Darin is doing just fine. He saw a specialist on Monday and was told that there are no broken bones and that he must have sprained it severely! He still has some trouble putting full weight on it but no longer requires the crutches.

The kids went to their schools and recieved their schedules. They talked to alot of their friends waiting line. I ran into my uncle at my daughter's school and it turns out 2 of our cousins go to the same school, small world! I had no clue! They had pictures taken for school I.D.'s. and it looks like the kids are happy with the classes that they got for the first semester.

Darin got small engine repair...this should be interesting for him..he does like to build things.
He also got Physical education in his first hour...I hope his foot heals in a week, so he has no problem with doing this class.

Amber got Music and life skills for her electives...she is not looking forward to music...boring she says!!! All the rest of the classes are usual reading, social studies, math.. you know.

We ran into her wrestling coach and he was trying to talk Amber into Basketball also. Wrestling was so positive for Amber last year ...she had alot of buddies and they all said hello to her and asked if she was going to do it again.

I'm still working my arse off! My day off is not until next Friday! I'm just trying to hang in there. Not that i hate my job but you do get tired of being there so much. My boss apologized parfusly for scheduling me 31 days with only one day off. I told her it's ok..i need the money but that i hoped she would schedule me more hours in a short amount of days than more days all together. We'll see.

My truck broke down on Sunday so I had to bring it to the dealership on Monday. It would not start, all it did was click. Turns out it was the battery and thankfully it was covered under the 3 year warranty. I thought it was the starter...but in the man's word's "whatever it is your covered" I love those words! The towing was also covered! On Star is the greatest...they did all the work! Told them the location of the car and where i wanted to take it and everything. Worth the 18.95 a month i pay for it. One day I am going to lock my keys in the car just to try out the unlocking of the doors feature...super cool!

Anywho...yeh I know i am boring...but this is my life as i know it right now.

I am so looking forward to my reunion...Maybe because i will wear something other than a uniform possibly! Watch me start passing trays or something lmao.

14 years and 2 days later

Darin has done it this time...
Last night Darin came home saying he fell of his friends bike pegs and rolled his foot and landed full weight on it...OUCH!
His foot looked like someone layed an egg on top of it...With all of the swelling i knew that they would not be able to x-ray it properly until some swelling went down.

When he woke up after icing it all night the egg went away and some light blue bruising was there..I thought he probably pulled a muscle or sprained it real bad. .I thought he would be fine until after i got back doing some errands, when i did come back i looked at his foot again and the bruising was no longer light it was dark blue and his father and i decided maybe we should take him to ER just to be certain there was no break.

Just what i needed...my only day off in 31 days and i spend
2 1/2 hours at work in the ER. My luck!
Anyhoo...doctor says it's a possible growth plate fracture and i have to take him to see another doctor in just a couple days...just to be sure.
Luckily we had these crutches from the last time he hurt his foot. They put on a makeshift cast until we are certain what he did to it.




Looks like he will spend the rest of his summer vacation doing this...
hooo hummm

14 years of experience and many more to go!

This is obvious what this is..lol



Darin's Birthday Party!










Amber layed in the grass and took her own picture and i think she looks lovely in it. I see the teen coming out of her...stay tuned for next months birthday featuring Amber.










Remember when we used to carry Darin around? lol


Now look who can carry who.










This is Darin, his best friend Josh and Josh's little brother Austin. They live next door and are Darin's BEST FRIENDS!
Josh is a year older than Darin...but much smaller.






This is a very nice pic. He towers over me.
He was recently measured and is now standing 6 feet tall. He grew about 2 inches over the summer!

I have been trying to grow my hair long again. It's been short for several years now and now i have decided that I will grow it long again. I've been pinning my hair back to keep it off my face.

Frank and I

Frank and Amber

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BOY!!!!

August 16th, 1994
My baby boy Darin was born. It was the happiest day of our lives. He was so cute. His hair was so light that he looked bald.

I went thru alot to have him. Gestational diabetes was the worst. I had to poke my fingers 5 times a day and take insulin shots 2 times a day.

