Random things

It is Thursday and boy I can't wait for the weekend. I always hate working my 1 Saturday a month because the following week gos by so slowwwwww! It seems as if Friday is never going to be here. We are also especially slow at work. I don't think I have ever said what I do on here LOL I work for a glass company as a Manager. Fall is always our slow time but this year OMG it is horrible. I wonder if and ever our economy is gonna recover? I see alot of building going on around me and wonder how the heck are they gonna rent commercial space or sell these houses. Michigan is really bad right now because of the big 3 with talks of merging and laying off alot of people. Michigan was built on the car industry. I personally know quite a few people that have already been offered buy outs and they are still talking about laying off 3,500 more people without buyout options. I just wonder when and if this is gonna get better. The area we live in is relatively new. The subdivisions started being built about 11 years ago and all the strip malls and business are only about 3 years old. I see vacant buildings everywhere...it is very depressing. Oh and lets not forget about all the people losing their houses to foreclosure. I just can't imagine where all these people are going.

On a lighter note Sarah made the competition cheer team!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for her! She is getting some good muscles. She also told me she kissed her boyfriend yesterday...I was like did you kiss him with your mouth open. She was very grossed out by that so I guess that is a good sign LOL. She said mom nobody kisses with their mouth open! That made me smile.

I have been able to stay up later and later each night. That is a feat in itself. With it getting dark out so early it makes me want to sleep after dinner. Last night to keep myself up after dinner I went to the mall with my step daughter Racheal and we got some good deals. I had coupons for every $30.00 you spend you get $15 off. I had 4 of those. I got 2 coats, 2 scarfs and a shirt. Racheal got 2 coats and a pair of jeans. I was going with the mindset I was not buying anything for myself, however I am a coat and scarf freak. I was just so excited. Retail therapy is always good when the weather is nasty.

I am waiting for my scrapbook stuff to come from MO and am excited!

I am off to do some work.

I hope everyone has a good day!

Halloween

Random Pictures.

Me, Marco the sexy beast and Sarah my 80's girl for Halloween. I am getting pissed at te placement of these pictures ughhhhh they never end up where I want them to be!

I am getting all ready for my first mini scrapbook so I have been downloading pictures like a crazy woman. I went the the craft show Saturday and bought some Dakota scrapbooking supplies to make each of the kids a High School scrapbook. While I was there my friend said they are starting a once a month Friday scrapbook night. Woo hoo I am in! I am not so sure what the end product is going to look like but hey I am gonna give it a shot. My creativity is pretty much non-existent but I am gonna work at it.

We had a pretty good weekend we went to the Casino in downtown Detroit Saturday after the craft show. I always go in thinking ok one day I am gonna win big but no such luck! That is ok I never go with any money that I can't lose anyway. We went to Nick's friends restaurant after and had a great dinner! I don't know about anyone else but since the time change I am having a hard time staying awake at night past like 8:30. It is so frustrating. It was snowing here this morning I got up and watched the news and seen there was a ton of accidents. In Michigan for the first snow everyone seems to forget how to drive.

Well, I am awake and it is 8:45 so looks like I am doing good tonight LOL.

Here are some pictures from Halloween.

Sarah and her cheer team.
Nick, Me and Dom for his 18th Bday dinner

my beautiful daughter being silly

Pink!

I changed my page here so let me know what you think! Think Pink! I absolutely love pink!

Scrapbooking!

I have been following Mo's blog for awhile now and before she had her blog she was Jake's Aunt Mo on his caringbridge website. I just love her personality! She has a little scrapbooking project for everyone to join in on. I, however, am not that creative at all but I decided to take the plunge and try this out. Can you believe I am actually excited! I am so excited that I am going to Michaels today to buy my supplies needed so I am all ready when my mini-book comes in. I also took it a step farther and I am going to the craft show today at the kids high school because my neighbor and good friend has a stand for the band boosters that she is selling scrapbooking books that have the high school logo on. Wow these are huge steps for me. I normally like to buy everything because trust me I have the attention span of a flea! My hubby thinks this is funny because he said he is gonna be sitting there one night and the book will go flying thru the room because I will be frustrated! Actually, that sounds pretty close to the truth LOL. I am gonna prove him wrong tho. So go to Mo's website and join in on the scrapbooking fun!

We have had beautiful weather here this week that is until today and it seems as tho fall is here! That is ok with me tho I normally don't mind grey until after Christmas then I want spring to be here.

I am at work working my butt off (not so much) so I better get going!

Have a great weekend all!

Football, Homecoming and Fall

Ok so it has been a really long time since I posted (not that anyone pays attention) LOL. Life has been busy as usual.

Our Fall has been filled with first time things for all my kids. Sarah and Marco went to their first Homecoming. Then ended up going with about 14 kids and they had a blast! Sarah looked like a pretty little princess and Marco looked like an Italian pimp LOL. Dom turned 18 a few weeks ago. I can't believe I have an 18 year old. I am so proud of the person he has turned into. He is always helpful to the church or school. He is a leader which makes me happy! He does not care what is popular he only cares about what he likes. I always said I wanted to raise leaders and I have achieved that with him. Hopefully it will hold true for the twins too. I got Dom's senior pictures taken and they came out great I just need to decide on which ones I want. I am excited for him to pick a college it looks like he is going to be going to Michigan State University. We are all U of M fans in our house so we need to switch gears to MSU if that is where he goes. Our high school football team is undefeated this season and the play offs start next week. They have won State champs for their division 2 years in row.

