Where to start...

Hi all. I dont know where to start. I dont know if I should start with Ruth leaving us finally. She found a ride back to Minneapolis and left us to go home over the weekend but here are some photo's of her and us. She finally admitted to Jeff that we were right all the time about her being here. I told her we all kept butting heads but we all managed in the end.

She missed her children at the Orphanage but you get the point on why she was butting heads with us. She didnt understand a thing here. I mean I work and Jeff and works hard for everything we have.

Well anyway here are some photo's of us and her. Enjoy..












Well I am still friends with Ruth but just taking it one day at a time because I dont know what to think of her acts yet. I still wonder how legit she is. So I am off to feed my little ones. I hope all is well.Next installment of Blogging and R family will be us girls in Milwaukee WI swimming over the weekend.

Then it will be us in the Bidome in Milwaukee WI before we came home on Sunday..Enjoy.

Another Hot Topic People

Hi there all. Another blog friend mentioned another good Hot Topic here. The death penalty. I believe that it shouldnt exist. I think rapist, murders or what ever they did should have to live in a cell by themselves and have to relive each and every day what they did to a person.

I mean after the trial is over and they are convicted why kill the poor bastards?? I mean come on people they either murdered some one and they end up dead themselves what does that solve for the people left behind for the murders. I mean at least the murders can sit back and think well I did this to this person and how could I have changed what I did. But some dont think that way and most murders dont and neither do rapists for that matter.

But views on killing them is just horrendous. I mean its like killing a fetus in so many ways. I mean its a living being and they sure killed or raped some one but they shouldnt be put to death because of it. I dont believe a person like that should be on the parole commity anytime after they are sentenced either. I think life in prison is well justice enough on that subject.

Prison is pretty nasty from what I have been told. I have two friends that have experienced prison first hand. First of all our neighbor lady that watches our girls, her husband is there again. He didnt start the fight this time around but his brother did and got a slap on the hand but he has a rap record so they punished him for the crime committed. Oh well.. And Jon has a record. I wont say what he did because you just never know when or who is going to read this. I leave my blog under favorites and Jeff can read this anytime he wants to.

So I try not to say to much in those area's. But prison is a bitch from what I have been told. They have to be picky and most are over crowded now anyway so they are releasing some of the inmates early here but still. I mean the misdeanor crimes are more than welcome to go free. I mean like your theives and such but rapists and murders I dont see the point in killing them.

I see it as let them suffer in a cell just big enough to have a toilet and a bed. Sometimes they dont even have toilets from what I am understanding but I could be dead wrong. Sorry no pun intended..

BTW I will have photo's up Monday or Tuesday with this weekend. We are going to Milwaukee this weekend for a one day tournament and then to the Zoo when its done. We bought a NEW Zoo pass here in Green Bay about 2 weeks ago and we get into the Milwuakee Zoo Free with the pass from here. Pretty neat huh?? Anyway I need to go put dinner away and then off to bed for me. We have to leave early tomorrow morning and get breakfast.. Talk to you all soon. Be back late Sunday night.. Might have time to visit then. N..

Life Vs. NonLife..

Hi all. I have read so many blogs lately about our famous Octo Mom and Abortion in general. I dont know where to run with this but its been on my mind lately. I as a mother of two of my own children. I sometimes have a hard time having enough time for my own two. I couldnt imagine having 14 children to have to make time for in one 24 hour period. Esp 8 new infants. Since they need so much more attention than an older child does. Lots of people have said that the dr is responsible for her being impregnated with the last eight embyro's. Maybe he is but again it was her choice to have them all implanted..

I see it as wrong to have that many children esp with no job and how are you going to take care of that many children but again as a mother I love my kids and I bet she loves all of hers also. But when is to much to much??? I mean come on people most people I know say that five is good enough now adays but with the economy being as it is why have that many kids??

Now on to another very sensitive topic for me is abortion. I dont believe a woman should be able to have it. I believe if a woman gets pregnant they should have to give the baby up for adoption. I know there are many children in Orphanages or on the streets because the mothers chose to give the child life instead of aborting it. But you have to remember that after 28 days the heart is beating. It may not have feet and hands and a body yet but the heart is the first organ to come alive basically.

I dont know. I am picking my battles with these two topics here and together for more reasons than I know. I guess I see it as if a woman wants to play she should really be protected from getting pregnant. Now if a woman gets raped there is an option but I still highly believe you could give up the baby then even. Some woman have chose to keep the baby after being raped but wouldnt you wonder why it happened every time you look at the child.


I guess what I am saying is that even after the 28 days most women dont know they are pregnant till then. Most women dont know they are pregnant till they are almost two months along. Then its like killing a child because its heart is beating. Or that is my opinion. Anyway I am going to leave this here and if anyone wants to dispute it that is fine. But these are thoughts and opinions not facts or medically inclined on anything else..


I have a question. I have noticed my little tweety isnt showing up most of the time now. Anyways suggestions on how to change that??? thanks if you do.

I am Scared Shitless..

Yikes am I scared shitless. I went to the Dentist today after not going for about 16 years. I couldnt find one that would accept my MA when I had it. But now we are paying everything with cash. I had to go because I found out that the two wisdom teeth that are in are coming in sideways..

I have to have them pulled and its going to cost me a little bit of money. Not much but a little bit. We are going to try and go as cheap as we can but to have me comfortable. I have a consultation on March 13th.

The lady that cleaned my teeth today was as gentle as she could be because I hadnt been to the dentist in a long while. Its not that I didnt want to go its because I couldnt find one that would take my MA when I had it. I wouldnt have gone today if my mouth wouldnt have been hurting so bad this last week. I have to have an extra tooth in the back pulled out too.

Its not going to be a good and easy time for me. I am just plain assed scared.. My mom had hers taken out and the dr cracked her jaw. I am scared the same thing is going to happen to me too.. Yikes.. My teeth feel like little sandpapers.. I keep running my tongue along them to smooth them out..

I am suppose to work tonight but I called in because my mouth hurt to bad to deal with co workers or even people in general tonight. Everyone calls in from time to time. I havent slept but for two hours today. I came home at 4:30 and then stayed up till after my appt and came home and called Jeff and then I decided to stay home. I didnt realize my damned appt was going to take almost 2 hours today.

So I am running on like 2 hours sleep today and I am going to bed early tonight where I can catch up on sleep and then rest tomorrow before work since I have all next weekend off. I wanted sometime with my family on a weekend so we are going to do something as a family.. Yayy us..

Anyway that is whats up here. talk to you all soon.

SO SO PROUD OF MYSELF....

Hi all.I have some great great great news... Our usual over night manager wasnt at work last night because she called in sick. Well the closing manager had me in First booth by myself before I took my break and she was there till four this morning. So when I came back from break I asked her where she wanted me and she said First Booth. Well I kept up until we got out to the road and then I needed a little help. So one of the other girls took orders while I collected.

I was so proud of myself for keeping up and not getting fustrated. Yayy for me. This is what I needed was the challenge. But I know I wont be back there again anytime soon with our usual manager. I am her star pupil on the back line and not up front with her and learning where I can be her star pupil in every aspect of the job. But sometimes I think it pisses her off still that I am learning and getting better at the headsets and doing the cash register..

