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WhatEva
A Daily Journal
By: Eva Moore
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Quote
of the Day
"No man will make a great
leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all
the credit for doing it."
-- Andrew Carnegie
7.31.06
12:38am
Hi. It's late, and normally I wouldn't be typing
this so late, but I was at Tammy's watching a movie
and then came home and watched VH1's World Cup of
Pop Culture. I am really into that show and
quite frankly think that I would do quite good on
it. I am thinking that since you are allowed 4
players on your team, that if it was me, James,
Kevin, and then Tiffany since she likes a lot of
stuff that I don't, I think we would have it down
packed. And for $250,000, who wouldn't want to
try? And if they had any questions relating to
cartoons, James would be the one to send up for that
category. That and comics, and superhero's.
lol My husband is such a geek.
It's sad.
Last night we got into bed, and somehow I started
talking to James about a heavy topic. For
whatever reason, I started talking to him about what
it would be like if our kids were not saved, and how
that would feel to know that they were not going to
heaven. I couldn't imagine how that would
feel. I mean yea I know lots of people won't
go, millions, but when it's your kids, that must be
so painful. No matter what religion you are
you know? And so then I started talking to
James about how parenting has got to be the hardest
job ever. You never know for sure if how you
are raising your kids is right. You can never
be sure if what you say, do, etc...you just don't
know how it will affect your kids in the long run.
Will the punishment that you give have the correct
affect, will not talking to your kids about a
certain thing early be bad, or good? Are you
teaching them about morality well enough? What
if I try as hard as I can and still, my kids don't
lead the kind of life that they deserve? The
problem is that all a parent can do is "their best",
but you never know if that is enough. None of
us will really know until our kids are 20+ years old
and we see the person they have become. I just
wish that I could fast forward you know, and make
sure that everything that I am doing is really ok.
I have such great kids right now, Isaiah is so very
sweet, he is so caring, he listens, and behaves 90%
of the time. And Evelyn is already such a good
little girl. It is so scary to even think that
they might grow up to be ungrateful brats. I
just pray that we are raising our kids as good as
possible, I feel like we are, but sometimes I wonder
if I could be doing better, if I should be doing
things better. I am sure most of you have had
these same thoughts, and know what I mean.
Tiffany is having her last night in her house.
Tomorrow morning she goes to her mom and dads, and
then that night, or morning, at 3am she drives with
her family to Oregon. I have never been there,
but I hear it is beautiful. I also hear that
it is turning into the next California because
everyone is moving there and so the house prices are
going up. There and Idaho. I guess
a lot of people are moving there. Even a
friend of James' moved there I don't know what
is so exciting about Idaho. Sounds pretty
boring to me. Anyway, that is all for
now...later.
7.30.06
9:49pm
Hi
everyone. Yes, I know I didn't write last
night. This is because almost right when I was
going to the internet went out. I thought that
I had fixed it, but I was wrong and so I just
decided to forget it, just turned off the computer
and went upstairs. I figured it wouldn't hurt
to skip it one night. lol Yesterday
wasn't that great anyway. It felt like it
should have been Sunday, and today feels like it
should be Monday. I think this is all because
James didn't have a big work day Friday since his
computer wasn't working. So boring lately.
I feel like I am going nutty from it. It just
makes me feel tired all the time not having anything
to do. It feels so gross outside from all the
humidity that I don't want to even go outside.
Which of course means that I don't want to take the
kids outside to go anywhere. Every time that I
even step outside I feel like I am breathing
different air. It's not horrible, but still, I
would rather not be out there. Tuesday it is
supposed to be 96 degrees. UGH. Can you
say "air conditioner?" Anyway, I am really
into this movie right now that I am watching...Happy
Endings. It is excellent. I am really
into it. So I will write more tomorrow.
Sorry, but I can't even think straight because I
really want to see this. Bye.
7.28.06
10:07pm
Hello.
I am watching my soap opera right now and wow is the
story line stupid. This story line in
particular is dumb. This guys past is coming
out and he is saying that his mom was in a
concentration camp back when all the Nazi stuff was
going on. He shows a picture of his mom (he
says a current picture) to his daughter. There
is no way that the woman in the picture could be
more than 60 years old, and the way that he
described her, during that time she was a "well
educated" woman. So...it seems to me that it
would be impossible for her to look that age.
She should be at least 80+ years old right?
That's what it seems like to me. I could be
wrong, but that's how I figure it. I can't
stand this stuff. These shows are so dumb.
Why do I watch this junk? I know why, because
I am loving the story with Nick and Phyllis.
AGH. Stupid.
Although none of you care about this stuff, so I
don't know why I am telling you all.
Today felt so mucky outside. The temperature
isn't that high, but when you step outside the
wetness in the air can really be felt. It was
another one of those inside days where I had no idea
what to do. I felt bored. I felt like I
was doing the kids a disservice by not taking them
out to do something. Around 7pm when it felt
cooler I did take them outside, and Evelyn had a
blast. She loves being out there. She
can climb her slide now too and sit down on it the
right way. It is really exciting. I
expect her to do most things quickly, she just seems
so smart.
I read an article today that I found to be crazy.
Here is the link.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/28/national/main1844454.shtml
This article, incase you didn't click on it
first...is about a picture on the cover of a free
magazine that is all about Mommy's and Babies.
It is of a baby breast feeding. All that you
see on the picture is the babies face, and the
breast. Over 700 people wrote in complaining
about the cover shot. One lady said it was
"gross" to show this. Multiple people wrote in
saying that they were shocked to see a breast on the
cover. Hello!!! It's a baby
magazine...and all you see on the picture is
skin...and the baby. You can't even tell that
the baby is eating, so if it weren't for the caption
letting you know what the topic is about, that
"skin" could be any body part.
What has happened to the world when something so
natural as feeding your baby like God intended
became so unacceptable? The picture is not at
all obscene, it is not offensive, and I can't help
but wonder why these people would see it as such.
Now, I will admit that I am squeamish when it comes
to women who breast feed in front of me. I
deal with it ok, but even if they are covered up I
still feel uncomfortable. But I would never,
ever, make another woman who is feeding her
child feel uncomfortable about it because of me.
I would just leave. It is every woman's right
to feed her child in whatever way she sees fit, be
it breast feeding, or formula, whatever. And
to get upset about seeing this on the cover of a
BABY magazine, a magazine that frequently teaches
how to breast feed, is just dumb. What do you
expect? The world has gone nuts.
Anyway, that is all for me I guess. Nothing else
to report. Tomorrow is my nephews birthday, so
I need to remember to call him. I will email
him too. Just to make sure. Talk to you
all later. Have a great weekend.
7.27.06
11:30pm
Ok,
today I am going to do something different. I
made a quiz and am posting it on a few of my blog
websites...lets see how well you all know me.
lol
http://www.quizyourfriends.com/quizpage.php?quizname=060727232702-836670&
Just copy and paste this link into your address bar,
or simply click on it, and when you get to the
page, just click on the "Take The Quiz" button.
All you have to do after that is enter your name and
email so they can send you the results later for you
to look at again. It's fun, and quick, and who
know...you might end up wanting to make your own
quiz. This is actually my third one. lol
I know I am a dork. But me and my friends are
enjoying it right now...seeing how well we all know
each other. I scored badly on Lorendas.
Anyway, check it out. Bye.
7.26.06
9:19pm
Today
was a fun day. I decided to go with Isaiah
while my mom watched Evelyn to go to the pet store.
First of all, it is so hard to go in that store
because all you end up wanting to do is take all the
puppies home. There are so many and they are
all so very cute. It breaks my heart to not
bring at least one home. But alas, I can't.
