January 31, 2010

Goodbye January! I hate the month of January. It is always so long, so boring and so cold. February is one of my favorite months. Why? Because Valentine's Day is a special day in our home. Mitch and I spend absurd amounts of money on each other and LOVE IT. Some fancy stuff, lots of useless Valentine's stuff that we happen to love, like singing cards or stuffed animals that dance. We do this guilt free too because the day is for US. This year, we'll be celebrating in Florida! I am so excited for our mini-vacation. Really just under 5 days. But that is time with my husband. I have worked some overtime the last two weeks and MAN, I am so grateful that I only have to work part-time! Well, 36.5 hours isn't really part-time, but it is to me. I've worked 47 hours per week the last two weeks. I am feeling it now. I am cranky. SUPER CRANKY!

Not sure what we're getting each other for Valentine's Day. We pretty much have everything we want. My computer is still too new for a new one. We have every major video game/console under the sun. (Love my Wii, btw). We both have cars and car payments we're happy with. We're all set on the iPod front. All set on the high tech cell phone front. He loves his Droid and I, my blackberry. I was treated to a lovely Flip video camera two b-days ago and got a new digital camera last Christmas.

It is nice to not want something for once. I'm sure it won't last long, haha.

I mean, we still are looking at and dreaming of our future RV, but that won't be for Valentine's. Still dreaming of relocating to NYC in a few years, but I'm kind of settled here. I do love our beach town and we're only 2 1/2 hours from NYC. Not that big of a deal. We'd have to give up both cars to live in the city. That is a plus, I guess, except that I love that new car smell! LOL! It is intoxicating! If the subway cars smelled like that, there would be no doubt! Honestly, I can see us raising our child in either location. Beach, ocean, fresh air and the best water around (it's a fact, Rhode Island won the best tasting water in the US award), a great zoo, a couple of fabulous malls, and good schools. Or, the gorgeous Central Park, top of the line museums, ferry rides, subway rides, the Bronx zoo, broadway shows and some good schools if we looked hard enough, I'm sure.

ANYWAY, getting super excited for Annabelle's arrival! I will be renting a conference room in an area hotel in Bangor and have the baby shower at that location. Pretty central for all of Kayla's family and friends. Mitch and I are looking forward to spoiling this baby greatly!

Zach has changed his college plans. He is really serious about attending URI. (Good for us because then it will be free!) Hayley is going to CCRI in the fall and then transferring into Johnson and Wales (Miami campus)...though she may consider the Providence campus if all of her friends stay in this area!

Life is mostly perfect. Still not crazy about Mitch's fall schedule. Would love for us to have a job together, with him using his MBA and me being his secretary or something!

Right now, I am currently watching VH1 music countdown. Sipping a hot caramel latte. Blogging. Chatting with friends on my blackberry. Contemplating a new hair cut. Think I might want a smooth sleek bob. Who knows? Long hair has its advantages. Bad days, I can just pull it up. Feeling insecure? I can just hide behind it.

Mark (Kayla's boyfriend) is taking his Armed Services Entrance Exam tomorrow. Please send him some prayers. This would be huge for my baby and her baby and Mark.

Sierra update: still as goofy and lovable as ever! She only plays with her toys indoors and only if someone plays with her. She plays rough and it is hilarious to see my 15 year old son get scared! She would NEVER hurt anybody, but she is rough and FAST and when he goes in to grab one of her toys, she pounces on him and gets him every time. She usually licks him and manages to get her tongue in his mouth! I think only one time he managed to get the toy away from her!

1/19/10

Happy New Year I guess.

I miss blogging like I used to.

December 3, 2009

It is 62 degrees here. Rainy and the winds sound worse than the actual "hurricane" that we had a few weeks ago.

So my Blackberry is retarded. Like 2 days ago my camera stopped deleting pics or storing pics to my card. I tried reformatting it and said formatting failed. But when I checked on my pics they were all deleted or so I thought, implying the formatting worked. The night before last, I updated my phone as scheduled and today my phone not only recognizes my media card, all my pics are back, but they weren't there yesterday. Oh yeah and somehow my media card turned into a 1G. It was only like 32 mb before. My systems profile is saying I have a 1G media card installed. Two days ago it was telling me I had NO media card installed.

Happy Tuesday!

I have today off. Not so tomorrow. Patty has THREE dr.'S appointments and then Mitch and I are headed to Maine to pick up Kayla, Mark, Cody and Lexi and bring them back here. That will be a lovely ten hour drive round trip but it won't be so bad because I will be with my husband the whole way. We seriously need some time together doing nothing.

Tonight Zach and I are going to the double header basketball game and Mitch will meet us there when he gets out of practice.

I am SO glad my kids have already received their flu and H1N1 shots. We can go out and enjoy ourselves without extra worries. Not sure how Gansett rated getting their vaccines first but I am not knocking it. I guess it pays to live in a wealthy snobby town after all!

November 18, 2009

Almost 4 weeks till Christmas. Crazy!! I hate shopping for new cars. Glad my husband is doing most of the leg work.

Lots and lots of stuff to blog about; however, I am blogging from my Crackberry and I type faster with a real keyboard. Maybe I will take the time to do it properly tomorrow.

