Snow Day and my Anniversary

wow it is really snowing. I don't think it has really snowed here in a couple of years. Its nice to see but I wish it would have done it on Christmas. That would have been great. But its snowing now so I'll take it. I personally love the snow. Dale not so much but I know I love it. I guess that is because I grew up with snow. You see I am from California. Northern mostly and it always snowed in the winter. It brings back so many memories from my childhood. Playing in the yard. Making a very big snowman and having snowball fights with my brothers and the neighborhood kids. We use to stay out all day. only going in for a few mins to get a little warmer and then right back out into the snow. I think we were all snowmen by the time the day was over and we went inside. I remember going to bed at night and not being able to sleep because I was so ready to go back outside and play in the snow again.

I remember this one time when I was like 7 or 8 and we lived in this yellow house that had this huge back yard that went downhill to a creek. In the winter the creek would freeze solid and you could walk on it. Anyway my brothers and I had been begging my parents for a sled so that we could slide down the hill. We had been using the trashcan lids but we wanted a real sled like the neighborhood kids had so they finally gave in and bought us two of them. We got together with our friends and played in our back yard all day. Taking turns going down the hill and trying to stop before we got to the creek. Of course we never did. We always hit the creek every time. Good thing it was frozen solid. Then walking back up the hill to do it all over again. It was so much fun. To bad I don't have that kind of energy anymore. ha ha ha.

Anyway on to other things. Today is my 10 year anniversary. I have been married to the most wonderful husband in the world for 10 years. It sill seems like just yesterday that we got married. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing but all I know is that I am glad I am married to him. Yes we have had our ups and downs but at least we stuck it out and worked through it instead of giving up and getting out. I guess its true what they say. If you put God first in your marriage then great things will come of it. I know I have watched my friends get married and divorced within two years. I have watched my own family do the same. They give up at the first sign of trouble instead of working through it and making it work. Don't get me wrong I understand that there are very good reasons not to work it out and get a divorce. I'm just glad I didn't give up on my marriage.

Not many people really know how we met so I'm going to tell you now. You see I was working at this casino called The Grand while I was pregnant with Dominic. After I had him I decided that working there was not going to work out because of the hours so I quit and started working at this little mom and pop sub shop. I worked there for a couple of month and then my girlfriend told me that this new casino called The Imperial Palace was hiring for the day shift so I went with her and we applied. We both got the job and started working there together. Since we just lived down the road we carpooled together to work. I had been there about three days and was working by myself for the first time. (oh ya I guess I should tell you that I was working as a maid in the hotel part of the casino since I wasn't 21 yet). I went out to my cart to get a new set of sheets for the bed and saw this really cute security guy walking down the hall. I just looked for a minute and then went back to making the bed. As I was working on the bed he quietly walked into the room and bent down beside me and whispered "Don't you think you should be working". I just about jumped out of my skin and he laughed. We talked for a few mins. then my supervisor started down the hall so I told him I had to get back to work. He left and finished his rounds and I finished my work on that floor. Since I knew he started at the top floor and was working his way down I didn't think I would see him again and kicked myself for not giving him my number. I went on to the other floors that I needed to clean and was almost finished for the day when I saw him again coming down the hall. Now I know its crazy but something inside me told me to give him my number now so I hurried up and wrote it down on a piece of paper that I had on my cart and went back into the room. He stopped when he got to the room I was in and said that he didn't think he was going to see me again because I wasn't on the floor that we first met on. I told him that I was working on four floors that day and didn't think I would see him again either. We laughed and talked for a bit and then I gave him my number because his boss was calling him about a situation that needed to be addressed. We said goodbye and he said he would call. I got off work and went and picked Dominic up at the babysitters then went home. I didn't see him at work for a couple of weeks and hadn't heard from him so I thought he was just one of those guys who tries to see how many girls numbers he could get. Then one night I got a call at around 9pm and it was Dale. Turns out he was moving from Long Beach to Biloxi and didn't want to make a long distance call so he waited. The reason I hadn't seen him at work was because the tower (hotel) as the security called it wasn't his normal post. He was only working it that day because it was suppose to be his day off but the guy who normally worked it needed that day off for some reason and so they switched. It was the only time he ever worked in the hotel. Anyway I told him that he couldn't call me that late because I still had brothers in school and they were in bed. Yes I still lived with my parents. Ha ha ha. I told him to call me the next day. So he did and we talked for a couple of hour and made plans to go out on Friday. After we got off the phone I was telling my mom about him and how I really liked him and was planning on going out on Friday with him. She said that she had some free tickets to this new ride called the Ultimate Rush (if anyone knows what that is you know why my mom gave us the tickets)and that they were for that night only so I called him back and asked what he was doing that night and he said nothing so I asked him if he wanted to go to this ride with me. He said yes and I told him that I would have to bring Dominic and one of my brothers with me because both my parents were busy that night and couldn't watch him. He said it was fine with him and he would be at my house in an hour to pick us up. Anyway to make a long story short we went and had a great time. He took to Dominic right away. We saw each other off and on for a couple of weeks and then started carpooling together. Then he started watching Dominic for me after he got off ( oh ya I should tell you that he started work at 6 am and I started at 9 am so he would pick us up in the morning and I would take him to work then go home get ready for work take Dominic to the sitter and go to work) and on his days off since we had different days off. Which in the long run saved me a ton of money because Dominic was only at the sitters three days a week instead of five. After about two months of this we moved in together and got engaged. Then I introduced him to the church and he started taking the lessons and finally got baptised. A month later we got married and have been together ever since.

