our town

So this is my home town in spring. All of the poppies are in bloom and the hills look like they are on fire.

I live in southern California but I live inland. The poppies only bloom one time a year and I just love walking through the fields.

I found out yesterday that the post got the demo permit, so now we are waiting on a demo date. I also found out yesterday that the marines that were suppose to come up and do demo can't.

So I call a friend who is a SgtMajor..... for my Navy friends CMC..... she said that she does not have any spare marines, but that she would put the word out to all of the other SgtMajors base wide. I just know that the marines will come through for us.

I had called our local trash company and asked if they would donate some dumpster's, and they said yes. So yesterday one of the other guys called me and he had followed up with the trash company. When he called me back to say that they were indeed going to donate the dumpsters I said "Well I told you so. They are called boobs and you can get a lot done with them". This guy just laughed nd said "yes but you have a nice ass". Guys are all perverts, but hey if I can get stuff done by having a nice ass then well ......o.k.

Today I do have several phone calls to make and then I am going to spend the day doing stuff around here. Nothing to exciting. I do have one more quilt to sew for a marine that is leaving in April and I have all the material so I just need to get busy and get it done.

I am not sure what this flower is but it is scattered in with the poppies.

Last night I watched this new show on WE call high school confidential. It was so good. I guess it really caught my attention because I do have two girls in high school.

One of my other favorite shows called the secret lives of women starts again in April. I can't wait to see that!

Amber just called me and asked me to call her out of school. I guess the under classmen have testing today so for her classes she is just going to be sitting around. I told Amber that I would do that if she agreed to help me out around here. So Amber is on her way home. I know I know. I am such a bad mom.

 

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a nice weekend

So over the weekend I just spent it here at the house. I stayed away from the computer and the phone.

Over the weekend I did get some sewing done. I made a skirt for George, and some pet quilts.

Then I actually took the time to sort through my material and get it all organized. Man that was a task, but it so needed to be done.

I did some cleaning out as well. I would like to know how we get so much junk. It just amazes me that we have so much stuff.

I also helped Rusty clean out his truck and put new seat covers on. I really enjoyed spending the time with Rusty, even if we did just clean out his truck.

One of our friends stopped by. He was riding his new Harley. I was so excited when he pulled up. First of all I have not seen him in a long time. For the record he is the other half of the twins that are serving in Iraq. Anyway I had to go for a ride on his new bike. I leaned forward and said " you know there is no better accessory for a girl then some hot guy driving her around on a Harley." He just smiled. It was so nice to hit the road yesterday. I love riding on motor cycles, but I would never own one.

Today it is back to reality. I can't stay locked up anymore.

I have to print some stuff off the computer, call and see if some permits have been pulled, and figure out when we start demo. I need to get all of this done this morning so that way I can call the marines and let them know when we need them.

Once we have that date locked on I will need to call and get the dumpster's, and start getting our food donations brought in.

Oh One of the other post was kind enough to donate us 10 cases of water! That is such a huge help for us. Also Starbucks is donating all of our coffee! I love my Starbucks.

I never really knew that much about construction, but man I am now learning a lot. I never knew so many permits had to pulled or that we would need an asbestos report just to take thing to the dump.

I am glad that I have decided to stick to my word and to still help because I am learning so much about construction.

Before we moved I was cleaning out my closet and I almost threw out my steel toed shoes. For some reason I decided to keep them, and now I am glad that I did. I am going to need them!

Now you may be asking yourself why in the world would I own a pair of steel toed shoes. Through out the years I have worked odd jobs just to make ends meet. I have done everything from construction clean up to unloading trucks by hand. I have just about done it all. So several years ago I invested in a pair of steel toes just to protect my feet. Life is so odd sometimes.

Well my day is calling me and I just know that soon my phone will start ringing, so I better get busy now but the real rat race begins.