So, we went and looked at fish, while looking at
fish I noticed an area that had a bunch of little
turtles. They were so cute and they were only
$14.99 each for the green ones. So, I asked
the guy working there about them...we started going
through everything that I would actually "need" to
have, versus what is good to have. In the end
the total cost was going to be almost $80.00.
The tank, the rocks, the floating rock for them to
sit on, the light for UV ray light, the light bulb,
the food, and then the drops for the water so it
won't have all the junk that tap water has.
So, in the end it was $77.38. I knew that I
shouldn't do it, I knew that I was only supposed to
go for FISH. James was not going to be happy,
he would NOT want me to buy all this. I stood
there and I contemplated for like 10 minutes, trying
to decide if I could actually get a way with it.
In the end I rationalized it with the fact that
turtles are going to live a lot longer than fish,
and that possibly, I would be saving money.
Although that is assuming that these turtles live
for like 20+ years. lol So I bring all
this home, and the first thing James says when he
sees me coming in with all that stuff is, "How much
did all that cost?" I didn't want to tell him.
But, I did of course, and I was very impressed with
how well he took it all. He wished I hadn't,
but he was ok with it. Thank God. Then
later, my mom went and bought him another turtle!
So now he has two in there along with some minnow
fish that the turtles will sometimes eat. I
was a little bit worried about the light being on in
his room at night, so I called the store to ask if
the light was a nescesity to have on all the time.
I guess the light and the light bulb used is mainly
for the turtles to get the right amount of UV Ray
lights. So I can turn it off, but I do need to
get a thermometer later to make sure the water stays
between 75 and 80 degrees. I will do that
before winter comes. Anyway...besides that, I
just want to request that you all say a prayer for
Tiffany, she is going through some stuff right now
and could really use your prayers. But that's
it for me...ttyl, bye.
7.25.06
10:35pm
Once
again I am sitting down to write this while watching
a movie. Tonight it is Jarhead. We have
been wanting to see this one for a very long time.
So far it is very good, but there is lots of
cussing, so if your not into that then you shouldn't
see it. This movie is about the Marine
Core...and a guy who during the time the movie is
set becomes a sniper, and is then sent to Kuwait (I
think) for Desert Storm. I really like
it so far. My day was so full. Very
busy. I took Isaiah and Evelyn to the library
and we were there for a while...then after that,
sometime after dinner, we went over to Tammy's house
and we were there for a couple hours, then...when
her kids were supposed to go to bed, we left and
went to the park and hung out there until 9pm.
Evelyn was so tired. Isaiah too. We had
a good time. We ended up talking to people and
this one guy whose house's backyard faces the park
was there with his kids...evidently they own 2
snakes, and they brought the smaller one out.
It was really cool, and Isaiah loved it. James
ended up coming over to the park after he got off
work, and when he saw the snake he decided to stay
about 10 feet away. James is scared of snakes.
I suppose it comes from living in the country, and
having so many snakes around. James said that
his brother Gus used to have a King Snake as a pet,
and it got loose one time in the house. It was
missing for about a week, and James was terrified.
I don't blame him. Another time his brothers
even caught a rattlesnake. I won't say what
they did to it. Either way they let me hold it
and Isaiah got to pet it. I have
always wanted a snake, but James won't let that
happen. I am still thinking about getting
Isaiah some fish. I really think that he would
like that. Wow this movie is intense.
The sad thing is that the stuff in this movie
probably happens. Anyway...so that is all.
I know...I know...I wish I had more to write about.
But that is how it goes you know. It was a
great day...and that is that. Now, if it had
been a horrible bad day, then I would have more to
say. Anyway...till tomorrow. Bye.
7.24.06
10:47pm
A bit
of a rollercoaster day. First of all, this
morning at almost 9am Stephanie called to invite us
to this place called Pump It Up. It's kind of
like SomePlace Fun in Galt. It turned out to
not be as good though. They didn't have as
much stuff and they are only open to the public for
two hours two days a week. The rest of the
time they are only open to people and companies who
want to have parties. The must do pretty good
though with that because evidently they are a very
busy place. I think that they need to be open
more often though for us regular folks, and that
they should get more stuff too. They really
didn't have enough there. And...they didn't
allow food or drinks inside the play area. Oh
well, it's better than nothing. lol
After that though we came home and after a little
while we went outside. It was actually
Evelyn's idea, she wanted to. Once we were out
there Evelyn decided she wanted to go swimming and
so we did that. I stuck her in there all
naked, and Isaiah and her had a great time.
Wore them both out really good and I was able to put
them both down for a nap. I was so glad
because all of that activity really got me tired.
I wanted to take a nap too, but opted instead to
email some people that I haven't talked to in a
while.
I try really hard, especially now that we have moved,
to keep in contact with people still. Moving
away really lets you know who really cares about
you. If they really do love you, they will try
to talk to you at least once a month. It's
that thought that always drives me to email people,
call people, or write a letter the old fashioned
way. I don't want people to think that I have
forgotten them, or to think that I don't care.
I always try to send out birthday cards, and if I
don't then I will email or call. If that
doesn't happen it's not because I didn't know about
your birthday, it's just because I never got a
around to doing the card. Either way, it is
important to me that people know I am thinking about
them. Anyway though, so I don't have much to
report today. I can only hope that my day is
more exciting tomorrow. Maybe someone will
insult me and I can get mad and tell you all about
it. lol Bye.
7.23.06
10:30pm
Things I Have Learned By
Watching The Godfather 1 & 2
1.) You can get shot 5
times and survive
2.) Sometimes you have to go to war
3.) Family can betray you
4.) And so can friends
5.) Drugs are bad business
6.) Gambling is good business
7.) Do NOT insult The Godfather
8.) Don't marry an American white girl, you
can't trust them!
9.) Family is the most important thing
10.) Business is business, it's not personal
11.) It's all about respect
12.) Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
Ok, now all of these things are in deed what you
might learn from watching these movies. And
most of them are very true. A couple I
wouldn't agree with, but either way, what a great
set of movies. I can see why so many guys love
it and quote it so often. We don't have the
third one on our Netflix list yet, but I think we
will be adding it soon. I am always amazed at
how different people can look. Al Pacino and
Robert DeNiro are in this one. They look so
young! I didn't even recognize Robert DeNiro.
It got me thinking, is it depressing when you are
much older, like 70+ years...to look back and see
how young you were? When you are 70+ years, do
you feel that age, or do you still feel young, do
you still feel like your young self? Or does
something happen as you age? Does you mind,
does the way you feel about yourself change as you
grow older? Is your perception of yourself
set, or do you adjust with your age? I don't
know, I guess it was just one of those random
thoughts.
Anyway, so now that the crime world is done for now, I
can talk about my day. It was quite a boring
day, which was great. We had a very relaxing,
boring day. There was no church because Nino
and a lot of the main church members are gone on a
mission trip in China. They won't be returning
until next Tuesday. So that will be 2 Sundays
off. I have been trying to read my Bible more
so I don't feel like I am missing anything. I
was reading in Luke, I know everyone says that John
is the best one out of the 4 gospels, but I really
prefer Luke.
Isaiah was super cranky today. Well, it was mainly
after 5pm. He was napping on the couch and
Evelyn was nice enough to wake him up. I think
it really bothered him, Isaiah doesn't wake up well
from naps usually. He was just being a pain in
the butt though and so I was glad when he went to
bed. My mom and dad went to the movie theatre
tonight (the dollar theatre) and watched X-Men 3.
