Ya, I guess its been a while since I've posted. Life got a hold of me. (Ok thats a HUGE lie...more like laziness...) Anyhooters! Kids have been back in school for a little over 2 months now. Things are going good, Dusten is doing great, Destini is having issues here and there but we are working on taking care of things. But that's not why I am here...
Let's talk about Destini (no...not her academic problems) Lets talk about 10 year olds (or 5th graders) having BOYFRIENDS! and the drama it brings. You think I'm joking right? Let me lay it all out for you...Destini came home last week and said "Guess what? I have a new boyfriend!" ooooh the only thought that came through my head was WHY? Soooo, Destini and Austin. They are Facebook friends too - and both have the other listed in their "relationship" section. I know some people who don't even list their husbands/wives....
So, I know you are all thinking "Whats the big deal...?" Well in truth it shouldn't be a big deal, but like I said - Destini has a Facebook. Mommy knows the password...Mommy is a snooper and CONSTANTLY tracks whats going on (because that's the only reason shes allowed a Facebook at 10 years old, so I can monitor and know whats going on) I'll just get down to it. She's pissed off 2 of her friends because she's "Dating" Austin. LMAO? Really...these girls are 10, haven't even hit puberty and they are claiming these pre-pubescent boys as their own without even a kiss, hug, or a hand holding. Ooooh reading some of her messages about how mad her friends were because "they loved him first..." I about died laughing. YOU ARE 10, go play with your barbies and baby dolls and stop worrying about BOYS! I don't think I even wanted a boyfriend when I was 10...I didn't give a rats ass at all. I had better things to worry about more important things to do when I got home from school...like riding my bike and making mud pies and trying to get my little brother to eat bugs!
We did read Destini's Facebook convo this evening with her boyfriend...went something like this
Her - Whats your middle name? I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.
Him - Clay, but I hate it
Her - Mines Raieann
Him - I love you
Her - <3
Her - Should I wear my hair up or down tomorrow, I need to know what you like.
Him - Down
Really? You LOVE her? And her....worried about how he likes her hair. Oi..shes 10...and I'm in for 8 years of TROUBLE! (I mean HELL...)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Back to the Future!
I went on MySpace this evening, looking for some photos I needed to post to my Facebook account...I stopped to read my MySpace Blog. I must say, I think I'm pretty entertaining. :) Well I think so anyways. Either way I stole some of my "Best Of" posts and posted them as Notes on my Facebook. I figured I would post a few here as well ( I mean hell, its been a while since I've posted here, so why not post some interesting stuff)
Posted a few years ago:
Posted a few years ago:
Anyone know these kids?
Current mood: amused
So lately there have been these 2 kids in my house causing trouble, one of them is named "Nobody" and the other is "Idunnowho". If anyone knows where I can find these children or knows their mother please let me know, I would like to speak to them about all the trouble they have been causing around here and the messes they are leaving in my house after they go home. I have yet to see these children around, they are sneeky lil shits that's for sure. Well if anyone has any information about these kids please let me know. Thanks!
Ya, those kids are still hanging around my house. They have a new friend named "Somebody" but we all know that's "ONE OF THEM". No I still haven't met Nobody or Idunnowho's parents...but I'm pretty sure they either one of them is related to "Itwasntme" I swear, these children are bad influences on my kids and I just don't want them hanging around anymore!
On to bigger and better things...I'm a bad Mommy and I can prove it...
Bad Mommy....
Current mood:devious
This afternoon Destini was bugging me to get Twinkle (her hamster) out so she could play with it and I kept telling her no because (honestly I hate that thing and it hates me) So after about 15 minutes of her whining and begging I cracked and said "I hope it died so you can't bug me about it anymore" and went over to the cage to get it down off the entertainment center. I looked inside and the thing was still - I knocked on the bottom of the cage to see if she would move....uh....ut oh. Well needless to say I got my wish and my daughter is crushed.
So we had a lil funeral for Twinkle and Sarah made a headstone for it. lol And Destini is now over the loss of her hamster (and of course wants another @@)
Sad part is....but shhhhh dont ever tell Destini its probably been about 2 weeks since the things been fed. Woopsie on my part. =(
I won't deny that I hated that hamster (I proved that in the blog...that thing HATED ME!) also...we got my daughter a hamster on the deal that she would be the 'responsible' one. Nooo...I know what you are thinking, I'm not handing over the blame...I shouldn't have said what I said in the first place (only because "think before you speak" took on a WHOLE new meaning for me at this point) lol. My daughter at this point finds the whole thing funny, although she likes to rub it in my face when she can. Fair play...thats fine. I deserve it. I still feel guilty about the whole thing...
Yes, its true...I tried to sell my children online. No I didn't exactly put them on eBay - but started the bids on MyS
Kids for Sale!!!
