  Why?  Because that is the exact same thing that Pastor Edwin Reese spoke about today at Antioch Baptist Church.   I have a strong feeling though that his version was much more interesting, would have kept my attention better, and simply would not have made me fight the urge to close my eyes and go to sleep.  Sounds harsh you think huh?  Well trust me, it's the truth.  My mom and I wanted to get up and just go home, but we were sitting to much towards the front, and didn't want to be rude.  I am also quite sure that the music at FBC Galt was much better than what I experienced this morning.  I am telling you that these people do not know how to sing "together".  They are all over the place.  It's like they don't even take the time to practice.  You can hear some people starting before others, and sometimes singing after they should have stopped.  They have a drum set up there, that appears to not get used, and guitars that I can only recall seeing used one time, but it was acoustic.  And before Pastor Edwin even started his sermon, he began to talk about how there was a negative spirit in the church, that he could feel it and it was a evil spirit, probably the devil, trying to cause the people in church today to not feel God, to not want to be joyous.  ( I think I am getting this pretty accurate to how he actually said it, but I could be off a little.)  The funny thing was, he said this the first time we came to church there too, so I was like, "Huh, maybe it's us?"  lol  My mom just laughed.  I was so bored that I was willing to say anything to humor myself.  But really now, he went on about that for about 5 minutes, it was just annoying.  I don't think that we will be going back there again.  He just wasn't up to snuff.  He actually reminded me of the Pastor FBC Galt had before Pastor Rob came, Pastor Gary O'Dell.  He always bored me too.  I wish that I could just magically appear in Galt on Sunday's just so I could go to church.  I am telling you, it is very hard to move somewhere and try to find a new church, especially when you don't know your way around every where yet.
     I talked to Lorenda today.  She is leaving on the plane with her kids at 12:20pm.  So I have to call her before 11am I think, to wish her a happy flight.  Luckily she will be able to call me from her brothers house still, and they have a computer she can use too, so I am gad about that.  Tiffany is also going on a trip.  She will be leaving on the 19th for a week trip to Oregon to visit her in-laws.  Not the most exciting trip in the world, but I think that they are also checking it out to see if they would ever like to move there.  So I will have two friends gone.  I don't know if I will get to talk to Tiffany or not. 
     Anyway, so I got lots of cleaning done today, and I still have some more to do in my room.  I need to clean my bathroom really bad.  For some reason this bathroom is a lot harder to keep clean.  Anyway...that really is about it though.  Tomorrow the only thing I have to do is go to the Post Office, to mail a book to Lorenda at her brothers house.  I bought her the entire collection of The Chronicles of Narnia, it was only twelve dollars, and her daughter will be happy to have it while they are on their trip.  So, most likely a boring day is to come.  You'll just have to wait and see.  lol  Till next time.  Bye.

 

3.11.06
10:46pm

     Wow, is my soap opera getting good.  I know that none of you care about that, but I just finished watching the trailers for next week, and wow, the you -know -what -is gonna hit the fan.  I can't wait!   Yes I know, these are not wholesome family oriented shows, but personally I just don't care.  They are so dramatic.  Speaking of dramatic...we went and say the movie The Hills Have Eyes tonight.  Now, just like any horror movie, there are parts where you want to yell at the screen and tell them how utterly stupid they are being.  But, even though this movie had all that stuff, it was really good.  Very intense movie.  I think I was traumatized during the first 40 minutes of the movie.  James was asking me if I wanted to leave, or just step out.  But I was only freaking out because there was a baby in the movie, and I was so scared for it.  Very intense movie...rated R, and it's a good thing too. 
     Also, today James, my mom, the kids, and I all went to Costco while my dad was home sleeping so he could work tonight.  We ended up buying James a X-Box 360, which we have been unable to find till now.  The usually have the Core System available, but we wanted the Premium System, that has the hard drive in it.  We couldn't believe that they had 5 of them there.  Crazy huh?  It cost us a good amount,  but we just used the money from our savings account and will replace it with the money we get from our taxes.  Works out well.  So of course when we got home that was the first thing that James did, put it together and start playing the game that it came with.  I will say this, the graphics on that racing game were awesome. 
     Tomorrow we are going to Antioch Baptist Church again.  This is the one that my mom wants to go to again also.  She says that this is the one that she wants to pick, even though she has only been to it the one time....I think that is a little bit rash, one time isn't enough to help me make a decision...I need to go for awhile, and see if this is really the place where I can fit in.  After all, I am a hard person to fit in.  Not everyone will like me when they "really" get to know me...then again, some people will love me.  I know that these two extremes can happen...I just have that affect on people. 
     I got burned today.  I was getting ready to take dinner out of the oven, and as I was reaching in for the cookie sheet, the dogs started barking, it made me jump, and my hand hit the rack.  Ouch!  Now I have a burn on it.  I  hate how quickly skin can burn.  I remember when I was young and thought it was cool to iron my hair, trying to curl it, I would burn myself all the time.  What a dork.  If only I had known that really, no one cared. 
     Anyway, I am gonna go now.  I feel like taking a relaxing bath.  Don't forget that you can see videos of the kids by going to this website... http://www.youtube.com/user/ecm1980
They might take a while to load up, but some of them are just hilarious.  Especially the one of Isaiah with money in his underpants.  Talk to you later.  Bye.

