CAROLINE'S THOUGHTS

I'm still going strong.

2012-01-15T17:13:00.003-05:00

Ya I know it's been awhile...lol

Well i do want to start out that my husband finally has a permanent job. It's a big factory, and already he had 2 raises...one from being hired in and another for making it 3 months hired in. So some worry is off my shoulders. Just playing catch up for over a years worth of trying to keep the house. He seems to like it there and from the way he talks it seems they like him, this makes me happy.

I can't believe it's already been six months since mom passed. I pray everyday that she would come to me in a dream. I miss her so much! The day after Christmas i was at her grave, with a beautiful arrangement that is appropriate to keep there. Wished her a Merry Christmas and told her how much she is missed. I told her how I screwed up Christmas dinner...Not horribly but it wasn't as good as hers! I tried, I will learn how to do it right! The holidays will never be the same.

I would say that the first 4 months was hard, I wasn't sleeping, i wasn't even really existing! Just was here. The last 2 months I feel like me! I have good days and i have bad. My father makes it hard. He's so lonely, he thinks it's time for him to find another...all that really is the fact that he can't stand being home all by himself and the fact he has to do everything for himself...he is definitely not used to that. Cooking is his major complaint. I help with his bills, but that's all i'm pretty much doing. My sister comes over every once in a while to help clean. My dad could drive someone insane, I really don't know how my mom put up with him!

My son Darin is excited that he will be all graduated by May 25th, his commencement is on May 31st. We are all excited... I am thinking of having his party on June 3rd...I really need to start finding a place to have it. Start getting decorations and things like that.

My daughter has done most of her steps to get her driver's license. She only needs to take driving test and go to secretary of state and get it. She still gets a little nervous, but drives well. Darin has alot more confidence in it.

Work for me hasn't been great, they have me doing alot of the stock position that i hate soooo much! They came to me and asked if i would like to start doing it 5 days a week. I think that I will tell them tomorrow No! I will never get off of it and I don't want to start hating getting up every morning to go to work. It will depress me to no end!

I had my car in the car repair shop last week because the engine light came on. Turned out to need a tune up and for a week all was good, but yesterday it came back on...I hope it won't cost me a fortune! Figures that when it's almost paid off things start falling apart. Hopefully its a warranty thing and won't cost me nothing. :)

Well my friends...Lets hope for a great 2012!

Just a couple things I whipped up.

2011-12-09T08:55:00.002-05:00

I was looking for a reason to pull out the old crochet hook. This was so quick and easy! I can make a granny square like nobody's business! lol

Been busy working, baking cookies, Christmas decorations, Christmas shopping. Last few days I have just been really tired.

Last weekend my husbands brother came out to visit us for the first time. We had a good time, we all went to Frankenmuth for the day. We went to Bronner's and everyone picked out new ornaments for the tree. I picked out a double heart for Frank and I, Amber picked a pig of course (she loves pigs). Darin picked a cute little Yeti (his nickname is yeti at school) Cuz he is so tall and harry and the last name. lol Then we ate at world famous Zehnder's, it took us and hour to be seated, but well worth the wait.

Sunday we woke up and had breakfast, and chit chatted a bit and then dropped his brother at the airport. It was a short visit, wish it was a better weather, we could have done way more with a little more time. Oh well, maybe next time!

Well I have to get off here and get ready for work. I will make an effort to post more often, I know with facebook I have laxed on here...lol

Homecoming 2011

2011-10-11T09:46:00.002-04:00

So tired of talking about bad things, so that's why no posts lately....

But heres a good thing that i am happy to report. Amber went to Homecoming and she looked beautiful! She decided to go by herself and she had a great time. After the dance we all went out to dinner with many friends at Ram's Horn. I'm glad she had a ball!

Mom's stone arrived!

2011-09-05T22:55:00.003-04:00

Woke up this morning and took a ride to the cemetary to be surprised to find out that mom's stone arrived. The person told us 6 to 8 weeks and it's only been 2. It was great to see it. It hit my father and I like a ton of bricks...We had a good cry. She Is and was an amazing lady. I suppose the next time we go there it will be set in it's place...Its suppose to lay down flat, they have it up for the crew to come in and set it down. I promised her that I would make sure that it will be taken care of as long as I am able. Then I am sure my children will help after that.

She is gone...but will never be forgotten!!!! I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

♥Mom♥

2011-08-30T22:18:00.001-04:00

FOR ALL OF YOU WAITING IN HEAVEN:I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too.I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame.Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms. I have you in my heart.Put this as your status if someone you miss is in heaven ♥ ♥

I miss you everyday Mom!!!!

Darin turned 17

2011-08-25T21:45:00.003-04:00

I Can't believe Darin turned 17 on August 16th. Just seems like yesterday I was bringing him home from the hospital. I couldn't be prouder of this boy that is turning into a man in front of my eyes! I'm still enjoying all of his first. In the beginning it was his first smile, laugh, crawling and walking, first words.....As he grew it was his first shave, his first drive, getting his driver's license, his first date and soon he will graduate high school.

I look at him in awwww....he's such a sweetie, he takes care of me, he never wants to see me sad! He took great care of his grandma, there was nothing he wouldn't do for her. I'll never forget the walk in the hall at the hospital where he grabbed her hand because he was afraid she would fall. (The pic is just a couple of older posts down)

He will be a great man, husband, and father one day!! Can't wait to enjoy what the next few years brings.
Love you Darin with all of my being!!!!

Grandma R.I.P

2011-08-25T21:39:00.001-04:00

My nephew Matthew made this and it made me cry! Love You Mom! Miss you everyday!!!

Headstone.

2011-08-06T20:23:00.003-04:00

We ordered mom's headstone on Tuesday....The picture above is the picture we chose to have laser etched on her stone. The stone will be black, the letters in white. It will have her name, her birthdate, her death date and will say Loving wife, mother and grandmother. It's going to take 6 to 9 weeks when it arrives I will post a pic. I am really hoping they can use this picture because I couldn't find another i wanted to use.

I miss her everyday!!! Rest in Peace mom, my best friend! I still can't believe she's gone.

Mom's spot!

2011-07-18T17:40:00.004-04:00

When I went to the cemetary, this was the spot that I "felt" was perfect, i'm standing on the exact spot where she is burried
..In the middle of the area stands these 3 huge monuments, all with pictures of christ and one says "Christ arose" one says "Christ died" and one says "Christ Lived" She is buried between 2 trees and she gets the afternoon shade always...
Also in this area, all four corners have beautiful monuments! I think it's perfect..

Every single tree in this cemetary will always be there....If one dies they replace it with another tree. I think that is awesome!

It's called Resurrection Cemetary on Clinton River Rd. and Romeo Plank ...

In Loving Memory of my mother Paula!

2011-07-06T12:46:00.006-04:00

One of mom's favorite pics...Just after her triple bypass!

It's with the saddest of hearts that I have to say that my mother Pauline M. Bagnasco passed away on July 2, 2011.

On June 22nd, she woke up like any other day and was drinking her coffee in her favorite spot on her couch while my father was looking for something in her bedroom in just the next room. My father said that he heard her say something but did not make it out. He came out asking her what she said and saw her laying on the couch and went to her and shook her to see if she fell back to sleep, with no response he jumped into action with CPR and dialing 911, but when EMS arrived she already had a weak pulse and shocked her 2 times to get her heart started. Yes she was clinically dead on arrival.

At the hospital we were informed it was critical and the next 24 hours would tell us more. About 2 days into it we found out that it was a massive heart attack followed by a massive stroke that caused anoxic brain injury and that she was not clinically brain dead but had some reflux actions still. The massive stroke caused her to seizure in the worst way... at first it was small twitching. After hearing from the doctors that she was pretty much just a body and would never be able to do anything as far as quality of life we decided to take her off the ventalator and if God wanted her to let her pass in peace. The only other decision was to make her live the rest of her life on a trach tube in her neck where she would eventually die from some kind of infection.

Her seizures got worse and took more and more drugs to control her body. We could not let her suffer like that. We took the tube out on June 30th and hoped for the best, but knowing that there was not much of a chance. Her body slowly shut down and on July 2nd, 2011 at about 8:05 am. She took her last breath.

I was there the entire time she was hospitalized, I only went home to shower and grab a bite. I was woken at 7 am by her bed side by the nurse to tell me her heart rate changed and that she felt it would be soon. She was right. :(

Two days before her death my father asked me to do some leg work for the funeral "just in case" I went to a cemetary that she had mentioned once to me. And when I got there I was greeted by a gentleman who was holding a paper stating that my mother had called there 5 times since 2009 for information on plots. I was stunned! No one knew she had even thought of it! I told him if thats not an omen that I am in the right place i don't know what is. We drove around the cemetary and my eyes were pulled to an area, and when we stopped there i "felt" the right spot! It's beautiful! I will post pics soon as things settle down.

After her passing I went clothes shopping for her and found the most beautiful baby blue pant suit that was just perfect for her. We saw her for visitation yesterday and she was gorgeous! We have visitation again tonight and tomorrow Thursday the 7th we bury her graveside at the most beautiful spot in the cemetary. We are having her luncheon at the "Gazebo" which i know she loved that place.

I will write more when I can. But I think she would be proud of what i have done for her. I will forever miss her! I LOVE HER WITH ALL OF MY HEART!

Till we see each other again.

WOW

2011-05-07T22:53:00.004-04:00

Alot has happened. Not sure where to start. I'll start with the most important thing in my life and that's my mother.

Mom has been having many tests and found out that an artery in her neck was getting blocked again so they were talking surgery, but before they could do that they sent her for some tests to check out her heart for the surgery. They did the usual stress test and the ekg showed that there was some abnormalities. Well then that brings her to the next step of a cardiac catherization and that showed many blockages so she was rushed to another hospital to receive stents, but when they went in the second time they said that they were so blocked that they could not do it. So their next course of action was to perform open heart surgery, they were talking anywhere from a triple bypass to maybe doing a 5 bypass. She had the catherization last Thursday and had her surgery this Tuesday, she had to wait because she has been on blood thinners for awhile now. I'm happy to say that she is doing very well right now. She had so many wires and tubes everywhere that would scare anyone! As of today she has nothing but 2 IV's on her that are not even connected to anything. She isn't even on oxygen anymore. I am so proud of her, she has been thru so much. Can you believe that she will still have to go back and do the surgery on her neck?! She is a trooper!