Current mood:cranky
And i'm selling them cheap!!
I've always wondered if i could sell my kids on eBay, and today i'm really thinking about trying it out.
Destini the mouth I'll start the bid off really cheap - maybe like a .01 starting bid. I'll even ship her for free.
Dusten will go for a lil more, since he is still so young - plus hes got the $10,000 peepee thats not even paid for yet - so he will start off cheap but have a reserve on him. And of course i'll ship him for free.
But just a note - i am not responsible for packages lost, broken, or items missing once the items have been shipped. If not totally satasfied with your purchase i'll think about refunding your money and ABSOLUTELY NO RETURNS!!!!!
Can you tell i'm having a GREAT day??
I must have been having a bad day...now I have 3 kids total...and its been a while since I've thought about selling any of them online...lol Or maybe its the fact that its easier to get into trouble with the law selling them online? Either way...lol
Maybe this was the reason I was wanting to sell my kids...
Dusten The Destroyer
Current mood:busy
Are boys just made to be bigger pains in the asses then girls? I swear I'm constantly chasing my 14 month old boy around getting him out of more trouble then i ever had to do when my daughter was this age.
As i type the lil shit is dancing on my coffee table...why don't i go get him down?? Whats the point - he'll just climb back up there. So far today in the 45 minutes he's been awake hes already taken my ONLY working cordless phone and gave it a bath in the toilet - destroyed a video tape, gone threw the trash, climbed up the entertainment shelves and now hes climbing on the couch.
Its constant with him ALL day. Hes the sweetest boy in the world - hes just got another side of him we call Destroyer. In one day he managed to break 3 glasses, i dont know where he found them but he did and he broke them. He'll reach up onto the counter tops and try to find things to play with - one day his daddy walked into the kitchen to see Dusten the Destroyer standing there with a really sharp knife he got out of the dish drainer. (can we say HEARTATTACK!!!) Needless to say - we've moved that where he cant reach it anymore. He LOVES to throw things at you - i honestly dont think hes trying to hurt anyone - hes just having fun. But having an 8oz insulated sippy cup thats full of juice thrown at you doesn't feel all that great.
Oh how cute...wanna know what my boys doing now...hes walking around the living room with one of my nightys over his head. (Now where the hell did he find that??) Oh now we're back to jumping on the couch. Its funny tho - he can climb on the couch, climb on the beds, the coffee table and even try to climb up the stove. But he CAN'T climb out of his crib. *knocks on wood* I guess i should be thankful he hasn't mastered that task or i'd be in some serious trouble. Bad enough hes figured out how to open the back door and sneek out when you aren't paying attention. He doesn't go far - he'll walk his lil butt rite over to one of the 4wheelers climb on and sits there clapping until you find him.
He's the goofiest kid i know full of personality and spunk. And as much as i would like a break from "The Destroyer" during the day - i couldn't imagine my life without him - there would be nothing to do.
Oh how I miss "Dusten the Destroyer" every once in a while that child comes out, rest of the time he blames it on Cole (noooo not my lil Cole lol) or Nobody and his friend Idunnowho! I dislike those kids, they are horrible influences...
Welp..thats the long of the short and the best of the best of my "MySpace Blog" if you have to ask me what a MySpace is (don't worry about it - just enjoy the content) MySpace died a long time ago....lol
Thursday, May 26, 2011
And so, it begins...
Its the first official full day of Summer Vacation, and at this moment I can hear my oldest screaming her head off (about "He" only knows what) and her her brothers screaming/whining/crying about whatever shes complaining about. Oh, please, give me the strength, to suffer (I mean survive) the next few weeks having to deal with this bologna.
Yes, instead of going into their room and diffusing the problem (which is pointless) I've decided to sit here, listen and blog about it. I feel it makes me just a bit calmer, its 90 something degrees INSIDE of my house (a cool 75 outside, whoever built this house was a MORON because we don't get a breeze), which makes me a tad on the cranky side to begin with being that the AC is broken. Mix that with her screaming and their whining/crying makes me RABID!
Oh no, here they come, out of their room to complain about who did what and to whom. I don't care. Its 10pm. I want you all to go to sleep, I don't care if you have school or not in the morning I'd still like my quiet time. I am sure, considering that the problems are still going on inside of that room, that I will have to step away from my computer/blog momentarily and "Take Care of Business"...sounds a bit out of hand in there. I think I'll "BRB"
Well that was pointless, I walked into their room and told them all to go to bed, they asked why!? Sooo I walked out of their room, shut the door and mimic'd their screaming/whining/crying from outside. They thought it was "Funny". I don't...its annoying!
Being raised a Catholic I'm shocked that there isn't a Saint appointed to help parents survive Summer Break....theres a Saint for everything else...lol.
