Find Out Who Your Friends Are....

Saturday night taught me a lot about my self and a friendship that I felt was lost forever. I won't say who this friend is on here...but she got married Sat. night. Although we live in the same town we haven't spoken in 3 years due to a little tiff over someone that she was dating and I didn't approve of, also I didn't go about keeping my opionions to myself well either. Well imagine my surprise when I recieved a wedding invitation in the mail back in Feburary...when I first got the invite I laughed it off and said that is nice for her but I am not going...I had called her a lot of times over the last three years and never once got a call back so I was beyond the point of hurt by her. Well over the few weeks before the wedding I starting thinking more and more about her and how much I missed her no matter how hurt I was she was my best friend at one point in time and she was not easily forgotten. So a week after they were supposed to be in I mailed out my rsvp...and decided I would attend at least the reception.
Well I expected to go and say hi and congrats and then leave shortly after to spend time with Claud all alone while we had a night off. When the bride returned I went up to her to say hi and at that point she started crying and hugging me tighter than I think I have ever been hugged in my whole life I think for a good 5 minutes or more it was just crying and hugging at some point she introduced me to her husband as her best friend Mandy....it was not a reaction that I expected at all, I never knew that I meant as much to her as she did to me. I truly thought I had been written off by her years ago and that the friendship was over. Long story short we danced and drank and partied most of the evening and made a promise to NEVER let this separation happen again. I hope that she keeps that promise...as I know that I will try my hardest to make this friendship last.
But to the part where I learned a lot sometimes it may be easier to walk away from someone and never to look back.....but if you take the harder road you may find out that walking away would have been the worst possible way. That makes no sense but you get what I am saying I could have missed out on the wedding and went on wondering if she ever thought about me but now I KNOW she missed me too!
Ok well that is enough of my emotional blabber...so bye bye for now!

Oh Tomorrow is Gonna Be Great!!

I am getting very excited already about my date night tomorrow!! The kids are going to Grandmas while we go to a wedding, it isn't often enough that Claud and I go out by ourselves and it is less often that the kids are away for the entire night!

I think that often times we parents forget that we are also husband and wife....at least in my house we do. It seems that we get to a point where we are just Mom and Dad and nothing more...it is those times that I normally stop and say "we need a date!" it is never about not wanting to take my kids where ever it is that we may be going but it is always about wanting to reconnect with Claud on a romantic, loving level as a couple...and not a couple of parents.

Anyway sorry to bore you with details the jist of the story is we are going out and I am all to giddy!!!

what an emotional day

Today we sold Claud's precious truck...we ran out of choices we don't have the money to get it running so off it went...I think I saw a tear or two as it drove off. But on a positive note I do now have money to buy some real groceries it has been mac and cheese here for quite a while.
They have sent Claud's step grandpa home now they didn't give him a lot of time....but I think that is nuts because a dr. cannot say when you are going to go there is only one guy that knows when your time is up here. Enough on that though, please continue to keep him in your prayers.
Nothing else is really going on around here, same stuff different day. The guys have had some work which is better but I wish they had things lined up like they have been in years past (i.e. booked up until May) that kind of lined up. Unfortunatly the economy just isn't allowing that this year. (Insert Leach & Son plug here *for all your home improvement needs* )
Well there isn't too much else to tell so I will continue later on, hope you all have a nice week !

Prayers Please

Well it has been a few days since I wrote anything in here...so I guess it is about that time.
Let me start by asking for something I don't normally, I would like to ask for prayers for Claud's step-grandfather, he had a stroke yesterday morning and is in ICU in Flordia he has been having some serious health issues over the last few years and it doesn't look good right now...he is paralyzed on his entire left side and his kidneys are pretty well shut down. So please if you could say some prayers for Herb and his family.
There isn't a whole lot new going on around here, just the same old stuff on different days, I went to Dillion's conference last night and he seems to be doing well, he is becoming more hands on instead of just observing now so that is good. He can count to 30 but skips 16 everytime apparently it is common for them to skip either 15 or 16 at this age. Who knows?
Easter is coming, soon the kids and I will be doing eggs...no I haven't done them yet...I am a slacker:(
Well I haven't had much else exciting happen in the last couple days so I guess that is all for now.
I have a house that needs serious tending to and some errands that have to get done today!!

ughh...

So I have come to the conclusion that if you have a good day you might as well expect the next day to be crap! Thursday started badly, I had put all CJ's school uniforms in the dryer Weds. night, only to find on Thurs. morning that they were still soaked!!! My dryer isn't heating, it could be a heating element or a fuse or whatever but my husband who can fix anything decided last night that the dryer was not one of those things. He didn't want to tear it all apart and not be able to put it back together (it is a stackable) so at this point i have no idea what we are going to do about it as we don't have the extra money to hire someone to come out and fix it.
Guess my Friday night will be spent at my mom and dad's trying to catch up some laundry which in a family of 5 piles up fast!
I am planning to go down and have coffee with my sister in a little bit, gonna send the kids to the neighbors then when I get back she can send hers down here. Hopefully it will warm up a little by then and we can go outside. As some slacker has not done the housework this week....damn cleaning fairies that don't show up on time! You know sometimes it is just easier to go outside and pretend even for a minute that the house is in excellent shape! LOL
We have no big plans for the weekend as of yet, which is normal around here, I think if it is nice though I would like to clean up the yard and think about building another set of steps off the back of my deck.
Well I hope you all have a great weekend!!!!

I took that test and kicked it's @$%!!!!!

So one step in the back to school process down and about a million to go! I passed the test today with flying colors as I was 99% sure that I would. I am going to be required to take a math course (Essential Math) but I already guessed that was coming as math is not my strong suit.
At this moment I am waiting to hear back from my admissions advisor about my financial aid application...that is taking forever or at least it feels like forever! Well I thought I had better post my results for those that are keeping track.
Thank you for the well wishes I appreciate it!

