another bad day

Well, I have most of the Christmas decorations up. That has been about the only good thing that has gone on.

Rusty called me to let me know that our dear friend, James Bond,..... well his mother just died. James is taking it hard. James was so strong when Rusty had his heart attack, and now we are trying to be strong for him. Rusty and I went over to see him and to let him know that we are here pulling for him.

When we pulled up to James house I asked Ryan to be quite and to let the adult talks. Well that did not work. Ryan starts blurting out stuff. He said my mom yells at me, and my dad spanks me if I don't get my math right. I was just so embarrassed! Well yes every child gets yelled at and no Rusty does not spank him for not getting his math right.

Once Ryan and I got back in the car I told him that I will never take him anywhere again. I cant believe that Ryan would say that stuff. What if someone else would have over heard that. Rusty told me that I need to remember that Ryan has a central processing disorder, and that I need to cut him some slack. I told Rusty that there will not be a next time for Ryan to embarrass me. I just want to scream!!!!!!

I went to feed the hamsters tonight, and one of them was dead. Can today go down hill anymore?

I took a week off work and I go back tomorrow so I better get in bed.

bad day

 Well the picture about sums up my day!

I ended up getting very frustrated with Ryan and I told him to get out of my face before I say something mean to him. Anyone with a special needs child knows how sometimes (as a parent) you just dont understand and then you snap. Well I did that today. I was wrong, but it happened.

The I was going to run to wal mart. I got everything that I needed and then I went to make copies of pictures. After almost an hour of getting the pictures just right the lady behind the counter told me that she would not sell me the pictures. She said they had a copy right on them. I went off on her and told her that they were not and that I was the one who took the pictures and that I wanted my pictures back. She tore them up. I went to the store manager and complained. If I am going to get screwed at least they could have pinched nipples while they did it!

Then I spilled ice cream all over a dry clean vest! This of coarse is only after I had dropped off all the other dry cleaning!

I swear if it were not for smoking I would loose my temper.

On a good note, i did find a pair of boots to go with Ryans marine corps outfit.

very cold here

 I can not believe how cold it got last night! BRRRR! We actually hit freezing, which is very strange for us. BRRRRR.

I think Rusty said that he was going to take Ryan up to see the Chino<SPAN class=spell id=sp-0 title="Click here to replace with: chin, china, chine, chins, chink, rhino, chiton air musiem. So I will finally have some time to work on his Christmas gift!

i have to admit that I am hooked on wife swap. Sometimes it is really stupid, but I really liked last night. I guess I like it because it gives me a little clips into other people's lives. Sometimes my life is so dull. Like today.

All I am going to do is clean, sew, and cook dinner. Oh well I should be thankful for slow days.

back from San Jose

San Jose was great! I finally got to see the Winchester House and it is so strange! The house use to sit on something like 140 acres of land, but now it is only on 4 acres. The city has grown up around it, so we missed it the first time and we had to turn around and go back. I would recommend that everyone go and see the Winchester house.

I did not realize how close we would be to red wood trees! I have always wanted to see a red wood tree, but I did not see one this trip. We were so close..... but no dice. I guess that will give me an excuse to go back to the bay area.

We got home last night and the house was sill trashed from Thanksgiving. So this morning I took huge trash bags and just started throwing everything away!

Amber did get out some of the Christmas decorations, so it is starting to look a little bit like Christmas. It has even gotten a little colder here.

Well, the wedding that we went to San Jose to see was beautiful. I don't usually do weddings, but this wedding gave me an excuse to go see the Winchester house! LOL Anyway, it was a full military honors wedding and all of the marines looked so handsome in their blues.

We met this couple that was from Columbia! They were so much fun to talk to. They talked a lot about their homeland and how great it is. They were saying that it is even cheap to go there. One of these days I want to go to Columbia.

I must say that I am glad that we got talk to this couple. American often thought of as rude, and I guess I can understand that. I am just glad that we learned a little about their country and culture.

I am so thankful that I got to see the Winchester house. I can scratch that off of my list of things to see before I die!

Finally

Well the new marine that came up last night does graphics. So he helped me figure out how to add some graphics to my journal! Three cheers for me!

Rusty got me a little suprise today. He bought this real little video recorder! Looks like we will be taking it to San Jose!

Julie and I were up and at wal mart by 3 a.m.! We both got everything that we wanted, and were home by 6. I only need to get a few more gifts and then I am so done shopping!

all is good

It is 2:30 in the a.m. and I am up and moving. Julie and I will be heading off to wal-mart soon to get in line for the great deals. On my list this year is 2 bike, a crock pot, some board games, and whatever my little arms can snatch up!

We had another awesome Thanksgiving. I have tried to clean up, but you can yell that we had a party here last night! Kevin brought up a guy I had never met before, and I feel so sorry for him. He had oral surgery done on his mouth yesterday! So he got pumpkin pie and a beer for his thanksgiving dinner! Oh well it did not kill him, LOL

I am so looking forward to this weekend. We are going to San Jose this weekend! I am so ready for a weekend getaway. I also can't wait to see the Winchester house. That is going to be cool!

Rusty said that he was going to install satellite raid in my car today. I hope that he does get around to it. I have only been waiting 3 week's, but since he also has to change the breaks and do a tune up I am very hopeful that it will get done.

Well I am to get in line.

Thanksgiving

Well, it is going to be another nice Thanksgiving here. The turkey is in the smoker, and everything else that I am suppose to cook is done. The tables are set, and yes we are eating outside!

I love Thanksgiving because I have so much to be thankful for. Every year when our friend arrive we exchange hugs and chill the rest of the day. It is nice to forget about our problems and just spend time with friend.

Yesterday my friend Julie and I went out and did a lot of running around. I told het that I have so enjoyed the day. I for one never spend enough time with my girlfriends.

Rusty called me yesterday amd asked me to bring him another set of clothes. While I was at the post some people loaded our car up with food. Well Julie and I were suppose to be heading out for the day, not packing food into the car. I asked Rusty what he wants us to with the food. Rusty said that he did not care. So Julie and I left it in the car and we went about our day. Then as we were finishing lunch I said " lets go next door and see if anyone is buying a turkey, if so then we will suprise them with a free thanksgiving meal." So that is what we did. We had enough food in the car to give two families a nice Thanksgiving.

The first lady we saw was an older lady, And when I explained that we had to much food and that we wanted to give her a thanksgiving dinner. She was in shock! Then we approached another lady and I once again explained what we were doing and this lady started crying! She said that her mother has been sick and paying for the live in care was really draining them. She was crying so hard that she hide her face in her shirt.

Who knew that these two families were hurting? Julie and I just cried. All we did was give away two dinners, but to those families it meant the world.

We will never see those families agian, and that is fine. But I will never forget this thanksgiving. Julie and both said that we are going to do this again next year. It was so much fun!

Well I am off to spend so much needed time with some friends.