Sarah has had her first boyfriend, well, if that is what you want to call it. I tell her she cannot date in the car with anyone but if they go to the mall with a group I am fine with that. She also has had her heart broken. She is totally in love with another boy and has been for about 2 years. He is her friend and has had a girlfriend for the last year. Shortly after she started having her boyfriend the other boy broke up with his girlfriend. Sarah was pissed because she has been waiting for that. She breaks up with her boyfriend so maybe she could have a chance with the other boy only to find out he likes her best friend. Now, us as girls we know that is a no no on the friend list because if you like someone and your friend knows it she should not like him and she does. I gave Sarah a lesson in friends! So she cried and cried and I wanted to kick some serious ass but we all know we can't do that. I just reassured her that this is not the first time and won't be the last time just try to hang tough. She is just pitiful when she cries and it breaks my heart.

Halloween is approaching and we are all excited about that. We do our yard up with all kinds of dummies and coffins because Marco is a freak like that. We are having alot of people over Halloween night for a bonfire and chili so that should be fun! I live in a huge subdivision and get tons of kids which makes it more fun. I will take pictures and post them on here.

That is about it for now. Here are some pictures of the kids.

Here we are.... aren't they gorgeous!

Football, Homecoming and Fall

Time flies!

I can't believe the summer is just flying by. We are enjoying every minute of it while we can.

I do have to say tho that the teenage years I am not so sure about anymore! Dom, my oldest son, is trying to have his independance and yet is not wanting to share with me. I have to try to corner his ass to get any information out of him. It seems as tho I am a bother to him. When did this happen? It breaks my heart but at the same time I know I was that way with my mom. I try not to take it personal but it does bother me. I know it is perfectly normal but still I am not used to it. I just keep cornering and keep asking questions LOL. Does he think that I am gonna go away that easy NOT!

The twins turned 15 on August 7th. It was their first year ever seperated on their birthday because Marco was at band camp. I don't think either of them cared but for me it was different.

Sarah and I on her Birthday!
Sarah waiting to open her gifts

Me with the crazy boys picking them up from band camp! I know they enjoyed being away from home for a week LOL

Good times

We went to a family wedding last night and we had so much fun. The wedding was absolutely beautiful! The flowers, the bride, the groom and the guests! We danced the night away. Weddings always make me happy and thankful for the wonderful husband I have. The beautiful children I have and the one day they will marry. Weddings make everyone a bit mushy I think!

Here are some pictures from the wedding.

Kid Rock in Concert!!!!!!!

Nick and I went to the Kid Rock concert Sunday night and it was Nick's first time going and my 2nd. I was not quite sure how Nick would react because lets just say there is alot of different people that go to his concerts. What an amazing show he puts on! He has everyone's attention in the audience and they do whatever he asks which makes it more amazing! It was at DTE Theater which is outdoor so mostly lawn seating and some pavillion. We were in the pavillion and it was about 90 degrees out. We never sat during the entire show and my hair was soaking wet but I enjoyed every minute of it! I am not sure how many of you out there used to be RUN DMC fans but Rev Run came out and performed with Kid Rock and OMG they rocked it out! Nick was sitting on the couch last night and asked me if I wanted to go to his concert tonight again! I was like OMG are you kidding me I would love to go but it is supposed to rain and they only have lawn seats available :(

I have been doing a poll and wondering if his concerts here are so amazing because he is from Detroit and people just love him or are they all amazing? I would like some feedback if anyone can help me out.

This post is going all over the place today LOL I am at work typing this and I swear dealing with customers all day it sometimes a challenge. I love the customer that comes in with a popcorn bag and stuffing his face with it then proceeds to ask me a question with popcorn flying out of his mouth GROSS! Do people not think of that or are they just plain RUDE?

Ok I am off back to service the rude customers today cuz it seems to be the trend.

Vacation!

It sure has been awhile since I posted anything. We went on vacation and the Saturday before we left Nick was not feeling so good and I kept saying "suck it up we are going on vacation". That was a statement that would bite me in the ass in a few days! We left on Sunday and Nick was feeling worse with sore throat, cold symptoms, and a fever. On Tuesday I came down with it and was less than happy! So Wednesday we were feeling so bad that we decided to go to the clinic up there and I freggin hate when they say it is a virus and there is nothing they can do for it ugh! So I decided if we were going to be sick then I would rather be sick at home. Believe me when I say I am no baby when it comes to colds and things like that so I knew this one was particuarly bad because it just wore my ass down! So our anniversary was Thursday and we went to the show and that was about it. Friday I was feeling so miserable that I called my friend who is a dentist and asked her to call me in some antibiotics and she did. So the week pretty much sucked!!!!! Then on Saturday at 6:00 a.m. I got a call from the nursing home my mom is in and they said they were taking her to the hospital she was in severe respiratory distress! We hurried to the hospital to find out she was in Acute Renal Failure and her blood pressure was so low they were going to put her in ICU. They only ended up putting her in a normal room for a few days and then she ended up in ICU with sepsis. My mom has been thru some pretty bad things in the last almost 5 years but I have never seen her so ill. She was totally unresponsive to me and would not even open her eyes. I left the hospital that night thinking that she would not come out of this and was very scared! I got up early the next morning to go there before work and when I got there I could hear her talking from the hallway. I was like NO WAY! I was so tickled to see her feeling much better! She ended up being in there for almost 3 weeks. She is now back at her nursing home.

