balance

So this morning I was running around trying to complete my to do list. Then the kittens woke up. So I took them out side. There we were just sitting on a blanket in the front yard soaking up some rays. It felt so nice. That was when it me. I am out of balance. I do not know how it happened but it did, and I am now ready to get back in balance.

I have made a list of things that all of the children will do when they get home from school. Why am I running around trying to bust my ass when all of my children can pitch in and help out.

Balance is good. Before I start to write my next to do list I am going to put down some me time. I don't care if that is playing with the kittens or taking a long bubble bath. I need some me time.

I went and talk to the person in charge of summer school and I was surprised by her answers to me. Nikki can take Health in summer school any time she wants. It does not have to be this year. If I wait until Nikki is 16 then I can enroll her at Bringham Young University where she can take this health class. She will get both high school and college credit for it! So it looks like next year Nikki is going to start taking health class. Why does the system not advertise this stuff? Why are so many high school students taking all of these high school classes and not getting "college" credit for them? I guess that would be way to easy.

Tomorrow I need to go back to the school and ask a few more questions, and then we need to look into getting some financial aid (because it is $250 for a class!) and then we are going to start enrolling the girls in college classes right now!

I have gotten done everything that I had wanted to get done. So I am going to go do some sewing and then I will cook dinner. I am not going to get out of balance again. Life is to short to run in circles!

OH one last thing. The girls got a card from their "grandmother" the other day saying thanks for sending the flowers and for the cards. The girls looked at each other and then handed the card tome. What the heck? Does she think that the girls did all of this on their own? Oh well, no worries on my part.

 

no coffee and no chi tea

 I got up yesterday and asked Jake to put on a pot of coffee. Jake said " mom I think we are out of coffee" Sure enough we are out of coffee and I have no chi tea left! How will I get through this morning?

Mothers Day is next Sunday, I guess I need to go get my mom a card. I think I am going to buy her a gift card for south west airlines. My mom says that she is going to come out in the fall, so this should help her out a little bit.

The people behind us came over last week and told us that they were going to replace the fence, and that it fence would be down for Friday and Saturday. Well it is Monday and the the post are not even in the ground! GRRR I am getting so sick of chaining Butter up.

Today I am going to take my list one thing at a time. That is all I can do. I am hoping that this week slows down!

Yesterday I found a pattern for a dog bed that I want to make, but I must finish all other task first! LOL Here is a picture of the dog bed that I want to make.

I can just see the cats sleeping on it instead of the dogs!

OH! A few weeks ago one of the Marines brought up their girlfriend and her name was MaryAnn. Well we got to talking and it turns out that her dad is retired Navy. O.K. what ever. Then the other night I was talking to MaryAnn on the phone and Rusty asked me to ask her who her dad was. Well it turns out that her dad is the one who replaced Rusty's shoulder! So we told MaryAnn that if she and Ross break up we are going to keep Her and not the Marine. LOL

O.K. enough rambling. I need to get into the shower and getmy day started. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

busy,busy weekend

I would so love to be laying on a beach somewhere! This weekend has been so busy.

Chris asked me to "help" him sew this shirt that he wants. So we went and picked out the material and all of the trim and everything. Chris breaks out the instructions and starts to read them and then he said I am lost. I told him told cut the pattern out. While he was doing that I read the instructions and tossed them aside. Chris asked if we were going to follow them and I told him no. I am such a bad teacher! So next weekend the shirt should be done. I must admit that I so wanted to go grab the shirt from him and do it myself so that it would be done in an hour, but I did not. The only way to learn to sew is to do it! Nikki did get a good laugh when Chris said "mom I think I sewed this wrong". I looked at it and said " yes you did, take it apart and do it again!" Nikki hates those words.

CJ finished this box that he made for his girlfriend Beth. It looks really nice. I must admit that it was nice to see the boys doing something besides drinking and crashing! LOL

I am trying to get  the kittens off the bottle, but it is going very slow. I am just going to have to keep trying. I know that they will figure it out.

I think I am going to have to re home neffi. She is not doing good with the dogs. The poor cat is living under our bed and will only come out to eat and use her litter box. She is just so scared of the dogs. That is no way for her to live.

Rusty and I have been going in different directions for a few weeks now. So today I ironed all of his work shirts. I know that would help him out a little. For the last few Sunday, I have gone out to his truck and cleaned out his trash can and put a new bag in it. I don't think he has noticed yet, but it is just something little that I can do for him.

My list of things to do tomorrow is long, but I am going to try to get everything done. The last few weeks have been so busy for me!

Anyway, I am going to go start on cleaning up the house. That way my list will be a little shorter for tomorrow!

I can't believe I am up

Well we had our usual group plus three new ones last night. Jake burned some meat and we all ate good.

I however had a pounding head ache, so I tried to go to bed early. I say tried because they house was full of noise and I could not get to sleep.

I had to get up at 5:30 so I could take Nikki down to her youth garage sale today. My head is still pounding this morning, but the house is quiet for now.

This morning I am all ready for the kittens to get up and they are sleeping in! That would figure.