I forgot to tell them that there is an extra scene
at the end of the credits. I love when movies
do that. I like when there are secret extra
things in movies, or music cds. Like an extra
song that you have to wait for...usually it's just
that the cd keeps playing after the last song is
over, and then like 3 minutes later a secret song
comes on. Anyway, that is about all, like I
said, it was a very boring and relaxing day.
Nothing new to report. But I did enjoy the
movie, and now that I am fully educated on Godfather
etiquette, I can stop hearing the gasps of shock
when some guy finds out that I haven't seen it.
Tiffany still hasn't seen ANY of the Star Wars
movies...I do find that shocking. *GASP*
lol Anyway, ttyl. Bye.
P.S. I am so sick of that Star Bucks
commercial where everyone is singing and dancing.
7.22.06
9:48pm
I find
it funny that a day after I watch The Godfather, I
end up watching another movie on TV that has a bunch
of quotes from The Godfather. When I had
watched this movie before, and that scene(s)
came up, I never understood why the quotes were good
or what they meant...but this time I did and I
couldn't help but laugh. It is so nice to feel
included in the joke, even if it is just from a
movie. lol The movie I was watching
before that was A Walk To Remember. I love
that movie. It is great, and I always cry at
least once. But I realized that even though
whenever I see it on I watch it, I don't own it.
Here I have seen this movie at least 10 times or
more yet I don't have it in my collection. I
am shocked at myself. I fully plan on getting
it now. Unless of course someone out there
already has it an wants to burn me a copy and mail
it to me. That would be great too. :-)
I did good on my diet yesterday, but not so good today.
The worst part is that once you know you have
royally screwed up your diet for the day, you can't
help but feel depressed about it and then say to
yourself that you might as well just eat whatever
you want then since you already did badly.
That is how I am feeling right now. I feel
like since I already ate too much I might as well
just go and have that Ice-Cream Sandwich that is in
the freezer. I love those, they are so good.
I am trying really hard though to not go do it.
Maybe I will ask James if he wants to play a
card/board game with me instead. I need
something that will keep me busy and not let me go
randomly looking in the refrigerator. Have you
noticed that? Do you ever just go look in the
fridge for no apparent reason at all? I do it
all the time when I am bored. I will just get
up, open it up, look for anything that I might like,
then close it again. I will do the same thing
to the pantry. Even worse is that even though
the contents of the fridge have not and will not
change, I will get up and look several times during
the day. Just sad.
From what I understand it is very hot today in CA.
To be exact, the temperature is 112 degrees in Galt.
Wow, I am glad that I am not there. It has
been a nice 80 degrees today here with a very nice
cool breeze. I am loving it. Of course
this kind of weather does put a damper on the
ability to go swimming, but I don't really need to
go swimming anyway. Especially since there is
so much to do here. Although you wouldn't know
it by the day we had today. We were so lazy.
Or I should say everyone but me was very lazy.
Naps for everyone...watching TV and playing games.
The most exciting thing that happened was when I let
Isaiah play with the hose and he sprayed it into our
dining room through the window. He must have
been spraying it for a while because it was very wet
on my carpet, and the table, and the chairs. I
was fortunate enough though to remember that I could
get it up by using the carpet shampooer.
Thankfully all ended well and the carpet is ok.
Actually, the carpet looks much cleaner. lol
Well, I think that is about all for me. I can't
think of much else. Not to mention that all of
a sudden, out of no where, I am now feeling odd.
I feel like something is "off". I can't
explain it. I am not sad, but not really
happy. It's like in the span of 1 minute my
mood changed. Hopefully doing something with
James will bring my spirits back up. Or maybe
a good night kiss from Isaiah will do the trick.
TTYL Bye.
7.21.06
10:44pm
Ok. So
I am sitting down to type this out and we are also
going to be finishing The Godfather. Now, as
many of you may know, he (The Godfather) did not
die, but lets be honest, he should have. I
mean the man was shot like 5 times , several in the
back...only in the movies can you survive that.
Or, in soap operas too I suppose. I can not
even tell you how many people on my soaps have died,
some of them we even saw die, yet the writers find
some way to make them come back. It is
crazy, and completely stupid. The one thing I
hate the most though about TV shows in how
unrealistic they are in regards to prison/jail.
Someone will go to prison, and that same day the
family will go to visit them, WITH THE KIDS!!!
First of all children can not just go visit someone
on prison right away like that. They have to
fill out paper work and if they are over a certain
age they have to get a state ID. Bugs the heck
out of me. Another one I can't stand is when
they show people who are in trouble, being
blackmailed or something, and instead of just coming
clean and admitting what they have done so they
can't be blackmailed anymore, they continue to pay
the people money, and then get more mad about
it...when it's there fault! Drives me nuts.
People in general bug me though. lol
Today I took Isaiah and Evelyn to the Ypsilanti
District Library. To be honest I have only
taken Isaiah to the library less than a handful of
times. Once for a story time thing in Lodi,
and Isaiah wasn't interested...and another time just
to see if he would have fun, but he didn't. So
I never took him again...although I must admit that
the Lodi Library is not a good one. It is old
and needs to be redone. Now the library here
is awesome. Brand new and 2 stories high, with
fireplaces even!! Lots of comfy chairs, huge
children's area, and beautiful to be honest.
Isaiah and Evelyn had a great time. At first
the played in the "play area" where they have
learning toys and such....then Isaiah had a great
time just "reading" books. Now, of course he doesn't
really read, but he likes to pretend he does, and he
just kept getting more books and sitting down to
read them. He didn't want to leave, but Evelyn
really needed her nap, she was getting very cranky.
So I was thinking that I or James would take him
again tomorrow. He'll like that.
Speaking of James, he is looking like he has lost
weight. I was just sitting here noticing it.
His tummy isn't sticking out as far as it once was.
I wonder if he has been trying to lose weight with
out me knowing it?? He did stop drinking
Mountain Dew though, which in itself is a big deal.
I mean he was having 3-4 a day, and that is a lot of
calories. So I wouldn't be surprised if that
has helped him to lose weight. Now, if only I
could get over my candy/snacking addiction, I would
be much better off too. I started my diet
again today. I don't know if I will stick to
it or not. I have been having a really hard
time motivating myself and in some ways feeling good
about myself in regards to my weight. It's all
my own fault, I don't blame anyone else. I am
not one of those people who tries to blame others,
or other things for my own weight problems.
One thing I am motivated to do though is make sure
my kids do not share in my problem. When they
are older I can not make choices for them, but until
then I will do my best to make sure that they are
healthy and in shape. Anyway, that is all for
now. I am going to hang out with James.
The Godfather is over and I really liked it.
I was impressed that Robert Duvall was in it.
I thought that guy looked familiar. Well, till
tomorrow. Bye.
7.20.06
12:40am
Even
though it is very late I am going to try to write
this out still. I am watching the movie The
Godfather, which I don't plan on finishing tonight
since it is an incredibly long movie, but we will
get as far as possible. So far I like it, but
I am having such a hard time understanding what
Marlon Brando's character is even saying. The
way he talks makes it so hard. OMGoodness, he
just died!!! I think so at least. He was
shot all up, I thought he was the main character for
these movies...what is that about??
Anyway, so today was a good day. And I am so
happy that tomorrow is Friday. Isaiah had a
good day at school. It was his last day you
know, and also another little girls, so they had
cake for the kids. Very nice. I don't
care though, as long as no one else bites my kid.
lol After he came home though and I hung out
here for a bit I took Isaiah, Evelyn, and Tammy's
oldest daughter Emma to the store to buy groceries.
I ended up not spending a lot of money because I
only had to buy one meat product. I was able
to get the kids some candy and let them ride the
little coin rides they have there.