I know when things get tough it is so easy to get down and feel like having a pity party but I always try to look at the good in it or the lesson to be learned in it. So yeah our vacation pretty much sucked ass but that was the first time EVER that I have got sick on a vacation so I have had alot of very GREAT vacations to be thankful for! As far as my mom, I am glad I have more time with her! I think she has such a strong will to live that she just keeps moving on and I LOVE IT! I know there will come a day when she can't anymore but I will face that day when it comes and be grateful for the time I have with her now! I will leave everything in GOD'S hands and that is all I can do.

Our summer has been a busy one I thought the school activities stopped during the summer WRONG! Sarah has cheerleading 3 times a week and Marco has marching band 2 times a week. Dom well he has 2 AP classes to do work for so it still feels like he is in school. I can't believe they are already showing Back to School sales... what is wrong with this world? Let us enjoy the summer as much as we can without being reminded that school starts soon LOL.

I am gonna go now it is beautiful outside and we are taking the Chevelle out today to a car show! One of my favorite things to do!

Vacation

It is Thursday again it seems as tho that is my favorite day to blog LOL. I have next week off of work and so does Nick so we are headed up to the cottage for the week. I can't wait! I always have these grand illusions that I will sleep in and take a nap if needed and it never happens. I am so excited to be there that I find myself going to bed late and waking up early which leaves me tired when I get home. So I guess I need a vacation from my vacation LOL. I hope the weather is nice for us. We have alot of plans for fishing, tubing, golfing and some fireworks. I just love this time of year. Then we will come home Sunday for 4 days and then head back up there for the 4th. The 4th of July in this town is so much fun. They have a parade, festival and fireworks. The population on a normal day is like 200 but on the 4th it is about 1,000. It will be alot of fun. The kids are going to be with their dad on the 4th so it will give Nick and I some time to ourselves :) Also next week is our anniversary June 26th we will be married 3 years and oh how I thank God every day for him! He is simply my soul mate in every way!

I have to get back to work and I will hopefully have alot of pictures to post from our vacation when I get back.

Weekend

I had my twin nieces who are 13 for the weekend and OMG we had so much fun! Me, Sarah, Lindsey and Erica went to the mall Friday night and I will tell you there is nothing like 4 girls shopping we had a blast! The girls are from up north and they really never experienced a mall like the one we have. They were just amazeed! They now claim they are only doing school shopping down here. I told them they can come whenever they want. Then Saturday we went to the Gratiot cruise and of course everyone had a good time. The weather was perfect and the cars were just amazing.

Sunday of course was Fathers Day and I am always missing my dad so much on that day. I however, am so thankful for my husband he has been the best step dad to my children he treats them like they were his own. I could not ask for better! He slept on the couch and enjoyed a day of doing nothing, had his favorite dinner which is pasta, salad and italian bread. It was a very relaxing day! I have my dad's ashes and I took him to enjoy dinner with us as well. Oh how I miss my Dad!

I forgot the best news of all Sarah made the highschool cheer team! We are so excited! She is gonna look so cute in her uniform! Our Fall is gonna be alot of Football.... Dom manages the Varsity Football Team and his games are on Fridays and Sarah's games are on Thursday!

Well everyone have a good week I am gonna leave you with some pictures from the weekend!

Erica, Lindsey, Sarah and Me before the Cruise

Me and Nick

Me and My cousins little guy Cody

Excited!

Today was the last day of school for my kids! That means, no more homework, lunches or rushing around in the morning! woooooooo hoooooooo I am loving it!
I love the Summer! In the past week we have had very hot, humid and stormy weather. It is kinda funny because the whole day will be nice and then about 4 or 5 we get a storm blow in and it only lasts about an hour if that. Last Sunday we had a storm and it was bad and left us without power for 2 days. That sucked! I love it when it is hot and humid but I like it better when we have power LOL.

I have not mentioned that I have a 1972 Chevelle that I absolutely love driving in the summer! Nick and I go to alot of car shows and just overall have a blast with it. Sunday we went to a car show at the beach and it was about 95 out and where did I sit surely on the sand! I was so burnt that night I pretty much could not move! Then no power I was miserable. I love the late nights of summer too! It just a great time of year.

I am excited my twin nieces are coming to stay with me tomorrow for the weekend. They are girls and 13 so we will have 2-13 year olds and 2-14 year olds and a 17 year old hmmmm sounds fun actually it will be we have alot of activities planned for the weekend. Friday we are going to the Fish Fly Festival. Does anyone else have Fish Flies where they live or are they a Michigan thing? Then Saturday is the big Gratiot Cruise. It will be alot of fun!

I sure hope everyone is enjoying their summer I know I plan on it.

Yay Red Wings!!!!!