On May 1st my mom and dad celebrated their 41st anniversary in the hospital. The nurse was so nice to get them some nice cupcakes for the occasion. Today was my mother's birthday she turned 62 years old today! I took up a small birthday cake and we sang Happy Birthday and gave her one of the funniest cards. Tomorrow is mother's day and I will bring up the nice hanging plant I got her and a pretty card to chear her up.

I got really sad news on Wednesday. My uncle norman passed away. He had been in and out of my hospital and this time it was not good....He had bleeding ulcers, they were treating him for that and then they sent him to a nursing home where he ended up getting the worse bed sore you ever wanna see that lead to a staff infection and ended up with MRSA, by the time the nursing home sent him back to our hospital it was too late, the MRSA had taken it's toll on his body. All I can say is that he isn't suffering anymore. He has been thru alot himself. So tommorrow on mother's day I will be going to my uncle's wake. Sad!

I'm just so emotionally exhausted! I'm worried, scared, nervous, mourning, sad and also excited about my trip on the 25th.

I still plan on going on my trip as long as my mother continues to do well!!!! My friends and I plan on going to the St. Louis zoo, the arch, and the budweiser brewery. I also got surprised with tickets to a broadway musical called "Jersey Boys" from my Bestie Gary. It's the story of Frankie Valli! I am way excited!! Never been to a musical before!!! And the last time I even went to a play was back in the 6th grade about a million years ago...lol

Darin is waiting on his pictured driver's license to come into the mail. He did pretty well on his driver's test. The parking gave him a small amount of trouble but that's for anyone! But on the road he did me proud! Amber starts driver's ed on Monday....Lord help us all! lol I can't believe how old they are, they are making me feel old!! Many milestones conquered and many more to come. Darin will be graduating next year...ug! Time flies!

Oh Frank has been working with a temp service, they sent him to like 4 different shops, they would just work him for awhile and then run out of work. Well for the last 3 weeks he has been working for a shop and it looks like they really like him. They said keep coming, hopefully he can get his 90 days and get hired in. It would take alot of pressure off of me!!! Just the fact that they told him to keep coming relaxes me a little bit. Hopefully things will continue to look better.

Well I hope all you Mother's out there have a great day tomorrow!!!

Hello peeps

2011-04-14T20:55:00.002-04:00

Well old age has just set in. lol I now have to have glasses for the first time in my life!! Here's me out by the water with my son Darin, yep those are my glasses. They are transition so they were kinda nice to be wearing in the sun. I went for a check up on my eyes just for the heck of it and found out that I have 40/20 vision...that i am far sighted and that i have diabetic retinopothy. Everyone got new specs, Amber insisted on getting contacts this year and she is doing very well with them. I can tell you that next year I will be doing contacts! I don't like glasses!

Anywho today I set the date for a major stepping stone for my son. On April 23rd he will be taking his driving test for his driver's license. He should do fine, becuz he does not make me nervous in the least. I'm scared of my husbands driving more than my 16 year old son's. lol

Amber is going to be starting driver's training in May. They are growing up too fast!!!

Also starting May 22nd I am officially on a 2 week vacation I will be off till June 4th! What am i gonna do for that long...well for 3 days i will be preparing for my trip to Alton, Illinois to visit with one of my best friends! I will be about 15 minutes from St. Louis. I will spend the 25th till the 30 with my 2 best friends in the world, no kids, no husband, just pure great fun!!!

So I guess i will have lots to talk about when i get back from my trip!! I am so excited...38 days till i'm on vacation and 41 days till i am having the most fun!

And i made sure that i was going to have a small vacation from my vacation...I will have a few days to unwind before hitting that grindstone again!!

take care all, I am still in and out of here and I read your blogs as much as possible...but ya gotta admit facebook is the greatest thing!! lol

Nuttin's up!

2011-03-14T12:48:00.002-04:00

I'm still here, just been busy working. I had my friend visit for the past 10 days and enjoyed having her.

Frank does not have a full time job yet, but he has been working at a factory off and on. I am hoping that they hire him soon.

The kids are doing great.

Wish there was more to say but there really isn't.

All i know is i need a vacation!!!!! lol

Blanket that i made for my bestie!

2011-01-23T22:17:00.002-05:00

My latest crochet project...I made this for my best friend Barb, and she loves it!

I used a larksfoot stitch and I love how it came out...and she loves how it came out..

Holiday what nots....

2011-01-02T22:03:00.005-05:00

We celebrated Christmas Eve at my Mom's because I had to work on Christmas day...everyone had a good time.

My nephew Matt and my Niece Sarah

Sarah and Amber...Happy cousins.

Me, Mom, my sister Wendy

Amber and her boyfriend Khalil

Christmas Day at my house...Darin got some dumbbells to increase his manly muscles...

He's gonna smell purty :)

The jump rope he wanted! To increase his manly muscles some more!

Yay, a new manly wallet!

It was already equipped with his gift card to border's, so he can get him some more anime.

Ya!!! a new hoodie!!! and she loves herself some eeyore!!

I tricked them with one gift they could not figure out to save their lives...lol

she's gonna smell purty too!

Yay!!! mascara and eyeliner so that she can stay outta mine...lol

We are all happy with what we got and Thankful!!!

Hoping that this New Year is better of course...2010 sucked!!!

Party time!

2010-12-21T21:40:00.003-05:00

Me and my bestie!!!!! I bought her a little tiara that says Happy 40th Birthday on it with some mardi graw beads that say 40 on them.... And 2 huge balloons.

This is my best friend of 30 years! I love her to death!! It was her 40th birthday finally on the 16th, of course i had to make a special trip up north to see and be with her on such a traumatic time...lol I had so much fun, and let it be known that Barb finally drank so much she puked...it was a monumental moment! She was happy about it, she said "I finally feel normal"...lol whatever!

On Wednesday I weighed myself not thinking that anything was going to change and FINALLY I dropped another pound...for a little while i was up a pound or two then back down but never getting under the last weight....but finally i made progress...it gave me some incentive...hoping for this Wednesday to be the same..
See ya after Christmas, Hope you all have a great one!!!

Finally get to show it off

2010-12-09T11:01:00.003-05:00

I started this project earlier this year. Could not show it off because it was intended to give to a friend that lives in Illinois and he reads my blog. But now that it is sent and he has it and Loves it by the way, I can finally show you all! Took me about 4 months to make, I am pretty proud of it. I know where I could have done better and in the future know that i could do better but for the most part for a beginner crocheter, i'm thinking not bad. Right now I am working on another blanket for my best friend in the whole wide world using a Larksfoot pattern, I am loving the design, it's in her favorite colors wine and navy blue. Can't wait to show you all that one.

I also made a baby blanket to a friend at work that just had a baby but totally forgot to take a picture of it. I was in a hurry since she was not supposed to have the baby till end of December or beginning of January and decided to have it in the middle of November. I'm just glad the baby is doing so well, she came out of the hospital the day before Thanksgiving, weeks before the doctors thought she was gonna. Ah the power of prayer!

Anyhoo, have a great holiday people if i don't get on here till then :)

Sneak Peak!

2010-12-07T20:00:00.002-05:00

A couple months ago I had some family portraits done. Well finally I can present them to you. Thanks mom for all your help!

Amber age 15

Amber, and Darin

The whole Yetnick family

Amber, Darin, Frank and me Caroline

Darin age 16

Doesn't he look so grown up? Everyone I show his picture says he looks like a CEO or a Newscaster....lol

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, we are doing our best with all the situations around us. Hope to catch up real soon, but with things the way they are, I am not very chatty at the moment...To be continued....

Halloween fun

2010-11-10T09:38:00.002-05:00

The kids love doing this every year! I know i did when I was younger, now not so much. Don't like the pumpkin guts on my hands anymore...lol

What's been happening? Well, Frank is still looking for a job, I really don't think there is much luck until after the holidays. My kids are going to get something for Christmas, I just cashed in 70 of my vacation hours to make something happen for them. I had been stressing over it for awhile now. Still gives me 2 weeks of vacation time left.

Anywho, I wish there was more to report. It's just been bad and it makes me not want to talk to anyone lately.

Finally finished!

2010-10-26T22:48:00.002-04:00

It took me months but I finished it!!! So glad that i am... I'm never making another single crochet blanket in my life!!! It took me forever! But he is happy with it and I am happy I am done!

AMBER'S HOMECOMING 2010

2010-10-26T12:46:00.003-04:00

On Saturday I helped Amber to get ready for homecoming...she was beautiful!!! He boyfriend looked very handsome as well...Here are some of my favorite pics of the night...this first one i had blown up to 5x7's one for me and one for her and one for him... It is the best pic all night.

Her shoes were a huge hit!! The heels are 4 glass balls that made up her heel. She is such a beautiful girl!

I got great deals on her outfit...I got 2 dresses and they only cost me $29.15 . Deb's had a clearance rack labeled buy one get one half off... Thank god she found 2 that she loved! The shoes i got for $3.00 at a salvation army, never been worn! I got lucky!!!

The other dress I bought for her she wore for our family portraits we had done on Friday. I finally put my son in a suit! He looked so grown up!!!

This is him without the tie on and not clean shaven...just wanted to see him in it.. He doesn't like going to dances...I hope that he will find a girlfriend and change his mind.

I had to reboot my computer last night because for some reason it would not go on the internet for anything all day yesterday...Thank god it worked because if it didn't i would not know what else i could have done.. Everything seems to working fine, just a pain to put everything back onto the computer.

Take care everyone...

R.I.P. FRANKS MOM

2010-10-21T08:00:00.002-04:00

It's hard to believe it's been a full year since this wonderful lady left us. But so happy that she is no longer suffering. She was a wonderful mother to Frank and a good mother-in-law to me. Rest in Peace Ann Yetnick

The Skinny

2010-10-11T22:27:00.004-04:00

Amber went to homecoming with her boyfriend Khalil, she enjoyed herself, she is going to her homecoming at her school with him on the 23rd.