Life takes us in so many different ways. I wasnt going to post today but I had to tell you all how happy I am of myself. Jeff left to go to Neenah WI for a few hours. John and Jeff and found a new chess club to check out for a while so they went to do that and I stayed home. Its snowing and blowing and I didnt feel like going out yet today. I have to go to work tonight and deal with the weather then. Yuckie.

I feel so damned tired today but have a few things I want to get done before I have to go to work tonight. I need to go find some thing to eat. I havent eaten yet. I fed my hubby and kids but I didnt feel like pancakes and sausage.. Well I am off to find some food. talk to you all soon. Hope all is well with my dear dear friends on blogland.. Take care N..


Update.. I was in first booth again last night all night by myself but needed help when we went back out to the road but kept up till then. I didnt make any mistakes last night.. I am in fisrt booth again tonight because R isnt there. She is really sick though. I have heard she is sicker than she wants any of us to know. I was also told that the more you know the more you get paid. I dont know how true that is.. but that is the update for now.I have to leave here in ten minutes to go let the neighbors dogs out for her because she's not home. She went out of town for a day or so. N..

Brittanca Jane..

Hi all here are some new photo's of my brothers daughter and his wife and my other brother Dennis. Nathan is the proud daddy of the little girl..Isnt she precious.



Front Row holding baby is Maria, Nathan (proud Daddy). Back Row is cousin of Maria's and my other brother Dennis..



Proud mommy and daddy and Brittanica.



I havent seen her in real life yet but I will sometime. She is beautiful in photo's. what will it be like to see her in real life in the next few months. I hope she is just as adorable.. I love babies though but glad I cant have anymore..

Anyway enjoy the new additions photo's as I do and I will get to everyone in the next few days. I have some stuff I need to do or else.. Life is busy straightening the house lately. N..

Yayy for Me...

Hi all I worked from 7 PM to 2 Am last night. I was on Grill from 7-10 and then when I got off my break last night I was in first booth by myself and didnt screw up once. It wasnt that busy but its the point I got all that practice. I am just so excited for myself and I get to be in first booth again tonight by myself. Yayy me again....


R isnt going to be there so she doesnt know the practice I am getting and she wouldnt leave first booth open anyway for me to get practice. She hates leaving that booth open when its slow. but again I hate being down in second booth with her when its slow.

Oh yes here is the photo of my beautiful Valentines gift.



Arent they beautiful. The little statue next to the flowers is a collectible and it will be worth some money later in life. Jeff said he couldnt find a card that said what he wanted to say. He said that this statue says all he wanted to say to me. It says thank you if you cant read it. I had to give the flowers a few days to bloom the rest of the way. The tall ones that look like bells are just beautiful in life. I dont know how much you will be able to see in the photo of them.. But again I am proud of myself.

I am off to get a hair cut today. My mangy hair looks like shit.. It is so poofy..Talk to you all soon. N..

Happy Valentines Day to those that Celebrate it..

From Kora and Bri to those who Celebrate Valentines Day.. Happy Valentines Day.. Jeff and I usually dont celebrate it. Sometimes he will bring me home flowers but I dont know about this year because I found out tonight his hours got cut until sometime in April. Its a tough situation here. Sure he could look for another job but then we have to pay a sitter. Its a catch 22 all the same. Just one problem after another lately..

Then this African Black man/boy I work with thinks he knows everything. I was ready to shake and shoot his black ass tonight..I hate using those words esp if the girls read this. Well Kora anyway since she can read now.

We are going car hunting tomorrow. That is if our refiance check comes in the mail. I need a better car. My red Pontiac died last week in the middle of traffic.

That photo up above is right before we got our fifty degree weather last weekend. We had that much snow and then it all melted but we got a good dusting tonight. There is about an inch out on the roads tonight on my way home from work. Thankfully I have my work if nothing else. Anyway I suppose I should get my butt to bed. I am tired and if anything comes in the mail important tomorrow i need to be up and ready to go.

Again HAPPY VALENTINES DAY MY FRIENDS. Enjoy the day with a very special person(s)...Talk to you all soon. N...

Update..We have found out that Jeff's hours are only on a slow point till next month or early April when it starts with spring. When it starts where he will be bringing farm tires out and such and also he might have a promotion coming up. Not sure about that yet. Its still in the works..Well that I what I have to say. Oh by the way Jeff bought me the most beautiful flower arrangement today on his way home from work this morning. I will take a photo of it when its completely flowered.

Stolen from VV...

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Waking up knowing my whole family is healthy...Listening to it rain outside or kids screaming in joy outside when its nice out.. My kids not the neighbors neccessarily..

2. What is your greatest fear?
Losing someone close to me. One of the kids or hubby.

3. Which living person do you most admire?
I would have to say any adult that is trying to better themselves. With or with out children. They are trying..

4. Which living person do you most despise?
Child molesters, men/women not looking for jobs. leechers..

5. What is your greatest extravagance?
Eating out.

6. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Not 100% sure of this one..

7. On what occasion do you lie?
When its needed and only when its needed..

8. What do you dislike most about your appearance? weight.

9. What is the quality you most like in a man? Um depends on who them man is since I have hard time with them and trusting. So maybe trust would be a good word to describe this one.

10. What is the quality you most like in a woman? friendliness.

11. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Mother Fucker or Fuck a lot, Oh shit or a few others.

12. What or who is the greatest love of your life? Jeff and my girls.

13. When and where were you happiest?
Right where we are now. NE Wisconsin. I have my house, my husband, and my girls..

14. Which talent would you most like to have? To be able to sing in front of people.

15. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Lose another 30lbs..

16. What do you consider your greatest achievement? My girls. and getting our house at a great interest rate..

17. What is your most treasured possession? my talent to crochet.
18. What do you most value in your friends? I dont have many friends in the real world besides virtual so that they love reading what I write.

19. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Depressed people. They bring me down with them. so I try to avoid them unless they have it under wraps.

20. What is your favorite occupation?
Housewife since that is what I was for so many years.. LOL..

21. What is your most marked characteristic? I am not sure because I sure cant sing.. I cant write well but I can crochet.. Not sure if that is a characteristic or not.

22. Who are your favorite writers? I have quite a few. I like King, Diana Gilbadson(Historical Romance) if I remember right, I range from quite a bit.

23. Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Never thought of a hero with fiction. I just dont know...

24. Which historical figure do you most identify with? I know who but cant remember the name of the book or the person right off hand.. Its been years since I have thought of this person or book.

25. What is your greatest regret? I dont have any regrets right now. Nor have I recently..

26. What is your motto? do it and live with it.

27. If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? A wild tiger. I was very wild as a teenager but then again if they took it from when I was an older person more likely a cat or something tame compared to the wild thing I was when I was younger.

Great News

Hi everyone. I have some great news.. I went out and took my drivers liscense test again for the 3rd time today. Not the 3rd time today since you can only take it once a week but since I got my temps.. Anyway I got my liscense today.. Yayyyy..

I e-mailed Ruth last night before going to bed and she e-mailed me back saying that she expected me to call churches and such for her.. Yeahh right..

