Yes, the tooth fairy is visiting our house again tonight.
Brody lost his third tooth this evening. Well, Dad did his thing with the pliers and helped it along. Brody really gets a kick out of that. After Brody's shower, he started talking to dad about the tooth fairy. Dad told him that he'd caught the tooth fairy once a long time ago. So Brody, being a normal 7 year old, started asking dad all sorts of questions, like how big was she and so on. Dad told him that she was about 3 feet tall and had hairy legs and that she was from Scandinavia. I can only imagine the story he's going to give to his teacher tomorrow when he goes to school. "After my papaw pulled my tooth with the pliers, he told me the tooth fairy had hairy legs and was from Scandinavia" Oh the letter that's going to get sent home tomorrow. Well, that is all for now. Hope this little note finds everyone healthy and happy!!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Hello to all!
Obviously I am horrible about remembering to keep up with this. So my New Year's resolution is to improve my communication skills and actually maintain my blog page. That's just one of many. So, moving right along. The picture at the top is of a little pool of water that was formed in an alcove of limestone. We actually got to see the water dripping out of the limestone while we were taking this picture. More about where the pic was taken further down, but I just wanted to explain that pic real quick.
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. The boys and I have had a great one. I've been enjoying 2 weeks of vacation and have to go back to work on Monday. I've decided this is what it must feel like to win the lottery, and boy am I going to start playing!! :) Anyway, the boys have been out of school for a little over 2 weeks as well and they go back to it Monday.
They spent the first week of their vacation with their dad, which really surprised me. Every time an extended stay has been a possibility, he's got some reason as to why he can't take them for more than the weekend. The boys really liked being over there for that long, but I was SO glad when they finally came home.
It was great to have Teri here for Thanksgiving. I wish that one of these holidays we could all get together again. Miss y'all, a little at least.
I've got 11 days off in July and as of right now, Teri you may want to listen up here, I plan on heading to Kentucky for a visit there, and then Donnie and Brenda, this is your hint, on to Donnie and Brenda's for a visit. That's the plan anyway, we'll see what actually happens.
The kids and I went out to Guadalupe River State Park last week. We had some truly amazing weather and I couldn't pass up an hour drive through the hill country and some exploring in a park we've never been to. I actually remembered to take my camera with me, so I'll post those pictures. Some of them actually turned out looking almost professional. lol anyway.
As for my personal life, I'm back to being single. Maybe I'm just getting way to picky in my advancing years or I spend way too much time thinking something is going to go wrong so then it does. To my way of thinking if you're going to get your feeling hurt because I can't spend 20 minutes on the phone with you during my 45 minute lunch break, hold on, I know what you're thinking, it takes me 20 minutes to heat up my food, in our area we only have 2 microwaves between 30 people, so it takes awhile, I could take a sandwich, but before our Christmas break I was so sick of ham and cheese, or turkey or bologna that I couldn't force myself to eat another sandwich. So anyway, that leaves me 20 minutes to eat and 3 to go to the bathroom because I have to be back on the line 2 minutes before end of break. I don't like eating when I'm on the phone so therefore, I don't talk on the phone during my lunch. Anyway, he got really upset with me and I could tell I hurt his feelings and after work I tried to make up for it but things just were not the same after that. Again, probably my fault for looking for something to go wrong and then finding something.
Ok, I don't think I left anything out, and if I did, let me know so I can add it in. The following are the pics from Guadalupe. Talk to y'all soon!!! Love yous guys!!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Details
Lol, sorry, I guess I did kinda leave out the meat of the story! So here ya go.
I took a chance and decided that I wasn't as happy as I thought I was alone. Don't get me wrong, being single has its really strong points, but they started to get old.
If you log onto my myspace page, the # 3 person on there is Jered. I've known him for over a year now and it was nothing more than friends. Never really thought about him in any other way. All that has changed. We started really talking and realized we had a lot in common. Both of us have been married before, and although he doesn't have any kids, all his friends' kids love him to pieces. He's just a good ol' country boy who works hard a plays hard, where as I'm just a redneck who works hard but doesn't really get to play all that much. Anyway, starting to get carried away here. lol, sorry. We started talking more and more and the chance I took was going to spend the weekend with him and moving our friendship to a different level. Mind you, before this point I was pretty much done dating. My last relationship was a very unhealthy one for me and I needed time to rediscover my self and just got used to being by myself. I was worried that by taking this chance I was going to ruin a friendship and regret putting myself back in the dating pool. Well, I didn't screw up a friendship, :) yaaay for me, things are going REALLY well with us and I don't, not even for one minute, regret putting myself out there in the dating pool. Looks like I'm back out of the dating pool, but for entirely different reason. :p so there you go, the details. lol, if I left anything out, let me know. Oh, and sorry for such the late reply.