Last month sucked with everything that happened. And at first this month was not so great either!! Last Monday my son woke me up telling me that his left side was killing him and he started vomiting, turned white as a ghost and was sweating so bad that it was falling off his forehead like rain....He scared me to death!! Turned out to be his first kidney stone! He passed it shortly after getting home from the E.R. It was so small to be causing so much pain. We took it in to get analized...I am calling in the morning to see if there is any results yet..

This was Darin's first IV ever!!! It scared him to death! But he wanted anything to stop the pain!

Just trying to get thru all of this...Still hoping Frank finds a job...He had an interview last Thursday i was hoping to hear something today, but nope. He has and interview tomorrow and someone else called him for and interview that he has to call back. Hoping something works out. I'm getting tired of working all the time!!

Anyhoo...have a great week!

so much has happened!

2010-09-28T10:33:00.003-04:00

Just had to put a pic of my now 16 year old son!

I'm so tired from working a zillion hours! and on this day I got up early and made breakfast, worked, thru a birthday party, went to church and then took my daughter and her boyfriend to the movies.. ack!

Some progress is being made on my weight loss...down 46 pounds...although I don't think this week is going to show any progress...I am so stressed!

Amber turned 15 on the 26th of this month...she is growing up so fast!!

I made her birthday cake, she wanted a banana cake, I did the best that i could!

A tree fell in my backyard. thanking god that the only real damage was done to a fence!

The fence is under there somewhere!

I became a grandma for a school project. She named him Jaden Treyvon Barney...It was a definite learning experience for her. But the dang thing was so loud it woke me 6 times in one night...Thank God that's over with.

The 17th was hubby and I's wedding anniversary. Sixteen years of wedded bliss. We all went to the cider mill and walked around some paths and took some really nice pics.

I love this pic, I'm gonna get it blown up!

and this one of my son is a definite keeper!

I tried to play professional camera woman.

So much has gone on. None of it really good.

Hubby is still out of work.

Amber had another reaction to another medicine.

Still don't know what is going on with her.

The hot water tank stopped working again and when it was supposed to be fixed a tree fell in my backyard, and the hot water tank did not get fixed that day.

My mom went into the hospital again with another stroke. This one almost blinded her. She was blind for a few hours! She is ok right now, but she will have another surgery, apparently she has a 80% blockage in her neck.

So the month of September has really sucked!!!!! Hopefully October will get better.

Ok, where was I.

2010-09-08T22:17:00.003-04:00

If there is anyone that reads my blog that has facebook and would like to be my friend on facebook let me know. It's easier for me to update real quick over there. But this will always be my little diary:)

Lets see, Frank is still looking for a job, he did have one interview but he hasn't heard anything back. He is depressed and was taking it out on all of us. He fought with everyone, my father, our kids, me, I was ready to beat his butt!!! Then I snapped at him and gave him a bit of a slap in the face (sort of speak) to just chill out!! It's going to be ok....But i found out from my neighbor that he confides in that it's because he is sorta depressed and worried about me. He doesn't like me working so much. But I am, what I call in "survival mode" working all these days and hours is not bothering me at the moment as long as it's for survival.

I am just thanking God that at the moment I can get the hours at my work, there are hours "a plenty" open right now! I don't mind most days. But when Frank does find a job, you know i am taking a vacation!!! lol
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Now about Amber, she has just started vomiting again. For a couple months after taking antibiotics she pretty much just stopped vomiting. She did not even take her acid reducers. Now she is back on acid reducers. Tomorrow I go see a Infectious disease doctor and tell him the whole story and pretty much hope that there is something that he can do. I hope that he finds something!!! After this, I have no clue what I am going to do.
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The kids, they are both in high school now. They had their first full day today, Amber was excited about being with her friends. Both would rather stay home...lol Darin has weight lifting, he is hoping to bulk up nicely. He would look so good! He also took drawing...remember the pictures i showed you before that he had done...I think he has a little talent. He also starts calculus this year. Hope he can handle it, he has always done good with math, he says it's easy, we will see!!

Amber took child development, she's excited about getting one of those fake babies. Hope she learns to not have one for a very long time!! lol She also has Business computers, I know she will like that!! The rest for both children is math, social studies, history and all of that kind of thing. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I am hoping to get my front brakes done this weekend before they get too bad. Thankfully i have a mechanic friend that owes me a favor :) so it's only costing me parts....well actually he is going to pretty much instruct my husband on how to do it because he is on some restrictions for his leg. But at least it's going to get done.
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Me, well, I had horrible pains, my back tried to go out on me.I had a pinched nerve, it caused my foot to go numb..thankfully I had a back brace and some vicodin that helped make it thru the day at work until I saw the doctor and got the shot in my back, and i also took a shot in the left elbow that had been bothering me for quite awhile. But the pain is slowly coming back in my elbow. I think i may take another shot in the heel the next time I see my doctor, the heel spurs are hurting! But again I am thanking God that I am not missing any days at work and am able to work a ridiculous amount of hours lately!!!
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One thing that i do know is that i have great friends, life long friends, I even have special friends at work, ones that actually care about me!!! These days i need them all!!!

Oh and I have posted my new weight loss, look at that girl move across the board!! Down 44 pounds!!! It amazes me!! Some days are harder than others! For me to lose anything while depressed and stressed is amazing!!

Well I am outta here!!! Gotta get some zzzzzzz's!

The Poem I wrote Jaycee

2010-08-28T20:45:00.001-04:00

Remember the poem that I wrote for Jaycee for her graduation, Well Masen finally got it up on the computer.....So now I can share it with you guys...

Darin's Sweet 16!

2010-08-19T22:31:00.002-04:00

Today was my day off and I owed Darin a little sweet 16 celebration!! I would show you a pic of his birthday cake but Darin was cutting into it before i could even snap a pic...lol
Notice how my big boy towers over all of us!!

Darin, Mom, and me.

Amber, mom, Darin and me

Darin, mom, Amber and Frank

Darin, mom, Amber Frank

This is what Darin thinks about turning 16!!!!

I love this boy!!!

Hey, you miss me?

2010-08-18T22:25:00.002-04:00

I have been sooooo busy working, I work almost everyday and working many double shifts. Why? Well that's simple, about 2 weeks ago my hubby was informed that his services are no longer required at his job!! Yep, permanently lay off! So then I filed for unemployment for him and they give you something close to JACK NOTHING!!! So I went to my bosses and they have been hooking me up big time with hours!!!

That's just the beginning of my woes! Let's see, Amber broke out big time under her armpits again! The doctor did a biopsy to see what was going on with that...I will find out on the 25Th what those results are. She had massive amounts of puss filled pimple's, boils, whatever you want to call those. She took another 10 days worth of antibiotics and guess what!! She has suddenly pretty much stopped puking!!! So I am pretty sure that the mrsa in her body and this puking has something to do with it...so it may be bacterial? I'm not sure but i talked with my family doctor and he also agrees with me that it could be something that an infectious disease doctor should take a look at.

Ok, not enough? Well try that my hot water tank took a crap. With working alot and stuff it took me almost a week to dig out my warranty that i had on it because it's only 3 years old, Thank God that I purchased the 5 year warranty on it!! After about a weeks worth of the coldest showers that you can imagine, I had someone fix it!! Apparently the gas line became loose from the vibrations of my furnace being right next to it. Only took the guy about 15 minutes to say your all set! Yay!!

With all that said and down, my back was hurting and I started to wear my back brace to work well yesterday was about all I could take with the pain...I practically overdosed on vicodin to make myself nice and relaxed and pulled my back brace nice and tight to make it thru another shift at work. I called my doctors office and they squeezed me in after work. I got a shot in the hip and a shot in my left elbow(my left elbow has been killing me for awhile now) Now my back is feeling pretty good, but the pain was radiating down my right leg and my foot. Pretty sure it's a pinched nerve...the back is feeling tons better but I still can't feel my foot, which is making me walk funny....hope this ends soon!! I'm thanking God that I was still able to do my job, They are being so nice to me by giving me all this overtime.

Well, we don't even want to get into my financial woes! But the Lord is making things happen with all of that too!

Alright is that enough bad stuff? yeh, i think enough for one day.

Here's a good thing to throw out there...My work put up a notice that we are all getting a pretty sizable bonus check, and it's coming on Monday!!! Hallelujah so it may get me caught up on some of my bills...which means that I will have to try and keep it up...I may have to think ahead about Christmas and try out a layaway...if i can make that possible at all or my kids will have pert near nothing! I am in survival mode lately, which is helping make it thru all the hours of work.

Hopefully Frank will find another job soon.....a descent job, making descent money!! I know things happen for a reason, I'm hoping that this will work out good for us! If ya gotta sec for a quick prayer for my little family, it is appreciated!! Thanks!

OHHHHHHHHHH I almost forgot, my son Darin turned 16 on the 16th of this Month!! Because i had to work a billion hours we are celebrating it tomorrow with cake and ice cream!!

So that's been my hectic ummmm month or so??? How's things with ya'll??

Vacation/Masen's Graduation.

2010-07-28T09:07:00.003-04:00

My little ladies man Darin and Jaycee

Look, he likes the cougars!! lol

My girl Amber and I

Just got home from a weeks worth of vacation!!! After Jury duty on Wednesday I came home loaded up the car and North I went. Had a blast!! On Thursday we went tubing down the Rifle River, I almost made the whole trip without an incident! But not my luck, about less than a quarter of a mile I thought i was stuck on some rocks and it turned out that i was stuck on a log with a branch that was shaped like a dagger and ended up popping my tube...dang it!! Had to take one of the kids tubes to finish our ride. It was still fun tho!! And i would do it again!

Friday we had to set up the hall and finish the food and Saturday we had a blast at the party!! We got up early to clean the hall on Sunday and then off to the beach!!! We came home that evening, because I think my husband was missing us and there is something wrong with my dog, but still not sure what it is. I'm going to give him a few more days and see what happens.

Silly Darin!

And the cutest couple award goes to Jaycee(my best friends daughter) and her honey Josh!

The graduate!!!! Masen, he graduated a whole year early!! So proud of him!

Me and my favorite girl!! Jaycee!

