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WhatEva
A Daily Journal
By: Eva Moore
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Quote
of the Day
"All good men are happy when
they choose to be their own authors.
Those who choose to have others edit their pathways,
must live on the edge of another man's sword."
-- Julie Arabi
5.31.06
12:22am
We
just got back a little bit ago from the movie
theatre. We went to see X-Men 3. It was really
good. It had a very different feel than the other
ones though. I think that they tried to do too much
with it. Added too many new characters and didn't
really have the time to develop them. And...they
also tried to do one too many story lines at once.
But even still, it was great. I was glad to have
seen it and I know we will buy it later so we have
the whole trilogy. The sad part was that A LOT of
people die in this one, A LOT! So that was
depressing. Oh, and for any of you that decide to
watch the movie, stay in the theatre until the
credits are all done. There is an extra scene that
is only 5 seconds long, but well worth it. Make
sure you stay for it.
Ok, so I am going to share something with you
all that is very embarrassing...very. But, I think
that you can all relate, or most of you can at
least. Sometimes things happen that you can't do
anything about, and you feel mortified. Here it
is. Yesterday I emptied Isaiah's swimming pool
water. I didn't want it to get overly gross and it
was supposed to rain anyway. So I walked over to
it and let out the water while wearing my flip flop
sandals. They are made of hard rubber on the soles,
and nylon for the rest. Really nice ones made by
M.U.D.. So, today when James got back with the
new TV he needed help bringing it in. I slipped on
my now dry flip flops. Well, after helping him and
I was sitting back down, I noticed something...my
feet smelled bad. I wasn't wearing my sandals
anymore, but I thought that maybe it could have been
them. After all, I had just showered, so what else
could it be? Then, tonight we got in the car
to leave for the movies....well as soon as we drove
off I smelled it again. It was my shoes!!! From
that dang pool water!!! I couldn't believe it.
So, after going to Wal-Mart we headed for the
theatre...and I was worried. It was bad, and I
didn't want to be sitting next to people. Why
should they be punished for my mistake with
footwear? Everything started off fine. The theatre
was HUGE, and hardly no one was in there. Only 2
other groups, and they all sat very far from us. I
was so happy. But then, during the previews...they
came. Young people, our age or younger, who all
decided to sit around us. 6 of them behind us and
to the side, and another group in our aisle, 3 seats
over. I was seriously worried. If I moved my
shoe, even a little, the smell would get worse. I
thought about moving seats...but that would just
make it obvious. So awful. I was so embarrassed.
I sat through the whole thing and felt bad about it
the whole time. I am going to be leaving
the shoes outside for about a week, really let them
air out. If that doesn't help then in the trash
they go. Really stinks too, they are very
comfortable flip flops. You can't find comfortable
flip flops everywhere.
Anyway, so enough about my embarrassing
moment. Besides that, my day was good. The house
was cleaned very early, and now it is almost 1am and
I am about done with this. I have to get up early,
to take Isaiah to school, and that means I get to
come home and go back to sleep. Oh, and at Wal-Mart
tonight, before the movie, we bought the
kids ceiling fans for their rooms. Thank God too,
they need it. Those rooms get very mucky upstairs.
Anyway, so that's all for now. Talk to you all
later. Bye.
5.30.06
11:22pm
Well.
I really need to clean up my kitchen. It is a big
mess from a dinner that wasn't even good. I decided
to make fried chicken. I used chicken legs. They
turned out horribly though. I don't really know
what went wrong. It may have been the way I
seasoned then, it may have been that I had the heat
on too high. It could have been anything really. I
have no idea. All I know is that James didn't eat
then at all once he heard me say that they tasted
bad. I couldn't blame Isaiah for not wanting them
either. I am happy to say though that they were not
so bad that the dogs refused them. lol Although I
don't think that is saying much. So...all my
counters are full of dishes and pans, trash and
other random things, and here I sit once again
typing this out instead of doing what Kevin would
call my "womanly duties".
Tonight James and I purchased a De-Humidifier.
Back in California Pastor Rob suggested that we
buy. He said that they cost about $400.00. Well,
when we looked online today to see how much they
cost and where...we were able to find some at Sears
that ranged from $160.00-$270.00. We were so happy
about that. We bought one that was two hundred
dollars and trust me it was needed. My parents were
saying that their clothes felt damp and the bathroom
floor was starting to bubble from watering getting
on an under it from all the humidity. Crazy how
different the summer weather is here. It really
does just feel wet outside. This morning when I
went to take Isaiah to school my car was actually
wet, as if it had rained, from all the humidity in
the air. That would never happen in California.
So today ended up being a very lazy day. I
mean lazy. I must have been online with friends for
over 3 hours. I hardly did any house work until
late in the evening when I vacuumed the floor and
even though I have taken quite a few beaks in
between writing this, the kitchen still remains
untouched. I wonder how long it will take me to get
to it? lol Oh, on a high note today we are going
to be getting a replacement for our big screen flat
plasma TV. I didn't mention it yesterday, or the
day before that...but it is having problems and now
it won't even stay on. We called Costco and they
said that they can use our Costco card to look into
our account and find when we bought it (We don't
have the receipt anymore) and then they can just do
an exchange for a new one. Cool huh? I was worried
that we would end up having to buy a new one since I
can't find the receipt anywhere. I don't know what
I did with it.
I am hoping that Evelyn sleeps till at least
7am for tomorrow morning. She has been really
annoying in that she keeps waking up at 6am or
sooner. It's frustrating. Especially since we are
not used to getting up that early. Isaiah wake up
much later, like 8am or after. This early bird gets
the worm stuff that she is pulling is simply
unacceptable. lol We are trying to get her out of
it by letting her cry instead of going to get her.
We shall see how that goes. Speaking of crying, I
can hear her crying right now. AGH. I suppose I
should at least go check on her, you never know, she
may need to be changed.
I keep telling James everyday that we need to
buy ceiling fans for the kids bedrooms. Evelyn was
crying because she was sweating a lot in her room.
I brought her down here to cool off for a bit. When
I did that I said, "James, the kids really need
ceiling fans in their room." He said, " You keep
telling me that and it's not gonna make them
appear." I said, " I know, I keep telling you
hoping that you will go get them." To which he
said, " When am I supposed to go get them?" And
then, I said, "In the morning, when you aren't
working...." I mean duh, when else? That
man...actually, no...MEN. They just don't get it
sometimes. Anyway, that's all for now people. I
will talk to you later. Bye.
5.29.06
10:38pm
Well, I was going to start this off by talking
about something else...but now I want to start by
saying how utterly ridiculous the whole Da Vinci
code thing is. I am watching a History Channel
thing about how it all came to be, and who really
discovered all the information about it, blah blah
ect ect....it is crazy!! This mans ideas, and all
of his "proof" is based from nothing. He takes one
thing, one little discovery, or fairy tale story,
and then says, "Well, this must mean this." And it
is always something that in no way at all relates to
it. The two have nothing to do with each other. It
is insane!! I mean the guy is literally making all
this stuff up. It's like watching a story about
Mormonisim, or Scientology. UGH!! I just don't see
how any one could watch this and not laugh at it
all. And no, it's not just the whole Jesus was
married and had decendents thing...it's
everything!! He has all sorts of crazy things that
he thinks happened. WOW. Peronally I would turn
this off, and be done with the nonsense, but James
wants to watch it. Whatever.
Anyway though, back to what I was initally wanting
to talk about. It was an incredibly hot day, and
Isaiah was outside for more than half of the day.
That kid is getting so tanned. He is darker than
all of us put together. He played outside in the
poolwith Tammy's kids for what seemed like all day.
Then, just when I thought he was done, and I would
get him dressed, he would change his mind and want
to go out again. It was nuts. And...mosquitos are
dominating here. Isaiah has 5 or 6 bites just on
him. Evelyn has one on her forhead, and I know I
have some, I just can't see them yet. I finally
went and bought some bug spray today when I went to
the grocery store. It is a necessity now. That and
the sun screen.