UPDATE:  Well, I am feeling better now.  I talked to James, my dad, and then Lorenda.  I guess I just didn't realize how much I wanted her to come visit.  I also didn't realize how lonely I have been feeling, not having any one to go out with, no friends to go anywhere with.  It is like I am stuck in this house.  All I do is go to the store and take Isaiah to school.  I really wanted Lorenda to come here, to make things feel normal again.  She wants to come here, but I guess her brother hasn't seen her in so long, and he feels like she should go there instead.  I understand, I am just sad about it.  But i called her and apologized for being upset about something that I had no right getting upset about.  Really, it is just important that she goes somewhere.  And who knows, maybe she will still come visit us sometime.  I hope so.  Anyway, the rest of my day was uneventful.  I made my lasagna and it turned out really good.  Do you see what I mean?  This is my day.  I made lasagna.  WOW...whoopdeedoo.  I feel like my life is so boring.  When I talked to James today about how I was feeling, he suggested that we start going out once a week.  Nothing special, just a movie maybe, sometimes dinner instead.  I told him that sounded like a great idea.  I think that would really help.  Anyway, that's it, gotta put my kid to bed.  Bye.

3.10.06
2:07PM

     Well good news everyone.  Lorenda is coming to stay with us for 2 weeks.  She is supposed to be calling us soon so James can buy her airline tickets over the internet.  She will most likely get here on Sunday on Monday though.  She will go back home on the 25th.  I am so happy that she will be staying with us.  Even if she will only be here for a couple weeks, it will help her to get some perspective on what she needs to do next you know.  She can relax, take a breather.  It will be good.  Although she keeps on saying that once she gets here she probably won't want to go back.  lol  I wish that was a possibility, but I know that it isn't, at least not yet.  Maybe someday though she will have the opportunity to move away from all of that.  Although, I should say that there is the small chance that she might end up going to see her brother in Okalahoma instead of coming here.  But I think it will be us.
     Right now Evelyn is napping, and Isaiah is sitting here next to me watching the movie Princess Mononoke.  It is a great movie.  Anyway, so I am taking the time right now to write this early since later on we might be having company for dinner.  I am making Lasagna...and James invited Jeff and Jenn to come over.  That of course means that I will have to clean this house up really nice.  I can't stand it when my house is not in order and people come over to visit.  It's just like when that Pastor from Antioch Church came, the house wasn't horrible, but it wasn't clean either.  The dishes hadn't been done, and there were toys all over the front room  It's just embarrassing.  I can't help it.  I know that they probably didn't think it was messy at all.  But still...
     Anyway, I just talked to Lorenda...I guess she isn't coming here after all.  She is going to visit her brother instead.  uh.  I am really disappointed.  Actually even more than that, I am pretty sad about it.  I really wanted her to be here with us.  Ugh, now I am gonna cry...stupid.  I hate this.  I really needed a friend here.  I really wanted her to come.  I miss having people around me that know me...I just wanted to have her here to help her, and I guess to have a friend around me.  Whatever, I don't even want to talk about it anymore, I am getting too upset.  I might write more tonight, or I might not.  I don't know.  I am just too upset right now to be thinking.  I know it's just me being selfish, but I can't help it.  Anyway, bye.
 