I talked to Tiffany today. She has been packing
up stuff, and looking for a place to live. I
guess there is someone that Eric's future boss knows
who has a house for sale, but is willing to do a
rent-to-own thing for them if they want it.
It's only a two bedroom place, but something is
better than nothing. I am really excited for
her, this is going to be a huge change for her, and
just like for me, it will be a huge adventure.
I wish that I could be there to share it with her,
just like I want to share this place with her.
Speaking of moving....Pastor Rob briefly asked me today
about how we like our new church. I wrote to
him about it and told a few things. I guess he
is trying to figure out what people my age are
looking for in a church. Well, that is a big
question. I know what I look for in a church.
I look for a good pastor, who keeps my attention.
But not just in regards to a good message, I want
one who interacts with the congregation, someone who
talks to the people, has fun and tells about his
life. I want a good mixture of new and old
music...but not too much music either. 4 to 5
songs is all I need. Otherwise I get tired of
standing there and I just want it to end. I
don't like it when I feel like I can't be
myself. I want to be somewhere that I can feel
comfortable, be myself as much as possible...which
can be hard sometimes. Often when I am in
church, I feel like I have to hold certain parts of
myself back...which I guess for me might be a good
thing. lol Luckily even if I think people
might not like ever part of my personality, I know
that God does. What a blessing huh?
Anyway, it is almost 2am now, and this movie is still
on. For goodness sakes how long does this
thing last? I am thinking that I will have to
finish it another day. I was so tired today,
and yet I never seem to get to bed at a decent hour.
Just sad huh? Well, like I said, that's all
for now. Talk to you all later. Bye.
7.19.06
12:05am
Well
it appears to be official, Tiffany is moving to
Oregon in less than two weeks. How
exciting/terrifying. I was trying to put ideas
in her head about moving here, but to no avail.
lol Oh well, I was mainly doing it just for
fun anyway. Sadly I don't expect any one to
follow our lead and move up here. Even though
it is beautiful place. I am constantly amazed
at how cheap the houses are here too. And they
are nice. Even the older ones. I was
thinking that it would be cool to maybe buy another
house here someday and then rent it. Maybe
make some money off it too while paying it off.
I know someone here who does that. I think it
would be good.
If anyone is interested though in moving up here our
next door neighbors are selling their house.
They currently own another property that they want
to build on, so they need to sell this one.
It's really nice, only 4 years old, and is currently
only going for $224,000. Pretty good
really, it's a beautiful house too. The older
houses in our town though are as low as $106,000.
Crazy huh? I am telling you people, the
housing market is dropping big time. And it's
not gonna get better for a while. I am so glad
we sold our house when we did. Otherwise we
would have had to lower the price a whole lot.
This morning I was complaining to James about how he
didn't come to bed last night when he said he would.
Now tonight he is upstairs and here I sit. I
would have had all this done sooner, but I was at
Tammy's watching a movie with her. So I didn't
get started early like normal. Hopefully that
will get fixed tomorrow. So I am gonna go for
now, join James and fall asleep in the comfort of
our nice warm bed. Have a great night
everyone. Bye.
7.18.06
8:08pm
Why
didn't I write last night? That's the question
of the day...but let me start with the beginning of
yesterday first, because after all, a lot happened.
Isaiah, my Dad, and I all went to pick up James at
the airport at 10:30am. We ended up parking
and going to meet him when he came off the airplane
because he said that by the time we got there he
might still be awhile, since his carry on luggage
ended up being way towards the back of the plane and
he would have to wait till everyone else got off the
plane to get to it. So we go in there and
eventually figure out where we need to be.
James comes into view and we are all so very happy
to see him. Isaiah ran up and hugged him, it
was great. He was so tired though and very
hungry. Not to mention the fact that it
had been a very long time since he showered
considering that he flew over night, so he really
wanted a shower. So after getting home and
cleaning up he relaxed for a little while but then
had to get back to work. So things quickly got
back to normal. The whole day was fine...put
the kids to bed that night, had the house cleaned up
and ready to be closed down for the night.
James and I went upstairs to the office where I was
going to start checking out all the pictures that he
took (some awesome ones too) and uploading
them onto various web pages. I had the window
open too because it was hot and there was a nice
breeze outside. Well, that nice breeze didn't
stay very nice for very long. All of a sudden,
and I mean all of a sudden, the wind picked up in a
big way. You could hear it pounding against
everything, I can not even say how intense it was.
I decided to look outside and see what everything
was looking like, and I noticed some of Isaiah's
toys getting blown away. I told James about it
and then ran outside to go get them. I had to
chase the ball down, and then run into our neighbors
yard to get his swimming pool floaters. James
came outside after that and we started watching the
light show that was going on. Majorly big
lightening show outside. As in cracking very
loud and lighting up everything. The thunder
was equally intense. Next thing we know
though, the electricity goes out in our whole
neighborhood. So, everything that I had
written in my journal was gone....we had no lights,
and even worse no candles, no flash lights.
What is wrong with us huh? Luckily my dad had
two flash lights and so we used that. We
couldn't go to bed yet though, because at 1am James
had to go pick up Jeff and Jenn at the airport.
So I stayed up with him until then and went to bed.
I didn't think that there was anything to worry
about. I mean the electricity rarely stays off
for more than 4+ hours in CA, so I figured we would
wake up in the morning with it on.
I was wrong.
It was still off and I was a little worried now.
First of all about all the food in the fridge,
second because we were supposed to take Isaiah to
school and I didn't know if they had electricity or
not. When I felt it wasn't to early I called
over there and sure enough they had power. So,
I got Isaiah ready for school figuring that he could
at least be somewhere that had lights on. When
I dropped him off I stayed for a bit, just for fun.
There was a little girl who decided to go sit next
to Isaiah and she wanted to play with the toys he
had. Isaiah told her no numerous times.
At one point I looked away, and then heard him
scream. I assumed since she had the toys in
her hand that he was mad that she took them....but
no....SHE HAD BITTEN MY SONS ARM!!! Hard!
I was so mad. I went over to him and tried to
comfort him while they took the little girl into
another room. I asked about the girl...turns
out that she does do that semi often, and that the
parents have been unsuccessful at getting her to
stop. Now, I am going to be honest, my first
reaction was to smack that little girl. Of
course I would never do that, I am just saying that
it was my first reaction. I mean that girl
left marks in my sons arm. If I see that
little girls parent before Isaiah's last day there I
am going to give her a piece of my mind. If
your kid bites, they should not be allowed in that
kind of environment. I have a friend whose
daughter used to bite and she was unable to get that
child to stop, so she did what I thought was totally
acceptable, she bit her kid back. Not
incredibly hard, but hard enough to hurt, and let me
tell you her kid stopped biting. I
am not saying everyone should do that, I am just
saying that my friend knew she had to put a stop to
it, and she did.
So...came home got out of the car. Our neighbor
Jeremy sees me and I say hi, he asks how I am doing,
I say pretty good, and he says, "Yea considering
huh?" I assume he simply means the no power
thing. Well, turns out it was more than that.
It didn't occur to any of us that the old sump pump
and new one both run on electricity, and that since
last night they had not been working. Jeremy
has sort of the same problem and had come to ask
about ours to make sure everything was ok. He
was using a generator to have his going. When
my mom and dad checked them both they were about 2
inch's from the top. That's all we needed was
another flood in the basement. Jeremy let us
plus into his generator so we could let the pump
bring things down...and then James and my mom went
to her job to buy our own generator since she gets a
discount from her job. So, that was now out of
the way. Of course there was still the problem
of James not being able to work since no power meant
no internet, and then me keeping the kids busy with
no power too. Isaiah came back from school and
James then headed off to this coffee house called
Primo Coffee, they provide free wireless internet.
