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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Life....Its a four letter word too :P

Things have been CRAZY around here,  Crazy busy,  feels like my head is spinning like a top.  Phew!  When it will stop.  Never!  But hey that is life,  that four letter word!  I started my full time position at work yesterday and well it sure is going to be hard spending 40 hours a week at that place BUT I have to do it for me and the girls and the benefits.  That is what I keep telling myself.   That is the only thing that keeps me sane enough to do it.  LOL  :) 

Looks like I will be heading back to court.  The girls father decided he wanted to take me back to court because I will not allow him to have the girls overnight.  Well that is fine.  He can take me to court. He is just going to be hanging himself,  he is almost 3 months behind in support and he has yet to supply his half of insurance on the girls.  So he is the one who will look like an idiot up there. He thinks he can get overnights when he has 8 people living in a small home and the girls don't have proper or adequate living arrangements.  I wouldn't think it would happen but who knows with the court systems nowadays, so I might lose this battle BUT I am going to at least fight till I can't fight anymore and I will at least know I did what I could. This is sooo frustrating,  I only want what is best for them and I don't feel comfortable with them being in that environment especially with the 15 year old brother living there and I will do my best to stand up for them and protect them.  So I am just waiting for my court papers from him unless he is just talking about it and not really going to do it.  Who knows?  We shall see!  lol

I just got over being sick,  got hit hard with strep throat and double ear infections,  UGH!  That was awful.  I was sick as sick could be.  It was no fun.  I went and got antibiotics and feel much better now.  Thank god.  I just hope the girls or Steve don't get it.  Its miserable! 

Well the girls are with their father today and I am worried because he wanted them overnight and I am afraid he won't bring them home,  so I am trying to keep myself busy and my mind off of it,  so I am going to go Easter bunny shopping now.  :)  Girls aren't due home till 8 pm. 

Life....Its a four letter word too :P

Things have been CRAZY around here,  Crazy busy,  feels like my head is spinning like a top.  Phew!  When it will stop.  Never!  But hey that is life,  that four letter word!  I started my full time position at work yesterday and well it sure is going to be hard spending 40 hours a week at that place BUT I have to do it for me and the girls and the benefits.  That is what I keep telling myself.   That is the only thing that keeps me sane enough to do it.  LOL  :) 

Looks like I will be heading back to court.  The girls father decided he wanted to take me back to court because I will not allow him to have the girls overnight.  Well that is fine.  He can take me to court. He is just going to be hanging himself,  he is almost 3 months behind in support and he has yet to supply his half of insurance on the girls.  So he is the one who will look like an idiot up there. He thinks he can get overnights when he has 8 people living in a small home and the girls don't have proper or adequate living arrangements.  I wouldn't think it would happen but who knows with the court systems nowadays, so I might lose this battle BUT I am going to at least fight till I can't fight anymore and I will at least know I did what I could. This is sooo frustrating,  I only want what is best for them and I don't feel comfortable with them being in that environment especially with the 15 year old brother living there and I will do my best to stand up for them and protect them.  So I am just waiting for my court papers from him unless he is just talking about it and not really going to do it.  Who knows?  We shall see!  lol

I just got over being sick,  got hit hard with strep throat and double ear infections,  UGH!  That was awful.  I was sick as sick could be.  It was no fun.  I went and got antibiotics and feel much better now.  Thank god.  I just hope the girls or Steve don't get it.  Its miserable! 

Well the girls are with their father today and I am worried because he wanted them overnight and I am afraid he won't bring them home,  so I am trying to keep myself busy and my mind off of it,  so I am going to go Easter bunny shopping now.  :)  Girls aren't due home till 8 pm. 
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Sugar 'em up and send 'em home

The girls get to see their father once a week unless he cancels because he has some other plans.  So he drives up here and picks them up from school and takes them to dinner and does their homework and then takes them out to a park or whatever they do.  Yea well he always makes it a point to feed them as much sugar as possible.  He isn't hurting me,  he is hurting them.  They come home and they have a REALLY hard time going to sleep and go to bed really late and have to get up and go to school in the morning and they struggle to get up in the morning and function.  So I have discussed this with him and that is like talking to a brick wall.  He is just stupid as they come.  Grrrrrr 

He took them to dinner tonight and then took them to get an ice cream and they also came home with candy that they had just finished,  I literally had to peel them off the ceiling.  My children very rarely get candy so they were amped up like no other.  I wish he was more responsible.  Its so sad!  He just wants to be the "weekend dad" and give them everything they want,  so he is the one who looks better to them.  Well in the long run when they get older they will see what he is doing and realize that he is fake. 

