I Think

Makes sense to me!!!

SCATTERGORIES

I got this in an email and thought I would share it with all of you.


SCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks! Hit Forward, erase my answers, > enter yours. Send it on to 10 people including the one that sent this to > you. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They > have to be real places, names, things.... nothing made up! Try to use > different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. > You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.>>

WHAT IS YOUR Name: Caroline

4 LETTER WORD: Care

GIRL NAME: Crystal

OCCUPATION: Cashier

COLOR: Coral

SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Camisal

FOOD: Cabbage

SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Cloths

PLACE: Carolina's (North and South)

REASON FOR BEING LATE: Careless driving

SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Crackhead!

NOT SURE-UPDATE******************************

You all know Amber had some tests done last week. Well tonight there was a message from our family doctor to call him in the morning...I was not home so now I get to freak out all night about what they found.

1. He never calls unless they find something wrong.

2. Amber says that when they did the ultrasound the woman concentrated alot on one side of her ovaries. Taking lots of meaurements of something black on the screen.

3. It could be blood test results revealed something.

I'm totally freaking out!!!! I am feeling like a failure of a mother. I should have gone to the ultrasound, but I had to work that day. I would have asked a million questions if I were there.
I should have been home for the phone call. so many things are running thru my mind but all I keep thinking is I SUCK, I SUCK, I SUCK!!!
This is complete torture!! I'm panicking and I don't even know what's wrong yet.

I could use some positive thoughts and prayers for my daughter...PLEASE!! I pray it's nothing serious. The not knowing is going to freak me out the whole night!


UPDATE:
At 9 am and one second I made my phone call to the doctor, that's when they answer their phones. About 10 minutes of being on hold and chewing every finger nail that I have, I finally talked to him.
This is what he told me:
1. Amber has a very small cyst on her right ovarie, he says that he is not very concerned about it and that he does not think that is the reason the poor girl is bleeding so much, he says that he will keep an eye on that tho.
2. Her blood work came out normal. No anemia, and her thyroid is normal.
3. He wants to know what this month brings to her and if she has another abnormal period he will make an appointment for her to see a woman gyno.
He is not sure what the gyno will do to her at her age and all but he will do it to make certain.
So in other words not really any real answers why she is hypermenstrating.

Yeh, I know it was silly to Freak out last night, but the not knowing was driving me crazy.
Thanks for your nice comments...

RARELY EVER SEEN AROUND HERE

This is maybe the second pray mantis that I have ever seen in my entire life. I just had to get a couple of pics of it. My neighbor found this in his backyard and I just had to get my camera...yeh..I know it's a little blurry because getting this creature to sit still was not easy.

Halloween pics of Amber...Look her hair in pig tails....you may never see it again, she is such a tom-boy!

Tomorrow's parent/teacher conference for Amber, I pray that she is doing good. I don't forsee a huge problem, but with her anything is bound to happen.

On Tuesday the kids and I went shoe shopping. Amber was easy, she picked out the same exact shoes she had...but now they are new. Her reason is because "she likes them". Ok...I'm flexible and they were not all that expensive, size 9's. Now Darin, ok...first store he did not like anything they had...moving on to a store that he suggests, it just happens to be in a "skater boy" place...

He looks over the shoes and someone comes over to help, he asks what size are we looking for and Darin tells him a 13.....the guy helps by pulling out everything that he had in a 13...yeh, Darin trys to put a shoe on and it's a "no go"!!!!! Folks, my 14 year old son is sporting a size 14 shoe!!!! The guy tells me that they are going to be like $70.00...but when we checked out, they must have been marked down to $50.00 BONUS!!!!! They are white with black skulls on the sides. He loves them, and I look like the cool mom without spending too much dough-ray-me.

(although I have never spent more than $30.00 on a pair of shoes for myself)

If my son's feet get any bigger I will have to find the nearest CLOWNS-R-US store.

I rock!!! ,signed Darin

HAPPY BELATED BLOGOVERSARY

Did you know that I had a 4 year anniversary and It completely slipped my mind! As I was reading back in the archives..Just because I had some time on my hands I realized that I did infact forget an important milestone for Caroline's Thoughts! October 24, 2004 was my first official post.





