Niagara Falls

The boys took a little trip this weekend to Niagara Falls. JM, Seth, and Joshua drove there and back in one day. It took them about 4 hours and they stayed for about and hour. To me, that was silly, but they thought it was great! They had a good time. I was nervous for them all to go but enjoyed the alone time with my hubby! It was good for them to get out and "see the world" and good for me to loosen those apron strings a little bit. It was hard, but I had peace. I know the Lord would take care of them.

Fireproof

This weekend JB and I went on a date. We went to Applebee's thanks to Mypoints.com. Oh it was yummy! We both didn't finish our meal. We also went to see Fireproof: Never Leave Your Partner Behind! Oh wow! That was a great movie! We don't normally go to movies but this one I wanted to see. JB was a little skeptical, but was glad he saw it. He that is was a great movie! It is made by the same people that did Facing the Giants. It has a clear Gospel message in it and really touches your heart. It is a wonderful movie! If you don't see it at the theater, then make sure you rent it, borrow it, or buy it when it comes out on DVD.

More later...

Multitasking mom.

What mom doesn't multitask, really? We all do it right? I am teaching my Joshua, texting John, and surfing the net. Now, I am blogging! Oh and listening to Seth tell me about Biosphere 2. What a mom! What a woman! What a load of bunk! LOL I can't multitask well enough actually! If I could, my house would be much more organized. ;-)

John has to testify in front of the Grand Jury on Monday. The accused will not be there. I guess they don't need us to testify this time. I just pray that the guy will confess and make a deal or something so we don't have to go to court. I do appreciate everyone's prayers. They have been felt and a great comfort. Thank you!

My neighbor's 4th birthday is today. I got on the net and found some free printable coloring pages and printed them out to make a little book. I then made a card on the computer and printed that out. I gave her a new box of crayons, the coloring book, and the card with a dollar in it. She was THRILLED! It is so nice when they are that young and so easy to please! They then grow up and well... most of you know that story. If not, you will find out. ;-) It isn't that they aren't easy to please it is that their toys get more expensive. Especially grown-ups!

Moving on to history... studying for a test... He is doing well by the way. Yeah!

Last night we got pizza. John had to work at the pizza place last night because it is their busiest day. Tuesdays they have $5 pizzas with a coupn. ANY large pizza for $5. That includes their world gourmet pizzas. You can sign up for the coupon at www.pizzabogo.com. I really like Pizza BOGO. This is only available at their Akron store though and you have to pick it up. It is in the valley. We still have some left so guess what lunch is!! LOL

'Til next time...

What a weekend!

I don't know where to begin! John, JM, and Seth were in TX. They had a good weekend. Mine wasn't too bad either. It was long with them gone though. Friday night Joshua's friend spent the night and we went to Chuck E Cheese for dinner and played. I had some great coupons. They stayed up and played while I went to my room and watched some tv. I feel asleep before them but I could "hear" them. They went to bed about 12:30. I pretty much relaxed for the weekend with some cleaning.

The guys got back a little early and I wasn't at the airport to get them but went and all was fine. We came home and shared with each other our weekend and such then decided to go get something to eat. John wanted to go to Papa Gyros in Canton. We couldn't remember if they took the card or not so wanted to stop at the ATM to get cash. What a mistake that turned out to be. John was assaulted and all three of my boys saw it. We are not sure what the deal was but the guy pulled in front of John to get to the ATM. The guy didn't even pull into the area to get the money. He parked really weird. He gets out of his car and starts yelling at my John. John rolls down the window and tells the dude to chill and the guy keeps yelling and John tries to get him to relax. We aren't sure what his problem is as he is the one that cut us off. He starts walking to the car and so dhJohn gets out. He wanted to defend himself and us if needed. As John gets out the guy reaches into the front seat and grabs a 16 inch wrench looking thing. John said it was for changing tires but it isn't your normal tire iron. He is telling John to bring it on. John is telling him to relax and I am freaking because hubby is out of the car. The share some words and then the guy swings the wrench. It grazes John's face cutting (barely) his cornea and other cuts under his eye and on his nose. They sort of wrestle a little standing up and then they guy backs off and walks away, so John starts walking back to the car. The guy come from behind and kick John in the back of the leg and John turns around and the guy swings the wrench and gives him a gash on his head (like the side of his forhead but back towards the head. Then John tried to get the wrench out of his hand and kicks it out of his hand and the guy also loses his cell phone. Seth sees the wrench, picks it up, and throws it so the guy can't get it again. JM is on the phone with 911. I see the ATM card on the ground and go to get it. I wasn't sure if it was John's or the other guys. If it was John's I wanted to get it. Well the guy seems me going after it and rushes me and pushes me into the building, knocking me down, bending my glasses and pops out the lens. I have a little bruise and very small cut from that. Of course that just really angered my John. The guy goes to the passenger side and climbs in and takes off. Seth got his license number so we could tell the police. John has blood streaming down his face (you know how bad head wounds bleed). While JM is on the phone with 911 the guys walks back to the area wanting his cell phone. He had a brick in his hand ready to go after John again but John held out his hand with the cell phone in it and the guy left calling him all sorts of names of course. The police came and so did the EMS. They did catch the guy and we had to file a report and take statements and ID him. He was charged with felonious assult. We went to the hospital. John got 4 staples in his head and drops for his eyes to hopefully heal the cornea. It was very scary and so senseless. I don't know what the guy was thinking or what his problem was. He was really just a jerk all around. My youngest was screaming and crying the whole time. He sat there watching all this. I am sure it was terrifying for him. I feel so bad for him that he had to see it.

