Ok - So Econonmy in Trouble and they want to waste our money...

What is this about. We are all struggling right now. Some can't find a job, others are having hours cut and stuff and our Government in OK wants to up our taxes so they can Italicize the word Oklahoma and add and exclamation point!!!

Our flag has been the same since 1941. It ain't broke - Don't fix it. Our economy is slowly breaking, Falling apart. More and more are going on welfare and other government assistant programs. More and more are filing applications and hoping to get a call (I know I see many of them OVER, and OVER and OVER again!) It is so hard to find a job in these times and you just want us to pay for changing a flag that is PERFECT the way it is?

We are paying Politicians to sit up in the House and talk about non-sense. We really need someone to talk about this issues and what to do to try and help not make worse!

If anyone interested in what I am talking about here is the news story as posted on our local station KXII!

http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/40752272.html

It's hard when your kids are sick!

Ashley is just fine in every aspect except for her eyes. She has so much energy and does not want to be still. No fever or anything...Just her eyes.

Monday I got an email from the school nurse. They noticed as Ashley was in the line to get on the bus that her left eye was red and swollen and might have some puss green color coming out...So Ryan calls and schedules an appointment...Yep it is pink eye...They give us drops to put in her eyes and do you know how hard it is to hold down an 4 yr old and put something in her eyes! So daddy doctored them after they got home with her prescription then I get home and we make dinner...We notice her Right eye is starting to swell and get red so we doctor both eyes. She woke up this morning and had the Right eye swollen shut, left eye is not so red or swollen but the right is...So hold down put drops in and decide to bring her to work for just a couple of hours...She has so much energy and just wants to do everything and if only Pink eye was not contagious...I could take her to school and have a normal day instead she has not where to put all that energy! Hopefully both eyes are clear tomorrow, if they are then the dr said she is ok to go to school so we shall see!

Did I break a mirror? or a Black Cat walk in front of me?...

I have never been one to be superstitious but, my word, what all can one person take!!!

