Happy Birthday

Today is the Marine Corps 232 Birthday.

I am one of the lucky ones who is married to a marine. however being married to a marine is not always a celebration. There are also a lot of tears.

Tonight I will not reflect on the tears, tonight I will celebrate. I will celebrate the fact that everyone we love is here and safe.

Tonight I will celebrate the fact the these fine young men and women are willing to fight for our freedom.

Tonight I will celebrate the fact that I am a mom to so many of the worlds finest. I am very blessed to have the awesome marines call me mom.

Tonight I will celebrate in honor of all of the Navy men and women that support the marine. There is often a rival between the Navy and Marines, but with out the Navy the Marines would not be able to do their jobs.

Thank you to all of medical people that take care of the marines. Thank you for going into harms way, and pulling a marine to safety. Thank you for transporting the marines around the world. Thank you to all the Chaplin who hold church service in a war zone.

Tonight I am going to put on my party clothes and I am going to go party with the marines! It is a time to celebrate.

saying our peace

I spent most of yesterday cleaning up the house. I got the big stuff done, so I am o.k. with that.

Rusty called me yesterday and we went and had lunch. We both very calmly said our peace and moved on. I knew if I waited long enough we could speak with out yelling and saying that that might slip out and be hurtful.

I will be going to ball on Saturday. Not because I really want to, but because it is important Rusty. For one night I can be Mrs. Gtsgt James R. Nelson USMC retired, disabled American Veteran. For one night I can let him be in the light while I stand in the shadows.

Yesterday my father in law came to visit me. He always comes to visit me when I have a lot on my mind. Yes, everyone I talked to my dead father in law yesterday. He gave me good advice and even picked out some good music on the computer.

I went and got my mom from the airport. That was a long ass evening. I swear everyone in San Diego was on the roads yesterday. We had a nice chat on the drive.

Today we have not done much. We are just hanging out around the house.

I put on a pot of chili and made some bread. Later on tonight I will take some down to Rusty. ....Rusty will setting up for the ball, so I know that he will appreciate the food. Not to mention that he love chili and bread.

I loaded some of the pictures that the girls took at the ball. I need to load a few more and then I will post the pictures. For the most part the girls had a great time. It was their first big formal event away from us. They also go to go to Bullhead city Arizona. I think that is cool because they have never been to Arizona. That is one more place they can check off their list.

Ryan has a dentist appointment on Monday. I really hoping that Rusty will be able to take him. I have a feeling that this will not be the last appointment. His teeth are so bad.

I am so amazed at how dull yesterday was. Oh well I guess I should be happy that it was a dull day.

 

the 8th of November

Yes, today is November 8th. Until a few years ago it was just another day. Then I heard this song. When we saw Big and Rich in concert they talked about this song. So listen to it.

Today is going to be spent cleaning. I not only have to get this house cleaned up before my mom comes, but because it is just dirty.

Last night I actually got the dining room table cleared off. That only took 30 min.! I had to sort through my material and make sure I had everything where it need to go.

Yesterday I found an Avon book. I had not looked at an Avon book in a long time. So I took my book to the Avon store. The lady that owns the Avon store...well our daughter go to school together...so I gave her my business. Anyway I scored some great things. I am have all of the girls stocking stuffers bought and I have one gift set bought. Now I just have to buy Rusty and Ryan some stocking stuffers.

The marines called us from Vegas last night. I guess the girls were looking a little to good. I can just se the marines beating up other marines! I hope that they had a good time.

I do not know what is up with Ryan. He asked me if he could join the basketball club. So Rusty and I talked about it and we agreed that I would call the coach and feeling him out. So that is what I did. The coach was totally cool with Ryan joining the club. However there is a 40 minute gap between when Ryan gets out of school and when the club starts. So I need to talk to his teacher and see if we can work something out. I Gave Ryan the form and a note for his teacher. She still has not called me. So last night I asked Ryan about it and he said well I did not give her the note. Why? Shoulder shrugg. Do you to be in theclub?Yes. then..... oh it is pointless. I will have to call the teacher myself.

Last night Rusty was digging through the freezer and he found tofu flavored beef. He asked what the hell it was. I looked at him and said tofu. He said well what the hell is it doing in th freezer. being frozen? little does my family know I have been feeding then tofu for about two weeks now. I use that morning star tofu and it is so good. I am determined to get this family eating a little bit more healthy. maybe I can turn them into vegans and they will not even know it!