Also, as a last minute decision, I took Isaiah to
see the movie Ice Age 2 tonight at the Dollar
Theatre. It was really good. Very funny. But, on
the way there I discovered something. I have not
been driving fast on the freeway anymore. I KNOW.
Crazy huh? But ever since we moved here I have been
driving slower. It seems like I am perfectly
content to drive 65 or 70 mph. At first I thought
it was just due to the fact that I didn't know my
way around much...that maybe I was just being
careful. But now I do know where I am going and I
now know what it is. I like to look at the scenery
around me. I really like driving slower and having
the time to look around see all that nature has to
offer here. The trees, the mass amount of trees,
just how gorgeous it all looks. I can't help but
want to look at it all. I really can't wait till
winter comes again. We didn't get to see much snow
on the trees when we moved here. It was such a mild
winter. I am hoping for a lot more snow this time
around.
Also, James' birthday is coming up. June 16th.
Something very cool is being planned for his
birthday, and although I can't tell you about it,
since James might read this, just know that it will
be really cool and I will tell you all about it on
the day it occurs. The whole weekend of his
birthday will be really fun. He will be 27 years
old. Maybe he will surprise me and get a hair cut.
lol Doubtful. Anyway. That's all for me. Dang it
is hot as heck in here. AAAGGGHHHH...I can't stand
it. Talk to you tomorrow. Bye.
5.28.06
9:53pm
Hot,
Hot, Hot, and more Hot. Yucky and nasty are also
some good words to describe the way the weather
feels today. It hit 90 degrees today and along with
the humidity it was simply miserable. I finally
gave in and turned the air conditioner on around
7:30pm. Yes, I know that is right around the time
that it starts to get cool...but I just couldn't
wait. I might as well have been exercising, because
I was sweating like I was. It was so gross. Once
Evelyn was in bed I went and took a nice cool
shower, cold towards the end. Tomorrow is going to
be even hotter...ugh. I would be perfectly happy if
it was 70 degrees all summer, but I guess that won't
happen. You know what the worst part is? It is
actually cooler back where I'm from in California
than it is here. You would think it would be
hotter.
Oh, I forgot to tell you that James decided on
when he would be leaving for California in July when
he goes back there for Jeff and Jen's wedding. He
is going to be gone for an entire week...that's
right, a full seven days. I am going to be
miserable. Not because I am going to miss James
like crazy, but because I am going to basically be
alone for that whole time with no help. Yea yea, my
mom and dad live here. But my mom works all day,
and doesn't get home until about an hour before
Isaiah's bedtime. So that's no help. And my dad,
well he still works evenings, and has trouble
sleeping anyway, so he won't be any help. Not that
he is the kind of guy who would change a diaper
anyway. lol I will miss James some I am sure
though. Mostly at night when I have no one else to
talk to. Not to mention there are no TV shows on
anymore since it is summer. The only semi good
thing about this is that Tammy will also be alone
because Nino is going to China, so we can be lonely
together. That's something.
We did bear the heat though and go to church
today. It was already 83 degrees by then. I was in
charge of doing the children's church today. The
lesson was on Daniel Chapter 1. I read the story,
and then asked some questions, made sure to
individually ask each kids a question too, and I
might add that Isaiah even answered one right.
After that we did a craft that related to the
story. But we got done so fast that we had a ton
of time left. I just had them do a bunch of fun
stuff...coloring, play-doh, ect. I think that I
might bring something extra for them to do next
time. Maybe a game or something, like cards or
dominoes. I would bring a movie on the portable DVD
player, but that would require too much time, and we
are only there for an hour.
Well, James is sitting here next to me and is
actually without a computer at the moment. I think
that I am going to take advantage of that and be
with him. Talk to you all later. Bye.
5.27.06
10:09pm
What a
day. So much was going on that now we are just
exhausted and wanting nothing else but to sit and
watch TV. So here is how it all started. Yesterday
at the park Stephanie mentioned to me that they were
going to be laying a bunch of grass sod down
tomorrow (which is now today) and Mike, her husband,
said that if he can they would love some extra help
from James. Well I didn't say yes or no for James,
actually I implied that he probably wouldn't. But
when I was talking to James that night we both
agreed that it might be a good idea for him to go
help. Make good relations and all that jazz. So
this morning James went over there at around 9:30am
or so. He was gone for about 2 hours or more.
During that time I did what James suggested and
mowed the back yard. OH MY GOSH, I hate mowing that
yard. It is so big and just takes forever. I
completely agree with James that we need a riding
lawn mower. And that was just the back yard I did,
that wasn't even the sides and the front. UGH.
Anyway, so I did that, and picked up a ton of dog
poo, and then I took out Isaiah's new swimming pool
that he got for his birthday. He really enjoyed
that and had a great time. Finally, I went inside
after sweating it up for so long out in the humid
heat, and began to clean the kitchen while Isaiah
played in the pool. (Yes, I could see him from the
kitchen window) Well, while I was doing that I
heard the dogs start to bark a lot, so I went to the
sliding door to get a better look, and what I saw
was James coming home; covered in dirt. His hands,
his pants, his shirt, his hair. It was like he
painted it on. Pretty bad. He said they got most
of it done though (There were a few guys there
helping) and so he went a head and left. So he
was exhausted after that and didn't want to do
anything for a very long time.
Then, after Isaiah going swimming numerous
other times, one of which included Tammy's kids
coming over to swim also, Isaiah was in the living
room playing a video game. The kid had been outside
almost all day playing, and so like us, he just
wanted to sit. Well he started getting frustrated
with the game at one point, I believe it was like
7:20pm, and so I sent him to his room just to calm
down. Well, after what must have been only a few
minutes, he was out like a light. I just got him a
blanket and covered him up. He never had dinner, so
I suppose that he might wake up much later feeling
very hungry, but I will deal with that then.
Speaking of food. I need to stop eating it.
Or at least as much as I have been. I haven't
gained any weight mind you. But I certainly have
not been losing any, and I certainly don't feel any
better about how I look. Well, no, that's a lie.
Sometimes I feel great about how I look, then there
are times when a voice inside my head says that it
is amazing that James is even attracted to me. I
know, silly. But if you are a girl you know that
most of us can't help but think that way. We seem
to know just how to put our selves down.
Oh, also...a great deal of Evelyn's mural has
been finished. Now we are working on the new
drawings which James started today. I was very
impressed with how good he did too. I only had to
help him once I think. I feel very confident that
her room is going to look awesome. Now if only
our room was painted as nice. lol One of these
days. It takes a long to time to make a house like
this look how you want. Not to mention how much
money it takes. I hope that when James' raise comes
in (And it should be very soon) that we can start
making stuff like that happen. Anyway, so that is
all for me. Now I am going to sit here and enjoy
the movie Desperation, based on the book by Stephen
King. I have read the book, and loved it. I can
only hope that they do the book justice. Talk to
you all later. Bye.
P.S. Also, there are
two new videos on my YouTube website, so click on
the link on the top right hand corner of this
webpage, and check them out. One is of us
attempting to fly a kite, and another is from today
when the kids were all swimming and playing.
5.26.06
11:20pm
Although it wasn't a tough day for me, quite the
opposite actually, it was a tough day for a couple
of my friends. Today Tiffany and I talked, she was
crying pretty bad. Evidently the new puppy that she
got for Mother's Day was very sick, like very very
sick, and she was afraid that it had Parvo. I told
her that since she couldn't be sure, she was gonna
have to risk the money and just take her to the
veterinarian. She can decide what kind of treatment
she can afford later. Well, it turned out badly.
The doctor said that she was amazed that her dog was
alive at all still. They couldn't tell her what
exactly was wrong, since the secretary had
forgotten to tell Tiffany to bring a stool sample.
