IT'S A BOY!!!!

I found out on Wednesday that I am having a baby boy! I didn't know how to explain to my son that our baby was going to be a girl, if it was. He threatened to run away and move in with his neighbor buddy. Wouldn't you feel the same, already having THREE sisters? I honestly didn't care but I didn't want to have my son's heart broken. He was so happy when I told him. He has asked,"But what if it comes out a girl?" I felt so good being able to PROMISE it would be a boy. It was way too obvious that it was a boy. As soon as the tech got on there, he showed himself.

We are set with the name William Robert. That way we can call him Billy Bob. LOL I am totally just kidding. I went through all my baby clothes and receiving blankets last night. I didn't find many boy clothes, no surprise, but I found a lot of blankets for my little man. Once we get our taxes in, we are having a hay day! All I really need is a bedding set, mattress, stoller/car seat combo, swing, and a rocking chair. I plan on getting the real chair style so that I can use it after baby gets older.

Off to do some more laundry. I need to finish washing the baby clothes and putting them in his dresser. I am getting excited!!

Too many kids!

Emily had her birthday party/sleep over this weekend. Wow.....We had them all over, four to sleep over, and then we had the neighbor kids over: Emily and Michael's best friends and their adopted brother and sister from Africa. They had pizza and then cake. After they left, it was a girl fest. We all ended up staying up until 2:30 am. They did their thing and we watched Talladega Nights. HA! Too funny. I had to get up and get one girl off to church at 10 am and the rest were gone around 1 or 2. I ended up taking a nap, that is after scrubbing a few walls (they were already dirty) mopping, dishes and vaccuuming out the fireplace. OH, I forgot. We made s'mores with the fireplace that night. MMMM! I could only do one.........too sweet. All and all, it was great fun!

I am all better if you couldn't tell. I didn't get anything done until Thursday, I think. Most of this week is a blur. I was so doped up with pain meds that days drooled into the other. I did get the rest of the kids' presents except for a book Lizzie wants. I could NOT find it. I told her I would find it, even if it took me all year to! I even squeezed in Emily's birhtday presents on Friday. I got her a complete bedding set at Target (Full size comforter, two pillow cases, two shams, and sheets), a butterfly rubbermaid bin I filled with nail polish and make up, a shirt and a large hard copy of Charlotte's Web. That was her favorite.

Back to my health...I am feeling so much better. I also lost some weight so I am three pounds under my start weight for this pregnancy. I have been feeling my little guy moving and bumping me. It has become more regular and consistant. I get to find out what s/he is on Wednesday. I am 75% sure it is a boy. We will see. I just want this pregnancy to go smoothly the rest of my time in it! LOL I will be half way done as of Wednesday too!! 20 weeks and 20 to go!!!!!

Ode to my kidney stones

Yes, I have been battling kidney stones since THURSDAY. It started around noon. I took some Tylenol with Codeine and slept. They hit later that night again. Of course, dh had duty. Isn't that how it always happens? I was in total, utter pain. I was throwing up so I didn't take more meds. Once off if work, we went in to the ER. I was given something I am too doped up to remember what it was with some no puke medicine. Morphine, my bad. I am on Lor-tab right now. Last night, we went to the neighbors and played Texas hold em. They got a big kick out of my giggle fits and total lack of expression or comprehension of anything. I did win a lot at least! Well, I am hoping this passes soon. I have to be off of it to drive and do my everyday stuff. I hurt too much to do anything around here. WATER~WATER~WATER~WATER~WATER~WATER~

We're Back!! Fun in Myrtle Beach.....

Yup, it was awesome fun in Myrtle! First off, the reason we went up was for a baseball tournament. My dh is the assistant coach and my son in the bat boy for an AAU 12 and under team. We headed up Friday, even took the kids out early so we could shoot up there. We dropped off our stuff at the hotel and then went out to eat. Our hotel was awesome by the way. It had two queens in the first room, full kitchen in the middle with brand new stainless steel appliances, and then the living room with a murphy bed and pull out couch. We had a plasma with built in DVD player in our room and the kids had a huge TV with a DVD player in theres. Our balcony faced the ocean which was wonderful to wake up to.

Anyway, we went right out to eat after that. We made reservations for all of us, including all the boys from the team at Margaritaville. That was pretty awesome! Right before our meal, a 'hurricane' hit with the ceiling breaking out in thunder and lightning. There is a spinning hurricane in the middle that had a bottle of margarita mix (tequila? I don't drink so I don't know what goes in it)Anywho, it came down and started pouring into a huge blender. The kids thought it was neat. There was also a woman on stilts that went around making balloon animals, hats and swords for the kids.

After dinner, we all headed down to the pool. They have a huge indoor pool, hot tub and lazy river. Emma and I had great fun floating around the river! We went swimming in the pool. I even got in some laps while Lizzie sat with her on the steps. The hot tub felt good on my legs and feet, seeing as that was as far in as I could go. Last year, it was like a big bathtub, just warm not hot. It was HOT this year.

The first place we hit on Saturday was the NASCAR race track. Michael baby was in HEAVEN! They had simulators that he dug. Emily and he drove these smaller gocarts. They both did awesome. Michael did a lot better than his older sister. It has to be all the driving he does in his GraveDigger powerwheels.

After skee ball and Michael coming away with some cars, we ate at the NASCAR cafe. I thought it would be expensive, crappy food. WRONG! It was $50 for all of us and it was GOOD FOOD. I can just imagine what he is telling his teacher and classmates right now!

After lunch, we headed over to the field. After a LONG warm up because of an hour game delay and a two hour game that ended in a loss, I brought the kids back to the hotel. It was cold and Emma needed a nap. She slept in the car and I took a nap while they watched Monster House. (I guess it does pay to have a 6 disc DVD player in the car. YOu always have movies with you!)

There second game that night they won! We all met over at CiCi's pizza. I LOVE CiCi's! We had them in VA. We have two in our area but one is on the ghetto side and the other is kinda far for cheap pizza. It is good and feeds us all for around $30 AND it is all you can eat! We went swimming some more with the boys afterwards.

It was COLD AND RAINY the next day. We sat in the car for the game. The boys lost bad but can you blame them? It was 53 and rained the entire two hours. They called the second set of games. Fourth place is what they ended up in with their points. We shot over to Fuddruckers for our final meal. MMMMMMMMM!

Though all of this, Emma did not have any accidents. We had a pull up on her on the way there, a diaper the first night and a diaper on the way home. She never used any of them. I am going to ask my sil if she wants the diapers we have left. I have too many to toss and too big for the next baby. I know I will find a home for them. I am just so tickled I am done with diapers.............for like five more months! Then back to the drawing board!

BIG VENT!!!!!

Yeah, this one is a doozy. No, it isn't hormones at all this time. It started like two weeks ago. My coleader insisted that I agreed to charge the parents another $20 fee in January which I only agreed to a POSSIBLE fee. I put it to a vote with the parents and it was voted down, paying as we go for trips. She has been a total B*TCH to me since then. I mean the whole enchilada: snipping at me, snide comments on my remarks, you name it. Tuesday was it for me. We were locked out of our building for our Tuesday meeting. The way it works is I go to the new youth center a block away and pick the keys up at 4. Our meeting is at 4:30. The keys have to be back by 8 am the next day. No biggie because I drive the kids to school then and just drop them off on my way home. (Use of the building is free too!) We the dumb *ss that used the keys the day before never brought the keys back! I am the most absentminded person you will ever meet but I make sure that those keys are there by 8 am. Last week the kids didn't even have school yet my butt was in the car driving them up in time.

Anyway, the guy doesn't get them there so I run over to the building to meet the girls there. Well, Nida shows up in one of her huffy moods so I run up and borrow the lady who runs the place's keys. I have to lock, prop the doors and bring them back. On my way back to drop them, I try and tell her I am dropping them off, don't shut the door or they will lock. She flat out ignores me! She then procedes to be a b*tch to the girls. In the end, we had two go home in tears and a mom in tears. The girls because she told them they had to eat soup even though they didn't want it at our camp out which is NOT going to happen. The mom proceded to get mad and fire back at her. The mom that was in tears wanted to go on our camp out but was told no whereas another mom got to.

Later that day, the mom that was going came to pick up some stuff for a badge she was running at camp. She told me she didn't even volonteer and wouldn't have known how to tell Nida no if she couldn't or didn't want to go. She also had noticed how mean Nida was and how her daughter sometimes dreads going to our meetings.

I wrote her this email:
On a personal note:
Is there something going on at home? I know you all went though or are still going through some financial difficulties. The reason I ask is you have been very snippy and mean with myself and the girls. C***** brought it up when she picked the stuff up and wondered what was wrong yesterday at our meeting. You didn't even respond when I let you know that we could not close the doors on my way back with the keys. I felt very disrespected and have for the past two weeks. L**** was in tears yesterday at our meeting because you refused to let her go camping with us. She has been at every meeting and stays the entire time, even making our snacks and making sure that part is taken care of. She feels passed over even though she is there until the last girl leaves.
I don't mean to be callous but the whole reason for our troop is to help grow young women and teach them how to be well rounded adults. By being short with them and sometimes down right mean, all it does is turn them off to the program. I know you have a lot going on at home but please don't take it out on us. I don't want the girls to dread going to their meetings or on our outings.
The two girls I am afraid to lose are the ******* girls. They don't have anything other than this and can be pushed very easily, especially C******. We can work around their financial difficulties, even if we have to roll their start up fees back until January or February. I will be calling ********* and making some type of arrangement.
I apologize if I seem to harsh but there is no other way. Anything I say seems to be too much and is taken as an offense to you. I am not a very confrontational person but when it comes to these girls, someone has to speak for them. Also, I have to speak up for myself, which I rarely do.

