please engage mouth before you speak

 

So I get a phone call from Amber this morning and she is so pissed off. I asked her what was going on.

One of her teacher was talking about the war, and the teacher was asked that if he was drafted if he would go. The teacher said no that he would move his family to Canada.

What? That was all I could say to Amber. Amber goes on to tell me that her and this Navy brat were very hurt by his comment. I hung up with Amber.

I called the school and asked if I could speak to this teacher. Lucky for me it was his free period.

here is that conversation:

Teacher: this Mr. C

Me: hello this Kelli Nelson, I am Amber Nelson's mom. I am married to Gunny nelson USMC Retired Permanent disabled veteran. I understand that you made a comment about going to Canada if you were drafted.

Teacher: I made that comment in jest and I thought I made that very clear.

Me: Well you did not. Do you realize that Amber is a Marine brat and that there is also a Navy brat in your class?

Teacher:

Me: You have the right to say anything that you want, however the military brats should also have the same right.

Teacher: I told the class that it would be very hard for me because we just had a child.

Me: Ambers dad left two months after she was born. Men do it all the time.

Teacher: I will speak to Amber and let her know that I was just kidding.

Me: thank you and remember my husband fought for your right to go to Canada and to say what ever you want.

This  "man" is a coward! That is all I can say about him.

I think tomorrow I am going to ask Amber to wear a USMC sweat shirt to school. Amber is not big into that sort of thing, but it will make the teacher feel very uncomfortable.

Any way. That was the start of my day, so lets hope the rest of it goes very well! LOL

Lynn, if you have a go Navy sweatshirt please send it our way! I will not allow this teacher to make our military brats feel uncomfortable.

it's actually raining here!

Well we are finally getting some much needed rain! I am glad about that since my plants need a good drink.

However that means that we did not go shooting today, and that also means that I still have a car kit sitting in our hallway! Oh well, there is no sense in complaining.

Today has been a very lazy day around here, Amber and I started sorting and pricing some of the stuff for her yard sale, and all of the boys have just laid around and watched movies all day.

My goal for this week is to not stress over my house being completely trashed. There is nothing I can do about the car kit sitting in the hall way and there is nothing I can do about all of the yard sale stuff sitting in the dining room. Oh I know that it will drive me crazy because I will want to clean and will not be able to do that.

I am cold and I just feel damp. I think I should just go lay in bed and cover up with some nice warm blankets. It is a good day to do nothing.

awesome day and warn out

Well here it is almost 8:30 at night and I am just now stopping! Today has been so awesome, but I am so worn out. So I put the kettle on, and I am going to make my favorite tea and sit here for a few.

Nikki went out and spoke to a group of men and asked them to sponsor her for her trip. They gave her $100! Then she called a lady that sponsored her last year and that lady gave her $100! I was very impressed that she made $200 today just by talking. Now if only I could get her to get paid every time she spoke!

Amber went up to this neighbor hood that was having a community yard sale and passed out a ton of flyers. The first house that she went to the lady tore the flyer up right in front of her! I told Amber to not let it get her down, and we continued to pass out flyers. Then the phone calls started coming in. We ended up making 7 trips just to pick up yard sale left overs! The garage and dining room are packed, so next weekend Amber will be having a yard sale!

Chris, one of the marines, asked Rusty and I to write a letter of recommendation for him. He want to volunteer with the young marines. I think that is just awesome! Chris is only 19, and he is already thinking of helping other people. I am so proud of him for taking a few weekends out of the month to help make a difference.

I am worn out, I want to take a bath and go to bed! Rusty just gave me a hug and told me that one day the children will look back and know all that I have done for them.

I will try to take some pictures of the quilts that I made. I just used big scraps of material and sewed them together, so they are nothing fancy, but at least the batting and the material did not go to waste.

I am going to go soak in a hot tub. I am just so proud of my children!

a quilting day

Today I managed to get four good size pet quilts done. I still have enough batting to make a few smaller ones, so I will try to work on them in the morning.

I must say that today was very slow and nice. I got to spend most of the day quilting. Then I went to watch a little t.v. and woke up with Nikki taking a nap next to me. I just love it when my children come and cuddle with me.

Today I made up some charts for the girls. I broke the chart down into $20 a person. This really helped the girls to not look at the big picture, but look at how easy it will be for them to raise the money. So now I have two charts and the cabinet, with encouraging words on them.

For Christmas I got the new Kenny Rogers c.d. and there is a song on the c.d. that always make me stop and think. It talks about people who go out into the world and make a difference. I always think of the saying "be the change you expect to see in the world". So now what change would I like see? I know that I need to stop complaining about things and start changing things.