Whew. Finally, around 3:30pm, while I was keeping
busy by cleaning the bathroom, the power came on.
I was so happy. But then I started hearing
this odd noise, like a large hose shooting on and
turning off. It kept happening though over and
over again. I couldn't figure out what it was.
Then I went upstairs...and found out. You see
James had given Evelyn a bath, and he left the water
in. Well, Evelyn must have pushed the button
that turns on the jets and he of course didn't know
it. Two of the jets were still covered by
water, and so they were sucking the water in, but
the other one were not and so they were shooting the
water up and out of the bath all over the bathroom.
Water everywhere! AGH, it never ends.
Thank you Evelyn. One more thing to clean up.
Anyway, so now everything is going well...things are
calm...pizza for dinner, and a clean electrified
house. All is good in the house of Moore.
P.S. I added some new
pics to the side. Enjoy
7.16.06
10:51PM
Day Seven
Well
here we are, the home stretch. James will be
getting on a plane to head home in 4 hours.
Then, after a very long time in the air plus
layovers, he will be picked up by me and my dad and
maybe Isaiah too, at 10:30am. I am so excited
to see him. I guess you could say that I miss
just being around him, or maybe it's just having him
here. Tonight we talked over the webcam using
Skype and Isaiah and Evelyn got to see him.
Evelyn kept reaching out to the screen trying to
touch her daddy's face. Isaiah was having a
ball showing off since a lot of people where there.
James' parents, his brother Patrick, his wife Kari,
and their two kids. I got to see Kari's belly
too. She is pregnant and is due to have her
baby in August. I hate that I am not going to
be there to see him be born. I am going to
have another nephew...it's so exciting. We all
talked on there for a while and then I put Evelyn
back in her bed. She was very accommodating
considering that I had woken her up for it.
She went right back to bed afterward. What a
sweetie. I also can't wait till James gets
home because he has the camera. And I really
want to take some pictures/video of Evelyn pushing
around her new little mini stroller.
It's about 6-8 inch's shorter than her, and she
loves it. She push's that thing everywhere.
Puts her favorite stuffed animals in it and
everything. She is such a girly girl. I
also want to see all the pictures that Lorenda took
of the wedding. I will post some of them here
so you can see what James looks like in a tuxedo.
Gorgeous I am sure. Lorenda said he was.
I just talked to James on the phone. He is all
ready to go. When I asked him if he had taken
pictures of everyone that is there right now he said
no...but realized that he probably should be.
I was like, "Duh." You would think that would
be an obvious thing. The obvious thing over
here today was to beat the heat. From what I
understand the entire country is experiencing a heat
wave...which makes me wonder about the whole global
warming thing. (that's another topic for another day
though) It was 96 here today but the humidity
was very high, so I wanted the kids to enjoy the
swimming pool, but there was no way that I was just
going to sit there beside the pool making sure
Evelyn didn't fall down. So...I went and put
on my swimsuit too and got in that pool. Wow
did it feel nice. The pool is quite big
for a little kid pool. It has an 8 foot
diameter. So I was able to lay down in there
and play with the kids. Evelyn loved it, and
Isaiah enjoyed jumping on my back. He
simply refuses to try putting his face under the
water. He says that he will get hurt. No
matter how many times I demonstrated it for him...he
still said no. I guess he is just not ready
for that yet. Anyway, so that is all from
Michigan for today. I am gonna go. I
will tell you all about my first day WITH James
tomorrow. lol Bye.
7.15.06
10:51pm
Day Six:
Last night was bad. Around 3am I woke up with a
VERY bad stomach ache. Like very bad. I
didn't know what to do. I tried going to the
bathroom, getting a drink, laying different, nothing
helped, I was starting to feel nauseas. The
only thing I could think of was that I needed my
mom. I know, how silly is that huh? But
with James not here to help me I felt like I needed
someone. I went down stairs and used the
walkie talkie to call her. She was awake
already thank goodness because she couldn't sleep,
so she came right up and stayed with me. Got
me some medicine and was there incase I threw up.
It's so nice to have them living here with us.
Sometimes you just need your mom. Eventually I
started to feel better, and went to sleep.
When the kids woke up she let me sleep and she got
them. So very nice of her. I love my
mom.
So I felt better though when the morning came and
although I was a little bit slow going, I got myself
together and started the day. I have been
trying to make things extra fun for the kids since
James is gone. So I took them out to swim in
the pool, we played with play-doh, we colored, and
then of course the usual naps and meals.
I would say that I have been doing very good at not
having the TV on very much even. I am
especially enjoying not having to watch all of
James' dumb cartoons. Those things drive me
nuts, as you all well know. I am currently
also annoyed by the fact that I have 2 neighbors, or
you could say people who live close enough they
might as well be neighbors, that are having
parties/get togethers right now. It's 11:10pm.
Now...I don't mind having people over at night, but
for goodness sakes have them IN YOUR HOUSE!!!
Not outside talking. I don't care how good of
windows you have, you can still hear the people.
I don't want to hear them, I don't care about their
conversation. I want you all to go back in the
house where it is air conditioned!!!
I just heard someone ask, "Does any one know where
the big dipper is?" Why do I need to hear
this? Bunch of annoying people.
I know, what doesn't annoy me though huh? If I
could write a list it would be very short...I think
every thing has the possibility of bothering me at
some point. For instance, I am very curious
about how the wedding is going back in CA and want
to talk to either James or Lorenda to find out...but
when I tried calling their phones both went to voice
mail...so, I guess I will have to wait. I
really want to know how everyone reacted to his
speech. It was touching, but very funny.
At the end of his speech he planned on giving them
both little gifts, although I can't say what he was
giving Jenn, I can say that he bought ear
plugs for Jeff, for when Jenn is "nagging" him.
I thought that was funny.
Turns out that Jeff had a surprise for us at the
wedding too, but since I didn't go he couldn't do
it. He was going to dedicate a dance just for
us, playing our song for us to be on the dance floor
dancing to. I thought that was so very sweet.
We haven't danced to our song in years. It is
by U2 entitled "All I Want" I love that song.
Well, that is all for now...I guess I'll go.
Talk to you all later, Bye.
7.14.06
12:21am
Day Five:
Well, it's late, so I am not going to write much.
But I did want to say Happy Birthday to Pastor Rob.
In his blog he says that he needs a new hair cut.
Well, I think that if he just buzzed it off, maybe
left half an inch on it...that it would look great.
My dad does that, although his shorter than half an
inch, and it looks great. Makes him look
younger and more handsome. Just a thought.
Bye.
7.13.06
11:22pm
Day Four:
I just put Isaiah to bed. I know it's very late,
but he had a 3 hour nap that didn't end till 7pm.
So I let him stay up late to work out all that new
energy. I still had to convince him to go to
bed. I think he was just too wide awake.
Today was good. After bringing Isaiah home
from school he played his video games for an hour,
and then we went outside to fill up his pool and got
him and Evelyn in their swimsuits. Our next
door neighbor Yolanda already had there's up though
and Isaiah wanted to play there. So we went to
the front of there house because that's where they
had the pool. It was fun. Evelyn played
a lot and for some reason got very attached to the
bikes. She would get very dramatic when some
one else would take one a way. Isaiah though
seemed to be really enjoying the floaters they had
in the pool. So later this evening we went to
Wal-Mart to buy a couple. They were less than
two dollars, so I didn't mind. And I also
bought one of those pool nets to get all the grass
and bugs out, I hate that I have to always empty the
pool out to clean it. So I was at Yolanda's
for a while, and that was fun I got to know her a
lot better. Lots of talk about parenting and
stuff. Isaiah finally got tired of being
outside after about an hour and wanted to go inside,
so that's what we did. Evelyn needed a nap
anyway by then. I put sun screen on her, but
she still got a tan, I think my kids are just
destined to be tanned.