So I've added a little blogoversary gadget to my blog so that i will never forget again.. Go Me!

Happy Halloween

I hope everyone had fun with their kids trick or treating! Darin stayed at home helping grandma pass out candy at my house. My mother passes candy over here because she lives on a one block neighborhood and barely gets any trick or treaters over there. I think she enjoys seeing the kiddo's dressed up and likes to pass the candy. In years past Frank and I would walk with our kids but now they are getting older and that's just not cool anymore. Like I said Darin stayed home, but Amber at the last minute decided that she really wanted to go with a couple of her girlfriends around the neighborhood. So she quickly put together a baby thing...I put her hair up in pig tails and drew on some little freckles and there, go get some CANDY!

I got a couple pics of her with her hair up...It's rare that she lets me do anything to it. I will post them when I feel up to it.

Still trying to get over being sick. It's more tolerable to work with now but still lingering. Frank says his is more in his chest. It's taking him longer because he is still secretly smoking.

I had to work tonight, but still got to see some really cute costumes. A 3 year old dressed like a boxer, a 8 year old dressed like Indiana Jones and a 13 year old dressed like little red riding hood, oh and I forgot a 10 month old dressed like a penguin, the most adorable thing I had seen!!!

I was hoping that I would have got home before it all ended to see some more cute costumes but it was a no go...lights were off and mom said it just stopped. I remember when i would go trick or treating it was from like 5:30 till at least 10:30pm. My legs and feet would be stinging so bad when we got home but it was worth it!

Does anyone have any memorable costumes or Halloween stories?

I have a few costumes that I remember being my favorite.
1. Mom made me and my sister into big flowers. we dressed in green and around our faces we had huge flowers.

2. I made it myself and it turned out really well. I made myself into the queen of hearts...I took some cardboard and copied a queen of hearts card, colored it and tied it onto my body. Made myself a crown and drew hearts with lipstick on my face and made myself a staff to carry. I got so many compliments it made me feel really good.

3. Some fun costumes were when we dressed like hobo's. We would wear some really old clothes of my fathers and stuff our butts with pillows and blacken our faces like we had beards.

Well these are the costumes with the fondest memories.

WHATEVER MY LITTLE HEART DESIRES!

Today was a peaceful day off. I took Amber to the doctors, she is still having problems with her monthly. He is running tests on her thyroid and another to see if she is anemic from bleeding so often. She is also going for an ultrasound on Monday to check for possible cysts on her ovaries, just to rule everything out. Otherwise she is just D.U.B. (dysfunctional uterine bleeding). Since April it's been like the following:

April- 2 periods lasting about 8 days

May-same

June-same

July-3 periods lasting 5 to 7 days

August-1 lasting 8 days

September-1 lasting 8 to 9 days

This month she had 1 period but she was on it 13 days straight!!!

So this is why I took her just to see if there is anything that can explain why this poor girl is going thru so much.

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My daughter says that her school had a mock election and her principal announced to the whole school that not 1 vote went to McCain! Not one teacher, not one student! That's pretty impressive that a whole middle school would not touch McCain with a ten foot poll!

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Darin had his parent/teacher conferences and he had me thinking that he was in big trouble. The kid got mostly A's and B's...1 C+ and 1 D+ ...The D was in physical science and his teacher said that all he had to do was study a little bit more and he could be a C or B easy!

My worry was that he comes home with not one piece of homework. Turns out he is telling the truth and getting his work done and is turning it all in...but one teacher said that his grade would be much better if he turned in more quality work.
So to those teachers I told them that Darin was an honor student for a full year and I know that he can do better. Darin did not like me telling them that because he now knows that they know he can do it...yeh...I kinda put the pressure on Darin to do better.

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Work is hopefully going to get better for me. I'm not holding my breath. My boss has been promising me that she will give me more hours with less days. In a 10 week schedule I had worked everyday but 6 of those days. It's starting to wear on me.

I hope Frank's work goes back to full time soon. Bills are mounting, I am trying really hard not to panic...But with Christmas around the corner and Amber's trip to Washington I just want to run and hide. Amber is trying so hard in school just to keep her grades up so that she will be able to go and I have to make it happen...Darin got to go so I have to find the way to save $675.00 before March. Darin loved the trip, he learned and saw things that I haven't even seen yet.