I took a chance and decided that I wasn't as happy as I thought I was alone. Don't get me wrong, being single has its really strong points, but they started to get old.
If you log onto my myspace page, the # 3 person on there is Jered. I've known him for over a year now and it was nothing more than friends. Never really thought about him in any other way. All that has changed. We started really talking and realized we had a lot in common. Both of us have been married before, and although he doesn't have any kids, all his friends' kids love him to pieces. He's just a good ol' country boy who works hard a plays hard, where as I'm just a redneck who works hard but doesn't really get to play all that much. Anyway, starting to get carried away here. lol, sorry. We started talking more and more and the chance I took was going to spend the weekend with him and moving our friendship to a different level. Mind you, before this point I was pretty much done dating. My last relationship was a very unhealthy one for me and I needed time to rediscover my self and just got used to being by myself. I was worried that by taking this chance I was going to ruin a friendship and regret putting myself back in the dating pool. Well, I didn't screw up a friendship, :) yaaay for me, things are going REALLY well with us and I don't, not even for one minute, regret putting myself out there in the dating pool. Looks like I'm back out of the dating pool, but for entirely different reason. :p so there you go, the details. lol, if I left anything out, let me know. Oh, and sorry for such the late reply.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Taking chances
Wow, I don't even know where to start and not really sure I have the words to express this. But here goes nothing.
Through out life we are faced with millions of decisions to make, things to ponder, and chances to take. Not all decisions are good, not all the things we ponder are worth the time spent on them, and some of the chances we take were not the brightest of things to do. We've all been there. 'Do I make this career move, or that one?' Or may favorite worthless thing to ponder, and please try not to laugh too hard, why does the word towel look and sound SO weird? Hey, quit laughing. :p And some chances we take are painful. From stitches to broken bones and broken hearts.
I'd pretty much decided I was going to quit taking chances. Why bother with the pain some of them may cause? I'd dealt with it too much in the past to want to put up with it now or in the future. I have my kids to think about, not myself. All these thoughts went through my head as I wrestled with the decision on whether or not to take a chance. Well, I took a chance this weekend and wasn't really sure how things would turn out. I've been hurt a lot as far as taking chances goes, yes to stitches, no to broken bones, big fat yes to a broken heart. Not to mention thousands of bumps and bruises along the way. But I have this to say. MAN am I glad I took a chance on opening up to someone this weekend. Yup, still waaaay to early to tell where it will go but I am willing to take the chance to see what happens next. That gut feeling we all get right before we do something, you know the one, its either this was a good idea go for it feeling, or the oh I'm not so sure this was such a good idea sinking stomach feeling? Yeah, all weekend it was the this was a good idea go for it feeling, so I went with it. Ok, getting a little long here so I'll bring us to the moral of the story. Never give up on taking a chance. Listen to your gut and your heart when it comes to taking those chances, but don't QUIT. If you get the sinking stomach feeling, back pedal as fast as you can and take a good look at what you're about to do, and if you get that go for it feeling, then by all means, GO FOR IT. I am so glad I did.
Gabrielle
Through out life we are faced with millions of decisions to make, things to ponder, and chances to take. Not all decisions are good, not all the things we ponder are worth the time spent on them, and some of the chances we take were not the brightest of things to do. We've all been there. 'Do I make this career move, or that one?' Or may favorite worthless thing to ponder, and please try not to laugh too hard, why does the word towel look and sound SO weird? Hey, quit laughing. :p And some chances we take are painful. From stitches to broken bones and broken hearts.