Just been catching up on housework, and back to the grindstone at work. Next month we are having a family reunion!! We haven't had one in a few years. Should be fun! I hope quite a bit shows up, it would be nice to see what the cousins are doing!

NOT ALOT

2010-07-07T09:37:00.002-04:00

Amber loves taking pictures of herself...

Not alot has been happening....Amber's test results show that she is in normal range for everything. The doctor says he gives up and there is nothing else that he can do for her. Told me to start taking her to children's and see what they can do. So now i gotta see what i have to do so that my insurance will cover children's hospital and whatever they do.

My weight is staying the same at the moment. Hating dieting right now! But my sugars are still awesome, so that is one good thing about dieting! My will power is not as strong as it once was.

I'll get back on the boat again soon.

I don't get alot of time on the computer because I have been pulling alot of doubles at work. Tomorrow will be my 4th double in a week. Trying to make some extra money while I can. I am going up North for a few days for a graduation party and see my bestie!!!

Well that's about it for now....Ya'll take care

Wednesday weigh-in

2010-06-23T21:11:00.002-04:00

Man, I can't seem to get that scale to go down....but right now I know why..period bloating(tmi?) umm get over it...lol I have to wait a few days, or wait until next Wednesday to check again...

Anyhoo, my friend Charlie joined the 40's club with me on Saturday and a group of us went out for the night.

Charlie and I we have been friends since the 6th grade! 29 years of friendship!!! I hadn't seen him since shortly after graduation...another friendship renewed due to Facebook!!

Getting my groove on!!

Me and my friend Megan!!!! Friends for 18 years or so.

Megan, Me, my bestest friend Barb(friends for like 30 years)!! and Lori.

Me and hubby enjoying a night out on the town with some of the closest friends we have!!

Amber's Prom

2010-06-12T20:05:00.003-04:00

I made her strike the paris hilton pose...lol

I may never see her in another dress...lol

One hot momma!

Well, I am waiting on the results from the impedance test she took at Children's hospital. I hate the waiting!

Anyhoo, I have to get back on my diet, the last few days have been really hard for me. I gotta get back into the game with that.

Other than that nothing much going on. The kids can't wait to get the last four days of school out of the way!

BIRTHDAY WHATEVER'S!

2010-06-08T08:56:00.005-04:00

Yesterday i tried to post...but blogger was not having it!!

Anywho, I am going to start out by saying that I turned 40 today!!! Not real excited about it, in fact that a few times I got a little anxious about it. If it wasn't for everything that is going on with my daughter I would probably curl up into a ball. I ain't got time for that! Also today is my father's 63rd birthday!! So happy Birthday Daddy!!! Yeh, I was my father's biggest present!!

Also today is the day that Amber is going to spend the night at Children's hospital in Detroit for an impedance test....It's to test for non-acid reflux. So this will be how i spend my 40th Birthday. I'm such a party animal!!! lol

So a few nights ago Amber and I went on a hair extravaganza! I touched up Amber's roots with blonde and I dyed my hair a medium ash blonde...Nothing extreme, just brightened up my face a little bit, which is all i wanted.

I got a letter in the mail to report for Jury Duty in July, lucky me, why me?, This will be my third time!! Isn't there a limit to how many times they can call you in? Dang it!

I can't believe that we are already a half a year into this year!! Time is flying!!

Darin is doing very well with his driving!! I like his driving more than his father's driving!

School is almost over, the kids are getting excited! Making plans to do this and that. My plans are simple, maybe a few picnics at the beach, going to the Warren pool....things like that.
Well, that's pretty much it....The picture above is my new hair color..
Later people!

Wednesday weigh-in showed

2010-06-03T22:25:00.002-04:00

I'm tired so this is going to be short and sweet!! I have alot to tell ya, but tonight it's only about the 2 pounds i lost making it 39 pounds down!! I will write more tomorrow!

News about Amber and Me.

2010-05-21T21:32:00.003-04:00

Amber had her ph probe done and the result turned out normal. I was devastated. I was hoping this would prove whatever was wrong with her. Apparently she does not have alot of acid in her vomit. So now he thinks she may have non-acid reflux and there is a test, similar to the ph probe, but unfortunately our hospitals don't perform this test. When he called me he said to me "I don't know what's wrong with your daughter, take her to children's"... Another devastating thing for me to hear. For him to just give up, because it's not an easy case!? So now i have to play with the insurance company to pay for me to go outside the network, because the St. John's doctor is referring it! Otherwise I will have one massive bill, I am sure. I know I will get them to, but if not I will pay if it will give me results!!

I cried the full day at work, so frustrated with it all. So lost, not knowing what to do now, so powerless. I have never felt so out of control, all I can do is take it one day at a time and hope that they find a cure! I find myself withdrawing into myself, not really wanting to talk about anything, forcing myself to get thru a day, i do it because i know i have to, but don't want to!! I know it's depression and it sucks!!! I force myself not to overeat, but believe me I could eat and eat and never get full. This is a true test!!

Here's a couple of pics with the ph probe test thing.
The little box had buttons that you had to push, one was for when she felt like she had to vomit or if she vomited. One button was for when ever she ate or drank and then another button to tell it when she was laying down or sitting up.

We decided to make the best out of a bad situation and color the tape. I tried to cheer her up :)

About the only good news that i have to share is that my doctor called me and was so surprised on my blood work...Everything was good. My A1C came down from a 10 to a 6 which is exactly where he wants me...and the one shocking news was that my cholesterol is down to 152 I have never had it under 200 before!!

My doctor said that if the report did not have my name on it, he would think it was another person...He told me whatever your doing keep it up and maybe we can get you off some of these meds!!! woohoo!!!

My husband also got a phone call from the doctor, he warned Frank that if he did not start watching his sugar that he will be put on pills!!! WHAT A SWITCH!!!!

Wednesday weigh-in

2010-05-12T22:13:00.002-04:00

1 more pound down...37 in total...this week was really hard...I'm not giving up..The stress is starting to get to me...but I try to throw my focus on something else, like my crochet project or cleaning.

Guess who's driving!!!

2010-05-11T10:46:00.002-04:00

Darin is!!!!!! He got his permit last Tuesday, I let him drive from the Secretary of State office to a store and back home that day! He was so excited! Honestly, he did not scare me much at all! He is doing very well!!!

Holding his permit! he was so proud!

I'm so proud of him, and honestly I think he drives better than his father!!! lol

My Mommy turned 61 5-7-10

2010-05-10T10:34:00.002-04:00

I invited my mom over for some yummy cake and ice cream for her birthday. She turned 61 years old!! I am so blessed to still have her in my life! She is my best friend! I can tell her anything! I know it was not easy for her in my younger years, but she put me straight and I think I have developed to be an upstanding citizen and mother!

The best Grandmother in the world!!!

I hope your every wish comes true!!!

You made it MOM!!

Wednesday weigh-in

2010-05-05T21:50:00.002-04:00

I lost 2 more pounds, totalling 36 pounds!! And that brings me to my first goal!!! To get my weight under 300 pounds...Today i weighed in at 299. That was hard to admit, but I am very proud of myself right now! Go Me!

Amber Update

2010-05-03T12:52:00.003-04:00

Where to start....

Amber went for her gallbladder test and we just found out that was normal.

The headaches that she was having was caused by the medicine (prevacid) that she was taking. She started to break out with little blisters on her face, I looked up the allergic reactions to the drug and it explained the headaches, sore throat, blisters, I immediately told her no more and started feeding her benedryl.

She was off medication 24 hours and she started vomiting everything all night.

Made her take over the counter medication that worked as well as the prevacid without the allergic reactions.

Took her back to the doctor that informed us that the gallbladder is working fine. Prescribed her another drug. and basically said that there is not much more that he can do. But....she is going for a cat scan of her brain to rule out a brain tumor....he said that in his life time of being a doctor 4 people have come with GI trouble and found out it was a brain tumor causing this. If this test shows nothing then he will stick a tube up her nose and down to her stomach to measure the acid in her stomach....no medications....so another sleepless night she will have! If that shows anything....something about a surgery that they wrap something into her stomach lining. We haven't gotten that far, so he did not go to much into it...one thing at a time here..

The new drug he prescribed, she had a whole new reaction to! Her cheeks became blood red and the rest of her face was white as a ghost, and did not stop the vomiting at all!!! She was up till 4:30 in the morning vomiting. When i woke up to hear her still vomiting I told her to go and take the over the counter drug....she was finally able to go to sleep....I am thinking that i am going to just keep her on that! She isn't having any reactions to it, so screw the doctors and prescriptions!! I have about 4 pills that i paid for that I can't even give her!!!!

I finally wrote her teachers to let them in on what's been going on and to fill them in on the reason why she is missing so much school...reactions, sick, testing, that kind of thing.

I'll keep you updated as to what is going on...Basically no one has a clue!

Wednesday weigh-in

2010-04-21T16:38:00.002-04:00

Finally after 2 weeks i lost 1 pound...down 34 pounds.. This is taking alot longer than i thought. I could be doing a bit more to help, but dang it, some days are harder than others. I think i am doing pretty good for someone that eats because they are stressed. With my daughter being so sick, with no apparent reasons that they can find yet. No, nothing to be stressed about!

Amber went to the gastro doctor on Friday and we set up an appt. for testing her gallbladder for this friday. I hope it shows something, the not knowing what is wrong is what is killing both of us. In the meantime the doctor prescribed 2 more medicines....when i got them and read the side effects I about blew a nut!!! One of them says "may cause tardive Dyskinesia" I'm not giving my daughter that and we still don't know what is really wrong with her are you crazy, she does not need twitches on top of everything else...Dumb doctor.....

Anyhoo I am still giving her the prevacid and it helps for the most part the puking is few and far between...but still there, enough to be a nuisance. The doctor told me that after this test, if it doesn't show anything, he is at a loss...Amber mentioned to him that she has started to have headaches and he says she may have a neurological thing called abdominal migraines ...same kind of symtoms, but says it only last like 1 to 3 days....this has been going on for over a month!!

That's pretty much where everything stands at the moment, hoping things start showing the light of day....

Later peeps!

if you want to know.

