Thanksgiving

Well, it is going to be another nice Thanksgiving here. The turkey is in the smoker, and everything else that I am suppose to cook is done. The tables are set, and yes we are eating outside!

I love Thanksgiving because I have so much to be thankful for. Every year when our friend arrive we exchange hugs and chill the rest of the day. It is nice to forget about our problems and just spend time with friend.

Yesterday my friend Julie and I went out and did a lot of running around. I told het that I have so enjoyed the day. I for one never spend enough time with my girlfriends.

Rusty called me yesterday amd asked me to bring him another set of clothes. While I was at the post some people loaded our car up with food. Well Julie and I were suppose to be heading out for the day, not packing food into the car. I asked Rusty what he wants us to with the food. Rusty said that he did not care. So Julie and I left it in the car and we went about our day. Then as we were finishing lunch I said " lets go next door and see if anyone is buying a turkey, if so then we will suprise them with a free thanksgiving meal." So that is what we did. We had enough food in the car to give two families a nice Thanksgiving.

The first lady we saw was an older lady, And when I explained that we had to much food and that we wanted to give her a thanksgiving dinner. She was in shock! Then we approached another lady and I once again explained what we were doing and this lady started crying! She said that her mother has been sick and paying for the live in care was really draining them. She was crying so hard that she hide her face in her shirt.

Who knew that these two families were hurting? Julie and I just cried. All we did was give away two dinners, but to those families it meant the world.

We will never see those families agian, and that is fine. But I will never forget this thanksgiving. Julie and both said that we are going to do this again next year. It was so much fun!

Well I am off to spend so much needed time with some friends.

very busy

Man it has been so busy around here! I took a week off of work just to get everything done!

I think I am ready for Thanksgiving. We are expecting about 25 people this year. I was trying to figure out how I was going to put 25 people in our dinning room, but then I thought wait, why dont we eat outside. So we are just going to line up table in the front yard and evertone is eating outside. We are so red neck! LOL But what the heck we live in southern californina!

Today my girlfriend and I are going to go to the matel wharehouse store. I am really hoping to score some good gifts for all of the little one that I need to buy for. Then on Friday I am going to be getting up real early to stand in line at wal mart to get some more good deals. After all of this I should be done!

This weekend Rusty and I are oing to san Jose for a friends wedding. I am so looking foward to some real down time! Not to mention that the people that are getting married are just awesome people and I am so happy for them.

Last week I mail out a ton of christmas cards to the troops and I have gotten to e mails telling me thanks for sending the cards. I cant believe they got there so quick!

I am off to get dressed and to get busy.

busy week

Well I made it through the 6 children! I must admit that the three that were not mine are really good children, they are just 5 and 4! However their dad was not to happy that they were not listening, so the marine gunny came out and put them in line! LOL

Today I am heading down to San Diego to help a friend pick up a donation of light houses. I had here get a few extra for me. For some reason I am really starting to like light houses.

So Kevin askes me the other day if I would like some help cooking Christmas dinner. I am thinking o.k. a 20 year old Marine is offering to help cook? What the heck does he want? Well it turns out that his parents are all upset because he has choosen not to go home for the holidays. So they are coming out here, and then he told them that he is still coming over here. So his mom offered to help me cook Christmas dinner if they could come over too. Well heck, the lady does not have to cook! Sure lets have company come to our house for the first time and then make then cook? LOL So I guess we will be having 3 extra for Christmas dinner. Thats cool

Well can you believe that I got my first response for one of the troops that got a christmas card from me? That is so cool! I mailed them just last week so I did not expect them to get the cards so fast.

Rusty just showed me the pictures that were taken at the ball. Let see if I can get them up here! I will try to get the one of our d-o-g- on there. She is wearing a shirt that says if you cant run with the devil dog then you better stay on the porch!

I must be crazy

I understand that children have bad days just like adults do. However I have 6 children in the house that are all having bad days and I just want to scream! LOL

Yesterday I got to meet our friends Kevin new girlfriend and she is a doll! I really like her and I think she is good for him.

Yesterday Sara ( kevins girlfriend) and I went to wal mart. We each pulled a name off the angel tree. It is going to be so much fun shopping for the children. The little girl that we got need's a coat, so today I bought her a very nice coat.

On Wednesday two of my girlfriend and I are going to be going up to the matel wharehouse where they sell toys direct to the public! brats doll for $3! So I am looking foward to going up there and scoring some awesome Christmas gift.

Well somehow today one of our cats got lost and it woulf figure that it was the one that does not have a chip in him. So I am going to hope that he comes back. I guess that is all I can do.

Well I have an hour before I have to start getting the children into showers so I am going to try to calm my nerves and look for a cat.

Today I am thankful that I have not strangled any of the children yet.

I have been so busy the last week that I am not sure how I have made it through. But I did!

