WhatEva     A Daily Journal By: Eva Moore

      Quote of the Day    

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

  - Jerome K. Jerome

9.29.06
12:36am

     I am sitting here making almost 20 copies of a bunch of movies for Tiffany right now.   I know it will take forever to do them all, so I won't be finishing tonight, this will all go into the next day and then I also have to buy an envelope for them because although I usually do have some, I currently don't.  I am actually surprised at myself for that since I am usually so vigilant about that kind of stuff.  Whatever though.  This all started though because I called and we were talking about kid movies...they were watching one that they had rented, and wanted to keep but have no money to buy it.  I have it, and said I would make a copy for them...well from there on we just started listing off movies and seeing what ones she wanted for the kids.  So here I sit, alone...I wanted to talk to Lorenda after I got off the phone with Tiff, but Lorenda is gone right now at a concert...so there goes that idea.  James is in the other living room playing his game...we already spent a ton of time together playing board games and such...he asked if I wanted to come sit in there with him, but I said that watching him play his game was not on my top 10 list.  lol  I would rather be alone.  :-)
     Today was a good day for me and the kids.  James took Isaiah to the park this morning, which gave me the time to get showered and dressed while Evelyn napped, and then when they got back Evelyn woke up shortly after and I made them lunch.  Originally I started watching my soap opera after that, but then I decided to not and I took the kids for a good walk.  We went all the way to where one of the main streets in our neighborhood ends and it turns into a court.  At that court there is what we call here a "community area", which is basically a park, but not.  It was just all grass and trees and plants and it faced a forest, so we hung out there and let Evelyn walk the dog her self and just sat on the grass and played, hung out...I really enjoyed it.  I love just being with my kids like that.  It feels like all the speech problems, all the little girl drama, none of it is there because it's just me and my babies.  Makes my heart smile.
     Tomorrow is Saturday, and it occurred to me that I have no idea what to do with the weekend.  I don't think we have any plans at all.  Besides the fact that James should really mow the lawn, that's it.  And I don't even know if he can mow the lawn, since we are supposed to have storms.  You know what I should do!?  I should go to the library BY MYSELF for an hour or two and just sit...just sit and read.  I think that is a good idea.  I will be talking to James about that and see if it would be ok.  I don't think he will care he hasn't mentioned any other plans.  Speaking of plans...I have plans to go and buy Isaiah a couple things when James gets paid in 3-4 days.  New underpants, some puzzles, and pj's.   I really think that pj's will be a good way to help him learn some stuff.  They have so many different ones out there that I know I can find some good ones to help him learn his letters and numbers.  I really want to help him with that, we just can't figure out why he won't retain them.  He only knows the letter A...and the numbers 1,2,and 3.  We are really trying to work with him on that.  So anyway, I am gonna go buy him those things.  Well, I guess that is it for now...I finished 1 movie copy, (I'm on a roll now!) and I am gonna go to bed.  Have a great night and I will talk to you all later.  Bye.
 

9.28.06
10:07pm

     There is so much to write about, and I have to do it all while watching my Thursday night TV shows, and talking on the phone.  It is going to be a long night.  lol  I will start with the beginning.  I took Isaiah and Evelyn to the play group today.  Everything was fine, great actually, the kids were having a lot of fun and I even took pictures.  At the end of it we all sit down on the ground and do the whole circle time thing.  When that was over the ladies in charge said that they had a couple announcements before we all left.  It was the usual stuff, turn in your paper, stuff about snacks...blah blah blah.  But then they said something that surprised me, and made me say something that was a little rude by accident.  One lady reminded everyone that the $50 fees were still due.  I looked up right a way because I was told that I should go to these play groups and that it would be free.   I said, "What fee?"  She said it was the $50 dollar fee for being in the group...to which I said, "When is this due?" , she said, "Now."  I just shook my head and then said, "Well, it would have been nice if someone had told me that."  Now, I know that it came out kind of rude and I didn't mean for it too.  But I was shocked and I couldn't help it.  When we were all getting up to go the lady looked at me and said that she wanted to talk to me.  So I waited for her and we talked.  I didn't let her start.  I told her right away that I was told this would be a free thing for Isaiah, and they wanted me to bring him.  She said that since Isaiah will be in the speech therapy program that he is free, but since I am bringing Evelyn with me, and since she is then part of the group, I have to pay for her to be there.  Personally I think it is stupid.  I can't help it that I have to bring her.  I mean I suppose I could just only take Isaiah on the days that I can leave her here,  but that is then cutting back on Isaiah's time there.  I know it's not much, fifty dollars isn't much, and it pays for the whole year I think...I just wish that someone would have told me about this you know.  When I first came to it, and they gave me all the paper work to fill out, someone should have told me about it.  Then I wouldn't have been caught off guard.
     Anyway, so that is all for that.  The other thing that I wanted to tell you about was this really cool brain teaser that we heard today.  Tammy's daughter Emma got it from school...it was a extra thing that they were given, and they were allowed to have their parents help them.  None of us could figure it out though.  Finally, James looked it up online and when we all saw the answer...we were like, "DUH!!!  Of course!"  So...here it is for you to check out.  If you want to know the answer just email me, or send me a message.  I suppose it all depends on which page you are reading this.  Or I guess you could do what we did and just Google it!    But don't cheat!!  Do that as a last resort.  Ok, here it is.  Q:  What letter comes next in this series?  O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N   Remember that it is a third grade problem.  The answer isn't an overly complicated one...and there is an answer. 
     Well, that is the basics.  I do have some other things that I can write about, but it is getting late.  I do want to say that Tiffany is having good luck with that ad she put in the paper.  Three calls now and one of the ladies really wants her to watch her kids.  I am so excited for her.  It feels like things will start coming together really well.  And Lorenda has purchased a bed!!!  I don't know if you knew, but she has been sleeping on a couch all this time.  She is also super excited and I know she is all too anxious for Sunday to come which is when they deliver the bed.  Anyway...everyone is having a good day...that makes me happy.  Talk to you all later.  Bye.
 

9.27.06
7:57pm

     We were supposed to take Isaiah to that play group this morning.   But with his coughing all night and then waking up with it too, I figured it would be better to not.  I felt bad though because this was the one that James was going to join us on.  Since I decided to not infect other kids in a closed room with his germs, I instead decided that we should infect the kids at the park. lol  I took Isaiah there and at first we were the only people there, and then other kids started showing up.  I wish that Isaiah would be a little more out going, walk up to the other kids and try to say hi, or just interact with them.  Hopefully these play groups will eventually help with that.  I just get so worried that he will be six years old, starting Kindergarten, and be totally unprepared.  That is one of my biggest fears. 
     I talked to Tiffany twice today, and both times that I did she got phone calls for the ad she put in the paper to do babysitting.  I am so excited for her.  She really needs the money.  I think she will be interviewing one of them this Friday.  I know she gets nervous, so I will be sending her lots of good thoughts.  I talked to Lorenda tonight also.  Her divorce will be final on October 11th, I am always praying for her and sending good thoughts.  I talked to both Tiffany and Lorenda about the trip we will be taking to Ca next year.  Tiffany would like me to come visit her in Oregon.  I would have to make the drive over a weekend (13 hours) and although I wouldn't bring the kids, I wouldn't drive alone either.  So....I talked to Lorenda and she is going to go with me.  It will be great for us because we will get to go on a road trip together and have all that time to talk, and then I will get to see Tiffany for a day and a half or more, so that will be great too.  We will stay with her and go to the ocean and just hang out.  This is of course assuming that I can do all of this.  It would cost a lot more for us during our trip, gas wise and food, so I will have to wait to see if I have the money.  Luckily there is lots and lots of time left to worry about it.
     Anyway, I guess I should be done with this now.  I mean I need to put Isaiah to bed and he needs to have a break from the TV.  I let him have a TV day since the weather was icky out...we rented two video games, one for him and one for James.  I don't think that James got much work done today because of it.  lol  Oh well, everyone needs a good break once in a while.  I feel like I could use a break too.  Not from anything in particular, but just would like to get out again and be with James.  I really had fun with him and want to do it again.  Hopefully, things will continue to be the same or get better financially, instead of worse, and we can do it more often.  Anyway, so that's it for now.  I will talk to you all later.  Bye.
 