2010-04-09T14:37:00.002-04:00

I've been on vacation so I was not able to weigh myself this past Wednesday. But today i had to stop by my job and pay on some bills and get some prescriptions so I stopped by my favorite scale. It showed that I had lost 3 pounds since being gone from work! 33 pounds gone!!! 2 more pounds and I hit a major milestone for myself!

Amber went to have the test with the scope down her throat on Wednesday. They did not find anything, no hernia, no ulcer's, but they did some biopsies to see if there is any kind of bug in her stomach. I don't think they are going to find anything. I am still thinking her gallbladder...every syptom fits...even the symptom that attacks happen more at night...she does puke more during the night...seems like more tests and it's going to take even longer!!! Poor girl...I'm just glad it's not as often.

She still is puking, but not really food or drink, more like a thick mucus, still belching like crazy, she still has pain on her right side. This sucks, the not knowing! If this was their kid they would be all over it!! The prevacid ain't doing anything much to help.

In other news I went out with a friend of mine to a couple places i have never been before. I went to Memphis Smoke which had a blues band playing, it's a type of bar and grill ...it was not all that bad. But realized another friend of ours had to be in the neighborhood and decided to drop by his stomping grounds and say hello. We went to Pronto's in Royal Oak, those that don't know it's a male gay bar. It was interesting, but all the guys made us feel comfortable. Had a few drinks with our buddy, we have known him for 30 years!! we were in 5th grade together. And yes we all believed he was gay even back then, but now he is totally open about it! Still love him just the same!! Wished my best friend could have been there to see him, we all hung out during high school together. pity.

Saturday we have plans to go to the Detroit Zoo, hope the weather is as good as they are predicting, it really has put a damper to my vacation.
anyhoo, other than that it's been housework and spending some much needed time to relax.
I bought some yarn to start a new project but I have been so busy that i have not even started it.

Later all, hope you have a great weekend!

We did go to the Detroit Institute of Arts on Wednesday after Amber's procedure. had a wonderful time. I had not been there since i was like 19 years old...I had forgotten how big and wonderful it was! I think my kids were bored! But it was something to do on such a rainy day.

HAPPY EASTER

2010-04-03T19:02:00.002-04:00

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

I'm having a great vacation so far! Yesterday was the trip to the doctor for Amber, He really thinks it's gerd but he is supposed to scope her throat and stomach on Wednesday. He gave her a better acid reducer called prevacid and gave her a diet that no teenager is going to follow. We will see what happens with that.

After seeing the doctor, it was a gorgeous day out and thought let's go to the zoo...Man, everyone had that idea...so we changed ours and went downtown to the Detroit Historical Museum, I have not been there that I could remember and I had a wonderful time...It was so interesting! Glad that plans did change..

I told Amber that we will do the zoo sometime this week when people are working, it was too crazy!! Plus we have plans to go and watch the new "Clash of the Titans" movie and maybe visit the Detroit Institute of Arts. Loving my vacation!!!

wednesday weigh-in

2010-03-31T21:44:00.002-04:00

nothing gained and nothing lost...30 pounds still....I guess i should be thankful...the past couple weeks with amber has stressed me, which is one of my triggers...I have just been snacking on healthier things...

maybe next week?!

Easter basket

2010-03-29T20:27:00.002-04:00

Cassie over at Southern Domestic Goddess passed this onto me....$10.00 goes to a kid just for blogging, who could pass that up?

Hershey's is partnering with bloggers to donate $5,000 to the Children's Miracle Network! They are hosting a blog hop and for each blog entry, Hershey's will donate $10 to the Children's Miracle Network.
Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop Rules
1. Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
2. Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger — you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want!
3. Link back to the person who gave you an Easter Basket.

4. Let each person you are giving a Virtual Basket know you have given them a Basket.
5. Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop in the comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.6. Hershey’s is donating $10 per blog participating in the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to a total of $5000 by blog posts written by April 4, 2010).
7. Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation.

I give this Easter basket to everyone that wants to participate and help children.

It's done!

2010-03-28T19:12:00.003-04:00

In just under a month I finally finished Amber's afghan!!! She loves it!!! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out myself!! Now Darin says he wants one!!! Looks like I am going to be a busy beaver!

She looks so sickly....poor Amber!

Update on Amber.

2010-03-25T19:31:00.002-04:00

Had amber in e.r. again last night...hoping for some miracle of finding out what is wrong with her...they did an ultrasound of her gallbladder, spline, liver, kidneys and found nothing! and we got a maybe it's gastritis. Just maybe I am going to go insane!! This has been horrible for Amber the last 2 weeks...and the worst thing is she has one more week before we can see a gastro doctor. Poor kid...I cry for her, I am losing sleep because I am worried and if I do get some sleep I have nightmares!
I hope she gets some relief soon!

On another note...I am almost finished with her afghan :)

Wednesday weigh-iin

2010-03-24T08:38:00.002-04:00

Not a good week only 1 pound! But that equals 30 pounds gone!!! I know why only 1 pound because of girlie week, but i will take it...next week will be a whole other story.

Anyhoo check out what my mother made for me!!!! Who knew that when my mom volunteered to teach me to crochet that she would jump back into it with a vengeance. She is kicking out crochet projects left and right, If you want to see what she's made go and visit her site. I saw this shawl on a free pattern at JoAnn's and really like it, mom suprised me with it just the other day..

Meanwhile I am still working on my daughters afghan...Not my fault, I had to wait a couple days for some more yarn. I did manage to make another hat for a neighbor's grandson and I totally forgot to take a picture of it. I will get one. I also made a hat for my Aunt that turned out wonderful in a puff stitch pattern...I can't believe that i didn't get a pic of that either...I was kinda proud of that hat. Yeh, I know I suck!! Anyways I have one more skein of the color amber picked out and then border it with some dark blue and her afghan will be finished!!! I am kinda proud of this project, can't wait to show you all when I am done!

Now go over to my mom's site and check out the toys and stuff she has made!!

Amber

2010-03-18T19:49:00.002-04:00

I got a call while at work, it was Amber's school. The lady on the phone said "Amber is really sick, she would like to go home". When Amber got home she called me to say that she got really dizzy and was kinda double visioned. I thought right away dehydration. Called my doctor and he told me to send her to a e.r. with a pediatrics in it. I left work, took her to the e.r. and now they think she has gerd and gave her some zantak and was told that if she is still throwing up to set up an appointment to see a gastro doctor. The not knowing is killing me. How did she all of a sudden get so sick? I hope that she will be ok soon.

WEDNESDAY WEIGH-IN

2010-03-17T20:57:00.002-04:00

FINALLY after 2 weeks of nothing changed....I lost 3 pounds! 29 pounds gone!! go me!!

I took the bike for a descent bike ride....as much as I could stand yesterday and then went a little bit further. Today I did not go as far because the legs are hurting something awful and my butt feels like i have had anal...lol But I did about half of what i did yesterday so my body will get used to it.

Amber is in bad shape....6 straight days of vomiting everything that enters her mouth. I will give it until Friday and call her doctor and see what he wants me to do. You would never know that she was sick until she vomits!! Doctors are saying it's a stomach flu...but no fever, no nothing but vomiting! She did have diarrhea for a bit, but that has now stopped. I was checking out stomach flu on the internet and says that it could last 1-10 days...I have never in my life been sick with the flu for that long...Poor girl....I hope Frank and I don't get it!!! I will probably get it when i have my vacation...that would suck!!!

anyhoo, have a great week and if you got a chance send my daughter some healing prayers. I'm worried!

Amber's close call.

2010-03-13T13:46:00.004-05:00

Amber had pain on her right lower side of her belly, she was complaining about it for about 5 days. Everyone was thinking she may have appendicitis. I took her to an urgent care facility thinking i will save some money. They tested her for bladder infection or uti's but came up negative. The doctor told me to take her to emergency because it could be her appendix. Went to emergency and about 6 hours later after all the tests were done, we found out everything is fine...She has some small cysts on her ovaries and maybe one popped and causing her some pain...She should be fine in a few more days.. We got home a little after midnight...I had worked 6:30 till 3 and was back at my work from 6pm untill midnight...I was dead by the time i got home.

Wednesday weigh-in

2010-03-10T21:37:00.000-05:00

Wednesday weigh-in....nothing gained and nothing lost...it's a sad, sad week!!! I think i have hit a platoe(sp?) But on another note..starting Friday I will probably be bike riding for exercise! I told hubby to pull it out of the garage and pump up the tires...Amber and I are gonna ride! Hopefully the weather won't get crazy!

WHAT I AM WORKING ON NOW!

2010-03-05T10:47:00.003-05:00

I'm working on a huge granny square afghan for my daughter Amber....She picked this color...it's a mixture of blue's and green's making a very interesting color blend...she likes it and so do I!

This is what i have been doing this week....

Wednesday weigh-in

2010-03-03T20:33:00.003-05:00

Only 1 pound this week, total 26 pounds. I will take it, I know I was not perfect this week, I will do better hopefully by next Wednesday.

I finished this last week

2010-03-02T18:15:00.002-05:00

Well this was my very first attempt at a baby blanket... I like it alot..only i will know where my mistakes are. It is very soft to the touch, I can't wait to give this to her at her baby shower. I hope she likes it.... What do you all think?

I started on my daughter's afghan last night...We went shopping on Sunday for the yarn, she picked a yarn mix with blues and greens...I chose to make a huge granny square, she says she is liking the pattern so far and I am too! I'll post some pics as soon as it gets a bit bigger.

I DIDN'T FORGET

2010-02-25T20:07:00.002-05:00

I didn't forget weigh-in Wednesday...I just did not work yesterday and i have no scale at home. I weighed myself this morning and it showed 2 more pounds down....that's 25 pounds down now...It's not been easy at all! In fact i was panicking for a few days because of the weight gain you get while on your cycle...(TMI?) But all is good now, as long as it's at least 1 pound from the previous week I am happy.

I'm going to try and make that lady at the top of my blog run all the way across those hearts...At least give it my best effort anyway. Here's to hoping!

MY LATEST CROCHET PROJECT IN THE WORKS

2010-02-19T20:00:00.004-05:00

This is what I have been working on so intently, I love how it's looking! It's a thin baby blanket but since the baby is coming in late August early Semptember it will do.