Nervous

Tomorrow is the big test day for me! I am slightly nervous about it, not terribly nervous but a little. I plan to rescan the material tonight before bed so that I will be 100% ready for morning.
I am really hoping that I will walk out of there knowing if I passed or not, but that is probably not going to happen it is just my instant gratification problem!
Yesterday was a bad day around here...nobody wanted to listen for some reason, they boys are tired and cranky, I assume the time change has them thrown off. Claud's dog was being a little chewer too, and of course she listens when I say no but she goes on to something else to chew on instead of whatever I told her no about. LOL
I have to run into Mason and go to the bank this morning, make a deposit and then send it all away on the bills....ya know that is the bad part I pay these people every month and then the next month they are sending me another bill it is such a terrible cycle :)
I am putting some serious thought into quitting smoking, I am so tired of the money we waste on cigarettes and being winded, and waking up coughing.....it is hard to believe that since I started smoking at 14 years old I have been a smoker for 12 years and I am only 26!!!!! I guess there are 2 things that are holding me back#1. I don't think I have the willpower...#2. Claud will not quit, that makes it a little harder. I hope that once I start school in the fall it will take up enough time that I will at the very least slow down.
Ok well I better get dressed and head out!

Yea Me!

So it is daylight savings time and we lost an hour sleep, but somehow I was up and had the kids to school on time! This has been a hard enough feat for me on a normal day so I kind of have to toot my own horn a little!
On a more positive note, hubby is on his way to look at a job today, and do another for a friend of ours. It has been a rough winter for us as well as most people in the construction industry, but I am remaining hopeful that things are going to be picking up as the weather gets warmer and people want to make their spring home improvements.
Well that is all I really have for now....I am off to get dressed for the day, go to the gas station and pick up my lil' Dilly.
Have a great day!

Random Stuff

So today's post is about no one subject just a few random tidbits about the past few days.
Let's see I am very tired, I still have a cold I think it is the never ending kind and all I want to do is sleep lately. Luckily in a few hours Claud will be home and I hope to do just that.
The kids are all home today as WPA didn't have school. As a matter of fact they are only having school one Friday this whole month...amazing is it not?
Last night the "baby" aka Ladybird woke us up at 3:30 am howling because she had to go potty and again at 5:30 because she didn't want to be in her crate any longer...I know this because Claud let her out and she ran right back to the door and into my bed. I have given her the affectionate nickname Moose because no matter what she does that is what she feels like is a big ol' moose.
My sister has given me the go ahead to have a party at her house next weekend to celebrate my test passing! Has to be there as I don't have the room here. I know I am counting my chickens before they hatch but I am 99.9% sure that I am going to pass.
Speaking of I got a letter in the mail yesterday from Baker that said I had been accepted into the fall quarter!!! I guess they know I am going to pass the test too!
I thought about taking the summer quarter but my Dad kind of talked me out of it, since it is a normal quarter of work in a shorter time frame and just starting back to school it may not encourage me.
So I will still plan to start in the fall, once the boys are in school full time...wow that is hard to believe that 2 out os 3 of my kids will be in all day school!
Well I hope you all have an excellent weekend!

Wait....I was wrong....

Did I say hate math??!?! I meant I like prealgebra which I found out from my admissions advisor is as high as the math portion of this test goes yipppeee!!!!! So I am due to go in on Weds. next week and take the test then it is all up/down hill from there:)
I am seriously considering having a party for myself if I pass since it is the equivilent to my graduating high school which I should have done 8 years ago! Or at the very least have a large gathering of family and friends to celebrate! What do you think?
Well, just wanted to throw out my little update!

Have I Mentioned???

I hate Math? I don't really hate it I just don't get it, I went to the library and got a book that I am hoping will help me so that I have 1/2 a chance to pass this test for Baker. My plan is to study this week and then take the test hopefully at the beginning of next week, I was going to just take the test and hope for the best but I guess that isn't the way to go.
On another note, I have to do something about my oldest boy's homework/ time management skills...I got a note home yesterday saying he did not use his class time wisely along with a bunch of homework. I am not sure what to do to get him to use his class time wisely as I am not at school with him, I suppose it will take some communication between his teacher and myself.
I think that today is going to be a study day for me, I don't really have a ton of housework to get done so it is the perfect day to do it. I will most likely send the younger two to the neighbors for a while and then go to the resturant to study...I like to study there because there are people (including my dad) that can help me if I need it :)
Well that is about all for today, thanks for listening!

OMG I am tired...

I have a sore throat and stuffy nose, I am taking comtrex for it.....non drowzy my butt! I hate being sick, of course if I would just keep myself down when I am it would probably help, but there is so much to get done! Tonight I have to go and clean my Dad's friends apt. this is going to be my new once a month extra cash thing.
It is crisis day at my house, the kids are arguing about everything and whoever doesn't win is screaming like they have had an arm cut off!!!! I hate days like this....it makes me wonder if the boys will ever get along. See CJ and Van get along good...he takes care of her, Dill and CJ play as long as it is what Cj wants to do otherwise they fight.....and Dill and Van swap between liking each other and hating each other depending on the day. I am sure most siblings are like this I wouldn't really know as in my family my sister (the next up from me) is 12 years older than me...and the oldest is 14 years older. So we never had these issues I just have extra moms is all. lol
Anyway, just thought I would write a little something, at some point I have to study some math so I can pass the test to get into college there is a LOT of algebra, trig, and geometry that I basically have to learn as I only had an applied math class in high school :(
Talk to you all later