Ohh...do you hear that? Its QUIET!!! I think I may have gotten my point across, or they finally became exhausted enough to BE QUIET!
Yes, instead of going into their room and diffusing the problem (which is pointless) I've decided to sit here, listen and blog about it. I feel it makes me just a bit calmer, its 90 something degrees INSIDE of my house (a cool 75 outside, whoever built this house was a MORON because we don't get a breeze), which makes me a tad on the cranky side to begin with being that the AC is broken. Mix that with her screaming and their whining/crying makes me RABID!
Oh no, here they come, out of their room to complain about who did what and to whom. I don't care. Its 10pm. I want you all to go to sleep, I don't care if you have school or not in the morning I'd still like my quiet time. I am sure, considering that the problems are still going on inside of that room, that I will have to step away from my computer/blog momentarily and "Take Care of Business"...sounds a bit out of hand in there. I think I'll "BRB"
Well that was pointless, I walked into their room and told them all to go to bed, they asked why!? Sooo I walked out of their room, shut the door and mimic'd their screaming/whining/crying from outside. They thought it was "Funny". I don't...its annoying!
Being raised a Catholic I'm shocked that there isn't a Saint appointed to help parents survive Summer Break....theres a Saint for everything else...lol.
Ohh...do you hear that? Its QUIET!!! I think I may have gotten my point across, or they finally became exhausted enough to BE QUIET!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Most/Least
Tomorrow (well technically today) is the last day of school this year for Destini and Dusten. I will tell you right now what my most favorite parts of this is, and my most least favorite parts. Lets do a "Bullet List"
Least Favorite
*Not having to hear - 10 minutes before its time to leave that Destini/Dusten doesn't have clean bottoms/shirts to wear to school that day. (Socks are also included in this bullet, some how I never hear about underwear...that may be a concern?) WHY COULDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS THE DAY BEFORE!?!?! What exactly do you want me to do about it NOW!?!?!
*Forgetting shoes at Grandmas/Grammys house (SCHOOL SHOES) ending up with me either having to stop at WalMart with child to get new shoes, or taking child to school, backtracking to Walmart, buying new shoes, then taking new shoes to school for child to have. UGH!
*Halfway to school..."MOM!!! I forgot to do my homework yesterday!" (That one really pisses me off, because I ask daily about homework) or "Destini.../Dusten...did you put your homework in your backpack?" Destini/Dusten "Uhhhh...noooo...I forgot)
*Going to bed "early" waking up "early"
Most Favorite
*Not having to hear about uniforms
*Not having to worry about their shoes
*Not having to worry about doing homework
*Not having to get up early, or stop what I'm during during the day to pick them up
*SLEEPING IN!!!
Either way, today will be a bitter sweet moment. Dusten's official Kindergarten graduation was yesterday. He did so great, up until I had him take a photo with his teacher, when we tried to say goodbye and leave the poor kid started the waterworks and started complaining that his tummy hurt, so we signed him out and bought him home. It wasn't until later that evening, when he was making his teacher a "Goodbye/Thank You" Card that he really broke down and it all came to light. Poor kid is heart broken about leaving his teacher, his friends and everything he holds dear to him. I feel for the guy, I really do. Dusten is so sensitive that all these emotions are tearing him up inside. Between Jason and I (good cop/bad cop) we've tried to talk to him about everything, and put it all into light for him. I told him that he has to make the best of tomorrow since its his last day with his class and Ms. Cummings, that only made him cry more, which made me cry. :( I've never had to deal with this, with Destini this is our 5th time doing the whole switch up, switch out with teachers and grades, I've always been more emotional then her. But poor Dusten has grown so fond of his teacher, his friends and everything he is comfortable with. My heart breaks for him, I feel his pain...I've tried to talk him through it. But I know, like any other kid, he'll be sad and emo for a day or 2, but he'll get over it and move on (I hope). Ms. Cummings has been a wonderful light in his life, and I don't blame him for becoming so attached to her. (OH crap...I'm tearing up just typing about it...) Well, I guess since I do have to get my kids to school on time today, I should get my rear end in bed. :)
Least Favorite
*Not having to hear - 10 minutes before its time to leave that Destini/Dusten doesn't have clean bottoms/shirts to wear to school that day. (Socks are also included in this bullet, some how I never hear about underwear...that may be a concern?) WHY COULDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS THE DAY BEFORE!?!?! What exactly do you want me to do about it NOW!?!?!
*Forgetting shoes at Grandmas/Grammys house (SCHOOL SHOES) ending up with me either having to stop at WalMart with child to get new shoes, or taking child to school, backtracking to Walmart, buying new shoes, then taking new shoes to school for child to have. UGH!