9.26.06
10:45pm

     Sometimes money can seem like the biggest thing in the world.  Especially when you don't have it.  My parents continue to have big problems with it, another big thing has happened mixed in with the good.  ugh.  I won't go into it of course, it's not my place, but of course it affects us all in the end, so please say a prayer for our family.  One thing that I tried to reiterate to my mom was the FACT that God does not allow us to go through anything that we can not handle.  There is nothing we can't handle when God is there with us.  No matter how bleak things seem, no matter how depressing...there are always good things still...always.  Most important, God is good, always. 
     So...another day has come and almost gone.  This morning I left Evelyn here and took Isaiah to the school for today's playgroup.  It was an hour and a half today and it went really well.  Once again he sang along to a song, although he was a little bit sad that they didn't do the "stick song" though that he really liked yesterday.  He still isn't playing with any of the other kids just playing with things by himself, but he is having a good time and that is what I like.  Every time I ask him if he likes going to that school, he says YES.  Which is very different than when he went to his other pre-school.  Maybe the difference is that I am there for this one, I don't know...but either way it seems to be working out really well. 
     By the time we got back Evelyn was awake from her nap and I set to work on getting everyone fed for lunch.  That wasn't an easy task...not with James having done the grocery shopping.  Like I said previously...we have WAY too much bread, too much milk, no side dish items, no butter, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't think of right now.  So, I had nothing to do but go grocery shopping tonight a few days early.  I did really good and spent below budget.  I have been really enjoying my grocery store lately because they have been having a sale on flowers.  They are selling 2-3 flowers, all different kinds, for $1.  I am loving it and am keeping a fresh supply on my formal dining room table in a vase.  It actually does brighten my day when I look at them.  I guess that sounds silly, but I really like them a lot.  As long as they keep having them at that price, I am going to keep buying them. 
     So today I played another round of Backgammon with James.  Did much better too, but I still lost.  If it wasn't already so late at night right now and I still didn't have one more show to watch (really I have 2 more but that one can wait)  I would play him again...but there is always tomorrow.  I think that is one of my favorite things to do with James actually.  Play cards, board games, etc.  It just always gives us a time to hang out, talk, laugh especially.  We are good about making fun of each other and just laughing.  We have a great relationship you know.  Laughing at each other is a great way to keep your relationship healthy. 
     Isaiah is having a hard time going to sleep.  I can hear him in his room right now  coughing.  Poor little guy.  I went up there once already and stayed with him...gave him a drink.  I think that if this continues though I will go up there again with some cough medicine.  Hopefully this won't become a cold that we all end up with.  Tomorrow James is going to come with us to the play group since it is only from 10-11am.  Hopefully Isaiah won't be too sick to go.  Anyway, so that is all from me.  I actually wrote quite a bit tonight huh?  I haven't for awhile it feels like.  So anyway, ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.25.06
12:41am

     Ok, I know it's late.  It's very late.  But I ended up playing a bunch of games with James...2 games of Split, 1 game of Rummy, and then one game of Backgammon.  I asked James to teach me how to play because I had never learned and I know that he enjoys playing it online with his friends.  I was surprised at how easy it is to play.  I didn't win, especially since I made some easy mistakes and stuff.  But I liked it a lot and I think that we will be playing again tomorrow.  I did win the game of Rummy though.  YA!  lol  I don't win many games in this house.  But I have mentioned that before.  Today was such a great day.  The weather was chilly, but sunny...and I took the kids outside for a bit.  Evelyn had good naps, and my mom took Isaiah with her to the store and he used some of his change at the dollar store to get a couple toys.  That kept him and Evelyn busy for a couple hours.  I fixed dinner and then after that I had an appointment to keep.  What was that?  Isaiah's first day at the playgroup that the speech therapy people wanted me to take him to.  It will be 4 days a week.  And they are at different times.  Tonight was from 6-7pm.  It was so GREAT!!!  Isaiah didn't really play with the other kids, but he did play well.  And Stephanie and Mike whose son is Isaiah's friend Bryson, were also there.  What I was most proud of though was Circle Time.  After we did the whole clean up time period it was time for all the kids to sit down on the big rug and do a couple songs and activities with them.  The lady (she is the speech therapist and her name is Jessica)  played two songs and made them into games.  Isaiah totally played along, even sang along!!  I was so excited.  He has never sang a song before...I know that sounds crazy, most kids have...but when your kid can't talk right, it's not abnormal.  It was so very exciting.  I was so happy.  I can't even tell you.  Of course Evelyn was a whole different story.  There was a toy horse there for kids her size, one with wheels and bright colors, she DID NOT want to get off of it.  More than half her time there was spent on it.  When it was time to leave I grabbed her quickly in hopes of minimizing the trauma.  No such luck.  She screamed bloody murder.  I mean some of the ear piercing screams that no one wants to hear.  I got her out of there so quickly (my mom helped, she had come with us)  but that didn't matter.  She screamed all the way home.  Literally, she screamed until we got in the house and we gave her her elephant.  I hope she doesn't do this again tomorrow...but if she does I will be sure to have her elephant with me...maybe it will help.  Anyway, that is all for now.  I am off to bed at the very late hour of 1:30am.  Whew!  Have a great day everyone.  Bye.
 

9.24.06
2:56pm

     I know that I am doing this super early, but I figure that I might as well since I have the time.  I would love to get this done way early and then be able to go to bed early too!!!  I feel so tired right now.  Today was my Sunday to do children's church, so I had Tammy bring the kids here instead.  Why go to church just to do stuff for the kids in the eatery area when I can let them make a mess here in my house which is much easier to clean, and I can feed them lunch, and I can then just have them watch a movie or something like that until church is over and everyone gets back?  I mean if you can do it the easier way then why not?  I am all about the easy way.  lol  The kids were good though for me and I made them lunch and then we all hung out and watched a movie and played a game.  It was nice.  When Tammy came back we decided that it was pretty nice outside and so we all went to the park.  It was nice to be out in the cool breeze and just watch as the kids played.  Evelyn likes the swing a lot and so she was in there for a while, and then the rest of the time she went down the big slide.  She is adventurous for a little girl.  Eventually though it started getting too chilly, and I was feeling tired anyway.  Around 3pm we all decided that it was nap time, all of us except Isaiah who ended up going down in the basement with my mom and dad while the rest of us slept.
     The nap did me good though, I feel more awake and James' headache is gone.  Last night I went to bed at 1:30am.  James was playing video games and when I asked if he was going to bed he said, and I quote, "Yea, I'll be up in a little bit."  So, I went upstairs, checked in on the kids, and went to bed.  Later...much later, James comes in to go to bed and I wake up from the noise.  What time is it???  6:30am!!!  6:30am!!!  I just told him that I couldn't believe it and then went back to sleep.  About 30 minutes later though Isaiah wakes up and comes in our room.  It is James' day to get him, yet the first thing he does is look over at me and asks if I can get up and get Isaiah for him because he is so tired...hahahahahahahahaha....no.  I told him that it is NOT my fault that he choose to stay up late like he did and that I had no pity for him...he was getting up.  Then after that Evelyn woke up anyway...so we both got up.  What the heck though...why the do I have to pick up the slack because he decided to play his game all night??  Either way...he got up.  I don't mind James staying up all night to do that......just don't ask me to wake up early for you.  Oh well, odds are I will manage to be nice next time though...I'm not totally heartless.   Just once in awhile you know. 
     So anyway...Isaiah didn't eat hardly any of his dinner tonight, so he went to bed super early, and so it is crazy right now that everything has been done in the house for such a long time and we have nothing to do.  (Yes, I started this very early but it is now 10:02pm)  We are just finishing up a movie...and honestly I have no idea what we will do next.  Maybe play a game or something.  Oh, and we officially decided that when we do come visit our family in June 2007 we will stay for almost a month.  It's cool that we can because James can work from his mom and dads house while we are there, and go into the office too.  All we have to decide is if we want to fly there and rent a car, or drive our car there and just have our own vehicle.  I think driving our car there will be cheaper in the end...James is going to look into it.  Anyway, that's all for now.  ttyl.  Bye.