I tried not to be disrespectful but I didn't want these girls walked on. I can handle being disrespected but the girls cannot and WILL NOT. She tried calling me like 5 times today, like one message wasn't enough, but I had a lot to do before our trip this weekend. (Go Myrtle Beach!) I also spoke with some of our parents that were involved and they are ticked off. I finally got a chance to call her after I picked up the kids. It was like debating with a wall. She didn't listen to a frigging word I said. If there is a third incident, I am going to ask her to step down. I have already talked to her about this during our J.J. prep. Three strikes, you're out.

OOH, She also had the audacity to accuse me of being mad that I had nothing to do with the camp out. I am not the one with the power trip. Everything that has to do with this troop is for the girls, not me. I let the girls have the power as it should at this level. If she wants total control, move back to Brownies!

Ok, I am done venting. I tell ya, I love to work with these girls, really. They are all wonderful young ladies! Nida actually makes me dread going to meetings sometimes.........

Potty trained in a day!

Yes, I am proud to say it took my Emma one day to potty train herself. Of course she is over 3 years old but guess who didn't have to deal with accidents a gazzilion times. She has tried underwear here and there, just to get the idea. She pooed in them twice before and was totally grossed out by it. Well, after spending Thanksgiving over at a friend's house, that was it for her. There was a little girl there, about her size but in 1st grade and they are very good friends. Emma went in the restroom with her and saw what she was doing. Yesterday, she decided she wanted to wear underwear. She has been in them ever since! She has surprised us by going in, not even asked and using the potty chair. Today she did her poo twice! That was the one thing the just had a hard time with. She even complained her bottom hurt and needed a diaper. With coaxing, she did it once and then the second time on her own!

Emma now has her own room now! Emily decided she wanted back in the FROG but to share with Lizzie. (The FROG is our Finished Room Over Garage. It is like 15x20. HUGE and PINK) After talking extensively with all the kids and Mike about it, we decided to run with it. Now Emma has her own room! It is lavender which totally matches her Dora stuff. I just need to go and buy her curtains! She got the bigger of the two other rooms. One: Michael is a slob and we can keep in in one room Two: She has the bigger closet and dresser for her baby brother or sister's clothes. By the time the baby needs to be moved out of our room, we will be moving either to WA or VA.

Off to make dinner! What a good holiday it has been!

New due date!

I went in to see my OB on Thursday. What an event that was! HA! First off, Mike has special lib, the day off, so he could come to the appointment. I was asking for it just by having him come. He is embarrassing. Entertaining, true, but even more true is he is embarrassing! LOL We were waiting to be seen and the Tyra Banks Show was on. She was giving exMeth heads makeovers. HA! You can just imagine the crap he was saying. It was funny and getting giggles but come on! These women worked hard to get where they are. Then again, why screw with that stuff to begin with?

When we got put in the room, I passed gas. Yup, I farted. It is a fact of a pregnant woman's life. Well, he let it be known what I did. Anyone in the hall could hear him. He threatened to say it out loud in the waiting room. He didn't but man, why torture me? LOL We did get to hear the HB. It was in the 150's. I LOVE my OB. He is a younger man, late 30's which doesn't bother me. He was nice and really wanted to know my well being. You know when they are sincere and faking. The reasoning? He has FOUR sisters. Large family child! I know my son will grow up to be like this man. VERY compassionate.

My due date will be kept with my cycle rather than my ultrasound. My due date is now May 9th rather than May 3rd. I told him it really didn't matter because I am always a week late. Four times now, late by a week. He said that he could induce me at 39 if I would like. I am tickled! Then again, I would like my body to take its time and go on its own. This is my last, no need to rush. I have a feeling that I will go a bit quicker, on my own anyway. We have two BIG camping trips planned two weekends in a row, three weeks before my due date. I won't miss out on them, for my girls' sake. I have 13 girls depending on me. Plus, this will push my body into labor a bit earlier. I am so much more active than I was with any of my others, minus Michael.

I got my hair cut!! It looks AWESOME. After my doctor's appointment, we headed to the mall where one of our friends is the manager of Regis. She has been doing this for way over a decade. She is good! She dyed my hair this past Spring. Well, I told her to cut it all off as long as it didn't make me look fatter than I already am or make it look like I am wearing a wig. (I had it cut short when Michael was a baby and it looked like a wig) She not only cut it awesome, but did it up again like at the Khaki ball. (she did my hair in the previous pic) It looked great when we went out for lunch at the Olive Garden. Very appreciative! It turned into a beautiful day.

I had better get to my laundry. It has been calling me all weekend. At least the kids only have two days of school this week. Thanksgiving is going to be great this year. We are having it at a friends, the one who did my hair, this year. We bring a roasted turkey, ham and real potatoes. They are frying one and making a lot of pies plus some more sides. Then her Michael, my Michael, her daughter and my #2 daughter can have some great fun!! Our dear husbands can have some beer and watch football. Maybe get a little Karaoke in there? ;)

BLAAAAAAHHHH!

DUDE!! I need an escape from the BLAHS!! A nap? OOOooohhh! Sounds delish! Man, I get out of the doldrums and into the blahs. I don't think I can win at all!! I do have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. That should make me a bit more upbeat. Getting to hear the heartbeat is always refreshing. I bet you a hundred bucks Emma asks if it is time for them to take the baby out. LOL Everytime we have gone in there, she asks. She was naughty yesterday. I left her with Daddy during G.S. and she dumped a half empty bottle of Robitussin on my carpet and got into my shaving cream. NOT TO MENTION, some of my bathroom stuff like bug itch spray and any other thing that is under my sink. And he b*tches when she gets into stuff when I am watching her! SUGA' PLEASE!

Well, we have had a small issue come up in G.S. that has totally stumped me and pissed me off. We had a start up fee in the beginning of $20. Council suggests a start up fee of $40 but we had like $700 in the account when we started. Well, that $20 went toward a $24 photo album. DUMB! Why could I have not said anything! A lot of the parents are pissed off that we spent that much on an album and think my co leader is cashing in on our money. I would have to lean that way. I just got pressured into it. "I don't like confrontations!" -Rex, Toy Story

My co leader is insisting on ANOTHER $20 from the parents, saying that I agreed to it in our first newsletter. I THOUGHT it said we MIGHT ask for it. I really don't feel comfortable asking and let the parents in on this one. I think we should pay as we go until we can touch cookie money, around March. There are only a few events and they would end up paying for it anyway. That way, if a girl could not attend an event, she does not have to go. Her argument is that if a girl can't afford it, this helps the girl out. SHE STILL HAS TO PAY THE $20!! Please....either way, the parent is going to pay. This way, they are not obligated to pay if they can't or don't want to attend.

CAN I SAY ITCHY *SS? Yes, I am pregnant but she jumped down my thoat about this issue, on my friggin' birthday! Even if it wasn't my b-day, I had just walked in the door when she called on Thursday and starts in on me. I told her I was against it and she got really itchy *ss with me about it, being a total b*tch about the whole thing. It seems like it is just a control thing. Either way, I am going to do what is best for the girls, even if she can't seem to see past it.

We have another family in our troop that frustrates the crap out of me. They have two girls in our troop, sisters, that have a hard time paying for anything we do. They live on base so there is no expense for any utilities other than cable and phone. They don't have cable anymore and have one cell phone line. Why are they broke all the time? I really don't get it. She has no kids at home. Why not just go work at Target or Walmart for some extra cash? The thing is, I LOVE her girls! They really love Girl Scouts and NEED it. Out of all of our girls, they really could use the program. I don't want to lose them because of some hardship that their parents are obviously going through. I think their mom is angry with our first $20 fee let alone a second! She was really mad about the album that we used because of the price. Especially when you see the size of it! What if we need to get a second? I know the parents will NOT agree to pay for another if it isn't a Walmart special. How do I tell my co leader without totally pissing her off? Either way, it will, no matter how I put it and I cannot ask the parents to pay for it or the girls, AGAIN.

Much better!!

I am feeling much better today! I am a bit tired still but that is from waking at 4 in the morning having to go wee and a growling stomach. I had to go down and eat a jello which really didn't work as well as I thought it would. Then I couldn't fall asleep, woke up to the cat in my face trying to steal my glass of water, and my stomach growling again! Lame!! Anyway, I did get my preggo snoogle pillow in the mail yesterday. IT ROCKS! I am still adjusting to it but it really makes me more comfortable at night. It is SO much easier to fall asleep also. I am really going to enjoy every second of the pregnancy, relish every part of it, MINUS the ill feeling times. I am so glad I don't have to do this again! I will just enjoy my neices and nephews AND grandbabies~~!

Today, I am feeling well enough to go walking. I have felt icky for too long and know that walking will make me feel so much better. It will set everything back in place and give me energy again. At least my depression has faded. THANK GOD! I usually have it for a day or two but this one was a bit longer. I plan on bringing it up at my appointment next Thursday. Mike will get to go to this one which is great. I was just glad that he was able to be there for the ultrasound. I think Emma is the one that got the biggest kick out of that. I hope she can go to my big ultrasound! That one is coming next MONTH! I really hope my little man/woman cooperate and let us know what s/he is!!

TIRED!

I am so tired today. The reason? My lovely husband. See, he likes to stay up a bit later than me, which does not bother me. Well, my son likes to fall asleep with me or just lay with me until Daddy goes to bed, even if it is for five minutes. Mike usually moves him into his own bed when he goes to bed. Last night, he not only didn't move him but he turned the HEAT on. One of our vents lands right one me! (I like having the vent there for the AC) It stays cool upstairs but not cold. He set Emily into cough fits with the heat. She too can't sleep well when it is warm. I moved Michael and tried for hours to try to sleep. Yeah, all I did was fart all night. LOL That is what happens when you stick a jalapeno burger in a pregnant woman!