3.9.06
8:00pm

     Lorenda has me so worried.  If you have been praying for her, please continue to do so.  Things are getting worse for her all the time, and we have offered to do just about anything to help her.  I can only hope that she is able to give her self a break from all the stress and come here for a two week visit.  I hope and pray that she will.  I really want her to get away.  Please keep her in your prayers. The more the better. 
     Anyway, so today was a good day.  I was able to take Isaiah to school and although he didn't want to go inside I just picked him up and took him inside.  I walked him in, set him down in a chair, and told him that he had to stop, that I was going to go and I love him.  I walked away, and from what I his teacher told me this was the first time that he didn't cry.  He started playing right a way.  I was so happy about that.  I told James about it when we got home and then put Isaiah down for a nap.  He was really good today.  Evelyn too...she has been crawling all over the place.  It's so funny though because half of our first floor here is linoleum and hardwood floors, but she doesn't like that.  So when she gets on that part instead of crawling with her knees, she gets on her hands and feet!  She looks so funny, like a puppy dog.  And then when she wants to look back behind her, instead of just turning her head, she puts her head on the floor, and looks back at everything through her legs.  SO FUNNY!  I put a video up of her doing all of this on www.youtube.com  just click on this link to see it.  http://www.youtube.com/user/ecm1980  I am really loving that website.  And tagworld too. 
     James has been working so hard.  They did fire that other programmer that works with him.  Now it is all on James' shoulders.  The guy who was let go will only be working through the rest of the month.  That makes me so mad.  What is wrong with those people?  James can't be the only one who does all the work!  It just makes no sense.  He has been working so hard.  I know that he has a secure job, I know that above all else they need him to stay, but the problem is that they don't show how much they need him.  He hasn't had a raise in over 4 years.  He is so under paid too.  I think that James is going to be looking for new work, and if he gets a new job, the people that he works for right now are going to be screwed.  They will have no one, absolutely no one to do the work for them...they better get their priorities straight.  After all, they need James, he doesn't need them. 
     Anyway, so American Idol is over, people got voted off.  Some I thought were good choices, some I wasn't sure.  I just talked to Lorenda online.  It looks like she and the kids will be coming to visit.  When I asked if she would come here, even if her spouse (I won't call him a husband, since he isn't a good one) doesn't want her too, she said probably.  I hope so.  Tiffany and I have been talking a lot too of course.  Her husband is going to be starting school to be a certified mechanic soon.  It is going to be hard for them at first I am sure, they won't see each other much, and money might be tight.  But I think that making this short term sacrifice is going to be worth it in the long term.  If all of this happens it is going to be so much better for them once he starts working in that field.  I am so excited for them.  
     Anyway, I hope I will have more to write tomorrow, for now though I am just gonna end this and watch my TV shows.  Talk to you all later.  Bye.
    

3.8.06
8:19pm

     Hi.  James is doing our taxes right now.  The title company was able to fax us the papers that we needed.  Thank goodness.  I was worried about that.  I am going to pay off that credit card right away.  Hopefully, we will have a little bit extra and maybe we can go out one night and see a movie and have some dinner.  I would like that.  Or...maybe we can even use it to buy the kids their birthday presents.  That's what is so nice about having their birthday right around tax season, I always have money to buy them a good gift.  Not that I will be buying them a lot.  We usually only buy Isaiah one good gift.  I don't know what we are going to do about Evelyn.  We didn't buy Isaiah a birthday present until his 2nd birthday, since before that they have no idea what a present even is.  I don't know if we will be buying her something or not.  I feel like I want to.  I already have some good ideas of what I want to get the both of them.  I was thinking that I would get Isaiah an outside sandbox that is situated like a table and it has a cover too so if it snows, or rains it won't matter.  Evelyn though, I want to buy her a small toddler sized playground for the backyard.  That way she can learn to climb and be more active. 
     I am watching American Idol...the guy who is 29 years old, who has a whole lot of gray hair, he did really good. I just don't understand tough how someone so young can have such a large amount of gray hair.  The same way that I don't understand it when young men start going bald so soon.  It is quite honestly just sad.  It makes me feel pity for them.  I know that it shouldn't, and quite honestly I have no idea why it does...but just the same...that's what I end up feeling.  I think that when a guy starts going so bald that it s very obvious he should just shave his had.  Keep it down to a number two on the buzz cutter.  My dad does that with his hair now too and it looks so much better than when he used to leave it sort of long.  Made him look 10 years younger too.  And the nice thing about doing that is that if you hate it, you just let it grow back.  So simple.  Come on guys...grab those buzzers.
     Ok, so if you want to see some home videos of us and the kids check out this website.  http://www.youtube.com/user/ecm1980  This is the one I told you about yesterday I think.  Anyway, I am going to be putting lots of videos up there of the kids and us and just general family stuff.  Right now there are 3 videos on it, one of which is Evelyn crawling.  If your interested in seeing more than just pictures, that is the place for you.  It's a pretty good website too.  I have seen very few obscene videos. 
      Oh my Gosh!!!  Guess what?  James just finished our taxes.  I tried to guess high, since we have Evelyn now, but wow was I impressed.  I didn't think it would be this good.  I won't go and tell you the amount...but I am just feeling so blessed because we can not only pay off the credit cards but we will have enough to buy the kids good birthday gifts and put some in our savings account.  Praise GOD!!!  I feel like just when we are worried about money (the stupid doctor bills) God just steps right in and says, "Hi, let me help you out." Thank you Lord. 
     I have to take Isaiah to school tomorrow morning.  I have been talking to Isaiah about how I am not going to be staying with him tomorrow.  I told him about how I was going to drop him off and then leave.  He didn't seem too happy about it, but I am going to tell him again in the morning.  Then I will walk him into class, and leave.  We will see how that work out I guess.  Anyway, so I am sitting here feeling very hungry, and the only thing keeping me from getting up and eating is the fact that I am only half a pound from losing 10 pounds.  I really do feel like I am doing great on this diet  My hope would be that when I come to California to visit that I would look a lot better and everyone would be able to notice.  Of course the main thing is I want to be able to feel better about myself.  Just knowing that I can lose weight helps...and even though I know that James loves me for who I am, I still want to look better for him.  I want to feel better.  Anyway, so now I just feel like I am rambling on.  I do that a lot don't I?  I better go now.  Talk to you all later.  Bye.

