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5-31-06 3:21pm

I've been out running around all day today and I still have so much to do. Craig and Ryan both had doctor's appointments this morning and the doc was running SERIOUSLY behind, so Craig was stressed out and his blood pressure was higher than normal plus he was out of his blood pressure meds so his bp was 178/138!!!! I'm surprised he wasn't laying on the floor with a stroke.

Anyway, then I went shopping to find a crib and some clothes for the baby. I found a Jenny Lind crib and tons of clothes and I got a pretty good deal on all of it. My sister is on her way over here now and I'm really excited to show it all to her. I want a crib to keep over here but I think I'll take the older one that she has and let her have this one so that she'll have the nicer one there at home. I just want the baby to have something to sleep in when she's here. I've still got to get bumper pads, crib sheets... all that stuff, but this is a start. There just seems to be sooooooo much to buy. Maybe I can find someone who has good used stuff who wants to sell it cheap. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway.

I've got a guy coming to get all the stuff ready to start remodeling the master bathroom today! YAY! I can't wait! kdgr

Posted by at 3:35 PM | Permalink

This is about all I've got today. I've got to get this side of the house prepared for the people coming to remodel the master bathroom. Blech.

Anyway, here's the new family pic and one of the kids that we took recently. ciao!

Posted by at 5:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I'm really worried about my sister. I called her last night and she was crying... so much that she could barely talk. You know how psychologist talk about all of those BIG things that be the impetous for trouble ...? You know, divorce, loss of job, moving, family upheaval, death of family and or friends? Well, she's had all of those in the last year. Plus, no one wants to hire her because she's almost 7 months pregnant, so she just can't get a break.

Her almost ex-husband is trying to screw her over. He has bad credit and won't pay any of his bills that he ran up on her credit cards (that she had before they got married) when he needed credit to get his business going. His family has BIG money but they don't want to give him any of it right now because he'd they're worried that she'd somehow get some of it. He's being a total prick and it pisses me off.

Anyway, I told her that I'd picked up a few things for the baby on Saturday and she sounded kind of excited about that. I asked her where she'd gotten the stuff she has already and after a slight hesitation she said, "... the trash." I was floored. Now I know that people throw perfectly good stuff away, but this isn't right! I didn't ask what she does or doesn't have because she's already so freaked out about having her first baby (even though she wants one SO bad!) AND doing at 36 and doing it alone, plus there's the problem of her not having a job so I don't want her freaking out about things she doesn't have.

I don't want her to feel like I'm treating her as a charity case. Since she and I are still walking on VERY thin eggshells I don't want to offend her in any way. My mother has always told me that one of my sister's biggest pet peeves with me is that I would still be "nice" to her even when she was pissed off at me. (yes, I know that's strange) She said she thought she was going to have to use cloth diapers to save money so I offered to help out and buy her disposable ones and she accepted. She can still use the cloth diapers when she's at home or whatever. I also bought her on of those harness things that you use to strap the baby to you so you can do other things, too. I've bought a few little clothing items that I couldn't pass up but nothing extravagant.

I want to do so much more, but I don't want to do TOO much because I'm worried it might push too many buttons so I was thinking that maybe if I just looked for some good used stuff for her it wouldn't seem so obvious. She needs crib pads, sheets all that stuff and that's not cheep so I think I'll start there. The clothes, well, I'll just buy what ever I find. I'm so confused. Any advice would be appreciated.

Posted by at 5:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I'm feeling really froggy today. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm restless as hell. I feel almost caged in, though I have no reason to feel that way. I went out for a drive for about an hour or so, but that only knocked the edge off it. I don't know how to explain it and I sure to don't what's causing it so it's pissing me off.

I guess I feel like I'm waiting for something to happen. I don't know if that has something to do with the recent re-appearance of my sister or not, but that wouldn't be surprising if it did.

I've also been feeling the itch for a new car lately. I bought a new car 3 years ago and I still love it. It's not really a car, its a truck. Ford F-150 extended cab. I love it. It's just 3 years and 4 months old and it only has 45k miles on it but it's that time of year. Craig bought a new car last year and I could have had a new one then and let him have the truck, but I LOVE my truck... I really do. I guess my dilemna what the hell I'd buy. I like lots of other cars, but I'm a libra so I'd never be able to choose just one. My truck payments are only $500 and I've just got another year or so to pay and then I'm done, and that sounds rather appealing, too.

Have you ever watched the show on MTV called "Yo Momma?" It's hosted by Wilmer Valderamma (Fez, from That 70's Show) and they go to different areas in So Cal and they have these competitions where it's basically just face to face insults. OMG, we laugh our asses off. Especially when they have to go to each others houses and go through their stuff. Wilmer is hysterical. If you haven't watched it, give it a shot. Must watch stuff!

Posted by at 2:03 PM | Permalink

4:56 am

Yes, I'm aware of how early it is and no, I don't know why I'm awake.

My sister came over yesterday. Doesn't seem like a big deal unless you know that until about two weeks ago we hadn't spoken to eachother in about a year and a half. She has held a massive grudge against me for years (since I was 18 and she was 15... 20 years) because I told my parents she was doing drugs. She was. I had the proof. My mother knew she was doing them but didn't want any shit started with my dad and she was afraid my sister was run away (that was actually what she said at the time) so she covered for my sister thereby causing massive amounts of trouble when my dad found said proof. (Alot of people may ask why I would even tell but my parents were very clear on one thing; tattling was bullshit unless you were telling on something that the other person was doing that would get them hurt or thrown in jail and that would get her BOTH!) Anyway- it caused alot of trouble and she never let me forget it and that, in turn, caused even more trouble. HUGE fights.