Wow it has been a really long time since I thought about that story. It brings up so many fond memories. Anyway I will stop babbling and get off here.

That's all for now.....Blog at you later.

On my way....The journey begins

OK so I'm not sure if anyone really knows this but the time has come for me to finally loose this weight I have been carrying around for the past almost 10 years. I have come to the decision that I am done. I am tired of being so over weight and allowing food to rule my life, so starting today I'm done. I was planning on having the gastric bypass but after talking to my husband and friends I have come to the decision that I am going to give it my best effort for the year and really try my hardest to loose this weight on my own. (If I don't make it then I will go and have the surgery. Lets hope it doesn't come to that.) Well not really on my own. I will have the support of my wonderful husband and friends so here goes nothing. My plan is to loose at least 10 pounds a month and go from the 250 lbs that I am now to the 125-130 lbs I want to be. I plan to post everyday what I ate and how much I worked out that way I will have no excuses about what is going on with me. I will be working out with my husband (if anyone has seen him you know why I choose him) so that I will have no reason not to work out. I plan to rid my house of anything that is not good for me. Although my children may have some issues with this. I want to be in the best shape of my life again. Not back to what I was before children but what I was when I got married. My children deserve this from me. My husband deserves this from me and Most of all I deserve this from me. I plan to post pictures as I go along so that I can track my progress with visuals also. So like I said at the begging here I go.

That's all for now. Blog at you later.

Update...a surpise at my door.

Ok so I just got a call from Sister Rosemary Kline and she told me that she is the one who left the stuff at my door this morning at around 6. Wow thats early. Thank you so much Rosemary. You have always been there for us when we needed you and when we didn't need you. You are a true blessing and angle in our lives. We love you so much.

Well that's all for now....Blog at you later.

A surpise at my door.

Ok so I woke up this morning and got the kids ready for school. Yahhh they are going to school. Don't get me wrong I love my kids and miss them so much when they are gone but man did I ever need a break after having them everyday all day for almost three weeks. Anyway as the kids were headed out the door there was a black trash bad and two little boxs sitting there. The kids asked what it was and I told them I have no idea but not to worry about it and go to school. I watched them get on the bus then headed back inside because it was freezing thismorning. I brought the stuff in and opened it up to find pots and pans and a bad of forks and spoons. Wow I don't know who sent is but thanks cause I needed pots and pans. I am now fully stocked in my kitchen. Other than a few things that I really want like a juicer and a bread maker and a mixer and blender I have everything. Wow you know the lord really does provide when you are in need. I love having people in this world who love and care not only about me and my family but everyone in need. I dont know what I or anyone else would do without them. Thank you again.

