HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 2011!!

So, yeah, it's been damn near a year and I really want to be better at this...but for today...

***HAPPY FATHER'S DAY***
...to my partner in crime, my husband Fernando!
...to my loving father in law, Alfredo!
...my amazing brother in law, Rob!
...and most of all, my MOM!

May this begin another year of being great dads! I love you guys!

ummm..August anyone?

We are full swing into August. Emilee started her junior year (11th gr) of high school yesterday and she and BF Nicole said it seemed like summer never happened, just like they had a weekend! They were both excited and happy about their first day, their teachers, classes and the friends in them! I am posting some pics of Emilee's first day of school yesterday. She is the only bright spot in my day right now!

Since I last wrote, Em's "friend" Amanda created DRAMA and said she didn't want to be Emilee or Nicole's friend anymore. Both girls spent the good part of a night and day crying, they were so hurt! If I ever see that little bitch, I swear. Little punk!

Anyway, Emilee did sell lemonade a little this summer to get school clothes and stuff, but didn't go to camp this year. Neither she or Rachael wanted to go. Em did go down and visit Tia, Rob, Rachael & Eden for a few weeks...it was about 120 down there - so hot they couldn't even go in the pool in the daytime! They would go around 10pm!

Kaela moved out - back with Gramma...again. Where she can save and NOT PAY RENT or food or anything! Of course they made it sound like it was for 'our' benefit. Whatever makes you feel better about yourself! She screwed us gangster style! She was paying a little rent and had the master bedroom. So the only plus is that Fernie and I have a room of our own now. It was already difficult enough to make it on $1008 a month and now Fernie's benefits have been cut and we have to make it work on $920 for the 3 of us! Oh yeah, I feel the benefit Kaela! 5 years almost to the date since she did the exact same thing, except she wasn't paying rent then. She also left all her crap here, dresser, bed, boxes, crap that's not boxed, etc! So now She, Gramma and Margaret are moving down to Newport and nobody said a word to me, I had to confront Kaela. AND now she says she is going to take this computer, even though she has a brand new computer that hooks up to everything including her printer! I asked her to leave it till Christmas and we would either have a replacement by then or we'd be out of luck and have to deal with it! She said NO! I can hear Gramma saying 'you better get it now or you're not gonna get it back'! To top it off, Emilee was told that she'd have online homework every single week, she can use computers at school if they are available, other than that, we have to make an appt at the library when they have one avail! Kaela said that she'd bring me discs so I could get our stuff off it. Fernie and I have tons of docs on it, some for each of our court cases, medical stuff, Emilee stuff, not too mention a bazillion pictures! We told her to give us a couple of days notice so we could have all her stuff ready for her. SOOO much bullshit. Oh, you bet I'll have it ready, at the edge of the garage so she and whatever help she brings can get it loaded and get the hell outa town! Again, so much bullshit...I'm up to my eyeballs.

PEACE!

Happy April...Happy Spring !!

So far Spring is great - off and on. Mostly warmer weather in the low to mid 60s, but a couple days of very cold wind. I can't wait to plant tomatoes, etc.
Emilee went down to Tia's house with gram last weekend. From what I hear EdenJoy was into a cold, but you just can't help lovin' up on her. But now Em has been sick all week and since it seemed to be getting worse, I took her to the Doc on Thursday evening. Turns out she was a right sided girly child...right ear infection, right sinus infection, tonsilitis, and right-sided chest crap. Because I struggle with my lungs, I must make sure she is diligent about taking her antibiotics, allergy med, ibuprofen for fevers, and cough stuff if it's needed. Also because of all my lung crap, I was really scared when she told me that she knew how I felt, cause she couldn't catch her breath.
Because she'd been on meds for a couple of days, I allowed her to go to a sleepover to her best friends house. This friend has moved 2hrs away with her mom due to the the divorce, but she was down visiting her dad who still lives in the same place. I just couldn't make her miss Amanda's visit. It will likely be late May before she is back.
All else is okay. The Lord has blessed us, even in these tough times. The attached pictures were taken by Emilee in photography class. She chose a Cherry Blossom tree, because she knows I love them and then and knew I was having a really rough couple of days.
Easter is tomorrow, we are going to Mom's and bring dinner and dessert. We also get to bring laundry cause we still don't have a washing machine. I am glad we can wash at mom's, but not having a stupid washer REALLY SUCKS
PEACE

YEAH!

