OOOOPS! Sorry!

Sorry for all the alerts!  My computer was being bad!

My Timmy is 24 today!

  My oldest son is 24 today.  This picture is from his frat-Phi Kappa Theta.  It was the picture that was hung up in the hallway with all the rest of the guys wearing the same color suit and tie.  He cleans up pretty well!

Happy birthday to my boy!!!  I love you a---lotsa!

 

My Timmy is 24 today!

  My oldest son is 24 today.  This picture is from his frat-Phi Kappa Theta.  It was the picture that was hung up in the hallway with all the rest of the guys wearing the same color suit and tie.  He cleans up pretty well!

Happy birthday to my boy!!!  I love you a---lotsa!

 

I am aight!

I am doing better.  I'm thinking my head cold or my normally low blood pressure, or going from a warm bed to a freezing outside to let the dogs out, or even all of the above made me have a dizzy spell.  No matter, I enjoyed my day off.  Made the week nice and short and now sitting here on a Saturday night I feel like my old self again.

It was very funny to listen to my kids from my Junior High pm route though, you'd of thought the devil himself was driving that bus!  The girl that subbed is of the type that would rather threaten them with idle threats than actually be friendly.  I've subbed before, and trust me kids usually check you out first then try and act up.  Of course this girl is very young, not had any kids of her own yet, so she always acts like a cop when dealing with kids. 

They said she was an A-1 witch, and called here a few other choice words.  I said, "awww you should appreciate me then!"  They do, even the two I wrote up for throwing stuff and standing up were little angels.  Made for a great week!

We spend today helping my brother Ken work on his new bedroom.  Two of my sons came to help.  I hung out with 7 year old Brialyn.  She's already a mini adult, or maybe I am still a kid so we got a long great.  My sister in law Cheryl was with Rylan at the hospital most of the day.  She is still trying to keep up with the other two kids activities, plus go to the hospital.  Which I can plainly see wears her out.  She's trying to be there for all her kids, but sometimes you just can't be fair with your time.  I had 8 kids I know this!  I tried to tell her this, but you know how mom's are they don't listen.

She did have some baby clothes that her girlfriend had bought Rylan, they are size Premie, which I have never seen before.  They are soooooooooo tiny.  And the diapers!  They look like doll diapers.  My brother was incorrect with his email the boys were only 3 pounds 6 ounces not 5.  The baby is up to 3 - 12 now which is good.

He's breathing on his own and actually taking some meals without a feeding tube.  His due date was April 15, so he could come home anytime before that.  The nurses moved him into the "going home soon room" at the hospital, which is a positive sign.

That's why I am doing all I can to help my brother, I want his baby to have a home to come to that is all built, drywalled and painted.  That will take the pressure off my brother and keep his wife happy. 

We are going back tomorrow, so hopefully we can accomplish a lot.

Going now, I am own house stuff to do!

 

i am sissy

Picked up the kids on Sunday night.  Had a fun evening and managed to get them to bed pretty early.  I think they are finally used to our house and checked out most of the place that they know they are able to go.  The both are so funny.  Jacob talked none stop about Monster trucks.  We have 2 trucks here along with a bunch of match box cars.  He likes to line them up and jump them like he sees on TV or like Saturday real life.  Until baby monster Dakota comes and walks all over them.  Oh boy.  But such is the life of siblings.  We that had them all went through it.  

On Monday morning I woke up to bring Dakota down stairs to get him a drink.  I was holding him and had a huge dizzy spell.  I broke out in a cold sweat.  I had to call out to Mark and then had to sit down.  I ended up being talked into (by Mark) calling off work today.  I have 31 sick days, so I do have them available.  But it's so weird to me with this job to call in.  I NEVER do that!  Actually I never have called in sick in the 3 years I've been there.  I took off for my surgery (2 days), my son's surgery (1 day) and the funeral.  I feel ok, but the whole dizzy thing sorta freaked me out.  I am sure it has to do with all the germs and bugs that have been going around lately.  Being locked up in a closed bus with the world's biggest germ carriers would do that.  But I am so overly posessive with my bus, (I know you all know THAT!), my kids and route, that it feels weird to not be there.  Plus the dispatcher always makes it sound like you are putting her out when you call in.  Oh well, enough of that talk, I am going to finish up on here and go rest.  By tomorrow hopefully I will be good as new!  Especially since it's going to be 40's, and I only work my am and pm routes on Wednesdays.