The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup last night! We are all huge hockey fans so this was an extremely exciting time. They played here in Detroit on Monday and lost :( the game went into 3 periods of overtime which lasted until about 1:00 a.m. I stayed up to watch that then went to work Tuesday. I was up late Tuesday til like 3:00 a.m. So yesterday I was so tired! I got home last night did my things to get ready for game time at 8:00. Sat down with my popcorn, jammies all set for the game! I got thru the 1st period OMG I was so pissed I woke up to the news! I said to Nick ---- how could you let me fall asleep like that? He said you were sleeping so sound I did not want to wake you up. Isn't he sweet! I am still kinda pissed at myself today I was looking forward to that game for 2 days. They still won that is the important part! Detroit is stoked for the parade on Friday. It is supposed to be 90 degrees tomorrow but will still be fun.

I am just so happy that tomorrow is Friday. I work 1 Saturday a month and last Saturday was my day so by the time the end of the following week comes I am exhausted. Especially with all the late nights I had this week. I need the weekend badly! I love summers in Michigan it is beautiful here. It is just the winters that SUCK! So the weekend is supposed to be hot and humid the way I like it. I will be enjoying every minute of it.

I hope everyone has a great weekend enjoying family time.

More pictures

Me and Nick great picture of him horrible

of me LOL Me and Sarah

Here are some more.

This is Marco This is my oldest Dom he hates his pic taken

Motherhood

I have always had a weak stomach when it comes to smells, someone puking or anything like that. When I got pregnant for the first time I told my mom I was not sure how to handle if my kids were to puke. She said "Oh when they are yours you will be able to handle it". She lied because I have never been able to handle it even when they are mine. I could handle the spitting up as babies but after that OMG I can't do it. When I was married the first time whenever the kids got sick they would go to their dad LOL. Then when I got divorced and we lived alone I would stand outside the shut bathroom door and say are you sure your OK? Isn't that pathetic? So tonight Marco came home from the mall walked in the door right into the bathroom and puked. He got most of where he should have but not all of it. I had just got done cleaning that bathroom. So Nick is watching the hockey game and I go and sit over so nice and say could you do me a favor and clean the bathroom? He said yes! I guess that is when you know your husband loves you and his step kids LOL. I am just thankful I did not have to do it because it probably would have taken me 2 hours of in and out of the bathroom, gagging and spraying Lysol LOL.

Ok so Mo was so kind as to share how to post pictures so here I go.

These are my twins Marco and Sarah

I love Summer Time

I can't belive it has been a week since I posted..... time sure flys by! We went up north for Memorial Weekend and the weather was great! We helped my step-mom with the yard work, fished, relaxed and ate. I mean that is pretty much what I did all weekend was eat. OMG on the drive home I felt so bloated and miserable. It felt so good tho to relax and just hang out with the family.

This past week has been so busy with end of the school year activities. We had the twins awards night last night and they were so cute. Marco gets so embarrassed up in front of people and makes shy cute faces! I love it! Sarah on the other hand is not embarrassed at all. She just stands up there in her pretty little sundress and smiles LOL. I wish I knew how to post pictures on here because I would. I have tons to post just don't know how to do it. So if anyone out there could help me that would be appreciated.

My son Dom actually had an interview yesterday wooo hooo he is gonna get a job. I told him it would be nice if in the summer he would get a job because with the gas prices the way they are it is killing me to fill his car, mine and thankfully Nick has a gas card for work. Even so the gas prices are just insane. I hear they will be up to $5 or $6 a gallon by the end of summer. That is crazy! I heard on the news this morning that they are investigating the pricing and I was like it is about time!

It is the weekend again YAY! We don't have any plans for this weekend other than hanging out which is the way I like it. I am hoping to get some sun time this weekend because my legs sure need it.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Teenagers!

I sometimes feel like I am being invaded by teenagers. I would not change it for anything but sometimes it is just a tad too much. In the morning Dom and Nick are up first and they pretty got their routine down pat. Dom leaves first then Nick. That leaves Me, Sarah and Marco. We have 3 bathrooms and Marco uses 1 and me and Sarah use the other. Nobody uses the 3rd bathroom and I still don't know why. The bathroom that Sarah and I use I refer to as "mine". Sarah takes her shower at night. I take mine in the morning. So this is kinda how our morning went:

Me: Good Morning Sarah
Sarah: Don't talk to me
Me: Ok
so I get in the shower
and get out as I am getting out I realize she has left the door opened!
Me: Sarah do you think you can close the door so I can have some privacy
Sarah: Yeah (eyeroll)
Me: Well how would you feel if I opened the door while you were in the shower?
Sarah: Well I lock the door
Me: Well then I guess I will start locking the door too so you can't come in
Sarah: Where will I get ready at?
Me: I guess you will have to use the other bathroom!
Sarah: FINE I WILL...... as she storms out of the bathroom

Is it such a hard concept to grasp..... I mean they get privacy ...... why can't I???/

Just sharing a little morning around our house LOL.

We have a busy night as tonight is the twins band concert. Tomorrow is the beginning of a holiday weekend YAY!!! We are going up north to my step mom's house. So there will be alot of relaxing, fishing and cocktails!

I hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend!

Life

It is a nice spring day here sunny and kinda warm like 62 degrees. The school year is approaching an end and it just amazes me how fast time goes by. It feels like the kids just started school and yet we are preparing for another year to end. The funny thing is they are already starting activities for the next school year. Marco started Marching band 2 weeks ago. Sarah is in cheerleading conditioning and tryouts are the 2nd week in June. I look forward to the Summer and the lazy days of Summer. It just seems like the activities just continue tho. I am excited for the next school year tho. My twins will be Freshman and Dom will be a Senior. Senior year is jam packed with activities and fun. So it is exciting and at the same time flying by.