 

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please take the knife out of my back

This day has sucked big time. I want someone to pull the knife out of my back. I am so mad that I am listening to lil Kim shut up bitch. Now before you go to you tube and look this video up beware their is a warning label on this song.

I knew that I was going to have a lot of running around to do today, so I got up early so that I could some work done around here.

My first phone call was to Deb. I needed to drop some stuff off at the church for the yard sale next week. I ended up chatting with Deb via e mail. I let her know about the drop off and that I was not going to be able to help with the yard sale next week because Rusty was going to be out of town on business. In my e mail I said " is there ANY other parents that can help?" Well I guess not since she begged me to come and told me to bring Ryan with me.

O.K. I do not mind helping my children, but I did not give birth to all the children going on this trip. I have never asked for gas money as I am running around picking stuff up. I do not want to bring Ryan because I hate listening to children whine. (I'm cold, I'm hot, I'm bored.) Not only do I hate listening to it I put a stop to it and then Ryan will sit there and pout. It is just more hassle then it is worth. Anyway, am I the only mom who can give up a Saturday to help their child?

Then I get a phone call that the momma bangle had her babies! I was so excited. Then everything went down hill from there.

I found out that one of them was an albino, and I said that I wanted that one. Well now it seems that I can't have it until she talks to her husband. Excuse me bitch you told me that I could have pick of the litter. Did I not just give you $6000 worth of cats?

Then I find out that the kitten I want has a problem with its paw. So I call the vets that originally rescued the animals. O.K. I got an appointment to bring the kittens in to get them looked at. Now the lady say's that she does not want to take them in because she is scared that the vet will take them from her.

Take them forwhat? They are not breeders and they sure as hell do not want bottle feeders. I have no idea if the appointment was kept or not.

What I do know is that I will never again will help this lady rescue cats again. She says that she wants what is best for the cats but then does not want to take the kittens in for a check up? I am so done.

Then I go and and do some running around picking some stuff up for the yard sale. I swing by the vfw to talk to Rusty and I get hit with more bad news. It seems that all of my time and effort in getting donations was a waste of time. The insurance company is not going to let us expand.

O.K. so you mean to tell me that all the work I did was for nothing? I was getting ready to go get a storage unit to put all the new stuff in, but now..... Hell no.

I was asked to handle all non money donations. Fine I can do that. And now to find out that none of it will even be able to be used? Are you kidding me?

I know this is really no ones fault. But why was I asked to do something before everything was finalized.

This will be the third time that I have been screwed or hurt by the vfw. Mark my words NEVER AGAIN. The ONLY reason I got involved this time was because Rusty asked me to. Never again.

So here I sit. I will do what Creasers wife said. ( be above reproach) I will bite my tongue and smile. Inside I will be cursing everyone.

I am beginning to think that I should start to not keep my word. I am thinking that instead of people screwing me I am going to start screwing them.

Well Amber should be home soon and she wants to go to half price day at the Salvation Army. I know how cheap can we be, but hey something's never change.

The video below is rated g. I so can relate to this song.

 

 

 

 

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lesson learned

I found this graphic this morning and fell in love with it! I own three black cats so.....

So this morning I had to go into Ryans room to get something. I never go into Ryan's room, because Autistic children hate having their things touched.

There on the floor is a picture of me and someone I once knew. The photo was an 8x10 of us on her wedding day. It must have fallen out of the box that is on a shelf in Ryans closet. The photo was torn in half because it had been run over by the closet doors.

I just picked it up and threw it away. No emotions at all. While I was cleaning up I thought about how I just tossed the picture.

That was when it hit me. The gal that was in the picture with me use to be a friend. Now I do not even know where she is. I have not seen her since 1993. That picture was from my past. That picture was from a time in my life when I was in a very bad marriage and just wanted to stop living.

I will not miss the picture. My children will not mis the picture..... if they even know it existed at all.

I have come a long way. I know that I am not the same person I was back then. I now know that it is time for me to go through more pictures and get rid of them.