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Anyhoo...The past couple days have really sucked. Frank and I are dealing with being sick! Pretty sure it's a horrible cold. Runny nose, congestion, muscles hurt, drained. Yucky!

Well I'm off to ZZZZZZZZ land.

HIYA!

Today was my day off after a 2 week stretch!! I can say that I did not do much during the day while the kids were at school, other than laundry. I definitely made sure that I did not go anywhere near the hospital!

After school I took Amber, Darin and myself to the hairdressers for some much needed haircuts! Amber of course got a trim, just to get the dead ends off and then later in the evening I colored her hair by myself...I spent $16.00 to dye it rather than another $80.00. And I think it looks just as good! GO ME! Better yet she says she likes it too!

Long day...we are a bit tired.

I just got my hair trimmed to even it out. I'm growing my hair out for something different.

Mr Handsome here..He was dying for a haircut! Did I tell you that he is already shaving at 14?!!!

Yep, He's shaved about 4 times now. He had to, the facial hair is coming out everywhere! I won't let him shave his mustache...lol... I like mustaches. He looks so grown up!

Now in other news...He recieved an early Chrismas present from his grandparents...Because Mr. Handsome has grown up and decided that he wants to bond with his father and do that manly thing that they call hunting! Ewwww...So He got a nice 20 gauge/22 caliber rifle...Full of safety features...which eased my mind a tad. I hate the whole idea of hunting myself...but he did gut a deer with my next door neighbor while up north with him and he said that he enjoyed it. I just fear for his safety and others. But his dad assures me that he will only hunt safe.

He is happy, his father is happy to have another buddy to hunt with, and I am going to do lots of praying!!!!

I cooked dinner tonight. Something I have not done in a long time with the way my schedule is. I made some fantastic baked whole chickens with mash potatoes and green beans. There wasn't much left when we were done. Even Frank said to me the chicken was great tonight. I think it was because it's been so long since I took the time to fix a good meal.

I'm going on another 2 weeks of straight work now. We are starting to hire a few people, it's taking so long because out of the 9 people that they wanted...all of them could not pass the background checks...lol I guess we have a couple now that are going to start this week.

The night shift really needs it.

I did stop to enjoy the beauty of the full moon we had tonight!!! These pictures just don't do it justice. My camera just did not capture what I was seeing...but it's pretty close.

I'm just not ready to give up my day off..lol

Just amazing. The nice sunny day we had with the beautiful crisp night that we are having is just what the doctor ordered for me.

Now I can go back to work with a smile on my face.

One of the patients grabbed me and said "Thanks for being so nice to me". I told her "You don't have to thank me, I'm just being me!"
Hope you all had a Fabulous Weekend!

A FRIEND SENT THIS

50 ODD Things about you! If you opened this, FILL IT OUT! Learn 50 things about your friends, and let them learn 50 things about you!
This is more like 48 as I was answering there are a couple missing numbers...but oh well it was fun to do.

1. Do you like blue cheese? dressing yes, cheese no.

2. Have you ever smoked heroin? I didn't even know that you smoked heroin, I thought you injected it..lol...the answer is no either way!

3. Do you own a gun? I don't, Husband does, and I guess my son want's to start hunting.

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic? Sonic?

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No

6. What do you think of hot dogs? They are ok for a quick meal

7. Favorite Christmas movie? Rudolph of course!!!

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Orange Juice

9. Can you do push ups? Hell to the no!

11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? my wedding ring

12. Favorite hobby? I really don't have a hobby, I guess bingo?

14. Do you have A.D.D.? no

15. What's one trait you hate about yourself ? having to be in charge

16. Middle name? Jean...(from my grandmother)

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment... 1. Work 2. bills 3. need a vacation

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday? did not buy anything!