I am so tired and kinda hurt today. I have a pinched something or other in my back, probably from tossing and turning last night. I am hanging on by a frigging thread!! I am going to force Emma down for a nap with me. If she doesn't nap, I can't nap. What in the hell am I going to do when I get farther along? MAN!! I will have to work in naps for her from now on. NIGHTY NIGHT!

Four BLAH day in a row

I have had the most melancholy this week. I mean it is really bringing me down! I need a nap or something I guess. I will bring it up at my next drs appointment. If it continues, I need to look at the possiblity that my depression is creeping back up on me. I will not allow it to ruin my pregnancy like it did with #2 and 4. I don't know how people can just suffer with it without getting medical help with it. There is this one chic on here that moans and groans about suffering from depression yet doesn't do a damn thing about it. What's worse is I KNOW that her kids are suffering for it. I will not let it catch hold of me. It would not be fair to my family OR to myself. I know if I got my *ss out to the track and walked, I would get better. It just seems like the minute I clean the house, the kids go and trash it. I worked hard on the livingroom yesterday and Emma trashed the place. I found a cool web site with chore charts on it. I am going to work in that after I get this laundry set up. Dude! I hate laundry!!! The kids are totally slacking on their end of that. I had to go dig through their rooms for their clothes. Emily has not cleaned the cat box in almost a week. I am going to start deducting money from her fee if she doesn't do something soon! They are going to have to be grounded until they get what they need DONE! NO going outside until this is fixed.

Anyway, I have to go back to work. I need some coffee...........

Feeling better!

I just sat in my huge garden tub for about 45 minutes, candles aglow, kids off watching a movie..............I feel so much better! It is aMAZING what a bubble bath can do for you. Now I can sit relaxed and watch my show, go to sleep and have a wonderful new day tomorrow!!!

yuck day

Today was a total YUCK day. I got sucked on the computer playing solitare and spider solitare while I watched my TiVo'ed shows from the night before. It brought me down and into the realm of "dead *ss". I didn't want to do anything, was weepy over some cutsy moments on TV. You know, the typical mood swinging pregnant woman. Then, after picking up the kids, I prompted them to wash the car with me. I had about an inch of mud caked on it from Saturday. (We had a G.S. event out at the camp and it had rained extensively most of last week. To get to camp, you have to drive up a three mile dirt road. I fishtailed the whole way up, giving the girls a good laugh. My car was so gross afterwards) Well, I got ichy *ss with them about little things. Again, go hormones. Next time, I am bringing it up to the hand wash place and pay the $30 to have it washed, detailed and waxed.


I am feeling much better now that I have vented a bit. The hormones are driving me nuts! It is the only thing that makes me feel pregnant. I have not been ill at all lately. I just get a bit tired or testy. In my mind, I can think and ease myself about everything............"this is my last!" LOL I have never been more at peace about the decision. I have waited for this feeling for a while. Plus, I can't afford to pay for college for anymore!!

Soap box time:

I have gone over this subject many times. I CANNOT stress it enough: IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR KIDS, DON'T HAVE MORE!!! I see it all too many times. "I want a baby. We can afford another BABY." Yeah, most people can afford a babies. Well, some can't even do that and still have more. Guess what happens when they get older....they cost more! They require clothes, school supplies (even home schooled kids need clothes and school supplies) High school hits and they want nicer clothes. Unless you are totally insensitive to a teenager as my parents were, you have to provide a bit more in the clothing department. Then there is college. Hardly anyone I come across thinks,"I have a realistic plan for college for my kids."
It is great that people have these 'large' families nowadays. I think it is super................if you can honestly pay for all of these kids, 4, 5, 6+ kids throughout their ENTIRE life.

OK, off my soap box. You can totally tell I am hormonal. It HAS to be another girl. ha!

I have a more serious issue that has come upon me. My sister has come up pregnant this past week. I find it hard to be happy for her because of their circumstances. Mind you I love her dearly and will totally love this child when s/he comes. Here is the story: The month that we concieved this baby, we had decided to quit trying because of drama in the family. (SIL had some issues. I vented about it on here) Well, we had one of those,"We forgot" Two seconds too late. HONESTLY! We always joked that we had given up on conceiving Emma and she was kind of an oops. She was a "wore a condom once and didn't after that" kind of thing. She was planned. Anyway, we had our oops (because was had been used to trying for the past three months.) and figured why not after that. She claimed that SAME month, the same thing happened to them. Then the following month, the same thing. THIS month, she told me about two weeks ago about them forgetting again. We then went into why they keep oopsing and why she wasn't on birth control. Mind you she was claiming up and down they were NOT trying and wanted to wait until their current child was 3. Her excuse for no BC was because she couldn't get into a dr until January. I find that a load of bull. I am so sorry. There are many dr offices in the area and even planned parenting that can hook you up if you really don't want to try. Well, she calls me up saying she is two weeks late and has a test. She then tells me a story of the condom breaking. A totally different story. What makes me irritated about all of this is that they were clearly trying. Why not just come out with it? The only reasoning is that she knows it is such a lousy time for them. Guilt over it? I mean come on! Ya think they would have learned from us about stupid times to conceive, our second as an example! We were moving, our car was broken and we were low on money. Hmmmm. They borrow money from his mom all the time just to eat, they have very little money, they are moving and don't fully know how it will all work out when they move, specifically health insurance, etc. Plus, she was on bed rest through most of her pregnancy, having to be hospitalized for the end of it and having the baby come 6 weeks early. I she saw how hard it was for us and we had a SOLID job with consistant health insurance. Why try and do it like us? I just hope that his family will be as active for them as she expects them to be. I will be too pregnant to help her and will not be there for her for the birth, even if it is to watch my niece. I pray that things work out ok for them. Especially for their dd that will pay in the end if it doesn't.

Well, I am off to get dinner ready. Got "heroes" on tonight. Woo Hoo! Love that show. I have to go over bills, budget for Christmas and plan to get my G.S and home projects in order. Ooh, and I have to get the kids scheduled in for their dental work. Yeah, can wait to pay from Emily's braces. HEY! IF the need them, you are required as a parent to provide.

It's been a while

I have been very busy! Between Girl Scouts and the house, I have no real time. We took the girls to a Scientist for a Day event. What fun that was, seriously! We learned about oyster reefs and how they are building more to help the environment. We actually started our own starters. We also pulled up some old ones and had the girls pick out some sea creatures: grass shrimp, crab, sea squirts....even a fish! The girls also learned about water Ph and we measured the saltiness of the sea AND of the brackish water the ships were in. (They have a carrier, submarine, destroyer and a coast guard cutter) After our event, we had a picnic and toured the ship and the boats. After seven hours of fun, I was spent.

We also had a friend and his mom visit us for dinner from WA state. They had to eat and run because of their schedule but it was awesome to see them again! We ate at the Crab House featured on A&E that got "flipped". That was last night. This weekend I go camping............JUST ADULTS!! WOO HOO! I love to get away, even if it is just for a weekend. The following weekend, we have a G.S. event AND a party to go to. I can't wait for November to get here! We will get a break from events and take a breather. I will hopefully be able to start feeling a little from my Mcnugget by then.

ANYWAY....I will begin walking again. I am feeling a bit more energized. I am so thankful that I didn't get morning sickness this time. I was able to keep up with things minus keeping my house clean. I did get it clean in time for my friend and his mom to come visit us at least. I am going to start up a project list now that I am getting things back to normal. I need to get some painting done and things of that nature before I get too big to get up on a ladder. I have until about January before I start to really show. We will see how that all goes.

Well, until I have more time...... ciao

BIG CAMP OUT!

First off, the Kkaki Ball was AWESOME. My hair was totally fab. Thank you Loni for doing my hair. It didn't budge at all. I actually slept on it and wore it during the day the next day. It is just too bad I won't be going next year. I will have a nursling to take care of.


Well, it has been a hard week and weekend. It starts on Friday. I, being the biggest preggo air head right now, scheduled my prenatal class (first visit before first ob) with Lizzie's doctor's appointment. MORON! Well, I had gotten kind of sick the night before and felt like I had swallowed thumb tacks that morning. I gutted throught two hours of my class with Emma and Liz in tow and then headed down the hall of the hospital to the pediatric office. Lizzie is offically going through puberty. Yippee... She was also put back on Adderal for her ADHD. I am really tickled with that. Lizzie is happy too. She knows she is struggling with it all. Well, after waiting in the pharmacy for about 15 minutes (worth not paying a dime for our meds) and going back to the OB to schedule my first appointment (I had to leave the class a little early for Lizzie's appointment. OH first ultrasound is on THURSDAY!), I really felt rank. I passed one of my girls' parents at the hospital and didn't even recognize him. I came home and thought I was going to die. I ate, picked up the other kids from school and took a nap. I went to bed sick, praying that I was better by morning for our Junior Jam prep. Lo and behold, God blessed me with being better! I still had a slight stomach ache but wasn't feeling sick or had to sit on the toilet for hours.

Our camp trip went great. The whole point of the weekend was to learn camping skills to go toward our Junior Jam this Spring. ( I will be 2 weeks away from my due date when we go) We learned to cook, use a compass, pitch tents, lash, tie knots and make fire. Posted is a pic of Lizzie with her fire she made all by herself! We also got to see a snake up close. No gators this weekend. Too cold I think. We also did a night hike to the DOLL HOUSE. The doll house is a small play house that has antique dolls inside. They are all really creepy looking. There are stories of the dolls moving and a little girl bleeding to death inside. All not true.

