Home made stockings

So i went to get the stocking out of the Christmas box to hang up this year and couldn't find them anywhere in the house. So I went out to price them and see what I could afford and couldn't find any decent stocking for a good price so instead I decided to take a risk and make them myself. I got a pattern and all the materials I needed them went to it. It took a couple of tires but all in all them came out great. Not bad for someone who has never used a pattern or sewn anything that didn't have a strait line stitch. Maybe now I will venture out and try something new in sewing. we shall see.

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Dj suspended

So I have not had a chance to get on here in a couple of days because my computer was down with some kind of bug but now its working again and I can catch you up on what has been going on. So to start, on Friday the 9th I got a call from Dj's school Principal saying that he is fine but he was involved in a fight and for that he will be suspended for three days starting on Monday the 12th. I didn't get any details but as soon as he got home I drilled him for a couple of hours until I got the truth or at least most of it out of him.

I found out that he was part of some fight club called 60 sec. where you match up with another person close to your size and fight for 60 sec. He did this willingly and then on top of it all he did it in a bathroom where someone could have gotten really hurt. Needless to say I was very upset about the whole thing and grounded him until further notice.

As for his punishment he was my slave for the three days he was out of school. He got up at the same time he would if he were going to school and cleaned anything and everything for the first day. The second day he cleaned again and then had to write a 500 word essay on why fighting is wrong and the reason why he will NEVER do it again. Then a 5 paragraph essay on why the bible says you shouldn't fight. Then the third day he cleaned again followed by three hours of Drill Sergeant daddy. Lets just say I think he finally learned his lesson on this one. I don't think he will ever fight in school or get suspended ever again.

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The End of RFYLH

Well we have finally come to the end of these questions. I know most of you are thinking thank you for many different reasons but to tell the truth I have really enjoyed this process. I hope that you will take the questions and do the same on your blog or just in a journal so that your future generations will know a little bit about you and your past. Keep blogging or Journaling and I will to.

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Day 53 of RFYLH

Question #53

What is the most wonderful thing that ever happen to you? The worst?

Well the best thing that ever happen to me would have to be meeting my husband and having our kids. I know it sounds corny but its true. I don't know where I would be without them. The worst thing that ever happen to me so far has not happened and I hope will never happen. So Im not even going to say it but if you are a wife and mother you know what I am talking about because more than likely its the worst thing that could happen to you to.

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Day 52 of RFYLH

Question #52

Tell about your favorite uncle?

Ok well this will be a short post since I do have several uncles but am close to none of them. I don't really know them and there for do not have a favorite uncle.

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Day 51 of RFYLH

Question # 51

Tell about exciting experences?

I have had a lot of exciting experences in my lifetime. Most of them envolving my family and way to many to talk about on here. But I have always loved the spirt of Christmas. I think one of my favorite times of the year (despite all the stress and me constantly saying I want it to be over already) is when we pick out the tree and bring it home and decorate it as a family. Picking the theme of the tree and just having a good time a family. I really enjoy moments when everyone is happy and getting along. They are few and far between but I love them none the less.

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Day 50 of RFYLH

Question # 50

Tell about your favorite Aunt.

Well I really only have three that I really know and I love them all but I would have to say my anut Tami is my favorite just because we are the closest. It might have something to do with the fact that we are close in age or that we attend the same church but I think it has to do with the fact that I just bonded with her. Not that I have not spent time with my other aunts and bonded with them but Tami and I just have a different connection.

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Day 49 of RFYLH

Question #49

Did you have a childhood hideout? Tell about it.

Well I wouldn't call it a hideout because everyone in the neighborhood knew about it. It was the tree house on the other side of the creek that all the kids played in. It was were we spent most of our time when we were not swimming or ridding bikes or making up some game to play.

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Day 48 of RFYLH

Question #48

Tell a courtship story about your parent. How they met etc... Tell the same about your courtship?

I can honestly say I have no idea about my parents courtship or how they met. It was always a soar subject with both of them by the time I was old enough to really want to know so I never got an answer. That is something I will have to try and get out of my mom or dad one day soon so I can EDIT this blog post.

As for my courtship story, I have told it many times on here but one more wont hurt I'm sure.

