I smell garlic

Yesterday Nikki was sick. Today Ryan is not feeling well. Two of the marines are fighting cold. So I got up this morning and decided that they were not going to get me sick! o I made a big pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, and I added some extra garlic! LOL

Yesterday I got all of the stuff done that I needed to get done. So I actually got to sit down and do some sewing. I am trying some of the patterns from this book that my mom got me for Christmas. I figure if I screw them up then I will turn them into pet quilts because the pets don't care. I will have to take a picture of the block that I did yesterday.

I finally got to see Ambers pictures from Costa Rico. The are so cool. Man I wish I could have gone. Oh well. Amber got to plant a tree in the rainforest. Now to me that would be cool. Heck I would have gone just to plant trees.

Rusty did our taxes last night. That was a roller coaster ride that I did not want to be on. I swear I hate tax season. At least we are getting money back this year so that is a good thing.

I told Amber that I would show her how to fill out her 1040ez form. Amber said " well why don't you do it for me?" Oh I don't think so. You want to play big girl then you can learn to do your own taxes!

Well I think I am going to go have some of that soup. It just smells so good.

 

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feng shui

Today my goal is to clear out the clutter. That means getting all of the empty boxes out of the house and getting everything else all the floor.

Then I am going to break out my feng shui book and look to see where I should be placing items.

Last night I did get a few items placed. I did a middle east wall. I hung up a lot of my my late in laws stuff. Once I find the camera I will post some pictures. I think it looks really cool.

O.K. so I may be a little strange that I do feng shui, but hey it works for me.

My boss called me yesterday to tell me that the tickets for burning man are on sale. So I mentioned it to Rusty last night, but he said that he would have to think about it.

Think about what? Getting naked with 10,000 people? Or maybe he is thinking about the amount of pot that will be smoked. Heck I am thinking about that as well.

If Rusty say's that he does not want to go then I think I am going to make it a girls weekend. For any of you who do not know what burning man is go to burningman.com.

Nikki is home with the flu. This is really bad timing since she had two finals today. Oh well she can just take them another day.

One of our friend surprised us the other day. He called and said that he was in Denver. What? last I heard you were in Iraq and you were not suppose to come home until Feb. I am so glad that he made it home safely.

Yes my husband needs to be on that show clean sweep.  I guess I should stop complaining because I am stacking his stuff in the garage so that way I do not have to see it! LOL

As for the question that was brought up a lot yesterday. I have had no intention on ever taking ANY of my children on my dream vacations. To me a vacation does not involve watching over my children.

If I have to take my children then it is not a vacation because all you have done is change my surrounding. I will still be saying, did you brush your teeth, did you use soap....... My idea of a vacation is no children, no pets and no phones! LOL

Well I need to get back to cleaning up.

 

 

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Why do I not get to chase my dreams.

I got up this morning and did some of the typical mom stuff. Man it is so time consuming to clean three bathrooms!

I know I should make the children clean their own bathroom, but my ocd got the best of me and I had to do it to make sure that it was done right.

The last few days the girls have been talking about going to Egypt between Christmas and New Years this year.

O.K. let me have a pity party for myself here.

The girls want to go to Egypt. The country that I have wanted to see since I was a child. They are going to get to take a boat down the Nile. I have wanted to do that.

No. I am so sick of letting my children chase their dreams while mine are put on a shelf.

Hell even Rusty has been to Egypt! I so do not want to hear about his trip to Egypt either.

If one more person say's to me " well then why don't you go with them?" Let me tell you why. I can't chase my dreams because their is no one here to do my job. Rusty only gets two weeks off a year. Someone has to be here with Ryan 24/7.

People just don't get it. My life is not that simple. I wish I could just say screw it and leave, but I can't. This is one of the times when I hate being the mom of a handicap child.

I hate the fact that we have had a 2 year old for 10 years now.

So many times I have wanted to walk away and say screw it all. I am so sick of sitting on the sidelines of life.