Then he has the nerve to ask me if he can have them for 3 days while they are on Spring break.  HA! Right... He argued with me that the court order states they are to be with him the first half of Spring break.  Yes it sure does,  BUT it also states after he gets his own place to live.  Sooo he is pissed off cause the girls can't spend the night with him.  He will get over it.  I am not comfortable with the living arrangements and that is why he only sees them once a week and gets no overnights.  When is he gonna realize that he needs to pull his head out of his butt and be a man and not live with his girlfriends mom and dad and his mom?  IDK I guess he is doing me a favor by staying there and that is that I dont have to worry about my girls being with him.  So that is a good thing. 

I keep hoping one day he will grow up,  yea well wishful thinking. So not going to happen.  Well I am going to take a hot bath now that I got the girls settled down and in bed. 

Sugar 'em up and send 'em home

The girls get to see their father once a week unless he cancels because he has some other plans.  So he drives up here and picks them up from school and takes them to dinner and does their homework and then takes them out to a park or whatever they do.  Yea well he always makes it a point to feed them as much sugar as possible.  He isn't hurting me,  he is hurting them.  They come home and they have a REALLY hard time going to sleep and go to bed really late and have to get up and go to school in the morning and they struggle to get up in the morning and function.  So I have discussed this with him and that is like talking to a brick wall.  He is just stupid as they come.  Grrrrrr 

He took them to dinner tonight and then took them to get an ice cream and they also came home with candy that they had just finished,  I literally had to peel them off the ceiling.  My children very rarely get candy so they were amped up like no other.  I wish he was more responsible.  Its so sad!  He just wants to be the "weekend dad" and give them everything they want,  so he is the one who looks better to them.  Well in the long run when they get older they will see what he is doing and realize that he is fake. 

Then he has the nerve to ask me if he can have them for 3 days while they are on Spring break.  HA! Right... He argued with me that the court order states they are to be with him the first half of Spring break.  Yes it sure does,  BUT it also states after he gets his own place to live.  Sooo he is pissed off cause the girls can't spend the night with him.  He will get over it.  I am not comfortable with the living arrangements and that is why he only sees them once a week and gets no overnights.  When is he gonna realize that he needs to pull his head out of his butt and be a man and not live with his girlfriends mom and dad and his mom?  IDK I guess he is doing me a favor by staying there and that is that I dont have to worry about my girls being with him.  So that is a good thing. 

I keep hoping one day he will grow up,  yea well wishful thinking. So not going to happen.  Well I am going to take a hot bath now that I got the girls settled down and in bed. 
Monday, March 22, 2010

Natalie's hospital visit...

A couple weeks ago the girls were with their father, his girlfriend and her kids.  Their father took them to McDonalds and fed them and let them play at the playground.  I got a text message from Jason, after I had texted him about 20 mins prior telling him I would meet him in Roseville, he text me and told me to just meet him at Sutter Roseville.  I didn't think anything about the girls being hurt and I told him no that it was out of the way and to meet at the place I had told him.  So the phone rang and he told me that Natalie had probably broke her arm and she was screaming in the background and of course my motherly instincts kicked in and I started questioning him and getting upset.  Supposedly his girlfriends son and daughter were fighting and pushing each other and her daughter fell on Natalie's arm and Natalie pulled her arm out from under her.  So I rushed to the ER after telling Jason I wanted her to go to Kaiser,  not Sutter.  Just my preference. For many reasons.  So I called Steve and he left work as well.  He got there shortly after me.  By the time I got there Natalie was already in the back "waiting" room.  I went back there and sat with her,  she was doing ok as long as you didnt touch her arm.  It was a little swollen but not to bad.  So we got in our room and Steve got there.  We waited awhile for a x-ray and then waited forever for the DR. to read the x-ray. The Dr. comes in and says she doesnt see any fractures of breaks but she needs to do another x-ray to make sure.  So back to x-ray we went.  Good news!  No breaks for sure.  Was what the Dr thought it was,  Nursemaid elbow... basically a dislocation of the elbow.  OUCH!  Yea so now comes the painful part.  The Dr had to relocate the elbow.  The Dr tryed twice and couldnt get it relocated so she left the room and came back with a male Dr.  Natalie was so upset and in so much pain.  I was NOT happy.   But good thing the male Dr knew what he was doing.  He grabbed her arm and swung it around and pulled and pushed and within 10 seconds or less we heard a loud POP and Natalie screamed and cryed and it was over.  Her elbow was back in place and she was all better but sore.  :(  We waited for a little bit to make sure she could use it and then we were released to go home.  UGH!  She is perfectly fine now and back to normal.  But man that was a nightmare.  Poor kid.  Here are some photos of her in the hospital. 