So, she had two choices, either take the chance that
they might be able to help the dog, and spend well
over a thousand dollars, or put the dog out of his
pain and put it to sleep. In the end she chose to
put the dog to sleep, but wow was she feeling
horrible about it. Besides the fact that she has
never had a animal or person in her life die yet,
having to say that it was ok to kill her dog, was
very hard. She was very upset and once again I
regretted living so very far away. Although I have
experienced quite a few deaths in my family, I have
yet to experience a family pet such as a dog
dying. The worst I have ever had is having to get
rid of a dog. And let me tell you, sometimes I
think that is worse, knowing that some other family
is enjoying your pet. At least it was horrible for
me, as a little girl. Anyway, I am hoping to hear
from Tiffany much later, and see how she is doing.
Better I hope.
The other friend who is not gonna be having a
great weekend is Lorenda. This is the first of many
weekends that her kids will be staying with her soon
to be ex-husband. I wish that I was able to relate
to that better, so I could give some advice. But
then again I guess I am glad that I can't, since
knowing would mean I had gone through it. Either
way, she is NEVER with out her kids for more than,
well...over night for a birthday party really. So,
she will be alone all weekend, and so I will be
chatting with her quite a bit, just to make sure she
doesn't get too lonely. Hopefully she will keep
her self busy, so not to think about how empty the
house feels. So you see, once again I am wishing
that I had not moved, and was back "home". I have
never experienced (untill now of course) a friend
needing me, and me not being able to be there for
them before. I don't like it. It feels horrible.
But, like I said earlier, my day was quite
nice. We all went for a very long walk this
morning, exploring new areas that we had not been to
before. Then, later on, we spent a great deal of
time outside at the park once it stopped raining.
(Which it was off and on all day long) Once at the
park, well, it seemed like everyone had the same
idea. We were the first ones there, but in no less
than 15 minutes it got packed. The nice thing is
that I am really starting to know people. I had
someone to talk to the whole time. It was a nice
feeling. I am really feeling at home here. It's
a strange thing for me to actually know people in my
neighborhood and then be able to say that I enjoy
hanging out with them. Even better, some of them
are my friends! I love it.
Also, do you remember how I was complaining
when we first moved here about how Dreyers Ice Cream
was actually called Edy's Ice Cream here? Well,
after watching the History Channel just now I can
say that I now know why. Two men started the
company, once with the last name Dreyer, and the
other with the last name Edy. Cool huh? I should
have guessed that to be quite honest. It should
have been obvious. I didn't realize how cool the
History channel was before. If I keep watching
this channel I might get as smart as James....well,
ok, I will know history, I'll just say that. lol
Well, that's all for me folks. That's my day. I'll
talk to you all later. Bye.
5.25.06
11:00pm (on the dot)
I am
not going to write tonight. Because I am
talking to Kevin...and he says he is more important.
lol....till tomorrow.
5.24.06
8:10pm
Tonight is the finale night. American Idol two
hour finale, and the Lost two hour season finale.
That's a whole lot of TV. I was thinking that
the two hours of American Idol was going to be
boring, but it turns out that they are letting all
the contestants sing with "their" real idols on the
stage. Chris Daughtery just got to sing with
one of our favorite bands, "Live". They are
awesome. We have seen them in concert a couple
times. They were great too. Sometimes
you get those bands who sound great on their cd's
but they stink when they perform live. That's
when I just end up throwing the cd away. Well
not really, but I lose a lot of interest. lol
Evelyn was not that interested in walking today.
She just seemed lazy and uninterested in doing it.
James was also a lazy guy today since he couldn't
work due to his computer not working. The guy
who works for Dell didn't show up until 5pm and I
think that he ended up putting a new mother board in
the laptop. As far as I know, it works now.
You know, God is good. Today I had one of those
moments where you just think to your self, "WOW, God
is GOOD." Thinking about what we all have in
our lives, how lucky we are to be here in America,
being thankful for all the medical advances that we
can take advantage of here. It's so sad to
think about the fact that there are countries where
just the basic medical needs are not met. We
are a lucky people. We are a blessed nation.
Praise the Lord. What are you thankful for?
That is the kind of question that people get asked
at Thanksgiving. But I think that it is
something to think about year round. What am I
thankful for?
1. My salvation
2. Isaiah and Evelyn
3. James
4. My mom and dad
5. Tiffany and Lorenda
6. My home
7. My families health
8. James' job
9. My extended family (grandparents, cousins,
aunts, uncles, ect.)
10. My church family (new and old)
11. and many other things.....
So I will end this watching my new shows, and thinking
about how blessed we all are to have all that we
have. It's a good way feel and think.
And I get to watch some good TV too. lol
Talk to you all later. Bye.
5.23.06
10:48pm
Hello
to all of you. It is a great day and I will
tell you why. Evelyn started walking!!
We got it on video too and so please click on the
link above the pictures to the right, and check them
out. We were all so excited for her. And
what's even cooler, is that today is her birthday,
so she started walking on her birthday! We had
her walking back and forth to all of us and it was
so great. It really is exciting when you see
your little babies grow up like that right before
your eyes. Wonderful. Pretty soon she
will running all around the house causing all sorts
of trouble. Then I will be really tired,
chasing her down.
Also, tonight I invited Tammy to come over and watch
American Idol with me. It is the second to the
last episode. It was good and tomorrow is the
last episode. Although I am going to be
watching Lost and recording American Idol. I
am so excited about watching Lost. That show
is awesome. Seriously. Also...after that
show was over we played cards. The game called
Split. Well, of course on the last and James
thought he was all tough stuff and went out acting
all cool like there was no doubt that he was going
to win. But guess what? Tammy won!!
Oh yea people, James lost. I was so happy.
And he couldn't believe it. He was shocked.
He was so sure that he was going to win. I
just laughed at his disbelief. I love it when
he loses. lol
Another thing that happened during the card game was
that towards the beginning of the game Isaiah was in
the bath tub. At one point he started crying
really loud so I went upstairs to see what the
problem was. Well, it turns out that Isaiah
decided to put more water in the bath tub.
Which I might add is something that he has never
tried to do before. Well, as you can guess he
chose to turn on only the water knob. Luckily,
he was smart enough to also turn the water off once
he realized that it was hot. I told him how
proud I was of him for that and then explained to
him (and this was not the first time) about the hot
water and why he is not allowed to mess with the
bath tub knobs. Poor little guy though, he was
scared. I just went ahead and got him out of
the tub and put him to bed, I wanted to get back to
my card game.
I don't know if I told you before or not, but James'
work computer crashed. Today it was unusable,
and so he tried to fix it, couldn't, called DELL and
they are going to be sending someone out tomorrow to
fix it. He also tried to fix our desktop PC
which has been having problems but couldn't get that
to work either. So, now all he has left that
works is his own personal laptop. Oh so sad
huh? Poor James who has only 1 of his 3
computers working. Life is so unfair.
lol
Oh, I almost forgot to tell about the fact that I was
able to take a picture today of one of the new baby
birds that lives in the nest that is above our
laundry room window. It was so cute and still
had all the fuzz that new birds have. Anyway,
so that is all for now. Talk to you later.
Bye.
5.22.06
11:57pm
Well, I am writing this out on paper to start, because
James is on my computer chatting with Lorenda and
Kevin. Why? Because his work computer crashed and
mine happens to be on. So I figure that I will write
this out by hand first, and then force James to type
it out (which I, James, am doing at this very
moment) before he goes to bed. It saves me time. And
that's all that really matters. lol. Truth be told,
I wouldn't even be writing this if it weren't for
the fact that my phone died while also talking to
them. Oh well.
Onto more important topics though. Isaiah's screening
test this morning. It lasted about 90 minutes and as
suspected, he did not do well. She said he has
"significant" speech problems. I won't get into how
utterly depressing it was to see my son struggle
with some of the very simple tasks and questions
that the lady was asking of him. I almost started
crying. It was hear breaking. Nobody wants to see
their child struggle with things like that.
Something that we all take for granted, like being
able to speak properly. So anyway, he is not on the
list that they have for people they will call when
school starts again in September. He will go four
days a week, although I didn't ask how many hours
that school day would be. I should have because now
I'm curious. I am just so glad to have the ball
rolling on this, I am going to be praying for him in
a major way. I would love it if you did too.