I need to get off the computer and start my day, but I have three purring kittens napping on my lap! Another week or so they will be to big to cuddle up on my lap.

what I want

1. I want to get some sleep

2. I want a maid to come clean this house.

3. I want everyone to stop knocking over my light houses

4. I want to stop arguing with Rusty.

5. I want to have a laundry person.

What I do have:

1. a bed that is calling me

2. laundry that is getting done

3. a semi still house.

Everyone is off to the ball. I know that the girls will have a great time. I am just glad that they are getting for a while.

I figured out why all of my lights are on. I need a new  converter. Oh joy. I can kiss $300 goodbye. I guess it could be worse. On a good note I was told that the rest of the car is running great. I guess that is good news considering it is a 97.

I got a call from Ryan's school today informing me that he has a tooth ache. his teeth are rotting out of his head. I have known that for a while. I battle with Ryan all the time about brushing his teeth. The school said there is a program called healthy smile and they do free dental work. Free is a good price since we have dental insurance. We have known for a while that his teeth were rotting. I know we sound like bad parents.

I went down to the vfw today to see the vet rep. because he hands out thanksgiving baskets every year. I asked him if I could get one for my neighbor. I am so glad that he said yes. I told my neighbor that I would ask, so she will be thrilled. The vet rep also told me to go meet him at another vfw tomorrow. This other vfw shares a building with a food pantry. The vet rep in going to introduce us. This could be a very good connection for me.

Well nothing is getting done while I sit here. I have so much to do and I never have enough time.

Did I mention that my mother is coming in tomorrow. Oh the joy.

 

Lord help me

I so enjoyed the drive out to 29 palm. I just love seeing the desert at sunset. We got up to the high desert just in time. I also enjoyed talking with Beth. We finally go some time to just sit and talk.

Beth and I had told George that we were coming up to have dinner with her....little did she know we were bringing her a lap top computer and a knife.

So the three of us got to sit down and have some coffee and just chat for a few hours. The look on Georges face was so priceless! Anyway it was good to have some time with my girlfriends.

We all went by the exchange and I just whipped into a parking space. Well these two marines thought I parked to close to their Mercedes, so they started going off on me. I just looked at them and said "you know the exchange sells spray paint." These marines started yelling at us. Then out of no where this other marine started chewing their asses! They mainly got their asses chewed for walking around without a cover. I think the sweetest part was that they got chewed out by a female!

On the drive home I got pulled over by the police. Oh wonderful this is just what I needed. It turns out that the registration on my car is expired. I called Rusty and asked him what the fuck after all he was at dmv on Friday. Rusty said that he did not have the registration for my car. What? You cant drive across the lake and pull it out of the car? You have to go past my bosses house just to get to the dmv!

I am a little pissed but mainly I hurt. He got his truck registered on Friday. I have asked Rusty to change the oil. That is not done. I have asked Rusty to take the car to our friends shop and figure out why two of my lights are on.....that has not happened.......that was over a year ago.

You know what screw it. I am two minds on the whole subject. Part of me just wants to drive the damn car until the engines go. The other part of me says to just go do it all my self. I think that is what I will do. I will spend money we don't have just because my car does matter to him.

I would so love to scream at Rusty but that will not get me any where. I am going to wait until a better time to talk about this with Rusty. I would so love to stop doing all of the important shit for Rusty. Like going and paying for the cake for the ball, dropping off the music for the ball..... I don't think it will make a bit of difference.

I do know that I will not be going to the ball with him. We were suppose to go to two balls this year and we agreed not to go to one, but I am not going to the one on Saturday. The last thing I want to do is party with drunk marines..........I don't want to celebrate with Rusty.

Cesear's wife once said be above reproach. I need to watch everything I do so that no one can come back and say anything bad about me. Maybe I should go to the ball. I will have to think about this one.

Today I have a long list of things that I need to get done. I swear this is going to be hell week.

At some point my pit came and got in bed with me. He put his head on my pillow and snuggled in. How is it that my dog knows what I need.

I think I am being taken advantage of....