It is a measly 55 degree's today here in NE Wisconsin.. LOL... No its warm for this time of year. Its usually only in the lower 30's.. Its beautiful. I want to be outside but need to clean a bit first.

Its a weight lifted off my shoulders since I got my drivers liscense. Anyway I need to get going on my cleaning. i am tired and could sleep for hours. I only got like 4 1/2 hours of sleep this morning. I got home about 3:20 or so and then stayed up till 4. then got up at 9:00 or so to be ready for my appointment by 11. So I am exhausted..

Hope you all have a wonderful day and enjoy the weather if its nice out..

I have some new items at my crating Gallery.. Here is the link Check them out. I am making wash clothes with 100% cotton thread. they are really neat. i am looking at $1.50 a piece for them. Tweetey's Crafting Gallery.../

Things here are just crazy. I got called in last night at 6:00 for seven but I got there at 6:45 and clocked in and worked till five this morning. I think I should have gotten an extra break in there..LOL... I am just exhausted and tired and sore today.

I am going to go take a bath and have some me time here in a few minutes. I showered the girls and they are in bed sleeping by now hopefully. They are bunking together tonight. There is so much drama going on at work and then the neighbor lady is always down here complainging. Her husband went to prison for something that wasnt his fault and she is always down here. Finally Jeff told her to stay away for a while.

I dont have time for everyone else's problems right now. I have enough on my own plate. I am housing a friend yet and I am dealing with everything else. Like working on cleaning my house tomorrow if I have enough energy. I have it half way done. Just need to finish. Well I am going to go take my bath now and I will catch you all later. Hope you have a wonderful week and I will try to make rounds tomorrow. I have been really slow at making my rounds but been doing alot of reading and no commenting lately. Kind of lurking around your places.

Hope all is well and Happy Valentines Day Saturday if I forget to post something romantic.. LOL.. I am not the romantic Neither is Jeff but he tries sometimes.. I dont remember if I told you about our refinance but I will get to that later in the week ok.. Some good news.. Talk to you all soon.N....

To those Men READERS OF MINE...... Enjoy..

Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after attending his company's Christmas party. He didn't even remember how he got home from the party.

As bad as he was feeling, he wondered if he did something wrong. Jack had to force himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose!

Jack sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror.

Then he notices a note hanging on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts on it and a kiss mark from his wife in lipstick:

'Honey, breakfast is on the stove. I left early to get groceries to make you your favorite dinner tonight. I love you, darling! Love, Jillian.'

He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot breakfast, steaming hot coffee and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating.

Jack asks,'Son...What happened last night?'

'Well, you came home after 3 A.M., drunk and out of your mind. You fell over the coffee table and broke it, and then you puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when you ran into the door.'
Confused, he asked his son, 'So, why is everything in such perfect order and so clean? I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me??'

His son replies, 'Oh THAT!...Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, 'Leave me alone b!tch, I'm Married!!''


Broken Coffee Table $239.99

Hot Breakfast $4.20

Two Aspirins $.38

Saying the right thing, at the right time......PRICELESS

Thanks Cynnie......And Other Things..

You know we were down stairs last night in the family room and Jeff heard this high pitch squealing. It was awful. Well all of a sudden this little grey four legged furry thing scurried by. It was a mouse. Well it went directly to this towel Jeff has under the desk. Well I went to take the cat back upstairs and came back down and opened the door and out scurried the damn mouse. Jeff almost had it on the box to take back outside where it wasnt in the house. Now I have the creepy willies everytime I go down stairs..

Update on J. He went out yesterday and came back about 6:00 PM. But one small thing he was HIGH on something. I talked to Jeff a little while ago and Jeff said if he comes back that way again tonight he's not staying. He will be sleeping in his car again. I could actually have his car taken away from him since I know who he bought it from and he hasnt made a payment on it in a year. They would more than likely love to resposess his car right about now.. LOL...

I hate being mean but sometimes you have to help your friends grow up and such. The girls just dressed up and went outside to play. Its nice out so I said go for a bit. We are going to play Raquetball tonight. We have to take the girls with us because our neighbor lady that takes them has went off the deep end for a while. I dont know where she went and she has two dogs to take care of. I am worried about her. She is my friend and all.

Life is very busy here. A good news is we got our state tax return but lost our federal. That is fine though. Just because we owed the IRS some money. We have five more payments and then we are done with them. One less payment to have to make. Anyway I need to get going and finish my cleaning. I will catch you all later. N..

You've Experienced 24% of Life

You have the life experience of someone in their early 20s. You've seen some of what life has to offer - but you have a long way to go. Over time, you'll do enough and see enough to gain some wisdom. But for now, try to learn from people who've lived a little more than you have!

How Much Life Experience Do You Have?

You Are a Soft Kisser

Your kissing style is understated, but effective You give soft, sweet, and soulful kisses. And the key is, you only give kisses to someone incredibly special Because you don't just go around kissing anyone

What's Your Kissing Style?

Oh Arent They Cute.......

Here is a video of the girls having a tantrum before I left for work tonight. They were mad at me and we decided to have them sit next to eachother and have there arms around eachother for fighting and telling eachother they hate eachother.. I told them both that no one hates anyone in this house hold and if we are going to hate its going to be me or Daddy.. They werent to happy with the results of the hate thing..



My Snowie playing on the desk when I came in to spend some time by myself when I got home from work..

HOW DARE SHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is an e-mail I got from Ruth after e-mailing her and asking if she wanted to get together and wanting to spend time with her. I guess this proves how she feels about me and our relationship. I am done with her and I wash my hands of her from this day forward. I am not contacting her anymore after this. I will continue to find the children Pen Pals but that is it. I have nothing more to do with her.

I hadnt planned on posting today but this e-mail hurt me really. Anyway some good news is that we took the girls with us last night when we went to play Raquetball and we let Kora play for a bit and she did awsome. Of course I forgot the damn camera. We were even showing Bri how to play. She hit the ball a few times but not the way you were suppose to hit it. At least she hit it and Kora was getting really good right before we had to leave.

I suppose. I am tired and I have to work tonight. Talk to you all soon. N...






NO YOU DIDN'T UPSET ME BUT YOU DISAPPOINTED ME. I BROKE MY SPECTS AND I WENDY JUST HELPED ME TO GLUE THEM UP, I COULD NOT LOOK ON THE SCREEN, SO I DIDN'T READ YOUR EMAIL TILL TODAY.

YOU HOPE...OH WHAT A WORD!! I LOVE TO BE BUSY MADAM BUT I CAN'T AND I HAPPY FOR YOU SINCE YOU ARE BUSY. GETTING TOGETHER WOULD BE BAD BUT FOR WHAT?? I HAVE ALOT OF PAIN IN ME BECAUSE I AM THINKING ABOUT MY CHILDREN AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, I FAILED TO GO BACK BEFORE MUCH.. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOGETHER BUT THANKS

Hey World..

Hi there. I just noticed this is my 500th post in two years. Wow where has time went. I started blogging November of 2006. SME and Tshsmom got me started. I saw there blogs and thought what fun it would be and I have made many great friends.

But tonight I have more important information. I just hope Jeff doesnt read this particular post. A friend of ours called this afternoon looking for Jeff and I told him that Jeff was still at work. Well he called back right after Jeff got home and said that he might need a ride. Well J called back and said he needed a ride to our place.