James went to get fitted for his Tux. Lorenda
took him and she said he looked very handsome.
I told her she HAS to take lots of pictures for me.
I want to see everything. Maybe she can even
take some video of James giving his speech.
That would be cool, I could post it. Everyone
would like it, I have read it and it is great.
Tiffany is getting ready to move to Oregon.
They have to be out of their rental by Aug 1st.
Eric got a job up there and her in-laws will be
helping them find a place. She is going
through lots of the same emotions that I went
through I think. Anxiety, fear, excitement,
stress, worry, and being sad to leave people behind.
I know that she wants to spend time with lots of
family and friends, but she just can't. There
is no time. She has so much to get done.
It's going to be very scary for her, so if your
willing, say a prayer for her...she could use it.
Anyway, it's late here. And I have been having
this odd pain in my leg right behind my knee that is
continually bothering me. I can't really say
it hurts, but it is this tension like
pain...strange. I don't know what is causing
it. I took some pain meds, but they aren't
helping. Oh, and tomorrow is Friday....that
means just the weekend left and James comes home.
I can't wait. Talk to you all later, Bye.
7.12.06
10:26pm
Day Three:
Well, I started to feel it a little more today.
Not because the kids were bad, they are still being
awesome, but because I am so tired. By 4pm I
was just exhausted. I am not used to doing it
all myself all day...and getting up every day at 6am
with the baby. We always take turns.
Tomorrow I have to take Isaiah to school, so at
least I will get to nap at some point then when
Evelyn does. That's good. But like I
said I am just feeling tired. I cleaned up
really good again today and played with the kids.
Stephanie and I even went to the mall to hang out
and let the kids play at the play structure they
have there. I got Isaiah's hair cut too, I
couldn't stand it anymore. Was driving me
nuts. OH. And James informed me that he
is NOT getting his hair cut for the wedding!!
I am so annoyed. He says that ever since he
arrived people have been complimenting him on it.
I asked who they were, so I can send them mean
letters. lol I really wanted it cut.
So disappointed.
Anyway, so besides being tired I am good. Sitting
here typing this and chatting with Tiffany.
Somehow we just got started on religion. This
always ends up being a long discussion. I have
actually decided to not discuss it all with Kevin
anymore. I haven't told him that though....so
now he knows. lol It is just
too frustrating is why. He drives me insane.
And he knows it, and does it on purpose. I
just do not have the patience for it anymore.
Sorry Kevin. I still love you though, and you
know it. :-)
Anyway, so that is all for now. I will end
this so I can just type to Tiffany. I will
have more to say tomorrow. Bye.
7.11.06
9:57pm
Day Two:
Well, I am starting to think that having James gone is
much more productive. I get a lot more done.
The house is so much cleaner, and the kids have been
really good. Isaiah was wore out today,
school, playing at Nino and Tammy's, then playing at
our other neighbors in their yard. At 8:30pm
he was sitting on the couch watching cartoons and I
could see him starting to close his eyes and lean.
I went over to him and picked him up...carried him
to his room, and he has been there ever since.
Poor little guy. Evelyn started getting tired
and cranky around 7:30pm, so it was off to bed with
her too. When I took Isaiah to school today I
gave two weeks notice. His last day there will
be July 20th. I was a little sad/nervous about
telling them he would be leaving, but all the lady
in charge asked was if we were moving, and I
explained that Isaiah would be attending a 4 day a
week speech therapy program in September, and that I
wanted to give him a small summer break. So I
am happy because this will save us $192.00 a month
now. That's never a bad thing.
I was able to do some more painting in Evelyn's room
today. I started the flowers that James had
drawn. It is coming along great. James
said that he will probably draw the super hero's on
Isaiah's wall, and I will just paint them in.
Works for me, the less I have to do the better.
lol
Now, I wanted to also tell you about something strange
(or that I consider strange) that I have noticed
here in Michigan. A lot of the parents have
their kids call other adults Ms. _______ or
Mr.__________. Now, I have can understand it
in a school, but I will be honest here, when the
neighbor hood kids call me Ms. Eva (And let's be
honest, it's should be Mrs. not Ms. ) it
makes me feel odd. I don't know why, but I
just don't like it. And don't get me wrong,
not everyone does it, but a whole lot do.
I don't get it. I mean I can understand
wanting your kids to show respect for their elders,
but to me it just sounds odd. I would actually
prefer it if they instead said Mrs. Moore. At
least that sounds right, but Ms. Eva, just sounds
wrong. I can not recall ever hearing kids say
that in CA. Am I wrong on that? I just
can't recall hearing that before. Maybe it's
just a Michigan thing....like how they call soda,
Pop. That seems silly also. I mean the
official name is Soda Pop, so it makes sense that if
you are going to shorten it, you should use the
first part, but why they would they only use the
last part? Makes no sense. I have made a
vow to myself that I will not call it Pop. I
am determined to keep that part of CA with me.
lol I know, I am a dork. But I have to
complain about something right? :-) Anyway,
that is all for me. I think that I am gonna go
get in bed early again. Yeah Me!!! lol
Talk to you all later. Bye.
7.10.06
10:23pm
Day One:
Well, my first day with out James went surprisingly
well. Before we moved here, James only worked
from home 3 days a week. I had a routine down
when it came to cleaning and part of that routine
was ignoring him the whole day so that way I could
get things done. And I don't know if you
remember me telling you before, but that house was
ALWAYS clean. 98% of the time.
Ever since moving here though having James sitting
in the living room really throws me off. I
always go sit with him during my spare time, or chat
a little...when I could be getting stuff done.
Today was like I was back in my old form. I
had this house looking pretty dang good all day.
I played with the kids more than usual, trying to
make up for the time James would usually play, and I
had this whole house cleaned before Isaiah went to
bed. I am awesome! (I just chocked on my
soda) The only bad thing that happened today
was that at one point this morning Evelyn fell flat
on her face, literally, and when I picked her up her
whole mouth was full of blood. I was worried
it was her teeth, but it turns out that she just bit
her lip kind of bad and that was bleeding
everywhere. Of course it took a while to
figure that out, since she wouldn't let us touch her
at all.
While driving James to the airport this morning there
was massive lightening strikes and thunder...and I
said, "I hope your plane is going to be ok."
James just gave me that don't be silly look.
So I had wanted to drop him off in front but at
least get out and give him a hug good bye right, but
a bunch of other cars were all in the way, so I
couldn't park in the right sort of spot for that.
I had to do a car hug and kiss. As I drove off
I started thinking about what would happen if the
plane did crash. (One just did in Russia you
know killing over 120 people) I pictured
hearing about it on the news, I pictured having to
call people, telling Isaiah...and so during all this
I am starting to get a little teary eyed. Then, it
starts pouring down buckets of rain. Just
pouring down on my car while I am on the free way.
I couldn't see anything, especially not when I got
off the freeway. I decided to just stay right
behind the guy in front of me that was gong my way,
and I hoped he wasn't some crazy early morning
drunk. lol Anyway though, that was
my day. I have to email one person tonight and
then it's off to bed for me. Talk to you later
Bye.
7.9.06
11:35pm
Well,
I have to be up in like 4 hours to get ready to take
James to the airport, so I am gonna skip this
tonight, and tell you all about my chaotic day alone
tomorrow. Bye.