It was nuts! I hope I never have to go through that again. If the guy had a gun, I would be a widow. I cannot believe how dumb this whole thing was. There was no reason for any of it. I am not a confrontational person anyway, then to have this happen, I won't ever confront anyone again! It isn't worth it. Wow!

We got home from the hospital and talked to the kids to make sure they were okay. They all seemed fine. I am glad they weren't tramatized by it all. John did go to work today. I cleaned his head up the best I could and put some triple antibiotic ointment on it.

Sometimes I think the world has gone absolutely mad!

'Til next time... (with happier news I hope)

We Have Power!!!

Yippee! We are back from the dark side of the earth! LOL It came back on while I was taking JB, JM, and Seth to the airport. They are now in TX. They are grabbing a bite to eat then on their way to see Shelbie. JM is so excited! I am happy for him, but it is a mess right now and I just hope all goes well. They landed in Houston and got a rental car. I just hope the visit it a good one for him because it will be a bit before he goes again.

I went to Applebee's today with my friend April. We then went to Wal-Mart. I found some clothes for Joshua. He sleeps in shorts and I got 2 pairs for $2 each. Then I got him 3 shirts. Two were $3 one was $1. I love the clearance rack!! LOL I also got us some frozen pizza for dinner tonight. Quick and easy for the two of us!

I am tired after getting up early and then sending them off, then shopping. I need a nap but I have too much to do. Tomorrow is co-op and we will be gone all day. So I really need to do stuff today. Boo!!! ;-)

I am glad the power is on and I can see again. I missed the light. I could deal without the internet, computer, and tv but it was quiet. I just hated not being able to waqlk in a room and see.

I haven't seen Amy post for a bit and am a little worried. Anyone hear from her?

'Til next time...

No Electricity!

Sunday night we had a wind storm and we lost power. It has been out since Sunday night. Life has been interesting living by candlelight! I am at the library right now so I can check in on life. I hope everyone else in the area survived the storm. More importantly I hope everyone has electricity!!! It has been fun... Well not really but interesting.

Oh! We have a large 5 day cooler that we are keeping our refrigerator stuff in and my neighbor's dad is bringing her a small generator so she can run her freezer and frige. So we will have a way to keep stuff cold. Yeah! It has been out for 42 hours now. I don't know if we have been ever had it out that long.

I hope all is well with my blogging buddies!

'Til next time...

School, life, and stuff

Friday was our first day of co-op. I think Seth is going to have a good year at co-op and learn a lot. He is doing English, Spanish, Biology, and Volleyball. He is also taking an SAT/ACT prep class. He has to do that as well as all of our stuff at home. Since he is doing English at co-op, I am not making him do it at home. It really works out well. He still has Algebra II, literature, history, spelling, and all that other stuff. He will be busy this year. It is good for him though and I think he will do great!

Joshua is taking a health class, classics on tape, volleyball, a science class, Spanish, and a lego class. I don't know how he likes his classes because I haven't been able to really talk to him about them. The only thing he did say was that he didn't care for the science class because he has to bring in 10 different bugs next week and they have to be alive. He is not a bug lover! He hates bugs!!! I don't blame him!

Seth is sick. I am hoping it isn't anything but his side hurts where his appendix is. I am praying it is nothing. He is in bed at the moment, but I told him if it got worse to get me. He also feels sick to his stomach and feels like he is going to vomit. I don't want to rush to the hospital but I don't want him in pain. He won't take anything for it, which might be a good thing because it would mask the pain or hurt the cause so to speak. He was supposed to go to Cedar Point, but with the rain it was canceled. It is probably a good thing. He would not have made it.