    

9.23.06
11:31pm

     Tonight was good.  Better than good actually.  Besides the fact that I kept the house pretty clean all day with out problems, and not even counting that we bought Evelyn a couple more winter outfits...the night was best because James and I got to spend some quality adult time together this evening...with out the kids!!  First, we went to dinner and had a great time...talking, laughing, enjoying the good food.  It was so cool to go out and NOT have to keep telling Isaiah to eat his food, or watch Evelyn throw her food on the floor because she thinks that there should be dogs there to eat it.  After that, we went to Primo Coffee where James often goes to do some work.  It was really nice there and we ended up talking about Christmas of all things and figuring out who we are buying for, how much we are going to spend, and how we will get those gifts to everyone the cheapest.  Amazingly we are able to afford to buy something for everyone and even a few people that we always want to but never can.  I am really excited for this year.  Mostly though I am just excited to decorate this new home and have a giant tree.  And...I have also decided to do something that James' mom Patty told me she used to do to help the kids remember what Christmas is all about.  She would make a birthday cake for Jesus!!  I think that is a great way to celebrate Christmas and it will be fun for the kids too.  They can help make it, help decorate it, and the on Christmas we can all sing happy birthday to Jesus. I think it will be a great tradition to start. 
     The outfits that we bought Evelyn today at Wal-Mart are really cute though.  We got the kind that come with a shirt, pants, and a little sweater jacket.  Just two outfits for now, but they are really needed.  She is wearing size 24 months in shirts, and 18 months pants, so it made things alittle bit difficult.  James wanted to just switch up the pants, but I didn't feel right putting the 24 month pants with 18 month old shirts, someone else who bought those would get upset when stuff didn't fit their kid you know.  So we decided to go with getting 18 month old stuff and we are just hopeful that her little tummy won't stick out much.  They looked longer than usual, so I don't think so.  I told James that it is getting to the time now where I NEED to buy new pants.  I mean my pants are so incredibly baggy on me and they feel very uncomfortable.  I only need like 2 pairs for now though, I don't want to buy too many, since I am still losing weight.  Maybe I will just buy a belt!  lol  That will work.  Anyway, that is it for now.  I had a great night and I am gonna see if James wants to hang out a little bit more.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.22.06
9:39pm

     Last night James went grocery shopping as I said in yesterdays entry.  Well, I had told James before he left that he should look in the fridge and in the pantry and see what we did and didn't need.  He did not do that though and so now we have 6 loaves of bread, 10 cans of frozen juice, two big boxes of Shake and Bake, too much milk....well, basically lesson learned.  Don't let James do the shopping!!!  lol  Why is it that men, James is particular, can not just take notice of the things that we women buy when we bring them home.  I mean I always go shopping, and quite often James helps me to put things away.  So....how does he not notice what I buy?  Or at least what we always have in the fridge?  Oh well...men never do pay attention much.  I mean they don't notice when you dye your hair...they hardly ever notice if you cut it unless it's like 10 inch's.  That's why we have our girl friends, they always notice! 
     It was supposed to be a stormy day today...that is what the news said at least.  But I have yet to see more than a light rain and I am glad.  Isaiah and I wrapped up in some sweat shirts earlier today and we went for a short walk around the block with my mom and dads dog Baby.  It was a nice crisp walk and I enjoyed spending some quality time with Isaiah.  I really love being with him.  Just me and my boy.  There aren't many things better than that.  I can't wait till Evelyn is a little older, and we can communicate better, go do things and enjoy each others company on a different level.  It will be so wonderful.
     I talked to Tiffany today for a long time on the computer using the webcam.  I love webcams.  I love getting to see my friends "in person".  Talking to Tiffany today, getting to see her so Rylan, parts of her house...I always enjoy that.  Lorenda and I do that also.  I get to see her and her kids and we can just chat.  I love all the new things that people in this world have invented.  Everything is so easy now... I mean I live almost 3000 miles away from California and yet I can call people whenever I want, chat online with cameras, send letters using emails instead of hand writing them...everything is at the touch of a button.  Anyway, I don't even know why I am talking about that...it just came to my mind. 
     It is odd to be living in a city that holds football so highly.  You can't even drive in Ann Arbor during the games...or find a hotel room for that matter.  Everyone loves the teams and I almost feel out of place since we are not sports fans at all.   I mean I like certain sports ok, but not enough to watch the games and cheer for anyone.  I remember the one and only professional sporting event that I went to was an A's Baseball game with a friend  of mine when I was much younger.  She and her family took me with them and we rode on a big bus.  It was soooo boring.  I hated it and I will never go to one again.  Baseball games take FOREVER and I don't know why anyone enjoys that game.  I hope my kids try for something more exciting when they start trying out for sports.  Anyway, so that is it I guess.  Nothing to exciting today.  Maybe the weekend will be better in regards to juicy stuff to write about.  lol  Bye.
 

9.21.06
8:49pm

     It is official...Kevin has purchased his plane tickets and will be coming here for Thanksgiving.  He will be with us through Nov 20th-28th.   It is going to make Thanksgiving a lot better.  No matter what it would have been fun, but now we will have another person with us, another family member basically, that is always good.  Today I tried to get out of the house some, it's supposed to be storming the next two days and I know that we will be stuck inside.  Isaiah woke up this morning and had a dream that it was snowing outside and there was also lots of ice.  When he woke up and saw that it was gone he was very sad about it and then told everyone.    We told him that he just had a dream, but he didn't want to hear that, as far as he is concerned, it was real.  Cracks me up. 
     So I am having a LARGE TV night today.  Because I only just got off the phone with Lorenda, and I just finished watching Survivor...it's gonna be a long night.  I still have to watch CSI, and ER.  Wow I am gonna be up late.  Plus James just left to go grocery shopping and so I will have to stop watching TV when he gets back so I can help put things a way.  Survivor was so dang funny though...this idiot who got voted off actually thinks that a girl from another tribe is in love with him just because she said in a friendly way, "Well I love you."  I laughed so hard.  He started talking about how it was love at first sight and that he is so glad that at least he found love on the show before getting kicked off.  You know, I guess that is just bound to happen to some people though when other people through the words I LOVE YOU around like they are no big deal.  I mean if you don't even know someone, have hardly talked to them...you really shouldn't say that...you never know how that person will take it.  Now that guy is gonna get his feelings crushed when he realizes the truth of the situation.  But, like I said, it was so crazy that he even said it, that I laughed really hard.  Couldn't help it.
     This morning I took Isaiah with me to the library to return the books and DVD's that we had borrowed.  I like the library here a lot.  It is 3 stories high, brand spanking new, and tons and tons of books.  I love that most.  I really want to go there at some point by myself and just sit and read a book.  This of course would involve me NOT taking the kids, and that will be hard to do.  There are a lot of things though that I want to do that I can not do right now.  Things just for me, just for the fun of it.  Examples?  Well ok.  1.)  Buy some new music cd's  2.)  Go to a concert that will be here in town next month  3.)  Start painting the inside of this house  4.)  Have more time to read and study the bible  5.)  Go out more with James to dinner and the movies and many more things that I just can't think of right now...but none of this matters that much.  These are all a very minor things that in the scheme of life don't matter.  It's all stuff that I want to do, but I don't need to do.  Anyway...so ER is on my television right now and I am gonna watch that.  After all, it's almost 1am.  WHOA!!! I am up late.  oh well.  The even worse thing is that James is still working.  He has a lot of work lately, a big project that they got hired to do.  He has been really good though about making time for the kids...it's me that has been lacking in the quality time.  I don't mind though.  That kind of stuff doesn't bother me too much.  I know that eventually we will have some time again.  Patience people, it's all about patience.  ttyl.  Bye.