I wish sometimes you could just make time slow down a little bit. It seems as if life is so fast like a roller coaster. LOL The weekend is a day away and I can't wait. We have no plans for the weekend at all which is wonderful! I might get to finally go to the show like I have wanted to for 3 weeks now.

I don't know if anyone out there is an Idol fan or not but I am addicted! The finale is next week and I am so hoping for David Archuleta to win. He is soooooo damn cute with his innocent smile and I totally think he deserves to win. We shall see on Wednesday!

Ok I am off for now!

Comments

Just one more thing LOL I have had zero comments on here! I am always hoping that I will get a comment so I can look at their blogs.

Mothers Day

Mothers day is always a struggle for me anymore because of my mom! On Mothers day my mom, me, the kids and my Grandma used to always get together for a fun day of BBQ'g and just enjoying each others company. I always thought that it was great that my Grandma was actually a Great Grandma 6 times. In the last few years things have changed my Grandma passed away in 2004 and my mom had her stroke in 2003. So times have changed and its always a challenge for me. Any holiday anymore is a challenge for me. Life is so different now! I can normally pull myself together to enjoy them but in my heart I always yearn for the way the holidays used to be! This year we were going to have a big BBQ at our house with the whole family over. The kids were excited and so was I. Friday I am at the eye dr and I get a call from my husband saying his mom went into the hospital again. She had her hip replaced in February and has pulled it out of place 2 times now. She ended up staying in the hospital for the whole weekend and is coming home today. So I was disappointed about not being able to have out BBQ as planned. Don't get me wrong I am so glad is mom is ok! Just disappointed because this year I was actually looking forward to having everyone over.

So the day started out with my husband making me breakfast. Then the kids came home and gave me their gifts. My daughter made me a picture frame and put 3 pictures of us in it and it is so cute. My boys had my favorite picture blown up and put in a frame and the picture said Happy Mothers Day! Then my husband bought me the camera I have been wanting. So I am very thankful to have my kids and my husband! Then we headed out to see my mom at the nursing home, came home and had dinner and then headed to theh hospital to see my mother in law.

I just struggle with the life changes that have happened. I am better about it now than I used to be and I am sure the feeling of loss will never go away. I am just strongly reminded of it on the holidays!

I sure hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers Day!

Vision

I am sure that I have not mentioned that I wear glass 24/7. I have been in bi-focals for about 3 years now and it is annoying to say the least. I love getting dressed up to go places and then when I put my glasses on (even tho they are very stylish) I feel it ruins the whole look. I used to wear contacts for about 8 years and then something went wrong and every time I would wear them I would get pink eye so I gave on them 3 years ago. Well I went yesterday for my eye exam and I decided to try them again...... they now have multi-focal contacts which is great! So today is day number 2 and so far so good. I am so damn excited I can't stand it LOL. I can see so good with them too! Hopefully this time I will be able to keep wearing them without getting pink eye!

Texting

Two posts in one day I just could not resist. I need to talk about texting! I got a new phone about a month ago and I had the texting feature turned on. OMG it is controlling my life. I set my phone on my desk when I come into work and it starts blowing up with text messages. I try to sit and ignore it but it does get the best of me LOL. So I then look and respond. Yesterday I was at work and decided to just put it away because it is seriously distracting. I love it for the fact that if I need to tell you something I can just say what it is I need to say and nothing more and I don't need to hear anything you say LOL. The kids all have cell phones with texting too so we can all be sitting in the Great Room watching TV and my phone goes off and it is my son from like 2 feet away from me. It cracks me up but at the same time it is consuming me!!!! Does anyone else have this issue???

Life

Well, it has been a few days since I updated. I have been extremely busy. We went to the U.P. this past weekend to see my niece graduate from College. It was a long drive one that I do not care to make again LOL. It was like 6 hours. The way I feel about it is if I am going to drive that far I would like to be out of Michigan somewhere warm and sunny.... not colder! I mean I have lived in Michigan all my life and I knew it was big but DAMN! The only thing that was really neat was crossing the Mackinac Bridge it is 5 miles long. Once your on the other side of the bridge into the U.P. there is pretty much nothing but country. So if you ever plan on visiting Michigan please visit the lower pennisula. The funny thing is that is not even to the end of the state. That would be like a 14 or 15 hour drive from where I live. I always thought that Georgia and Florida were the biggest and worst states to drive thru LOL.

The whole family came for the Graduation and we had about 8 rooms on the same floor so it was fun watching all the teenagers hang out together and do their thing. I think most teenagers now a days are constantly taking pictures of themselves for their MYSPACES. I was so proud of my niece she is a RN now and starts her new job in June. It is just so odd because sometimes I just don't think of her as old enough for this LOL.

The adults went out for adult time to the Casino wooo hooo! I love the Casinos. I love Roulette! The Casinos here in the Detroit area are a minimum bet of $15.00 and up there the minimum bet was .25 cents. I was like "what are you kidding me?" so needless to say we played there for about 4 hours and ended up losing still. Oh well, it was fun.