In the mean time his car has been impounded for nonpayment and his drivers liscense has been suspended for some reason. I think its the nonpayment on the car. I dont know for sure if they can do that but anything is possible. Well we offered him our home until he gets back on his feet again. He was living in his car for the last six months since he came back to WI.

He has been staying with us on and off but doesnt like to impose himself. He has been in trouble and I dont trust alot of men when Jeff's not at home because of my past.. I am nervous about today techinally. I am planning on taking the girls swimming to give J sometime alone and to get us girls out of the house for a while.

Well we took J to play Raquetball with us tonight and for some damn reason i kept hitting the back of his head with the ball. He shaves his head bald because other wise he has this big bald spot already at the prime age of 32.. LOL.. So he keeps his head shaved to the skin and I told him that his head was distracting me and I kept thinking I had to hit the ball there.. LOL.. I didnt have as much fun with Jeff tonight having the third person there. But I got some alone time in the Raquetball room. Jeff and J went to lift weights for a few minutes before we left and I wanted to hit the ball around by myself. I have learned that is great excercise by my self to keep the ball going.

I rather enjoy it. I was going to take Kora to play Saturday but I couldnt get there. My car wouldnt start.. Damned car.. We think there was a piece of ice in the starter or the gas line. Yikes HUH???? But I promised her one of these days I would take her during the week. We will know more about our refinance tomorrow sometime and I will have either good news on Thursday or bad news on Thursday when I plan to post again..

I know I have so little time to myself. I had a good b-day by myself. Jeff got 2.5 points at the chess tournament. That means he got 2 loses, 2 wins and a draw. Not bad but he feels he could have done better like usual. But hey its a game. You win some you lose some but he has strong feelings about that saying.. I got a free cake from work for my b-day. I forgot to take a photo of it. Oh well it happens. There is always next year right?? LOL. Well anyway I think I need to see if my floor is dry enough for me to walk across to go to bed finally.

Its 3:15 AM and I am finally wearing down. Its bed time. I stayed up an extra hour and a half after hubby went to bed to clean the house. I like cleaning when everyone is asleep then I dont have to listen to the girls tell me how thirsty they are or worry about mopping Jeff into the basement. He has his own little room down there that he spends alot of time in. I spend time down there too but not like he does.

Anyway I am starting to babble. Talk to you all soon. N..


UPDATEMy brother and his wife had there daughter yesterday by scheduled C-section and she was healthy as could be for now. She was born Jan 27th, 2009 7 lbs 11 ozs. I dont have her inches right this minute in front of me. this is the couple that lost there son a year ago in October. I think it was a bit too soon to be trying for another baby but hey I am proud of them. Her name is Brittanica Jane. I know I know you think of the damned Encyclopedia everytime you hear the name. but she is adorable. Here is her photo I got today.. Enjoy.

Thanks Squirl

You Are Checkers

You are very logical and rational. You are able to understand what is and isn't a factor. You're able to compartmentalize and focus on the essentials. You appreciate simplicity. You can see the layers of complexity and beauty in anything. You are also playful and good natured. You don't take life too seriously!

What Board Game Are You?

Hiliarious

Hi there. Here is something that happened Friday Morning when I came home from work. I worked Thursday night and came home early Friday morning like normal and took my half hour to come down and make Jeff's lunch.

Well I went to bed and I must have been dreaming because I started talking in my sleep. Here is how it went from what Jeff told me.

Tap Tap Tap on his shoulder and he wakes up what N. Do you have the nuggets for the window.

Him: No.

Me You must have the nuggets for the window. They need a six piece...

Him: No N you are at home not at work but I can go check if you want me too..

Me: Giggling and shaking my head.

Him laughing at me because I dont remember a thing.

I dont remember this at all. I was out like a light and dont remember talking to Jeff in my sleep. Its getting bad when I dream about Chicken Nuggets.

I was going to take Kora to play Raquetball today while Jeff went to play chess in Neenah WI but my car wouldnt start and I have to work tonight. I called the guy we bought it from and we think its the starter that is froze up. He thinks it has some condesation and it froze with the below zero temps. It was really warm out on Thursday and then it went below zero again.

Kora wasnt to happy with me but I told her I would take her next week. I will leave Bri at home with daddy and Kora and I will go play Raquetball. I wont powerball the ball. i will hit it lightly for her. I think she will like that. Just us girl time. She needs that from time to time.

I am rambling and I am sorry. We are enjoying our new computer. Oh by the way Tshsmom I can get the stories to run but they dont come in right. They are jerky.. If that makes any sense at all.

Anyway I am gone for now. Need to go shower and do one small load of laundry to have clean sweat shirts for work tonight. Not sure where I will be. I just hope I can get to work. Talk to you all soon. N...



UPDATeLook who Turns 32 today.. Wow....

Thanks Mike S...

Here is a great photo that Mike S sent me in an e-mail earlier. Its about Breast Cancer and its a great cause really. Enjoy. And realize there needs to be a cure sometime soon before all our kids at a young age get older....



I know its a big deal. I dont have any recent history in my family with Breast Cancer but you just never know when its going to hit someone. A friend a Relative or just a friend. So this photo is just adorable in many ways.

Life can change our way of thinking so fast its not funny. So lets enjoy the cuteness of the photo but also remember those who have had Breast Cancer and hope to God they come up with a cure for those that will get it some day besides taking a Breast away. Or something else.

Anyway things are ok here right now. Our finances are up in the air.. Just some stuff going on there right now that doesnt need mentioning. Good news with the house. We are refinancing one more time for a fixed rate of 5.5% for 30 years.

Both jobs are going well. I am getting faster and better on the headsets and Jeff is doing well with driving. Why is it lately I have had massive headaches. I cant stand the girls yelling like they do. I have been sending them outside for half an hour at a time because they dont have boots yet this winter. So I dont want them getting there shoes to wet but I want them getting outside time..

Just stress on a personal level. I try not to complain to much. I have my blog where Jeff can read it and several others that are about. I hope things are good with you all and I will catch up with you tomorrow. I have been busy today paying what bills I could afford with my check. Its nice having a weekly check between the two of us. Talk to you all soon. N...

Awards Thanks Ortho..

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Now on to some awsome news.. I was taking orders on the headsets when R came in last night. I had been taking orders since 8 PM and I had gotten there at 7:30. I was called in 2 hours earlier. Well I didnt lock up when R came in the building this time. Then the girl taking orders went on break and R told me this was my chance to see how well I could do. I did great for that matter and it pissed her off royally. I am so proud of myself for finally breaking that link. I was so nervous the first couple of times with her there but she told me that I wasnt going to be taking orders with her there that often. But I told her I wanted to be able to do it in case she needed me too. And I proved to her I could and keep up.... Yayyyy ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sitting smiling because of my accomplishment..


For the above award I dont know who to give it too.. So you all have inspired me so much that you all deserve it and who wants can take it. Each and everyone of you have inspired me over the last two years I have been blogging. You all have given many ideas to run with for personal reason, blogging idea's and other idea's. Just being my friend through and through.. Talk to you all soon. I have to work from 7-1 tonight. Talk to you tomorrow. N..