The one issue I had with the girls was with our tents. We have two HUGE tents. One is an eight man tent. We had seven girls in that tent. In our bigger tent, a cabin tent with a changing room, we had five girls. We all agreed that we would keep everyones gear in the changing room. Well, one specific girl didn't like it. She was our main trouble maker. The girls in the first tent claim that she went in their tent, messed everything up and took out a necklace from another girl from her bag and placed it neatly on the outside. It was all hearsay but I think there was some facts behind it. The girl with the necklace got yelled at for not putting it up when she did and didn't tell anyone about it. My co leader has rubbed a lot of the girls the wrong way. Two sisters tend to respond with disrespect toward her because they are not shown any respect from her, in their eyes. I tried to explain to them that she is just hard on the outside and good inside but the more she is hard on these girls, the more disrespectful they get. I spoke with the older girl about it but my co leader pushes too hard.

This one girl that was our trouble child happens to be the co leader's daughter. This girl was just an animal all weekend. She got worse and worse. My the time this morning rolled around, it was too much. She took up the changing room so the others couldn't get in, she ran around naked and declaring it to the world in the changing room and ultimately kept our girls from being on time. Of course Lizzie was last and was hollered at to get out in her jammies, a T-shirt and shorts. It was in the 60's. I stomped that one fast. OH! The worst was she was 'not feeling good' and wanted to go to bed. She threw a big fit, put on her jammies which are long (we just learned NOT to wear anything like this around the fire) to make smores after her mom said no matter what, she wouldn't get any. She whined the next day and after I said I was having my kids wash my car, she whined and pitched a fit when her mom told her she wasn't going to wash their car. I need to talk with my co leader and have a discussion about the behavior I saw this weekend. Between the catty gossip and our drama queen, we just need to gut through it and get us past it. I need to get a hard nose, tell my co leader how they feel and myself and get us back on track!

Well, other than our drama it went well. We had a first timer out there that kind of freaked when it got dark. She was going to sleep with us in our cabin and at the last minute decided to sleep in the tent. Midnight exactly, she was at our door. It was so frigging cold!!! I had to get up and move my stuff off the cot at my head and then walk down to the bathroom on the other side of camp. THANK YOU GOD for giving me a sweet sleeping bag. I bought it 3 years ago, $45 Eddie Bauer 30 degree sleeping bag, and actually got hot in the morning. Too cold to uncover but too hot to stay all zipped up. It was awesome! My van was so packed...can't wait for my 'Burban next year~!

Khaki ball tonight

Tonight is the khaki ball. Yeah, I have to dress up.....I am not feeling good so maybe I can get out of it! LOL I know I will have a blast but I really don't want to go. I need to get new shoes and haven't even bothered to get some. I know my shoes will end up off my feet anyway......I just don't dig wearing a dress!! Wearing a pant suit just looks weird at these events. Not really but I would feel out of place. I don't know if I can last too long there. He would like to stay until 10. I am ready for bed at like 8! Go baby right? I am officially 8 weeks tomorrow!! Too funny right? I am still a little in shock over being pregnant but I am getting over it. I still have not gotten too sick minus feeling a bit sick here and there. Usually a nap takes care of it. Well, I have to go clean. We have family coming in town tomorrow. I have my neice and nephew for the weekend. PLUS, the baseball team is coming over to our house after their morning game. OFF TO GET THE HOUSE TOGETHER!!!!

Definitely pregnant!

I went to the doctor yesterday to confirm my pregnancy and get a referral to the OB. I am definitely pregant! I don't know if I really didn't think I was or what. Maybe it is the fact that I have not gotten sick yet. ~knock on wood~ I just thought that we would be like,"Sorry, you aren't pregnant. You should get a visit from TOM soon." Not the case! I don't get why I have not gotten ill yet. I did get a bad case of gut rot yesterday but that really isn't the same. I also found out that I might have to go to an outside ob/gyn. There is limited space at the Naval Hospital so they refer you out. Either way, you don't even give birth at their hospital. They don't have a labor and delivery. I would give birth at a private hospital. I hope I get a private doctor that is closer. The Naval hospital is such a drive! If I get the Naval Hospital though I would be able to bring Emma with to my doctor's appointments.

I have a lot of work today. First off, we have a flag ceremony for the Red Hat Society tonight. Just five of our girls, two being mine. I also have to do bills, email parents on our next event, start inventorying my camp stuff for our campout at the end of the month, cleaning, laundry, etc. A LOT! I have kind of been worthless ALL WEEK. I have been so tired. That and I had two discs from the 4400 season 2 here and could not NOT watch the whole thing. LOL It is REALLY GOOD! Yeah, Zoltane! I am a dork....LOL My next set will be Veronica Mars season 2. I missed all of them and need to catch up! I think she is very cute, the actress that is. Some actresses really bother me and I cannot stand them!

In other news, I have 3 points out of 100 for my brand new Suburban! This is a game my dh and I have set up. I am so not telling the rules that we have come up with. Either way, I WILL get one. It comes down to the size of our current vehicle. I imagine how great trips would be going anywhere with the three older kids squished in the back. Lizzie is only a head shorter than me. She is also going through her 'changes' and needs her space. It would be bloody death hearing them argue all the way to Georgia and back. (my sister is moving there this Christmas) Even the fifteen minute drive to school would suck for them. Well, it just so happens that the same month I give birth will be when he finds out if he made it or not. If he makes it ~chances are he will~ we get one. New rank with more money.......yes. Even if he doesn't make it, he gets a pay raise. He hits his 12 year mark the following month so there will be a pay raise either way. Plus, EVERYONE seems to own a Caravan nowadays. I have had one since 2001: I had a 2000 first and then bought a 2005 almost two years ago. Don't get me wrong! I love my van! It has power everything, including power opening doors on both sides AND power hatch. I have a sunroof and six disc DVD player built in. It also has the stow and go feature that started the year I bought it. I couldn't imagine NOT having the stow and go now that I have had it for so long now. More storage in the Suburban would be worth it. Plus, have you seen the new redesign? I LOVE IT!
He is up for Senior Chief, as I have posted before. He is getting a letter of recommendation from his CO because of his performance with Day of Caring. He is also going to a Senior Enlisted school or something like it when he makes it so that he can become CMC somewhere when he makes Master Chief. He works so hard and it is paying off for him. He really enjoys the Navy and works hard at what he does.

Ok, enough rambling about stupid stuff, minus the rank thing, I need to go and finish laundry, clean, email, pay bills, etc, etc, etc........................

Knock on wood....

I am still not ill. I have been tired but not ill.........yet. I looked in an old baby diary of mine and I was sick with both Michael and Emma by now. I believe I was with Lizzie and Emily too. I have had some wicked hot/cold flashes too. I am wearing a coat right now actually. LOL I think because I have had my activity level higher than with all of my other pregnancies, it has helped. I get up at 6:30 and stay up. I don't do the lazy way of taking a nap during the day. Weekends though are MINE. Well, not really. This weekend, we have a clean up to do for G.S. We go camping the last weekend of the month.

I am really looking forward to this event! This is our prep for Junior Jam and it is with our Service Branch. We will learn how to tie knots, lash, make fires, etc. I don't know how to lash or tie knots but all the other stuff, I am a pro. I am going to try to get the dent in my van taken care of over that weekend so I can get a truck for my rental car. We have to bring our tents, a cooler, etc. It would help out a lot.

I would really like Mike to get a truck when he makes rank again. That or get a Suburban. He has a 99% chance of making it this coming year which will add about $400 more a month to our finances. He will also go back out to sea again next year, towards the end. That will raise us another $600 at least. We will just have to see what God has planned for us!

FIFTEEN KIDS!

I had fifteen kids in my house yesterday! We had a little get together yesterday with some new chief selects. Just a good ol' fashion barbque. One of the little girls there was born on the same day IN THE SAME HOSPITAL as my Emma! I kid you not! Neat, huh? The funniest part was one of the guys sat and played PS2 with them! That is the pic I have posted.

We also had my nephew over for the weekend. It was awesome seeing him again! He had a good ol' time. We went to a birthday party on Saturday and took him with. Lisa, the mom, rented a jump castle. She also gave out water guns that the kids brought home and had fun with! I really wish that his mom didn't have all her issues.....

Well, off to run some errands! I have my onion rings to munch on and paperwork to do!

scrapbooking....

Well, I went to my first scrapbooking party. I absolutely love it! It can get pretty expensive but if you do it right, it is managable. Once I get my current photos done, it should really fall into place. I have a LOT of pictures in a rubbermaid container PLUS a lot on my computer. It really wasn't that hard. I think that once I really get into it, it will get better and better. I am saving my wedding photos until I get really good at it. I don't want to screw them up. I looked at my friend's wedding album.....it really does make a difference.

Our schedule for G.S. is starting to get hectic already. We have a clean up this coming weekend and the following weekend we are doing a flag ceremony for the Red Hat society. We have our first camp out the end of September and two events in October. Plus, our fall sale starts this month. I know if I keep active, my pregnancy will pass quickly. I do NOT want it to slow me down. I will NOT let it. Unless I have a medical condition, which I have never had ~KNOCK ON WOOD~ I plan to keep up with Everything.

I have to go feed seven kids. Fun right? LOL Pizza and deep fried mushrooms...MMMMM

I jinxed them!

Sorry, NC, I jinxed ya! LOL For real, they got like 9 inches in Wilmington. In the same breath though, they are showing the same morons pulling a tub behind their truck in flood waters....Jack *sses!! I guess I did get that one right at least.