Jake brought up a new gal yesterday and she seems really nice. The girls had fun hanging out with her. I like for the girls to hang out with women who are "going somewhere". I think it is good for them.

Anyway, Amber had her wort and her mole frozen the other day and I think they look nasty. The doctor said we may have to go back for another treatment. I really like this doctor. He did his interns up at Loma Linda Children's hospital. That hospital is a top rated hospital, and this doctor also believes in " non traditional" medicine.

The above picture was taken while we were waiting for the doctor to come in. Do you like my hippy shirt? That shirt is so comfortable.

I am having an issue with the school system. I know that comes as a shock to everyone. I called about this class that Nikki has to take in summer school. Well the class is suppose to start on June 20, and that is also the same day that Nikki gets back from Nicaragua. The school system is trying to tell me that if she misses the first day of class that she will be dropped to make room for some other student who failed the class in regular school. O.K. let me get this straight. My child has done nothing wrong, is passing all of her classes, is going into advance classes, taking a trip of a life time, and you want to bump her because some flunky can't pass the class in regular school? I do not think so. I am going to take this to the superintendent, and then the school board if I have to. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the school system?!

I think I am going to go wake the kittens up and get them fed and then go back to bed. Maybe that will help my pounding head.

 

still standing

See the frog hanging on? That is me. The other three frogs are my children! i am telling you I have been so busy the last few days and today is not looking any slower!

I was all ready for bed last night and I was hoping to get into bed about 8 and then maybe watch so t.v.. Oh no, Nikki asked me to alter her dress! I told her no and that it would have to wait. Then Amber said mom will you do my laundry? The answer to that was NO.

I now know why some animals eat their young.

Nikki got accepted into AVID. AVID is an advanced placement for incoming freshmen. So Nikki has to go to summer school, so that she can take an advanced class during the school year. I do not know where this child got her brains from, but I know they did not come from me! If Nikki stays on track she will finish all of her high school classes in two years and then the last two years she will be able to take college classes. Nikki will get both high school credit and college credit! GO Nikki!

Well let me leave you with some eye candy. Check out this link! Have a good Friday!

http://www.thunderfromdownunder.com/index2.php

sigh

I just found this tag and I so liked it! Anyway,

I got three of the cutest kittens ever to foster. I am so glad that I am doing this. Helping animals was high on my list of things to do this year. Right now the kittens are about 2 ounces! They are so small.

CJ and I went down to help Rusty do some work today. O.K. CJ helped Rusty, I was told to stand there and look pretty. So I did.

Amber had a doctors appointment today, and I gave her insurance card and told her to go. Amber was suppose to have a mole and a wort looked at. Nothing major. Amber called me and told me that they would not see her! O.K. not I am trying to figure this out. Here in California a child can get an abortion and no one can tell the parents, but my daughter cannot have a mole looked at without me being there? How stupid is that!

Rusty and I have been like two ships passing in the night. Yesterday we met for lunch, but we had to rush through it because he had to get back to work. Last night I was so busy that I did not get home until 8 p.m. and Rusty was in bed. So I called Rusty and asked him to give me a call when he left work. I am hoping that the two of us can meet for dinner or something.

Yesterday I took Amber to apply for a job at Target. Today Amber had a job interview, so I hope it went well.

CJ went out and uncovered the desk. Then he grabbed the sander and started sanding it! I asked him what he was doing because I had told him that my goal for this week was to finish it. He just laughed and said that he also likes to restore old things and he loves working with wood. So I am going to let him have some fun! LOL

I have been gone all day and there is still a million things to do, so I better get busy before the kittens wake up and want to be fed again. Oh I guess I should mention that they are still being bottle fed about every 4 hours. Man I forgot what it is like to have babies.

 

 

yesterday was great

So after I got all of the planting done, I started on Dustins quilt. I can't believe that I am almost done with the top of it! I was just jammin on that quilt yesterday. Yes, I will post a picture of it when I am done!

Today it looks like we might get some rain, but I am not holding my breath. This is southern California and rain is not something I see a lot of.

Man my mom duties were stretched to the limit yesterday. Yesterday I told Amber how I felt about her prom and I told her that a cursed her to a million plus people on the Internet. She asked me what curse I put on her and then she told me that her hair did go flat! LOL A small victory for me. Amber said oh don't worry about it this was just a dress rehearsal for my senior prom next year.

Nikki said that her friend Brenna has just stopped talking to her for whatever reason. So, Nikki was upset about that. I so understand about loosing a friend.

Then Jake called me. It seems that this chick that Chris was talking to is now calling Jake! I told both of the boys that this chick is bad news and that they should run the other way. Oh I hope they listen to me.

I finished cleaning out the cabinets in our bathroom today. It feels so good to de clutter!

Today I am going to finish up some laundry, get the house swept and cleaned up, and try to finish Dustins quilt. All of this may go on hold if the sun comes out. I so want to work on that desk. Even that may be put on hold, because I am waiting for a call from the base animal shelter. They have 4 kittens that are in need of a foster mom and the kitten are only four weeks old!

If my life was not busy then I would not know what to do with myself!