P.S.  ER is really sad tonight.  :-(  I want to cry.
 

9.20.06
11:14pm

     There were several things that I wanted to write about today, but I am having a hard time remembering them all...so hopefully as I go I will remember them.  One thing that I for sure remembered was this lady that irked me.  I took Isaiah with me to the store (Kroger's) so I could buy some stamps.  When I found my parking space I pulled in and noticed that a shopping cart was semi in my way.  I pulled in though, and the cart was on my side of the car and not in the way of me opening my door, so I left it there.  It was purposely put in the middle of the line...that separates the parking spaces, so I figured what the heck.  Anyway, we went and bought the stamps, and came back out.  The car next to me (the same side as the cart) was being loaded up when we came out.  A lady had obviously finished shopping and was helping her mom in the car.  The first thing I noticed right after that though was that she had put her shopping cart right behind the other one...right in line with it, and it was blocking MY door.  I decided to pretend like I hadn't noticed and proceeded to get Isaiah in the car.  As I was doing that she finished getting her mom in the car and then when I turned around after getting Isaiah in his seat, she was standing there looking at me waiting for me to move.  Why?  So she could move the cart!  My inner thought was, "Ya you better lady."  But I instead I said, "Oh, excuse me."  And moved out of the way.  She went a head and put the cart in the proper place.  Was that so hard?  I could tell that had I not been there when she was, she would have left it for me to move when I got there.  How rude...one cart is fine, but you don't put another cart there!   It's common courtesy!  Anyway...not a highly annoying event, but something that bugged me none the less. 
       Wow it is getting late now....I better hurry up.  I take forever to write these sometimes.  Anyway, so I ended up cleaning A LOT today.  And even though I could have just mopped my bathroom floor, I decided that I wanted to do a really good cleaning.  I used a cleaning spray and actually sprayed small sections and used paper towels to wipe clean the tile floor.  Took a long time, but it looks great.  Wonder how long it will stay that way?  I hardly talked on the phone at all today.  Tiffany wasn't feeling good, and Lorenda called me on her way to work.  James worked hard, and he spent the whole work day except for dinner in the office.  i was actually really glad that he did that.  For whatever reason, him not being around all the time really makes my day go smoother.  I don't know if that makes sense or not...but it's the facts.  I just get more done with him out of the area I am in.  When he is around I always want to come over and sit next to him, talk, check out what he is doing...it takes up time.
     I decided to add yet another "space" to my repertoire.  It is Microsoft's Live Spaces.  I like all the stuff you can do with it, it isn't quite as free as MySpace in regards to doing what you want, but I like it.  And I am going around browsing through other peoples pages and making comments, in hopes of them then checking out mine.  We will see if I like it or not, I may or may not keep it.  I just enjoy trying the new ones out you know.  It's fun to see what different companies think up and how they make them look.   Anyway...I can't think of the other stuff that I wanted to say still, so maybe I will think of it all tomorrow.  It is 1:17am!!!!  AAGGHHH.  I am up too late.  Bye.

    

9.19.06
11:19pm

     Tonight I put Isaiah too bed early, because he refused to eat his dinner...or even try certain parts of it.  So at 8pm he went to bed and I discussed with him how he was not to get out of bed again tonight like the last two nights unless he had to use the bathroom.  Well, after about 20-30 minutes I decided that I should go upstairs and just check on him...make sure that he hasn't gotten out of bed or anything.  As I am walking up the stairs I see to the side of my vision a figure on the ground.  Turns out that Isaiah did get out of bed, and he went and laid down next to the office door (which was closed because James was in there working) and he fell asleep.  I opened the door and showed James, it was sweet and so he came and picked Isaiah up and took him to bed.  Speaking of James, he only just now stopped working.  It is now 11:42pm.  I made the HUGE mistake of asking him what was happening with work and wow did he give me an answer.  He went on...and on...and on....I even asked him to stop, but he was on a roll and said he had to finish.  After that all I could do was laugh through the whole thing.  I just wanted all the computer talk to stop.  AAAGGGGHHHHHH.  lol  (James just read that!) 
     Today was so nice.  James decided to go work at the coffee shop again...and when he mentioned it Isaiah announced that he also wanted to go.  At first he didn't want to take him, but then we agreed that he could take him and when he was ready for Isaiah to come home he would call me to come pick him up.  Well, hours went by, and he never called.  Finally I had to put Evelyn down for her second nap...and so even if he did call, he was out of luck.  Finally, I was on the phone with Tiffany and she was actually chatting with James online and I guess that Isaiah was being very good.  They had been there for almost 4 hours now, and Isaiah was just playing on my computer and since the laptops were back to back, James and Isaiah looked all cute and people kept commenting about it.  But then James tells Tiffany to have me come get him...and I said, "Um, no...Evelyn is sleeping, my dad is gone...he waited too long...he needs to just come home."  So, he did.  I have that man whipped!!!  lol  j/k
     Anyway, so today came the realization that my first husband James communicates well with me, tells me important things and even some things I don't care about.  My second husband Kevin, won't tell me anything that I want to know and claims that guys only give information that they feel they need to be giving...if he wants to tell me, he will...evidently I should not be asking questions.  He claims I should not try to force him to tell such things.  To which I told him that he should realize that wives always try to change their men...so accept it.  Well, good thing we are unofficially married...otherwise I might have to take him to marriage counseling.  lol  Anyway, so that is all for now.  ttyl. Bye. 
 

9.18.06
10:09pm

     Isaiah is having a hard time going to sleep.  I have had to go upstairs at least 3 times now to put him back into bed.  I am watching a movie though right now, and I am only like 20 minutes into it and already I have almost cried.  It is called, "My Life With Out Me"  A woman who...well, no...I'm not gonna tell you.  I think you should just watch it and find out.  But it very good so far.  I will cry a lot I am sure.  These are the kinds of movies that I hate, because they bring up my worst fear.  What is my number one fear?  Death.  I am utterly terrified to die.  Not so much scared of how I will die...I am scared of WHEN I will die.  I don't want to die before my kids die.  (Ugh, I just finished crying because of this movie)  I am so scared of leaving them alone, with out a mom.  I get scared that....wow, really I don't know what I am scared of.  Scared of not seeing them grow, scared of not being there for their first days of real school...not seeing Evelyn when she has long hair that I can brush and do things with...Not being there to hear Isaiah finally talk well.  So many things, so many things that I CAN'T miss.  I ask God quite often to let me please live to see my Great Great Grand kids.   I guess I am not so much scared for them...but scared for me.  I am so scared of all that I won't see...and I am even more scared for the possibility of "What if James and I BOTH die?"  Ugh, that, my kids being without both of us, not knowing us, not...just not.  That makes me so scared.  I wish I could even describe to you how I feel right now just thinking about all of this.  This topic is so depressing.  I am gonna change to an exciting topic. 
     Today James was chatting with Kevin online and at one point Kevin asked, "What would you say if I wanted to come to visit for Thanksgiving?", to which James said, "Awesome!"  He has to get the time off still, but he would like to be here through Nov 20th-28th.  I am very very excited about this.  Kevin is family...although he can be even more than that.  I like to say that he is my second husband.  He acts like it that is for sure.  I can not even count how many times Kevin has given guys that were gonna give me a hello hug the death look, so much so that they backed off.  Or how many times I have called to tell him something that really people don't need to know.  And then just the times that we have serious talks...that let me know that we are close.  Actually, besides James, he is my best guy friend.  (With conditions.  You won't get that, but if Kevin reads this he will.)  Anyway, the point is I love having him around, and talking, even though he can drive me insane...but that's what family is supposed to do right?  Personally, I really want Kevin to move here.  He swears that he couldn't do that, the weather is too cold for him.  But I think he would like it...and oddly I do miss having him with us.  It always felt good when he lived with us, even when we did fight.  I miss that.  Not the fighting (which I doubt we would really do anymore anyway) but I miss him living with us.  It was fun, we always laughed...and I was never lonely.  But of course it isn't always roses...people are annoying...but hey...you take the good with the bad.  It doesn't matter though, Kevin will never move here.  Oddly enough though, I had a dream this morning that he was going too...isn't that funny? Anyway...we have had the depressing discussion...we have had the happy one, so....I think that I have written enough.  I will say that I added more pictures (as you can see) to this page and they are all very cute.  Remember if you wanna say hello you can email me.  ecm1980@gmail.com  I would love to hear from you.  AGH!!! I just realized I was way too mushy tonight with my writing.  Oh well.  I'm in a mushy mood I guess.  Too much emotion from that dang movie, and all of it came out while writing about Kevin.  Oh well.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.17.06
8:49pm

