MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

HERE'S MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS STORY..ENJOY!


HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

(I tried to include the video but I suck so it didn't work...just click here.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rovCDhnSCT0

ONE MORE DAY!!

Alright, I've been a bum and haven't even finished wrapping my gifts. Of course, Angel has been here and hasn't helped me one bit.

I had a whole list of things for him to do while he is here for the 2 weeks and we have yet to complete them. It's not like I've been sitting around the house doing nothing though, I HAVE been working. I am still going to be working today. I've managed to move some of my patients around so that hopefully it works out that I will have Friday as well as Thursday off.

Angel already has plans to go fishing with his brother in law all day Friday through Saturday.
Whateva!

I need a break anyway.

I don't know why I've been exhausted (could be the frickin early morning wake-ups that I keep getting and not being able to go back to sleep). I get plenty of sleep which could be the problem. Last night I crawled into bed around 8:30 and passed out. I woke up several times throughout the night but only to look at the clock. At 12, 1 and 3 am ...Angel wasn't in the bed. I didn't dare get up and go check on him.
Around 4 he came in and I asked him why didn't he come to bed and he said because he fell asleep in front of the TV.

That was all it took. That little conversation took place and now I am up for the rest of the day. Well, me and Tattoo and the dang dogs.

I have 5 patients today so It's gonna be a short day.

Jenn may be coming this weekend so I will let you know how that and the season goes.

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!!

More sweets!!!

I have found a solution to a small problem I have been having.

Since I drive all day for my job, I tend to attract the strange men who like to drive along side me to gawk at me and try to persuade me to roll my window down.

Honestly, I don't think they have anything important to say. If they are trying to ask for directions...they are better off asking some one who's car isn't in motion.

Anyway, what I was getting at was this guy was driving beside me for at least 5 miles. I mean he (and his buddy) were making sure they were right beside me and this means slowing down and speeding up when necessary to maintain their position.

Idiots!

I tried to shake them off but they wouldn't go.

So.......

I took out my camera (phone) and took a picture of them.

After that, they made sure they weren't next to me anymore.

I guess they thought I was going to report them or something.

Hey! I only wanted to gawk at them too!

Chickens!

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How nice am I?!

So, earlier this week a lady came knocking on my door while the kids and I were watching the movie Bolt....or was it Beverly Hills Chihuahua?? (don't ask) anyway, This lady was from an elementary school and wanted to know if they could borrow my Santa train because they are going to be showing the movie "The Polar Express" at their school.

Hell Yeah! Sure. Why Not?

When Dom was in the 5th grade, his school took him to the movie theater to watch it. His class was given permission to wear their pajamas with robes and slippers if they would like. So, I went out and bought my kids some.

When it came time for them to head to the theater, I loaded up Miah and Devyn with our robes and slippers on and we went and joined them. We had a ball. They still talk about it. Even Dom gets excited when it's mentioned.

I told this story to the teacher and she said that they would like to do the same. Dom and I gave her some more ideas and then she left.

The next day she came back and picked up the train.

Friday, she comes back and drops the train back off along with this:

Awww, that was soo sweet of them. They didn't have to thank me with COOKIES and CAKE!!

I'm so glad they did though.

It stays right beside my bed.

Strangeness and sweets.

I haven't been sleeping well.

I got up at 5:30 to go to Walmart to get some Santa hats because the kids needed them for school and I'm such a procrastinator that I waited until the VERY LAST MINUTE.


Anyway, I get to the parking lot and I look at the car beside me.


This is what I see:

Question: What kind of person rides around with Chucky in their passenger seat?

Answer: The kind who doesn't want anyone asking them for a ride.

I'll pass.

Now Andy over at Wild ARS Chase posted about how great his mom is. Well I have news for you too.

When I was little, I remember making sugar cookies and decorating them during Christmas time. Little snowmen and Santas.

Now, she's doing the same with my kids and they love it.

Question: Why don't YOU continue to make the cookies every year Sheila, along with them?

Answer: Cause I'm totally overwhelmed with all of this stuff and couldn't help but pass out from exhaustion around 8:00 each night.

That's why.