3.7.06
9:37pm

     Hello.  So today around 4pm the Pastor from Antioch Baptist Church and his wife came by to visit.  His name is Edwin Reese, but I can't remember his wife's name at all.  When I first saw them at the door I was preparing to tell them to go away, I thought that they would be Jehovah's Witnesses.  Thankfully they were not.  They just wanted to introduce themselves though, see how our church hunting was going.  It was very nice of them to stop by, and I actually enjoyed chatting with them.  And....during that conversation it became known that he is from Pastor Rob's hometown of Coldwater Michigan.  He asked if I had been there yet.  I said no, and he said that we should check it out sometime, said it is a very pretty town. 
     Also, I found a cool new website.  www.youtube.com   You can upload video's up to 100mb and that alone made me happy.  I want to be able to upload videos of the kids and then let family and friends be able to go there and view them.  This way James' mom can see Evelyn crawling.  James was just doing our taxes, but now he had to stop and save the info, I guess he needed some information from the closing costs of our house in Lodi, for some reason...we don't have any of that paper work.  I don't know what happened to it.  Honestly, I feel like it must have been my fault.  I can visualize getting the paper work, and I can see myself putting it in the truck...but from there on I have no idea.  I feel so bad about it.  I am almost sure it must have gotten thrown away in the whole move process.  Makes me so frustrated.  But so far, it looks like we are getting a pretty good refund back.  Whew!  James called his dad who is friends with our realtor back in Ca, and we are going to call the title company too, either way we will get the information.  Thank Goodness. 
     I am hungry.  But I am doing so good on my diet.  I have lost 9 pounds now.  I made spaghetti tonight right, which usually would be very high in points.  But since I used whole wheat noodles, and ground chicken, instead of ground beef or turkey, the dinner was actually very low in points.  And might I add, that having ground chicken with the spaghetti was really good.  I highly recommend you check into it.  Although I don't recall ever seeing ground chicken in California, but it must be somewhere right?  I mean it can't just be here. 
     James is upstairs right now playing Battlefield 2 with Jeff online.  Isaiah is awake, for some reason.  I guess it is the nap he had.  I went to his school this morning.  His teacher said that what he has been saying to us makes no sense to her, because he plays the whole time, has a great time, and plays well with the other kids.  I guess it is just one of those things where if he is with us he wants to stay with us.  I should have known that would be the case.  But I stayed there anyway for about 30 minutes, just to observe him.  He didn't like when I was ready to leave.  He tried to not let me leave actually.  I went a head though and left while he was crying, I assumed that he would just calm down like he usually does after a few minutes.  I was wrong.  Ms. Maria, his teacher, said it was the worst he has ever been.  He cried for a long time.  She said that it seems to be that the longer we hang out there the worse he reacts when we leave.  She said that he cries more when James drops him off then when I do, because James hangs out longer with him.  I told James about this though and so we are going to make some changes to how we do things.  I don't know what that will be exactly, but I am sure we will talk about it and make a decision. 
     Anyway, I am going to go now.   I am done with everything else around here, I might as well be done with this too.  I am thinking that I might take a bath and relax.  I could use it.  If I go do that right now, I will most likely still get in bed by 12:30am.  That's not too bad.  Talk to you all later.  Bye