This week has been crazy for us one of my twins started Marching Band on Monday, drum lessons on Tuesdays and then the other twin started cheerleading conditioning yesterday. I am not so sure about the cheerleading thing but we will see how it works out. I am pretty excited for them to go to high school. My oldest has had a great time in high school. He was and still is involved in everything you can be in. I would rather have it that way then him do nothing. The only thing is now he is at the age where he can drive himself to the places he needs to go. My twins cannot :( so that means more running around after work which gets pretty tiring!

It is Thursday and I can't wait for tomorrow! Yes the weekend this week has gone by so fast! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hair

The weather last week here was beautiful! This week so far not so much. I was all excited about spring but this morning it was 23 degrees. This time of year I want warm weather and when it is not I tend to get a little down. So yesterday I froze my ass off all day at work and was feeling pretty down. However, I had a hair appointment last night and that is all it took to make me feel better. Isn't that strange how your hair can change your mood. It is still cold this morning but with fresh hair I seem to handle it better.

Sundays with Family!

I have a best friend .... we have been friends for 30 years and a few years ago we started Sunday family dinners. We alternate houses. I have enjoy this so much. I look forward to Sundays now. We always try to make really good dinners or different dinners. Kinda out cook each other. Well, my step daughter Racheal and her friend came over last night too. All of us sitting and eating together laughing and just enjoying everyone's company. There is nothing like that. Just pure joy! Just the thought of the day!

I hope everyone had a good weekend. We are going away this weekend to Sault Ste. Marie in the U.P. to see my niece graduate from college. It is going to be fun. I think between all the family we have like 9 rooms reserved. So I am sure we will be doing some drinking and partying.

Have a good week!

Surgery!

My mom's surgery went wonderful! I am so relieved. She is doing great! That was such a stressful day. I am very glad it is over with. I have a great family and they were all there with me. Uncles, Aunts, Husband, my son and best friend that I thank God for every day. My mom is doing good today her only complaint is she does not feel like eating which is not like her. So hopefully her appetite will come back soon.

I am working today I.hate.working.Saturdays! It is only a half a day but still seems to drag. I plan on going to see my mom and Nick and I are going to the show later. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Prayers !

Well, my mom's tests came back good! So that is promising. However, it is still a risky surgery and she needs prayers. They are doing the surgery Friday morning. I am so scared .... but staying positive. I am hoping and praying everything goes fine.

My Mom

As I told you earlier my mom has had a stroke and is in a nursing home because she lost her whole left side. She cannot be taken care of at home. Sunday night we got a call that they were taking her to the hospital because she broke her femur. I was so pissed because 2 weeks ago when they were moving her to change her she said they hurt her hip and that her roomate heard it crack. So they Xrayed her hip and said it was fine. She has been complaining this whole time of pain and they were going to send her to a pain specialist. Well, finally on Sunday they did the xray of her leg and her femur is broken. She laid there for 2 weeks in pain ...... I.am.pissed! I am pissed at them for not moving her the proper way (without braking any bones) and for ignoring her pain. So I went to the hospital and they want to do surgery on her and put some pins and a plate in her leg. This terrifies me because she is not in the best of health. The Dr said there is a chance she could die during surgery. So we are waiting for the heart work up to come back to make sure she is healthy enough to do the surgery. I am scared! I hate making decisions like this. All her tests should be back by tomorrow. Please say a prayer for my mom!

Birthday weekends

I love when my Birthday is on a Monday because then I get a birthday weekend!

The weather has been beautiful here. Last night my husband made me my favorite dinner ... bbq ribs then he took me birthday shopping. I love being pampered like that! Today my son is getting an award so we have an award ceremony for him at 3:00 then we are going to my best friends for dinner and cake. Did I mention cake .... that is the best part of a birthday. We already had a cake yesterday, another today and tomorrow at work I will have another one. Tomorrow after work everyone is taking me out for drinks for my birthday! Then it will be the end of the festivities for another year.

We have a new mall here actually I could walk there from my house. It is an outdoor mall which is the first of its kind in Michigan. OMG the mall is beautiful it has fountains everywhere, fireplace, big screen TV's and a huge show. We walked around there last night and it felt like we were on vacation somewhere. Everyone says that when they go there. I can see me going there alot just to walk around.

I hope everyone had a good weekend!

Shoes

I have a love for shoes and always have. My son called at work today to ask if we could go get him a new pair of dress shoes. I said sure ..... So, me, Dom and Sarah go to the shoe store and they keep saying all the way there "mom are you getting some shoes" my reply was "no I just bought shoes (5) pairs within the last month" . Well, I love everything about the shoe store. All the way walking in I keep telling myself no shoes, no shoes. Sarah shares my love for shoes so I know she is gonna want a pair. I get in there and I am immediately drawn to the womans shoes. Of course I find a few pair I like, but at this point I am telling myself no that is until I see this cute pair of Nikes that are flats with a strap going across and ohhhhhhh yes my favorite color Pink and some brown. I said oh I am gonna just try them on..... and the rest is history! I found 2 more pairs of shoes I like, Sarah found 2 pairs, Dom got his original 1 pair and I bought Marco a pair! They had a sale buy 1 get 1 half off so we had buy in even numbers to get the half off we ended up leaving with 6 pair of shoes. I just love shoes! At work they can't wait for me to come in the morning to see what kind of shoes I have on. Shoes are a great accessory to just make an outfit perfect.