Anyway, here is my mom is helping Miah make Pon de Polvos (<--if that's even spelled right).

I won't go into details...the pics say it all.

I spoke with Miah's teacher and she said that Miah told her that she would volunteer to make the German Chocolate cake. HUH? That wasn't even on the list!

The teacher said she asked Miah: Are you sure? German Chocolate cake?

And that Miah told her: Yes, I know how to make it.

Then Miah comes home with the paper saying we were signed up to bring it. OKAY.

Well my mom gets this idea that she would help her make it.

Hey! Who was I to try to talk her out of that? Run with it!

So they did.

They decided to do little cakes in the shape of stockings and trees. That way everyone would have their own little shaped cake.

Then Miah started getting the frosting and grossed out. She squinted at it and said it "looked weird".

ME: WHAT? Little chick?! Didn't you know what German Chocolate cake looks like?

MIAH: Yes, but this is gross.

So, instead of the frosting that is usually applied, we used the decorating frosting that comes in the tubes.

Of course, mommy (me) forgot to get the little tips so they just slathered it on there.

The finished product: How Cute.

We'll be making the sugar cookies sometime this week.

Get ready for THAT show.

I've been so disorganized lately.

It must be the holidays.

I knew it!

The cat is at it again.

Well at least there is minimal to no damage.

I'm anxious to know what Dom got on his test today.

I asked him yesterday how he thinks he did and he said "100".

I think he got a 100 too.

He's smart.

Angel comes home for 2 weeks starting Friday and the kids are out of school for 2 weeks then too.

IT'S ANGEL'S TURN!!!

He has control of the kids.

I'm excited. I want him to spend ALL of his time with the kids just like I do. I want them to start going to him with their questions and concerns. That includes meals for the kids. It's going to be a mommy vacation even though I have to work. There is no place that Angel needs to go that he can't take the kids with him.

...of course, he isn't aware of this idea. I'm still working on it. I'm working on a smooth, undetectable transition of offspring responsibilities.

I'll keep you posted.

Just Plain Proud.

Dom completed another packet. Social Studies.
He is working at a fast pace and I like that.
I honestly think he is actually working toward graduating at an earlier date.
I don't know how much prouder I could be.
His teacher is amazed with him and how fast he is completing his work and testing. She said that it usually takes the students "a while" to finish a packet because it's at the pace they want to work. Then it usually take some time before they would test on that packet. Dom completed the Science packet on the 3rd day there AND he tested on it the next day. He hasn't even been in this school 2 weeks.

So proud.

MIAH has been cracking me up lately. Angel and I bought some doors to install in Devyn's room (not real doors, just those accordion type doors). We were putting them up when I heard Miah yell at Devyn in the living room, "WHAT DID I SAY? NO GRENADE LAUNCHERS!"

She was playing the Xbox with him. She has been playing more and more lately. I'm afraid the boys are warping my little girl like HERE.

It's around 4 am right now and I'm a little restless due to lack of sleep. There are several factors contributing to that this very moment.

The dogs are driving me crazy. They wake up and play 4 or 5 am and all I hear is them banging up against my bedroom wall and barking and gnarling at each other right outside my bedroom window.
They are getting so big and getting into EVERYTHING!!!
Our washer and dryer are outside on the back porch and every time we go out there the dogs are all hyper and jumpy. They want to just stand on their hind legs, put all of their weight on you and just lick and lick and lick. If you happen to drop a sock or *gulp* your underwear, then you are shit outta luck. They gone. The dogs are playing tug-o-war with them in front of the neighbors. They chewed the seat off of Angel's bicycle. They've chewed up baby trees in the yard. They crap and piss every 10 seconds so it's not safe to venture out into the yard.
I love those puppies.

The cat (Tattoo) was laying on my head.
This friggin cat attacks us all every chance he gets. You can walk anywhere in the house and he will spring out on his hind legs and pounce on you. He attaches himself onto your legs and starts biting on it as you are walking. He chases you and ultimately causes you to dash to your room and dive on your bed so he can't get your ankles. Wanna pet the kitty? Sure, go ahead. If you really want to take the risk of retracting your limb with only a couple of fingers left not to mention your forearm getting all scratched up by his hind legs.