Our property manager Tim called and said that he had work for the girls. Some time this week the girls are going to go help him clean out his garage and get things ready for an estate sale. Tim said he finally getting around to selling his mom's stuff.

Now Amber is excited about this. Amber knows that Tim pays well and that he pays cash.

Amber is taking econ this year so she is really learning about money and the economy. Amber said that she wish's Tim would have steady work for her.

I told Amber to be patient. That this could be her foot in the door to some real steady side work. I also suggested to Amber that she talk with Tim about cleaning out the houses that other people have moved out of, or anything that he might need done.

Now the wheels in Ambers head are turning. Amber figured out that she is made more money by pulling a toilet then she did working 2 days at her "job". Amber has learned that she does not have to pay taxes on cash.

Finally somethig is starting to sink into her head.

Yesterday I went and got Nikki's sponsorship letters copied, and I even mailed a few of them for her.

Everyone says Nikki has my drive, but I know Nikki got everything else from my dad.

Nikki can have a full plate of things to do and yet she gets it all done. I swear this child never sleeps. I know as a baby she never did!

After Nikki got done with softball she came home and started filling out more letters and has a huge stack to pass out!

Watch out world Nikki is on a mission and she wont be stopped.

Well, the laundry is calling me, and I have to go to the store, so I better get moving.

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the phone is not ringing

Yesterday I thought I was going to scream. My cell phone did nothing but ring. I was trying to make calls and then someone would beep in.

I was standing at the sink eating dinner at 7 p.m. and people were still calling me. I finally just turned my phone off. For the record I did turn it back on today.

So far today it has not been that bad. I should have known that by volunteering my phone would be ringing like crazy.

Today I went and got my car registered. I did not go down to base. I just called them and asked for an extension. I can't see wasting gas just for one little thing.

I also had to go get copies made for Nikki and run a few other errands.

I am going to spend the rest of the day just doing some stuff around here. I have been running around like crazy and not really taking care of my family.

I keep hearing that it is important to eat dinner as a family. I was even criticized for because we don't eat dinner together. This person said to me " well how are you going to know what your children are up to and when do you spend quality time with them?" My answer was less then nice.\

Then this morning I heard on the radio that the average family only eats together once a week. Heck we do not even do that! Like I said earlier I was eating a taco while standing in front of the kitchen sink.

So that got me to thinking, which is never a good thing. If we wait until everyone is home to eat dinner we might not be eating dinner until 9 p.m.

Am I the only mom that has children going in a million different directions and a husband who works crazy hours? I am strange because we don't eat together, or is our family becoming the norm?

Oh crap could our family be normal? I will have to change that. Sorry I was just thinking while I am typing.

 

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mean people suck

Yesterday at 2:30 in the morning Rusty got a phone call to tell him that our vfw post was on fire. Rusty and I went back to sleep and then Rusty went down there at first day light.

Now the reason we went back to sleep was because there was nothing we could do about it at 2:30 in the morning. All we would be doing would be in the way.

I must say that our local fire department did an awesome job. They were able to save all of our pictures and other priceless stuff.

99% of the post is gone. Gone, all because some one wanted to start a fire. Yes it was arson.

So I went and took a bunch of pictures and Rusty asked me to do something that I hate to do. He asked me to go back to my job in the corporate world and start getting donations. Yes I am good at it, but man I sometimes hate doing it.

I called the marines and they are going to come tare down the building. I called the Navy sea bee's and they are going to come help rebuild.

I have to laugh about talking to the Navy. I am not a Navy wife, I am a marine wife. I don't understand Navy terms. The command master chief (Highest you can go as an enlisted person) was just awesome. Not only did he tell me who talk to, but he also told me that if no one volunteers to come us that he will voluntold them. So I wonder if the cmc will be happy to hear that the guy I was suppose to talk to has not returned my phone call yet?