So besides that, my day was good. Isaiah played outside
a lot and even though Evelyn was a whiny cry baby
all day because she wanted to be held, I didn't
mind. She was still cute. My mom made burritos and I
didn't even have to clean up afterwards. My house
looks great and James is going to be typing this up
for me, pretty much demonstrating to the world, that
he is my slave. (I feel so used). lol. You gotta
love it. Anyway, talk to you all tomorrow. Bye.
5.21.06
9:43pm
Hello
again. I really did get my journal done in
record time last night. I was so happy too.
I was able to spend some time with James...although
not in the way I had hoped. I thought that we
would maybe play a board game, just hang out,
something. But he decided instead that he
wanted to watch this stupid movie that he got from
Netflix called "Vampire Hunter D". It is
another dumb Japanimaton cartoon and it was from the
1980's. So I was completely uninterested in
seeing it. But no, he wanted to watch it.
So I wrote in my own personal journal about the
plane trip to Ca instead and occasionally looked up
to hear some stupid lame dialogue. Eventually,
James realized how stupid it was too and turned it
off. I was thankful. But we did get to
hang out after that and so I was glad.
Today was a good day. We got up to go to church
and my mom had the day off so she stayed home with
Evelyn and also to take care of my dad who was still
feeling the after affects of throwing up all night
long. Church was good though and I decided to
be brave and so I spoke up a couple times when
questions were asked. I am not sure why, but I
find it difficult to speak up at that church.
I can only assume that it is because everyone there
is my age and so it makes things feel weird.
It's that whole awkward trying to fit in and impress
people thing you know. Actually, I almost feel
like I am in school while there. At least
right now I do, only because it is summer time and a
lot of the people have gone home for the summer, and
so our church service is basically like a bible
study, with us all just sitting in a circle
discussing one section or verse in the bible.
Which I like, I just need to let loose more and open
up some. I usually feel more confident than
this, but oh well.
Wow, so time has really flown by since I was last down
here typing this out. I had planned on having
this done early once again, especially since
tomorrow morning is Isaiah's screening test for his
speech therapy, but I ended up having to run
upstairs to use the regular corded phone since our
cordless phone had a low battery. That
conversation ended up lasting over two hours.
So now I am sitting here trying to type this out
quickly because I would still like to go to bed
before 1am.
One thing that I was discussing with Lorenda was that I
recently noticed that there is a phrase that gets
used quite often, but it doesn't make any sense in
regards to how it is used. What phrase is that
you might ask? Well, earlier James and I were
talking, and I said something that he found slightly
irritating, but not too much, know what I mean?
It basically evoked a funny yet smart aliky (I don't
know if I spelled that right) remark
from him, to which I said, "Well, I'm just sayin."
And he shrugged it all off, like that comment
settled it. Here's the thing...that happens a
lot. People do that all the time. And
that comment is always used as a finisher.
Since when did saying that, make whatever was said
ok all of a sudden? Who decided that saying,
"I'm just sayin." , made what was said ok? I don't
get it. Obviously you did just say something,
and mentioning that fact again doesn't change
anything. It's just odd people, an I want
answers!! lol
Anyway, so that is all for me tonight. I am doing
a video chat right now with Lorenda so I will finish
that up and then go get in my nice cozy bed where I
will hopefully get to sleep for at least 6 hours
before being woken up by the alarm clock. I
plan on getting up at 7:30am just to make sure I am
done in time to leave here at 9:15am. Sounds
like a plan. I will tell you guys all about
how it goes later. Bye.
5.20.06
8:37pm
Is it
possible that I might get this thing done in record
time tonight? We shall see.
Today has been a great day. Very productive.
James and I both mowed the lawn, and man does it
take forever. We just have a lot more lawn
then we did before. James actually stopped at
one point and said to me, "When we get some more
money, we are buying a riding lawn mower." I
can't blame him, it takes over an hour to mow the
dang thing. But it will be awhile before we
can afford that. Luckily for him it is winter
here more than it is summer, so we shouldn't have to
be cutting the lawn as much here as we did in
California. Loving that.
Today I also took the opportunity to reorganize
Isaiah's room. It was a complete mess, and I
figured what better time to go through all his toys,
and throw away all the useless junk that he really
doesn't need or play with anymore. So I did
that and moved his bed around and now he has so much
more room, it is great.
Also, did you know that on it's opening day today The
Da Vinci Code made over $30 million dollars? I
was impressed. I do want to see that movie.
I don't think it is movie theatre worthy, since
there are no real special effects and such, but I do
want to see it. Not because I believe any of
it, I just think it will be a good movie, and I love
Tom Hanks and Audrey Tattou who both star in it.
I take all movies with a grain of salt, I figure
even the movies based on true stories have some
fiction in them, so I just like to sit back and
enjoy it. Plus, any movie that evoke some kind
of a reaction from you is good in my book. That
means the author, director, and actors, all did
their jobs well. Speaking of movies...and yes,
it's another controversial one. I got to see
Brokeback Mountain while I was in California.
I had been wanting to watch it ever since I saw the
first preview. I had high expectations for it.
And although it was good, it wasn't as great as I
had built it up to be. But it was good.
Of course I am not going to recommend that every one
who reads this go watch it. It's obviously a
touchy subject.
But for me it was not and I enjoyed it. Like I
said, it's a work of fiction, and it evoked
emotions. At one point I had a email
discussion about the movie with Pastor Rob. He
mentioned that he thought the movie was trying to
make the world feel sorry for the two main
characters. On the contrary, that wasn't the
case at all. Who you actually end up feeling
sorry for is their wives. When one of them
finds out, you feel heartbroken for her. We
(my friend and I ) were thinking about that more
than anything. There is a lot to the movie.
There was much more story to it than I had
originally thought and quite frankly it had
excellent acting from everyone in it. Once
again though, I don't recommend that you go watch
it...it's not everyone's cup of tea. But I
wanted to tell you about it none the less...for some
reason, I felt like I should.
Well, that is all for me for now though. I am
going to be done with this early and have the night
to spend with my man. Hope you all enjoy your
Sunday. I am sure I will. Bye.
5.19.06
9:23pm
Well,
last night was a bummer. I felt awful.
My tummy was hurting so bad, and I felt like I
wanted to throw up, but it just wasn't happening.
James was telling me to just go into the bathroom
and make myself do it, but unfortunately I have
never been very good at that. So I laid on the
couch for about 3 hours watching my TV shows feeling
incredibly tired and actually falling asleep during
10 minutes of CSI. Which I couldn't believe I
did since it was the season finale. Luckily,
it was recording. So I watched that part
today. Oh, and by the way, ER also had it's
last episode of the season, and might I just say
that it was GREAT! You couldn't have asked for
a better cliff hanger. Back to yesterday
though. The house remained a mess most of the
time, and since I went to bed at around 11pm due to
not feeling good, I was hopeful that James would
clean up, since I never got a chance to. Well,
he didn't. I thought that he would at least
pick up a little but, maybe do the dish's at a bare
minimum. But no, nothing. It was
disappointing. So this morning I had to force
myself to work at a steady pace and clean this house
up. Keep in mind that the only things that
have been unpacked so far are the kids' stuff.
Our room was still full of open but unpacked suit
cases and dirty clothes slowly piling up.
Tonight, after the kids were all officially in bed,
we went in there to tackle the mess. I was
very impressed with the fact that we got it clean in
no time. Now if I could just get rid of the
giant box that is in our closet from the Power Wheel
Fire Truck. Seriously people, it is a HUGE box.
So must of my day was spent just cleaning up slowly,
trying to eat things that wouldn't bother my tummy,
and taking care of the kids. Evelyn was
looking so beautiful today. I am often amazed
at how lucky we are to have such good looking kids.
They are adorable. I know this sounds
awful...but do you think that parents can actually
admit to themselves that they have ugly kids.
I mean here's the fact, there are ugly people out
there. Just plain ugly. I am not being
mean, it's just a fact, they are out there. But what
about the parents of those ugly kids? Do they
only see their beautiful babies, or do they see the
reality of the situation...can they admit that their
kids are ugly? It's something I often wonder.