If you would like to see the pattern click on this link

WEDNESDAY WEIGH-IN

2010-02-17T22:17:00.002-05:00

This week showed another 3 pound loss....Down 23 pounds in total!!!! It gets easier every week...but I won't say that I haven't been tempted in many ways...My stress level is at a high right now and that is one of my triggers, stress and boredom...really been putting all of that energy into my crocheting..working on my very first baby blanket and I am loving how it is coming out. My only wish is that it was thicker yarn, I did not think about that, I was just thinking I want really soft yarn for a baby. It's still going to be nice and the baby is going to be born in September.

I hope everyone has a great week!

2010-02-14T18:26:00.002-05:00

I had to reboot my whole computer today, If i had your email address please send me an email to add you back into my contacts...Thanks

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

2010-02-14T11:27:00.001-05:00

WEDNESDAY WEIGH-IN

2010-02-10T16:41:00.002-05:00

First thing i did this morning was run to a scale, then I could not believe my eyes so I ran to the other side of the hospital to double check my weight on another scale, it said the same thing. Down 3 more pounds!!!! 20 pounds down!!!!! woot!!! I thought maybe one pound, if anything but not 3, I'm excited! Go Me!!!

The projects just keep coming!

2010-02-07T19:48:00.002-05:00

I found this beanie pattern on youtube and used the rest of the yarn from my 2nd hat to make this cute little hat...

Darin liked the pattern so much, but did not like the colors so he asked me to make him a beanie with colors that he liked. I chose Black and grey for him and wiped this hat up in just about one day! He loves it!!!!!

My first hat found a home with my mother, god love her, it's not perfect but because it was my first project she insisted that she wanted it! I just need to find a home for the 2nd project (blue hat) and the 3rd project (blue beanie)...probably will go into some donation box.

I love crocheting! I knew that i would. Plus it really does keep my mind off food.

I have yarn for another hat project in darker blues and then I will be working on a couple afghans (or at least try).

Well take care!!

I know it's not Wednesday

2010-02-02T17:01:00.001-05:00

I know it's not Wednesday, but I'm not working tomorrow and I just had to know what this week brought me....Got on the scale and found out I lost 3 more pounds...That's right 17 pounds down!!!!! Go Me!!!! I'm so excited!!! Hopefully I can keep this going!

My second crochet project!

2010-01-31T22:44:00.003-05:00

My second crochet project...I'm really proud of this hat!! It's exactly like the book!! I love the colors. Now I am getting the hang of this crocheting thing...

Projects that I am going to do:

Amber wants me to make her a afghan

Someone at work is pregnant, so I thought I would try and make a baby blanket

Also I will search for a pattern for dog sweaters for my little Chihuahua's

This should keep me busy for awhile...Gotta get some more yarn!!

WEDNESDAY WEIGH-IN

2010-01-27T20:30:00.003-05:00

I was shocked when I stepped on the scale and saw that I am down 14 pounds all together!!!!I'm thrilled...excited! I am the exact weight that I was when I first started working at the hospital.

It's getting easier everyday. But sometimes i want to stray, but this time I am motivated and have lots of support these days...Keeping my mind off of food by crocheting...did I mention that I started to crochet??..I even finished my first project!!! I'm actually quite proud of it.. This is my very first attempt crocheting something that can be used!!!! Thanks mom for showing me how to do it! This is with a brim up

This is with the brim down....I love the colors!!!

I watch alot of You-tube on crocheting, I'm better at visual instructions then reading them!!! I know that in the near future I want to start looming!!! It looks like so much fun!!

Amber wants me to make her a Throw, and someone at work just found out that she is pregnant so I might attempt a baby blanket in my near future! So I got plenty to do to keep my mind off of food!!!

In other news.....my daughter got suspended from school friday, she had to miss Monday because she was a bit too mouthy to a teacher, she has had problems with this teacher since the beginning of the year...Thank god she only has one more day with him, then her classes change for the semester!

Darin is in the middle of some exams...I hope he gets his grades up...he thought he would slack off during progress report time...I hope that I talked some sense into him...

Well that's all that's been happening on my end....hope you all have a great week!!

WEDNESDAY WEIGH-IN

2010-01-20T17:30:00.002-05:00

*drum roll*

9 pounds down!!!!! not bad for 13 days worth of dieting!

My blood sugars are fantastic!! It's getting easier to do the dieting. Don't get me wrong, I still want to eat, but I just keep telling myself i can do this!!!

WAYYY BACK THROW BACK!!

2010-01-17T16:00:00.002-05:00

On facebook they had a way back throw back week going around..So i posted these pictures on my profile...
I love this picture..I actually remember this day. I remember it so well because of how much i loved the dress i was wearing...I felt so pretty in it. It was a full length dress and my hair was cute, that's why i remember it so well! It's my kindergarten picture...34 years ago!!!

I can't be more than a year and a half in this pic...mom will have to verify that for me..But many people have looked at this pic and say i look like the gerber baby!

I know what happened to me...lol

I'm still dieting, 10 days now, and i think i am doing very well. My sugar this morning was 98..perfect!!! I'm so proud of myself!! I haven't weighed myself lately...I'm going to try and do like a weigh in wednesday...it will give me something to post, and see some results...at least i hope to see some results....still no sweets have passed my lips...no pop and i have cut way back on my eating...impressive!!!! I find myself not even eating everything that i put on my plate...another impressive feat!!!!

anywho, I just thought i would share some really cute pics of muah!!

Have a lovely week!

I can do this.

2010-01-13T09:11:00.002-05:00

weighed myself last night...*drum roll please*.......8 pounds down!!! Yeh, I know first 10 just falls right off, after that it's going to be hard...But it's a start!

Welcome to my pity party.

2010-01-12T11:14:00.004-05:00

In my last post I wrote that i was dieting...I still am...I'm trying really hard, mainly because the doctor told me my sugar is out of control. But mostly because i really need too! I have so many health issues that there is no other alternative.

Health issues that i have:

diabetes-I do take pills and i inject insulin 2 times a day! It started when i got pregnant with my son 3 months into the pregnancy and ended after his birth....Then came back when i got pregnant with my daughter 30 weeks into pregnancy and ended after her birth. About 2 years after her birth I had to start taking pills. Only about the last 3 or 4 years I have had to inject with insulin also. Seems the more weight i have the worse the diabetes gets. So this is one reason for trying to diet.

heart problems-I've had high blood pressure for a very long time, and when i was 33 I had a heart attack in my left anterior descending artery (also known as the widow maker) I waited 4 days to see a doctor with the pains i had then ended up with angioplasty and a stent. They told my husband one more day probably would have killed me. So this is another reason for the diet. I take 4 pills for this condition alone, 3 in the morning and 1 at night!

Thyroid- I take synthroid for this...and as of right now my doctor says is still under control.

Vitamin D- only recently started to take this because I was so darn tired!!! And my levels were very low.

I have so many pains in my body that i live with on a daily basis, I hurt all the time!! My elbows, my fingers, my legs, MY BACK!!, And I deal with this even while I work 8 hours on my feet walking all day. I come home and all i want to do is sit and relax, but that's never the way it is for me...there is always something to do around here, every once in awhile I just let it lay, but that makes it just worse later. If i don't do it, it won't get done is always how i feel, but i know it's not true, all i have to do is ask my husband or kids and they will help....but the trouble is asking!!!

I take on a daily basis 11 pills and 2 insulin shots a day. That's alot for a 39 year old woman to be taking!

My reason for dieting is for my health and the 2 people you see here:

I got to do it!

2010-01-11T11:11:00.003-05:00

So if you follow me on facebook you know that i have been dieting. This is day 4, I decided to try and diet because my doctor says that my sugar is way to bad. The first 3 days of dieting I found my sugar has been the best it's ever been. This morning I woke to a discouraging sight...my sugar was pretty high...I guess glazed ham is something that i should avoid!

I have cut way back on my eating. No pop, no extra sweets like candy, cake, things like that, no extra nibbling and the big thing, no eating after 7 pm. It's hard...I'm trying to keep busy so that i don't think about eating...I know i'm tired of cleaning!!!

I hope I can keep it up. I'm a grown woman, I should have more will power.

I weighed myself 2 weeks ago and I weighed myself yesterday and it shows a 4 pound difference..it's a start.

Let's hope that I can do this...

It's an update...sorta.

2010-01-04T11:54:00.003-05:00

New Years was spent working, but i had a wonderful day. Afterward we went to my mothers for a bit of pizza party. Around 10ish everyone was looking pretty tired so we went home, mostly to beat the drunk drivers. Frank, Darin and I walked across the street to our neighbors to watch the ball fall. Darin danced around with the other kids. Pretty uneventful, but safe, all good!

Amber had to see the doctor again today, she is still breaking out with the sores. Doctor gave her 3 more weeks of antibiotics! We shall see what happens this time.

Now back to our scheduled routines..work, school, doctors...I need a vacation...lol

The Yetnick way!

2009-12-26T20:55:00.003-05:00

Had a wonderful Christmas, the kids are happy and excited. I'm just glad it's all over and things are in a positive way lately!!

Darin is loving him some Axe...he loves it!

He got a game before the system...lol

Amber got makeup...hopefully she will stay out of mine!!

Amber and all of her smelly stuff...lol

Darin is happy about a gift card to Borders...one of his favorite places.

My sad excuse for a tree....but this is about all i can bring myself to do anymore.

my card holder...i love getting cards all december!!

Amber loves doing these!

Then the most important part about christmas is being with family!!!!

Can you tell i was not ready for this pic...Me and my dad!

Darin and I

Mom and I

Amber and I

Frank and I ....

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...I know we all did!!! See ya next year!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

2009-12-23T21:46:00.001-05:00

To all my family and friends, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Amber and her new haircut!

2009-12-20T19:34:00.003-05:00

I loved her long hair but she never really took care of it...She always had a spot with a knot in it....This haircut is much easier for her...I think she is adorable!!

Blessings

2009-12-17T20:29:00.003-05:00

I'm looking forward to Christmas Day, it will be the first one off in 7 years!