     I am in the family room.  I am in here typing this because for one, I have a huge headache yet again, that has been with me for I don't even know how many hours.  And second...James is playing his video game and so I don't want to be in there.  I find it hilarious how Isaiah can just sit there and watch James play a video game for hours.  I don't mind right now though, we have had the TV off for almost all of the day.  We were gone for most of the day.  Church first, and then we went to Target and I got myself a hand held vacuum that I am very excited about.  Oh, and I also went looking for a gate that I can use during church to keep Evelyn in.  You know they sell the ones that are like 12 feet long and you connect them together and it forms a circle play area for babies.   They can't get out and that makes me happy.  I figure that since there is lots of room towards the back of church...we could just set that up and bring some toys you know.  Today I sat back there with her with some toys and it was much better.  The only reason I think the gate will make things even more so, is that she would walk a way every once in a while towards the exit area and I would have to go get her.  This way...she can't leave, and I can pay attention to the sermon.  YA!!!
     I just want to make mention once again about these headaches I keep having.  They are very bad, all I end up wanting to do is sleep and have silence.  I don't of course, because there are lots of things to do and so I just force myself to get through it.  But it is so bad.  I took 3 Tylenols but it didn't help.  Tiffany told me to go and buy some Excedrin Migraine.  I think I will do that tomorrow when I have more clothes.  Right now everything that I own in regards to clothing is dirty.  So I am wearing my pj's and doing laundry.  I feel like a bum.  A bum with a horrific headache.  Please pray for me.  I need this head pain to GO AWAY!!! 
     I am just so glad that right now everything is clean in this house.  All I have to do is the laundry.  The weather here is great...today it was 81 degrees but felt even cooler due to all the wind.  By the time Wednesday comes it will be 59 degrees.  I am so excited.  We haven't had to use the air conditioner in God knows how long and because of that the bill has gone done A LOT.  I am looking forward to bringing down blankets and cuddling up on the couch to watch a movie.  I love that.  I love wearing warmer clothes and I love leaving my hair down too.  I cant wait for the snow.  I can't wait to take pictures of everything covered in white.  Anyway, this is all for me today.  I am gonna finish my show, and then spend some time with James.  It's early still...so I have plenty of time...I love having time.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.16.06
10:54pm

     I got my butt kicked at Monopoly tonight.  Seriously...it wasn't pretty.  I was hopeful for a while that I had a shot at coming back, but James got a monopoly first, and from then on out it was down hill for me.  Even with my stash of secret cash that I keep hidden (I usually will take some of my money and hide it, so they competitor thinks I'm broke) I still had no chance.  James just dominates in these games.  I usually only win one out of 10 games.  Or at least that is what it seems like.  It's the same with Stratego, Risk, Rummy, and a couple others.  But there are some that I am awesome at.  Like the card game Speed, and the board games BattleShip, and Scrabble.  I almost always win at Battle Ship.  I know you might think that is a game of pure luck, but that is not true, I have a strategy.  And it almost always works. 
     Today was such a long day.  It seemed like the hours took forever.  Evelyn woke up at 6am this morning and that fell on me.  I was really annoyed though because I wanted James to make it his day, since he was gone for a while and I had both kids for that time...plus, he went to bed earlier than I did.  He didn't want to though and I really didn't, so we did the only fair thing which was to play Rock, Paper, Scissors.  I lost.  I can usually win that game too, but I guess I was meant to be up.  Luckily for me, revenge did occur when Isaiah woke up a half hour later because he had to use the bathroom.  So that of course meant that James had to get up too.  HAHAHAHAHAHA  I loved that.  I mean come on, the guy went to bed 2 hours before me.  And I am not sympathetic to the whole jet lag thing...3 hours difference is nothing.  Go to bed, wake up, your fine.  I was. 
     So anyway though, in regards to what we did today it wasn't too exciting.  James got a new game in the mail that Kevin had bought him as a thank you gift for all the help James has been giving him, and I cleaned up some and made a very good dinner.  The kids were good, whiny at times, but good.  We even went for a nice walk tonight and I was so glad that we did because the weather out was perfect.  And we walked by a friends house to and stopped to talk with them since they were outside.  Evelyn loves to be outside.  Anytime someone goes out she wants to go also.  And if you get her shoes on...well she knows what that means and goes straight to the door.  It's very cute.  Anyway though so that is my day.  Ordinary...but I like ordinary.  Ordinary days are just fine with me.  So here's hoping that you had an ordinary day too.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.15.06
11:16pm

     Around 11am eastern time (here) I got a call from James letting me know that his airplane was being delayed by 90 minutes.  So I wouldn't have to pick him up until around 5pm or so.  With that in mind I felt good about all the stuff we had to do.  Isaiah's appointment at Model Elementary was at 10am.  I took Evelyn to Tammy and Nino at 9:30am so I had time to talk to them about her and then get Isaiah into the car.  I love that he can now strap himself into his car seat.  We ended up being at the school for 2 hours!!!  They were with Isaiah and me the whole time, working with him, and interviewing me.  I would love to tell you all the stuff that they asked and did, but quite frankly it is all a big blur.  There were so many questions that they are just jumbled together in my head.   In the end we have to wait a maximum of 30 school days to hear back from them, but since Isaiah is the first on the list, it should be less than that.  I hope. 
     So for the rest of the day Isaiah and I did different stuff, we hung out, played some games...and at one point...he got in trouble, BIG trouble.  I won't go into it all because it would take too long to type out, but the point is that he was having one of those bad moments that all kids have at some point and he was going all CRAZY!  So, he got punished and then we had a very long talk.  It's funny how at this age, kids think that if they say sorry that they then shouldn't be punished.  Isaiah was sorry, you could tell it was genuine, but when I told him that I was glad, but that he was not going to be allowed to play any video games, he was so upset.  He said, "No mama, I'm sorry."  It's so cute that you almost want to give in, but of course that would be bad.  All that would show is that I am weak and can't stick to what I say.  I think that is where a lot of parents have their problems.  I have seen so many people (even here already) who punish their kids, tell them this or that, and then like 5 minutes later they change their mind and act like they never punished them to begin with.  I don't know, I guess to each his own you know...but to me when you tell your kid something, you should stick to it...other wise they will begin to know what you will not let them get a way with.  Ugh, look at me, here I am rambling on about something that is just gonna cause people to either agree with me, or not.  And who ever doesn't is going to be annoyed enough to probably write me something about it.  lol  Oh well. 
     So I left here to go get James and I thought I had left with plenty of time to spare.  I forgot though that it was rush hour traffic and so it took me like 10 minutes just to get to the freeway.  I usually don't drive during that time, so I am not used to it.  I finally made it to the airport though and thankfully, even though I was late, James was also late.  I guess the plane was slow about parking.  He finally came out to the front though and we decided to get pizza.  I have now lost 20 pounds on my diet, so I didn't have a problem with splurging today some.  Plus, I had already cleaned the kitchen, and didn't want to mess it up.  So it was an ordinary day with just ordinary stuff.  James has been in bed for a while now, he was pretty tired.  I guess that now I will do a little last minute clean up, and go to bed too.  I can also feel another head ache creeping in, and so sleep sounds perfect to stop that from getting worse.  ttyl. Bye.
 