Have a great day!

wow was i out of it!

 

Wow I must of been totally out of it yesterday!  First I get to work and hear how my routes went fine, not a hitch.  My bus tells me otherwise.  There was a plastic piece that fit over some wiring that had been broken off, no biggie I think.  Something went wrong with my stop sign and eight way system and the service door, which I had just had all the wiring replaced last month including a new stop sign.  Before that my door rusted off the bus so they replaced it with a brand new one, it's hard to close the door, but I only weigh 120 pounds and if I can close it anybody can do it without a struggle.  Then I get to my elementary kids and they are so happy to see me.  Seems the poor driver took a wrong turn, was 20 minutes late and it was pouring rain.  The afternoon guy who tends to be alittle out there anyway, dropped them off at the wrong stops, and drove too fast, this in a downpour.  Sub drivers do have it rough, they are thrown in first thing in the morning, and expected to a good job.  My route is confusing anyway.  Also the guy let them listen to the radio which is a huge 'no, no'.  No radio's while kids are on board because they distract the driver, and it's hard to hear traffic, trains, etc.  Then I hear that my normally naughty boy for me was hopping seats and the bus driver didn't do anything about it.  So he and I had a talk, I asked him to be good because I was going to be gone.  I guess 'good' is relative, especially to an 8 year old.  I do have a planned day off in April, I'll be drawing up a map for that.  My bus is my pride and joy, it may be old, but I've had it for 2 years.  I know every rattle, groan, and drip.  Makes me angry when some else monkeys with it for no reason. 

Then last night when we were out I realized that I didn't plug my bus in.  We have to plug our buses in every night to keep the engine block warm so it will start easier.  So I figure no worries I'll go this morning right after I drop off Liz for play practice.  The bus isn't going anywhere until Tuesday morning anyway.  So I get to work and no bus!  It's not parked in the normal 30 spot.  It's -6 outside with -25 wind chills, I look around and can't find it.  Maybe it's in the shop.  One of our mechanics is at base making sure everybody can start their buses for the sports trips today.  He told me he'd look for it and plug it in if it's not already down.  Maybe it's mad at me for leaving it and ran away.  Maybe it went to the Monster truck show with my grandson!

Last night when I made my journal entry I had trouble with my computer, I have a bad driver and once and while this thing will just turn off.  Either AOL or my computer saved my entry four times!  Oh well, my beautiful babies got to be shown four times, right?!!!

So today I am going to do some baby proofing, and get another gate to block off parts of my house.  It is no day to be outside.  It's beautiful blue skies, but brrrrrrrrr cold!

But this cold snap will be over by tomorrow, thankfully!  My natural gas bill is high enough. 

We are supposed to be in the 30's by Monday.  I am so ready for winter to be over.

I have tulips that I had brought inside a month ago and put them in a pot by a sunny window.  They are beginning to bloom.  They didn't get warm enough though because the are only about 6 inches tall rather than 14 inches tall.  They are pretty though.  Yellow with red stripes.  COME ON SPRING!

 

Stay warm!

 

Guess who's coming to spend the night with 'a-ma' Sunday night???

This two dolls!

"a-ma, you wanna play playdough?"

"can I go see dada??"

We saw the boys this evening and Dakota is back to his old naughty self!  Jacob is excited because he is going to Monster trucks with his daddy tomorrow.  I am off Monday so we are keeping the boys until Monday night. 

Tracey had to repeatly explain to Jacob when Saturday (monster trucks) was and when Sunday (Grandma Rose day) was.  So hard for a two year old!

YEA!!! baby time~