I've been baking away at my house. I made pineapple cookies, peppermint cookies, crinkles, chocolate chip and this weekend i will be making Pumkin cookies, thin mint cookies, pistachio bread, and anything else i can come up with, after that I will call it done for another year.

The vitamin D I have been taking has done a world of good, I'm mostly awake! I go to the doctors on the 28th and asking him about my thyroid. I have the worse horsey voice ever!!!! Not because I am sick or have a sore throat, the more i talk the worse it gets!!! So i will have him check my levels.

I can tell you that I have been truly blessed this month. God has blessed us alot and I am truly happy. Hopefully I have gone thru my trials and tribulations and nothing but good things are going to come. Miracles do happen!!!

Amber and Darin cannot wait until schools out and they get their presents.

We will spend Christmas over my mother and father's like always...they have a much bigger house than i do, so it makes things easier to do it over there. Can't wait to hear how everyone's holiday goes. I'm hoping Christmas will be better than my Thanksgiving.

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2009-12-16T09:39:00.001-05:00

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2009-12-07T22:36:00.001-05:00

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When my doctor speaks, I listen!

2009-12-04T18:47:00.003-05:00

After getting out of the hospital I was sooo tired. I mean don't want to do anything, can't keep my eyes open, forcing myself to do things even tho all i wanted to do was go to bed. At first I thought it was the stay a the hospital, it only got worse after I went up North and on the way home I almost fell asleep while driving! While working i was worked with eye closed.

I went to my doctor on Monday and told him everything they did to me in the hospital and told him my only complaint now is that i was extremely tired. He said he was going to test my iron levels and my Vitamin D levels...He says alot of people are coming in with low vitamin D levels. Meanwhile he gave me a B-12 shot...It did not do much for me. I would come home from work everyday passing out on the couch by 6:00 or 7:00 pm.

He got my results on Thursday and called me that night. He said "Your iron levels are just fine but your vitamin D levels are practically non existent" He said "levels are supposed to be around 30 and yours is like 11" So he told me to go and get a bottle of vitamin D and take them everyday!!!

I'm hoping to get some relief from this soon, I was talking to another lady and she said she was having pains in her bones and found out it was from low vitamin D. I have been having pains, it all could all be related to eachother and here i just thought i was getting old. I will let ya know if there is any changes with this.

So that's the reason why I have not been on much, I've been sleeping my butt off..lol

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

2009-11-25T22:03:00.002-05:00

I hope that everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving. I know i will. I do have to work early, but right after work i should be enjoying me some Turkey and all the trimmings. I went over earlier today to help with all the prep work so mom does not have to work so hard at getting it all together.

So much to be thankful for even tho so much has happened lately.
Just my short, most thankful for list
and no particular order!

1. i'm not homeless (yet)
2. i'm not dead
3. my kids
4. my husband
5. my job
6. my friends
7. my family

I won!

2009-11-19T19:13:00.003-05:00

I'm shocked...i won the bike for the best slogan...."food and nutrition...the next best thing to being at home". I guess they had nothing better..lol

Anywhoo...i have a nice new shiny bike :)

Scary situation!

2009-11-19T08:35:00.003-05:00

Monday afternoon i was helping on the line making trays and all of a sudden i had to grab my chest. I was having massive spasms that went down my left arm. I did what i had to do and then i went home. Around 6:30 pm. I could not stand the pain anymore and went to E.R. pretty sure that i had a heart attack again.

My blood pressure when i arrived at the ER was 206 over 119, and never really went down although i was calm and just sitting. The pain in my arm was constant. But with the blood test and the stress test it confirmed that i had not had a heart attack. They say it was just because my blood pressure was out of control. So now i have to take one of my pills twice a day to keep it down. Ever since they did that my blood pressure is just fine.

The hospital stay was nice, my co-workers kept coming in to see how i was doing. My boss called me from her house!!! I was very touched, she said she was worried about me and wanted me to know it was ok if i wanted to take the rest of the week off, turns out that the doctors agreed to take the rest of the week off. I told her to stop taking away my work days..she laughed! I am going up there today for the meeting...I am dying to see who won the slogan and if it's me i want to take my bike home...lol I am hopeful that it's me!!

Amber only has a few more pills to take and then we will see if she breaks out anymore. Hopefully she won't.

We are suppose to go up north to see if my husband and son can get bambi this weekend.
I have a good feeling that they might!!

Ya'll take care!

the usual!

2009-11-15T18:32:00.002-05:00

Amber went to the doctors on Thursday, the doctor thinks that this infection is on the tail end. She gave Amber one more week of antibiotics and some cream to put on it. Then she will be seen the day before Thanksgiving back at the doctors, it will be a week to see if after the antibiotics if she breaks out anymore. Wishing her luck, we will see.

Seems as if my only 2 jobs at the moment is my work job and my worrying job. I hate the second one.

Frank and Darin went for opening deer hunting day today and came home empty handed. Hopefully their luck will change at my friends house up north next weekend.

When all else fails...number your issues...

2009-11-09T18:29:00.002-05:00

I don't know where to start....

1. Money sucks around here. Pretty much everyone's feeling this way. This will be the leanest Christmas ever!! At least i have my family :)

2. My car decided to break down and I totally nailed the diagnoses before the mechanic told me! I told my husband I believed the U joints were going bad and I was right! I sweated the outcome of the bill. But I'm THANKING GOD for it being covered under warranty!! Then i turned around and asked them to change the oil because we are planning a hunting trip up north at my friends house. Then I pulled out of the dealership only to find out that one of my headlights were not working, so we went out and right back in and had that replaced...So the dealership made some money on me today after all.

3. Amber has been seeing our doctor about her break outs under her arms for quite awhile, so he sent her to a skin doctor and tested the sores...come to find out she has mrsa. Taking yet another antibiotic and still not recovering. She is still breaking out with new sores...She goes back on Thursday and the doctor told her on her last visit if this did not work she would probably have to go to the hospital and get IV's. She is scared and I don't blame her.

4. I'm not feeling well....i think frank gave me his stupid cold!

5. I went to a jewelry party called lia sophia and omg that stuff is nice...but way to expensive!!
I purchased a pair of earrings for amber for christmas..It's her birthstones so she will love them.

6. AT work we had a contest to come up with the best food and nutrition slogan...winner gets the slogan put on jackets, hats and things like that for our dept. The prize is a very nice Bike that I would love to have...they are announcing the winner next week. cross your fingers...i only put in one entry...but i think it was very nice. I don't remember what it is..it popped into my head, i wrote it down and dropped it in the box for an entry.

Other than that I can't think of much else. I had a wonderful weekend, very low key. Hope yours was just as awesome.

He's home!

2009-10-28T09:00:00.003-04:00

Frank called me yesterday from the airport in Vermont, they had canceled his original flight, so he had to find another flight to Detroit. He arrived finally in Detroit by midnight. He was glad to be home, the kids missed him so much they wanted to pick him up, I warned them that it was going to be about 1 in the morning before they got to bed and that they were still going to school. They agreed but i know when they get home from school there will be naps going on.

Frank had so much to tell us. I wrote Franks brother to see if i can get my hands on the speech he wrote about his mother, i will put it in a scrapbook with her pictures and the little card from the funeral parlor. (i don't know what you actually call those) Anyhoo, Frank said that it was beautiful, it made him cry. He said that he talked about every family member, including me and the kids. Would love to read what he said...hopefully he will send it.

HAPPY 5TH BLOGAVERSARY TO ME

2009-10-25T08:00:00.001-04:00

Today i have been blogging for 5 years...doesn't seem that long ago!!!
I appreciate everyone's comments! I Thank You!! I needed a place to vent, to remember, ask for advice and that is exactly what i have gotten out of blogging. It's my little blog therapy room. Thank you for participating in my group discussions :)

R. I. P.

2009-10-21T08:55:00.003-04:00

My husband's mother Ann passed away this morning around 2 a.m. We did not know if we were going to be able to send Frank out to Vermont to pay last respects. But Frank's boss is going to pay for Frank's airline ticket to go and see the family.

Frank's brother called us at about 6 in the morning and i knew the news was not going to be good. Can't believe it happened so fast...we just talked to her on the 10th and she informed us that she had stopped all treatment of lung cancer. She told Frank that she had 2 months to a year...who knew 11 days later I am making arrangements for him to go to her funeral.

Sad, Sad Day!

Mrs T would be so proud, and pics of the cider mill

2009-10-16T20:22:00.003-04:00

My daughter found a cat and hid it in our garage for 2 days...she was sneaking it food and gave it a nice warm bed. It was starving and she was worried about it. She eventually let us know what she was doing, and luckily we have a neighbor that knows alot of people and just so happened to know someone that was looking for a cat. It was beautiful and so tame. I don't know if it was so calm because it was weak from hunger or if it was just it's personality. I would have loved to have kept it if I wasn't so allergic to cats. I refuse to suffer in my own home.

Anyway, she has a home and from what i hear she is gaining weight and loves her new place. Amber wanted some pics of it so here ya are.. Also she can visit it anytime she wants to, it lives very close.

Our trip to the cider mill... pretty cold out!

There was a guy carving bears outdoors...they were beautiful, a small one will cost you $150.00 dollars. If i had the money i would so have gotten one!

We've been keeping ourselves busy with yard work, we have got to clean the garage to put the boat in it for the winter.

Amber went to the doctors on Thursday about her break outs under her armpits. He gave her antibiotics and a steriod medicine to clear it up and on Saturday she is seeing a skin doctor. So lets hope he has an answer for her breaking out all the time.

Well it's bed time for me...so take care all!! Have a great weekend!

I DID NOT GET MY MONEY..SO HERE IT GOES.

2009-10-09T13:24:00.003-04:00

I did not get my pay off so here comes the pics no one wants on the internet...lol

Here's where we should have been cut off...lol

Here's craig totally trying to make out with my husband...lol You can see that he almost gives my hubby a wet willie!!!lmao!

I love each and every one of these people!!! My special friends!

Yeh, that is my best friend taking her beer bottle out of my other friends bra...lol

This is the don't ask don't tell part...lol

All of this equalled the most fun I have had in a very long time!!!!

This was Friday Night...The Camera was passed around.