*Halfway to school..."MOM!!! I forgot to do my homework yesterday!" (That one really pisses me off, because I ask daily about homework) or "Destini.../Dusten...did you put your homework in your backpack?" Destini/Dusten "Uhhhh...noooo...I forgot)
*Going to bed "early" waking up "early"
Most Favorite
*Not having to hear about uniforms
*Not having to worry about their shoes
*Not having to worry about doing homework
*Not having to get up early, or stop what I'm during during the day to pick them up
*SLEEPING IN!!!
Either way, today will be a bitter sweet moment. Dusten's official Kindergarten graduation was yesterday. He did so great, up until I had him take a photo with his teacher, when we tried to say goodbye and leave the poor kid started the waterworks and started complaining that his tummy hurt, so we signed him out and bought him home. It wasn't until later that evening, when he was making his teacher a "Goodbye/Thank You" Card that he really broke down and it all came to light. Poor kid is heart broken about leaving his teacher, his friends and everything he holds dear to him. I feel for the guy, I really do. Dusten is so sensitive that all these emotions are tearing him up inside. Between Jason and I (good cop/bad cop) we've tried to talk to him about everything, and put it all into light for him. I told him that he has to make the best of tomorrow since its his last day with his class and Ms. Cummings, that only made him cry more, which made me cry. :( I've never had to deal with this, with Destini this is our 5th time doing the whole switch up, switch out with teachers and grades, I've always been more emotional then her. But poor Dusten has grown so fond of his teacher, his friends and everything he is comfortable with. My heart breaks for him, I feel his pain...I've tried to talk him through it. But I know, like any other kid, he'll be sad and emo for a day or 2, but he'll get over it and move on (I hope). Ms. Cummings has been a wonderful light in his life, and I don't blame him for becoming so attached to her. (OH crap...I'm tearing up just typing about it...) Well, I guess since I do have to get my kids to school on time today, I should get my rear end in bed. :)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Quick Post - Al Bundy (Married With Children) Syndrome
I'd really like to know the answer...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Exciting News - and NO Mother, I'm not pregnant!
Tomorrow morning, at 9am EST Dusten will Graduate Kindergarten! WOOOO!!! Although this will be his second rodeo with a kinder graduation (so glad the kids that aren't going through aren't left out) either way, this time its "Special!" I'm so excited and proud of my little guy. He's come a long way this year! Last time he did amazing, but because of his speech issues, and other issues his teacher/myself/and others of the facility thought it best to hold him back one more year. I tell you, it was an amazing transformation.
Dusten really didn't begin speaking until he was 3 years old, and even then he was hard to understand. Just after he turned 4 I had him evaluated by the "state" and he was put into Speech classes for 30 minutes at a time, 3 days a week. Come his first year of kinder he was still in speech, and we had IEP meetings about him constantly. He was doing well, just not as well as we would have liked. In turn the decision was made to hold him back a year. I felt horrible....he had made a few close friends, and telling him that his friends would be going on to the 1st grade without him made me sad. But he took it well. Come this year, meeting his new teacher, and classmates was great! Dusten had the most AWESOME teacher, we LOVE YOU TO DEATH Ms. CUMMINGS!!!! She's young, fun, and has been the best teacher any child could ever have asked for (not saying that Dusten's 1st teacher wasn't great, Dusten LOVED her to death) but Ms. Cummings (who's mother has been a teacher at this school for YEARS) was absolutely a dream. :) Throughout this year Dusten blossomed, he wasn't afraid to talk to his teacher when he needed something, wasn't afraid to talk to other kids in the class and talk to them (last year his speech was holding him back) My child has blossomed from an unwilling bloom to a vibrant ready for the sun, flower! I can't believe the progress he's made.
We still have some issues, that in time will be dealt with, he's still in speech, come next year I think his time from 3 times a week will be cut to 2 times a week. But we are working on his "writing issues". Dusten's first year in Kinder we attempted to get him a OT eval...for some reason he was tested for everything but. This time around (which will probably not happen this school year considering it ends on Wednesday) we are going to have him evaluated for OT, and hopefully in the first few months of the 1st grade year, evaluated for other things. He's doing great, just having writing issues, in our last IEP meeting his teacher brought in a project she had the kids do, write a single sentence about something they had done (or something to that matter). She showed me his paper, and all I noticed was a bunch of scribbled down hand writing on top of numerous eraser marks where he'd try to write out a sentence and just erased it over and over. This is what has prompted the OT Eval.
Not long after that IEP I had asked Dusten what was wrong...he tells me that "Sometimes its hard to think!" I asked him how hard it was to explain what he'd done the evening before or over the weekend? He really didn't have an answer, and I hope that the Parent/Teacher meetings will continue monthly with his teacher next year. Dusten is a great kid, but he's one of those that you have to keep track of, keep an eye on, or he'll fall behind and get lost. I'm glad that we go to a school that has teachers that notice this in their children.
