Notes of Interest

So today is the day that I gave birth for the first time, happy birthday Stacie I LOVE YOU! I can remember it all just like it was yesterday. The decision to have a child was not mine, but I was blessed with the opportunity to have children and I am truly blessed by being given that gift. I know that I have not always been the best mom in the world, but I have tried the best that I could. Life is too short to not be grateful for all the memories that we make with those that we love. So to ALL my entire family, thank you for all that you have done for me and for loving me with all my warts and faults! My love for you all sometimes overwhelms me and I am not the best at expressing this to you so here it is in writing.

On another note, I haven't told you yet, but Stacie's first home bout (Roller Derby) is this weekend and it is in Hermiston. Kind of funny that Hermiston would be where their home bout would be, but that is where they have the rink and also where they practice. I want to say that it cost around (or less than) $15.00 to get in. I know that tickets can be purchased on line somehow for around ten bucks and that they have said that they would have tickets at the door.

Stacie's boyfriend is having surgery this Wednesday in Portland so if you could all keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery and as little pain as possible or anything else that you would like to add in there like guidance of the surgeons hands etc..... His procedure is a day surgery so it isn't what one would consider "major", but I know that any surgery is major especially when you consider that he has never gone under the knife before.

I am still waiting to find out about the final decision about the Expedition whether they are going to total it or not, we should find out some time later this afternoon. I hope that they will just fix it, because Shane is sure that they will screw us over if they make the decision to actually total it. My little "fender bender" that I got into is going to cost over two thousand dollars for repair so after we pay our deductible the price is as such that our rates will increase because we will lose our 3 year without accidents deal that we have always had. Oh well, nobody was seriously injured in either collision so that is what I will have to focus on.

If I haven't told any of you yet, I have just started working five eight hour shifts instead of my three twelve hour shifts. My new schedule is Sunday through Thursday from 3:00 - 11:30, and that is P.M. I am excited about this change, because had I stayed in the 3 12 hour shifts I would have to move from 9-9, to 6-6. This means a loss of close to three dollars an hour for shift differential. So not only do I keep that differential, I am getting 40 hours a week versus 36. Those of you that know me know that I am a night owl anyway, so this should work out well for me.

That is all I have for now, it is 2:15 and I work in 45 minutes so I gotta run!

New Year

Well Christmas and New Year's have now come and gone so I ask, why is my tree still up? It is one of the hardest things to do in my eyes. At my house it is tradition that I put the tree up and fluff it all out and get it ready to be decorated, then my kids do the decorating. Now that they have jobs, and lives, it was difficult to find the time for all of us to get together to get the darn thing decorated. I was at the point of doing it myself, but I think that my kids caught on and worked out the time for us to get this done. Now the whole responsibility of taking down all the ornaments and taking the tree down falls on my head. I don't want you to think that I am just lazy, I was working up to the New Year, and I have had flu like symptoms for the last 3 days. It was pretty embarassing to be sitting in my hair dressers chair and having to run to the bathroom in her shop so I could puke. It was at the point in my color that there was no way I could leave so she had to finish. Now if any of you know me you know that I love to get my hair done, and I have such a strong relationship with my stylist that it really sucked to be there and not want to talk to her. I only hope that she knows exactly how sick I really was and that if I knew that I was going to toss my cookies I would have re-scheduled. At least I didn't wet myself while blowing chunks, and for that I am grateful. I ventured out yesterday, after three days of vomiting, to get Casey his bus pass for the month seeing how he didn't get it at school. On my trek out I decided I would slide into the back of this nice woman's 4-Runner just for fun. Don't you hate it when the car that you slide into has a hitch on the back? It causes such a nice hole in the bumper! The weird thing is that the night before I dreamed that I was driving and I kept almost sliding into cars, but I just opened my window and pushed them away so in my dream it never really happened. Maybe now if I go outside it will all have been a dream, no such luck! When I finally made it back in my car and was on my way home I got a call from Jared telling me to go back the the previous intersection because he was just hit by somebody that ran a red light, mind you he was in my Expedition. Now he wasn't so lucky because the Expy had to be towed due to the fact that it couldn't be driven. The little Camry that hit him was quite a bit worse for the wear though. The 88 year old man and his wife seemed to be physically o.k. but the paramedics ended up taking her to the ER because she said she was having chest pain. I was just glad that it wasn't anything seriously related to the accident, even though this old man ran the light at Catskill and G-Way. After living here for almost 5 years I have always been upset with the number of people that run that light and I am constantly making comments about it. I have actually even seen a school bus or two run it. I know that it isn't always convinient to stop while traveling 35 MPH down G-Way, but darn it when a light is red it means STOP I don't really care how fast you were going. This is why they make you take tests, both written and driving and let's not forget the vision one, to get your drivers license. At 88 years old maybe it is time to hang up your license. I have ranted long enough, just wanted to keep you all up to date on all the fun in our lives that you are missing. Oh P.S. Stacie has now gotten a very reliable vehicle, she has a Jeep Liberty a 2004 I think, maybe a 2003. It is wonderful to know that she has a vehicle that isn't going to break down, and that should last her for a long time!