2009-10-07T09:18:00.002-04:00

Some pictures might be just a little embarrassing from here on out...lol

Maybe just a little too much to drink by now...lol

I don't remember if this was exhaustion or drunk...or both!!!

This was us making fun of Jeanette's dance back in high school!

These are my girls...back in high school we were the 3 amigos!!! We were the best of the best of friends!!! I miss those good ole days!! It was good to relive some fun!

At the bar we were at they had a couch and we posed all over this thing..lol From here on out the pictures become a little blackmailish!! lol I still can be bought not to put them on here...lol

So much fun was had that night!

The girls are talking about making a train ride to chicago to visit Gary in January. As of right now i don't think i will be able to go. Money is not right...but alot can happen between now and then. We'll see!

Bonfire anyone?

2009-10-05T20:45:00.003-04:00

So Gary arrived on Tuesday and Tuesday night we were at the bar, we did some Karaoke, some dancing, and lots of drinking...lol Then of course you know you have to go to a 24 hour restaurant for breakfast. Wednesday i went to my friend Jeanette's (where Gary was staying) had breakfast and Gary and I had the opportunity to hang out.(Jeanette had to go to work for a few hours) He got to see my house, meet my kids and visit a store that he wanted to walk around.

But on Thursday we all went over to another girlfriend's house for a nice bonfire!! Jeanette was in charge of making the fire!! She did a great job.

The fire is roaring in this pic!!!!

Frank sitting back and relaxing!

It was a chilly day, but all was very warm around the fire!

Queen of the fire pit!!! Jeanette!

Darin is holding a ceremonial poker stick..lol It was sacrificed to the bonfire gods! lol

Plenty more pics and stories to follow...right now...sleep...lol

BEST WEEK EVER!!!

2009-10-04T16:28:00.004-04:00

No, I haven't died, I have just had one hell of a week!!!! My best "male friend" was in town for the week!!! Gary and I have been friends since the 6th grade, that's right almost 30 years!!! I was working then visiting, then working and visiting everyday this week...I am so tired, but happily tired knowing that i got to spend as much time as possible with him!! I have a million pics and if you have facebook I have already posted them all there...But the stories will be here...lol I will slowly put them on here with some details...And i have warned all my friends that it's hitting the internet and no one has paid me off to not show some of these pics...so i get to have fun!! lol

here's gary shooting some dart's at the a bar called "Augie's", he is very good at dart's...a real shark!

Me and Frank having fun!!! we did not go out for our anniversary so we made up for it this day.

Me and Jeanette, she loves pics...lol

Gary and I, I missed him so much!!!

The very first pic of Gary, before we went out...

Gary has been a true friend!!! My most favorite memory of him is that no matter what he was always there!!! When i was sad, he had the biggest bear hug to give. If i was in trouble he always helped me out did not matter the time!! I remember sneaking to his bedroom window and tapping on it to just talk to him about things that were bothering me.

To be honest I had a big crush on him in high school but we both agreed that we did not want to throw away the friendship in case it did not work out, it was a great decision!

It has been 14 years since I last seen him....Hope it's not another 14 years again.

More pics and stories to follow, but right now I am too tired!!!

HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY!!!

2009-09-27T20:30:00.002-04:00

On Saturday my daughter turned 14 years old. The time has just flown. There are some days I am amazed that she has made it this far...lmao!!!! But seriously I love her to death!!

We spent her birthday up north with my best friend Barb and had a wonderful time on her farm...The time was short, but we packed in as much as you can in about 24 hours. Anyhoo, I did not get to post her Happy Birthday on Saturday because of our weekend, but we are going to have cake and ice cream after school and work tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Baby!!

little bit of this and a little bit of that!

2009-09-21T13:09:00.003-04:00

If you follow me on facebook you would know that i have been absolutely sick this past week. It started with a sore throat, then quickly turned to some kind of flu with a fever that had me bundled up in a comforter on an 83 degree day!!! The fever broke around 1 in the morning and i was able to function but still feeling very bad. Now i would say it's a simple cold...but i hate the cough or rattling in the chest!!! I know i will be fine very soon. Poor Darin has had pretty much the same thing with me. I have went thru 3 bottles of dayquil and 2 bottles of nyquil!!! Between Darin and I. It helps alot!!

I'm really worried about Amber, she is getting more and more not the girl that i want her to be. I am just going to leave it that...I expected it a little when she got back with her friends...For most of the summer i was actually happy with her. Anyhoo...my foot will break off in her ass if needs be!!!lol

Darin went to hunter safety class this weekend and passed!!!! He got so much stuff for his hard work in class. He is really impressed with a compass/light/whistle thingy that he got. He got a certificate for passing, a patch to put on his hunting outfit and a cute bandana. Frank went with him to the class, which i thought was really nice and at least he got a refresher class.

Work for me was hard while being sick, but made it thru. I excited because this week i get to learn something new. I get to work in the diet office and take the orders when they call down. Yeh!!! Something new...I hope it's easy enough. I think learning all the different diets will be the hardest..knowing what they can and can not have.

Anyway...not much else is going on...I am going to try and visit my friend up north on the 26th for the weekend. It's also Amber's birthday!!!! We will have some cake and ice cream when we get home. I'm sure she will want some kind of clothes from Hot Topic for her Birthday.

Take Care, hope everyone's week goes really well!

HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY

2009-09-17T21:18:00.002-04:00

To my Frankie! I Love You so very much!! We have been thru alot together, we learn from each other daily! I can't imagine myself without him. Here's to the rest of our lives together.

What's up?

2009-09-13T20:25:00.002-04:00

It's too early to tell if the kids are enjoying school. I know that they are not enjoying getting up early..lol.. Amber had her meet the teacher thing at school, they all seem nice and all seem to want to have a great year. This is the last year that Amber's school will even be open, they are closing it's doors in June. Amber will hopefully be in High School next year if all goes well.

While meeting the teachers alot of the teachers recommended that the students tell the parents where they sit and with who. Amber, in just about every class sits next to "Tom, Dick, and Harry, Rick, Bob and Steve...and Britney....lmao! And she swears that's just how she got seated...yahhhhhh right...lol

Can't wait to see Darin's classes and things..I'm not sure when that will be. Darin needed alot of supplies. He had to have a binder for every class! A scientific calculater, black pen, blue pens, red pens, binder separaters and the list goes on. Every year it's getting worse!

I had this weekend off, I went to the Warren city concerts, they had the "Shades of Blue" playing, they were really fun to watch, singing things from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Then they had "Danny and the Juniors" famous for the songs "at the hop" and "rock and roll is here to stay" . As old as they are they really did put on a good show, filled with funny things they did and many jokes. My father barely leaves the house and for this he actually went to see it, and enjoyed himself!

Other than that, not much to report.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, the weather was beautiful for just about anything!

Amber the ham!!!!!

2009-09-06T16:40:00.002-04:00

she looks friggin 18 in this pic!

and i don't know what is up with this lip thing!!

such pretty eyes!!!

picnic at metro...just the fam!

2009-09-05T09:55:00.008-04:00

Ok, so i had this big plan to spend the day with the kids at a nice park, by the water, watching the boats come in and out of the channel. A small picnic, packed plenty of water, some pop, and stopped at the local market and picked up one of those huge already made subs and a couple bags of chips and off we went.

Darin was going to do some fishing, Amber too if she wanted. Just after we had a quick bite, about to put the pole in the water i looked over to find my husband walking in. He was suppose to be working, he got off early and joined us, that was a nice surprise, i think he was jealous..lol

Anyways here some pics.

The squirrels were so friendly they ate right out of your hand..

we thought there was only one...but 3 others came a runnin to

get their eat on..lol

There are a couple of pics of the back of Amber's hair...i hate it...it did not come out anything like i wanted it to. She likes it...it was suppose to be a dark purple, it came out more like pink...lol

oh well, I quit! No more different colors! In a few weeks i am going to put it back to all black.

FINALLY GOT PICS OF DARIN

2009-09-02T12:52:00.004-04:00

I fially got these out of my camera...i had to put my card in my daughter's camera to dump it into the computer...i have no idea why my camera won't dump anymore...?????

Darin the pyro!

the mini forrest fire!

the hats that darin wanted so bad!! marvin the martian and cookie monster.

I went out recently to a wine festival and finally wore my hair down for a change...

Quick updates

2009-08-22T10:06:00.003-04:00

Things are moving right along. The kids go to school very soon, can't wait! They are eating me out of house and home..lol. Darin goes on the 25th to pick up his schedule and gets his picture taken. Yesterday I took him to get his haircut, he loves it, i love it, it's a win, win situation. I also went to the beauty supply shop to see what i needed to dye my daughter's hair. She wants to dye her hair fushia on the bottom half of her hair and black on top. I had been asking around when i see these kids with different color hair how they get the color so bright and time after time they told me they had to strip the color or bleach it to make it that deep of a color. So when i went to the store i asked the lady what i needed and she was very helpful. I can't afford to take her to a beauty shop for all of this, so i do alot of experimenting, wish me luck!

Amber goes to get her schedule on the 31st along with pictures. I sure do hope that her hair turns out the way it's supposed to!

I am doing great lately, the toes are healing, no more limp! No more rashes or swelling, thanking god as i type this.

Had the opportunity to spend time with my old friend Pam and her hubby last night. Really was alot of fun. She invited me to go to some wine festival next Saturday. Should be interesting, never been to one before.

Really enjoying the weather the last few days. Finally shut off the central air and opened some windows but according to the forecast it's going to get hot by Monday again. Frank was suppose to go fishing today. He planned on fishing all week, but it rained today. Oh well, maybe tomorrow he will go.

Well I gotta get ready for work :P

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

15 is a wonderful age!

2009-08-18T18:27:00.005-04:00

Darin had a wonderful birthday. All he wanted from me was a couple of hats from spencers that he was eyeballing for some time. That's all!!! Done and done!!!

Mom posted a cute little interview video of Darin on his birthday on her site, go and check it out!

I have my own pictures to post...but my camera is being a "butt" and won't upload into my computer for some reason....I don't have the time or energy to figure that out at the moment!

Anyhoo, go check out the mini Forest fire at my mom's blog.