Last picture of Natalie all better at home with her Dr goodies. hehe

Natalie's hospital visit...

A couple weeks ago the girls were with their father, his girlfriend and her kids.  Their father took them to McDonalds and fed them and let them play at the playground.  I got a text message from Jason, after I had texted him about 20 mins prior telling him I would meet him in Roseville, he text me and told me to just meet him at Sutter Roseville.  I didn't think anything about the girls being hurt and I told him no that it was out of the way and to meet at the place I had told him.  So the phone rang and he told me that Natalie had probably broke her arm and she was screaming in the background and of course my motherly instincts kicked in and I started questioning him and getting upset.  Supposedly his girlfriends son and daughter were fighting and pushing each other and her daughter fell on Natalie's arm and Natalie pulled her arm out from under her.  So I rushed to the ER after telling Jason I wanted her to go to Kaiser,  not Sutter.  Just my preference. For many reasons.  So I called Steve and he left work as well.  He got there shortly after me.  By the time I got there Natalie was already in the back "waiting" room.  I went back there and sat with her,  she was doing ok as long as you didnt touch her arm.  It was a little swollen but not to bad.  So we got in our room and Steve got there.  We waited awhile for a x-ray and then waited forever for the DR. to read the x-ray. The Dr. comes in and says she doesnt see any fractures of breaks but she needs to do another x-ray to make sure.  So back to x-ray we went.  Good news!  No breaks for sure.  Was what the Dr thought it was,  Nursemaid elbow... basically a dislocation of the elbow.  OUCH!  Yea so now comes the painful part.  The Dr had to relocate the elbow.  The Dr tryed twice and couldnt get it relocated so she left the room and came back with a male Dr.  Natalie was so upset and in so much pain.  I was NOT happy.   But good thing the male Dr knew what he was doing.  He grabbed her arm and swung it around and pulled and pushed and within 10 seconds or less we heard a loud POP and Natalie screamed and cryed and it was over.  Her elbow was back in place and she was all better but sore.  :(  We waited for a little bit to make sure she could use it and then we were released to go home.  UGH!  She is perfectly fine now and back to normal.  But man that was a nightmare.  Poor kid.  Here are some photos of her in the hospital. 




Last picture of Natalie all better at home with her Dr goodies. hehe

Just ramblings.... this and that!

So I haven't blogged in awhile.  I just seem to not be able to find the time to blog or I forget.  I really would like to try and keep up on my blogging.  So I am going to make that a goal.  So I will start my rambling post with my latest good news... I have two things to talk about when it comes to good news.

First of all my divorce is now final,  I am free of the ball and chain.  Took almost 2 years but went to a default hearing last week and judge granted the dissolution.  YAY!  Been a lonnng time coming.  That right there calls for a celebration.  I should throw a divorce party!  hehe

Second,  I finally got a full time position at work in the same department doing the same thing,  just went from part time to full time.  I am really excited about that,  I really need the benefits more than anything.  Since the girls father is NOT (even though he is court ordered too) going to carry insurance on them.  So this is a blessing,  the girls and I will have great health insurance and the money well the money is wonderful part time so it is going to be fanfreakintabilous full time.  :)  So I am really excited.  Only downfall to all this is the days off.  I no longer have my Sundays off,  I am really bummed and sad about this cause that is the only day we had as a family day.  Now Steve and I have no days off together.  But maybe eventually I can get my days off switched.  Maybe!!

I am working extremely hard at losing weight and getting in shape.  I bought a stationary bike and love that thing.  I ride it nearly everyday that I can and have been riding it 13-15 miles a day.  Such a great workout.  Since December I have lost 35 pounds and I feel great.  I have decided that I want to get in shape to be able to run my first marathon.  I have always wanted to run a marathon.  Steve and I also have started looking to buy mountain bikes and we are going to go do some bike riding on some trails.  I am excited about that too.  I feel so much better with the amount of energy I have from losing weight and the amount of exercise I get.  I feel wonderful.  I have reached all my mini-goals I have set for myself and have many more to go.

Spring is here and I love the weather but hate the allergies.  BLAH!  I have red, itchy, swollen eyes and a scratchy irritated throat and many other allergy symptoms.  Just hate allergies but LOVE spring.  I love to be outdoors and take the kids out.  Sunday we met Steve at a mountain bike race at Folsom Lake and the kids played in the dirt and got dirty from head to toe and enjoyed every minute of the nice weather and sunshine.  It was a perfect day.

