The drama i call my life...

A few weeks back my moms SO(significant other) lost his job. And he isn't the brightest bulb in the box, so the possability of him finding another job soon is slim to none. So i get this bright idea to ask my mom and her SO to move in with us. In all honest, i didn't think she would accept. My mom is one of the most stubborn women i know. To my surprise, she called me last night and said they were willing to move in. That's great. It will help me and hubby out with bills and i know it will ease my mothers worries about her own bills. Right now they are paying over 600 a month rent for a single wide trailer. That's BS. Hubby and i pay just a lil over 800 a month mortgage for a 3 bedroom 2 bath house on a one acre lot. So her payments will be reduced by at least half. Which i know will make my mom happy. But it's gonna be really crowded. Like i said before, it's a 3 bedroom 2 bath. My kiddos are gonna have to share a room. Which will be fine, they will be getting the bigger of the 2 spare bedrooms. It's just fair to them that way. But now i have the job of cleaning the house. Which is a total mess! And i have to rearange Leigh Ann's room so that i can fit Seth's bed in. The good thing, is that i have about a month to get things straightened up around the house before my mom and Steve move in. The bad news, that i only have a month before my mom and Steve move in! lol.

I'm Back!!

Ok, so it's sorta been a while since i have have updated my blog. Things have been crazy busy with me and the family. And it seems things are going to be getting even more crazy. But that is something i will get into more later. Anywho...I am back now, and ready to dish out the dirt on my life and the everyday happenings of being a SAHM. Hope everyone is well. Talk to ya more soon! *hugs*

Day four and counting...

This is day four of hubby's "shutdown". And things are going pretty good so far. He has been sorta busy the last few days. He has been cleaning for me, which makes me happy. Yesterday our washing machine broke and Kevin called his brother to borrow his spare washer. lol. Sounds wierd but it's true. His younger brother has like 2 of everything, but still lives at home. He's odd. Anywho. So hubby and his brother had to get the new washer in the house. That went well, but then the washer wouldn't work. So he had to take it apart and fix it. He got that fixed. Then late last night some older fella called him and asked him to work on his car. So today Kevin got up and was outside by 8am to work on the car. He just now got it finished. Finally! lol. So far so good i guess. I'm not wanting to kill him just yet. lol. Give it a few more days and then see if he starts driving me nuts! lol. Hope everyone is having a good week! : o )

Ugh!

I am so mad! The stupid weather people here are idiots. Sunday morning i was watching the news and the meteorologist on one channel said to expect "blizzard like" conditions today. Then about an hour later on another channel another meteorologist said to expect no snow today. And silly me, hoping that the first weather guy was right and the second wrong, i ran out and stocked up on crap in case we did get snowed in. I just want snow! Is that too much to ask for? I mean seriously! It is cold enough to snow, but it always seems to go around where i live. So aggravating! lol. Well i have to run a few errands...be back later! *Chow* : o )

Winter Storm!

Gotta get out and go grocery shopping today. They are calling for a "winter" storm to hit here monday and tuesday, so i need to go out and stock up on some essential items. In fact, they are calling for "Near blizzard like conditions". this is gonna sound odd, but i am so excited! I have lived here in TN for over 6 years now, and not once has it snowed enough to matter. I actually moved to TN from Oregon and while i lived in Oregon it never snowed where i lived. Not once. Well every year that i have lived in TN it has snowed in Oregon! This year was the most is has ever snowed in the Willamette valley, Oregon. Which is where i am from. I feel so sad! lol. Well i better get going. It's already after twelve and i'm not even out of my pajamas. lol. Have a good weekend everyone! Chow!

Relief at last!

Tonight my little man was a lot better about going to bed! I am so relieved! When daddy got home after work last night, Seth was still awake and sitting on the couch watchin a Spongebob movie. The look on daddy's face was hilarious! He was so shocked to see Seth up still. So daddy took Seth to his room and had a talk with him. Not sure what all was said, but i know he went straight to bed last night, and tonight he only came out of his room once, maybe twice! Maybe it was because i rearranged his room and made it a little cooler. I just don't know. I also let him put some stickers on his bed to add some personality to it. Who knows, maybe that's all he wanted. lol. I am just so relieved and glad he was a back to being his good lil self tonight. On another note, not sure why, but i have been an energized and organized momma tonight! lol. I have done somewhere around 6 loads of laundry, and cleaned the kids rooms. I am just on a roll tonight! I am gonna sleep good tonight. That's for sure! lol. Have good night everyone! Chow!