To much to do..

Hi all. There is plenty to a do here in our household after Ruth has finally departed our home. I know I know. I did my best and if it wasnt enough oh well.. I give up.. But enough of that. I have a few things to say really quick and then off to clean before Jeff gets home. My home has been disorganized since two weeks ago. I have cleaned but not a thorough cleaning.. LOL..

Anyway went for my drivers liscense yesterday and failed because of my Y turn.. Yikes huh?? Well a few other things also but that was the killer so I have it set for Feb 10th again. We can do it every seven days but there were no tests available y7 days from yesterday so I set it up for Feb 10th. That will give me some time to practice..


Kora's b-day went well. We had a neighbor lady make her cake. I forgot to take a photo of it.. I cut it before I remembered to take one.. We bought a brownie mix and tha was the bottom and then a chocolate cake mix and then frosted it in Chocolate Fudge frosting and then hershey kisses on top like rain drops. it was great but sweet.. Yikes.. I am still losing weight and I didnt eat a lot of it.

Jeff and I are going to learn how to use the weight equipment at the YMCA tomorrow night and then go play Raquetball. I am so happy to have my time back with my family. My girls are so much happier to be honest. They are arguing as often since Ruth left. It was driving me insane.. I have one more thing to say about Ruth but not sure yet how to say it.

Well I got an automated phone call from our phone company saying we have went over our alloted minutes for the month. So I call the phone company and they tell me that I owe $1,350 dolllars.. What the Fuck right????? Well I say I didnt make all those phone calls. Well my friend has an international phone card and she is suppose to be using it. Well I dont think she used it for the first few calls. So they were charging her 5 or six dollars a minute..

Well with a few more phone calls and back to the phone company we get it resolved by adding an international calling plan to our phone for 5 dollars extra to our phone until she left. Well now she is gone and I am going to cancel this after we get the phone bill at the end of the month where they dont recharge us the 1,350 dollars.. I was more pissed off at the idea of having to pay that much than I was at her.

Well I have learned my lesson. No more foreigners in my home like that. I have trusted a stranger and I feel used. We were going to get a benefit for her done but you know what the people wanting to do this benefit dont want to do it if I cant talk to our mortgage guy because he has done these things before. I am done with all of it..

Anyway I am off to finish cleaning. Take care and hugs to those that want one and handshakes to those not comfortable with hugs.. N..

UPDATE I called ATT and they fixed it for international calling on our phone bill and adjusted the phone bill so we only have to pay $125 dollars instead of the 1,350 dollars... But still its a lot of money. Jeff and I played Raquetball last night and planning on it tonight also. Talk to you all soon.

GoodBye My Friend Ruth...

Hi my friends. Ruth has left Jeff and I to stay with this other couple for the next two weeks. There will be no benefit for her because I cant get a hold of our mortgage guy to have him meet us at our house for these people to talk to him. I feel like I have just failed her in many ways. She has made several very good friends and I am happy for her. I hope she keeps in contact with them. She told me today that she will let me know when she leaves but I dont think she will.

I am slightly sad because if it wasnt for Jeff and I and the girls she wouldnt be here but she isnt happy today when she left. She wouldnt even take the coat I borrowed for her with her today. She had to get one from the lady she went to stay with. She wouldnt even talk to me when she was packing today. I just dont get it. She was all pissy bascially. I am glad she is gone.

Jeff and I went and played Raquetball tonight and had so much fun. I am happy to have our time back as family. She has an American bank account for her Website for her Pay Pal account. I couldnt get her one but someone else had helped her get one. I am glad they found the time for..

Kora and Bri are having a hard time with this. They got used to having someone extra in the house by now. It takes them less time to adjust than us adults. But I am glad she is gone. I hope she realizes that I was not kicking her out and neither was Jeff. We just thought it would benefit her to have someone without kids and less noise for her to work and such and get things done.

Life is busy here and I am glad to be back on schedule with my normal life. I have things to do tomorrow. Kora turns eight tomorrow. Where has time went. She opens her present from Grandma K tomorrow and I will be getting her something small next payday. We are broke this payday but I did manage to get her cake. Its going to be here tomorrow.

Also those of you who dont know Helene had a baby girl. She is over at Kitems blog and she is healthy and just beautiful. I would give you her name but not sure if they want that posted all over the world wide web.... LOL.. I am a proud adopted auntie that will more than likely never seee the bundle of joy in person.. But at least she knows she has a loving aunt across the big blue sea..

Ok I am gone for now. Take care my friends. N..

Much needed Help has Arrived..

Hi all. I have some good news for you. I have found out that some people at this church that Jeff took Ruth too has decided to help us with her.They are opening there home up to her also besides staying with us where we dont have all of the burden of being her sole people here. She will be bouncing but that will give us a break from her and vice versa really.

I have some good news at work also. I have went above the over night managers head finally. I talked to the manager that does our schedules. I asked her for one closing night a week but she cant do it. But she said she would put me on a 7PM to 3 AM shift on Sundays where I can practice with the head sets. I had to work tonight and I got called in 2 hours early tonight. I went in and I was put in 1st booth by myself and I did great. But as soon as R walked in I messed up.. LOL..

I was told by R that the other managers brag about me being good on the headsets but when she walks in the door I lock up for some reason. I dont know why. Its funny. But give me time and I will be fine. I just need practice to shut her out of my mind is all. I sometimes wonder if its because I want to please her and I try to hard.. You just never know..

The girls are good. They are enjoying there presents when they arent working on home work. But I am tired. I just walked through the door. Like I said I worked from 7 PM tonigth till 4:30 AM.. I will catch you all later. Take care and I will visit tomorrow if I have time...

AWSOME

This was so cool. I did as VV said and it downloaded in seconds the driver I needed to do my photo's.. Wow. I have never seen a computer do that before. I am not so sure about Vista but it works. Jeff will be home shortly so I cant type to long and Ruth went to another church with some people tonight.

This mans wife is Catholic and she has talked to a nun from four other perishes that want to help Ruth. It feels weird having her gone. But you know what I am glad to have just the four of us toghet until I have to go to work tonight.. Here are some photo's I have from X-mas.









This is just some of there X-mas presents. I couldnt find half of them for you and neither could they. By time I got to taking photo's they couldnt remember where they put half of there gifts so here are some photo's of what they got. They got more this year than you can imagine. They had a great year this year.

Anyway talk to you all soon. I have to get dressed where we can go to the store and get some food for the house.

Thanks Squirl..

51 As a 1930s wife, I am Average Take the test!

131 As a 1930s husband, I am Very Superior Take the test!

You must watch..Here is my rescue for taking Ruth in and other idea's for help on this matter of fund raising.. Enjoy..

Excited..

Hi there. We had our 5 minutes of fame on the 10:00 PM news tonight.. LOL. I will have more time to brag tomorrow if everything goes my way if it turns out good with a man we are going to go talk to. We have several churches involved with helping her also.

Things are going forward for her and I am proud of it. I am proud of being able to help her with this. It is putting a strain on my family and my life but hey in the end it will have been worth it. For the kids. that is what I keep telling myself.