Steve has been SUPER busy with his business.  The busy season has kicked off so he has been working every single weekend,  I hardly ever get to see him.  Between his full time job,  his business on the weekend, and now my full time job, we see each other just at night when we are in bed.  It really sucks!  But its life I guess.  :(  Steve had to go out of town for an event in Monterey and I missed him soooo much he was gone overnight and on Saturday afternoon before I went to work there was a knock on the door.  I got up to answer it and it was a flower delivery for me.  Steve had flowers delivered to me from out of town.  It was soooo sweet.  The card just said he missed me and was thinking of me.  I love this man so much!  He is my everything.



These are my beautiful flowers that my love had delivered to me!  It was a very pleasant surprise.  I only have one more Sunday off and then I start my new schedule.  So I am hoping that Steve and I will be able to go do something together.  Not sure what yet.

My oldest baby is turning 9 in a week in a half!  WOW!  Amazing how fast they grow up.  I can remember holding her 9 years ago and singing to her and rocking her to sleep.  My baby days are over!  I am not going to have anymore.  But I sure do cherish every last memory I have of mine when they were newborns and as they grow up.  So hard to believe she is going to be 9... fun but challenging age.  lol

Well I shall end this post,  I am going to take a hot bath and get ready for bed.  I am sore from working out.  I want to relax some.

Just ramblings.... this and that!

So I haven't blogged in awhile.  I just seem to not be able to find the time to blog or I forget.  I really would like to try and keep up on my blogging.  So I am going to make that a goal.  So I will start my rambling post with my latest good news... I have two things to talk about when it comes to good news.

First of all my divorce is now final,  I am free of the ball and chain.  Took almost 2 years but went to a default hearing last week and judge granted the dissolution.  YAY!  Been a lonnng time coming.  That right there calls for a celebration.  I should throw a divorce party!  hehe

Second,  I finally got a full time position at work in the same department doing the same thing,  just went from part time to full time.  I am really excited about that,  I really need the benefits more than anything.  Since the girls father is NOT (even though he is court ordered too) going to carry insurance on them.  So this is a blessing,  the girls and I will have great health insurance and the money well the money is wonderful part time so it is going to be fanfreakintabilous full time.  :)  So I am really excited.  Only downfall to all this is the days off.  I no longer have my Sundays off,  I am really bummed and sad about this cause that is the only day we had as a family day.  Now Steve and I have no days off together.  But maybe eventually I can get my days off switched.  Maybe!!

I am working extremely hard at losing weight and getting in shape.  I bought a stationary bike and love that thing.  I ride it nearly everyday that I can and have been riding it 13-15 miles a day.  Such a great workout.  Since December I have lost 35 pounds and I feel great.  I have decided that I want to get in shape to be able to run my first marathon.  I have always wanted to run a marathon.  Steve and I also have started looking to buy mountain bikes and we are going to go do some bike riding on some trails.  I am excited about that too.  I feel so much better with the amount of energy I have from losing weight and the amount of exercise I get.  I feel wonderful.  I have reached all my mini-goals I have set for myself and have many more to go.

Spring is here and I love the weather but hate the allergies.  BLAH!  I have red, itchy, swollen eyes and a scratchy irritated throat and many other allergy symptoms.  Just hate allergies but LOVE spring.  I love to be outdoors and take the kids out.  Sunday we met Steve at a mountain bike race at Folsom Lake and the kids played in the dirt and got dirty from head to toe and enjoyed every minute of the nice weather and sunshine.  It was a perfect day.

Steve has been SUPER busy with his business.  The busy season has kicked off so he has been working every single weekend,  I hardly ever get to see him.  Between his full time job,  his business on the weekend, and now my full time job, we see each other just at night when we are in bed.  It really sucks!  But its life I guess.  :(  Steve had to go out of town for an event in Monterey and I missed him soooo much he was gone overnight and on Saturday afternoon before I went to work there was a knock on the door.  I got up to answer it and it was a flower delivery for me.  Steve had flowers delivered to me from out of town.  It was soooo sweet.  The card just said he missed me and was thinking of me.  I love this man so much!  He is my everything.



These are my beautiful flowers that my love had delivered to me!  It was a very pleasant surprise.  I only have one more Sunday off and then I start my new schedule.  So I am hoping that Steve and I will be able to go do something together.  Not sure what yet.

My oldest baby is turning 9 in a week in a half!  WOW!  Amazing how fast they grow up.  I can remember holding her 9 years ago and singing to her and rocking her to sleep.  My baby days are over!  I am not going to have anymore.  But I sure do cherish every last memory I have of mine when they were newborns and as they grow up.  So hard to believe she is going to be 9... fun but challenging age.  lol

Well I shall end this post,  I am going to take a hot bath and get ready for bed.  I am sore from working out.  I want to relax some.