So one of the marines comes up to me on Saturday and says "my girlfriend is coming in tomorrow and I thought that she could hang out here with you and Beth". What? Excuse me? This is not the crash free hotel.

I normally do not care, but how about asking me first? If you had asked I would have told you no. Beth is staying here, our friend Kevin is coming in on Wednesday and then my mom comes in on Friday! I have a full house already.

I had even gone grocery shopping and bought enough food to get for the people that I KNEW were going to be here. I can't afford to feed two extra mouths!

Then this chick does not talk to anyone. All she does is sit and text. Oh wait. She asked me to take to the dry cleaners because she did not get ball cleaned before she came out here! She also asked me to sew those fake boobs in her dress! What the hell do I look like? Then she asked me if I could score her some weed. Hell if I am going to go score some weed I sure as hell am not sharing it with you!

 

So far today I have had to do laundry, clean the house up, cook dinner, call and order 2 cakes for the marines birthday ball, call the dj, and I still have to go out to 29 palms.

Sometime this week I need to squeeze in work, 2 trips to the airport, a trip to Joann fabrics, get the girls ready for the ball. I need to make sure that Rusty has everything he needs for the ball.

My gosh I do not want to be me this week.

My mother is coming into town Thursday. I still have not figured out why. The children keep asking me why. I have no idea why she is coming. Actually I do....here is how it goes.

I asked my friendly shrink to analyze the situation. i wanted to know why after 17 years she actually is trying to care. I was told that it was not so much that she cared, as much as she is trying to make herself feel better because of her past actions.

What is that about? Why should I make her feel better about herself? However if I tell my mom not to bother then I am the bitch.

Why do people think they can suddenly walk back into your life and just act like they care and that everything is fine. Yes, everything is fine and we have been doing fine with out for a long time so go crawl back under your rock!

The other night the girls told me that they really did not want my mother to come out. They also told me that I was put back in the will. What ever. It is a little to late. I had just planned to tie everything up in the courts. I don't want anything, I just want to make my sister waste her money and to make her fight for her shit. O.k. I will really do just because I can and because I am a bitch.

Well nothing is getting done by me sitting here.

 

 

hotel California

The children had a good time last night. Nikki and Ryan went up to the church and they had a blast. The church had a d.j., fish taco's, jolly jumpers, a hay ride and so many other things!

Amber went to a "big girl" party. We were not sure about her going, but we let her go. I told her that I caught her with alcohol on her breath that I was going to kick her ass. I also told her not to take a drink from anyone. It turns out that Amber did have a good time. She got to see one of her friends play his double base, but she said it was not that much fun.

Yesterday I also went up to the church to help Mrs. Deb set up her suv. Let me explain. The church has a contest every year as to who can decorate their cars the best. Mrs. Deb is Nikki's trip leader. So Mrs. Deb called and asked Nikki to come help her, but Nikki has a tennis match. So I volunteered to go do it. We did the suv in ice age. The back of the suv looked like a cave. We even had ice handing around the cave! It was cool.

Today is mine and Rusty's anniversary. Yep. Last year I totally forgot our anniversary and the year before that he forgot!

So I got up this morning and went into the bathroom to pee. Rusty yells that I was letting his heat out! Then he finally gets out of the shower and I give him a hug and a kiss and tell him happy anniversary.

One thing started leading to another. Rusty say's " do you want to fool around?" I told Rusty "No I want to get dressed, and my back hurts". My back hurts first thing in the morning.

One thing led to another and I finally said "what do you think this is? Hotel California? You think you just get a quicky and leave, besides you don't like quickies"

We had a quicky. Then we got dressed and he went to work. Rusty is suppose to take tomorrow off. So I am going to make a sign to put on our door that say's welcome to the hotel California. I have some chocolate body pain left..... and I have the paint brushes. I think tonight is going to be awesome. Oh I need to break out all the candle and make sure there are no cats in the room!

Until then. I need to pay some bills, go get a friend from the airport, attempt to go the grocery store, do some laundry.....I am out of thongs...I need to go to work for a few hours. Some place in there I need to cook dinner, and get ready for our trip to the hotel California.

So I guess I better go do my hair, and get moving. Oh I did take pictures of the children last night, But I have not loaded them yet. I will try to squeeze that in today.