Let's see where to start? Well I have been working an ass load of hours, but I am not going to complain because the money is good.

Then one night a guy walks into our work and ask's us if anyone would like a kitten. He found it in a trash can! This kitten stunk to high heaven and was so small!. I took the kitten. We gave it some milk and food at the office, but man this kitten was not yet walking very good. So I found the softest blanket and put it in the tub with the kitten. I woke Rusty up and told him to keep the bathroom door closed and to not let the children see this kitten. I go up a few hours later and called a friend who knew someone who did fosterin for pets. So I took this little guy over to them. He should not have been away from his mom yet and the people had warm formula waiting for him. I just wisj that people would get their animals fixed and then there would not be these issues.

Now there is another mother in law issue. My mother in laws friend, Joy, Called to tell us all this stuff that is going on with my mil. I got off the phone with her and I was like someone please her a crown because she is a drama queen. As usual Rusty is in the back ground telling me that he is not home. Last year about this time Joy pulled the same shit. So now two days later Rusty has called his mother and it is nothing like Joy said. So we are going to go see Leslie, mil, on friday before her surgery.

I am almost done Christmas shopping! I am so happy about that! I even mailed christmas cards today!

I got a call today from a friend asking me if I was still doing Thanksgiving. I was like well yes..... I did not realize that in about a week our house will be over run with people. I guess I need to go buy the stuff for dinner.

Well... I am going to go get in bed.

the family secret

Growing up I knew that my sister could not be my dad's child. She just did not look like anyone in the family. My sister is 5'1" and about 250 pounds. She has blond hair and blue eyes.

One day I asked my mom for something and she said that it was in the bottom drawer of her dresser. So off I go to look for this one item. I could not find what I was looking for, however I did find this really pretty blue clutch purse. I had never seen this purse before so I looked inside. There was a telegram that said Congradulations on your marriage, Don Hann" I closed the purse back up and went on.

A few years later my sister is getting married. My sister askes my mom where her wedding pictures are. My mom said that their were no pictures. So I went to the attic and pulled down a picture of my mom in a wedding dress. The look on my moms face was priceless! However she gave no answer as to how come there is a picture of her in a wedding dress.

About a year later I needed my birth certific for something. So after my mom gave it to me I noticed that under my mothers surname was "hann". HMMMM? Hann? so I asked my mom about it. She said that the hospital made a mistake when they typed up the certific. Sure because the names Hann and Young are so close. (Young is my mothers surname) Another piece of info tucked away.

For some odd reason my sister and I were at our parents home. We have never been close so to have her speak to me was a shock. My sister said " I want to find my real dad, but I asked mom and dad to unseal the adoption records and they wont." ( they are still sealed to this day)

I just smiled and said I know who your dad is. I swear the look on her face was priceless. I told her that his name was Don Hann and that I tought he was in the navy because of the telegram. Then I told my sister where to find the telegram.

My sister was hot! She called every living relative on my moms side of the family but no one would talk. So she finally got a hold of someone who would tell her where Don was living last. When got the number she called it and it was Don's mother on the other end of the phone. So my sister left a message.

Don did call her back and she even went to visit him. Don is remarried and has one son. My sister however said that she could not see any of him in her.

My sister has taken it upon herself to make my dad as unhappy as he can be since he will not agree to unseal the adoption records. To this day she treats my father like ass, and plays on my mother to get everything that she wants.

I was really down and out at one point in my life and I ended up living back at home. i asked my mom to keep the girls so that I could work, but she told me no because she was done raising her children. However my mom now raises my sister's child and my sister could do this for herself, but why when she can guilt my mom into doing it for her.

I was going through a nasy child custody case and I asked my mom one time if her custody case was a nasty one. She said no because Donn is not your sisters dad! What? then who the hell is?

To this day my mom is at my sisters mercy not be guilted into anymore stuff. And she still treats my father like shit.

Now, her I am trying to find anyone who might know who my sisters "real" dad is. My mom was an only child and all of her parents are dead. ( both real and step) However my mom did have a step sister by the name of Rita Rakes. I would love to find her and ask a few questions.

I want this information because once my parents die I will be able to tourture my sister with my information. I want her to suffer the way she has made my dad suffer. If both of my parents die together then I am going to take their death certifics and go down to the court house and get those damn adoption files. Then I am going to buy my childhood home and board it up and move back to cali.

She if I have these thing then I have "everything". So I am sitting her trying to search through record to find one person! I dont want to pay for an ass load of records that are not even correct.

There is our family secret. I am going to blow it all out of the water one day! :0)

Can anyone help?

Can anyone please tell me about some place I can go on the web to get free info?..... Let me explain. I am looking for a death record, but I don't want to pay $10 if it is the wrong person! LOL 

I am just trying to do some digging, and I cant see paying for this information