19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? water, pop, ice tea

20. Current worry? bills

21. Hate right now? I hate worrying about bills...lol

22. Favorite place to be? home with the kids

23. How did you bring in the New Year? with friends

24. Where would you like to go? Florida, Universal Studios!

25. Name three people who will complete this? anyone that want's to

26. Do you own slippers? Yes

27. What shirt are you wearing? blue striped shirt

28. What year would you go back in time to? 1986...me and my first car!!! that was the most fun in my life!

29. Can you whistle? yes, regular and with 2 fingers or 4 fingers

30. Favorite color? black

31. Would you be a pirate? no

32. What songs do you sing in the shower? whatever is playing on the radio

33. Favorite girl's name? omg...so many, Amber, tiffany, savannah, Sela,

34. Favorite boy's name? again, so many, Darin, Kyle, Leland, Levi,

35. What's in your pocket right now? not wearing any

36. Last thing that made you laugh? A joke I got in an email

37. Best Halloween costume? It was the Queen of hearts that I made by myself with cardboard, I got lots of compliments and because I made it myself it was special.

38. Worst injury you've ever had? Torn all my ligaments in my left arm

39. Do you love where you live? Yes

40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 4, 3 of which i use.

41. Who is your loudest friend? Jackie

42. How many dogs do you have? 2, Torro and Hershey, sadly Mini is gone

43. Does someone have a crush on you? Don't think so....I'm married so it really don't matter if they did.

45. What is your favorite book's)? I love informational books.

46. What is your favorite candy? snickers!!!

47. Favorite Sports Team? Red Wings

48. What is your favorite meal? I've answered this so many times...my mom's stuffed cabbage!

49. What were you doing at 12AM? Sleeping!

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Do I have to get up!!!!

So much to talk about

Saturday finally came and went...My 20 year class reunion! Look, I'm not in a uniform for a change...It was nice to get all dressed up and I have to say that I didn't look half bad...If I could subtract the fat it would have been better... I think i look just fine in this pic...This dress has little rhinestones that went down the side of the dress where the slit up my leg is...It's only the second time I ever wore this dress..and thankfully i fit right in to what everyone at the party was wearing.

This is only a portion of my graduating class.."88"

Our class is 364 people...this is maybe 100

Frank is out there trying to mingle with the ladies..trying to do the cuban shuffle? or something like that. He gave up soon after.

This is me and an old buddy Erich, He lives in Hollywood now and has been in a few movies. He said he has not been in any speaking roles but is working on a few projects...He is such a sweetie. He invited me and my family to come to Hollywood and stay anytime we can get out there. How nice!

Me and Frank sitting for dinner. Yeh...that's a face only he can love..lol remind me no close ups ever again...lol

The reunion was a big success for alot of us. I unfornately did not meet up with alot of my "click"

I was still happy to see some of the people.....It was worth going, just to say I did. Lots of nice things that they did...They had name tags with our maiden names and had a photo of us from the yearbook on it to help "jog" our memories...It sure helped in my opinion. They passed out memory books...those that registered on the website were in it. A few people I am going to email shortly to say hey and see what is going on in their lives. Also in the memory book they had a cd with alot of pictures that people donated to be put in there from our high school days. And I was suprised to see that they had the whole "88" yearbook towards the end...that was awesome to see everybody in the yearbook...since I was not able to get one this works for me.

All in all it was an awesome night..would have been made better with a few of my special and dearest friends.....

Now...on to the better part of my life

I'm a proud mother of a 13 year old!!!! Two teenagers! Lord help me!

After our night out I spent Sunday cleaning the house and getting ready to celebrate my little girls special day. I wish her all the best and hoping that life will be easier for both of my children. It's amazing the Love for a child, and the Love that a child gives is just as amazing! You want to do more for them than for yourself...Isn't that always the case?

Well back to the reality of life in the morning..(work)

Hope everyone had a spectacular weekend!

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY AMBER

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Amber was born Tuesday Semptember 26th, 1995 at 10:32 a.m. She was 8 lbs 8 1/2 oz., 20 inches long.





She was the most precious little girl! She had the cutest little voice when she was little. When she was younger she was definitely daddy's little girl. Darin was only 13 months old when Amber came, and Darin did not like sharing his mommy, so when daddy was home he took care of Amber and I would take care of Darin. Lately the jobs have seemed to switch. Amber wants me more and Darin wants his dad now. Funny how things work out. I use to cry alot because Amber would run to daddy for everything.





Amber has a very stubborn personality, if she thinks she is right, there is no talking to her. She has gotten alot better with not saying everything that comes to her mind. (at least out loud).