Speaking of....Just today I received a call from the schools Guidance Counsler telling me it was urgent and to call her back asap. I figured it was about Dusten and some testing...turns out it was for Destini. They had a meeting (which involved her teacher, counsler, school psychologist among others.) I wish I had been notified because I would have liked to have sat in for this. Either way, her teacher brought up her Math issue. Ugh...this is something we have been dealing with for a while now. The child goes into a coma when you try to do Math homework or teach her anything about math. Anyways, even though she's brought up her Math grade from an F to a C this year (which I felt was AMAZING) her teacher felt she still has some issues (which I feel was great...because I KNOW she has issues). Either way, they want to do some testing on her to see what exactly is going on. I'm all for it! Destini will be going to the 5th grade next year, her father and myself are HORRIBLE when it comes to math. Tomorrow morning I'll go in and sign the paperwork for them to test her, I know it won't happen until the next school year, but it will happen. I'm not scared to have my child tested for anything, as long as I know in the long run that its going to help them in School.
So here's to the next 2 days of Kinder for Dusten and 4th grade for Destini! Sounds like no matter what happens, they are going to have an AMAZING 1st and 5th grade school years! So glad we have a school/teachers that notice issues, even though the poor counsler and psychologist are bogged down with paper work from other students....at least at some point everyone gets the help they made need. :)
Dusten really didn't begin speaking until he was 3 years old, and even then he was hard to understand. Just after he turned 4 I had him evaluated by the "state" and he was put into Speech classes for 30 minutes at a time, 3 days a week. Come his first year of kinder he was still in speech, and we had IEP meetings about him constantly. He was doing well, just not as well as we would have liked. In turn the decision was made to hold him back a year. I felt horrible....he had made a few close friends, and telling him that his friends would be going on to the 1st grade without him made me sad. But he took it well. Come this year, meeting his new teacher, and classmates was great! Dusten had the most AWESOME teacher, we LOVE YOU TO DEATH Ms. CUMMINGS!!!! She's young, fun, and has been the best teacher any child could ever have asked for (not saying that Dusten's 1st teacher wasn't great, Dusten LOVED her to death) but Ms. Cummings (who's mother has been a teacher at this school for YEARS) was absolutely a dream. :) Throughout this year Dusten blossomed, he wasn't afraid to talk to his teacher when he needed something, wasn't afraid to talk to other kids in the class and talk to them (last year his speech was holding him back) My child has blossomed from an unwilling bloom to a vibrant ready for the sun, flower! I can't believe the progress he's made.
We still have some issues, that in time will be dealt with, he's still in speech, come next year I think his time from 3 times a week will be cut to 2 times a week. But we are working on his "writing issues". Dusten's first year in Kinder we attempted to get him a OT eval...for some reason he was tested for everything but. This time around (which will probably not happen this school year considering it ends on Wednesday) we are going to have him evaluated for OT, and hopefully in the first few months of the 1st grade year, evaluated for other things. He's doing great, just having writing issues, in our last IEP meeting his teacher brought in a project she had the kids do, write a single sentence about something they had done (or something to that matter). She showed me his paper, and all I noticed was a bunch of scribbled down hand writing on top of numerous eraser marks where he'd try to write out a sentence and just erased it over and over. This is what has prompted the OT Eval.
Not long after that IEP I had asked Dusten what was wrong...he tells me that "Sometimes its hard to think!" I asked him how hard it was to explain what he'd done the evening before or over the weekend? He really didn't have an answer, and I hope that the Parent/Teacher meetings will continue monthly with his teacher next year. Dusten is a great kid, but he's one of those that you have to keep track of, keep an eye on, or he'll fall behind and get lost. I'm glad that we go to a school that has teachers that notice this in their children.
Speaking of....Just today I received a call from the schools Guidance Counsler telling me it was urgent and to call her back asap. I figured it was about Dusten and some testing...turns out it was for Destini. They had a meeting (which involved her teacher, counsler, school psychologist among others.) I wish I had been notified because I would have liked to have sat in for this. Either way, her teacher brought up her Math issue. Ugh...this is something we have been dealing with for a while now. The child goes into a coma when you try to do Math homework or teach her anything about math. Anyways, even though she's brought up her Math grade from an F to a C this year (which I felt was AMAZING) her teacher felt she still has some issues (which I feel was great...because I KNOW she has issues). Either way, they want to do some testing on her to see what exactly is going on. I'm all for it! Destini will be going to the 5th grade next year, her father and myself are HORRIBLE when it comes to math. Tomorrow morning I'll go in and sign the paperwork for them to test her, I know it won't happen until the next school year, but it will happen. I'm not scared to have my child tested for anything, as long as I know in the long run that its going to help them in School.