With all of that said. The girls can go to Egypt if they want to. I will help them raise the money for the trips. I will continue to be their biggest cheerleader. I will continue to allow our children to chase their dreams, I will continue to encourage them to get out there and see the world.

After all isn't that what a good mom does?

I will never share with the girls the fact that I hate not being able to go with them. I will never tell them how much my heart breaks when the leave. My heart does not break because they are leaving it breaks because I am not going with them.

This is a pain that I will keep to myself.

Now it is time for me to get back to the reality that is called my life. There are still dishes to do and animals to be cleaned up after and life goes on.

 

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I have made it!

Well, for the most part I am moved in. Noticed I said "I". My pack rat husband still has a lot of unpacking to do. Rusty swears that he is going to go through his stuff and get rid of a lot of it. I am so glad that he said that because I needed a good laugh. I just told Rusty " Well as soon as you kick the bucket I am sending some of it to the Marine Corps museum and the rest is going in the trash. Then anyone who wants the furniture came come and take it. Rusty just looked at me and said you would not do that. Watch me.

Now that we have the computers up running I need to get Ambers pictures loaded. I can't wait to share her pictures with everyone.

The girls are loving the new house. We live in a community where we have a swimming pool and a fitness center. I will be using the crap out of the pool.

I finally got some curtains sewn yesterday.  Now our neighbors cant watch me take a bath. I made our bathroom curtain out of bright yellow rubber ducky material and I trimmed the curtains in a bright orange. The curtains look like a quilt top and they really brighten up the bathroom.

Ryan is not adjusting to well. I swear the child left his brain at the other house. He figures that since we do not live in the same house the same old rules do not apply. So it has been so much fun that Rusty and I are just speechless.

The girls have finals this week, so they will be out of school early everyday this week.  I know that they will do fine.

Life is slowing down for me and I am happy to say that I am returning to house rat status. My friends are doing their best to get me out of the house, but I am happy just chillin at home.

Tonight is women's Bible study and I am thinking about going to that. Deb wanted me to go last week, but I was way to busy, so I am thinking I will go tonight.

My friend Lyn is pulling me into a quilting group. Rusty is so glad that Lyn is doing this. Rusty say's that I need to get out more. I would have to disagree.

Lyn asked me if the car had gotten fixed yet. No not yet. It is still sitting down on base. I guess I did more damage then I thought. I some how managed to shatter the housing where the belt goes. Whatever. Car's are not my thing.

Well, I think I am going to go make myself some breakfast. Scrambled eggs and a hash brown. That sounds good to me.

 

 

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does someone else want to be me?

I once heard it said that life is what happen in between all the pictures. Pictures are just snap shots of the happy times

On Friday at the 11th hour we found out that we did not get the house. Great here I am at 6 p.m. on a Friday night and we find out that we did not get the house.

I sat down and cry ed. George just said to me " well lets go get a new house".

Rusty George and I spend Friday night looking for a new house. Then Saturday, Rusty and I got up and started looking again.

We finally found a house! We have signed the lease and today is moving day.

Last night I had to go to San Diego to get Amber. I thought that would be an easy task. Oh no. what the heck was I thinking.

I get down to the airport and I pull into the cell phone parking lot. Then I had to go to the bath room. So I go over to the coast guard station and ask them where the closet restroom is. The lady says to me "Take the second right and past the gazebo and then there is a rest room in the exchange."

So I follow the directions. The coast guard exchange is all of two vending machines and one toilet! I was in shock, but at least they had a toilet.

I get back to the cell phone parking lot and the little monitor says that Ambers had landed. So I head for the terminal. Amber calls me and says " Hi mom I am at lax" What? why are you at lax? That is 4 hours from me.

The weather was so bad in San Diego that the pilot could not land. So they were in L.A. getting fuel. O.K. I head over to Marine Corp recruit depot. I am going to cash a check and chill out for a few hours. Oh no, I can't cash a check there because that window was closed. Great. I am hungry and I have just enough fuel to get home.