Thank you all for your words and your concern. I am concerned and was.. But you know you have to take chances sometimes. Well I am off to make Jeff's Lunch and then to bed myself. Talk to you all soon. N..

Lots of Stufff

Hey peoples.. I have loads going on here. For starters my house guest wants to go home already. She feels she isnt doing enough here for her kids. She has raised 300 American dollars though.. That is quite a bit in her country. She told Jeff and I tonight that she feels she isnt doing enough here and she hates just sitting around. Well I told her that when she came that I couldnt take time off to spend with her.

On another level with work I have some great news.. We havent had our reviews yet but they should be coming up soon. I hope I do well but anyway my good news is that I am finally getting better on the Headsets.. Yayyy. One of the closing managers puts me in the first booth by myself and listens and lets me go at it. If I have questions she is there to ask. We are kind of going over the night managers head that doesnt seem to want me to get better at it. She likes me in the kitchen part. Oh well I am going to get better on these things and prove I am capable of anything just like the rest of them.

I havent talked to any of my family recently. I hope you all had great New Years Eve plans. I had to work it. It wasnt that busy but busy enough to keep me there till 5:30 Am.. Yikes.. I have no New Years Resolutions this year. Just to keep active and to help out with the Fund Raising if we can get something going.

I am bouncing tonight and I am sorry for that. Jeff had an idea and we are going to go talk to the guy on Monday. He is the one that refinaced our house last July. He may deal with mortgages but he also deals with Fund Raising with very Rich people and he knows very rich People...

We got a new computer last night. The old one went caputs on us. The mouse was moving to slowly and it seemed to take forever to click on something.. So we went and bought a new one. We will pay it off when we get our taxes back. One less bill to have to worry about.. LOL.. Its a brand new one and it has Vista on it. I am not so sure how this vista works but it seems ok for now.

I dont know how to get my photo's on it yet because I lost my cd for my camera but I will figure it out.. LOL.. Well I need to finish eating and visit a few of you and then head to bed. I am exhausted tonight. Talk to you all later and Happy New Year my friends..

I dont know what to Do with MYSELF..

Hi all. I know I am quite scarce lately..I miss you all terribly. I miss being able to type what I have to say and not worry about someone elses feelings or reading over my shoulder as I type. I am trying to do this when everyone else is asleep. I miss having my home to ourselves. I miss alot of things that for some reason we cant have while having our visitor. Alone time is scarce right now.. I am back on a full schedule and Jeff is going to be as of next week. With the Holidays these last past few weeks we have had troubles getting everyone on a schedule.

The girls have been really cranky and I am about ready to shoot them. Its not even extra energy they have built up for being outside. Its more of them just not having there own space. They are sharing a room and a bed. Life is tough right now.

And on the flip side of things we are having a hell of a time finding places to let us do fund raising with a nonprofit organization like Another Hope for Childrens Ministries. I had to take her to the bank today to see about getting her an account where we can get the pay pal on her Website set up where they can transfer funds.

I am beginning to think this is too big for me and my family. I have no idea how to get this rolling. I have taken a few steps by contacting Oprah Winfrey.. Yes I know it sounds stupid but my MILS told me I should today when I talked to them. I also contacted Dr. Phil.. I e-mailed them both and maybe if we are lucky they can help her more than I can. You just never know.

I am rambling because I dont know what else to do about this. I have to go see about the checking account tomorrow and then go to K-mart and see about using there store as a fund raising facility. I dont know. What I had in mind for this is if we can find some place to do it, I was going to contact a local TV station and see if they want to cover the story and maybe that would generate business to us and the store itself..

I have sold 6 scrunchies to Zombie Slayer and wife. I will post them when I get them finished here in the next couple of days. They are rather pretty neat..I dont have photo's of the girls and all there toys this year. When I went to take photo's they couldnt find all there toys for some reason. So maybe tomorrow night when I come home I will post what I have of them.

Well I am tired and need to get up at about 11:30 to get dressed and eat and then off to the bank for Ruth tomorrow. Talk to you all soon I hope. Miss you all. Hugs.. N...

How I met Ruth

Hi there all. I have an answer to your question.. I met Ruth by doing this Pen Pal thing for Richard Brodsky. She helps run one of the Orphanages over in Uganda Africa. Some of you might have heard of Another Hope Childrens Minsitries. She is one of them. We have been e-mailing for the past year or so and I have found many of her Orphans pen pals here in the states.

She was to come visit her pen pal before me here in the states and her pen pal ended up dying a while back. So I whole heartedly opened up our home to a stranger. I am still not real sure what to do about it. But thanks for the advice. I am really thinking this thing through.

But she is sort of my pen pal. We have quite a bit in common actually. She crochets and wants to learn how to do these new scrunchies I am making that my MIL taught me. I am tired tonight. I am having a hard time staying awake. I am running on 6 hours of sleep from yesterday. I have today and tomorrow off again and then back to my regular scheduled programming.. LOL...

I hope every one had a great X-mas and I hope everyones New Year Rings in with success and peace and Joy.. Esp my good friend Helene with the new baby next month.. I finally sent out her box. She is going to love the two sweaters and bonnets I made baby and the blanket. Well I suppose. I need to get to bed but that is what is up with the Ruth situation and how we met for now.

Maybe I am to open hearted esp with stuff like this. But its bed time for me. Talk to you all soon. N...

PS Check out my crafting blog. The girls had me put some stuff on it they made... They are coool...

Confused..

Hi all. Merry X-mas to those I didnt get to earlier.. I am very confused right now. I have Ruth here now and she is in bed of course or I wouldnt be writing this. But now that she is here I have no idea's on what to do with her.. She wants to go to Florida and I am hoping she isnt expecting me to pay her way because I have no money in that area. I have things to do tomorrow. I have to go get my check and cash it and pay a couple of bills. She isnt used to this cold tempature.

She is a very sweet person but I just am regretting inviting her now. Esp with the cold tempatures and not knowing exactly what she wants here in the US of A.. I mean like Zombieslayer mentioned in a past post on his blog about AIDS.. There are 47 children in the Orphanage over there that she is helping run. It takes ten dollars American money to send one child to school. That is something like 1000 dollars in there money or something like that. I will have to ask Jeff again tomorrow what the currency rate is exactly.

I was sicker than a dog yesterday going to Minneapolis. I woke up and ate breakfast and it hit me.. Yikes. I made the trip but barely. I slept most of it. Going and coming home. Jeff was up for almost 24 hours by time we came home. He had to work yesterday morning and then we got lost going into Minneapolis and then getting lost at the Airport.. LOL... That was funny. Then of course it took us an hour to find Ruth because neither one of us have ever seen her. I will take a photo of the calendars she wants to sell. I know the holiday season is just ending and this is a hard time for most people to be asking for donations. I will be posting either early in the morning or later at night until she leaves.. My visits may be sparodic with you all. More than usual with having an outsider here.

I miss my pals and I am glad to know you all have survived with me with me working and my sparodic visiting of late. I promise to have photos of the girls and there x-mas presents up soon too. I am going to take a photo of each of them with all there gifts since I didnt get individual photo's this year.. They had to much.. Esp from us. Life is a box of chocolates my friends..