Stupid thing to take time to think about I know, but
still...I do. Just one of those strange random
questions.
Another strange thing to think about is the fact that I
DID NOT DIE on the airplane. Why is that
strange??? Because I really was certain that I
would. Really. I had no doubts that
something terrible and life ending would occur.
I had even started going through other possible
death scenarios. One which included a
terrorist trying to take over the plane and me being
the brave person who tries to over power him/her and
gets killed in the process. Yea yea, laugh
now...but it is a big deal to me. I mean
this is a genuine fear, a phobia if you will, and so
I am sort of shocked that nothing came of it.
I guess my own fears got proven wrong though.
So, today just another day, spent doing the every day
things that a stay at home mom does. I am
tired now though...so bye for now.
5.18.06
I'm really sick. I'll
write tomorrow. Stupid flu.
P.S. I added a
bunch of new pictures from our trip. Enjoy
5.16.06
12:05am
OK.
So our flight was awful. Not because I was
freaked out or anything. Actually, I was fine.
The problem was that on the first flight Evelyn
threw up on James, and on the second flight, 10
minutes before landing, Evelyn puked all over me,
herself, and her elephant. She also cried for
nearly the entire second flight, which made everyone
around us annoyed I am sure. I know the lady
in front of me was mad about it. But what am I
supposed to do...give her a tranquilizer to shut her
up? I mean people should be more understanding
if you ask me. It was so nasty though, she
puked orange juice up all over me. I stank so
badly. Then James left one of our bags on the
plane, but we couldn't go back on it, so we had to
wait for someone who works at the airport to go on
for us. Then....well, basically Nino came and
got us and we came home. I must say that it
was nice to walk in to the house and sleep in my own
bed again. My mom and dad came up to greet us,
even though they (or at least my mom) must have been
asleep. We got to see the basement right away
which I might add was very tore up. A large
amount of the carpet and pad was taken out, you can
tell by the look of the cement that lots of water
was there. James and my dad have decided to
try to get the company that built the house to pay
for fixing this. Evidently my dad talked to
several other people in our area and they are also
having problems. This could be a building
defect, especially when you consider that our house
is only 3 years old. They are going to start
contacting people. I don't really want to get
involved in the whole process, it just stresses me
out and I end up feeling confused and not knowing
what to do. I think it is better if I remain a
bystander.
Ok, so today was a good day though. I took the
kids shopping and used their birthday money.
They got tons of stuff. Like a whole cart
full. And that was only the shopping with the
Wal-Mart gift cards. lol But I doubt
that the other shopping will make for as full of a
cart, since the cards are not worth as much.
Isaiah had so much fun though, he picked out
everything he wanted. And sometimes he would
trade up and pt things back so he could get
something else. He was very particular.
I thought it was adorable. Anyway, so after
that my day consisted off opening all those toys,
(which I might add they wrap up way too secure) and
then cleaning up the mess made from opening those
toys. lol It was fun though.
Tomorrow I have to take Isaiah to school, which I am
not looking forward to waking up for, and then I
plan on coming back, and sleeping the entire morning
away. Sounds like a good idea to me. Ok
then, so good night from over here in Michigan.
Talk to you all later.
P.S. I will upload a
bunch of new pictures very soon.
5.15.06
12:29am
Ok,
tonight was a great way to end our stay here in
California. First of all this morning I went
to my Grandma Wrights to visit for what would be the
last time until we come again. I brought both
kids with me and stayed as long as I could.
James planned on going to lunch with Kevin again, so
I had to be back before noon. I had a good
time there with her though and was sad to leave.
Then, I got back here and put Evelyn down for a much
needed nap. James then took Isaiah with him to
lunch, that was awesome for me, since I had free
time to watch TV. Then they came back...and
Isaiah and Logan played naked outside with the Slip
and Slide...that is always cute to watch.
Later, around 3:30pm Tiffany arrived and we began
our time together. We went to an early dinner
at Pietros in Lodi, and then went back to her mom's
house where we just hung out and talked for a long
time. When it was about 9pm though I realized
that I should get back to the house because Lorenda
was supposed to come visit and I wanted to make sure
I could instead of just seeing her for the drive to
the airport. So we get here and we pull up,
sure enough Lorenda's car is there, but low and
behold so is Kevin's! It was so cool to have
all our close friends over at once! Kevin left
early because he has to work in the morning, but
before he left he spent plenty of time wrestling
with the kids so much so that by the time we arrived
he was very wet from sweat. It was great to
see though. But like I said, he left early,
and so it was just me, James, Tiffany, and Lorenda.
We all told a bunch of funny bathroom stories, made
jokes, listen to a bunch of James' greatest lies
(more like stories really) that he has told to
people...it was so much fun. The whole time
that it is coming up on midnight they are both
talking about how they really need to go home.
Especially Tiffany, since she has a 1 hr drive home.
But it wasn't until Patty came out to the hallway to
ask us to quiet down that they all left. We
should have known we were being too loud... We all
felt bad for having woken them up. So they
took off though and now here I am typing this out
pretty quickly feeling almost surprised and sad that
our day to leave is already here. Tomorrow we
get on another plane to go home. Our plane
leaves at 2pm, and we won't get home til almost
11:30pm. It would be earlier, but because of
the time change, it is gonna be late. I don't
care though what time it is, those kids will be
going to bed. I am going to be so tired and
sick of having held Evelyn for hours on end that I
will want to just crawl into the bed. Oh, and
I am so excited to see the dogs. I miss them.
Although I must say it is nice to be in a house
where dogs don't bark like mad when the door bell
rings, or someone knocks. That would be nice.
Anyway, if you are reading this, and I saw you this
week, had a chance to say hello and visit...I can't
wait to see you again next year...hopefully sooner.
That would be nice. I don't know if I will
write this tomorrow night. If I do it will be
amazing. So don't expect it at least is what I
am saying. lol Anyway, talk to you all
again soon. Bye.
5.14.06
11:53pm
WOW,
church in Galt today was amazingly wonderful and
stimulating!!! lol Pastor Rob said I
should write that...so there you are. :-)
It was really nice though to be back "home" and see
everyone again. I was really happy about it.
Then we had the party and that went very well too.
It was great. I want to tell you more, but it
is seriously hot in here (in the motor home) and I
don't have my laptop plugged in. So...I
will do this tomorrow sometime. Bye.
5.13.06
9:17pm
Well,
I am sun burned. It was another hectic day
here in Galt California. This morning we were
all set for the trip. Isaiah was complaing
about his tummy hurting, and he wasn't eating, but I
just took that to be the usual excuse to not eat.
He does it a lot. Well, that wasn't the case.
About 2 hours into getting there he started throwing
up, couldn't hold anything done, not even water.
He was crying and semi-screaming about the pain in
his tummy, so I took him to the first aid center at
the park. He laid down and got some pepto
bismol...we ended up having to leave early and come
home. The poor kids hadn't had anything to eat
all day, couldn't hold down water, and was half
asleep. I felt so bad for him. It's hard
on a mom when their baby is hurting. I really
did want to cry for him. Not that he wasn't
already crying. But like I said, he is feeling
a lot better now and I don't see him having any
problems at the party tomorrow. Which I might
add I am going to be stressing about since I will
only have like 90 minutes to get everything ready by
the time we get out of church.
Speaking of church...I will be there tomorrow. I
am very excited. It will be so nice to be back
home in Gods house. I miss being in an actual
church building. Sometimes it is good to be
somewhere where you can leave your baby in a
separate room, you know?
Anyway though...not much else happening.
Evelyn was great for my Grandma, and all her friends
that she was gorgeous. ( And she is, you'll
see) So I guess I will go for now. I am
tired, and since it's my night for Isaiah, I might
as well go to sleep early and enjoy it. I'll
tell you all about the party later. Bye.
5.12.06
10:44pm
Ah
what a day. I feel like I am getting a sun
burn even though I am not red yet. Tomorrow I
am going to be wearing lots of sun screen. If
we are going to be spending the whole day at Great
America, standing in lots of lines, I want to be
protected. Isaiah will have some on too.