3.6.06
11:31pm

     Hi.  I don't know if this will be long or not.  I have to take Isaiah to school in the morning, and I am going to stay there for an hour or so to see how he is doing...so, I will not get my nap.  And since that is the case, I want to go to bed very soon.  No later than midnight I hope.  I just got back from the grocery store.  Kroger is the name of it.  I am getting more and more frustrated with them.  Besides the fact that the cashiers don't smile, or act remotely happy, and no counting the fact that they never have anyone besides the cashiers to bag your stuff, now....well, they have gone and refused to take our check!  WHY???  It was a check for $155.79, but evidently they can't take a check for over $100.00 unless you have previously written them 4 checks for lower amounts.  WHAT???!!!!   How stupid is that?  And when James asked to see if a manager could do something to make it go through, she came up and said that she can give us a number to call.  EXCUSE ME?!?!?!  You want me to sit there with all y groceries, at 11pm, and call this number so I can have my check go through??  Psycho.  I decided to go ahead and use my ATM card, even though I didn't want to incase tomorrow a certain check goes through before James' paycheck and then we are overdrawn.  But I did it because they are stupid idiots.  Then, while I was getting my ATM card out, I said "Well that is just stupid."  And the lady starts explaining it to me all over again.  I cut her off mid sentence and said, "No, I get it, I just think it is stupid."  I mean I was right there when she explained it the first time...I do speak English, I'm not deaf or dumb...I just think it is stupid.  But I guess that she must have thought I didn't hear her, because if I had, well I would surely not be upset at all.  I am telling you people, if it wasn't for the fact that they are so near by I would not be shopping there.  UGH!!  People just bug me so much some times.
     Well, I am over that now.  I just needed to get it out.  Our office is now done!  The desk is complete, and I have put our stuff on it.  James just has to get the desktop PC working now.  But it looks so nice in there now.  All that room needs now is a pull out sofa bed, and maybe some pictures on the wall.  Also, I had a guy request to be my "friend" on TagWorld again today.  He actually wrote me a note too.  He seemed cool and all, but I don't know.  I really am just too paranoid.  I can't help it, I have seen way too many movies.  I am still traumatized by LaBamba for goodness sakes.  Anyway, I only have four minutes left till midnight.  I am gonna go.  But I will tell you more stuff tomorrow.  Bye.
 

03.05.06
10:03pm

     Hello there.  How is your day going?  Good?  Yea, me too.  What was that?  Oh you don't say...yea, me too.  lol  Ok, I am done.  Just being a dork.  I am doing good.  Just sitting here on our couch watching the Academy Awards.  I like seeing so many movie stars all together at one time.  And although I don't want to sound like the typical girl, I do like seeing what they are all wearing.  And Jon Stewart is doing a good job too.  Nothing too exciting today.  James actually got off his behind and washed my car, and his Mustang, which I might add really needed it.  I think that since we moved here he has only washed it once before.  Now of course I have to clean up the inside, because it is so dusty on my dashboard.  You know, actually, it isn't so much dust, as it is dog hair.  And the dogs don't even go in the car that much, if ever, it is mainly dog hair that falls off of us.  It is really just gross to think of how much of that must stick to our clothes and then just gets transferred to whatever I am around.  Yuck! 
     I am doing really good on my diet by the way.  8 pounds now gone.  Where did it go?  I mean really ,that is a good question.  Where does it go?  Does it just slowly melt off of you while you sleep?  Who knows.  All I care about is that I am losing it.  I can't feel it in how my pants fit yet.  But I can see it in my face.  My double chin is going away...slowly, but surely.
     Well,  now this get to the good stuff.  It was church today.  We went to Pineview Church: Apostolic Faith.  I was excited to see what it was like.  We thought it started at 10:30am, that's what the website said.  But I guess that was wrong, because it started at 10am and we missed all the music.  Which I imagine, would have been very lively, based on the service.  It was very loud.  Very loud when we first walked in.  The music was just ending.  People were very exuberant.  But we sat down anxious to see what would happen next.  The Pastor was good.  Very loud, but not in a goofy and stupid way like that one church we attended.  (Southside Baptist Tabernacle) All through out the service, if the people decided that they really like what the pastor was talking about, the would stand up, shout things, saying "AMEN!" and other things.  People clapping, cheering...it was good to see, but because it is not something we are used to, it was odd at first.  But all of that we thought would be something nice to be around too.  They were feeling God, and why wouldn't that be good?  It only got slightly uncomfortable when I noticed that the Pastor was speaking what I assumed was Tongues.  Every once in a while he would just do it, out of no where.  And during prayer, you could hear lots of people in the crowd doing it.  I realize that this is not a bad thing (1 Corinthians 14) but once again, anytime you are around something that you are not used to, that is sometimes deemed as "strange", you can't help but feel uncomfortable.  But after we looked up Tongues in the bible and found 1 Corinthians 14, I didn't feel quite as strange.  It's funny though, because if you read that chapter, it says that to everyone else it will sound like babbling, like nothing at all...and that's exactly what I thought.  When the crowd first started doing it, I looked over at James and said, "She's just mumbling a bunch of nonsense."  lol  Glad to know I wasn't wrong.
When we looked at the website, where it says what they believe, we got the impression though that they think that you part of knowing you are saved, is being able to speak in tongues.  Well I certainly don't agree with that.  I don't know if we will be going there again or not.  But James did decide that maybe it isn't such a big deal for us to go to a church that has slightly different beliefs than us.  He says that we could try one of the ones that we decided to not attend, because of one little belief or another.  I just feel so discouraged.  I thought that we would have found a great one by now.  It makes me want to just stop going all together.  (Which I would not actually do)  Maybe Pastor Rob could just film each service and then mail them to me.  Then I could just stay home and be at church too.  lol  Works for me.  It really is disappointing though.  I just want to be back at my home church, back where I belong.  Pray for us in this area ok?  Anyway, I guess that is all for me now.  I am gonna go.  I want to be in bed by midnight, and that is in 15 minutes.  See ya.  Bye.
 