In happier news, I am feeling much better today. Emma and I did our two mile walk on the track today. I feel so wonderful! You can beat it....air conditioning, nice older ladies that give Emma attention...Everyone is very nice. The plan at this point is to continue to walk. I read from this one lady that working out help stave off morning sickness. I am also ordering some preggo pops and buying some yankee candles with appropriate scents, lemon or green apple. Aromatherapy works really well with me.

Off to shower. I need to get ready and get my kids from school. Ooh, I don't know if I blogged it but a woman that was my friend in the past and then all of a sudden dissappeared spoke with me two days ago. She is due in Febuary! Maybe her hormones were setting her up for it and that is why she just up and stopped talking with me. I think I will email her later!

Hurricane morons!!!

I literally slept through the hurricane. (I really needed a nap. This pregnancy makes me sleepy!) Man, and all those country bumpkins from NC freaking out about the hurricane, worrying about flooding and getting supplies......I bet all their grocery stores were packed and people were going around like chickens with their heads cut off. My sister said that their governor put them under a state of emergency yesterday. A bunch of freaking morons, the whole state. That and none of them can drive. (Had to deal with NC drivers in VA all the time) The worst drivers of all.....FLORIDA. They all have their blinders on and don't pay attention. Then again, who broke the glass in her sideview mirror? LOL

Well, I have to make dinner. I am trying to figure out if I should tell my bil and sil about my pregnancy. Well, they are going to find out one way or the other.......

getting my money back

I JUST got a call from my insurance agency. I get my $250 back this week!! Yippee!!! This totally feels awesome. Good payback for all the pain of dealing with that a**hole in the accident. I did break the car again though. LOL I have been scatterbrained for the past week. At least now I know why. Well, I hit a garbage can with my side mirror. I have done this three times, once at 45 and I hit an eighteen wheeler. I hit a mail box the last time. Well, the glass broke. The mirror itself and the motor were fine. I have to go up and order it. It will cost me a whopping $22. I can skip over the $40 to have them do it and I will fix it. It just pops into place. Ooh, now that I have this money coming in, I am getting my car detailed on Monday! Vaccuumed, waxed, the whole works! Thank you Mary for the helpful hint on where to go!


Well, I have told all of my family and friends. My dad was like,"Again?" LOL He was messing around and proceded to tell me one of his famous," A guy walked into a bar..." jokes. He is sending Emma ice skates for her birthday. My parents are notoriously late. As long as they notice, we don't care. Well, I have a few doulas picked out in the area. I am going to wait a month or two and then start calling and meeting them. And it begins.......................................

Guess who is pregnant?

Yup. I am pregnant for the final time. This will be number FIVE. I guess we know why I have been so tired now! I have never been this tired so soon or started to get nausea either. Must be my age. Man! I am an old woman! On a serious note: my son would really like a brother. I would like a son also. My daughters would all like another boy in the house. You know, it would be cool but a girl would be neat too! Evylyn. I have had the name picked out since Emma was in my belly. This would be it either way. I have my boy so either way, I win. I would just like a happy, healthy baby.........that is quiet! LOL Kidding. Happy and healthy suit me just fine!

Kitchen remodel!

Yes, I have a brand new house yet I am doing a slight remodel! First off, we have this huge kitchen with not enough cabinets or counter space. First thing when we get out bonus this October, I am getting this cool kitchen island with a 4 inch wood cutter board top. Here is a link to the one I am getting:

http://highhorseranch.net/Country_Manor_Island.htm

I plan on putting a oval chef hanging rack over it. I am also replacing the counter tops with something nicer. I don't know yet what I want....just a similar color. I need to make a Lowe's trip to get a better idea of what. Also, I am painting my kitchen RED. Yes, RED. My kitchen is very airy and bright. Everything in there is either black or red. I will definitely have to do some before and after shots. My room is almost done. I just need to find and new comforter set for my bed. Then I can go with some type of valance above the windows. I still need to get my shelf painted. Maybe I can do it during the hurricane/tropical storm that is going to run through here on Thursday. Then, I need to go in and paint Michael's room. Once his walls are done, then Jeff Gordon bed, here we come! I already have one can of glitter blue spray paint that matches perfectly. There is also a neon yellow color for the number.

I have so many ideas I want to cover during the day while the kids are at school. I can come up will mini projects for Emma to do while I am working. Plus, she loves computer games! She amazes all of our friends and family with her computer abilities. She can shut down, turn on, sign on, you name it she can do it. She signs on using the windows button on the keyboard even! We have not started with her potty training yet though. I am going to wait until SHE is ready and let her train herself. There is no need to push her into it and have all kinds of accidents. I don't want her to regress at all. I had all kinds of problems with Elizabeth with this. Emily was a breeze because I let her do it on her own. She was fully potty trained before her 3rd birthday. Michael was during the day around then but wet the bed for a while. He has to be woken up in the morning or he might again. He is a heavy sleeper. My mom wet the bed until she was 8 so it runs in the family.
Since putting myself back together so to speak, things have gotten easier. I get up, drive the kids to school, EXCERSIZE, feed and play with Emma, do G.S. business and clean. The Lord has blessed us ten fold over. We are all healthy, we have a new car, new house, and Mike and I have a wonderful marriage. I pray for those that are not there yet. I pray that everyone can be deep down happy with their lives. I have seen people try to buy their happiness one too many times. It will always fall through. You have to be happy with yourself before you can grow. I have learned this the hard way in so many different ways. Words of wisdom: You can be as showy as a peacock but it doesn't hide what is underneath all the glitz and glamour. An ugly little bird with pretty feathers. What is worse: he knows it.

Well, I am off to do some G.S. business and clean! :) Plus, Emma looks like she needs a tickle!

walkin' mama

I don't know what hit me this weekend! I guess I needed to catch up with my sleep, BADLY. I am much better today. I didn't want to for my walk but did anyway. What made it worse was Emma didn't want to go either. As soon as we got rolling and she turned her Leapster on, we were good to go. It was HOT out. I mean H*O*T!! I am going to just start going to the gym from now on. The track is nice and air conditioned. You know that if the baby is sweaty and hot, it is bad. Her PegPerego stoller completely closes, all the way to the tray. Completely covered. It was THAT hot out. I was covered in sweat. I did lose a pound off of it though. SERIOUSLY! I now have five pounds to go until I hit my first goal. My goal time is my birthday, Nov 9th. I am absolutely sure I will get to it! Tom is fixin' to visit so I have some bloat going on anyway. I should be in the 220s in two weeks!! Shoot, I can have it by the end of next week if I really work!
I am very pumped to lose! I have been for about a month now. I have really worked hard. It started last year, Marchish. I was a whopping 258. I looked in an old journal and my highest was 260. Mind you, I am 5 foot 9 so it hides easier. I mean it isn't totally invisible by any means! The cool thing though is no matter how fat I had gotten to, I never had a big butt or super big legs. THANK YOU LORD FOR BLESSING ME WITH A SMALL BEHIND! He did make me a bit top heavy but nothing the military couldn't take care of. GO NAVY. I talked with a friend that went in and had it done. Once I get down to 200, I am so there! Once I am sure that I am not having anymore children, I am getting a tummy tuck. I have looked into it and it really isn't that expensive. Having my chest reduced is twice as much hence, GO NAVY! I have back pain, my bra indents my shoulders but they have shunk and inch so maybe I can get them down on my own. I have lost 1 1/2 inches on my waist, an inch on my arms........I feel so much slimmer! I am so going to lose all this baggage. I feel healthier! Now you know what will happen? I will get pregnant. I have this one covered actually. I only gained 20 with my last child. That is with little effort other than watching what I eat. If I continue to walk and keep active like I have, I should be good to go. When I keep active, it keeps the morning sickness down. The only thing that really worries me is my hip pain. I went through so much when I was pregnant with Emma. My hips would dislocate when I would roll over after sleeping on my side. If I do become pregnant, I plan on getting one of those Swedish posturpedic mattresses or a nice pillow top. We are due for a new mattress soon anyway. But then again, this is IF I get pregnant. The chances are slim to none. I would like to have one last child in like 2 0r 3 years.
Well, off to get my kids from school. Michael baby has baseball practice tonight. He is the bat boy for an AAU 12 and under team and will start is actual job of getting the bats and stuff. All the boys, including Michael, get their uniforms today plus Michael gets his helmet for his job. He LOVES getting to play with the big boys. He still has his side burns like his favorite baseball player, Joe Mauer. GO TWINS!!

Really tired

Yeah, my body caught up with me today. I have been just drained lately! I don't know if it is the walking, school starting or a combo of the two. After our G.S. event today, which was awesome I might atdd, I watched a movie and took a 4 hour nap. I am ready for bed right now and it is 7 pm. I am taking in some coffee right now so I can get the days AND YESTERDAYS dishes done. It has been really rough on me getting used to our new schedule. Anyway, I will try to get out of this rut any way I can!

Our movie was so awesome! I have never been to an IMAX movie before. Yes, lame I know. Well, I have been to a IMAX style show where your chair moves along with you. Anyway, it was wild safari style. It was as if we were riding in the back of this woman's jeep. My son loved it! All the girls had a good time as well. They got to make jewelry, masks, doorhangers and get to see the prizes for the fall product sale. It was a great way to kick start the year!