9.14.06
10:39pm

     It has begun....SURVIVOR!!!  Yes people, that's right...my TV shows are returning and I know it is going to be a great season.  Survivor, Lost, American Idol, ER, CSI, The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, Dancing with the Stars...and possibly more, I can't think of them right now.  James hates how much TV I watch during this time of the year.  I guess I can't blame him...it does cut into us doing other things, but I think that now that we have the DVR (it's like Tivo) things will be better.  I am most excited about CSI though.  Not that any of you care about all of this...but I just wanted to say it all.  Although, if you do care, send me a message, and we can chat about TV.  :-)
     James and I talked for a while today on the phone while he was driving to Tracy to meet his parents for dinner.  He rented a car and is meeting them there so they don't have to drive all the way into the bay area...too much traffic.  It's Rick's (James' dad) birthday...so it is nice for them to be able to see each other.  Today was a GOOD day.
While Evelyn was taking her first nap I decided that we needed to GET OUT of the house.  I was feeling stuck in here.  So when Evelyn woke up I grabbed her, grabbed Isaiah's shoes, and off we went.  I decided that we were going to go to lunch at Subway.  We went there and we had really good food.  The kids shared one of their personal pizza's that I love also, and I had the Toasted Chicken Bacon Ranch sandwich.  My children were the perfect example of good behavior and it was even obvious to the lady who was in charge because when we were getting ready to leave she told the other girls to give my kids free cookies.  Isaiah loved that.  And then on the way out Isaiah held the door open for me, and then waited for this other guy to finish throwing his stuff away and held the door for him to.  What a great kid I have.  I was so proud of him.  After that we went to the library where we checked out two DVD's and 3 books.  We hung out in there for a while and I love that Isaiah actually sits down and looks through books.  After that was over I then took us on a hunt for earrings for Evelyn.  A couple days ago I noticed that one of them was missing, and I have no idea where to look since I don't know where it was lost.  I have not looked for it and I don't plan on finding it.  I just wanted to find her a replacement since for the time being she is currently using a spare from me that I don't have a backing for, so I am using an eraser.  lol  I tried to go to Rite Aid, but they actually had none...so since I didn't want to drive much further I went to K-Mart and I was so glad that I did.  They were having a sale on ALL of their jewelry and I was able to buy Evelyn a $50.00 pair of earrings that are 14kt gold and I only had to pay $14.00.  Awesome huh?  And even better the ones I bought have a backing that screws on, instead of snapping, so now they shouldn't come off as easily.  YA!!!
     I just got off the phone with James.  He had a GREAT time with his parents.  I guess they ended up picking a restaurant that James saw off the freeway and turns out it wasn't even open, they were training people for when it does open.  But even still they invited them in and served them FREE food.  They didn't have a menu yet but they just fixed them up all kinds of stuff.  Even did line dancing for them, and other things that they all loved.  The food was great he said and he wants to back again someday.  I just think it was so cool that they all got free food.  I mean what a great birthday for his dad.  I wish I could have been there.  Sounds like they had so much fun, and his brother Gus, sister in-law Dawn, and their son Logan were also there. He is driving back to his boss' house right now and then has to wake up at like 5:30am so he can get ready, go take back his rental car, and then have his boss Mark drive him to the airport.  He should get here around 3-4pm.  Hopefully when he gets home he won't have to start working right away, maybe he can take the rest of the day off you know.  That would be nice...get an early start on the weekend.  Anyway, so that is my day...pretty good.  I will talk to you all tomorrow...bye.
 

9.13.06
11:18pm

     Good evening people.  Well, James left this morning.  My mom had today off so she stayed with the kids while I drove James to the airport.  Even though this is his 4th time flying (one being when he went sky diving) I still get nervous.  I had a bad feeling the whole time that we were driving there, and after he got out of the car and we said goodbye I cried a little bit.  I just get so scared that something bad will happen, that the plane will go down and I will be left here without him. I can't help it.  I guess I always think of the bad things that could happen to me.  But after I got home I was fine and began my day.  I was seriously tired though and the same headache that I had yesterday has remained with me all day today.  Literally, all day.  It has been horrible.  My mom was nice enough to let me take a nap after dinner and after I woke up the headache went a way for a while, but now it is back.  I don't understand why it is staying so long.  I even took 3 Tylenol, but that was worthless.  I don't know...
     I also had to go to Model Elementary today where Isaiah will be attending his speech therapy classes to sign some papers that say it is ok for them to do the evaluation on him this Friday.  The lady asked me a lot of questions about Isaiah and I answered every single one.  It took about an hour.  Friday I will take Isaiah there and for an hour and a half they will observe him.  I will also be answering questions for a psychologist while that is happening.  I am going to be so nervous, I want him to do good, but then again I know that it will be him not doing good in regards to his speech that will help him get into the program.  I am not worried though, I know he will get into the program.  The lady said he would attend 4 days a week most likely it would be a 3 hour program.  He could even take the bus.  I guess the teachers are right there to help the kids get off the bus.  But I think that we will still drive him there.
     I had really wanted to go to bed early tonight, but here I am and it is almost midnight.  I really did want to go to bed, but I guess that the nap I took made me more awake, especially since I woke up at 8pm.  Anyway, that is all from me for now.  I am gonna go upstairs.  Maybe some more sleep will help this head pain.
 

9.11.06
8:36pm

     Ok, so yesterday I got my laptop back from Compaq.  Fast huh?  I was surprised too.  They mentioned one problem in the paper work, and fixed it. The other problem they didn't mention at all and so I have no idea if anything was done about it.  All I can do is wait and see if the problem persists and if it does I will have to go through calling them again and again.  Lets hope not.  So far though it is nice to have it back and also have all my pictures and such back too.  I went on to the Costco website and uploaded all of my pictures on to it for them to print for me.  They have AWESOME prices.  When you add in the cost of ink and paper if I were to print them myself it just doesn't compare.  It's way cheaper to do it through them.  Especially when you consider that I sent in 176 pictures!!  And I also had two of them enlarged to 5x7 size, and another one to 11x14.   That large one is of Evelyn.  I am replacing one of the ones on our wall. 
     James leaves tomorrow morning for California.  He won't be in our home town though, this trip is all about work and he will only be in the bay area.  James' dads birthday is Thursday though and I guess that they might make the drive there to see him and maybe go to dinner.  So that will be nice.  I on the other hand am just gonna enjoy the quiet of the evenings and probably read.  So anyway, he will be gone, and right now he is packing up his clothes and getting stuff ready.  I just realized that it is way later right now than when I originally first started writing this (it's now 12:27am) because I sat down to play scrabble online with James and Kevin.  So as I look over to the kitchen I can see that it is a horrible mess still, I haven't finished this, and now I am getting a headache.  OH, and I am still kind of sick.   So I guess I will go now and actually do the stuff I don't get paid to do.  lol  ttyl. Bye.
 

9.10.06
9:38pm

     Isaiah was sitting with me while I was checking out an episode of CSI and there was a dead lady on the screen at that moment.  Here is the conversation that proceeded after Isaiah saw the dead lady.