Anyway, my head feels like it is going to explode, so I am going to go take a bath and relax for the rest of the night.

Africa, Japan or Hawaii?

For some reason I cannot sleep tonight. I am so tired, but I turned out the lights my eyes just popped open.

Anyway, I talked to Nikki's mission trip leader tonight. We are getting everything set for the trip this year and the fund raisers are set up. So I asked where they are going next year. My answer was either Japan or Africa!

When I asked if Africa was an expensive trip she said yes, but it is getting more expensive every year. If they go to Africa then Nikki will be gone for two months over the summer!

If they go to Japan then Nikki will be gone for about two weeks next summer. Either way we need to start planning real soon for the trip next year.

Rusty and I had talked about taking the children to Hawaii next summer, but now all of our plans are on hold until further notice. We both agreed that going to Africa was an opportunity of a life time, and that Hawaii would always be there.

All I can really say is that I am so proud of her. I love Nikki's spirit for life and willing to go to place that other people won't go, and she does it all just to help other people.

I got no planting done today. I walked outside and the wind just cut right through me! Brrr, I came back in side and just did some work around here.

Tonight I made everyone's favorite dinner and I was very surprise to see that there were actually left overs! I just cooking dishes that I know everyone will enjoy.

My goal for the next few days is to use up all of my left over batting by making pet quilts to take down to the base animal shelter. I do not understand some of the people in the military. They will spend a ton of money to buy these fancy dogs and then they will dump them if they move. I do understand if they are going over seas, but come on people. If I spent $500 on a dog, I would be taking that dog with me across the country! Anyway....... I am off my soap box.

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone out there who has been reading and commenting in my journal. I had no idea that I was on a list! Who knew that my life would be interesting? Thanks everyone.

I guess I am going to go do something productive but yet quiet since everyone else in the house is sleep.

One more thing. Gerry I would be honored if you would be my fill in mom. I try my best to do the right things for our children, but sometimes I still need advice. Sometimes I just want and need some positive affirmation that I am on the right track.

Good night everyone.

up early

I cannot believe that I got out of the bed at 6 a.m.! Yes, I am very spoiled and Rusty just allows me to sleep in until I am done sleeping. That is usually around the crack of 9 a.m.

Anyway, today is suppose to be nice again, so I think I am going to go buy some strawberry plants. One of my Aunts use to grow them and I remember how sweet they were. My life as a house wife can be rather dull at times!

Last night Rusty brought home pizza for dinner, and I was pleased because that meant that I did not have to cook! There must have been something in that pizza, because I was the one who felt like they were on viagra! LOL o.k. I will stop there. Oh just a thought I better not eat that pizza for breakfast.

I forgot to ask Rusty to pick Nikki up some clairton, so when I called him to ask him to go to the exchange and get it he said that he would not be on base today. Damn it. Now I have to go to wal mart and fill out the forms just to get claritin! I swear they want a blood sample, but on base we can still buy it over the counter. Maybe I will ask on of the marines to pick it up?

Rusty said that we can go shoot skeet and trap on Sunday, so I am so looking forward to that! I will be able to add that to my list of new things for the year. Rusty did say that he needed to get out the shot guns and clean them. I just looked at him. Cleaning the weapons is a guy job, I just fire them.

I do hope that everyone out there has an awesome day. I would like to say hello to Andy. Andy left me his first comment yesterday. so if there are more lurkers out there please make yourself known!

http://journals.aol.co.uk/acoward15/andy-the-bastard/

planting

When we moved into this house there was a huge honeysuckle bush right out side the front door. A few years ago we had to rip it out because to much of it was dead. A few months ago Rusty said that he missed the smell.

So I went and bought some Jasmine bushes. They smell so good! One day when Rusty came in the house he said that those bush just filled the air!

So I am on the hunt for good smelling and drought resistance plants. I have three rose bushes that need to bloom! I bet those will smell good. Today I planted this bush that has purple flowers on it and it smells so good. I just know once everything takes root our yard will smell so good.

Today I also planted two cherry tomatoes plants and a watermelon plant. I still need to get the sun flower seeds in the ground, but I am sure they will wait for another day.

I just love growing stuff. I think I am going to turn our whole front yard into a flower garden.

Today while I standing in line a gentlemen says to me "I love you dragon tattoo!" I looked down at my arm. Then the guy behind me says"I love your Celtic cross!" O.K. now someone is looking at my ass. I called Rusty and he just laughed. I guess I am going to get rub on tattoos more often!

I have had such a great day! I am going to take advantage of day's like these!

Liz sent me this video, so I am going to try to share it with everyone. O.K. that did not work, so clink on the link! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0