The weather was beautiful today it was actually 79.

Spring!

Well it looks like Spring has finally come! There is just a wonderful feeling in the air in Spring. Everything is new and fresh! My lillies are blooming, the grass is getting greener everyday and better weather is coming quicker. I love Spring and Summer my favorite times. Our Winter was very long and snowy. It is 70 degress today and I am loving it. It makes my mood fantastic. Have a great day!

It is Monday!

Normally I don't like Mondays very much but today was different because I couldn't wait to get out of the house. I pretty much didn't go anywhere all weekend. So this Monday was delightful!

So my birthday is a week from today. I used to love birthdays but now not so much. I love the cake and presents but I don't especially look forward to being older. I keep telling myself age is just a number and it is. It just seems like time goes by too fast. I am not giving in to age tho. I am gonna fight it every step of the way. Although, gravity sets it and there is not too much you can do about it. I exercise every day but you still don't have the muscle tone you had in your 20's or 30's. Then again I look back at my life in my 20's and early 30's and I would not go back to that. I love the person I am today and I think life experiences have made me that way. So it is kinda like a double edged sword.

My oldest son is looking at colleges to go to and wants to go away to New York shit I can't even think of the name of the college right now but is undecided. He said he was not sure if he wanted to go there because it is so expensive and I told him your only young once and do what your heart wants and it will all work out. I told him don't just stay at home because you think that is what you want. Do exactly what it is you want. Although if he does stay home we are pretty sure he will get a full ride scholarship to 2 different colleges. So hopefully he will make the right choice. I am trying not to sway him either way. Even tho the full ride sounds nice!!!!

Well I have to take my youngest son to drum lessons now so enjoy your evening! Is anyone a Dancing with the Stars fan? I am a little bit. I am a total American Idol fan tho.... love that show!!!

Kelly

What a difference a day of antibiotics makes!

I pretty much slept on and off yesterday.... Nick had a display for work at the home show so I was home alone until 6:30 then what a guy he came home and made me dinner! I ate and went right back to sleep. WOW I woke up today feeling pretty good!!! I cleaned and cooked dinner. The normal stuff but it felt so good.

We have a family dinner on Sundays with my best friend and her family. We alternate every other weekend. One at my house and the next at her house. So today it is my day. We are gonna have homemade pasta, salad and strawberry swirl cheesecake. I can't wait. I didn't eat alot all weekend which is not like me. Nick is working at the home show again today he was so tired this morning he really did not want to got but had to. Then he asked me if I wanted to go with him. I was like are you freggen crazy! I have worked those shows for my work before and they basically suck!

I was really hoping someone was gonna comment on my post yesterday because I really would like to hear someone else's opinion. I realize I was rambling but it would be nice to hear from someone else on the subject. I can't believe the weekend is almost over. It does not even feel like I had one.

Ok well gonna go check my dinner. Send me some comments let me know what ya think so far!

Sisters

Since my family does not know about this blog I can speak my mind about them! I am so loving that!

Like I said earlier I only have 1 sister she is 2 years older than me and has 3 girls that for the most part are grown. She got divorced last year and has moved on I would really like to say to greener pastures but not the case. She got divorced in April 2007 and met her current boyfriend in May 2007. Needless to say, I can't stand him! I love my brother in law and still stay in contact with him which drives my sister crazy. In fact we got in a huge fight over it because she felt I should not keep in contact with him at all. Well, they started dating when I was 14 and I did not have any brothers so he is like my brother. I did not divorce him she did. He was a good husband and father. I have no reason to have bad feelings towards him. So I still consider him my brother. I truly feel my sister did wrong to him but I keep my mouth shut about that. There have been several things my sister has done to me regarding my friends that have really put a strain on our relationship. When I was divorced I had a guy best friend. He was actually my 2 best girlfriends growing little brother. He is like 5 years younger than me and is like my little brother. We hung out all the time ... I taught him how to cook, we grocery shopped together, got drunk together, I loved going to the clubs with him because I knew he would not let anyone mess with me. We pretty much had a friends kinda group going on. Well, there is a tradition in our family that we all go up to my dad's house well now my step mom's house for 4the of July they have a huge festival. Well a few years ago when my dad was still here she asked me to bring my guy friend up lets just say his name is T. So I did. We had a good time but I kinda noticed that T and my sister would disappear for while. I was like WTF is up with that. I never questioned them at all. So we get home and a about a month goes by and she calls me and says I got T on a conference call with us. I was like ok but why? She replies I have been talking to T alot.like.alot. Ok so I am still confused???? She goes on to say that T feels guilty because he feels like he is keeping something from me. Ok so you talk no big deal! I still can't figure out how she got in contact with him because she never knew any of his numbers or email or anything. So T was going to be having surgery on his knee so my sister decided to go to the hospital with him and then take him to her house to recover because he lives alone. Ok now I am thinking this is weird. A few weeks after his surgery they decide to go back up north to my dad's house her, T and her kids. OK WTF ? So I go up on the weekend and clearly see that there seems to be something else going on with them. I am not happy nor was my dad. So this kinda shit went on for months. Then it seemed to die down. The whole time my brother in law K does not say a word about it. I was really not friends with T anymore because I felt backstabbed! I was pissed.pissed.pissed!

