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Happy Monday

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Happy Monday. I have a lot of blogging to catch up on. You’d be surprised that I actually have a list of things I need to post about. I’m so overwhelmed right now. I have a huge list of things to do for work, and that has to get done TODAY! So, why in the heck am I on here babbling? Well, I had to get a few things off of my chest.

Jayden is starting 1st grade in a week. In a flipping week my baby will be in 1st grade!!!!!!! I’m happy for him that he’ll be back in the routine things of life and he won’t be bored with me. Sadly, his girlfriend is not in his class this year. His response to this was, “Ah, bummer!” Poor guy.

Ella has a molar that broke through. It’s all the way in the back on her upper right. I think that explains the couple nights of tossing, turning and SCREAMING! She’s growing up so fast, and she just gets cuter and cuter every single day! The way she runs is just adorable, and I especially think it’s cute when I come home from being somewhere and she runs to me, grabs on to my legs and hugs. She is such a sweet soul.

Ella has a cardiologist appointment tomorrow. She got a blessing last night from the missionaries, and I just pray that her WPW has corrected itself miraculously. I don’t want this sweet baby girl to have to have a surgery done. We’ve been lucky enough to stay out of the hospitals for 10 months! That’s an answered prayer if you ask me. She’s been nothing but healthy, happy and I hope for a continued future in this manner.

Things with Mitch are going the same. I don’t know if he got that job yet or not, I’m crossing my fingers and praying. It’s hard having another person living in my home. I try to keep my head up, but it’s difficult. The thing that bothers me is he’s here to better his life and yet his long term plan is to move back to Sacramento, because he’s going to be 21. Makes me not want to help him. He’s got a kid now, and he should be thinking about family stuff and not partying. It’s time to grow up. You don’t get to party and have fun when you have kids to raise, because if that’s the choice you make, then your kids will grow up knowing only that and how sad they’ll turn out to be.

I’m on day 9 of no coffee. I never thought I’d be able to do this.

I finally opened it

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August 2nd I was at the store buying the much anticipated Breaking Dawn. Then I got scared. I had flashbacks of the first 3 books completely overtaking my life. I couldn’t put them down. I fell in love with another man (Edward Cullen in the book). Then I got scared about it ending. I’m scared to finish this book and not have another one (Until Midnight Sun comes out) to read. Tonight I sucked it all up and opened up the book.

I read the first 2 chapters and actually was able to put it down. Not because it’s not good, but because I’m so exhausted from this day that I really need to go to bed.

I bought my Wii Fit tonight. I didn’t try it out, but Gino did and it seems REALLY cool! It’s definitely going to be fun to do.

Notice none of my goals from today are checked off? Yeah, I went to go and lay down w/Ella to get her to sleep and ended up falling asleep with her. There went my afternoon. Better luck tomorrow.

A Rant…. expect many, many more

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God blessed me with 2 beautiful children 6 years apart. Luckily for me I haven’t had to deal with the fighting and bickering between 2 children.

And then God blessed me with the beautiful presence of my brother. I swear I feel like I have 2 sons right now. Here’s my deal. If Jayden wants to play video games and I already told Jayden that he could then Mitch better not argue with it. I feel like Mitch is getting too comfortable here and I don’t like that. I don’t want him on pins and needles, but he needs to appreciate what he’s got and realize that HE came into OUR home. He doesn’t get a choice of what show to watch, or if the TV can even be on. I know, I’m a wretched bitch, but damn it, it’s my house! It’s Jayden’s house! It’s Ella’s house! Oh yeah, it’s Gino’s house too. It’s not Mitch’s.

Not a Sac Girl Anymore

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I know, there’s still no pictures. It’s not as easy with this new camera, because I have to resize them for the web…. I promise it will be soon.

I however needed to come on and elaborate on a few things going through my mind. First of all, I really think I don’t like Sacramento at all. I promise it has gotten so much more ghetto than it was before. I couldn’t stand looking at all the ghetto. Besides the fact that I have a very dysfunctional father that lives here, I’m really happy we made the decision to move here. I will never live back in Sacramento if I can help it. I will always be a Cali girl at heart, but it’s so not the place to raise your children.

I believe my brother just might have a job. Done in 1 day and w/out the help of any of my family here. I’m sad, because he really did want to have the plumbing experience from my dad, but the job I believe he got (they already drug tested him and he passed it!) is a great one. They’ll even give him a bus pass, which means I DON’T HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO AND FROM WORK! Very pleased with this one…. please cross your fingers and pray with me that he indeed got the job.

Here’s my goals of the day: If I come back and cross them off that means I accomplished them ~ I wouldn’t expect too many cross offs, but you never know!!!

  1. Print Checks and mail off for work
  2. Prepare deposits and mail off for work
  3. Statements sent out
  4. 3 loads of laundry folded & put away
  5. The toilet fixed ~ maybe I’ll just pour Draino down the drain and leave it up to Gino
  6. Room cleaned up ~ it’s a mess since coming back from this trip.