So here's to the next 2 days of Kinder for Dusten and 4th grade for Destini! Sounds like no matter what happens, they are going to have an AMAZING 1st and 5th grade school years! So glad we have a school/teachers that notice issues, even though the poor counsler and psychologist are bogged down with paper work from other students....at least at some point everyone gets the help they made need. :)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
$*%(@&! and then some!
Wow, this evening it seems that anything with my children became a struggle. "Help me clean up this living room" AWWWWWWW, do we have to, I did this, I did that, I don't want to anymore, Do we really have to?" I can say that all day (and no one cares), yet someone has to clean this freaking house! I'm not the one making 80% of the mess! I am pretty sure that one of the top 10 reasons I had children was for them to HELP OUT!?!?! Cole was really the only one who happily helped, without complaint, and did what Mommy asked. Thank goodness, it only took me 3 tries to get a good one out of the bunch. lol
Destini ended up sneaking away and going to the neighbors (her home away from home) the boys and I went outside and tended to the garden, the new compost pile and just hung out while Jason did work on his mower and whatnot. Jason then decided to give Chazzy (our massive American Bulldog) a bath out front, then we took him for a walk. It wasn't until we got back inside and I started to do dinner that my stress level rose...again...UGH!
I had decided last week that since the kids clothes are washed separately from the rest of the household laundry that I would just dump the clean clothes on Destini's bed and make it their duty to put it away (mostly Destini's duty) wow what a hassle that turned out to be. I told her 10 times, put away the clothes "I know Mom I'll do it!" (its almost 9pm, DO IT NOW so that when I tell you to go to bed 20 minutes from now I won't hear "But I have to put away these clothes!!!") I'm so tired of asking my kids to do something and they regurgitate it as me only suggesting them to do something! I can't wait for my kids to have kids...they say anything you've ever done to your parents comes back on your 10 times fold (or whatever lol), well if thats the case - My Grandkids are going to be AWESOME, and will get high fives from Granmama and Gramps behind their parents backs ALL THE TIME! lol. Then again...I can't remember myself being this horrible to my mother, who was a single parent. Maybe I can blame it on my Hubby? lol
Destini ended up sneaking away and going to the neighbors (her home away from home) the boys and I went outside and tended to the garden, the new compost pile and just hung out while Jason did work on his mower and whatnot. Jason then decided to give Chazzy (our massive American Bulldog) a bath out front, then we took him for a walk. It wasn't until we got back inside and I started to do dinner that my stress level rose...again...UGH!
I had decided last week that since the kids clothes are washed separately from the rest of the household laundry that I would just dump the clean clothes on Destini's bed and make it their duty to put it away (mostly Destini's duty) wow what a hassle that turned out to be. I told her 10 times, put away the clothes "I know Mom I'll do it!" (its almost 9pm, DO IT NOW so that when I tell you to go to bed 20 minutes from now I won't hear "But I have to put away these clothes!!!") I'm so tired of asking my kids to do something and they regurgitate it as me only suggesting them to do something! I can't wait for my kids to have kids...they say anything you've ever done to your parents comes back on your 10 times fold (or whatever lol), well if thats the case - My Grandkids are going to be AWESOME, and will get high fives from Granmama and Gramps behind their parents backs ALL THE TIME! lol. Then again...I can't remember myself being this horrible to my mother, who was a single parent. Maybe I can blame it on my Hubby? lol
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Oh Hai! <--- Did I do that right!?!
So I promised that I would formally introduce myself, and my kids. As my little "intro" states I am a Wife, Mother, Photographer...and so on. Well yes, I have now been married for 7 years, been with him - he who is known as Jason - for umm...(using fingers to count) almost 12 years. We have a 10 year old daughter, almost 7 year old son, and an almost 4 year old (son/spawn/devil child) lol. Yes...you can do the math and figure out that Destini was at our wedding, I was prego with Dusten at the time we were married and Cole is "Legit" lol.
