Saturday, October 9, 2010

ADHD kind of day

I wonder some days why my sweetheart married me..... He is the most patient person I know.
A few months ago my niece moved to town, but the place she rented did not allow animals, so she asked if I could keep her dog....I of course said yes, but I feel so bad having her always stuck in the dog kennel, so I try to let her out as often as possible, and try to take her for a walk everyday. We always walk around the church, and each time I see this horrible eye sore someone has made by taking garbage out of the church dumpster and throwing it over the fence. I have looked at this for months, but for some reason today I decide it is my duty to take care of it. So.... my sweet husband gets his truck and trailer, and we fill the trailer to the top with garbage (it looks so nice)

After we finish cleaning up the garbage, I go back to the house to put the dog away and see the dog house my sweetheart had found for her, you see last week it started to rain, somebody felt bad for the dog, so I made her a bed in the shed, and she seemed to like that, but I felt bad that she was in there with the lawn mower. So that sweet man went and found her the dog house. As I was looking at the dog house The gears started to turn and I figure I could hook the dog house up to the kennel so she could have the best of both worlds..... So I started to tear into the kennel , and guess who stepped in and finished the job? Yep you guessed it. ( he did make the comment under his breath "we are sure doing alot for a dog we don't even own"........ Then I decide that we will need to put something between the dog house and the kennel so she can't escape. so we started gathering bricks.
Long story short, we went for a walk and ended up cleaning a vacant lot, fixing a dog run and moving bricks.
The sad part about this whole thing is, this is just a day in the life. My mind works like that. I am always seeing things I think need to be done.
It takes a special kind of man to be married to an ADHD me. I love you Babe!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Fall

It's fall, The leaves are changing colors, the air has a crisp, cool feel, and the days are getting shorter.....
I don't know how you feel about this? but I am a Spring/Summer person, and tend to feel a little down when the weather begins to change.
I guess I am just not good at change, Sometimes I wish my children were still small and at home, I wish my body looked like it did 17 years ago, and I wish the world was a safer place. I guess it is good that we don't always get what we want, we would never advance....
Welcome Fall! Love Ya!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Oops

I updated the ages of our children recently, but forgot to update what they were doing, and where they lived.... Sorry!
Maybe it was just wishful thinking that maybe they wouldn't grow up and leave it if I didn't recognize it.
It is a difficult phase I am in right now, I so enjoy spending time with my children, and as they grow older and leave the nest, that time becomes less and less.
I miss it. I am so glad I have Kris and Beka at home, but as I look back on my child raising years, I realize how quickly the time has passed, and know that my time is short with these last two.
I guess that is why the Lord lets us have grandchildren (which by the way, I haven't got any yet. He knows women need to have a child that loves them. Thank you Lord.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Family

My older brother is in town from Arkanasas, He brought his daughter to college, so this is one of those times that living in a college town is great! my younger sister came over and so did my Mom and Dad, and we had a great visit. I loved it.

While we were visiting Mr Roberts took Jess to the airport. he dropped her off thinking all was well, when he received a phone call from her stating that she didn't have a ticket for that flight..... he had booked the flight and therefore needed to take care fo things... they told him that he had booked the flight for tomorrow (which would not work as she has to work tomorrow). He did some magic and some how she got on the flight. what a man! I can't understand how he could have gotten wrong, as he had the flight number, time etc correct for today ( I think the airline messed up)

My heart is saddened tonight.... I heard a story of a young man that took $10.00 from another young man. They were friends, and the first young man had worked for the later at one point. Now I will be the first to say that taking something that doesn't belong to is WRONG! but it is what happened after that I feel so badly about. The person that had the money stolen took matters into his own hands. He lied to a young women telling her he needed to get some keys from the thief, so she knocked on his door and when he answered, the victim pushed past the young women and jumped the young man punching him continually in the head and acting like a crazed mad man. his buddy held the young women back and would not intervene. Finally the young women threatened to call the police and they left, but the young man was really beat up....
The part that saddens my heart the most is the fact, I believe everyone has a price where they somewhat "sell their soul" I believe the victim "sold his soul" for the $10.00. He was crazed over that small amount of money. I think the "thief" needs to pay it back. I think he needs to apologize, but! I don't think he needed to be beat to a pulp. Violence never solves problems.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Surgery

I have had bad ankles for as long as I can remember. I have tried to take care of the problem with orthotics, and ankle braces, but to no avail. SO...... on July 16th I took the plunge and had 3 surgeries at the same time. I had a big toe bunnion repaired, a taylors bunnion repair and an ankle stablization(too much). I had no idea that I would get a cast in return for giving the surgeon business, but that was my repay. I choose a blue cast because I thought it might look a little more professional than hot pink or floresent green, and learned the art of life in a cast.

I have become an expert in the care and maintance of casts. I can get in and out of the bath tub alone and with some ease, and I can hobble with the best of them. But after 4 weeks of the heavy, ugly thing, I was ready to trade it in for a surgical boot. After some pleading and grovling I succeeded in talking the surgeon into taking it off......I got to see what had taken place under the knife, and I am here to tell you...."it ain't pretty"
however, my big toe and baby toe look like a normal persons toes. the ugly bumps are gone!

I don't know that I would recommend surgery, ever. but this one I think may be for the better after I am done with the healing. Now if it would just hurry up, I have things to do. :)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

New posts

I decided I am going to keep a different type of blog. I get really stressed over the stupidest things, so I going to share some of the dumb things i stress about on my blog.


I am a self proclaimed sucker. I don't like confrentation, and will go a mile out of my way to avoid it!


Anyway, because I won't stand up for myself, I always seem to be watching someones animal. I have had Michaels dog, Brandons dog, Rachels dog and Abby's bird. The bird (named Pongo) is an african grey parrot. He is very smart and funny. The kids love him and so do I. I hate to admit it though....... he came to visit for a week, and I believe he missed us. He was so nice to everyone, and even acted sad when we finally took him back home. but the funny part of this story is the ride home...... we put Pongo in a pet carrier and loaded his cage into the back of the truck. We were crusin down state street, going about 45 MPH, when suddenly there was a load CRASH. I asked "what was that?" long story short......the cage had fallen out of back of the truck. What a mess! it broke into pieces. OUCH! we proceeded to run around in state street trying to get the pieces before some car came along and ran them over, then we headed to the shop to put the cage back together. two hours later, we were finally delivering the bird. It was a nightmare. Poor Beka, she was trying to keep Pongo happy during our ordeal, and he was stressed. He would throw torn up newspaper at her through the cage.

My family

My family

Arizona

Ann bought a new house in August, so we went down to help her move in. It was alot of fun, but it was also hot!
Maran, a good friend of Ann's came with us, and we had a great time.
We are at the Mesa Temple.

Anns House

Anns House
Moving Day

Mesa temple

Mesa temple

Harlem Globe Trotters

My family is my life. Both Robin and I are so proud of each of them.
I can't believe how fast they have grown and began lives for themselves.
our family is very close, and we enjoy doing things together.
This past week we went to see the globe trotters. It was fun, but the most fun was on the way home. we laughed and laughed at the jokes and anticks of the kids. Mike and Brandon staged a fight in the parking lot which had some poor little kids worried they were going to hurt each other. But all was well, as usual they were just kidding around.