She would always embarrass her father and I with what would come out of her mouth.





Amber loves to help out with everything, teachers are always telling me that she has the "motherly instinct" she is always helping others. I love that about her.





She has always loved animals....even when she was very little she would say she wanted to be a vet or work at the zoo. At first I encouraged her love of animals with having lots of them in my home. But now-a-days I just don't have the energy...she does...but I don't! I have found out that as I get older..simplier is better. She still says that she is going to be a vet or work at the zoo. I'm glad that she already knows she wants to go to college. At her age I just wanted to finish high school! I have very few regrets in life...not going to college is one of them...





Amber is a very challenging little girl, she gives me a run for my money...but i Love her with all of my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





13 things I Love about my daughter:





1. she is loved by all





2. she is a helper





3. her love of animals





4. she's a tom-boy (at the moment)





5. she's my height! (lol)





6. the way she collects things,,,sorts things...and she is happy doing this!





7. her conversations...she will sit right next to me and we talk and talk





8. the way she hates mornings....like me! lol she reminds me of me when my mom used to wake me up in the morning. .





9. she likes shopping





10. I like her adventurous side...joining wrestling and all





11. I love her hugs





12. I love when she tells me she loves me





13. Of course...SHE IS MINE!

HAPPY 14TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Today we celebrate 14 years of marriage. Time just fly's by.





I met Frank thru a mutual friend of ours. I had gone over to my friends house to play some games, drink some beer and just hang out. When I walked in I found Frank there. We were introduced by our "friend". Frank originally only came to Michigan for a little vacation. No real intentions of staying, he was to go back to Vermont in 2 weeks. In the mean time he was talking about me to his friends and I was talking about him to the same friends. I told my girlfriend "he will be mine". I just knew he was the one for me.





In just one week he asked me out and when it came time for him to leave he said that he decided to stay. He got a job here in Michigan and we were very happy.





I believe it was October of 1993 he asked me to marry him just after our mutual friends got married. He was so drunk and I told him to ask me again when he was sober. The very next day he asked me again and I told him yes. It wasn't until Christmas Eve 1993 that he had a ring underneath the Christmas tree waiting for me. I was so surprised! But he was more surpised that in the same instance I found out I was pregnant with Darin!





We were married just after Darin was born. September 17th 1994, we picked this date because it was the same day that Frank had first asked me out 2 years earlier. Our wedding was everything that I wanted and some extra.


Going to check out the wedding photo album now...

Day to Day

Since putting my dog at rest there have been a few unexplained things happening around here. One night I looked down the hall and could have sworn that something went from the bathroom to my room to my son's room...this was Mini's path when she was around. I thought I was the only one that saw this, but when I told my daughter about it she said "I thought I saw the same thing". About the third day after she past I was watching t.v. and animal planet was doing a documentary about Great Pyrenees. I cried so hard. The fourth day I was getting ready to go somewhere, wait..first let me remind you that Mini had been loosing her bowels for about 6 months before she past....ok...now I was getting ready and all of a sudden I got a big whif of what smelled like her "poop" at first I thought the chihuahua's? Looked all over, never saw anything and it did not smell like it was in any special area. Everyone thinks I am crazy for that one. But I would like to think that it was her way of letting me know that she knows how sad I have been and that she is still watching over us.

My son just informed me that last night he awoke to what sounded like Mini barking around 5 in the morning.

It took me almost a week just to be able to talk about her without crying my eyes out.

The kids are doing ok with the whole school routine. It's nice to have a couple of hours to myself here and there. Especially with the fact that in a 6 week schedule I have had exactly 3 days off. My boss told me how much she has appreciated my help...she don't understand that it's helping me also. Frank just informed me that his company is now only going to be open 4 days a week until they get more business...and no he is not getting 10 hours a day to make a 40 hour check, it will be 8 hour days. Sucks, Sucks, and more Sucks!! Frank did stop by an old job to see if he could maybe work part time for him. His old boss was not there, so maybe he'll catch him on another day.

I get so worried these days....bills, school supplies, and Christmas is just around the corner. Everything usually works out someway, somehow, I just have to almost have an ulcer before I see the light.