Oh wait! There is a huge USO in San Diego. They serve free meals on Friday, and Saturday nights. So I am going to head over there. Then Amber calls me and say's " they are bussing us down to San Diego."

Then a few minutes later Amber calls back and tells me that she got a ride home. O.K. let me get back home. Now keep in mind. I have no money on me, and very little gas. The weather is crappy and raining to beat the band.

I call one of the marines up at Pendleton and ask him if he is at the base. He said yes. So I asked him if I could borrow $20 for gas and some food. He told me to come up.

I get on the 5 and I am heading to Pendleton. Right as I get off at my exit the car starts squeaking. O.K. a belt must be wet.

I get to our friends place and by now I can't turn the wheel. Our friend looks at the car and says you are not going anywhere. You broke a belt on one of the pulleys.

So my friend gives me a ride home.

Now lets recap.

Lost house, found house, lost house, found new house, go to San Diego for a child that is not there, break a belt, have to find a ride home, now we are going to be moving in the rain.

I must say that I am laughing! I have two choice. Laugh or cry. So I am laughing.

I am going to be turning off my alerts. I will be back in a few days.

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answers

Here is a picture of me with my first grand baby! Her name is MJ and she is perfect. Brandon is thinking about fighting for custody, but that will not be until summer. Actually it will not be that big of a fight. The mother often dumps the off on other people and really is not a good mother.

I think we got the house! Well they want us to move in. However the money is not what we had talked about. They want all most $4,000 for us to move in. We do not have a spare $4,000 we have $2000 that we can give them now and then pay the rest over the month when Rusty gets paid. I need to call the lady back today and ask her if we can make payments.

Can you believe that I am at peace with this? I have spent so much time praying about everything and our prayers have been answered so far, so I just know that everything will work out. However I am still going to say a prayer.

I have been packing. We really do not have a lot to pack. I guess me throwing stuff out all the time is a good thing.

Nikki has been helping me a lot. I am so glad that she is here to help me. I have really enjoyed the time we have been able to spend together.

Today I need to work on packing up our bed room. That won't take to long. I have been stacking boxes in the living room so that way nothing will get missed.

We also had another answer to a prayer. The mortage company is not making us pay anything! No lawyer fees no nothing! Praise the Lord for that.

Amber comes home tomorrow and I can't wait to see her and hear all about her trip. I know she is having a blast, and I so wish I was in Costa Rico with her.

All of the animals are upset. They are not sure what is going on but they do not like it. One of our dog's is licking his paw raw! The cats are walking around crying. I can't wait for this move to be over.

Well, nothing is getting done by me sitting here. I need to get moving. So, everyone keep praying.

 

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I am so glad that the holidays are over

I am so glad that the holidays are over! I can finally check my e mail. Rusty and the marines have been playing computer games for four days now. Last night all of them were on my nerve.

I had to remind Rusty that we had stuff that had to be done and yet  nothing had gotten done because everyone was playing computer games!

This morning Rusty told me that I should turn off this other marines computer. I just gave Rusty a look of why. Then Rusty said "because it should not be left just sitting and running."

O.K. let me get this straight. I did not say that he could leave his computer here. Nor do I want his computer here and I am suppose to care? I turned it off anyway. let me guess. The marine will be pissed if we leave it behind when we move.

I do not see a sign hanging out in front of our house that say's u store it.

Anyway, Our new years was very dull. Most of us were in bed before midnight.

I did however get to see my first grand baby! Brandon has a little girl that is just under a year old. I so wish he would have told us sooner. However Brandon thought that we would be disappointed in him because he made such a big mistake.

We are not disappointed. We just wanted to know so that we could help him out. It was so nice to hold a baby again. I miss holding babies and rocking them.

This morning I got an e mail from Amber. She is doing good and is having a blast. Amber said that everyone went to a club to ring in the new year and that she really enjoyed riding a zip line through the rain forest. Man I wish I was her!

Today I am just going to do some dull stuff. I have phone calls to make and some packing to do. I will find out today if we get the house. I am still praying that we get it.

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