That's all for now...Blog at you later

Normal day

Today was a pretty uneventful day. I went and paid a couple of bills and then came home and babysat until 10. I cleaned house and played with the kids. Then made dinner and went to bed. Like I said nothing special today. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

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Crazy week and Enough already

OK so to start I have had a crazy week. I started watching this really sweet three year old little boy named Isaiah. Wow does he ever have a lot of energy. Not having a three year old of my in my house for a long time has made me a little spoiled. I am really glad that at the end of the day I can give him back to his dad. Wow I am also very glad I don't have a three year old of my own. sometimes I wonder how I made it through those years in the first place. I feel for all of you who do. I now understand why you are always tired. I know that all this sounds a little silly and reading it out loud even sillier but it truly is how I feel. Anyway he has taken up a lot of my week with just adjusting to having him and getting use to his schedule. Also it has been a while since I changed a diaper. But it is like they say. Once you learn you never really forget. You just push it to the back. I love having him though. He is just the sweetest little boy and very loving.

Anyway on to other things. I didn't do much for the new year. I guess I am getting old because at about 10 I fell asleep. That didn't last long because someone in my apts started shooting off fireworks at about 11 and woke up Isaiah. So we went out on the porch and watched until they were done and then tried to go back to sleep. That didn't work out either, so we watched TV until Isaiah's dad came to get him. Then I went back to bed.

Yesterday we as a family went to Barns and Noble to get books. Elyssa had gotten a ten dollar gift card to there for her birthday so we needed to use it soon. Anyway she got a book on how to draw and DJ got a book on the value of his hot wheel car and Dale got a book about the Truth about History and I got a classic called Uncle Toms Cabin. So far it is a pretty good book. I didn't have to read it in high school but I hear nothing but good things about it. We shall see. After that we came home and I watched Isaiah until about 11 and then went to bed.

Now for today and the reason for the other part of the title. So today was one of those days when I really felt like it was coming at me from all sides. To start Dale didn't get off work until 9 this morning and so I was late to church. I didn't even bother trying to fight the kids on getting up and getting dressed so I let them stay home with Dale. While at church I was fine but when I got home is when it all started. First the kids were fighting with each other and so I sent them to their rooms. After about two hours they came out and they were fine but then I had remembered that Dale had told them that he wanted their rooms clean before he woke up today so I sent them back in there to clean only DJ decided that he wasn't going to listen to me. I asked him several times very nicely to please go clean his room and he flat out told me NO. That only pissed me off. Forgive the language. The more I asked the more he keep on coming out of his room so the madder I got and I turned off his TV and locked him in his room. That really made him mad and he started telling me to turn his TV back on or he wouldn't clean so I took a couple of deep breaths and walked to his room and calmly told him that I was the parent and that he was not going to give me the ultimatum but was going to do what I told him to do. At this point her proceeded to yell in my face and give me a death stare so I told him to wipe that look off his face and give me the respect that I deserve. He told me Hell no and to get out of his room at this point I was so mad that I slapped him in his face and walked out of his room with his TV in my hand. That only made the situation worse and Dale finally stepped in and took over.

So this brings me to my question when is enough enough. I understand that at this age they have a hard time controlling their emotions but when should I leave it be and when should I stand up and say enough. I really am tired of this happening. I don't think I can make it through this phase of his life and if Elyssa is anything like this I think I will be bald and in and asylum by the time they grow up. I really don't know what to do so if you have any suggestions please help.

Well that's all for now.....Blog at you later.

A long lost friend

Ha Ha. well she really isn't long lost but it seems like forever since the last time i got to spend some time with Michelle so when she called last night and asked if I wanted to hang out with her today I was like oh ya. She said she on the hunt for a game and didn't come over to get me and the kids until like 2 or 3 which was fine because I needed to clean my house first anyway. Not that it was really messy but I had about three days worth of laundry to do and the normal everyday upkeep so I didn't mind. After she picked me and the kids up we went to a couple more stores looking for this game she wanted and then headed over to my storage to pick up the twin beds I had in there for Brently and Kelsey. After Michelle, Ashley, and I spent the better part of 20 Min's trying to make everything fit into her Yukon we all headed to her house. Once we got there I helped her and Ashley put Brently's bed together and then I sat in the boys room and talked to Michelle while she cleaned it up. After that I helped her make home made pizza's and then we played a game called Banana Grams. I would explain it but it would take to long. Really you have to play it to understand how fun it is. Anyway after three games the food was done and we ate then talked for a bit till Dale showed up to get us. Then Aubrey wanted to spend the night with us so we took her with us. Now Dale is getting ready for work, the kids are all in Elyssa's room talking to each other on their Ds's and I am catching up on my day.

So there you have it. My day in a nut shell. Blog at you later.