Today was a fun day. It started off as a
relaxing slow moving day. Isaiah and Logan did
nothing but play outside practically all day.
They were running around in the slip and slide, they
were blowing bubbles, running amok. Being
crazy kids basically. Then after that Lorenda
came and got me, that was at about 3:30pm, and we
went and got my hair cut, Isaiah's hair cut, and she
got her kids hair cut too. I must say that it
feels so nice to have shorter hair now and have my
neck feel fresher.
I have to wake up at 6am tomorrow morning to take
Evelyn to my grandma's house so she can watch Evelyn
for us. I need to bring a bunch of stuff, and
write down what her schedule is too. Ugh, I
feel tired. But I am going to wait up awhile
for James to get home. He is hanging out at
Lorenda's house right now actually helping her with
her computer. Oh, I take that back...they just
called and they are at Wal-Mart buying me some shoes
to wear for tomorrow's trip. It occurred to me
that odds are I will lose my shoes (flip-flops)
while going on a ride. So I asked them to pick
me up something. I hope it is something that I
like. Lorenda is there, so it should be.
My Grandma Sheila took me out tonight to the movies as
you know. We saw the new Robin Williams flick
"RV". I must be honest here...I figured it
would be good, not great, but good.
But......it was seriously hilarious. I mean
really I was laughing so hard it was nutty. It
was a great family film that I would highly
recommend that you take the family too.
Anyway, so it was a very pleasant day here in Galt
California. Nice and sunny. I will have
a full day tomorrow, and I will tell you all about
it. I am sure that Isaiah will fall asleep on
the way home. lol Bye.
5.11.06
8:31pm
Ok, so
yesterday Isaiah was busy all day telling me that he
wanted to go home. Today he only said it once.
I was really proud of him. So yesterday was
just so very busy. All of our friends came
over here to Rick and Patty's house. Tiffany
and her family, Lorenda and her kids, Kevin, James'
brother Patrick and his family...it was great.
Everybody stayed late and the kids were up way too
late, especially when you consider that we woke up
Eastern time and the kids went to bed after nine pm
here. Way too late. It was great to see
Kevin. He was very happy to see us, or maybe I
should just say James. Isaiah remembered him,
and gave him a hug. It was nice to see that he
remembers people. Evelyn of course doesn't
remember anyone, and why would she really? I
mean she was barely 6 months old when we moved.
It makes me feel bad though, I wish that she could
remember, I wish that she was more comfortable with
people who she should know...but it can't be helped.
Luckily though after a couple hours she feels better
about the people and lets them hold her and
everything. My Grandma Sheila is going to be
babysitting Evelyn this Saturday when we are gone at
Great America. She will have her ALL DAY LONG.
I have to drop her off at a little after 7am.
I have to make sure that I give her everything that
she could possibly need. Food, clothes,
diapers, play pen, ect. So much stuff going on
that day. But at least we won't be getting
home too late...7pm or 8pm. Not bad.
Today was another good day in good ole Galt.
Lorenda came over and spent the day with us after
she got off work. Before she got off work we
went to the Golden Acorn where she works here in
Galt as a waitress. She will be there tomorrow
by the way if you want to go there for lunch.
They have great food by the way. I am sure she
would crack up if someone who reads this went there
and said they know her from reading this.
Anyway, so we did that and the food was fast, and
tasted great. After that we came back home and
got the kids...to go shopping with Patty for the
birthday party. We got everything we needed
except the ice for the soda and the ice cream.
I hope that a lot of people come. But I can't
say for sure if they will. I know that
everyone in this house will be, I know that...well,
actually no I don't know. Tiffany can't come
because she is working, Lorenda can't come till
after 8pm cause she is working, James' friend April
and her family can't come because of a family event.
So...I haven't heard from anyone else that I invited
yet, I don't know who is coming and who isn't...but
we will see. Either way I know that Isaiah and
Evelyn will have fun. Actually, Isaiah already
got a new movie today from Rick and Patty for his
birthday, Hoodwinked. And they got Evelyn some
new clothes. Two swimsuits too! So cute.
Anyway, so tomorrow is another busy day. We, I ,
have a lot to do. I am going to be getting a
hair cut also. And hopefully Isaiah will be
too. And I get to see her new apartment, drive
by my old house, go to my mom and dads house,
hopefully, and then get back here in time to go to
the movies with my Grandma Sheila. She will be
picking me up at 7pm here at the house. She is
taking me to see the new Robin Williams move "RV".
Should be funny. Anyway, that's all for
now...I will let you all know how tomorrow goes.
Bye.
5.10.06
10:13pm
I'M
ALIVE!!!! Yes people I am back in Galt alive
safe and sound. Let me just start by saying
that when we pulled out of the drive way this
morning, I immediately started crying and it even
looked like I was having a panic attack. My
dad even asked if I wanted him to pull over.
James of course told him to keep driving. I
calmed down. Got on the plane with only mild
hesitation. Everything seemed to be going
smooth until the plane started to move...then
I freaked out again. I started crying,
breathing bad, praying to God, I was obviously
scared...yet no one, not a single flight attendant,
came to ask if I was ok. Not a one. So,
that past. I was seriously scared people.
Thoughts of death were spinning through my mind.
Here is a little taste of what I was saying to
myself. "OH MY GOD, please don't let me die, please
God don't let this be bad, please God, please!"
"Bless this plane Lord, bless the mechanics, bless
the passengers, please let us live, please Lord,
please Lord..." ect. All of this was
going through my head while I am crying. And
like I said, no one came to ask if I was ok.
Customer service out side of California is horrible.
Really. Anyway so that first flight was 45
minutes long, and we had no turbulence. The
second flight was 4 hours, and I am telling you that
for now on we will be purchasing Evelyn her own
seat. I hated that we had to hold her for the
whole time. Anyway, so I was ok for that
flight...and although I still don't want to fly, I
know I will manage. Our main bag of luggage
for us only just got here to this house about an
hour ago. They ended up putting it on another
plane and it had to get dropped off here. I
was mad because I felt gross and wanted to
change clothes and stuff, but couldn't. I hate
flying. But listen, I have more to write, but
I can't right now. I am still on Michigan time
and I can't even tell you how tired I am. I
promise I will write more tomorrow. Bye.
5.9.06
10:22pm
Well
tomorrow I will once again step foot on California
soil. I am still putting off letting my mind
linger on the airplane ride. Even though it is
less than 12 hours away. A lot of people have
been calling, asking how I am doing and if I will be
ok. I honestly don't know how I will be
though. I hope I am ok. I hope that I
stay calm. It would be great if once I am back
here all my fears were gone and I was willing to go
travel where ever we wanted to go. I know
James would love that. I just can't say if
that will be the case. I just don't know.
Even if I do get back here all safe and sound, that
doesn't mean that I am going to feel any different
about flying. I will most likely just transfer
any fears to the next flight. Crazy I know.
But most likely that is what I will do. I know
myself well enough to say that. Seriously
though, really, I am very scared. Very
nervous. Please pray for me. We will
already be in the air by 6am your time. So if
you wake up tomorrow, and you happen to think to
your self, "Wow, Eva is in the air right now."
Say a little prayer for me, and my sanity.
Now of course, even though I have been telling Isaiah
all about our trip tomorrow, I am pretty sure that
he does not understand what is really going to
happen. I am however confident that he will be
fine. On the other hand, Evelyn had a
miserable day today, making my day miserable, and so
now I am very concerned about what she will be like
on the plane. According to Tiffany, people are
not shy about complaining to you on the plane if
your kid is bothering them. Personally, I find
that to be crazy. I mean I could understand
getting mad in a restaurant, somewhere where people
do not have to bring their kids, they just
do. But a plane? Come on. People
have to go places, and their kids have to go with
them. It's something that can be annoying, but
it's life. You accept it. So...who knows
how I will react if someone is rude to us because
Evelyn is being loud. I just hope that she
gets better. I don't want her to be sick the
whole time we are there. Not to mention get
everyone else sick. Everyone would love
us for that.
