too much going on

Well Amber broke the screen out of her window.....again. That was a $25 screen kit! So we are not going to replace it again. We are going to nali her window shut. That will end her sneaking out of the window. We are also going to take the $20 that she has saved to buy school shoes. It wont cover the screen kit, but she is going to learn that we are not screwing around. Rusty is also going to buy some alarms to put on the front and back door. I hate doing all of this, but Amber has totally broken our trust. I know that once she turns 18 w will have no controll and that is fine with me, but I will not raise her children. Once she out of the house she can do what ever the hell she wants.

I have started working with Ryan on counting money and it is not going good. So I think that I need to put it up and come back to at a later time. I sometimes get really "angry" when I can not get through to him, but then I have to remember that he does not learn like other children. Last year Ryan did not understand adding so we put it up and came back to it in 6 months and he totally got it.

I am going to start tilling our side yard today. I am so sick of seeing dirt and weeds growing. So I am going to till it up and then trim our property with some bushes, and just plant so grass in the middle. At least the bushes will seperate us from our neighbors. I told Rusty that if either of neighbors houses go up for sale, that I want to buy the houses so that I wont have to deal with neighbors!

The people that stopped in the other night are still staying with us. So we are going to cook out tonight! We have not had friend over for a cook out in so long. It will be nice to just kick back and let the guys do the cooking!

I just thought of something. I was going to put seed down in the side yard but I think I am going to call around and see how much  sod is. I hate messing with seed.  I wonder?

I wanted to go to the lake today, so maybe I can squeeze that in too. I was wondering last night how some women seem to do it all. Keep the house, a perfect yard,...... Then I realized that they either dont sleep or they do nothing with their children. I would so rather be doing something with my children then cleaning.

I sometimes wonder if people think we are bad parents because we have issues with are children, or because my house is not cleaned to the white glove standard. Then the other part of me say's screw um. I am sure that not every family is perfect.

 

good fourth of July

Well yesterday was a blast! There no fire works, so Rusty did good! LOL

We went to the majores house for a cookout and the children swam all day long. Then the major got made at some of his neighbors because they were shooting off fire works while it was still daylight, so he got out his sling shot and started shooting paintballs at them. There is never a dull moment at the majors house.

Before we left for the majors house some people we knew stopped in. We have not seen tony and Amber in 2 years! Tony is here to take some class for work so they wanted to stop by and say hi. They ended up crashing here. Sometimes it is nice to be shocked by someone from the past showing up.

Today the girls might be going to the ocean with the major and his family. They will have a blast! We all love going to the beach, but I have to much stuff to do around here to be going to the beach.

Anyway, I am off to help Ryan with his school work, and to get some house work done around here.

July 4th

Growing up my dad would tell the story about how his younger brother  hated the fourth of July. His brother served in Vietnam and his first fourth of July back in states was not good. Actually my uncle spent that night under a car bcause the fireworks were causing flashback. When I was younger I did not understand and now I see this same thing first hand.

Rusty does not do fireworks well. Last night some people were shooting some off and swore that it was gun fire. I can't tell you the last time that we watched fireworks as a family. So I am not sure what tonight is going to bring. Will he stay in side with all the doors and windows closed again? I guess I will have to wait and see.

If this happens to Rusty I wonder how many other vet's this is happening to?

Anyway, I am going to go get some coffee and hope that this fourth of July Rusty will able do enjoy the fire works,

 

homeschooling

I have at some point in my childrens life homeschooled them. Right now I am only homeschooling the youngest, our son.

I was reading some other journals and one of them was another homeschooling mom, who like me knows that the opportunity to learn is all around us, and that some of the best " class" are done with no help from a teacher or a parent.

Our youngest daughter just mentioned that next year they will be studying Rome. Rusty asked here when they are going to learn about some u.s.a. history. We were told that this will not happen until high school. what?  What is wrong with the system?

I know a lot that is wrong with the system, but for now our hands are tied on homeschooling the girls, so I guess we need to do some teaching over the summer. i will have to look for some places to go where they might actually learn something about this country!

Oh well I guess I need to get off my soap box and go clean the kitchen.

super dull day

I think I am going to jump out of my skin if I have one more day like today! There was NOTHING to do. O.K. I am sure I could have cleaned the house or something, but who wants to do that everyday?

We packed up the children and were going to go to the nw falls that we heard about, but when we got there the park ranger had some bad news for us. All the rains this winter washed the road out. The park ranger was nice enough to tell us that we could bring our mountain bikes up and ride out there. After all it is only 6 miles. What Nelsons does he think we are? We are not ozzy and Harrett!