First Ryan's radiator gives out
Then Ryan's hours get cut in half
that was a week ago...things go OK, then Friday 2/27 Ryan is changing out his radiator...all goes well, no problems. While he is doing that I make Mac and cheese, Ashley goes to the bathroom. I run in to use the toilet and don't look and sit and the toilet is at the brim! Plunger is not working...Ryan grabs a snake for the toilet and that doesn't work...We tell the kids not to use the toilet, I give the girls mac and cheese in the kitchen While I hold a light for Ryan to put Radiator fluid in his car...I come in The girls are done eating and have decided to wash their hands. Ashley flips over the side of the chair and lands on her face...Her cheek swelled a little and put ice and it was ok...I left to go to Wal-mart to get something to put in toilet and to get a GOOD plunger and find what I need, Hope to run into someone from work so I could get Scotty's number, he is our plumber and he was going to buy a rotor rooter so I was going to get his # incase we ended up needing one. Don't run into anyone (which is entirely unusual as I see EVERYONE at Walmart and never miss someone from work!) until I am leaving. I saw our purchasing Mgr and he did not have it nor did the site superindendent (he does the job sites doesn't work much with Scotty) out of 70 guys in the plant and 4 in the office and abou 80% of those call the Group Leaders (Scotty is one) when they are not oging to be there and I get the 2 who don't call him! Get home, get that fixed...get Ameera ready for bed and she fell off the bed. Ameera coughed all night long and even until she threw up. I took her to after hours care at her dr office on Sat and was told her lungs sound Juicy...so they call in med for that, she sounds better...we get home and start getting ready for Conference. Need to grab some church clothes for Saturday session. Ashley calls to daddy "Hide I am counting" He tries to slide into the side of the closet and grabbed the bar holding the clothes and it fell out of the wall and now had to be replaced. we have our clothes piled on the bed until we get this fixed...Ryan plans to do this tomorrow. We go to conference and all was well. Sunday we were getting ready...Plan was to leave at 8:30, Watch the Stake Conference which is being broadcast from SLC. So we were going to watch in McKinney. Well we got a late start...Headed out at 8:50 we get on at Washington Street and before we get to the McDonald's Exit in Durant (less than a mile) we had a flat...by the time we got the changed and the spare did not look that good, we decided to run home and switch into my uncle's van which we were borrowing since Ryan's car had the Radiator problem and we were going to return it to day...so we take it to Dallas but since we are running so late (it is 9:45 by now and conference starts at 10) we decide to watch here and leave when the Closing song starts. We set down...they are having technical difficulties...we catch bits and pieces...My Sis and her dh decided to go to Sherman to watch they could at least watch the last half...we decided to follow since that is the direction we are going. We get there in time for the last talk which was the last hour. It was really good. I called my mom afterwards to see if they ever got conference...they did not get picture but they got audio in time for the last hour so they didn't hear anymore than we saw...so we head out...(almost forgot we had to get our GPS back from my sister who had borrowed our when they left in in the car that in the shop). They loaned one to the elders and were pretty sure it was ours so they got it from them prior to going to Sherman...We head out and get the GPS out and search our fav locations for Dean's address we have saved...It is not there...In fact, we have Christa's GPS. So we call Christa...it takes 3 calls to get an answer. Finally get her and get the address out of Our GPS. So we got down there and all was fun. This morning we get up and I go to take the van..>Drive to mom's to drop off Ashley and it seems to be dragging. my spare is going flat...so we air it up...I go to work, have PSO lunch meeting in which only 5 showed up. then back to work. Pick up the girls and Ryan. Have my cell under my right knee. We get back into town before 6 and go to get my tire changed. Ryan walks across the stree to O'Riely's with the girls and I go in to pay, leaving my driver window down and my phone either in my seat or in the cup holder. I pay with my back turned about 3 mintues. come out my tire is changed I pull out to go across the street and go to pull out my phone to tell Ryan I am there and can't find my phone...thinking it just fell down We leave, I drop Ryan and the girls at Wal-mart while I run to pay car payment and Lowes and home to see if I can find my phone...I have tore apart the van and still have not found it...went thru my purse and computer bag and could not find it, went thru Ryan's stuff and still nothing. My phone was not dead but had just got to the last bar and had not had time to actually die...never beeped I tried to call it numerous times and it goes straight to Vm...It is not in my car...So either my brain does not work and I took it in with me to the tire place and left it, or it fell out as I got out of my car or someone took it out of my car and since there were only 2 guys out there and they were working ont he front Driver tire by the open window...they could have easily taken it. Come home, go to suspend it until I find it and see my phone does not have insurance which I know I signed up for when I set up the acct but that is a whole other story with the phones...I have the paperwork showing where I signed up for both phones to have insurance...They got my # fixed (i was keeping current # under my dad's plan on mine and that was after talking to 3 different people and being told YES you can do that if he releases it...) well after they got it straightened out and put that # on my acct they deleted the insurance I did not know that till tonight. So I call they got the set up and I will be charged $5 per month for the last 5 months to have the insurance but it is worth it...I had the suspend my phone and will call the insurance tomorrow after I have had time to check to make sure it is not sitting on casteel's service desk...

I kept thinking all day if I have happy thoughts and be happy and cheerful and don't let everything that happened this weekend get me down then stuff would get better then my phone dissappeared...Not to mention the email I got as school got out that Ashley's eye is red, puffy and oozing so possible pink eye...She has an appt tomorrow at 9:15 to see if it is...So one more thing...

So Black cat, Broken Mirror, Walk under a ladder, What? I have no idea...Ready for it all to get better though!

It's Official My 4 year old Daughter is BOY CRAZY

She comes home talking boys, boys, boys...she wants to hang out with boys...Wants to go play with my sisters foster Son David who tried to kiss her the other day...Jacoby at school did kiss her once and they both got in trouble and I think he kissed her on the cheek when I picked her up the other day.

Well this morning I could not get her moving...So as a joke I finally said if she didn't get up I was going to take here in her t-shirt she slept in and her night time diaper (pull up) and Jacoby would see it...I don't think I have ever seen her run so fast to get ready in the morning! So would you call that boy crazy?!

Yesterday was fun!

