THINGS WENT WELL

I HAD A GREAT TIME, EVERYONE WAS VERY KIND, MY NEW "GRANDAUGHTER" IS VERY CUTE...AND SHE IS ONE SMART LITTLE COOKIE I TELL YOU....DAVE WAS VERY UPSET THAT HE COULD NOT GO, BUT WORK IS WHAT IT IS.. HE AND CORIE TALKED ON THE PHONE AND HER AND HER FAMILY WILL BE COMING UP ON FRI....IT WILL BE NICE, I'M SO GLAD THAT BAD PART OF OUR LIFE HAS FINALLY BEEN PUT TO REST, THIS WAS THE LAST PART OF THAT CLOSHER THING.....WE ARE ALL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR LIVES , AND THAT IS SO GOOD.. WITH FAITH AND TIME, AND STAYING SOBER, LIFE HAS MANY GOOD THINGS TO OFFER..AND I HAVE BEEN BLESSED MORE THAN I CAN SAY....IF YOU FEEL AS IF I'M BRAGGING I AM NOT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT NO ME 6-7- YEARS AGO YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ,YOU DO, AND ARE TRULY GOOD FRIENDS....ANYWAYS I LOVE AND APPERCIATE ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ONE DAY I WILL NAME EACH AND EVERYONE AND WHY THERE SO SPEACIL,..SORRY NOT TONIGHT.....

exciting but scary.....

Well tomorrow,I am going to see Dave's oldest daughter Corie.. for those of you who don't know a thing happened years ago.. and its time to let it go....yes i am very happy.. scared but happy at the same time she now has here own baby...she is 28 , and the girls are very excited and i am very nervous....Dave's step daughter Linda will be there , oh thank god , we all just went to the races together and had such a good time I'm glad she is going...Dave can't be there tomarrow because, he has to go up north again to work.. but there will be other times, and can't wait to meet the gran baby....well i have to get going we are going up to the new house, oh yea our new house is in escrow.. now you wanna talk about nerve racking buying a house is nerve racking , so lately just call me walking nerves.....
have a great day

Very exciting

Daves shop, just what he wanted

Our house, just what I wanted


this my friends is the front of our new house if all goes well Yes the bank excepted our offer, now we have to go threw a 45 day escrow.....it is almost 2500 sq. feet on 2 1/2 acres......it ia an old ranch style house, with horse corrals an pigs pens and a ropin arena... not that we aill be gettin any horses any time soon it has an awsome shop for dave.....we just love it.. and have from the moment we saw it......keep your fingers crossed.. i have not been this excited since i got married.....well i have to get back to work...man its hot 90 something today in the high desert today

Not too much here

Well not to much going on, Dave has not work in a couple of weeks..and we are starting to feel the effect of this unemployment thing.. i have been working.. which is good..altho he does go beck to work. Tues..yea....

The boys and girls club had a sleepover Fri. night and that was an experience, i volunteered, for that there was about 65 girls.... yea... it was fun tho....

we went to Dave's nieces wedding yesterday o.k. now that we are married,my nieces wedding..she was a beautiful bride....my brother in law wore a suit which was shocking but rob looked good, it was a real small affair...anyways.. it was nice...
then Dave tells me, gosh i should of got slacks, to wear.. that would not of worked out real well since i wanted him to wear slacks for our wedding and he said NO....but he was going to for his nieces wedding, yea i no childish...of me but still the same...i would not of been happy!.....
well hope everyone is having a good day!

sweet sweat

So we all no i have the bronchitis back, now the the added bonus of hot flashes....i'm so lucky, coughing till i wet, the sweating till my eyes burn , and you ask what else could go wrong, well let me tell you all......

I'm in the truck sat. morning looking nice for once, and damn i start sweating so bad, its going in my eyes.. so much for non frizzy hair...grrrrrrrr, i then ask michelle to hand me a napkin so i can wipe my face and she gets me one, as i'm wiping my face, victoria says here mom, and bless her sweet heart, she hands me a damp paper toewel..oh the coolness of it all, then i hear this other sweet voice say "mom she just washed her shoes with that"....and victoria then informs us all, not the bottom part.....just the top, saweet....kids you gotta love'em......

easter was good and my mom did make it up, my sister made an awsome dinner...she as always out did herself...i felt bad, because, it seemed i could not stop this damn coughing.....last night i finlly did find something that really does help, ricola sugar free cough drops, just pop one in your mouth and suck on it.. its the best dang thing since breathing treatments!

I did make it back to work at the school today, and it was great, i just love them kids....the first and second graders are the best...

well I must get to bed have a great night....

Happy easter

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And this my friends is how I felt this morning after a plesant night of coughing out my brains, my ribs are killing me... and grrrrrr quit fighting about who got more candy and you took my chocolate bunny.......

DO YOU NOT REMEBER WHAT IS IS ABOUT< MY WONDERUL KIDS.....

dang now i no how my poor mama felt...

on a happier note, we are goimg to my sisters for a blessed easter dinner...and family fun..my mom might even be there.. yea... and let the good memories roll.....

THANKS DONNA, THE WAY IT USED TO BE!!!!

ITS NOT REALLY TO BAD, THIS IS THE WAY MY GRANDMA AND MY MOM, GREW UP AND IN THERE DAY, YOU COULD WALK OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR AND NOT WORRY ABOUT BEING SHOT....




HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007
Scenario 1:


Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking
lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car
and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and
never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized
students and teachers.



Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
buddies.
2007 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and
Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though
Johnny started it.



Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by
the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt
class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is
then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because
Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a
whipping
with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and
becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster
care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister
that
she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's
mom
has an affair with the psychologist.



Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug
violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.


Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear
nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation
is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system
and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum.
Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living
because he cannot speak English.




Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them
in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged
with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all
siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated.
Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly
again.




Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found
crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She
faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

let me go back

To work that is I miss the kids...the little first graders are the best.....and the secondgraders are adorable tooo......I just wanna go back already, i'm thinking on the 13, which is just one week away , not much going on here, we did go and watch jimmy race last night... he was great...it is a scary sport...sometimes even heart pounding.. as soon as i delete some pictures from my computer. i will post the new ones...