So back home we came. I went and took a nap hoping that the day would get better when I got up, but I was wrong. Let's see..... I went to the store and then to the park for a walk. I can hardly contain myself for all the exceitment.

There is meat on the grill, so when that is done I guess we will eat dinner, and do NOTHING the rest of the night. I can't wait. At least we will spend the 4th with some friends.

busy day

I got up this morning and I had no energy! So I had a few cups of coffee and told myself that at least had to clean the cat room. Then something hit me. I started moving all of the furniture in the house! I cant belive how much irt is undr a sofa! My husband cant believe that I moved the sofa! LOL

I think that the living room has way to much furniture, so I told Rusty that I wanted to get rid of all of it and just get been bag chairs! He did not see how this was funny. I was thinking that the living room would be a lot easier to clean because because I would not have to move any more sofa's. Once again Rsty saw no humor in this.

We did not do to much today. I cleaned and in the evening we bbq some chicken. I am so glad that produce is in season because we had some fresh salad, watermelon, and home grown tomatoes. I love fresh food.

Rusty told me to go ahead and order the tickets to go see king tut!!!! Well we are not going to tell the children, but I sure hope that they have fun. I am just so happy that we can take the children to see this before everything goes back to Egypt for good.

We have found so property that we are looking at. It is only a lot but it is cheap. So we are talking about buying it and sitting on it for a few years. We are going to go look at the property again in the morning. All of the empty space around here is getting filled, so we are wondering about this land. I guess only time will tell.

I just got a notice today that we need to go apply for a new bus pass for Nikki, but we wont have to pay for it!!!! I am so glad that the no child left behind act is law. Now the distric has to pay to bus her. We wont have to pay for Amber since she will be able to walk to school.

My friend Julie ( the one I went shopping with) gave me this braclet today. It is one of those ones that look like a big rubber band. Well this one is to raise money for the fisher house in san diego! I know all about the place and I am glad that she bought it for me. Here is the link if anyone out there would like to buy one to help support the families of injured servicemen. http://www.fisherhouse.org/inTheNews/padres_04_20_PC.shtml

 

Last night I was looking through the Sgt. Grit magazine. ( all marine stuff) and they have some really cool stuff for the birthday ball. So I mentioned it to Rusty and he is going to bring it up at the next meeting and see if the will spring for it. I keep asking myself why I am doing this? I guess because I know Rusty wont let me down.

Rusty is going to take me to breakfast in the morning. Just the two of us! Om my gosh what am I going to do? LOL I know for now that I am going to go finish the dishes and then go take a bath! I deserve a bath after a long day of cleaning!

good day

Well my girlfriend and I went shopping today. I actually found some clothes that fit and that looked on me! I even got some clothes to wear to death vally. Then it was off the big 5 sporting goods store. They had boy's sneakers on sale, so I bought Ryan a new pair for the fall. Well since I was there I went a head and picked me so new pair of fila's!

Then I get home and the children tell me that Ryan broke the strap on his sandles and that both of the girls new new sandles. So off to payless we go. Ryan has gone through 2 pairs of sandles so far and the summer is not even half over. So this time I just bought him so slip on's. I guess the strap wont break now. LOL Well payless did not have the size/style that one of the girls wanted so we went next door to wal mart.

Now I hate going to wal mart. I hate the people, the lines, and I always get the dumbest checker girl! Anyway, I went to the material section and I score big time! They finally had this one material in. the material has air craft all over it and it is just so cool looking. So I bought 4 yards of it and I am going to make Ryan and our friend Jason a quilt. Then I spotted some Marine Corps material. Rusty loved the material so much that he is going to use them as table coverings for Marine birthday ball.

Now I am sitting here waiting for the washer to finish so I can throw the stuff in the dryer before I go to bed. I must say that it was a good day! I loved being able to spend the day with my girlfriend. She works and we never seem to get anytime to just spend time with each other.

As I have grown and matured and have learned from my mistake's, I now know that a friend is rare. I do not give the title of friend out to just anyone and actually I can count all of my friends on one hand. A few years ago I saw a saying that said "A friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the walks out". This is so true. I have discovered that a friend does not have to say anything to you, all they have to do is just sit and hold your hand. Friends are very rare.

well I should go switch the laundry around and set the coffee pot so that I can get some sleep tonight. The girls have to be across town by 8 a.m! They are having a car wash fund raiser, so.... off to bed I go