TGIF! So psyched!

Woohoo! It's friday...friday...friday! TGIF! Tonight is Kevin's last night at work, then he begins his 2 week vacation! I am psyched about him being home! I know i wasn't so sure about it when i first heard about it. He has been home more in the last few months than he ever was last year. I think it is good that he and I get to spend more time together, after last year, and all my "issues" that i had going on...Kevin and i needed something to strengthen our marriage. And surprisingly enough, it is the economy that is doing so. lol. With his work trying to cut back on overtime and "shutting" down for a week or two here and there t0 save some money, it has allowed Kevin to be home so much more. Kevin and I had been worried because our damn mortgage company had been breathing down our necks for money, but we finally got them back on track. So they can kiss my asteroid. lmao. And we have our lovely tax money on it's way to us, within next week hopefully, so it's all good! hahaha. That is my newest phrase to say...It's all good! lol. I had a shirt i wore when i was prego that said that, and i recently found it in the back of my closet, and decided to wear it. Yeah sure it's a lil big, since it was my prego shirt, a man's shirt actually, think i stole it from Kevin when i started getting fat. lol. Anywho...hope everyone has a fantastic Friday and an awesome weekend! I know i will! : o )

The losing battle

Ok so i am about to scream! Lately my son has not been wanting to go to bed when he is supposed to. I will put him in his bed then a little while later he will be sitting on the couch when i come back from the laundry room. I put him back again and begin the cycle over again. Well tonight my husband told me to just let him stay up as long as he could handle it, thinking maybe he would pass out after about an hour or so. Well here it is 12:05 am and the little poop is still awake and running around the living room like he had just woke up! I don't know what his issue is. Last month he started not wanting to go to sleep without the light on. It was a shock to get the light bill for last month, it was way more than normal, we think due to Seth's need to have the light on. He has a nightlight, always has had one. He has his favorite stuffed animals and blankets and all that good stuff that kids like to feel safe. I just don't know what to do anymore! I am so frustrated!

Worried about what's coming next

Ok, so things at hubby's work might be changing yet again. Right befor christmas, like the week before, the factory let go all of the temp workers. Also overtime has been stopped indefanitely. So as horrible as that was, hubby came home last night and said that there were more rumors about changes in the factory coming up. He said there is going to be a meeting thursday about the changes. Now no one knows for sure what the changes will be, but there is specualtion that the factory is going to cut down to 2 shifts. Right now there is 3 shifts: first, second, and third. Hubby works second. And he said that someone told him that they think it will be first and third shifts, 10 or 12 hr shifts, for 3 or 4 days a week. I just don't know if that would be ok with me. I know that i really don;t have a choice. For the most part, where hubby works now is a pretty good place. But with the economy in the shitter, his work has made some pretty crappy cutbacks. And of course it makes the factory money, but it sucks to those familes who rely on the benefits. We are now on the HSA(Health Savings Account). It's where they basically eliminate your health plans until you are make the quota. For a family it is 4,200 a year. So we have to pay out of our pocket $4,200 dollars before the insurance kicks in. We don't go to the doctor enough to spend that kind of money! It is just totally rediculous. Sometimes i want to tell Kev to find another place to work, but the money is pretty good, and he is working his way up in the ranks there. So i just don't know anymore. Guess we will have to wait and see what is next. Maybe Obama will help get us back on track!

My Mom is leaving...