7.8.06
12:36am
Well, I had about 2 good sized paragraphs written out,
and then something happened to my computer, I don't
know what, it was on, but the screen was black and
nothing would happen...so I had to turn it off and
restart, and all that I wrote down is gone. So
annoying. And I feel sick to my tummy. I
am hungry...Isaiah and I just went through a big
emotional moment because he woke up all freaked out,
and scared me saying he was in a bunch of
pain...crying for what seemed like forever, I was
crying because I felt like something could really be
wrong and we should take him to the ER, but we have
no health insurance, ect ect....eventually, James
got him to be ok, and he was fine, nothing was
wrong...it was all an act. I don't know why,
maybe he had a bad dream and he just thought that he
did have an owie, or maybe he just had a bad dream
and didn't know how else to handle it, or hey, maybe
my 4 year old is just a liar. lol Either
was I was terrified, and told Isaiah to NEVER, do
that again unless he is really sick, and now I am up
here annoyed by having come back to find my computer
frozen and it's almost 1am. Being a parent is
very stressful, and not having health insurance is
almost as stressful as that. Especially when
you have babies falling down stairs, and little boys
freaking out about non-existent pain. I'm
going to bed now. Bye.
7.7.06
12:09am
Ok,
today started off bad (I'll tell about that in a
minute) but ended really well. We just got
home about 20 minutes ago because we were out
watching the new movie Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest. Wow it was good. They
didn't try to over do it like so many movies have
been. It was perfect! Now...they begin
filming the 3rd one next month, hopefully it will be
just as good. I was glad that we were even
able to go because when I asked James to buy the
tickets online I said I wanted to go to a late show,
well he bought the tickets before confirming with me
if the time was ok, and the time he bought them for
was 9pm. Well that would have been all fine
and good except that my mom and dad don't get home
tonight until 9:30pm. And since today is
opening day, we would have to leave at least at
8:30pm...if not sooner. I asked if there was
any way to change the tickets, but there isn't.
So now I had to scramble to find a baby sitter for
an hour or so until my mom or dad gets home.
I called Stephanie first because I knew it was Nino's
day off and I didn't want to cut into their time
together, but Stephanie wasn't home and so I did
call Tammy. She wasn't home either. lol
Figures huh? But she came home later and
I explained everything and she said that she would
watch them. Really she was only watching one
anyway, because Evelyn was sleeping. According
to my mom Isaiah was really good for her, she even
said it was like being on a vacation watching him so
she would do it anytime. lol I
guess going from 4 kids to 1 would be a vacation.
lol
I was also a little worried though about Isaiah going
to bed ok with my mom. You see that is where
the bad morning comes in. It all started at
2am when I noticed that Isaiah was laying in bed
next to me. He was doing a whimpering sort of
cry, and clutching his tummy, and he felt very warm.
I couldn't calm him enough to get him to fall back
to sleep, so I took him down to get a drink, and
after that I went back into his room and slept in
there with him until 4:26am exactly. I know
this because when I went back to our room I looked
at the alarm and noticed that it would be going off
in like 4 minutes. So I laid down and just
waited for that. After that I slept for a
little while, Isaiah woke up and I gave him
medicine, James slept for a couple hours, then he
let me nap...basically I didn't even get a chance to
shower until later in the day. I hate that.
I think that Isaiah is feeling better right now though.
Actually, I guess I wouldn't know, since I didn't
put him to bed, but my mom didn't say he was feeling
sick, so he must be better. Evelyn is also
sound asleep. And since it is almost 1am, I
think I should be too. Talk to you all later,
bye.
7.6.06
10:12pm
Well...here I am. James has to wake up at
4:30am tomorrow because Jeff and Jenn are leaving
tomorrow for CA for their wedding. They are
going to leave their car here and James will take
them to the airport. 5 cars will be here that
means. I wish we had a 3 car garage.
Would make life even simpler. Also, on
Saturday, either during when James plays basketball
or after, I am going to take the kids to Stephanie
and Mikes house so they can play for a while.
They have a great yard for kids. Sandbox,
little pool, lots of toys, and of course a play room
too. So that is for Saturday...but tomorrow I
have no idea. We were invited to go to one of
the lakes that has a beach (Independence Lake) but
Stephanie wanted to go in the morning, at like
9:30am, and I am never ready that soon. I am
however impressed with the fact that my house is
very clean right now and was clean for most of the
day. I went grocery shopping while the kids
all had a nap which was nice to be out and about
alone. Don't get me wrong, spending time with
the kids is great but if I have the opportunity to
go out with out them, or if I can just figure out a
way to make that the case, I am going to do it.
Things go quicker, and they are often more relaxing.
I enjoy the quiet while I am walking down the aisle.
I don't want to worry about Isaiah wanting
something, or Evelyn getting upset or possibly
needing her diaper changed. I also like being
able to have my car stereo very loud. Not that
Isaiah minds, but Evelyn isn't used to it yet.
Isaiah got all his toys back tonight and was allowed to
play 30 minutes of his favorite video game for the
X-Box 360: Kameo. He was really good all day
yesterday and today. A while back Isaiah
started talking about "bad guys" a lot. About
not letting a bad guy "get" him, and be careful of
the bad guys, and he will be walking through the
hall and say that a bad guy just grabbed his arm.
You would think that he has an invisible friend who
is a bad guy. Anyway, so a while back to make
him feel better I told him that since Coco sleeps in
his room that if a bad guy ever came, not that one
would, that Coco would bark and get
him...well...tonight I Coco was sleeping in his
room, and around 10pm my dad came. Well Coco
started barking like mad at Isaiah's door and then
Isaiah started screaming his head off calling for
me. I had to run up there to which Coco ran
down stairs barking, and I had to explain to Isaiah
that it was just Grandpa (Papa) and that it was
nothing to worry about. Isaiah wanted proof I
guess though because he asked me to go get Papa.
I did, and thankfully he is back in bed. I
didn't realize that saying Coco would bark at bad
guys would cause such a fuss. Lesson learned!!
Right now James has the movie "Close Encounters of the
Third Kind" on the TV. I have no idea what it
is about though. I know it is a popular movie,
but I have never seen it. It looks good
though. I want to watch the original War of
the Worlds too. James and I still have to
watch The GodFather, Parts 1 and 2 are here. I
have just never watched them, but James thinks not
having watched them might as well be a sin.
lol Anyway, that's all for me. I'll tell
you all about my day tomorrow. Bye.
7.5.06
10:11pm
I am
just now having my dinner. Cereal which is
right next to me at the moment so I can type and
eat. I just never got around to eating today
and figured since it is after 10pm I should do it
now before I end up having that sick feeling you can
get when you feel like you are starving. You
know that feeling? For me I end up feeling
nauseous, so much so that I almost don't want to
eat, but I know it will make me feel better in the
end. At the moment in this house all is well.
The kids are all in bed and for some odd and
unknown to me reason, James is watching the new
Blade TV series. I have no interest at
all in watching that piece of junk. As far as
I knew he didn't either, but I guess he figured why
not check it out. I say ignore it and maybe it
will go away. Personally I think the best
vampire movie so far was Interview with a Vampire.
And no, not just because Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise
are in it...although it certainly helps. lol
I hate all the new shows lately that try to impress
too much. Even the movies are doing it.
It's like they think that the more cinema graphics
(computer graphics) that they use the better
the movie. They end up skimping on the story
which if you ask me is why so many of these movies
that cost 50+ million to make, end up doing so
badly. They just aren't putting enough into
the story anymore. It's like when we went to
see the new X-Men movie. It was good, don't
get me wrong, but they focused so much on all the
action, on all the computer generated "stuff" that
there was no time to really introduce us to all of
the new characters. It felt so incomplete in
some areas. And then they wonder why the
simple movies do so well sometimes.