I am going to go and get some work in. My coffee is kicking in and I am ready to clean my kitchen!

good workout

I had a wonderful workout today! I went up to the fitness center and used the indoor track. It has been rainy for the past two days which made it almost impossible to walk outside. I had already missed everyday except for Monday, due to appointments and errands. It really did feel awesome. I had not been up there since the Spring. Emma was a pain but that was because I couldn't find her Leapster. It was a last minute thing to go up and walk. It is only open from 11:30 to 12:30 so I had to hustle to get up there. I knew it would take me like 4o minutes to get my full walk on. The best part is I ran part of it. The last six, minus my two cool down laps, I ran the back half of four laps. It didn't even hurt and I didn't feel like dying! LOL I can feel my sides really leaning and becoming stronger. OTHER FAT PEOPLE OUT THERE>>>>> GET OUT AND WALK! I am telling you, I feel so much better. I procrastinated and came up with excuses but now that I am really getting into a routine, it is getting easier and I am feeling so much better! It won't be much longer before I am at my goal!

brain fart

Who do you think came up with this term? I would really love to know...I have brain farts all the time! No air escapes my head.....well....Ok, I get it. LOL
Our first meeting went so well! I think Nida and I make an awesome team! She is more strict, knows all the rules yet knows when to be easy. I am more the laid back, best friend type of person. I help smooth the waves easily. I know that all of our girls will have a BLAST this year. I also know that they will learn so much as well. I had one of our three leaders tell me she was nervous and didn't know how to react to her new responsibility. Our troop last year didn't have her doing anything that a Junior Girl Scout should be doing...AT ALL. Our last leader ran it all herself, not even asking for my help. This year, we are putting it in the hands of the girls. If they hit a snag, oviously they can ask us to help. I let her know that and KNOW she will grow with this experience. All of them will. Nida and I are on the same page with this. This is the reason I wanted to lead. I wanted them to GET IT. Learn, grow, lead. These are our future leaders......if I can help one girl become a better woman when she grows up, then I have done what I have set out to. THIS IS WHY....why I volunteer, why I do all the training, why I spend so much time on it. The best part is, my two daughters are apart of this. I did this for them, for the girls in the troop, for ME.


Ok, yes it sounds super drama~ish but it is the truth. No dramatics, just the truth. Have a great day!

Doin' my thang!

Yeah, I have been walking. I only walked twice for a total of 4 miles. I did 2 miles this morning. It felt awesome.....I feel so good afterwards. I updated my Ipod with some new music to pump me up! I get rockin' and Miss Emma plays her Leapster the whole time. I even got some crunches in after my walk! I am set and determined to get back to my prepregnancy weight from ALL of my children. It is do or die at this point. I would like my final pregnancy to be easy. I know that if I get my body back in shape, I could sail through it.


In other news, I have not heard from my sil. I she threatened me with something that would never stand up so I am just not going into her dirty little world. Threats don't bother me. The only thing I regret is our kids won't see each other. Her selfishness just down right pisses me off. The only thing I can do at this point is do what I need to for my family and for myself.

Our troop is doing very well so far! The first meeting was seriously nuts! The girls goofed off half of the time. I did get a feel for how the girls really are though, and that was what I wanted out if it. This next meeting will be splitting the girls into their patrols. I will show them how things will be run for the year. Our first event is this coming weekend. We will get to see an Imax movie! Very cool~


My goals this week: get the house clean!! Get in THREE Walks, 2 miles each. Prep my shelf for paint

whacked out SIL

Lots of stuff has gone down lately. This is an email I posted to some friends explaining the start of it all:

Ok, this starts out back when I was first married and just had Lizzie. We allowed Patty, my sil to live with us and get started down in Orlando. Well, we didn't have a car so we had a married friend go pick her up from the airport. She to this day thinks we tried to set them up. Well, they ended up 'getting together' despite him being married and having a boy a week older than Lizzie. I stopped talking to her and he ends up sending her home to her abusive boyfriend, the reason she was down with us. Oh, and she is 17 at the time. After the fact, we found out she got pregnant with him and had an abortion.
That is the first part. Well, when we moved to VA to his ship from SC after FL, (FL and SC were his schools) he met Matt, Patty's current dh. She came down for the summer while I was pregnant with Emily to try it again, this time with her father. Matt and her became good friends. He loaned us his car which we ended up buying eventually because yet again, we did not have a car. ( we were super poor back then) She went back to MN and her dad moved to FL, where he is originally from. The following summer after this, Mike, my dh and Matt were out for 6 months. Matt ended up being flown home because he got hit by a car overseas. Dang ol' drunken sailors! He got drunk and thought he fell off a wall but his injuries, a fractured pelvis, were conducive with getting hit by a car. She came down and they ended up hooking up and moving in.
Well, they got married, had a boy 7 months younger than Michael and now have a baby girl who is 14 mos old. Well, she has not been happy. She is high maintenance and expects every second of his attention either on her or the kids. He has not been totally wining and dining her lately and she is not happy. Nah, the brand new house, almost brand new Ford Explorer, the jet ski, four wheeler, lap top, bling bling, vacations more than once a year are not wining and dining. ANYWAY>>>>
Come to find out Isaac, the married guy from FL either contacted her or she contacted him. She got a letter from him right before she got married but didn't, or so she says didn't contact him. He divorced then remarried for the same reason, she got knocked up and now has a total of FOUR boys. He is divorced and has the younger 3 boys. We also found out she met him for lunch. She says they didn't do anything but Matt found a pregnancy test in her purse. He got his surgery after Carly was born, the baby. She is going to move in with me, with the kids. She will either commute to Columbia or work something out with her work. I will watch Miss Carly (WOO HOO!) and pick the boys up from school. Matt would get them on the weekends. Well, he is heartbroken, first love, first girlfriend, first you know.... He threatened to take the kids. He threatened to have her committed today I just found out. He wrote out a separation agreement where he gets sole custody and she has to pay like $600 a month. She makes like $2000 a month and her car note is like $600. He forged her name to get it for her in her name as it was.

That was the start. Yesterday, I went up to help try and work something out. It didn't go too well. What happened was Patty stayed the night at the house beacause he cried for her, something like that. Well, they argued in the morning, she claimed she was going to kill herself, after he said he would take the kids. (she didn't mean it literally) She locked herself in the bathroom and he pushed the door in. He filed a report on her that she was going to hit herself and make it look like he did it. She filed one about the door and that she was afraid to go home. Well, his mom and sister came down from VA. I came to help it all go ok and just stay inbetween. I got there, said my hi's and said that I was going to get Patty. I picked her up from McD's and brought her back to get her clothes. She talked to her son and held her baby, got her clothes and agreed to talk with Matt. (well, she watched her boy ride is bike and shoved her baby at me after holding her for a few minutes, telling me she has to get used to not being held by her. Then she gave in and held her fingers as the baby walked around in the garage) He was a stone as well as she and fought back and forth. He wrote up and agreement that she didn't like and he wouldn't budge. We tried working on things but she ended up throwing the papers at him, throwing crap around and taking off outside with her stuff. I followed her but she went in the garage and threw a cd player at Matt. Then she went back in the garage and threw some more stuff around. She wanted to smash in the windshield of his truck but I talked her out of it. Instead, she jumped in it and took off through the front grass. She stopped and flipped out at me, asking what can she do. She grabbed her stuff and took off. Sheriff came and went. She called me told me to F off and goodbye. Then called again to say his truck was at McDonalds. She called my dh, her brother and told him goodbye, she is taking pills and no one can stop her. She also said she was in a hotel then hung up. I hung around for a while while Matt frantically called to see if he could find the hotel she was in. I finally left after talking with Mike and his mom about a hundred times.
I got home around midnight after stopping off at Taco Bell. (I didn't eat in like 12 hours) We watched Dexters Lab and he was eating a huge burrito. Anyway.......Yesterday I was on the phone off and on with Patty and her mom. Patty called me when we were in Target asking if she could still stay at our house. I said yes as long as she didn't bring any drugs in my house or anyone over. She then said,"Oh, so I am a druggie and a Whore now." I pointed out I just wanted it known and said out loud. I really didn't want any of that crap around my kids AT ALL. She called while we were out to eat as well. (celebrating the first day of school!) Later that evening their mom called and told me that Patty told her that she was on the side of the road in GA, taking her pills and video taping herself before she died. Then the next conversation was she was getting tired and swerving on the road and was going to stop at a hotel. She told her mom in one of the conversations that I told her she was a chicken sh*t and should just take the pills. I swear I NEVER said that. I left a nasty message to the tune of, "I never said that, I am mad at you, don't call until you have cooled down." Of course there was nasty language inbetween all of that. I was pissed! Today she left a message while I was painting (WOO HOO! My room is finally done and YELLOW!) and said a lot of nasty crap like,"Oh you are mother of the year and how it is documented in VA that I would rather sleep than drive my kid to kinder." I was up at 5:30 AM every morning driving my dh to work, FORTY FIVE MINUTES AWAY and then driving the kids to school. Then she blabbed about I told Matt about her interactions with them the I wrote above in this post. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO MATT SINCE YESTERDAY! I told him yesterday that I was butting out and letting them deal with it. I told him that I would not lie about anything asked. I am done with her until she finds some help. I cannot have her around my kids and I think she shouldn't be around her own until she figures out what is up with herself.

Enough venting about that...MY KIDS START SCHOOL TOMORROW! I am so excited! Lizzie got new shoes today and Michael got a fresh haircut yesterday. Lizzie has a nervous stomach and Emily is just plain nervous. It will be just Emma and myself at home! Our plan is to walk every morning we can. On rainy days, we can go up to the rec center and use the track. I am charging my Ipod as we speak! Everything will even itself out back into place once we all get on a good schedule.



For now, we have to pray that Patty finds her way.......

evening out....