So this morning i woke up to my phone ringing. It was my makeshift mom. I call her momaseena. She sounded a little wierd, i knew something was up. So we talked for a few minutes and then she blurted it out, "Honey, me and the kids are moving in a few weeks." I was like oh where to...thinking it was just down the road from where they are now. She told me they are moving to another county. Again thinking maybe they were moving close by asked where...she told me to Dickson. Thats like 2 hrs away from me! Right now they live about 10 minutes away. Before i get into this too much i am going to give a little back story on why her and her family mean so much to me. When i moved here to TN over 6 yrs ago, i was suppossed to meet my mom at the airport. I was only 17 at the time, and i was in a new surrounding. So i was scared. When my mom didn't show, my older brother told me to take a cab to her house. I did, but the cab driver was a foreigner and couldn't even pronounce where i needed to go. So finally after being in the cab going around in circles for over 2 hrs my brothers and sister-in-law called his cab agency and had his dispatcher tell him to drop me off so that someone else could come get me. Needless to say that driver got fired. So there i was sitting on my luggage at a gas stop, over 2400 miles from home and my family. My little sister, who had moved from TN back to Oregon that same day, called someone she knew to pick me up. Turns out i was only about 20 minutes from my mom's house. But had no idea. When i finally got to my mom's house, it was dark. No one was home. So i called my little sister again, she told me that her friend lived right down the road and that she would call and see if i could stay there til mom got home. When i got to the friends house, i was greeted with such warmth and hospitality. It was like walking into someone house i had known for years. I stayed there that night and the next night, since my mom was still awall. My mom finally made it home, and was shocked when she saw me. Guess she forgot. I found out she was getting drunk in the hotel next to the airport while i was in my cab ride from hell. Just like my mom. Within a few weeks of my being at my moms house, she and i butted heads. So i moved in with my other family down the road. I stayed there for ever it seemed like. Up until the day i moved in with Kevin. Tomaseena's family is my family. I call her my mom and her kids are my brothers and sister. My family goes to her house regularly for dinners and bbq's. So it's gonna be wierd with her gone. Damn. I'm gonna start crying again.

Am i just being silly? Or could i be right?

Here it is, the weekend. Tomorrow my mom will come and get Leigh Ann like she does most weekends, and my son Seth will be stuck at home with me and hubby. I don't think that my mom means it this way, but i feel like she favors Leigh Ann over Seth. It wouldn't be unlike my mom to favor one child over another. Hell when my lil sis and i were growing up my mom always favored Marissa. That little pain in the a$$. Anywho. I have talked to my mom about why she only takes one and not the other. She says it is because her car is small and it's difficult to put 2 car seats in the back. Yeah i guess i get that. But why not take Seth one week and Leigh Ann the next. She won't even ask to take him. The only time she has ever kept Seth for me is when hubby and i went on vacation last year, and occasionally on our anniversary. I'm just afraid that she is setting my kids up for sibling rivalry when they get older. And i don't know what to do about it. I can always tell my mom she can't have Leigh Ann at all until she can make time for Seth. But knowing my mom she would read too much into it and this whole family war would start. We haven't had a giant family war in over a year, so i guess it's about time for another one! haha. I don't know. Maybe I'm just making too much out of nothing. But i am a big believer in a mother's intuition. And if i think it's more than nothing, I'm sure it is more than nothing. Ahhh. I think i will have another talk with my mom soon. I will keep everyone posted on the outcome. But if you see me on the news being arrested, i might need some bail money! lmao.

Just remembering...

Yeah. So i know i haven't been blogging much lately. I have just been so busy with hubby being off work the last 3 weeks. Finally he went back this week. But since he went back i have been having to deal with the kids and them wanting daddy all day and night. Well, the holidays were hard for the family this last year. It was the first Christmas without Papa. It was also the first anniversary Kevin and i celebrated without Papa. Papa is Kevin's grandfather who passed away in June. Papa was a preacher. A damn good one in fact! lol. Let me set the seen for you: Januray 1st, 2005, at approximately 3 pm, Nanny and Papa came over to our house. Leigh Ann, our week old baby girl, was crying in the living room. She was ok, just wanted to be held. Anywho. Standing in the Kitchen in my sweat pants and tshirt, all of which was actually Kevin's. I was loaded on pain meds from my recent csection. Hadn't showered in the last week or so, my hair was all oily and messy. No makeup, no lookin good. lol. Kevin was wearing his jeans(the ones that make his butt look super sexy), a tshirt, and his red wing boots. He had just showered that morning. And boy was i jealous! lol. There in the kitchen we stood, Papa preaching from the good book about things that related to a loving marriage, still to this day i have no idea what all he said. lol. I just remember looking over at my wonderful husband as he looked at me with those amazing eyes and told me "I Do". I heard Leigh Ann screaming in the living room. Then it was my turn. I looked over at Kevin and told him, in a drug induced world, " I Do too, now can we get the kid? She is giving me a headache. " lol. Papa signed the marriage certificate, and Nanny signed it as a witness. Every year on our anniversary we would go see Nanny and Papa. This year we didn't. It was too much to handle. Most people want big, extravagant weddings, worth thousands of dollars. But the wedding we had was just perfect. Kevin and i were talking last year about renewing our vows. I was all for it, i wanted to do it so that the kids could be part of the ceremony. I also wanted to do it because i wanted Papa to be our preacher again. But his unexpected death last year threw a wrench into things. I'm not sure we will ever renew our vows. It just wouldn't be the same without Papa being there to tell us to repeat the words after him. So now I'm sitting here typing this and i see the marriage certificate in the living room, with his signature on it. *sigh*. It's getting late, Kev will be home soon. Gonna go grab some ice cream and cheer up.