It was nice not having to do the paper route this morning. We have been loving it. It will be nice to get a good night's sleep on a Saturday night and not be tired in church. I wasn't tired last week in church because we only had the little route and I was able to sleep, but I can really sleep tonight. I really haven't been sleeping well just yet. It will take time for my body to adjust. I was up at 5:30 this morning. Boo!!!

I played around with my setting and such today. I think it looks pretty neat. I like it! I wanted a different background but it didn't seem to fit like this one does. I wanted it to look good. Thanks Nicole for your help. I couldn't figure it out. I added some blinkies too. Can you tell I love my hubby?? LOL

'Til next time...

We are done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bit much huh? Well, I cannot help it. I am so happy to be done with the paper routes. Today was our last day! We said our good-byes to everyone and I will not have to deliver another paper unless I really want to. LOL YEAH RIGHT! Like I would want to! ;-)

I am sorry. I am just so thrilled! We all are.

'Til next time...

First Day of School

Today was Seth and Joshua's first day of school for the year. Everything went really well I think. Seth is pretty much on his own unless he needs something. Joshua needs a lot of my attention and I expect that right now. I made the boys a special breakfast and am now in the process of making a special lunch to "celebrate" our first day back to school. I am also going to the library and to Game Stop after lunch.

JM went around the other two boys this morning showing his diploma. He said, "I would be doing school right now too, but I have this!" He thought he was something. Seth just rolled his eyes. He went to work, the other two stayed home. Not sure which is better off. LOL

Joshua will be using Spelling Power. We tried it for the first time today and so far so good. He likes the idea of spelling being only 15 minutes long and not having to redo 20 plus words over and over and over. I do to really. Seth will be sticking with A Beka. It seems to work well for him.

Over all it was a good day for school and I am happy about that. What I am not happy about is the paper route. One of the managers that isn't my manager fired the guy that took over one of our routes. Now they expect us to do it. Is that wrong or what? I was so mad this morning after I was yelled at for not doing the route or "helping". Why would I? Give me one reason why I should? I am not the idiot that fired him. Whatever! I don't want to go into it too much because I will just get mad again! I didn't sleep well and then for this to happen it was a bad combination. JB said we will do it for tomorrow and Wednesday and then see what our DM says when he is back from his days off (he gets Monday and Tuesday off). So guess what I get to do tomorrow. I haven't told the kids yet and they will not be happy because they will have to help me. I don't care if they are filled or not, I will not deliver newspapers on Sept. 15, 2008. I refuse! I was so close I could taste it. Now I feel like I have been thrown back into it. UGH!!

JM's car is running great! He had some extra work done to it (took it to our mechanic) and it is running really smooth. He loves it! I am so glad it has worked out for him. He put about $700 to 800 of work into it. It is his money. Must be nice to have that huh? lol

I guess that is about it for now. Have a great day!

'Til next time...

Two down, one to go!

Today JB and I only had to deliver 86 papers! Woo Hoo!! lol The smallest things keep me happy, huh? Today was the first day we didn't have to deliver or help deliver the other two routes. Man, we were done in a flash! We did get up a little early just to make sure the other two carriers came in. The one showed up, the other had to be called and woke up. He got there just as we were leaving. We delivered our papers and came home for about an hour or so, then we went back out and checked on them. The girl was fine, almost finished. The guy (that was late) actually was doing great, but then just disappeared! We looked for him but he was no where to be found. I don't know where he went. We went to IHop and then came back and the papers were delivered. I don't know where he went but he came back and finished. He did miss at least one house because I got a phone call from a customer. I told them I couldn't help them, that it wasn't my route anymore. He said he knew but wanted to see if I knew the person's number so he could call them. I didn't but told him to call the paper and someone would get him a paper. He said it was funny to not have his paper after never missing it for so long, then the first day we aren't there, it isn't either. LOL I felt bad for the customer. I told him he is just starting and will get better. Or at least I hope so! We did get some tips from our customers, so that was nice. I think they will miss us.

JM had to work today. He (and I) didn't think they would be busy today but I guess they were. It is a day most people cook out but I guess people also buy pizza! At least he wasn't bored. I would rather be busy than bored.

JB worked on my neighbor's steps. He was able to finish one step, the very bottom. He said he had to get that as a base and wait for it to dry. After that, it should be fairly easy to finish. He won't be able to do it today because the step won't be dry today, but he can work on it this week or Saturday. I am sure my neighbor will be happy. The guy that did it before really messed it up! She has the worst luck with people fixing things it seems. They seem to take her money and do a crappy job. JB felt bad for her I think. I am glad he is willing to help her.

We are making burgers and brats on the grill and I am making fries. They didn't want any corn on the cob. I am surprised! That is okay. That will give me something else to go with other food later this week.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable day. We did, but missed JM today.

'Til next time...