Things have been evening out around here. First off, Happy Birthday Emma! She is now a three year old! We took her to a water park today. Oh, boy, we all had fun. It was about 104 out there but you really couldn't tell. I thought it would be so miserable out there. I think the humidity has come down.
Well, Emma got a Leapster Lmax, a Dora game, a charging system for it, NickJr colorbook, Dora puzzle and a pink Little Tykes golf toddler set. She asked for it, I kid you not. She has had an awesome day today. All her birthday pics are in her baa kini (bikini). What a good day. We also had my sil come with her two kids and her dh. She and the kids will live with us until they sell the house and decide what will happen. I think this will help her a ton. She just needs a little space to figure out what is going on in her head. Plus, the boys get to go to kinder together. I have always wished that could happen but under better circumstances. It will all iron itself out in the end.
I had better go and do something, like nurse my red shoulders. I got more brown than burn but it is still a bit sore. ~~ I am so at peace right now. :)

crap day

If I could have just stayed in bed today and not woke up AT ALL, then it would have been a perfect day. I took all of the kids grocery shopping. OH MY LORD. Yeah, that sucked. Emma was driving me nuts the whole time. The dentist was a MILLION times worse. It took two hours to get the kids done. Ooh, to top it all off, they need like almost $1000 worth of work done. AND Emily is being sent out to an orthodontist. Yeah, having four kids is finally catching up to us. Thank goodness for our October bonus. We will still have to finance braces. Yeah, I don't have $5000 just laying around.


I have the ultimate dilemma going on. I love my sil. I really do. I like talking with her, hanging out.........I really love our friendship. Then everything that has happened has turned it into a twisted, bloody mess. She is turning into a "Noel". This goes way back to a friendship I had in VA. I bent over backwards for this girl just to be dragged through the coals. She played the one up game, CONSTANTLY. Look where it got her: 6 year old son ignored, 3 yr old with MAJOR health issues (can't see, hear, etc), a husband paralyzed from the chest down, and now has a sperm donor baby. Just to make things more interesting if taking care of two handicapped people wasn't enough. The best example is cars. Cars has always been a sore subject in our house. We went about TWO YEARS without one. We have always appreciated our vehicle. We have always talked about wanting this one or that, for fun. Well, this dumb ass goes out and buys a USED Expedition, 42,000 miles with a 7 year $500 monthly. She comes and shows it off for 5 seconds where I told her that she would get pregnant, not work and then wouldn't be able to afford it. DING, DING! What happened? She got pregnant, couldn't work IN THE 3RD MONTH, and her dh lost his truck. They couldn't afford that even so they went to get a SMALLER vehicle. Well, we went and bought a brand new van in the middle of all that. Our 3rd child needed a bigger carseat and three carseats don't fit in the back of a Calalier too well. She threw a fit literally in the front yard so they went and got the Chrysler version with more options. Mind you she had ONE child at the time. It went up to 600 a month. Well, I bought a new van almost 2 years ago, end of lease ( that is the only thing we could afford) and got nice options. Well, then she needed to get a new van because she needed the stow and go and got the SAME COLOR VAN and exact same options. LOOONG STORY SHORTer (honestly, there are more stories if you care to hear): This is a Noel

She has pretty much come out and said her and her dh think we are "shit" and "trash", etc. So we only make like $56,000 and year and they make six figures I guess combined. The one thing she said that really pissed me off is yet another car comment. She has been talking about getting one of the new Mustangs for like 2 or 3 weeks now. She then made a comment during the commotion of her little tantrum of how much I love them. Then goes on to say that all she wants is a new Ford Fusion. Yes, I like them. They are kick ass. I LIKE THE DODGE CHARGERS! If I were to buy that kind of car, kids or not, I would buy the Charger. Plus, I am not a big Ford fan. If she even listened one IOTA instead of talking about woe is me, we are hurting for money because my dh put all the money away for this or that. Then don't go on a $10,000 vacation! Don't buy jet skis and dirt bikes. Don't over indulge your son. Dang, he doesn't even play with half of the toys he has. When you have to turn your diningroom into a playroom because of toy overflow, that should be a hint. Yes, I get that he has no siblings to play with yet( the baby is too small yet) but she would have to do this anyway. Look, don't get me wrong.......I get her, this is how she is and I still love her for it. These things bother me but then I get past them because I have plenty of faults to rant about. The one thing that killed me was the lies. The lies about this dude she has been in contact with for the past month and not a word. We are supposed to be really good friends, I thought best buds. I bet Stephanie knows, her other buddy. The one her dh referred to as trailer park trash so to speak. She can put her mask on or take it off.........I can't get past it. If it isn't bipolar, it is depression. Truth in the end: it was a guy. She will never be happy. If She runs off with the guy in the sunset, it will be something else that makes her unhappy. Just like her father. You have to learn to be happy. Learn to get past the what ifs. Learn to live with what happened and can never be. If not, you will go through life unhappy and miserable. In the end, you have God and your family. That is why I will forgive.........but I will never forget. How does that saying go Hurt me once, shame on you, hurt me again, shame on me. Well, this is #2.

I feel much better now that I have that off of my chest. It has really been eating at me. All the two faced bull crap. Getting the,"so you think I am bipolar,"or"It isn't the weightloss pills THIS TIME." thing thrown in my face about a thousand times crap got old. Recalling the past month and comments that have been made or recanted have been stuck in my brain. Sorry. Plus, my weightloss blogger has been down so I can't talk to my buddies on there. I am so going walking tomorrow! I haven't gone yet this week with all the hoopla of denists and car appointments. Boy, I need the stress buster now!! Gotta go make dinner! Oh, and kudos to my baby sister who had her gall bladder removed on Monday and is home on Percocette. Rock on Goolosh! Love ya!

Worst G.S. Leader award goes to......

LATISHA, COME ON DOWN!!!!!

Yes, here comes one of my vents. I took over after they transferred. First off, she was like,"Oh, there was no one else to step up." Hello! I was there too. Don't get me wrong....she did fine until Christmas. Then it went all to hell. She would not accept any help and was determined to do it all "her way". She was so consumed with cookies, because she took it all on herself I might add, that our meetings were crap. I would plan something for the Brownies and would have to switch because she didn't have anything planned for the Juniors. She wasted time on dues and attendance which was NEVER taken correctly after Christmas. (these are jobs the Juniors SHOULD have been doing) We had THREE girls leave because of this. The worst was the Bronze award. This is supposed to be worked on for 2 maybe 3 years. Michaela even brought this up nonchalantly in a Service Branch meeting. She not only squeezed it in a year but picked it herself and did most of the work. They are supposed to not only choose it but do ALL of the work. Oh, and there were two service branch events she got on just to knock down my ideas or to switch the date so my Brownies couldn't do a Try It that was hosted by our council. Seriously, the one idea I had was for Thinking day, she turned the idea down and got off the board. The other was for the She and Me which NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR. I had a planned event for the Brownies that had to be changed. To top it all off, she didn't turn in the financial report. If you don't, we don't get our paperwork and the girls cannot participate in any events. Of course, I was able to waive this rule, I am sure to her horror. She just emailed me after two weeks of no response saying she faxed the report and it must have gotten lost. WHATEVER! Then she squeezes in that her hubby is out flying right now. FAG! Oh, and enough with Krones diesease. I am so sick of sick Navy wives. Every place that we have gone, there has always been someone with this ailment or that. Can't ya''ll just be happy with being healthy? They thrive on being sick and ailing.

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I feel so much better! Seriously, this has been eating at me. Miss High and Mighty is off to play high school, "I am better than thou" games. Loser! Anyway, we are going to have a fresh start. New meeting place, new leaders, new attitude. I have a treasurer set up, cookie mom, and an awesome sailing class for the girls. They will be doing a scrapbook to keep their memories of this year as well. Ooh, I should set up a mom for taking pictures of everything. I would also like to give some ideas for our new Juniors on doing their Bronze. If there is someone who doesn't want to do it, that is fine. They have 3 years to decide if they want to or not. It should be on what they want to get out of G.S. Not what the MOM wants their kids to get out of it or the leader getting credit for getting the girls their Bronze. I want the girls to have an awesome year, stress free! You know it isn't worth it when you have one of the girls come up to you in tears because the "Leader" squeezed all the filming into one day and they weren't included. She didn't feel that her Bronze was earned. Sad but true story.

Crazy LIVES!

Yeah it has been crazy around here. My bil and sil have been on the verge of a divorce. She has been not her self, unhappy and just miserable. She had a past love talk to her lately and I think that is why it has gotten so out of hand. They are off on vacation together so we will see how it goes when they get back.



Anyway, we had a virus go through the computer. Luckily, a friend of a friend was able to get it back on line. Then we updated our Norton. It sucked not having a computer for 5 days. The only down side, we have no money. I mean dang, we get paid in like 3 days and have food and some gas in our car.
Emily has finished her swim classes. I think she will do fine with our sailing class. I have also been to the dealer twice and a third time next week. I had a recall on the first trip. Well, they forgot to fix my blinker. Well, a few minutes AFTER I left the second time, they realized I had ANOTHER recall. Michael had school testing this past Thursday, all but my baby go to the dentist on the 2nd, and Lizzie goes to the allergist on the 8th. I need to squeeze painting my bedroom in there. Actually, now that my sil is going on vacation and not coming here, I might as well set up to paint! I know I can get it done tomorrow.
On a lighter note, I am back on track for my weightloss. I walked 3.6 miles this week and last week I walked 6.5 miles. (I had too many appointments in the morning to walk as much this week) I am really enjoying and looking forward to my walks. I put Emma in the stroller with her water sippy and a toy, get my water bottle, my Ipod with my walking playlist and WALK. I do laps around my block. It has continuous sidewalk and one lap equals to .4 miles. If I do 4 laps, it equals to 1.6 miles. If I add just one more lap on, it totals to 2 miles. I wish I would have known about this the first week! I thought it was just the normal football field lap. WRONG! We drove the lap with our car and found out otherwise. I did the full 2 miles on Monday and Friday, Emma was whiny so I only got 4 laps in.