I've always told her that when she was ready to try again my door was open but that usually just pisses oher off more so it got to the point where the only thing left to do was not talk at all. It's sad, but it's true. There's WAY more to all of this mess but it'd take up the entire black hole of the universe to type it so I'll spare my fingers.

So anyway, she and I have been talking fairly often for the past two weeks and it's going ok for now. I think we're both being very cautious right now, though yesterday she did drop a few verbal land mines in front of me to see if I'd trip over them (while my daughter was standing there, too). Most of them I didn't bite at, but a couple of them I responded with a slightly defensive maneuver. My daughter said she thought the shit was about to hit the fan at one point because of something that was said and she turned and saw the look on my face since it took my so long to respond to it, but I was a good girl... hmph. Who'd a thunk it? And where my sister's concerned? Wow.

Anyway, so I'm gonna have a neice!! YAY!! I don't have a neice, I have all nephews.

Oh, there is some bad news. She doesn't have a job... and she's going through a divorce. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband's family owns a MAJOR NFL team. When I saw MAJOR, I DO mean major. By that, I mean they have been to the superbowl a couple of teams in your life time. They are paying for everything for him, plus he ran up bills on credit cards that my sister had (and she'd added his name to when they got married) so now she's stuck paying for them because he's maxed them out charging stuff for his business... then not paying the bill. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, since she's not working, well you can guess what that's leading to. She's having to pay all her bills from her savings account and that is freaking her out. Plus, she's worried about everything in general.

BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE A NIECE! YAY!!!! Now I'm going to bed again. night!

Posted by at 5:27 AM | Permalink

I took Austin to see the DaVinci Code yesterday. The reviews suck but I didn't think it was that bad. I mean it wasn't as good as the book but how the hell would anyone expect it to be? Good lord, the book was CRAZY good and the movie was pretty damn good, too. The movie changes some things up and to be honest I'm not so sure that they were bad changes. I don't think people would be complaining too much if this hadn't been a book first. Know what I mean? He and I have tickets to see X-men 3 next Thursday at midnight. Can't wait.

I watched the 100 Top Artists of Rock and Roll today and Craig came in from his golf game while they were only in the first 70 or so, and I had to laugh my ass off because he didn't know most of the first half of the bands but he DID recognize some of the bands. It was SO funny when he didn't recognize Blue Oyster Cult's name but he did recognize the song from the skit on SNL. See, Craig's parent's (his mom really) wouldn't let him listen to rock so he doesn't know much of it. We were coming back from Austin last weekend and I put in my old Kiss "Destroyer" album and you should have seen his face!! LOLLLLL (Ace Frehley was my first love, I'm pretty sure!!!)

I'm pretty versatile with my music choices I think. I like all kinds. Country, classical, R&B, I LOVE rap but my first and best love is rock n roll. I don't think that will ever get old. 80's rock... guess ya had to be there. Especially for the Texas Jam. An all day jam session at the Cotton Bowl of bands from morning until late night ending with a headliner like Foreigner or Styx. I witnessed Sammy Hagar and Ted Nugent on stage together just kicking ass with guitars. Van Halen live with Hagar in concert was better, but still... wow. Sigh. C'mon... admit it... a little Rush (no pun intended), a side of Poison, just a touch of Motley Crue. Metallica. Wasn't that just the other day? Oh wait, Craig listened to Depeche Mode way before he ever even knew my name, so I gotta give him that one at least. God I'm old.

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5-17-06 5:39am

Here I am, up at the crack of freakin' dawn. Craig's in Florida, so Ryan slept in our room with me last night and she twitches like someone who's coming off a 3 week heroine binge, so it woke me up about 4... and here I am.

Life's been busy around here. We had the State track meet this past weekend and Ryan took 4th in the high jump. She missed 3rd by a smidge. She didn't cry, but I sure thought she wanted to by the time she made it up into the stands. The track meet was at the University of Texas, so she was excited about getting down on that track, but was still disappointed that she didn't do better. I was proud of her though, for not making excuses. She just said she needed to do better. She's got two more years to get it done.

Slowly but surely I am working my way through each room in this house, replacing everything. I'm fed up. That's just where I'm at. I'm having the master bathroom ripped out and redone right now... ughhhh. What a mess. Talk about tedious. I need to go back to bed.

Gnight.

Posted by at 5:46 AM | Permalink

5-3-06

This past weekend was a very proud one for our family. On Saturday Ryan took the Silver medal in the Regional track meet, earning the right to compete in the Texas State Track Meet in two weeks! She didn't miss a single jump until she'd secured the second place spot, and then she lost ALL concentration and missed 3 in a row! LOL She's going to have to keep her head in it at the state meet, but we're really proud of her!

Kyra was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on Sunday. She had told her mom and Paul that she didn't want them to come to the ceremony, but I told Laura she ought to come anyway. We also invited the two of them to go and eat with us afterwards, which they did. All in all, the day went well, though Kyra didn't really talk much to them. I thought it was rather rude, but Laura said it was fine with her so I left it alone. Whatever.

We head to Austin next Friday. Ryan will jump at the University of Texas and she's really excited. This also automatically qualifies her for Texas Relays next year. We had originally planned for this to be her last year of track so that she could just concentrate on volleyball and basketball at school and have her summers on the Nike and Adidas circuits, but with the track letters starting to come in along with the basketball, it is now volleyball that has to go. Craig disagrees with me, but she can't keep punishing her body this way. She plays competitive basketball year round, PLUS the three sports in school. She is in constant pain, she is always tired and she doesn't have a moment to herself. I'm putting my foot down. She doesn't care about volleyball, truth be told- that's what made up my mind.

This is a terrible picture of her, but here she is with her UIL medal from this weekend. The district, regional and state medals are AWESOME looking and unique from the other track meet's medals. Gotta love em.

The paper is coming out to interview her today. She's totally stoked. Great. LOL kdgr

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