Well, it's 11pm and we are waking up at 5:30am. I
should really go to sleep. But, I will be
writing to you tomorrow all about the trip.
Assuming I survived. lol Bye.
5.8.06
11:42pm
Today
we learned that it is a good idea to charge Isaiah's
Fire Truck every other day at least. It died
today at the park and James and I had to carry it
home. That thing was so heavy. I mean
seriously heavy. My arms hurt. I am not
doing that again. Although James said I was
just being a wussy...but whatever. Well,
tomorrow is my last full day here in Michigan for a
week. We will be leaving this house Wednesday
morning at 7am. I am excited, but nervous.
I gave Tammy the key to the house today, showed her
where all the dog stuff was, and basically made sure
she knew what to do. Besides the fact that I
am scared of my impending death on the airplane...I
am also worried about taking Evelyn on the plane.
She is still sick. Which probably means she
will infect the entire plane. And...she will
probably cry a lot, since she hates having her nose
wiped, and feels miserable all the time. I am
just going to feel bad for anyone sitting around us.
Isaiah will be fine though, he will think the whole
thing is cool and then he will play his Game Boy or
watch a movie. Hopefully I will be able to
keep myself calm. I am going to try very very
hard to be. I am going to be in a constant
state of prayer, I am going to be writing my
feelings down, hugging the kids, talking to James,
anything to keep my mind away from the fact that we
could plummet to the ground at any moment.
Which by the way James has already done once in his
life. Did you know that he went sky diving
years ago? He did, for his 21st birthday I
think. He and Kevin both went together and we
still have the video tape of it and pictures.
He really wants to do that again. I was
certain that he was not going to live through that.
He actually mentions it even on the video tape.
At least now he has life insurance...so I will get
some money out of it. lol
Just so you all know. I will be writing this out
while we are in California. James' mom and dad
have internet, wireless even, so I will be using
that to check email and do this journal. Don't
forget that we will also be at church on Mothers Day
the 14th. I hope to see everyone there that we
would normally see. We will be attending the
11am service. I am also hoping that Pastor Rob
will be in top form, I know that he has been
preaching on spiritual gifts...even though we will
have missed most of the series, I am sure that God
will speak to us on that day. Not to mention
it's Mothers Day. So I am also sure that it
will be some how related to moms and all the amazing
gifts that we have. Like taking care of
our homes, kids, husbands, pets, and other things
that I can't think of...all while keeping our cool
(mostly). lol
Well, it is late, and I am gonna go. I will let
you know how all the packing goes tomorrow and if I
can also get my house clean. I am sure that I
will though, cause like I said, us moms have amazing
gifts, and one of mine is cleaning. lol
Bye.
5.7.06
8:49pm
I am
starting this early because I am not feeling good.
I made spaghetti and for some reason it did not
settle well in my tummy. James is being nice
enough to let me get in bed early to write this out,
and then go to bed. He is even going to clean
up the house for me. What a great guy. I
am still tired from the party too. We ended up
opening gifts right away...I thought that it would
help to break the ice. And it did. The
kids had something to do, and all the parents
started talking and interacting. It was fun.
I was worried about the party a little bit because
usually our parties consist of family and friends
who know each other. I never have to worry
about the adults I have invited, I just know that
they will all mingle and do their thing. This
time though I was slightly nervous...wasn't sure how
to do things. And I think that at first it was
a little bit of an awkward feeling...with
everyone...but once the gifts were opened everything
got comfortable.
He really did get a lot of great gifts. Two
kites, some softball stuff, clothes, balls, bubble
maker...and some money in the mail. (Gift
cards) If you would like to see how the party
went, and watch Isaiah on his new Power Wheels, then
check out the videos at
www.youtube.com/user/ecm1980 There are two
pages (at least) of videos, so start at page two,
and go from there. That way you can see them
in order. We gave him the Fire Truck first, so
that should be the one to start with.
Only two more full days here in Michigan and then we
are back in California. I am starting to feel
the tension in my chest from it. I am going to
try my very hardest to be calm, and collected.
I don't want to be crying too much in front of the
kids, might scare them too. But I can't be
sure how I will react. I would love to just be
passed out for the entire thing, but that can't
happen since the kids are with us. I feel bad
for my mom though too. She is going to be so
sad and lonely here with out us for a whole week.
I mean she will see my dad and all...but she is
really going to miss her grand babies.
Tomorrow I am going to give my key to the house to
Tammy. She is taking care of the dogs while my
mom is working. I knew that my dad was not
going to get up and come up stairs to let them
outside.
So I am not going to be here for Mothers Day. I
am sort of bummed about that, but we are pitching in
with my dad to get my mom a desk to do her bills on.
It is a nice one that I found at
www.target.com
and it is at a reasonable price. We are going
to put in $50.00 towards it...I would have liked to
have given more, but I know James, and $50.00 is
about what he will let me spend on Mothers Day.
He is such a hard guy to convince when it comes to
buying things for smaller holidays like that.
When I first married him he couldn't believe that I
wanted to get my mom and dad something for their
anniversary. I always had...but he said, "It's
their anniversary, you aren't supposed to get
them anything...they get each other some thing."
Well, he won that battle. I no longer buy them
things for that.
Of course as you may remember we also don't buy each
other anything for Valentines Day. But I must
add, that it is a very lame day. I mean if it
takes an actual day for a couple to be nice to each
other and do something special then that is pretty
sad. A couple should be doing that as
much as possible with out the help of a marked day
on the calendar. Speaking of gifts....did I
ever tell you about the worst gift that James ever
got me for my birthday? Well, it was a
candle...a GIANT sized candle. When I opened
it, I really didn't know what to say. I
thought, "That's it? I married this guy, and
all he can think of for my birthday is a giant
candle?" It was lame. And he knew it
too. He apologized. Evidently, he could
not think of anything to get me. He said, "You
didn't tell me what you wanted." So much for
wanting to be surprised. Can't count on him to
pick something out himself. But I must say he
has gotten better over the years. Of course I
think that now he just asks my friends. lol
Anyway, that's all for me. Talk to you all
later. Bye
5.6.06
11:46pm
Wow, am I tired. I am uploading some of the
videos from the birthday party onto my youtube
website now. (
www.youtbe.com/user/ecm1980 ) I have a lot
of them though, so I might not get to them all
tonight. Just keep checking back. The
party was a great success though, all of the kids
had a great time and Isaiah LOVED his fire truck.
He was doing so good too driving it. I am
seriously tired though...very tired. I am
gonna go to sleep. I will tell you all about
it later. Bye.
5.5.06
1:35am
Hello.
So last night I went to bed, and after talking to
James for a while I ended up discussing the air
plane ride. I ended up crying for about 30
minutes. I wish that I could describe to you
how it feels to have this intense of a fear. I
can't even begin to tell you. I am so scared
for my life, for the kids...all of us. I know
that the odds are we will be fine, and that most
people get on planes everyday, thinking "What if"
and nothing happens...but the thing is. .some times
the "what if" does happen. It does. No
one can guarantee me 100% safety. Here's what
I am going to do. I am going to carry with me
on the plane a note book and pen. On this
notebook I will write down all of my thoughts and
feelings while I am on the plane. Then, that
night when I am at Rick and Patty's house I will
type them all out and that will be my entry for this
that day. I am sure it will be very
interesting. If not chaotic. It will
probably read like this: I'M GONNA DIE, I'M
GONNA DIE, AAAAHHHHH.........I'M GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!
Should be fun for everyone. lol
Tomorrow is the party. I have all the little mini
cakes baked, the house is pretty clean, and I will
do touch ups tomorrow. Everyone who we invited
is coming, and I am so excited to see Isaiah's
reaction to the Power Wheels Fire Truck we got him.
I plan on video taping much of the party, so you can
check out my youtube website to see the videos we
take. And if you want, check it out before.