November 6, 2009

Feeling a bit odd. About two weeks ago I had a sinus infection that left me feeling rather yucky. Earache. Whole nine yards. It finally decided to move along today. My nose is FINALLY running and I can breathe but I feel dizzy. I think it is just the fluid in my ears backing off. Like I said, I just feel odd. Not bad. Just off

November 6, 2009

Feeling a bit odd. About two weeks ago I had a sinus infection that left me feeling rather yucky. Earache. Whole nine yards. It finally decided to move along today. My nose is FINALLY running and I can breathe but I feel dizzy. I think it is just the fluid in my ears backing off. Like I said, I just feel odd. Not bad. Just off

November 1st, 2009

I hope everyone had a nice Halloween. We sure did.

October 24, 2009

I can't believe it has been 10 days since I last blogged. The kids and I went to see Paranormal Activity last night. It was freaking awesome!!! You know it a scary movie when every guy in the audience screamed like little girls. It is officially the scariest movie I have ever seen. LOVED it!!!

Mitch gets home tonight around 7. Hopefully we will have time to enjoy our Saturday night. I rented two movies if we decide to stay in.

I slept like 12 hours last night and feel incredibly hungover. Realized I am probably just dehydrated. My last drink of water was like 6PM and I didn't get up till 9:30AM. My head is just pounding. I have had this headache though on and off for a week. Again I think it is just my hydration levels. In the summer or warm weather it seems I am always drinking water and iced tea, etc. But we have had a cold snap and I have been drinking more hot beverages and wine.

Sierra is doing great. Such a perfect doggie my girl is. She slept with me last night because Mitch was out of town and I was scared from the movie. I slept with the light ON!!!

The kids are doing well. Kayla is hanging in there. My sweet girl. We miss each other so much. In her almost 20 years, we have never been apart. It was time for her to grow up, I know.

I can't wait till we have a new baby. I can't wait till we get our new puppy too!!!

October 13, 2009

Little Jaymun went with Jesus at 9:52 AM this morning. He changed a lot of lives in his short three years.

Jaymun

He's been hanging in there and last seemed to have made some big gains. Gains so big the doctors had never seen anything like it. However this cancer in back with a vengence and his kidneys and liver have shut down. The doctors are basically kepping him alive. It is looking like the end...again. Pray Jesus carries the little guy all the way to Heaven.

I love Jennifer

It has been awhile since I have written anything, so I apologize, but lets be honest, if you come to this blog, you are not here to read my entries. I am currently away from my beloved wife as is the case a lot of the time this time of year(soccer season). I am currently in Dayton, OH and then to Cincinnati on Saturday and hating being away from my darling angel. I thought I would let you all know what the Jennifer means to me.

This is a poem I wrote to her........

It's Monday and I am in love,
I am so happy about God's power from above.
He brought us together out of the blue,
And showed me an unbelievable love so true.
He watched us both grow and become who we are,
He then brought us together from afar.
He clearly knew what he was doing that first night,
We shared all the awkward moments that made it so right.
Everyday since has been better than the last,
When I see you , I want to take your close off fast.
Now all we have is the rest of our life,
to enjoy each other as husband and wife.
I never could imagine feeling this way,
I do and it's great, all on a Monday.

Jennifer is my everything, she makes me complete and I love her unconditionally. I just want you all to know how much I love her and how perfect she is. Talk to you soon...

Loser!!

Ok so I've tried to not blog about Jon Gosselin but what a doucher!!! Don't get me wrong, I think filming should have stopped long ago. However his timing is a bit suspect, no? I hope Kate and TLC agree to stop filming because there goes idiot boy's paycheck. Kate HAS an education! This guy hasn't been able to keep a job unless he was working for Kate's family. Anyway. Shut down the show. Kate can support her family with public appearances and her writing, not to mention her nursing career. Jon can remain the putz he has become. Who would have thought anybody could make Kate look good???

Pray for Little Jaymun

You can read about him here. http://www.jaymun.com

It doesn't seem likely he will make it thru the night. He was born with these bluish bruises on his body and it turned out being a rare leukemia. Last year at this time he was at death's door and the doctors sent him home to die and he lived and had a fabulous year and even went into remission.

09/29/09

Hayley and I had a nice trip to Maine,albeit quick. It is good o be home!!!

love my new blackberry tour!

Thanks to my husband for the nice surprise! It even has internet!!!

9/9/09

I am so overwhelmed and beyond stressed out that at this point, I can only laugh and/or cry. I have come to the conclusion that the lifestage I am currently at has got to be the worst possible stage in life. Dealing with my aging grandparents. I have three, two of whom are nearing the end so very quickly. I know I am going to have to deal with losing my grandparents, but on top of that, I will have to deal with my parents losing their parents. I know this is stuff people have to deal with, but my parents are unusually close with their parents and they and their siblings are going to be wrecks. So I am stressed knowing that I won't have my traditional support system there to back me up. They are going to need me in a way that I have needed them. On top of this, I have my own growing children. The stress doesn't come when they are little, living at home, it comes when they grow up and move away but still can't quite make it on their own, so there are a million calls and a million situations that you try to deal with over the phone.

Zach on his board

Zach on his board
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Pretty Sunset

Pretty Sunset
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Hayley & Zach

Hayley & Zach
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