I have never felt better in my life! I have a bad two months lately. Depression has been trying to fight its ugly little head back into my life. The past two weeks have been just awesome! I have more energy AND my depression has been put at bay. The first week, I only missed Wednesday and that was the one day that was bad. The walking has really pushed the bad hormones away. Oh, and my sleeping patterns are getting better. I get up at 6:30 and get tired around 10 pm. Anyway, I am off! I want to go paint.

SO NEGLECTFUL!!

Yes, I have been neglectful of my blog. I just haven't been up for blogging. Too much going on! Right now I am prepping my room for painting, dealing with early bird registration for girls, got Emily back with ice skating, got Emily registered for swim classes, prepping Michaels bed for painting and dealing with mother frigging FIRE ANTS! I HATE FIRE ANTS! They are in the inside of the house. It is driving me nuts. I have been battling them on my own and am ready to throw in the towel and get the exterminator in.
Well, my car is getting repaired as we speak up at the dealer. It had a recall for a heater coil or something to do with the rear heat in my van. I got the first year the Stow and GOs came out so it was just one of those new design flaws. My blinker is getting fixed as well. It works but doesn't pop back up after you use it. Small but annoying. We are going to replace our van with one of the new model Suburbans either next year or three years from now. It all depends on where we transfer. If we stay here and he switches to prototype, we will be here for another three years. Then we wait. If we transfer away from here, we will buy one next summer.
Well, off to do some paperwork that is due tomorrow. I have to get on the phone and get it all together! Then The "Battle of the Laundry!"

what a ride......

I have not been on for awhile. It has been very busy and hectic. I also had a battle with depression for about two weeks. My hormones have been very out of wack lately. My cycle has been all over, major pms.....if it doesn't settle out soon, or I get pregnant, I am going in. I have to go in anyway for my yearly. I just have to squeeze it in with dental appointments, allergist appointment, and I have a recall on my car to get fixed. My blinker switch is messed up also, not popping up back in place after I turn. Thank goodness for warranties, right?
Other than my hormonal issues, things have been good! Bills are up to date with some left over for school clothes and supplies plus the dental cap for any extra cost after insurance. Emma has her 3rd birthday coming up and I would like to get her a swing set. I am looking into renting a bounce castle or having her birthday at an indoor jump place.
Well, Michael is off to kindergarten this year. He told me that I couldn't make him go. He has warmed up to the idea now but geez, talk about cutting the cord! He will not give me up! Emma on the other hand told me she is going to kindergarten. I think I am either going to have to send her to a half day program or maybe a mommy and me class of gymnastics.
News from Girl Scouts.....it looks like our girls are going to learn how to sail!! One of our long time friends is an instructor at our military camp area and says he will teach them for free. We just have to pay for a tank of gas and possibly for the rental, so a total of maybe $30. The only thing is the girls have to be able to swim. I am registering Emily for swim classes this coming week, maybe Liz too. She is adament that she doesn't want to do it but I think it is because we have to camp for the weekend out there and she doesn't do the outdoors. We will see how that one works.
Our fourth went very well this year! A new tradition was started in our neighborhood. We had our first annual children's parade. None of us realized how many kids were actually in our neighborhood until they all got out there. We live in a new development, going on its second year, so no one really knows everyone yet. The kids decorated their bikes, one had a power wheel bike, and Emma had her wagon that her daddy pulled. We also had our Girl Scout troop's flag that we used. We all pranced up and down our three little streets shouting "God bless America" and "Happy fourth of July!" We also got to talking about putting a pool in our neighborhood with our dues. Their is a playground being put in this fall. I can't wait for that to be put in!
Well, off to my SIX kids! HA! My four and their two cousins. I love it when I get them for the weekend! No sarcasm at all! My nephew and son are 7 months apart EXACTLY TO THE DAY. Weird, they are like Bo and Luke Duke. They get into all kinds of weird situations. Two years ago, I had them both and took a nap thinking that our buddy who was visiting was awake. Well, he wasn't and the two of them had lipstick all over their faces and wandered around into the neighbors backyard. Weird, I know.
Anyway, my neice is being silly. I am going to go play with her! :)

Go Riverdogs!!

First off, they won! Both games. Don't ask why we went to a double header. They were both 7 innings each which made it more barable. It went pretty well. Get this....I actually caught a shirt! It came right for me and I caught it! HA! The bad thing is, Lizzie got hit by a ball soon after that. Right in the thigh. Luckily, she was doped up on Lortab so the pain didn't last too long. You what is sad? She really didn't want to go. This dumb ass b*tch didn't want to give up the ball that hit her. I mean come on! She is ten and in tears about getting hit and the dumb @&*#@?! Ok, yeah just a bit pissed about it. The usher had to bribe the dumb ass with another ball so that Lizzie could have the ball that hit her. F*cking childish if you ask me.

Surgery went well!

Lizzie's surgery went very well minus her throwing up. It didn't take long at all. Her thoat was hurting afterwards because of the tubes they stick in for breathing. They gave her some meds to control the discomfort. She threw up a couple times while we were there, once in the car (into a bed pan) and once when we walked in the house. She has been resting ever since. I did take her up to ToysRus. I promised her this one game, Monopoly Disney, for having her surgery. She threw up all over the bathroom in there. I feel so bad for the person who has to clean that up! It was rootbeer float ice cream and water. Ew!
Another cool thing about today. I had my power shut off! Yup, my bad. Sad thing is, I had the money plus some in the account. I tried to pay it on line but they never emailed me back with a pass code or something. Then when I remember, it is late at night! Yeah, I suck I know. The worst thing is trying to tell a 12 yr old boy that I forgot to pay the bill. He did a good job baby sitting though. He is really quiet. Good kid.
Well, off to do something bad. EAT!! muahahahaaahaaa! Nah, seriously, it is dinner time.

Lots going on.

Yeah, there has been a lot going on. Between the blogger not working and my grandparents being in town, there hasn't been much time for anything.
First off, my grandma and her dh came in for 4 days from TX. they parked their camper in my driveway and hung out. I took them downtown Charleston and such. It was a great visit! The kids really enjoyed it and so did our cat, well not the cat.....she didn't like their dog coming in. Mind you the dog is about the same size as the cat. Too funny, but they had a mutual,"I won't beat your *ss if you don't beat mine."
My court date happened while they were here. They actually watched all the kids which worked out great. This what happened:
I told my side of the story, THE TRUTH, after being sworn in. This is a small court room, about 7 maybe 8 rows of pews. Then he told his story. What a load of horse s*it! He tried to say I was slamming on my brakes all the way up the residential road that the whole road rage thing started on. He did ask me if I was pumping my brakes and breaking. I said no but now that I think of it, I was pumping my brakes to slow down to the church area where it drops down to 15 and to give him the hint to get off my *ss. I have prayed about it, because I really didn't mean to lie. I honestly forgot. I was NOT slamming on my brakes as he tried to say I did. Then, him and his wife tried to say I was switching lanes or something to that extent once we got on the highway. Then they were getting over to pull over with us because they thought that something was wrong being the car was full of kids. He tried to say that my dh jumped out and was cussing at him and that he came right back with it after MY dh started it. The honest story, what I told the judge and what happened: My sister and bil were in town visiting. It was Easter afternoon and I was taking them downtown to wander around and eat lunch. We pulled out of my development onto this small residential road that goes up to the highway. They were following in his little Kia. They drive slow so I made a point to go the speed limit as to not irritate my bil. It is 30. I didn't even notice that the other driver had pulled inbetween us until he was right up on my bumper. I mean UP MY *ss. (I didn't put that in but you get my point) We get up to a bump where the speed limit goes down to 15. There is a church there and people were in the parking lot so really tried to slow down. I pumped my brakes to slow down and let him know that I needed him off my butt to do so. ( wish I would have remembered that) Right after the speed drop is some nasty railroad tracks and a light. I braked going over the tracks as it was a red light. There is only room for one car but he insisted on coming over the tracks to get up on my bumper. I was in the left hand turn lane going onto a four lane road, 55 mph. I went over into the right lane, the slow lane, to encourage him to get into the left and pass me so my bil could get behind me. That didn't happen. I let off the gas and let the car slow and that didn't work. I then braked slowly to give him the hint. He swerved around me, came into my lane half way and slammed on the brakes. That is when I hit him. He jumped out and started cussing. That is when my dh jumped out and hollered back. My sister then jumped out and got inbetween them telling them to get back in the car. My bil, a large fellow got out and told them to get in the car. That is when the cop came and the rest is history. Lordy he tried to say that he had and engineering degree and if we hit like he said the whole bumper would have come off or something to that extent. I interjected and said we were only going about 25 or my airbags would have gone off, which is true. Then he tried to say that I hit him right on the ram. Well, I had pics to totally blow that one out of the water. Just look at the pic I have on this site! The judge raked him through the coals and charged him with road rage. I also had to pay my fine of $232 for following too closely. The police officer spoke with us afterward and said that even if you were in a line of cars, you get rear ended and you hit the car in front of you because of that, that you get this one or something to that extent. Oh, it gets even better. I had to make a recorded statement the week before to my insurance agency because he was desputing the claim. They took his statement also. He actually tried to use MY insurance against me in court saying that I said he side swiped me which was not what I said. I called them two days after court to tell them the result. First off, she didn't tell him anything. He actually requested my statement which she refused to give him. It would not have mattered. It was the same exact thing I told the judge. What is worse, he was getting pictures done so they could fix it. First off, he really didn't have any damage. Then to go and have ME pay for it. They are not accepting his claim AND they are suing him for my deductible back. Woo hoo.
I have to go. I will post more later!!