There is a funny video on there of us driving to
Lowes that I took not to long ago to show everyone
what it looks like here.
www.youtube.com/user/ecm1980
By the way...James did get up early this morning and do
some "chores". I told him to skip the lawn
mowing. Since the lawn was still wet from me
watering it, it seemed best to wait till Saturday
morning. He got the handrails up though, and
they turned out nice. Poor little Evelyn is
having a bad night...she has so many teeth coming
in, and now she has a bad runny nose. Poor
little thing. I am hoping that she will sleep
through the party tomorrow, but I suppose it is
unlikely, there will be so much noise, it probably
won't happen.
James got paid today and thus begins our new month for
finances. We did so much better.
Monitoring our groceries really improved everything.
We ended up with over $500.00 extra this month.
I was so proud of us. I feel like from this
point on we will really be able to start making good
plans. Putting money in our savings account,
tithing, and once in a while spending a little for
fun. I really am proud of us.
Anyway, it is now past 2:30am...and tomorrow is a big
day. I better go. I'll let you all know
how the party goes. Bye.
5.04.06
10:16PM
What a fun day. I had the sprinkler going for a while
and Isaiah was playing with it. Our next door
neighbor, Yolanda and her kids were outside too, and
they decided to join in the fun. The kids got
soaking wet but had a bunch of fun. I was able to
use the sprinkler for the rest of the time to water
the grass. I am determined to make our yard look
nicer. Although….if our water bill gets too high,
then I will have to let it die. There is no way that
I am paying a $400.00 dollar water bill. And from
what I hear, it can happen here. Yolanda and her
kids will be here at the party this Saturday. I am
excited that everyone is coming and that even though
we moved so far away Isaiah is still going to get to
have people over and have some gift to open. I think
he will have fun.
Ok, so two nights ago James stayed up till 3:30am
playing that new game of his…last night, he played
the same game until 5:48am. UUGGGHHHH!!!!! No, I am
not really mad. I am used to this. I know that very
soon he will beat this game and he will be back on a
regular gaming schedule again. It is just annoying
is all, I would like for him to get a good nights
sleep, so he can be productive in the morning.
But, he claims that tonight he will not stay up late
and that in the morning he will be up and ready to
put the hand railing on the back porch, go buy a
lawn mower filter, and then mow the lawn. I
don't know if he will be able to get all of that
done or not...I know that it is possible, but James
is a slow starter in the morning...so I don't know.
I would be happy with him just mowing the lawn.
OH MY GOODNESS. I just finished watching LOST.
We recorded it. It was so good. I mean
the ending was simply INTENSE. If you watch
it, you know what I mean. I had to put that in
there...it was great.
So anyway, I am gonna go, watching some other shows and
I want to pay attention to them. Tomorrow is
another day and we will see how it goes. I
will let you know what James' bed time was.
lol Night.
5.3.06
10:56pm
I felt
much better today. And since I am feeling
better, busy busy was my day. We are keeping
chairs in front of the stairs now, so that prevents
Evelyn from getting up there. Of course there
has been one time already when Isaiah moved them
because he wanted her to go to his room with him to
play. When I found them on the stairs she was
already half way up. I have to have another
discussion with him about it. James and I
finally figured out why "they" weren't taking our
yard and garden trash. Turns out that over
here you have to have it in a designated tall yard
and garden paper bag. You can buy them at
different store. So, we had to transfer all of
that trash into those. The problem with that
was according to the lady I talked to on the phone,
they don't except dog pooh in those. I assumed
it counted as yard and garden trash...evidently it
does not and if they see it they will not take your
trash. Sooooooo.....we had to take all of that
out and put it in the regular trash cans. This
was incredibly gross and James made me do it.
I wore gloves. I don't plan on doing
that again.
This morning we went to Costco and got that picnic
table. I was so excited to get it home and set
up. It looks great outside and my mom, Isaiah,
and I all played with play-doh out there for a
while. It is nice when a back yard starts
feeling like some place you can be out in. I
would really like to buy a couple trees though to
put out there, especially since we will be here for
a while. Probably a long while. But the
front yard is looking good anyway with all the
beautiful plants I bought in full bloom.
Any guesses what James is doing right now? That's
right. Playing that stupid game. Ok, not
stupid, but highly annoying. I am telling you
that 70 percent of his day was spent on this thing.
And here we are 11:11pm at this very moment and that
is what he chooses to do with his time. No,
I'm not mad. I am just annoyed, like I said.
If this goes on though for...um, I'll say two more
days, then I will start getting upset. I may
even randomly start turning off the X-Box 360...just
to make him mad. lol
So...the days grow ever closer to us being back in
Galt. Still I am not letting myself think
about it. I do however want to do something
just incase we should die. So...if we die on
the plane, all four of us, James and I have decided
that this house and everything in it should go to my
mom and dad, Leesa and Jesse Arredondo...to do with
what they please. Personally, I hope that they
sell it and use the money to buy a smaller place of
their own. And...we would want them to give
whatever furniture they don't keep away to our
friend Tiffany Vale. She could use it.
My journals, all of them...should be kept, printed
if need be, and put somewhere safe. I don't
know for what purpose, but who knows.
Also...my dog Coco should go to my Grandma Sheila if
my mom and dad don't want to keep her, and Dusty
should go to my Aunt Shari if my mom and dad don't
want her. If Shari doesn't want her, then
start going through the phone book I say.
Pictures...family pictures. Keep em all.
Pictures of friends...give them all to who they are
of. hhhhhmmmmmmm.....and any other money my
mom and dad get from our death, which there might be
some, I can't be sure if they get it or not...should
go to our home church FBC Galt back in California to
do with as they please. Now, I realize that
his is not a legal document at all. And we
used to have a Living Trust made out, just not
printed up and notarized. Since we don't have
that anymore though, and I don't know when we will
do it, I thought at least you all know what we
want...and can tell someone in the case of our
horrible untimely deaths. It's something.
lol I know...I am a dork. But I can't
help it...we could die people. You can't say
for 100% that we won't. Knowing that, I think
it is only wise to put out there what we would want
done. Because you never know. You just
never know.
Ok, so enough rambling on for now. As Isaiah
would say..."See you morn...don't get owies, and
don't die ok?" lol Bye.
5.2.06
9:31pm
Today
I was feeling sick all day. I still kind of
do, but it's a lot better. Every time I stood
up my stomach would start hurting, so James was nice
enough to help out with the kids a lot and let me
lay down and rest. I did for practically the
entire day too. Like I said, I am feeling
better, but not all the way. I was able though
to get the kitchen cleaned rather fast. But
that was probably due to the fact that I hardly
cooked anything today. Really, I am pretty
hungry right now, and I would really like to have
some chicken mc nuggets from McDonalds. That,
or a hot fudge sundae. I love their sundaes.
But I never add the nuts...I don't like them.
Today was so boring though, that I really don't have
much to say. I mean I really did do nothing.
I watched my soap operas, and then Star Trek TNG.
Cleaned up, and now here I am. Wishing that I
was in bed. Anyway, I feel bad about writing
two short entries in a row, but hopefully tomorrow
will be better. So till then folks. Bye.
5.1.06
12:09am
Hi.
I don't want the first entry for this month to be
short. But we will see how it goes. I
have to take Isaiah to school tomorrow, so I want to
get to sleep. Today was good though. I
couldn't get much done until tonight because Evelyn
has been climbing up the stairs constantly. I
can't leave her alone because she thinks it is the
greatest thing ever. I can't put a gate up,
because they just don't work well with our stairs.
It's frustrating. But I will have to make it
work. I need to talk to Isaiah about how
dangerous the stairs can be for her right now also.
At one point today he was coaxing her up the stairs
so she could play in his room. I will have
that talk tomorrow.
Right now I am watching the movie Philadelphia on TV.
I must say that I think this movie was one of Tom
Hanks best performances. He was excellent. It
is such a good movie. It is hard though for me
to watch movies like this, ones that are so
emotional. Usually I can not watch ones like
these too often. I get way to involved in
movies. I always have.
James got a new game today. A friend of his
from work bought it for him and had it shipped here.
It is a really good one too. I can honestly
say that the game has been on almost all day long.
At this rate (he is playing right now too) he will
have it beat in record time. Well, that's all
for now. Bye.
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