Yesterday we went to Fort Washita for a WWII reenactment they were doing. They had some old vehicles and stuff and it was really fun...the paper had said a battle would happen between 1 and 3, we got there at 1:10 and were told it would start at 2, well the actual battle didn't start until 3 but it was lots of fun. they were using smoke bombs and stuff for grenades and the kids were loving it. Until about 25 min into one of the smoke bomb or other firecrackers caught the grass on fire. all of a sudden they had the American's and Germans all out there fighting a fire...it was heading north luckily they got it stopped. After that they were going to start the fight back up but the fire took too much out of them and they had to stop. We got some pics and stuff which maybe I will get posted eventually but it was lots of fun.

Last night we went to Sherman and I did lots of Window shopping. Ryan kept up with the kids. I did really good and didn't spend much other than dinner and dollar tree, and panty hose at walmart plus gas. Ryan got a couple things at TJ Max but we did good. There were a couple things I was looking for and didn't find but did have a lot of fun.

That was our Sat. Hope you all had a great weekend!

Why do we get ICE and no Snow?!

Well it is getting icy outside...Why did they not cancel school the high for the day was around 6 am when it was 33 or 34...Now it is dropping. They warn not to drive in this if possible. I always here about wreck after wreck on the ice and I myself have slid but not wrecked on the ice...Today though I came in to work at 8 so I was late...Slid thru Evergreen on 12th cuz hit some ice...Finally made it to work. My cousin who works here had to leave to go pick up his wife and kids who were in a wreck on the ice...she spun out to the side and I guess was hit. Don't know the whole story...He took them home then turned around and took them to ER...Then we had a guy who ignored the No Soliciting sign and came in to sell us office supplies (That all has to go to Main office anyway) He warned me the steps were getting slippery...He left, down the grass to avoid the ice, One of our vendors came in to ask us to open the gate so he could refill our Propane tanks for our heat...I told David he was here and told Mike next time he went out that he should be careful because of the ice...Came back here with David and the guy stepped out and slid down the steps and think broke his leg...So we called 911. So this has been an even filled day...We were told school may let out early too so I am trying to stay on top of the news to know...Fun, Fun, Fun...What is to come next?!

2009 not our year (so far)

How come things just keep going wrong? Did I not eat enough black eyed peas or what?

Starting with the 17th of Jan, we met my FIL & his wife for lunch which was so much fun then took my kids and they had brought our nieces, so we all went to Jump 'n' Land at the mall. Well that night Ryan started limping then Sunday he could not put any pressure on his foot. So we went to the ER and his foot is sprained (possible fracture but too swollen to tell). They would not let him come to school without A) Crutches or B) Wheel Chair...well B is out since it is only a sprained ankle ins does not cover it as medically necessary, and I tried calling everywhere and could not find anyone who had crutches for 3'10" so he had to be out all week. New x-rays done this morning, just have to wait for reading...Follow up is at 9:15 tomorrow...Hopefully it will be well enough to walk on

Fast Forward to Saturday the 24th. We slept in which was great, then I caught my pinky toe on the door of the bathroom and have broken it. Then we went to Garland, MIL kept the kids while we did some running around. We stopped at the Race Track Gas station right around the corner from her house and went in to get soda's came out got in the car and some idiot decided to back in next too us--REALLY CLOSE. the lady could not get out of the passenger door. there was more room toward the front of our car so Ryan tried to get out and he hit that guys car (mercede's) the guy pulled out then came over and got all in Ryan's face. We pulled out...no damage to either car and he started following us til we got to Bucking Ham, we turned Right and he turned left but I just knew he was going to run us off the road or something!

K now for Sunday. I went to a meeting at church, Ryan was trying to get kids ready and had given them a bath. The Heater in the ceiling of the bathroom has quit so I had Ryan light the bathroom furnace...He gave the kids their baths and got them out of the bathroom. While Dressing Ashley, Ameera decided to go back into the bathroom where she slipped and hit the furnace...it had been off for 5 minutes but she has 2nd degree burns on her left arm and it took off skin. We have been doctoring it but at least I have ryan talked in to having it checked by the dr but she could not get in til 11:30 tomorrow so we will see what they say.

Bad things happen in 3's right? So that means it can only get better, right?...