He pounced on my dad's poor puppy the whole time they were here visiting.
The cat plays hard but he also crashes hard. He sprawls out. He don't care.

He likes to stare us down for awhile right before he attacks!

He always finds his way into my room at night and curls up on my bed to sleep.
Cute kitty.

Snowball (the outside cat) came inside to get warm and crapped under my Christmas tree. That cat has plenty of fur so... outside he went.

The Hamsters are running in their wheels. RIGHT NOW.
They never stop running. THEY RUN ALL NIGHT.

There is this crazy squeaking noise coming from the top of the house. I think it's the vent from the stove and it's windy outside. The wind is making it spin and it squeaks.
I can't do anything about that.

I have a house full of crazy right now.
And the sun hasn't even come up.

Been Busy! Just like you guys!

A lot has been going on (I know everyone is busy so everyone is excused for not posting as often as they would have liked to....everyone except those getting paid for posting...hee hee).


Anyway, I have been dealing with the kids, family and working.

WORK:

One of the Physical Therapists (PTs) that worked for the company on an "as needed" basis decided he didn't want to be needed by the company anymore so now we are down to 2 PTs. Both of them are working with the company on an "as needed" basis too. They are also working with other companies as needed so they are pretty busy.

This means that I will be getting my patient load from these 2 PTs only if they have time to accept patient evaluations from my company.

This means that I have just dropped my patient load from 6-8 patients a day to 4 patients a day (which is what I have now). I also looked at my schedule for next week and on Tuesday and Thursday I only have 1 patient.


I have to say. At a time like this...it's a good thing I'm salary.

KIDS:

Devyn just finished his soccer league. We lost everyone of our games, except the one where the other team was a no-show. Whatever. The kids have fun and he is getting better in the sport.

Angel has done half of the Christmas shopping in Corpus and I did the other half here.

Dom was told that if he completes another packet in Science and gets a grade of 90 or above, then he doesn't have to complete any more science packets (he still has 4 more packets to complete). If he does that with all of the subjects then he will automatically be passed onto the 9th grade.


He's excited and I think that is what he is going for.

FAMILY:

I have been trying SO hard to get my sister to be open to doing things more as a family. She has issues and likes to put the blame on everyone else. In case you missed it, THIS is what happened one time when she decided to put her issues first.

The last time we (her boyfriend, her and myself) decided to have a BBQ on a Saturday. Her kids had just stayed the night with mine that Friday. I figured all she had to do was come on over.

Well when I called and asked her about coming over on Saturday, she said "ohhh, I don't think we are going to go after all."

WHAT?!?

Come-on now.

For Real?

You don't want to spend a Saturday with your family even though you are STILL complaining that we don't do anything AS a family?

She did manage to come over and get her kids though.

Whatever chick.

SOOO...people. Here's my last ditch effort:

Devyn and Miah are going to be playing basketball. Just like I wanted to do with soccer (have my sister's kids come and play on the same teams and I would pay their registration fees) I want them to come and play on the same basketball teams (of course I offered to pay their fees, again).

I talked to the coach who is in charge of the whole program and he said we could get basketball underway if he can round up enough coaches (he had a little bit of a hard time getting coaches for soccer).

This is when I told him that maybe we could help him with that. I asked him how much experience he needed and he started saying "some" but ended up saying "none".

PERFECT!

I played basketball in high school and well...that's all.

I proposed the idea to my sister and explained that she and I could coach the girls team and her boyfriend could coach the boys team with our boys and Dom could be the assistant coach for him.


She's excited about the idea. Maybe this time we will be able to do something together as a family cause this shit is killing me.

Her and her boyfriend argue A LOT and she lets that get in the way of everything she needs (or promised) she would do. I told her that she needs to put her personal issues aside when it comes to the kids. Lets see how that goes.


I'm thinking about buying us all some whistles to help them stay motivated.


What do you think?

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So, guess what my friends! I'm sure you all are seeing the gas prices still dropping.

Here's what we have now down here:



P.S. Dom has a new post up. Check it out HERE.

Now that he's not grounded and has a ton of free time with no school work. I will have him posting more frequently again.