Isaiah:  Why that lady dead?
Me:  Well because a bad guy probably killed her honey.
Isaiah:  Why mama, why he do that?
Me:  Well, I don't know honey, sometimes there are bad people out there and they do bad things.  But there are good people too, like Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Papa, and Nana Patty and Papa Rick.  And God is good, and if God is for us, who can be against us?
Isaiah:  Bad Guys.

LOL  I thought that was hilarious.  All I could do was just say, "Yea, I guess they would be."  Someday he will actually understand what that statement meant.  lol  Anyway, I just had to share that.  It made James and I laugh a lot. 

     So anyway, I am sitting here trying to write this out but I keep getting distracted.  One by talking to people online, and another by the movie that I am watching.  Rumor Has It.  It is the one with Jennifer Anniston and Kevin Costner that is supposed to be the sequel to The Graduate.  It isn't the most exciting movie ever, but it is very sweet.  And the dad just said the sweetest thing to his daughter.  She was talking about how different she is from him, she hates tennis, she votes different, she drives fast and he drives slow.  Then he said..."I only drive slow because you're in the car."  I couldn't help but shed a couple tears.  I love a good daddy daughter moment. 
     In other news...we moved Isaiah's turtle tank down here to the kitchen.  We have a crazy amount of counter space, and it fits and looks perfect.  This was we can all see them more often and enjoy them.  Oh...and we went to church today.  It was good, but I was feeling in a funk about something, and so I allowed myself to be bothered by that instead of focusing more on God.  I wish I hadn't done that.  The thing that was bothering me is still bothering me...and although I don't want to put it to words here on this blog, I would ask that you all pray that God will give me wisdom in how to solve my dilemma or that God would just solve it for me.  Personally, I would prefer that one.  After all, he knows what is best.   So anyway, that is it for me...I think I will finish cleaning up what is left to clean...and then head on upstairs.  ttyl.  Bye.
    

9.9.06
6:50pm

     I know I am writing this early, but I am trying to be more pro-active about getting it done as soon as I have the chance, so that way I have more time at night to spend with James.  Usually what happens if I haven't written it is we sit in front of the TV watching our shows or a movie while I type this out.  Not a big deal I realize, but it would be nice to be able to sit next to him without the laptop on my lap.  So...here I am trying to do this now.  Today was pleasant.  Not everything got done, but almost.  The guys James plays basketball with didn't show up, so he came home early, which enabled me to take the car in early.  But, to my dismay, Ford was closed!!!  Why would they be closed on Saturday?  Don't they know most people work during the week and need to bring things in on a Saturday.  There sign said open Mon-Fri 7:30am-5pm.  That's it???  I couldn't believe it.  So now I have to bring it in the morning, early I think, and leave James with the kids.  He offered to take it in himself, but I really would rather do it, it gives me the chance to be alone and read a book without hearing a crying baby or the words, "Mama, help me!"  Of course I love hearing them, I just like to have a break.  lol
     So anyway, I was driving home though from Ford and happened upon a place called Victory Lanes Quick Oil Change.  I pulled in there and got my oil change and they also replaced my air filter for an extra $20.00.  Wasn't that nice of them...not.  But I let them because I had already known that it needed to be done.  The also wanted to change my gas filter (whatever that is) but when I called James to ask he said we could wait on it.  They were super nice though and were also very quick.  So at least the oil change got done.  After that James mowed the lawn, we had lunch, and then decided to go buy James' new clothes.  We choose KOHLS.  As soon as we were about to go outside to the car there was a HUGE crack sound and massive thunder in the sky and almost immediately after that buckets of rain started falling down.  So, we had to all get different shoes on, jackets, all that good stuff.  Evelyn wasn't too happy about wearing her jacket.  I don't think she will enjoy that part of winter.  She likes to be as free of clothing as possible.  Even worse, when we were at KOHLS Evelyn kept crying and semi screaming the whole time.  I didn't know what her problem was.  She would cry in the stroller, and when I took her out she wanted back in, but she would still cry.  Who the heck knows.  I wish that babies could talk.  Drives me crazy. 
     Anyway, so now we are all just hanging out.   Literally all of us.  Even my mom and dad are up here playing with the kids.  It's like a mad house.  I am pretty hungry though and have no idea what to eat.  I really need to go to the grocery store though and get some food.  I really want to have something sweet, but I am trying to use will power.  My mom and dad are also looking through old photo albums, baby pictures of me trying to see if Evelyn looks like me.  She does quite a bit.  I was surprised.  Isaiah looked nothing like me as a baby.  Oddly though, I think he and Evelyn look alike.  lol  Whatever.  Anyway, I think that's it for now.  I am gonna try to go to the store.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.8.06
11:24pm

     I am watching the history channel, and I am learning about Rasputin.  I must admit that I knew nothing about him.  All that I thought I knew, was from the cartoon movie Anastasia.  It is all very fascinating.  He was a creepy looking guy...and lead a very crazy life, he was very very fascinating.  Scary though.  I love the history channel...I love learning about the past...I only wish that I had more time to watch it or just read about history.  That used to be one of my favorite subjects in school.  Tomorrow is going to be a crazy busy day.  The morning will be especially so.  James will go play basketball, and also the TV technician will be by to fix our TV.  After all of that, I will be driving my car to the Ford Service Center and getting an oil change, my brakes checked, and a noise that we have been hearing checked also.  I am expecting that it will cost quite a bit, but James wants me to go find our warranty info also, incase that noise ends up being covered.   I don't even know if our car is still covered by the warranty, but I will look.  Just to please him.  lol
     Well, I would love to write more, but James is laying on the couch next to me falling asleep, I still need to clean up, and...I am starving.  I feel so hungry, even though I know I shouldn't eat anything, I am highly considering it.  So anyway...that will be all.  I will let you all know how my hectic day goes tomorrow.  ttyl.  bye.
 

9.7.06
11:01pm

     Sorry about not writing the last two days.  I have been feeling really sick lately.  My chest hurts bad when I cough, and sadly I cough often.  Today I have had a headache going on now for the 7th hour.  I am going insane with it.  I don't know why it won't leave me alone.  At one point it was so bad that I decided it must be a migraine.  I couldn't even function.  James was nice enough to watch the kids for me and I went and laid down for about an hour.  It didn't help, but at least it was quiet.  I am going to take some more Tylenol soon, but I am doubtful that it will help much. 
     I am typing this on James' personal laptop.  I sent mine off today to Compaq to hopefully get fixed.  I suspect that it will be gone for about 2-3 weeks.  So I will be using this one for now and typing it out on here.  I wish that I had all my stuff, but oh well.  maybe I will upload some on to here.  If they don't fix my laptop, I will be very mad.  Speaking of fixing things...I don't know if I told you or not but our TV in the family room (not the new one) has been having lots of problems.  The color is going bad, one side is green while the other is purple.  This all started happening after we moved here, so I can only assume it is from being in the moving truck.  Luckily...and I mean luckily, we found our warranty info and since we bought the 4 year warranty that means that  this Saturday a technician is coming out to try to fix it for us.  And, if he can't fix it, then they will get us a new one!!!  Cool huh?  And...another thing.  We finally got a hold of the people who make Isaiah's fire truck power wheels, and although it took some convincing on James' part (they were trying to say it wasn't the battery, that it was because we were letting Isaiah drive it on the grass, whatever.)  they finally agreed to send a new battery.  What a bunch of stupidity saying that having Isaiah driving it on the grass was ruining the gears.  All kids drive those on the grass.  James said he let that guy have it since he was constantly trying to tell James otherwise.  I am glad it was James and not me, I don't know how I would have handled it.
     So I started back on my diet today.  I pretty much stopped while my Grandma was here.  She had a great visit.  We really enjoyed having her here.  She liked it so much that she is also considering moving here when she retires.  We are very excited about that possibility.  She took lots of pictures and is showing everyone.  I am so glad that she had fun.  She wants to try to come see us every summer, so that will be great.  Hopefully, other people will also start coming to visit us.  I would love that.  I especially Lorenda and Tiffany.  I really want them to come here.  Anyway, so that is all for now.  I hope you all had a great day...I hope I feel better in the morning.  Bye.
 