Ok so lets fast forward a few years I married to my husband Nick and he has a single brother L. My sister calls me one day and says hey can I have L's phone number so I can call and wish him a happy birthday. I really did not want to give it to her but I did. So guess what she starts a relationship with him which is totally just friends BULLSHIT! That is what I say. So K starts getting pissed about it beause he has read a few of her text messages from him and they were less than innocent. So I ask her please stop talking to him because it makes family get togethers a little stressful because you can feel the tension in the air. Nick asks her please don't talk to him he is single and your not there is no reason to be talking to him. Does she listen NO! So that kinda faded away. Then she gets divorced and does not talk to him at all ..... kinda weird but OK.

So now I work in the automotive industry which means I work with mostly men. In fact I am the only woman in my office. It is ok because I can hold my own! I go into work yesterday and I sit at my computer and pull up the windows that are opened and it was the single guy I work with's myspace. Ok so I was being nosey and look thru his emails and guess what he emails back and forth with my sister WTF! She lives 3 hours from me and there is no way she could have got in contact with him except thru my myspace. Are you noticing a pattern because I sure am. He has never said a word to me about this at all. She really has not talked to me much in the last few months. But she is now living with her boyfriend and still feels the need to talk to single men and particulary men in my life because we all go out once a month and I am pretty close to them. So why.why.why?

I just don't understand it. I kinda feel like she is on a mission to destroy relationships I have with people.

I really wish someone would comment because I need to hear someone elese's opinion because I am overthinking it too much!

Good Morning!

Well I am still feeling l bad....... did anyone ever wonder how in the heck can your nose produce so much crap?

I was supposed to go to my nephews birthday party today but I don't think I am going to be going anywhere. I have no energy so I think it is going to be a TV day for me. The weather in Michigan is crazy right now. Yesterday at 4:00 it was 75 degrees and at 8:00 last night it was 42 and is still cold today with a chance of snow. I wish I lived somewhere like Florida. But my family is here so I guess I will stay. I will be a snow bird tho when I am older.

I love this blogging thing. I just wish I had some comments! So if your reading leave me some comments so I can come and look at your blog.

A little bit about me

I will be 42 in a few weeks. Yikes ... I don't feel that old at all! It is amazing to me that time goes by so fast. I feel like just yesterday I was like 20!

I will give you a little background on me. I am the baby of the family I only have 1 older sister. My parents divorced when I was 5. My dad remarried when I was 10 and my did when I was 15. I had a wonderful sted dad that passed away in 1998. My step mom well she was ok. I was very close with both my parents. Family is very important to me. I got married when I was 23 and had my first son when I was 24, then twins when I was 27. I stayed home with my kids for 10 years. I really was not a big fan of staying home. There was never any time for me. Unfortunately, I got divorced in 2000. My twins were 7 and my oldest was 10. That was a huge adjustment for me! I bought a house, bought a car, got a full time job and worked my ass off. My mom was wonderful during that time she always had my back. She had a stroke in September 2003 that left her paralyzed on her left side and in a nursing home still. It breaks my heart still! I just learned that there is nothing I can do about it tho but be there for her. My dad got diagnosed with cancer 6 months after my mom had her stroked and died just 3 short weeks after diagnosis at age 62. All thru my life I sometimes would wonder what would I do if something happened to my parents? Well I had to face both of them within such a short time. It pretty much freggen sucked. I truly believe that God sends us what we need at certain tough times in our lives. I worked with my now husband at the time and he was there for me as a friend thruout that and we feel in love with each other too! He is the most wonderful man! He is my buddy, lover, best friend and husband all in one. You could not ask for better. We got married in June 2005.

So now I find myself turing 42 soon and trying to rediscover a new type of life with teenagers. I still feel the need to hurry home after work to cook dinner and then nobody is home to eat. Try to plan things to do with them is crazy because they always have something going on. It is good in a way but heartbreaking in another way. So I have more time to exercise, get my nails done, watch a movie or just do nothing. It is nice just has not bee the norm for a long time. It takes some adjusting .... not that I am not enjoying it tho! Dom my oldest has his license, a car and a girlfriend so I get a glimpse of him coming in the door to his room. I am always asking him what ya doing? OMG the other day he told me he was going to the Mall.... I was like WHAT???? He hates the Mall but he was taking his girlfriend LOL. My twins Marco and Sarah they are home alot more and I get to spend alot more time with them the only thing is their friends think they live here and that is no joke.

As I posted earlier I am not feeling all that great at all! Have you ever felt so bad that you couldn't sleep..... makes no sense to me. I am listening to my husband snore and I am so jealous right now. I am gonna go try to sleep tho cuz I feel like total SHIT!

Kelly

feeling like shit!

I just got home from urgent care and I have a throat infection and sinus infection! I hate feeling like shit...... I knew something was wrong when I got home from getting my nails done and it was 75 degrees out and I had to put my robe on cuz I was freezing.

I was excited to come on here tonight and add some new pictures and jazz it up a bit, but I need to go lay down.

Kelly

Just starting out!

This is the very first blog for me. I have been fascinated lately with the "blogging world" so I decided to try it out! I will try not to bore you. I am sure I will get better with time. Afterall, doesn't everything get better with time. I am gonna add some more pictures to.