I'd pretty much decided I was going to quit taking chances. Why bother with the pain some of them may cause? I'd dealt with it too much in the past to want to put up with it now or in the future. I have my kids to think about, not myself. All these thoughts went through my head as I wrestled with the decision on whether or not to take a chance. Well, I took a chance this weekend and wasn't really sure how things would turn out. I've been hurt a lot as far as taking chances goes, yes to stitches, no to broken bones, big fat yes to a broken heart. Not to mention thousands of bumps and bruises along the way. But I have this to say. MAN am I glad I took a chance on opening up to someone this weekend. Yup, still waaaay to early to tell where it will go but I am willing to take the chance to see what happens next. That gut feeling we all get right before we do something, you know the one, its either this was a good idea go for it feeling, or the oh I'm not so sure this was such a good idea sinking stomach feeling? Yeah, all weekend it was the this was a good idea go for it feeling, so I went with it. Ok, getting a little long here so I'll bring us to the moral of the story. Never give up on taking a chance. Listen to your gut and your heart when it comes to taking those chances, but don't QUIT. If you get the sinking stomach feeling, back pedal as fast as you can and take a good look at what you're about to do, and if you get that go for it feeling, then by all means, GO FOR IT. I am so glad I did.
Gabrielle
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Work
So as you all know, the auto industry, especially for full size trucks, sucks right now. Since August 8th, we haven't built a single truck at the plant. Thankfully, they didn't show us the door and we still have jobs. You guys also know that I work a rotating schedule, 2 weeks days 2 weeks nights. Which kinda sucks. Ok it more than kinda sucks. They made an announcement yesterday that they are putting the night shift on hold till April. 1st shift will be from 6:30am to 3:15pm and 2nd shift will be from 8:30am to 5:15pm. So for the next 6 months I will actually be able to have a life outside of work. I have know idea what to do with myself and the almost normal work schedule. What's going to suck is going back to a rotating shift in April, but hey, I've done it for almost 3 years now, so it shouldn't be too bad.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Just to clear up a few things
I know I haven't posted anything in awhile, but I'm back on nights which means if I'm not sleeping, I'm getting the kids off the bus and then bookin' it to work. But there is a comment that was posted that kinda irked me a little so I wanted to clear things up.
That day last month that Logan didn't get off the bus was something that I do not wish to repeat, ever. And yes, I have used my imagination because I am blessed/cursed with a very active one, so I know worse things could have happened. But to clear the air, Logan didn't lie, he got confused. The boys had a doctor's appointment that morning, so their regular routine was screwed up. Mind you, the kids hadn't been in school for more than a month when this happened and this is Logan's first ever experience with anything like school. I couldn't afford the $300 a week to put him in day care and since I am the only income supporting these kids, I took advantage of the fact that Granny is here during the day.
Because the boys had that appointment that morning, obviously they couldn't ride the bus to school. I had to take them to school, sign them in, then walk them to their classrooms. I completely understand how Logan got confused and thought that I was also going to pick them up. I really don't appreciate the comment on how he lied so he wouldn't have to ride the bus. To him, riding the bus is FUN, why would he lie? And for cryin' out loud, the boy is 5, can we cut him a little slack here folks? The bottom line is the school officials f****d up. And if I hadn't been home on nights, Logan would have waited at the school until after 5 pm before anyone could have picked him up. And the school officials NEVER called to tell me Logan was in the office. I had to call them.
That day last month that Logan didn't get off the bus was something that I do not wish to repeat, ever. And yes, I have used my imagination because I am blessed/cursed with a very active one, so I know worse things could have happened. But to clear the air, Logan didn't lie, he got confused. The boys had a doctor's appointment that morning, so their regular routine was screwed up. Mind you, the kids hadn't been in school for more than a month when this happened and this is Logan's first ever experience with anything like school. I couldn't afford the $300 a week to put him in day care and since I am the only income supporting these kids, I took advantage of the fact that Granny is here during the day.
Because the boys had that appointment that morning, obviously they couldn't ride the bus to school. I had to take them to school, sign them in, then walk them to their classrooms. I completely understand how Logan got confused and thought that I was also going to pick them up. I really don't appreciate the comment on how he lied so he wouldn't have to ride the bus. To him, riding the bus is FUN, why would he lie? And for cryin' out loud, the boy is 5, can we cut him a little slack here folks? The bottom line is the school officials f****d up. And if I hadn't been home on nights, Logan would have waited at the school until after 5 pm before anyone could have picked him up. And the school officials NEVER called to tell me Logan was in the office. I had to call them.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Help!
So I'm starting to realize that I am NOT technically savvy. I want the cool photo slide shows like what Jennifer has on her page. And I want a more original looking page. Can someone please explain to me how I'm supposed to get all this onto my page? I mean seriously, you would think I could figure this out on my own, but apparently I am having one LONG blonde moment. No comments from the three stooges. You know who you are! :)
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