My birthday was great. The best that I can ever remember. We did go the the Ellen show, just me, Fernie and Kaela. It was fantastic! ELLEN looked great, except maybe a little too thin. But the energy in there was hoppin. One guest was Ty Burrell from the show Modern Family. I wasn't really familiar with it, but he was funny and real.

Then we had someone planting to encourage home gardening or herbs and veggies.. We each got 2 boxes with little seed packs in them.

And then there was a new little band from England, called One Eskimo. We also each got a cd and an animated dvd. I thought they were pretty good, maybe alternativs rock, I don't know.
There was quite a bit of waiting and the move and wait some more, than a tiny bit more waiting. I didn't care, I was gonna have fun no matter what!
I overdid it a bit cause my lungs were on fire the following day. It actually took a couple of days to get back to almost normal. Here are some pics from before ww left and went in.
Peace

Really? March already?

Whoa, I can't believe it's March 8th already! My birthday is on the 16th and it's gonna so much fun for a change. Usually we just ignore it or just don't acknowledge it really. But this year we have tickets to go see a taping of the Ellen Show! At first it was supposed the four of us - Fernie, me and the girls. Then Emi doesn't wanna go cause she has One of the High School Exit Exams on that day. I know there's a make up date, but she is adamant about not going. My feelings are still kinda hurt. I was really sad that she didn't want to go celebrate with me. Still kinda sad to me, even if I am proud of her for taking care of business!

So then I asked my sister. It's a long drive, but she was so excited about the show she was ready to go. Right now Eden Joy was sick but is doing better. I have to give a head count to the producer by tomorrow. So my sister emailed me and cannot go because of this or that. I just cried, as my little fun trip is falling apart. I'm really sad! And I am still praying that Emilee changes her mind and give me my best birthday EVER!

I called my aunt Mary but they had company on Saturday. I was supposed to call her back yesterday, but I didn't. I think she'd love to go, but she is so busy working and running Megan around to guitar, piano, gymnastics....All that and she has above a 4.0 gpa !
Whatever, At least Fernie, Me, and Kaela are still gonna go.
PEACE for now

Spring, You Say?...Almost.

I can't believe it's March already! My birthday is on the 16th and for my birthday we get to go see a taping of Ellen. It's gonna be so much for a change - I'm used to ignoring it or just not acknowledging the date. I am so excited! but this year we're goin to see Ellen. At first I intended for the four of us to go, but Emilee has High School Exit exams on that day, so she doesn't want to go at all, and has no intentions on taking the make up test. I am pretty bummed but I can't force her...I may have tried already. So I asked my sister if she was interested. She sounded excited but it's so damn far - 3 hours at least from her house to Burbank. If she can arrange it, it will be a blast too. She's gotta arrange someone to keep Eden for the day. She's good at helping me relax and stop when I start flipping out, which is good. I have ideas about child care, but I'll have to check it out a little better first.
Also, Emilee and her friend Nicole went to their first Winter Formal and had a blast. I'll attach pictures.
So long for now...
PEACE

Hey Mother Nature...How Bout Some SNOW!!?

I really like the rain, we don't get it very often. It rained almost all day yesterday. Not really heavy, but windy and constant. And our new place has a pretty good leak....it's in Kaela's room. Anyway, there is a break from the rain this morning and it's supposed to start again this afternoon. The landlord said they'd be out here this morning. Fernie is ready to speak with them when they get here. Having been in construction, he knows the correct way to fix the problem, but he thinks they have been trying to put a band aid over the problem at least twice now. We cannot have just a minor fix, as mold will grow and I can NOT be around mold with my troubled lungs - could be big problems.

Emilee went back to school today and was freezing her little butt off. The high today will be 43...could be worse, but it's still cold and windy.

OH - and Mother Nature...about that SNOW...!

My sister had two serious kidney stone surgeries in the last 2 weeks. She is slowly getting back to normal but has been in some serious pain. Feel better, Tia - Love you!

That's it for now, I need a blanket.
PEACE

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