Christmas findings....

Well my oldest ruined part of Christmas.  Last night he found the stereo we bought him for Christmas.  Now I'm bummed.  He loves it though.  That is a good thing.  I'm looking forward to actually give it to him.  I know I am extremely happy with my Christmas gift since I got it early.  I got my laptop for Christmas.  I love it.  It has made my life so much easier.  I can work from anywhere now and I love that. 

Otherwise I think we are going to have an awesome Christmas.  The boys are getting bikes and a new game system for Brett.  This is going to be an awesome Christmas for the boys.  I got Bill his two new accounts and the upgrades for them for Christmas.  He is happy now.  He's loving it.  He has everything he really wanted for Christmas as far as I can tell.  We'll have a happy day.  I know I want to set up my laptop to video tape the whole morning.  That should be fun.  I will like it having the morning taped on my comp.  That will be great.  I will of course also be video taping the whole morning with our camcorder.  It will be great for us.  The technology will be over flowing come Christmas morning. 

Homework, homework and more homework.......

So far I have spent 2 hours working on homework with my 1st grader tonight.  I think this is ridiculous.  There is no reason for a 6 year old to have 2 hours worth of homework and still be working on it.  Granted the last of the homework is just coloring, but still that's a long time.  I really feel sorry for him because he struggles so much in school.  But finally on Monday he will start some special education classes so that may help him to get through it better. 

In other fronts I have done a ton of Christmas shopping so far and I'm still not done.  I have to finish getting bikes for the boys and pick up bedding sets to go with the 2 little ones now sharing a room.  I am loving it.  I just hope that Brett does ok on his first night in his new bed.  I am truly tired of sleeping with him at this point.  There is no reason that he can't be in his own bed except for daddy.  Daddy has kept him with me for the last year.  It is driving me nuts.  He tosses and turns soooo much at night that he really keeps me awake. 

I also need to get back to writing.  The whole idea of the laptop was so that I could write more and now I have virtually NO time to write.  I need to come up with some good ideas and go with it.  I'm sure that once things calm down a little bit I will get back to writing.  I always have trouble  writing around holiday time because I just get sooo busy with school and everything else. 

Life is grand one moment and a bitch the next....

Bill finally got his disability...that's the good news.  The bad news is that Roy has decided to lie to us once again.  I am exstatic about Bill's disability because we have fought so hard for it for so long, but on the other hand I am also very dissappointed in my son.  I really wish he would straighten up and fly right.  Now I have to sit and listen to Bill bitch him out for days on end.  I'm tired of hearing that too.  It's a pain in the ass. 

Now I am just looking forward to Christmas and getting my new laptop!  Bill already promised it to me for Christmas!  Yay!!!!  Otherwise we are just going to have a great Christmas all the way around for one year.  I am so looking forward to it.  We haven't had a nice Christmas in a long time.  Now we will be having a great one.  This is so awesome! 

Greiving.....

Everyone grieves in their own way. For me it is writing about the person so here goes. I just got the call a few minutes ago that my Grandpa passed away. We knew it was coming since Sunday, but still I will greatly miss this man. He was always kind and loving to everyone he encountered. He adored my three boys beyond compare. The world is definitely a lonelier place today. My family has lost it’s patriarch and a wonderful person. He had light in his soul and always had something good to say to everyone. He will be greatly missed in the weeks, months and years ahead.


My Grandpa was a gentleman through and through. He was kind, loving and gentle all the time. He cared deeply about all of us “kids” as we were so lovingly called. He joked and laughed with all of us about even the most trivial of things. Soon he will be an angel watching over all of us again.

His last wishes were that there be no funeral, no showing and no one grieving for him. While he will get the first two of his wishes….we will still all grieve for our loss. I wish I had the words to make my Mom and Dad feel better right now, but there isn’t much I can say to them to make it right. We knew he was closing in on the end for some time now. In his final days he suffered great pain and anguish…now he may rest in peace.

We all love you Grandpa and always will.

Grandpa Maxwell.....

Just got the news yesterday that my Grandpa isn't going to make it through this time.  He has had a stroke, there is blood in his bladder and there is fluid in the heart and lungs.  Mom and Dad brought him home to try to make him comfortable in his last days, but today his breathing has gotten really shallow.  We don't expect him to last much longer.  In a way this is a blessing for him.  Right now he is suffering in horrible pain and passing would take that away for him.  I will be very sad to lose such a sweet man from my life, but in his best interests the sooner the better.  He is my step-Grandpa but I have always considered him my Grandpa just the same.  He is a sweet, funny man and I will always treasure the time I had with him.  Bless this sweet man for the loving way he lived his life and his sweet demeanor to everyone around him.

Homecoming pics.......