03.04.06
8:08pm

     Zathura, the movie, is just now starting.  Why do I always write this thing when I am doing something else that is no doubt going to be very distracting?   I must have some secret desire to make things take too long.  Anyway, so today was pretty busy.  After waking up and taking care of the kids by myself because James’ hip was hurting again, I took a shower and started my day.  This consisted of getting the kids fed, and starting some laundry.  I was hoping to get Isaiah into some activity today, instead of having him in front of the TV all day.  So….I took him and Dusty for a walk.  Let me tell you something…it was incredibly hard to get that dog outside and past the border where the invisible fence was.  You could tell she wanted to go for a walk, but she would not, I repeat, would not, move past the front door.  I actually had to put the choke chain on her, and literally pull her out to the grass, really, it was me pulling her while she laid down on the ground letting me drag her.  I had shown her previously that her collar was off, but she didn’t care.  Then, when she was past it, she was ok.  We walked for quite a while.  Isaiah and I even got to see 3 houses that were just starting to be built, and the cool thing was that the only thing they had done was the basement.  You could only see about a foot high of cement, but when we walked up and looked down, well you could see about 10 feet down and there were walls all around it.  It was so cool.  The only thing that I don’t get is why they even build basements in all the houses here.  I mean from the research that we did, and from what our realtor told us, there are no tornados here, there are no hurricanes, and no earthquakes.  What would they possibly need them for?  Honestly, if you know please let me know…I am curious.  Anyway, so we went for that long walk, and came home.  Then we went to Meijers for some shopping with my mom.  I left Evelyn with James, since she was sleeping, and so was her.  His hip was bothering him anyway.  So since that store is so big, it ended up being lots of walking for me.  Isaiah fell asleep on the way home.  So he went down for a nap too.  Anyway, so that was the busy part of the day…..after that it was all about watching movies.  We watched the movie “Just Like Heaven”, which I might add was very good.  Now we are watching “Zathura”.  Which is also very very good.  Isaiah keeps on covering his eyes at dramatic moments that aren’t even scary.  I told him, “Isaiah what’s your problem? You kill aliens all the time?”  He cracks me up. 
     You know what occurred to me today?  All the cashiers here, at all of the stores, are unhappy people.  None of them (except one so far) ever act happy.  The have a sad, or depressed look on their face, they barely talk at all to you.  And when they do, they don’t act like they are trying to be pleasant at all.  You basically get the impression that they would give anything to be anywhere else.  This is the kind of stuff that drives me insane.  If you have a job working with people (which are the only jobs I have ever had) then I don’t care what mood you’re in, I don’t care if you are having the worst day ever!  You fake your smile, and act like you are in a great mood.  That’s your job!  Do it!  It bugs me so much.  Do these people think that I want to come up to them in line and look at them feel sorry for themselves.  It’s just retarded.  It bugs me so much actually, that today I contemplated writing some of the stores and complaining about it.  And I never do that.
     Anyway, so I checked out this Pastors Tag World page today, just for he heck of it right…and then just a little bit ago I got an email from him asking me to add him to my contact list.  Um…no.  If I wanted to be added to his list, I would have asked him.  No thanks.  Besides the fact that I don’t talk to strangers (lol)  I am not in this to make new friends.  And just because his website looks authentic,  doesn’t mean it is.  He could be some psycho path for all I know.  I am way to paranoid to be accepting emails like that.  It’s the same with Skype.  Even though no one can actually message me on there, because of the options I set, they can still message me a request to be able to talk.  It is so annoying.  I get those at least a few time a night.  Usually from people in other countries.  Why would they message a perfect stranger like that?  I just don’t get it. 
     Anyway, so I am going to head upstairs.  I was trying to put our new desk together.  It's coming along really well.  It even matches my book shelf.  I like it a lot.  It is a sturdy one so far.  We'll have to wait and see though until we move it and arrange everything.  So...I will talk to you all later then.  Bye.