Today was interesting. Because of the fact that
Isaiah is grounded from his toys, I had to be
creative about keeping him busy. We went to
the park though, and colored, read books, and he
played with Evelyn. It was fine actually.
Then of course he watched some cartoons with James.
Which isn't hard to do since James has them or video
games on all day. I actually managed to keep
the kitchen clean almost all day, and even one
living room. The family room is a mess though.
It's full of Evelyn's little toys. I can't
wait till she is old enough to go up and down the
stairs safely, then the toys can all stay in her
room. I HATE having toys in living rooms.
Drives me crazy. They belong in their room and
that is where I want them. It was so much
easier when Isaiah was little, we only had the one
story house, but now that we have 2 stories things
are just more difficult. I need to figure
something out, it really does make me nuts.
Especially for when you have a surprise visitor or
something. I hate having my house a mess.
I am still hungry. At the end of the night cereal
just doesn't cut it you know. Plus, I am
really thirsty, but at the moment we only have water
and milk, and I don't want that. I need to go
to the store and buy some juice. I am just
being lazy. You know what sounds good? A
root beer float! I could go for that.
yum. Anyway, that is all for me.
More tomorrow. Bye.
7.4.06
11:31pm
Wow
what a great day. I think that this was quite
possibly the best 4th of July I have ever had.
We had a great time at the BBQ with Nino and Tammy's
family, lots of food, even desert, and the kids
played themselves silly. We were there for a
couple hours and then headed home to wait out the
time until we were going to do the fire works.
At 9pm we went outside for that and the kids had a
blast. So did I to be honest. Emma,
their oldest, caught a bunch of fire flies too and
it was so cool to see them on her hand lighting up.
The fire works here in Michigan are way better than
in California. First of all they last a lot
longer. Second, although they are illegal to
sell here in Michigan, you can drive an hour to
Ohio, and buy the ones that shot up like 50+ feet
into the air and those are so cool. People all
around had those going off too. Tammy said
they are pretty expensive, but I say if you have the
money to spare it would be worth it, they were
pretty cool. Isaiah had a blast. He
loved every minute of it. He kept trying to
throw grass into the fire works. He was always
screaming for more, running around like a crazy
person. It was great. Evelyn some how
managed to sleep through it all even though there
was so much noise, even from other houses. I
mean large very big bangs. I was even more
surprised when we finally came inside and James told
me that her window had been open the whole time!
She was so tired though that I can't blame her.
Her naps were a total of 2 hours long, which just
isn't enough. She seemed very cranky and tired
all day and I can only imagine that it is from this
one new tooth that is coming in. I hope
tomorrow is far better.
Oh, today was not all that good for Isaiah though
before all the BBQ stuff and fire fun. He got
cranky about something silly, and when we told him
to turn off his video game because of it, he had one
of his rare but intense fits. It got pretty
bad, so much so that he started hitting and
screaming and being very much not himself. In
the end his room was stripped of all toys and they
were put in the office where they will remain for
the next couple days. Also, while he was in
his room his elephant was taken a way. That
was a big deal and I would have to say that is the
main reason the screaming went on as long as it did.
But he eventually did fall asleep and was much
happier for it when he woke up. For the next
couple days though he doesn't get his toys, or video
games, so I am going to have to be very creative in
keeping him busy. I figure that I will do
painting, coloring, and read lots of books.
Movies will have to be used also. In any case,
that was my day. I am so glad that we had fun.
Plus I got lots of emails from people too that also
helped to make my day. I can't wait for
tomorrow. :-) Bye
7.3.06
12:07am
Happy
Fourth of July. For me it already is since
it's after midnight. Some people have already
been doing some fireworks. I can't see them,
but I can hear them. Dusty can really hear
them since she was shaking like a leaf. I
swear she is such a scaredy cat. You would
think she could be a little tougher. Although
I will say that she has reason to be scared right
now since there is a lot of thunder going on
outside. It's crazy how loud it gets here.
Today was semi productive. I kept the kitchen
clean all day long and just had a regular day.
During the evening though, around 7:30pm, James, me,
my mom, and the kids, all went outside to play.
James and my mom played ball with Isaiah, and I et
Evelyn play in all the puddles that the community
sprinkler had made on the walk way next to our
house. She had a lot of fun. We didn't
put her to bed till after 9pm and wow was she
exhausted. Towards the end she would keep
falling while she walked. lol Poor
thing. Anyway...so we had a lot of fun doing
that and I wish that I would have taken some video
of it all but of well. I did get some cute
stuff of them taking a bath together. Memories
I am sure I will want once they are grown and have
lives of their own. Isn't that sad? One
day my kids are not going to need me. And
really that fact alone is not far a way. That'
just 6+years or so. They will be harder to
control that's for sure. I just hope that I am
not one of those dumb parents that you read about
that thinks they know everything there kid does, and
is totally blind to the truth. I think it is
good to always have a small seed of doubt. I
plan on having our alarm system on every night
that's for sure. Even if they do know the
code, I will still here the beeps when they punch in
the code. lol No sneaking out of this
house.
Anyway, so that is all for me I think. I will
have much more to write tomorrow anyway.
Should be a fun day. Hope you all enjoy it as
well. Bye.
7.2.06
11:12pm
Hello
all. I am just so happy tonight. Twice
this evening my old friend Ben emailed me. It
really does just make my day. He has always
been one of those unforgettable friends. I am
so excited to be reconnecting with him. There
is another friend from Galt that I have always
wanted to reconnect with but have been unable to.
She was a best friend of mine for about 2 years and
her name is Heather Pullen. (So if you know
her let me know) We went to school together in
middle school at Greer Middle in Galt, and I
honestly can't remember what happened to her.
But she is also one of those people that I would
want to know what happened to her. I bet we
all have someone like that though.
Today seemed to just drag on though. I felt tired
for most of it. Even when I was home just
relaxing I felt like my eyes were very heavy.
I would just lay down and rest for a while and I
would get up and be ok again. That happened a
couple times in an hour.
I have been thinking a lot about the fact that James
will be gone soon. He is leaving on July 10th
and will be gone for a full 7 days. It didn't
even pop in my head though that it isn't just me
that is going to be affected by it. Isaiah is
going to really miss James a lot. I don't know
if he will really understand why James is gone and I
don't know if he will handle it well.
Obviously I will let Isaiah talk to him on the phone
all the time, and hopefully we can even use a
webcam, but still, it will be hard on Isaiah.
James has never been gone that long before. I
wish that there was some way Isaiah could go with
him.
I almost forgot to tell you the funniest thing
yesterday. While James and I were putting
Isaiah to bed it was time to pray. This time
we asked Isaiah to pray. Here is what he
said....
"Thank you God for mama, and
James, me, the doggies, and the baby, thank you for
my games, and the house, and nana and
papa.....Amen."
We were cracking up. That was the first time that
he has ever thanked God for his video games.
It was so funny. I love how kids think.
It is so funny how completed unaware they are of the
silly things that they say. Anyway, I think I
am going to be done now. I will write more
later. Bye.
7.01.06
11:57pm
Well,
I did it. I cleaned the bathroom. And I
didn't just clean it, I detailed that thing.
Took me forever too. But I am going to be
honest with you here...that was about all my day
consisted of, cleaning. And since I am sure
that you are not even remotely excited about reading
about that, I will end for tonight. Sorry. But
here's hoping that tomorrow will be much more
entertaining. Bye.
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