Three weekends before i had him i had to stay in the hospital so they could shove what they called seaweed sticks onto my cervix to try to get me to dialate. The worst!!!!! I hurt so bad because my cervix was what they called high and it felt like a bat was being pushed inside of me. The day that i had him i told the doctors that if he was not born today that i was going home and i would not come back for all of that again....I would not be coming back until his head was almost out of me. Finally one very nice doctor with very long fingers was able to break my water so that i would not be going home. I was in labor from 7 am. until 9:00pm , by then the doctors decided that his head was too big to come down my birth canal and that a c-section would probably be the best. By then i just wanted him out! Darin was born at 10:29 pm., he weighed 9lbs 11 oz. and was 21 inches tall.





Here he is at 3 months. That smile is to die for!





















Here is my 14 year old boy in the green shirt.
He is getting to be a man. About to have to shave for the very first time very soon. Getting his manly voice. Getting his manly hair all over!
He will be driving soon. He is already asking to go hunting with his dad. So many first on the way.





Since he is going to be 14 ...here's 14 reasons why I LOVE HIM.
1. A total sweetheart
2. He does not like to see me sad.
3. God this kid is Funny!!!!
4. The way he will come up to me and say "give me a huggie" *melt*
5. Smart!
6. He is tall enough to reach me things that i cannot reach! lol
7. The way that he is just happy sitting home.
8. generous.
9. I love his eyes..he has long eyelashes.
10. The way that he has a few select friends.
11. He loves some responsibility...
12. I love his facial expressions.
13. He's cute
14. I love the fact that HE IS MINE!!!!!!

I am still alive

I am totally tired! All i do lately is clean house, work and for fun i run to the grocery store...That's my life in a nutshell the past 2 weeks.

I week ago i finished a 10 day work week and had one day off and i am currently working on a 15 day work week then one day off and then it looks like another 15 or so days is in my future. My job seems to be doing some sort of sweep of getting rid of some people. They deserve it...don't get me wrong. They had been warned and still insisted on doing what they were doing so BYE!
I got some good news this week, I am officially hired into my hospital. Now i can recieve benefits...that means i will start earning paid vacations!!!!!!!!!!!! I have not had one for at least 3 years. Most importantly dental insurance and vision insurance...my husband does not get this where he is.

I try to sneak in some fun time in there...my mom posted pics on a concert we attended on Sunday. They played alot of our favorite music and my daughter was even suprised that they were playing songs that she even knew. She was excited to get a free t-shirt!

Not much going on here like i said...hopefully i will have something worth while to report about. But for now this is going to have to do.

My most favorite picture of me in the whole world

Mom sent me a bunch of pictures today...for upcoming posts about my children's birthday's. She sent me this one...I LOVE THIS PIC!!!!! Other than my kindergarten pic and this one there are no other favorites. This was taken in the 11th grade.

I think my hair...my make-up were perfect! To me at least.

No reason for this post..lol...other than i got this pic and loved it.

47 things about me

I stole this from Order of Dissary who stole it from Liam




1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My mom says Caroline Kennedy

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? It's been awhile..i don't remember

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? nope...not a bit

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? bologna

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 2 kids..one boy and one girl

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yep...

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT? only all the time!

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? nope..

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? hell to the NO!

10.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Captain Crunch

11.DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Sometimes

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Not really

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Moose tracks!

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Their Atitudes!

15. RED OR PINK? Red

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? body..fat, fat and more fat

17.WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? dead would be my grandmother on my dad's side. Alive...I miss my best friend that moved 3 hours away.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK? Oooorrr….copy and answer it in the comments or blogs

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? right now..I am wearing blue shorts and white socks

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? mash potatoes, chicken

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? tv in the background...sounds like john wayne

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? teal

23. FAVORITE SMELL? I love the smell of lilacs

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON PHONE? Husband

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO WILL RESPOND TO THIS? probably

26. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? wrestling.

27. HAIR COLOR? medium brown wish blonde highlights

28. EYE COLOR? Green

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope..still have great eyes.

30. FAVORITE FOOD? my mom's stuffed cabbage!

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? chick flicks with happy endings...

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? I think it was Bastard of Carolina...I was flipping thru channels and it looked interesting..the ending really made me mad

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? blue and white striped with flowers

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? winter

35. HUGS OR KISSES: Kisses by a really good kisser

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? ice cream

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Hopefully any one that reads my blog

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Not trying to hear that! Or those that have already participated.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? Not reading any at the moment

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? No mousepad

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? I love Money

42. FAVORITE SOUND? waterfalls

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Rolling stones

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Florida

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can type pretty fast

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Southfield, Michigan

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Anyone's