Well hope everything is good with you all. I mailed out Helene's box finally. She had two sweaters, two bonnets and an afghan for the little sweet pea of my adopted niece across the ocean.. I hope to see her one day. And I dont mean just photo's either. Well I am gone for now. Talk to you all soon. Lots of Love and Happy Cheer until next time.N...

Trip.

This maybe a long post.. LOL.. I am going to start on Monday and go through Friday for you.. With photo's in between. So bear with me.. Sit back and enjoy the ride or the reading..

Monday I finished up packing and then we packed up the car and did some more running that needed doing for the trip. Then I went to work and that was hell on wheels. I was not at work in mind but body I was there. At 2:15 AM the manager looks at me and says go on. I was suppose to be done at 3 but it was dead and she saw I was Antsy.. LOL.. Who me antsy NEVER!!!! ... Anyway it takes Jeff about half hour to come and get me with finishing putting some stuff in the trunk we didnt want to freeze and such. And getting the girls up and running. Warming the car up for me and them.. LOL.. Well we get to Minnesota and we go see my mom to tell her we are in town. Then go check into the motel and we laid down for about ten minutes and I decided I couldnt sleep and I got everyone back up and we ran for a while. We went to K-mart and while driving through the parking lot I saw Tshsmom.

I looked at Jeff and said that looks like Tshsmom and he asked if I was sure. I said I think so. And we drove up to where I thought it was her truck and got out and walked up to the truck. Well guess what it was Tshsmom and Z-Kid..

The girls got there quilts finally from my Godmother. Here are the photo's of them. This was funny because we went to see her Monday and she was saying she got up to Crochet one night and Bri's quilt scared the crap out of her. It was glowing. Bri's material glows. Its cool.

Bri's quilt



Kora's Quilt.



Wednesday we went to see if an old friend of Jeff's worked at a motel in town but he had quit shortly after starting there so we moved on.. We went and seen and old friend of my mothers and her son told me my packer jacket should be burned. I told him if he touched my jacket I was going to break his FUCKING FINGERS.. Excuse the language. Anyway moving on went to see an old friend of mines mom. She has never seen the girls so I thought she would enjoy it. You should have seen the look on her face when she walked through her door.. It was total amazement..

Then we went back to the motel and got a few things I forgot. Then Jeff took us to Tshsmom's house and we had a grand old time. Letting the girls eat cookies and having soda and then Tshsmom sat down with them and made one of there tree ornaments. Then sent the other one home with me. We are planning on doing them tomorrow. Here are some photo's from Tshsmoms house.






Hairy and girls in this one.. Yes I got a good photo of Hairy..



Girls with Adopted uncle Z-kid..





Meet Felicia and Felix.. The black one is Felicia and the gold one is Felix.



Meet Jake..



Kora and Tshsmom..



Then Thursday we left Minnesota and headed back to Wisconsin. A long ride. Then this lady wouldnt let us move over to make our turn because Jeff had moved over to pass some one and then we found out we had to move back over to turn.. We got to my dads house about 2:00 PM.. We checked into the motel and I called him and left a message. He called back half an hour later and then we went and visited and ate supper. He had a Pork roast waiting for us. We made Desert while waiting. He made this dessert that had whip cream, apples, grapes, rice, and banana's.. It was funny watching Jeff as I helped my dad chop fruit up.. LOL.. It was his facial expressions. Then he made for drinking this fruit punch.. It was good but strong. No acohol of course but still strong.



I just noticed I skipped Tuesday and I dont know where to put it in.. LOL.. I am disorganized this post.. Tuesday we spent running around town getting a few things we had forgotten at home..

Then Friday we left for Jeff's mothers house. We had a blast there to be honest. His mother showed me how to make home made scrunchies. I will post some of them when I am done with a few more. I am more than willing to sell them. I just need to know how many you want because they do take a couple of days for me to make. They are pretty neat though.. The girls got candy from Grandmas. His mothers partner got a kitten. She is beautiful. Her name is Lily.











Well there is most of our trip anyway.. The roads going were ok until we got about 40 miles out of Superior Wisconsin. Then they got real slick until we got into Minnesota and cleared again for the most part.

Enjoy and I am going to go make Jeff's lunch and then head to bed myself. I am exhausted. I worked tonight after having five days off. My feet hurt, my legs hurt,I hurt... LOL.. I will visit tomorrow if I have time. N...

PS the red one is mine I made and the other one is the one my MIL made.. Enjoy..

I am back..

Hi I am back in one piece. Very tired but I will promise to post a better post Monday or Tuesday after going through the photo's.. Not many of them but enough to go through.. LOL.. Just wanted you all to know we made it home safe and sound.. N..

Alrighty...

Ok I said I wasnt going to post again until I came next week but I am done packing and I dont know what to do with my self..I still have small stuff but cant pack that till tomorrow. Its suppose to ice up here tonight.. Yikes.. It rained and melted some of our snow last night and now the roads are wet and its suppose to get really cold and ice everything up. Suppose to be slightly better when I get off work tomorrow night when Jeff comes to get me to leave..

I know I know. I am still talking about our trip. I am just so damned excited.. I got yelled at, at work last night for talking about it.. A manager was pissed off at me the other night. I was in the Grill area all by myself. I was cooking the meat and putting the sandwiches together and then I was sort of snagging and she told me if I didnt quit my bitching she was going to take someone away from me back there. There was no one there for her to take away from me.

The guy that was helping was sort of helping up front and the guy that was suppose to cook the food dissappeared to put the breakfast stuff in the drawer where we keep it. He didnt need to do that because the over night cook was going to do it.. But I was pissed off. I was ready to walk out on the closing manager but didnt. I think this break will be fine. Plus the closing manager doesnt like Jeff and he had been in there with me for half an hour before my shift. We went and played Raquetball and then went to eat.. So I think that was part of her pissy mood with me.

I have been taking orders on the headsets recently and doing well according to the guy that hired me back in July. Can you believe I have been working again for 5 Months Dec 14th?????? Yes that long already... LOL... Amazing and our reviews should be coming up also. I am not looking for management or a raise but at least a good review. I know I have said this before but I have been there for five months and havent called in once yet. Yayyy me!!!!! Go N....

Anyway we are all good here. Jeff is enjoying his days off. We are going to leave MN on Thursday and stop by my dad's house and stay in Rice Lake WI and then leave there on Friday and go see his mother in Wausau area and then come home that night.. I will have loads of photo's to share with you all. I just hope I can get them on one memory card.. LOL..

Then after we come home from this trip we get to go back to Minneapolis MN and get Ruth from Africa... And then while we are waiting for that I was hoping to make a trip to Milaca about an hour out of Minneapolis to see my Aunt that is only 11 years older than me.. I am going to call her again I think here in a few minutes.. That will be a nice small road trip and then no more trips till Ruth leaves Green Bay to go back to Uganda..

Ok I am babbling now. Talk to you all sometime. Maybe if I get bored at my parents house I will visit but more than likely wont have time. Talk to you all next week sometime. Have a great week and enjoy the weather if you have beautiful weather..

Thanks Mike S....

Here is while I am gone and I wont have time to post this weekend because of packing..

A Washington , DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble!