Well homecoming weekend is officially over.  The homecoming went great.  Roy and Julie had a ton of fun together.  The only thing that got screwed up was the pictures.  They were supposed to get pictures taken at the homecoming and by the time they got up there the photographer quit for the night.  So now we have to take them to Wal-Mart and get pictures of them done.  So they will have to dress up completely all over again and go for pics.  Oh well.  At least they had fun that night.  They looked fabulous too!  I was so impressed with my boy!  He did a great job and even walked her to the door like a gentleman after the dance.  It was soooo cute!  When he gave her the corsage she actually started to cry.  I was surprised by this, but that's ok too. 

The rest of the weekend was busy but good.  The homecoming was really the highlight though. 

Homecoming Weekend......

Well this is new for me.  My son is taking his girlfriend to the homecoming game and then tomorrow to the homecoming dance.  I am shocked that he actually agreed to go, but he really likes his new girlfriend and wants to make her happy.  So off he goes.  Freshman in high school and attending his first homecoming.  I am more nervous about it than he is.  It is very nerve wracking for me.  The picture is them after a game.  What a trip.  But Tammy (her mom) and I called this relationship way back in May this year.  So neither of us are surprised that they are together now.  They really make the cutest couple ever.  Best of all they were really good friends before they started dating and now they really care about eachother.  I love it.  I was right and it turned out just like I told him it would. 

Bill is gone today to Ann Arbor for another doctor's appointment down there.  I hope something comes of it.  We really need to get his disability this time around.  It is so important right now that it isn't even funny.  Without it I don't know what is going to happen to us next.  It's getting pretty bad right now. 

Writing

I am officially kicking off a writing career.  I am publishing to HubPages and Squidoo.  I am also working on getting writing clients.  I will be sending out brochures to all the local non-profit organizations to start with. I have extensive experience in writing for non-profits and marketing non-profits.  I am hoping to make this a part-time career.  I don't plan to get rich from it, but I do plan to make some money from it.  I really think I can do it too.  Now if my Google AdSense account would just come through.  That would help a ton.  I already have pages that would be making money if my AdSense came through.  It's really starting to tick me off too. 

In other fronts, Roy's  football team has yet to win a game.  He's really getting disgusted by it too.  The coach won't seem to put in the best players.  I've seen the good players on the field but never for very long.  I've already learned who's who on the team and I can tell who should be in the game.  It isn't like the last few years now.  They don't have to equalize game time, they are supposed to be trying to win.  With this coaches strategies it isn't going to happen though.  I really feel bad for the kids.  They are amazingly dedicated and they are getting no where near thier goals. 

Hubber

I have officially become a Hubber. I opened my first HubPage today. Hopefully I'll make something off from it. It would be really nice to have a little extra cash for a change. Otherwise I will keep looking for things to do with my writing. I always want to make money writing I just don't think I'm that good at it. Time will tell.

Otherwise I have completely pulled apart my dining room today. I'm waiting for my mom to get here with a microwave cart for my printer. She should be here around 3 p.m. I hope. I am really looking forward to having Roy back home since he's been gone all weekend. I really miss him when he's gone. But I have to let him have a life too. I know he gets so upset with his dad that he needs a break from it. It has to be very frustrating for him. Dad lets him do very little and now that he's 14 he wants to do so much more. I just wish Bill would back off from him a bit more.

Billy and Brett have been driving me nuts about Roy being gone too. They really miss their big brother. I don't blame them. They have a ton of fun with him. It's always good for them to be with him. They really do all love each other even though they fight and argue a lot of the time. That's what brothers are for I guess. I, personally, wouldn't know being an only child.

Time moves on....

Well yesterday proved interesting for Roy. He dumped Rachel because she was cheating on him with Ted and within minutes Julie was his new girlfriend. I was shocked! As soon as Roy got rid of Rachel, Julie spoke up and said "I've got dibs". So started a new era with a new girlfriend. This one I really like though and I like her mom a lot too. I trust this relationship more than I did the one with Rachel to be honest. Julie and Roy have been best of friends for two years now and I think that is really going to help thier relationship. I was just totally shocked that in five minutes he got rid of one girl and had a new one waiting in the wings. Oh well....such is life in high school. LOL

In other news, Brett had his first day of school on Wednesday and he loved it. I think it's going to go really well for him this year. Of course that means one more parent group that I am involved with for a total of four now. I can't believe I've been roped into so many parent groups all ready this year.

Billy had his first day on Tuesday and I took him to school so he would find his classroom and his teacher all right. I really liked his teacher. She said she is going to stay on top of things with Billy's learning disability as well so I will have another teacher helping me to get him on the right track. I think he is off to a good start so far. Things are going well for him. As soon as I left his classroom to come home I was confronted with a principal and volunteer coordinator asking me if I would be involved with the parent group this year. It's too funny how I get roped into all these different groups. But the parents need to be involved for the kids to really succeed. So I handle the kids' stuff. I think I do fairly well with all of the different activities that I am involved with during the school year.

Of course, peace out 'til next time!