I was just out of high school and working at a casino (Isle of Capri) in the hotel as a maid. It was my third day on the job and my first day on my own. I was on the 21st floor I think and was cleaning a room. I took to sheets off the bed and was headed out to my cart to put them in the dirty laundry bag when I saw Dale walk through the security door at the end of the hall. I wasn't really looking to get into another relationship because I had just gotten out of the one with Dominic's father. I thought he was cute but didn't put much thought into it. I went back into the room and was trying to make the bed when he snuck up behind me and scared me by saying "DON'T you think you should be working." I about jumped out of my skin. We both laughed and introduced ourselves. It was his first day in the hotel. He had been working for the casino for awhile but mostly on nights and on the floor but now he was on days and they stuck him in what they called the tower. We talked for about twenty minutes while I finished working on the bed. I told him all about Dominic and that I was a single mom and not really looking for a relationship. He said he was fine with that and that we could just be friends. I was cool with that. As I went out to get something off my cart my supervisor came down the hall so I said goodbye to Dale and went about my day. I thought that would be the last I would see of him since I was not aware of how the security worked in the hotel. I moved on to another floor and went about my day. Finally I saw him again and quickly wrote down my number and the hooked-on-phonics version of how to say my name. (Which he still has laminated to this day). After I gave it to him we talked for a couple of minutes then he went on to lunch. I finished my day and went home. I didn't see him after that didn't hear from him for about a week so I thought he was just one of those guys who tried to see how many numbers he could get in a day. But I was wrong. Turned out he was in the process of moving from Pass Christian to Biloxi and I got a call at about 9:00 at night. I quickly told him I had younger brothers who where still in school so he couldn't call that late. I hung up and my mom said I could call him back it was fine. We talked for about an hour and a half and made plans to go out that Friday. After hanging up with him my mom hands me tickets to The Ultimate Rush ride and said we should use them before they went bad. I called him back and asked if he wanted to go the next night and he said yes. I told him I didn't have a babysitter so I would have to bring Dominic and my little brother along with us. He was fine with it and so we went out. We had a good time and he even got along with my brother well. I met his roommate and we started car pooling and hanging out together. He even babysat for me a couple of times so I could go and hang out with my girlfriends. Eventually we moved in together and started really dating. We had been together maybe 6 months when he first asked me to marry him on the side of the highway. I said Yes but No he had to ask my father first. Which he did and 11 months after meeting we eloped and have been together ever since. We will be celebrating our 12 year anniversary in January and couldn't be happier together.

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Day 47 of RFYLH

Question #47

Tell about your first crush?

Well anyone who really knows me already knows this story but for those who don't I will tell it again.

I was 8 or 9 and living in that old yellow house in Tehachapi, Ca. He was my next door neighbor and my brothers best friend. We were the same age and in the same grade. His name was Andy Iyler. I really only remember his name because it would later become a name that I ended up dating a lot. Well not so much the name I dated but the guys I dated had that name. Anyway we played together all the time and even helped the neighborhood kids build a tree house in the big oak on the other side of the creek. We spent a lot of time together and eventually he asked me to go out with him. Not that he was a real boyfriend because I was not allowed to date yet. Not that we could really go anywhere except the tree house anyway. But still he was always around.

I remember one time when my dad had to work late and I had a couple of my friends over for a sleepover and when my mom went to bed I snuck Andy and two of his friends into my bedroom through the window. We hung out and talked, giggled and kissed until my dad showed up. I tried my best to hide them. Putting Andy and one of his friends in my closet and the other under my bed but my dad saw right through it and caught us. I wasn't very good at lying. Still not to tell the truth. We all got into a lot of trouble and my dad had to give us the birds and bees talk that night. It was a very uncomfortable talk to say the least. We were not allowed to play together for awhile. But eventually things got back to normal and we started hanging out again. We were together until I moved away after my parents divorced and my dad remarried.

I don't know what ever happen to him. I sometimes think about him and what he might look like or if he is married and has kids. I should look him up. Not that he would really remember me but who knows right. Lol its a fun thought.

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Day 46 of RFYLH

Question #46

What games did you play as a child? Inside and outside.

Well I grew up in an era where kids went outside most of the time. We would get up have breakfast and head out the door only to return at lunch time and dinner time. We played all kinds of games. Most of them were made up on the spot because we used what we had available to us as toys. Inside I mostly played with my barbies and my brothers. When I got a little older I would hang out with my friends and watch my brothers for a little extra cash. I also grew up in an era where most kids could go outside and not have to worry about who was going to take them or hurt them. If you got hurt playing you got up brushed it off and went back to what you were doing unless it was really bad then you went home to see what mom could do. We didn't have the kinds of worries that kids these days have. It has become an era of danger and lets just stay in and play video games. I wish I could go back to the time when kids didn't have to worry about stuff like that.

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Day 45 of RFYLH

Question #45

How do you feel about winning? losing?

That is a really good question and my motherly instinct is to say that its not about winning or losing but how well you played the game. But the other half of me says that I hate to lose at anything and would prefer to win at everything but that is not realistic so I have to stop being human and go with the mommy side of me that says everyone is always a winner if you didn't cheat and had a good attitude about the whole game. LOL. So my mothers coming out of me.

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Day 44 of RFYLH

Question #44

Describe a perfect spring day and activities on that day?

My perfect spring day is usually spent cleaning out my house from the long winter shut in. Its amazing how much stuff collects during those short three months. I know that sounds a little OCD but I really do look forward to that first semi-warm day when I can open the windows and doors and really air out the house and clean out the rooms. I tend to do this on more than just a spring day. I tend to do it at least once every season. Mostly because I can't stand clutter and on top of that I live in a small apartment so there really is no need to hold on to those things you no longer use. Right.

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Day 43 of RFYLH

Question #43

Describe a typical day at school?

well since I am no longer in school this question doesn't really apply to me but I will try to remember a typical day in my High School.

It usually started with me getting up and dressed then heading out for a morning run at 4:30 in the morning. After my run I would come home and shower and get ready for the day. I caught the bus most days since my brother wreaked our car and headed off to school. Once there I socialized with friends and attended classes followed somewhere in there by lunch and more classes. At the end of the day I would come home and get ready for work and then do whatever homework I had. I would generally get home around 10:30pm and go to sleep then wake up the next day and do it all over again.

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