1. I had a NC Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)



2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then she interrupted me with, 'I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts .'



Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly explained, 'Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Capetown is in Africa '



Her response - click



3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state.

He replied, 'Don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!' (OMG)




4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, 'Is it possible to see England from Canada ?'



I said, 'No.'



She said, 'But they look so close on the map.' (OMG, again!)



5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas . When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas




When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, 'I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.' (Aghhhh)



6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 AM got to Chicago at 8:33 AM. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went very, very fast, and she bought that.



7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, 'Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'



I said, 'No, why do you ask?'



She replied, 'Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!'



After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , CA is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.



8. A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii . After going over all the cost info, she asked, 'Would it be cheaper to fly to California , and then take the train to Hawaii ?'



9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked, 'How do I know which plane to get on?'



I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, 'I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.'



10. A lady Senator called and said, 'I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?'


I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , Fl. On a commuter plane.



She said, 'Yeah, whatever, smarty!'



11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa.



'Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.'



I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa.



When I told him this he said, 'Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!'



12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations. 'I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .'



I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, 'Are you sure that's the name of the town?'



'Yes, what flights do you have?' replied the lady.



After some searching, I came back with, 'I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere.



'The lady retorted, 'Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!'



So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, 'You don't mean Buffalo ,

do you?'



The reply - -'Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.'





Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it's in


And a little bonus smile:


Subject: Political humor


A bus load of politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmer's field. The old farmer, after seeing what had happened, went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.

A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and asked the old farmer where all the politicians had gone. The old farmer said he had buried them. The sheriff asked the old farmer, 'Were they all dead?' The old farmer replied, 'Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how them bastards lie.'

Hey

Hi there.. I was just going to tell you we are under a storm warning with snow. We are suppose to get like 8-12 inches. Yikes. I love watching it come down nice and fluffy. But I hate shoveling the snow.. We are taking turns this year since I am working.. The only thing I dont want to think about having to do is shovel before I get into the house for Jeff one of these mornings when I come home from work..

One week from tomorrow we are going home to see my parents. I am so excited just for the road trip. And gas is so cheap right now that, that helps us alot.. I think gas here is only like 10 cents more than it was right before it went to hell in 2005. Or something like that.. That is if my memory serves me correctly..

A co worker is having a baby next week and I made her a small afghan but didnt take a photo of it before giving it to her. I am suppose to go to the babyshower today but not sure if I want to go. I dont know her family and such. I just had some yarn laying around and wanted to use it. It was white, a verigated pink, purple, and light green,That was in one skein and then I used a bright yellow and darker green also. It turned out really pretty.

I have some cleaning to do. I think I am going to go get that done. I dont want to clean but it needs to be done.. Talk to you all soon. Just where you know what I am up to also I am reading this book: Treasure of Khan By Clive and Dirk Cussler.. Its a Dirk Pitt novel... I will do a review on it when I am done..


Here is the family photo that got put in our cards..



Here is the photo of the girls I put in the X-mas cards.. It was one of our hikes this last summer before it got to cold..

Its jjust because...

Hi all. You all know that the Holiday Season is upon us and I havent started shopping yet...I have no idea what to get Brianna. I have idea's for Kora but not Bri this year.. It should be the other way around but its not..

I am so looking forward to going home for a few days next week. Bri's working on K's today.. Kora is working on writing letters and sentences in her book. But she prefers to read... She will sit and read for hours at a time.

They both want me to teach them to crochet but I dont know where to start with that maybe I will just have my MIL teach them.. We are stopping to see my dad and his mother on our way home to Green Bay when we leave Minnesota next week. The girls get like 3 or so different X-mas's.. LOL... That is what we get for having such a huge family between the two of us.

Then on the 24th we get to make a trip back to Minneapolis MN to get Ruth from the airport from Uganda. Then she is going to be here for a month or so. She is sending me some calanders to sell. I might post one and if you all are interested just let me know. I will have them in my possession before she gets here so maybe I can have some money here waiting for her when she gets here. She has 16 dollars already..

Thanks for being patient with me my friends.. Oh I have one thing to say and I dont remember posting this. You all remember me saying I wasnt sure of the headsets when I first started working right?? Well guess what?? I have been taking orders and doing well with them.. I was taking orders Wednesday night and doing quite well. I didnt make one mistake. Well maybe one but we fixed it before the car drove away. No calls saying that we made a mistake... yayyyy......

Its cold here and Jeff and I have been making a date 3 nights a week to play raquetball when we have time. The other night was our first hi/bye session. He was just walking in the door as I was walking out.. That was the hardest day of my life since working I think. We are planning on playing raquetball tonight and tomorrow. I just hope he gets home in time to go at 7 PM tonight.. Other wise we have it set up for 2 PM tomorrow since they close at 4 PM down town tomorrow. We have four sites here in the Green Bay Area..

Kora is having a hard time with her math lately. she knows what like 2+4=6 but taking 6-4=2 is confusing her.. Any suggestions. I have to work with her on some papers I got from a blog friend.. I need to find the envolope I have the papers in.. Well I suppose. Kora needs to take her spelling test here in a few minutes and I have to get dressed and find a clean uniform for tonight for myself. Then hopefully my dear hubby will be home in time to go play raquetball..LOL... Talk to you all soon. Have a wonderful weekend I dont get back here till Monday..

Life....

Hi there. I havent given an update in a while..Lets start with work. That is going great. I have gotten more hours again. Just a few. I have been working like 35-38 hours a week. It started out as a parttime job but now its full time. I am not complaining. Just weird how it ended up.... Last night we were suppose to have like seven people and four of them called in.. That left three people.. We had to keep thte closing manager and her boyfriend because we had no one else.. No one else would answer there phones..


The next item on my list of information is that Jeff and I are going home this month. Two weeks from today... Yayyyy... We get to see Tshsmom and L and Z. Then we get to see my parents. My godmother and her family.. I should really talk Jeff into buying some more material for the girls quilts I am having my godmother make for them.. She has been working on them for the past three years now..

Jeff and I went to play Raquetball last week and I took a fall. Nothing is broken but boy did that fall hurt.. I dont know what happened exactly. I know I went to hit the ball and the next thing I know I am on my face basically.. I slid on my knee's because those have hurt like I burned them..And then slightly twisted my ankle but doing better.

Kora and Bri are doing well. Kora is in the area of fighting me on her work and getting fustrated and throwing things and just making grunting noises when she doesnt get something. Instead of asking she just sits there making noises..Bri has her name down pat... She can write her first name and she can write most of her alphabet now too. We are on "H" today..

Then onto Jeff. He needs a break. He has been working like more than 12 hours a day this last week plus going out with me when we can.. I feel so sorry for him.. I have tonight off and we are suppose to be going out. I am not going to be tired when he is and it sucks. I miss going ot bed with my hubby and girls but you know what its worth the money to be on opposite sleeping schedules..

Well I suppose. I need some food. I have only been up for half an hour or so... I was suppose to be home at 3 last night but didnt get home until 4:30.. I had to do dishes plus cook last night and we winged breakfast because the closing manager knew breakfast but wasnt sure how to start it.. LOL... Ok. I am gone. Talk to you all later. Have a good week if I dont post again in the next few days...N..