My girlfriend Lyn called and asked what she can do to help. I told her our first need is to get a ton of food, water and Gatorade donated. We will have a lot of hungry and thirsty marines and sailors to take care of. So Lyn got a pallet of each donated!

Who needs extreme home makeovers..... the vfw has me! I am going to do my best to get this place up and running. I do not go down to the vfw very often, but this place is very important to my husband and my marines. Therefore it is important to me.

Tomorrow I have to go todmv and then go down to base. I am going to call base and see if I can fax some paper work into them. With the price of gas I am trying to drive as little as possible.

Well may day is calling me. I have laundry to do, a kitchen to clean, a car to go get and a ton of phone calls to make. I swear right now I am wishing for one of those dull days.

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i was not arrested

I was trying so hard to get arrested on Friday! I guess I should back up to Thursday and tell everyone why I was trying to get arrested.

Thursday. The local animal shelter is just a disgrace. So I was not shocked when the small dog part of the shelter caught on fire. However I horrified to find out that the employees did not even try to help the animals.

The total loss was about 20 dogs and 15 exotic cats! All of them burned alive.

Soon after everyone found out my phone started ringing of the hook. A bunch of local rescue group ended up getting together and we went down to the shelter to start pulling the animals. Then we all stood outside the shelter and started stopping people from placing their animals in the shelter.

I was really hoping to get arrested on national t.v. while I was taking peoples pets before they could turn them into the shelter.

Saturday I went to help with Nikkis yard sale, so that the children could raise money for the mission trip. For it being such a crappy day the children did very well. Nikki has raised enough money for her deposit. Now Nikki just has to pass out her sponsorship letters.

Someone donated a ton of Halloween make up. So Nikki and her friend were sent to sort through it and pull out what they could use for the mission trips. This will come in so handy when they dress up like clowns or do face painting.

I was asked if I would bring the make up home and sort it all out for the children. So yesterday I spent about two hours opening up make up and putting together little kits. It really was not that hard it was just time consuming. I will be doing a few more of these kit over the next few weeks. At least I can do it while I am watching t.v. or something.

Amber had a little taste of success this weekend. Out property manager offered me $100 if I would pull the toilet and replace the wax ring..... the toilet was leaking. Anyway, I took the $100 anyone can pull a toilet. It is so easy. Instead of me pulling it I told Amber that if she did it I would give her the $100. So one of the marines walked her through pulling a toilet. Amber was so proud of herself! I am proud of Amber.

Amber is my child that so wants to try new things but is so scared of failing that she will shy away.

Amber wants to go work at this summer camp. So last night we were talking about it and Amber said "well am has not gotten me the information yet". That right there sent me into a tail spin.

I very calmly said "Amber the last thing you need is to be waiting on guy to help you do something. Don't depend on someone that has let you down in the past." So Amber and I got on the Internet and we found some phone numbers and today she will need to make some phone calls.

George an I had a big falling out this weekend. The strange thing is we did not say a word to each other. George had volunteered to help me fill 6 Easter baskets and she said that she would help sort the make up. She did neither. Then George goes out and buys a bunch of stuff to make a baby quilt, and she said "I just know that you can make a cute baby blanket out off all of this stuff. The gal is having a little boy." Then George tells me that she is talking to another guy, so when George's boyfriend asked me about it I told him the truth.

George also asked me if I was getting paid to make up all of these kits. I told her no, that I am doing it because Deb asked me to do it, and it will benefit my child as well as the rest of the mission team. George was silent.

I asked Rusty about all of this. Rusty said that I need to remember that George is only 20. I don't feel that is an excuse. If you give your word then you should follow through. I won't lie for anyone, and she knows that. Rusty also said that maybe George never had friends that would do stuff for her just by her asking.

I guess the part that hurts is that I took her word, but I now know that her word means nothing. That is a shame.

Oh my head hurts.

Well, I have a lot to get done today. I was so busy most of the weekend, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

 

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