Another award!

Woohoo! Got my second award for the year, and it's still only january! I know, i know. I am only getting the awards from the same person every time. But who the heck cares! I know i don't! lmao. Thanks to my lover face Steph @ My STAR [and Wish]. She is amazing!

The Rules: Find the beautiful ladies and give them this award. Hopefully, it will truly mean something to each and every one of you. Don't be shy...give it to the same person and don't forget to tell the recipients. Well unfortunately i still don't have many followers, nor do i follow many blogs. And the one person i would give it to, already has gotten it and gave it to me. lol. So i will just have to accept this award and hope to someday give this award to someone else. : o ) Again...thanks to my lover face steph for this wonderful award! Mucho gracias chica!

Making some yummi's!

Woohoo! Just for the heck of it tonight, i decided to make some yummi cupcakes! Guess i was bored...must be due to my lover face busy with her own life. lol. Anywho. I made 2 boxes of cake mix, the white kind. I like the big cupcakes. So i made i think 24 cupcakes. I decided to do pink and blue frosting since my lil boy and lil girl will want some in the am. I even filled a few of them for hubbers. He said he loved them, so i tried them to see if they were really good. And i was actually shocked at how good they were. lmao. Makes me want to open a cupcake shop here in town. I have wanted to do that for years. Ok im tired, and rambling on and on. So im gonna scram for the night. Night ya'll! : o )

My second award...first for 2009! Woohoo!

Thank you to my lover face Stephanie from My STAR [and Wish]. She is a totaly wonderful and fantastic chick who brightens the lives of those who are even in the same room as her.

This is my second award...first of the new year. The name of this award is The Lemonade Award. Oddly enough, when i was a little chickadee i had a lemonade stand at my grandparents house in the front yard...didn't make any money off the stupid thing. lol. But hey, it was the thought that counts...right?! hehe. Anywho...thanks again Steph! You rock! :o ) On to the rules: First give the link to the person that gave you the award. Check. Next name ten people, you would like to give the award to. That is what i shall do next...And the nominees are: Well in all honesty i only know two people on here. And one of those people is who gave me the award. So i will nominate my friend Sandra Lucille(i know her as Jazzerz) @ My Writing World .

Adios 2008...Hola 2009!

2008 is now officially gone. Thank god! lol. 08 was not the best year for me or my family. With my husbands grandfather dying then burying him on hubby's bday, and then a few wks later hubby's mom's step dad dying, 08 was full of heartache and sorrow. The only thing i am taking away from 2008 is that i am a stronger person now. Now on to 2009. Today was hubby's and my anniversary. 4 years married today. And i still can't believe it. lol. 4 years i have been married to an amazing man. Yeah he has his issues, i mean, after all he is just a man. hehe. He does so much for me. He works his ass off so that i can stay home with the kids. He comes home and even helps me out with housework when i need it. He is encouraging as well as loving. What more can i say?! Kevin is just the perfect guy for me! I am lucky to have him : ) The only downer of today is that hubby's grandfather who died this past year was the person who married us 4 yrs ago. And sitting here looking at his signature on our marriage certificate makes me want to weep. But i know that Papa is in a better place. Now it is time to look onward to 2009. And what a year i hope this will be! With our first African American president...History is in the making! I'm looking forward to see what good things are in store for us all! Hubby and i are going to take our 6 acres that we are purchasing from his grandmother and grow a garden on it. Kevin is very good with growing vegetables, and i have been around some fruit growing. We hope to grow enough to eat here at home and give to family. But we are wanting to grow so much that we can sell some of it at the local farmer's market! All in all, i hope that 2009 is freakin rockin! And i hope everyone else has a fantastic and prosperous 2009! GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW YEAR!!!!