3.3.06
6:11pm

     Here are Evelyn's stats from the doctor.  29 inch's long, and 22 pounds.  She is taller than 90% of babies her age.  I am really glad to hear that she is developing well, but right now I am on my last nerve.  I have this laptop in the kitchen, and I am typing this sporadically as I clean, take care of the kids, and listen to Evelyn scream.  Since the time is now 6:47pm, you can see how much time is actually being spent on this. 
Ok, time just elapsed a lot more, but that isn't even the point...Evelyn was just crawling!!!  She did so good.  I don't know if she will remember how she did it, but she was trying to reach a water bottle and she crawled!!!  We are so proud of her.  I hope that this is the beginning of all kinds of new firsts.
     Anyway...I am going to clean up the kitchen right now...which consists of sweeping and mopping, and putting stuff away.  I shall return.  ........................I'm back.  I am now watching the soap operas that I recorded.  Once again, I have started giving Isaiah a time limit on the video games again.  After talking to Tiffany that night, I decided to start regulating him more.  I am going to spend some time each day working with him on different areas.  Letters, numbers, colors, matching things.  I realize now that I am just being lazy.  Any time I have free time on my hands, I always want to spend it alone.  I want to sit down, watch TV, and sit comfortably.  The problem is that I am being selfish.  I need to take that time when Evelyn is napping and work with him on different things.  It's hard of course when I am so tired, but there are some things that are more important than my comfort.  Isaiah's mental development is one of them.
     Anyway, so today was good at times, and stressful at others.  But I would say still good.  I was able to talk with Tiffany for a while.  And Lorenda for a short while since my phone died.  She got a job at the Golden Acorn in Galt.  She is going to be a waitress for their banquets.  From what I understand it won't be an everyday job though, just when they have the banquets.  I think that she will look for another job still, I don't know for sure though.  And Tiffany, well she is really excited because Eric (her husband) is going to go to a trade school to be a certified mechanic.  She is so excited.  They are probably going to have to move in with her mom and dad though, because the school is in Sacramento.  Either that or they will just move into a small apartment until he is out of school and gets a job.  I know that eventually, Tiffany wants to move out of state, Texas I think.  I can't complain about it that's for sure...since I am way over here...over 2000 miles away. 
     Anyway, so James is upstairs right now putting our desk together, and after I am done watching The Young and the Restless I will go up and help.  I really want that room to be done.  I NEED that room to be done.  I can not stand it when things are unfinished.  It drives me nuts.  I am so neurotic.  I must have OCD or something.  I can't leave trash on the counter, it bugs me, I can't leave chairs pulled out, it's annoying.  I don't like it when there is water marks on the sink...I always wipe it dry when I am done using it...am I a freak or what???  lol  I must be. 
     Well, anyway, that is all for now.  I am done.  I need to be able to finish this, finish this show, and go help James.  My handsome, loving man.  Talk to you all later.  Bye.
 