Okay I’m off to go and try to get the work side of things and 1 load of laundry started.

One more thing!!!! Today is day 5 with no coffee. I am passed the migraine part (YAY!) and my anxiety is better and I’m replacing coffee with breakfast and vitamins. Huge accomplishment for me. I wasn’t just making my coffee at home, either ~ I was spending $5.00/day having it made for me. So, with the amount of money I’m going to save this month I’m buying myself Wii Fit.

We’re Back

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We’re back. We’ve been back since Sunday. It’s already Wednesday and I’ve been so exhausted from my trip I haven’t even updated my blog. I haven’t posted pictures of our trip, and I haven’t even done my laundry yet. Sometimes we really do need a vacation from our vacations.

So, my brother is not going to be working with my dad. In so many words my dad is probably biggest loser in the world and his actions on Sunday night proved that to me. I’m glad that he screwed my brother over, because if he hadn’t I’d still be stringing along with him with some hope that he would some day actually be a dad. So I’m happy to say that I no longer am holding on to that hope. I’m moving on with my life and smiling at the fact that my kids will not have to have a loser in lives.

I used to talk about Brittney. She was my biological sister who I was really trying to get to know. She turned out to be one basket case. I tried, and I’m happy with that. The fact that it didn’t work out between us isn’t making me lose any sleep. Like I’ve always said, I have 1 sister and I will always only have 1 sister.

Pictures of our trip should be up some time today.

Happy Wednesday 🙂

Goin back to Cali!

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In about 2 hours we will be in our car on our way to Cali!!!! I can’t wait to see everyone and for everyone to see the kids!

First stop is San Ramon to visit our friends Jen & David. Then Thursday (Ella’s first birthday) we’re going to San Francisco and eating great food and seeing some sites.

Haven’t decided yet if we’re staying in Frisco Thursday night or not. We might drive back that night to Sacramento, but that’s not set in stone. I think Gino’s BFF Dave wants us to stay with him.

Then Friday I think we’re going to Stockton to see Gino’s mom. Friday night is BBQ at my cousin Jenna’s house!!

Saturday is Ella’s birthday party.

Sunday we come home!

Boy that’s a lot of visiting!!

Pray we have a safe, happy and joyous trip.

Just Tired!

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This is really hard. It’s the little things that get under my skin and drive me crazy. For instance, sleeping on my couch. Why does he keep sleeping on my couch when there’s a bedroom upstairs with a bed that he can sleep on??? I actually woke him up in the middle of the night and made him get off my couch. I know, I’m horribly mean.

Another irritating thing ~ the ghetto talk, the pants hanging off his butt, him just sitting in my living room. What’s wrong with me?!?!?! Everything about this boy is irritating me. I don’t do well with other people living with me. This kindof is a reason why I moved from Sacramento and here I am having to take care of this grown adult all because he’s irresponsible and thought he could hustle his way through life in Sacramento.

That makes me mad.

It’s not fair to my little family here that’s trying to have a structured, happy home.

I’m leaving for a few days and I’m so upset. I’m leaving him here, all alone for 5 days ~ that’s WAY too long. What if eats on my couch and spills something? What if he lets some strange girl in my house while I’m gone? I’m stressing about things I SHOULDN’T have to stress about.

Why is it that I have to be the responsible one and pick up the pieces? It’s not fair…. I’m tired of the cussing, the rolling of the eyes when I talk about my religion……I’m just tired and I don’t know how long I can handle having another person living in my home.

~~ I’m sorry for the rant, but I needed to get this all out ~~

24 Hour Vacation

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That was one exhausting weekend! I made a decision out of the middle of nowhere that we were going to the coast. So we packed up and had everything ready to take off as soon as Gino got home from work.

We were at the ocean at 6:00pm and it was beautiful. We brought along Mitch and Ryli so we took 2 cars. The boys were in 1 and the girls were in the other. It was probably one of the most beautiful drives I’ve ever driven.

The redwoods are breathtaking and I got MANY pictures!!! We went to Ocean World, the beach twice and to the Trees of Mystery. Ella really enjoyed Ocean World ~ especially the Sea Lion. We did it all in 24 hours! I have to go through all of my pictures and resize them all and then I’ll post a couple up. It’s going to be so hard to choose from them all!

We get home and I was EXHAUSTED! To the point of almost being emotional ~ well, Ella had no diapers, so I had to leave and drive to the store to buy the diapers. I get home and finally am in bed when Jayden wakes up crying and crying and telling me that his ear is broken. Poor guy has swimmer’s ear. So this morning we went to the doctors and got him some medication.

My visit with my little cousin Ryli was wonderful. She is such a sweet girl and I was happy she was able to have such a fun time. Sometimes it can be hard when you’re the oldest of 4, and I’m happy that she got some one on one time w/my Grandma and me! She’s flying out today and I’m going to miss her so much! I need make sure that I get together with her at least once a year. She has always held a special place in my heart since she was a baby…. I lived with her when she was a baby, and helped my aunt out during a very difficult time in her life.

Stay tuned for pictures!!