9.4.06
8:54pm

     I am sitting down right now with Isaiah and my mom and my Grandma, watching the movie Mr and Mrs Smith.  Evidently she had not seen it and since we love it, we wanted to have her watch it.  It really is a great movie.  Lots of action, good chemistry...and who wouldn't want to look at Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt???  lol  Anyway, so today was another good day.  We went to the mall at around 10am and stayed there for quite a while, my Grandma bought a few things and also got us some Cinnabuns..., which are so good that there isn't even a word for them.  She even bought two more to bring home to James and my dad.  Very fattening.  I think it is safe to say that I am not exactly sticking to my diet right now.  I fully plan on getting back into it fully though once my Grandma is gone and my eating habits won't consist of going out.  I know that she mentioned going to lunch tomorrow or something like that.  I don't know where we will go, but whatever. 
     (James is staring at me)  I just told him that I would finish this up quick...so I am gonna try.  Isaiah is sick, I don't know if I mentioned that prior to this, but he is.  He has a bad cough, and a sore throat.  Yesterday he was miserable, but today he is doing much better.  We were keeping him home for a while there just so he wouldn't infect anyone else.  He keeps coughing right in peoples faces, mostly James.  We keep trying to remind him that he needs to cover his mouth, he is getting better at it though.   I just don't want Evelyn to catch the cold, I think it would be even worse for her.  I haven't really had the chance to talk to many people today.  I talked to Tiffany briefly, but that was it, and I haven't spoken to Lorenda at all for a couple days.  I have just been so busy with my Grandma here.  I swear I did the dishes 3 times today!!!  No one else offered to help either.  Well, my Grandma did, but I wasn't gonna have her help me, she is the guest.  But then again, I suppose it is better that I just do it myself, because whenever someone else cleans the kitchen for me I always find stuff that I have to redo since they didn't do it right (at least not the way I think is right) the first time.  It's just my need to have things done a certain way.  I am sure that my kids will have hardly no chores at all, due to the fact that I am so picky about how things get done.  Odds are they will just be required to clean their rooms.  Anyway, I guess that's it.  I am about done.  But tomorrow is another day and I am looking forward to it.  Our last full day with my Grandma.  I would put some pictures up of her being here...but she doesn't want me to.  So that's that.  Well, ttyl then.  Bye.
 

9.03.06
8:56pm

     So far we are having a great visit with my Grandma.  Today we went for 2 walks, and took her to see a movie that she was nice enough to pay for.  Then we went to the movies and after that we had dinner at a restaurant that we hadn't been to before...called O'Charley's.  Besides the dinner taking a little longer than I would have liked for it to get to us...it was really great.  I liked the food a lot, and the service was great and the people were really nice.  I even liked the atmosphere.  I fully plan on going there again.  Grandma really likes it here.  She loves the weather and absolutely loves all the land and homes.  She wanted me to print up some flyers from a realtor website so she can show everyone what the home prices are here.  And of course they are so much cheaper.  So I have done that and we also grabbed a few from homes while we were walking. 
     Tomorrow we are going to all go to the mall for the day, I am sure it will be busy since it is the holiday and all.  We might take Isaiah to the dollar theatre which is also at the mall.  Basically it is just gonna be a fun time together, and also will be having dinner and such.  I think we are just gonna make enchiladas.  Anyway, so I don't have too much to write about besides just that.  I am sure this visit is gonna be great.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.02.06
10:33pm

     This evening, at almost 8pm, my Grandma arrived at our house.  It took some doing from my dad and James to pick her up though from the airport, evidently her plane circled for a while, and then they had to wait for luggage and a few other things. I had had dinner ready for a while already...so when she got here we just sat down right a way to eat.  I made spaghetti with bread sticks.  Turned out really well.  We showed her all around the house of course and she loved it.  She especially impressed with how nice the basement looked.  I guess that even with the pictures I took, she still thought it looked small.  Pictures never really show you how big an area is though you know.  Because she also said that she had assumed the whole house was smaller, and now that she is here it's much bigger.  I can't really think of a way to make a picture really show how big a room is, so oh well.   Anyway though, it is really great to have her here.  Unfortunately she didn't get to see Evelyn for very long, since she basically got here at her bed time, but she and my mom are going to have her by themselves for a couple hours while we are at church.  They will be taking her to the store for groceries, and also my mom will be driving my Grandma around showing her different places.  I am gonna give them the stroller to take just incase they need it.  I know she will have fun.  We are all gonna go out to eat tomorrow I think, possibly at this restaurant called Charley's.  I haven't been there yet, so we will see how that goes.  I will probably post a review of it on my Yahoo360 page.  Anyway, so everyone else is in bed right now, and James and I are just sitting on the couch.  Isaiah caught James' cold, and now he has a bad cough.  He just woke up a second ago and was crying pretty bad because his throat is really hurting him...poor little man.  I hate it when kids are sick.  It just makes everyone miserable.  I hope he gets better quick...Evelyn is starting to catch it now too.  Anyway, so I am not gonna write anything else.  Just gonna go to bed now I think, everything is clean, so I might as well.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

9.01.06
9:47pm

     I am watching a show on the Discovery Channel called Dirty Jobs...this guys goes all around the country and finds the dirtiest jobs around, and then gives them a try...right now he is at an alligator farm where they breed alligators after they are so old, they then kill them and use their skin for whatever...I am sure one purpose is to make belts for someone somewhere...anyway.  The only reason that I am not utterly disgusted is that they always take a certain percentage of the alligators and release them in to the wild.  So that is good.  But still, it is very sad.  At one point they use a pressure hose and blast all of the meat off the skin.  Yuck.  Makes you wonder where they have all these businesses you know.  I mean, I know this is a large country, and that for all the stuff we as a nation use, there has to be somewhere that it all gets made...for instance.....Where do they make microwaves?  Portable fans?  Stoves/Ovens?  Is there a place, a factory somewhere here in America where all this stuff is built that I don't know about?  I want to know.  I want to know what states have the most factories that build products that we all use.  If you know...let me know.
     AAAAHHHHHHH.....I was trying to write this out quickly, but now at least 15 minutes has gone by because Kevin had to argue with me about how he thinks we will save so much money if we fly there.  Who the heck cares anyway?  Ugh!  So now I have wasted a bunch of time discussing useless stuff.  I have so much to clean up still before my Grandma Sheila gets here tomorrow.  So far I have swept and mopped the hardwood floors, moved all the furniture and vacuumed under everything, vacuumed the stairs, shampooed one spot that the dog peed on, vacuumed all of upstairs, and a couple other things.  I still have to clean the kitchen, clean two bathrooms, and ...........AGH, Kevin is still bothering me.  If I am up till 2am cleaning this place it is all on him.  I will be so tired tomorrow.  We have no food here, and are almost out of milk...so tomorrow after James plays basketball we will be going to Costco, and then grocery shopping so that way I can actually feed my Grandma.  I think that my mom wants to go out to eat one time too, maybe Sunday night.  We'll see.  I have to try to think of where we should go though.  I would like to take her somewhere that she hasn't been before.  But most of those kinds of places are about 30 minutes away.
     Well, I think I better end with that for now.  I need to clean, clean, and clean some more.  Plus I am hungry, but have no points left.  Well, that's the sacrafice you make when you are trying to lose weight.  Sometimes you are hungry.  So, I will tell you all about my Grandma tomorrow.  ttyl.  Bye.
 

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