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.