Anyways....there are so many things up and coming this month....

Our (Frank and I) wedding anniversary, 14 years on September 17th. Amber's 13th birthday is on the 26th!! I will have 2 teenagers!!! And on the 27th will be my 20 year high school reunion!! I'm looking forward to the upcoming days!

I hope everyone is well.

ok...for some reason blogger is not letting me space for paragraphs...so everything is running together. Sorry folks.

R.I.P. MINI WE LOVE YOU

Today was one of the hardest days of my life!

My baby girl Mini was put to rest. She was a beautiful Great Pyrenees, she was 12 1/2 years old. My vet said that in big dogs life she was over 120 years old.



My son Darin was 2 years old and my daughter was only 1 when i purchased Mini. They loved her dearly...I never worried about my kids playing with her, pulling her hair, riding her. She loved them anyways. When we all went to bed Mini slept at our feet when she could jump onto our bed. With her Arthritis in the last year she chose to sleep next to the bed.



Before I went to the Vets today I wrote the doctor a note of why I chose to do this. The reason that I wrote it down was that I knew I would not be able to pull myself together to tell him. Another reason was so that I could remember why I was doing it. Everyone that I talk to thinks I made the right decision.








Reasons:

1. Her arthritis has gotten worse. As she tries to sit her legs shake as she is going down, that shows me that she is in pain. It takes her a good 5 minutes to sit or lay down comfortably.



2. Last summer I had 5 tumors removed and it took her a long time to heal after the surgery. After getting her shaved this summer I discovered 3 to 4 more tumors growing. I can't make her go through that pain again!



3. The last 2 weeks she has been getting bloody noses. I have no idea why, and they are just random...which makes me believe that she has something eternal going on.



4. For the past 6 months she has been loosing control of her bowels. She could be sleeping and she would have a couple chunks out of her. She doesn't even realize it. I could deal with it..but it's not Mini, at first I put it as an age thing. She had never messed in my house before, that's why I know it's not like her.



5. I also believe she is having mini strokes. One day she walked into my room and sat down and just stared at the floor, while sitting there she was rocking side to side and would not respond to me when I was talking to her.

These are the main reasons I made my decision...I hope I made the right one. I feel like I gave up on her...But at the same time I believe I spared her horrible pain.

The doctor gave her a shot to sedate her and she laid down Everyone was petting her and telling her how much we love her, Amber and I cried so hard. Then the doctor came in and gave her the lethal drug and stayed with us until she took her last breath then checked her heart and said "her heart has stopped" I thought I couldn't cry any harder than I had been, but after those words the tears came like waterfalls!

This was taken her last night with us. Just to look at Amber's face in this picture has me balling my eyes out.


WE LOVE YOU MINI...REST IN PEACE!

I changed the color of my hair. It's called light golden brown... It was time for a change...the blonde streaks just made me look like i had a head full of grey and i don't have grey hair yet..ok..maybe a couple, but not that anyone can notice. I know i look like death warmed over...this is day 16 of working straight...plus i am mentally drained I will be writing about that tomorrow.

My big dog Mini is seeing the vet tomorrow..unfortunely it's to put her to rest. I have been in mourning all week trying to prepare myself for what's about to happen. I can't let her suffer anymore.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 years and 2 days later

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

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

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




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

14 years of experience and many more to go!

This is obvious what this is..lol



Darin's Birthday Party!










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










Remember when we used to carry Darin around? lol


Now look who can carry who.










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






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

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

Frank and I

Frank and Amber

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BOY!!!!

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

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

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





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





















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





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

I am still alive

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

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

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

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

My most favorite picture of me in the whole world

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

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

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

47 things about me

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




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

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

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

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? bologna

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

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

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

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

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

10.WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Captain Crunch

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

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Not really

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

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

15. RED OR PINK? Red

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. FAVORITE SMELL? I love the smell of lilacs

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

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

26. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? wrestling.

27. HAIR COLOR? medium brown wish blonde highlights

28. EYE COLOR? Green

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

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

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

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

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

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? winter

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

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? ice cream

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

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

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

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? No mousepad

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

42. FAVORITE SOUND? waterfalls

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Rolling stones

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

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

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Southfield, Michigan

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