All caught up

ok so i have been sucking at keeping up with this blog. I have had a lot of things going on since i last posted. First off I quit my job so that i could put my family back together. My sister went back to live with my mother and it has been a great deal of stress taken off my shoulders. dont get me wrong because i love her more than she will ever know but she is a brat and was causing to much turmoil in my home. Second, my kids both passed the grades they were in and now i have a 6th grader and an 8th grader. Two middle schoolers. Dominic passed with mostly c's but at least he passed. im very pleased he brought them up from d's and f's. Elyssa passed with all a's but really who is surprised by that. she also received the presidial award for having atleast a 90% in all subjects all year and she received the character award for her class because she showed great character all year to everyone she came in contact with. Third, i have started my own jewelry business. i have a real passion for jewelry and i love to help woman look beautiful and it not cost them an arm and a leg to do so. I applied for a small business grant for woman so keep your fingers crossed that i get it. Well i guess that has you all caught up in my life. now lets hope i can keep it up.

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time fly's

wow i cant believe that it is already almost the end of march. i have not had a chance to get on here and blog all year. at the end of last year our computer crashed completely and we have not gotten a new one. last month we finally updated our phones so now I'm able to finally blog again.

alot has happened in the three short months of this year. i have been working full time at The Youth Academy taking care of babies 6 weeks to 12 months. i love my job for the most part but there are days when i wish i could just be a stay at home mom again. i miss being around all the time for my kids. being able to help with homework and social issues. they just grow up so fast and we as parents dont get very long to be that involved in their lives. sometimes i feel like im wasting that presious time away. i know its silly but its how i feel. and i know i will always be their parent but i feel what i feel. silly or not.

dale no longer works for the police department. he finally relised that i was right and it wasn't a good match for him. he is now back at the prison and trying to climb the ranks so he can help make it a better place for the officers an the inmates. i have no doubt he has a great future there.

the kids are doing good for the most part. we have our days and moments. the girls are in a play at church called The Seven Sisters. Elyssa loves it but Chey wants to quit all the time. i keep telling her that she made a commitment and has to see it through. she doesnt like it but im sticking to what i said. she has always given up when thing are not going her way or fast enough for her but i wont let her do that now and she hates it, but i feel like im right and she needs to learn that not everything is about her.

well i have rambled on long enough for today. so im going to go now.

More to come later.

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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