None of that matters! What matters is that we are one big happy fam, damily! So, I covered the Wife, and Mother, now on to the photographer! I've had a love for photography since I was young, starting out with my silly lil cabbage patch 110 film camera, moving forward from there to the little throw away 35mm cameras and working my way up to a decent Canon 35mm film camera after my daughter was born. From there it was the "beginning of DIGITAL!" oh ya and we had the best of the worst! lol In 2006 I was gifted a Nikon D40 for Christmas by my Mother In Law and I was INSTANTLY in love! I couldn't get enough of learning, testing, shooting. Anyone who was near by learned to either run or deal with having me snap a candid shot! After a while I realized I could make things better by editing! When my youngest was born...ohhh the photos we had taken! I loved that camera, until youngest turned 2ish and decided (bless his heart) one morning sometime in November that Mommy's camera needed a bath. Long story short...camera + expensive lens + speed flash ended up in the toilet for a bath = Tears, screams, and child lucky to still be alive. lol. By end of March the next year Hubby allowed me to order not only a new camera, but an UPGRADE! I purchased a D90 and since opening the box and holding onto that camera I have been IN LOVE! Not saying this camera hasn't had its mishaps with children, when the camera wasn't even 6 months old it had a fall due to the Middle child climbing the 5 foot tall ferret cage where the camera rested on top...and having a nasty fall. Thankfully all that was broken was the LCD screen, and the mount for my lens. Took a few weeks and a few hundred dollars to have it repaired. So at the moment my D90 has a fear of heights and of water...lol. To be expected lol. I'm no professional by any means, I learn daily between photographing....editing...and anything else. Every day is a new experience, not to mention this year I started a 365 Project - a fresh photo everyday for a whole year. At least this way my camera isn't neglected EVER! And as much as a pain it can be sometimes, I know that no matter what - I have to pick up that camera at least ONCE during the day and snap something...but 1photo (for me) is never enough lol.
Well, I'll stop here, and of course shamelessly post the link to my 365 Project/Photography website ;) www.DoreneLowePhotography.com
Stay tuned, tomorrow you shall learn more, and probably hear a few good stories out of me!
None of that matters! What matters is that we are one big happy fam, damily! So, I covered the Wife, and Mother, now on to the photographer! I've had a love for photography since I was young, starting out with my silly lil cabbage patch 110 film camera, moving forward from there to the little throw away 35mm cameras and working my way up to a decent Canon 35mm film camera after my daughter was born. From there it was the "beginning of DIGITAL!" oh ya and we had the best of the worst! lol In 2006 I was gifted a Nikon D40 for Christmas by my Mother In Law and I was INSTANTLY in love! I couldn't get enough of learning, testing, shooting. Anyone who was near by learned to either run or deal with having me snap a candid shot! After a while I realized I could make things better by editing! When my youngest was born...ohhh the photos we had taken! I loved that camera, until youngest turned 2ish and decided (bless his heart) one morning sometime in November that Mommy's camera needed a bath. Long story short...camera + expensive lens + speed flash ended up in the toilet for a bath = Tears, screams, and child lucky to still be alive. lol. By end of March the next year Hubby allowed me to order not only a new camera, but an UPGRADE! I purchased a D90 and since opening the box and holding onto that camera I have been IN LOVE! Not saying this camera hasn't had its mishaps with children, when the camera wasn't even 6 months old it had a fall due to the Middle child climbing the 5 foot tall ferret cage where the camera rested on top...and having a nasty fall. Thankfully all that was broken was the LCD screen, and the mount for my lens. Took a few weeks and a few hundred dollars to have it repaired. So at the moment my D90 has a fear of heights and of water...lol. To be expected lol. I'm no professional by any means, I learn daily between photographing....editing...and anything else. Every day is a new experience, not to mention this year I started a 365 Project - a fresh photo everyday for a whole year. At least this way my camera isn't neglected EVER! And as much as a pain it can be sometimes, I know that no matter what - I have to pick up that camera at least ONCE during the day and snap something...but 1photo (for me) is never enough lol.
Well, I'll stop here, and of course shamelessly post the link to my 365 Project/Photography website ;) www.DoreneLowePhotography.com
Stay tuned, tomorrow you shall learn more, and probably hear a few good stories out of me!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
So I thought it was time...
Hello there! Welcome to my BRAND SPANKING NEW BLOG!!! ;)
Through the years I've done blogs, mostly about my crazy kids and our daily adventures. I haven't done a real....here are my thoughts....take them or leave them type of blog in a long long time. So with everything going on in my life currently, I felt it was time to start a new one, with the old habits, talk about new stuff going on in my life, and gain feedback from others who may be doing, or thinking about doing the same. When I state that, I mean things like gardening!
A little over a month ago my youngest (I will introduce you to the "kids" later on) planted our first seeds! BUSH BEANS! About 2 weeks after that as a family we started our own garden. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while, but now with the economy, gas prices, and anything else in general we planted our own. We started off with a 10x10 (by 10x10) as I like to call it, I also refer to it as "The Sod Box" only because of the amount of grass we are growing in it lol. But we planted watermelon, cucumbers, pumpkins, corn, onion, potatoes, green beans, a strawberry plant, peppers, carrots, a basil plant, oregano plant, spinach, lettuce, Tomatoes, and recently planted brocolli out of curiosity. Not to mention the growing number of container plants. Just today the kids planted cacti, daisy, broccoli, and I planted Lavender. Almost everything in our garden/container garden has started off as seeds. Only a few items were actually plants. Its been an exciting adventure so far to go out every morning and check the garden to see what has happened over night. Just this afternoon I discovered we have our first CUCUMBER!! I'm so excited! :) After all this work, if we get at least 1 item from anything, we'll be happy lol.