3.2.06
8:12pm

     Good evening people.  Well I am now typing this out while watching American Idol, so we will see how long this takes me.  Today I went to the grocery store and bought a book.  Normally, I wouldn't do that at a grocery store, they are usually too expensive, but they had the entire collection of The Chronicles of Narnia in one big paper back book.  Normally, I do not like buying paper back books, they don't last long enough, and I am someone who reads my books over and over again.  So, since it was only $14.99 for that big of a collection, I decided why not.  I am excited to read it all though. 
     I am watching American Idol and let me just say this right now, Praise God that Brenna is gone!  I could not stand that girl.  Her attitude is so horrible.  Besides the fact that all she cares about is making money and being famous, she is all so conceited.  She thinks that she is better than everyone else.  If she was not kicked off tonight, I would have pulled my ears off my head.  lol  Really though, I am so glad.  You know what else annoys me?  Old Navy commercials.  They are so dumb and cheesy.  People don't really act that way.  Everyone seems to be overjoyed that they are wearing these clothes.  What a bunch of....well, I won't say.  :-) 
     My day was pretty good though.  I didn't do much, but it was just nice.  I did go across the street and ask the neighbors (Tammy and Nino) if they would like to come over this Saturday and watch a movie with us.  Nino called a little while ago to let me know that it would be easier for them on a Thursday since it is already their date night, unfortunately Tammy has a church conference to go to this next Thursday, so it will have to be 2 Thursdays from today.  I am excited about it, I really want to get to know them.  I still think that it would be really cool to have friends so close by.  I am hoping that Lorenda will be able to come visit us soon too.  She mentioned that she would like to come over either this month or the next.  I would love to have her here...even if it was just for a week.  I have tried to convince Tiffany that she should come visit, and I think that if she had the money, and the babysitter, she would, but only during the middle of summer, she says that she can't even stand the California winters, so she knows she will be miserable here.  I still say that it isn't as cold as I thought it would be.  Although, I will say that everyone says that this has been a very warm winter.  Personally, I am willing to bet that simply because we have moved here, that will continue to be the trend.  Wouldn't that be cool?
     I am still really liking my new laptop computer.  I just love how it looks.  I am so glad that I was able to convince James to let me go out and look for one that I liked first, and then buy it online to find a good deal.  He didn't want to go out looking for one at all.  But I really needed to see them in person you know.  I wanted to be able to touch it, get a feel for it, see if I would really like how it looked.  I mean this is something that I am going to use everyday, and look at all the time, I don't want to buy something off the internet like that.  Anyway though...
     Lately Isaiah has been talking about how he is "done" with school.  Meaning that he doesn't want to go anymore.  He always tells us that he wants to go home.  When I ask him if he had fun at school, sometimes, he says no.  When I ask him if he likes the kids there he again, will say no.  I don't know what to think of that.  It always appears that he is enjoying himself when I pick him up, but that is such a brief time, and it's usually when he is eating.  I mean either way I think it is good that he is going, he needs to learn how to be around other kids, that he does and doesn't like.  And we have noticed that it is helping his speaking too.  Slowly, but it is.  I would just feel bad though if he actually was unhappy there.  I think that this Tuesday, when I drop him off, I am going to talk to Maria (his teacher) and ask her about what he is like while he is there.  If she thinks that he is having fun, does he talk about wanting to go home?  Maybe I might even hang around for awhile and see if he is interacting with the other kids.  I will ask her about that too. 
     Now ER is on TV.  I feel like I have missed a lot.  I wasn't able to watch at least 4 episodes, and so much has happened that I don't know about.  They filmed part of today's episode in Africa.  That's where Dr. John Carter is.  From what I understand, they actually did go there to film it.  Anyway...that's all from me tonight I think.  I am so hungry...I don't know why.  But I lost some more weight, did I tell you that?  So far 7 pounds.  I'm on my way.  :-)  Till next time. 
 

3.1.06
10:44pm

     Well, say hello to my new laptop!  YEA  I am so glad it came.  It was delivered by UPS who also delivered our new rug for our living room.  It wasn't quite the color I thought it was going to be, but it still looks good.  My laptop is great.  I love the way it looks, and I love how good it runs.  It is taking me a while to get used to typing on it, but so far I am adjusting well.  Isaiah seemed to be able to use it good, when I let him go on www.pbskids.org , he played on there for a while, matching up colors and putting different out fits on cartoon characters.  I like watching him on the computers.  I am very proud of how well he uses them.  Today was pretty good then you would think huh?  Well, you would be right.  Evelyn was much better today.  She took good naps, played well, and went to bed easy.  Isaiah has to go to school tomorrow.  Lucky for me it is James' week for that. hahahahahahaha  lol  I did talk on the phone for a very long time with Tiffany.  Well, first it was just chatting online, then it was on the phone.  I am going to guess the online part was about 40 minutes, then we were on the phone for like 90 minutes.  Crazy huh?  It's like we were running a marathon.  We were actually talking about a lot of serious stuff.  Big topics, abortion, religion, education, our kids, the future.  Lots of big things and so I suppose that was why we were talking for so long.  Our opinions differ a lot on some of them, but I think that it is great that we can talk about these things and not get mad at each other.  That is something that really makes me love our friendship even more. 
     Anyway, so you know what was odd?  A few days ago, I had an itch on my nose.  I scratched it, and while I did that I thought to myself that my nose didn't feel right.  It felt bigger somehow.  And I even thought to myself that I should have more cartilage in it than I did.  I actually sat there for about 5 minutes touching it, examining it, trying to decide if somehow it had been changed.  It was one of the strangest sensations ever.  I finally decided that it had to be normal, and I should leave it alone. 
     I am chatting online right now with Tiffany and Lorenda.  I am trying to get this done, and it is very hard to do while talking to them.  They are distracting.  lol  So I might as well end this, cause you already know about my day, and the strange stuff that I have done...that's good enough.  I will talk to you all tomorrow.  Bye bye.

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