Anyways, thats not the only reason I'm here. I've also fallen in love the the couponing phenomenon! Now...at this point its only been a week or so, I'm no extremist. I feel that for me, stock piling isn't going to work out - between not having the space, and the fact that our central air conditioner is shot...there is no point to holding on to tons of product that will just go bad in a house that sits at a cool 89+F degrees in the summer. That would just be a waste of my money. But...on the plus side...searching, researching, printing/clipping coupons has paid off either way. I'm totally loving researching which grocery store will pay off better when I want to go shopping, gathering up coupons and sticking to what I need/want and getting deals! My last 2 trips to the grocery store have ended in about a $30-$40 savings and spending about $50 at most in the end. Now thats motivating! I may not be having money handed back to me at the check out counter like it happens in some of these new shows that have come up on TV. But walking out of the grocery store - with food for my family for the week, only spending $50 instead of $95 that makes me happy as a clam. :)
So before this first post gets too long, and you all lose interest, I should tell you that I am a 30 year old mother of 3. My oldest a daughter is 10, my middle child is almost 7 and the youngest is almost 4. Stay tuned for more stories on them...oh, the the middle and youngest are both boys...and all 3 of them are the greatest entertainment anyone ever needs on a daily basis. I don't even need television during the day when any of them are around, I save all my TV show watching for after they are in bed, and its been DVR'd to watch as they sleep! I hope you will stick around, and check out my posts...I'm sure I can keep up with this on a daily basis. Tomorrow I will introduce myself more, and give you more of a peek into my daily life ;)
Thanks for reading! :)
Through the years I've done blogs, mostly about my crazy kids and our daily adventures. I haven't done a real....here are my thoughts....take them or leave them type of blog in a long long time. So with everything going on in my life currently, I felt it was time to start a new one, with the old habits, talk about new stuff going on in my life, and gain feedback from others who may be doing, or thinking about doing the same. When I state that, I mean things like gardening!
A little over a month ago my youngest (I will introduce you to the "kids" later on) planted our first seeds! BUSH BEANS! About 2 weeks after that as a family we started our own garden. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while, but now with the economy, gas prices, and anything else in general we planted our own. We started off with a 10x10 (by 10x10) as I like to call it, I also refer to it as "The Sod Box" only because of the amount of grass we are growing in it lol. But we planted watermelon, cucumbers, pumpkins, corn, onion, potatoes, green beans, a strawberry plant, peppers, carrots, a basil plant, oregano plant, spinach, lettuce, Tomatoes, and recently planted brocolli out of curiosity. Not to mention the growing number of container plants. Just today the kids planted cacti, daisy, broccoli, and I planted Lavender. Almost everything in our garden/container garden has started off as seeds. Only a few items were actually plants. Its been an exciting adventure so far to go out every morning and check the garden to see what has happened over night. Just this afternoon I discovered we have our first CUCUMBER!! I'm so excited! :) After all this work, if we get at least 1 item from anything, we'll be happy lol.
Anyways, thats not the only reason I'm here. I've also fallen in love the the couponing phenomenon! Now...at this point its only been a week or so, I'm no extremist. I feel that for me, stock piling isn't going to work out - between not having the space, and the fact that our central air conditioner is shot...there is no point to holding on to tons of product that will just go bad in a house that sits at a cool 89+F degrees in the summer. That would just be a waste of my money. But...on the plus side...searching, researching, printing/clipping coupons has paid off either way. I'm totally loving researching which grocery store will pay off better when I want to go shopping, gathering up coupons and sticking to what I need/want and getting deals! My last 2 trips to the grocery store have ended in about a $30-$40 savings and spending about $50 at most in the end. Now thats motivating! I may not be having money handed back to me at the check out counter like it happens in some of these new shows that have come up on TV. But walking out of the grocery store - with food for my family for the week, only spending $50 instead of $95 that makes me happy as a clam. :)
So before this first post gets too long, and you all lose interest, I should tell you that I am a 30 year old mother of 3. My oldest a daughter is 10, my middle child is almost 7 and the youngest is almost 4. Stay tuned for more stories on them...oh, the the middle and youngest are both boys...and all 3 of them are the greatest entertainment anyone ever needs on a daily basis. I don't even need television during the day when any of them are around, I save all my TV show watching for after they are in bed, and its been DVR'd to watch as they sleep! I hope you will stick around, and check out my posts...I'm sure I can keep up with this on a daily basis. Tomorrow I will introduce myself more, and give you more of a peek into my daily life ;)
Thanks for reading! :)
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