Take Nothing for Granted

I know its a cheezy title...but after what I went through I REALLY mean it.

Seeing and holding a little bruised up deceased infant and holding his sweet hand for the last time will do that to a person.....

So me's got to thinkin on the way over to my inlaws how much I take for granted.


Its a really sobering way to make you realize the depth of the whole meaning of life.


I have a BEAUTIFUL, healthy, and alive little family and I tell you what I THANK GOD!


Im going to try not to bitch about the small stuff anymore.....





I also have friends like this:





who will model an ensemble of balloon wear to make me smile....I thank God for that too.


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I also have this:


That is my two little girls playing the "Tase Test" game with 2 different brands of microwave popcorn....

Cause theyre kids and they do shit like that!

Stay tuned...I may post pics of them "Doing Laundry" outside and hanging it on the little makeshift clothseline that their Momma made for them

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I was wondering what it is that you all take for granted?

Cmon nobodys perfect, im just curious....

Plus it will help to not feel like such a Boob...

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On behalf of his family I would like to say Thank You to all who thought of, and prayed for little Devin yesterday.


Til next time
Dont take ANYTHING for granted...

Now im about to go show my indoor plumbing some love...
see told ya im not taking anything for granted!!!

I wear the pants!

Well I wear the ones on the right anyway....



I told the people my size, I ordered them a size bigger just in case, cause the lady said they "ran small"

So as you can see....they are clearly jynormous!!!


I can fit both of my children in there and still have room for the dog, and maybe a turkey and some potatoes.....

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On a totally different note....


A WAY more somber note.....


My good friend is here and yesterday she found out that her one year old nephew was killed by an "accidental strangulation by and electrical cord"....


I put it in parethesis because there is still an investigation as some stories are not matching up.


The baby boy was found by his 3 year old sister Labor Day night...with a cord wrapped around his neck...


Grandma and her boyfriend were watching the baby and grandma went to take a shower and told bfriend baby was sleeping....long story and very sad....


I will be attending an infants funeral for the first time tomorrow and im not looking forward to it.


So if Im not around for a few days, you can understand....

Rest in peace little Devin, you are in Jesus' arms now.

Everyone loves you and always will, we will see you again at the pearly gates little one....

Long Weekend!

Last things first of course...you know me, I am a very backassward type of woman..


FYI, my date is wrong on all my photos.

They are tagged with yesterdays date.

Im to lazy/havent gotten around to changing that.

The is my First offspring, at about 7 am today she was ready for her first day of Third grade.



She wanted to walk to school this year.


I said "Hell No"........


we compromised with letting her walk to the bus stop which is around the block...you see school is 8 blocks away.

Way too far in my opinion for a 7 year old to try to walk. Dont even get me started on all the distractions that could cause a child like mine to be late.....

And all the crazies out there who could do who knows what to her and then I would be in prison for hunting them down, and tearing their organs from the inside out through every orifice slowly and painfully.

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Twas a relaxing weekend for the Joneses...

Friday night we drove over to the lakeshore where some friends of ours were camping. That was fun. Walking a mile to the john every time one of my kids had to go, which is every 10 seconds, however was not so fun....

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Lets see here....

oh yeah, Saturday we went to my Dads for dinner. He grilled as usual he is a genius on the BBQ...her is Grandpa (my dad) and my girls. Which as you can probably tell are his only Grandchildren....he spoils them just a little...

My oldest is making a peace sign there....and the little one is holding a balloon.

bought them one of those balloon sets with the pump and a gadgillion long balloons to make poodles and flowers etc....

the children didnt make any animals of flowers but did make some unusual looking specimen....

among my favorite are the "multiple twisted weiners" yes...my children are creative.



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And sometimes plainly retarded...as noted below ;-)

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Well I tried on my "work pants" before I tried to hem them.


1. The waist came up to my nipples.

2. The bottom went past my feet, and hit the doorframe three feet away from me.

3. The damn thing had pleats in the fronts.

So lets just say I never did hem them and I will wear my own black pants to work.....

All things New

All things New....

For instance a New digg on the forehead for not opening your 3 year old sister a can of Mountain Dew at 8:30 in the morning as Mommy blatently sleeps in...

Dont mess with the little womans caffeine addiction, or you'll grotesquely pay the consequences. And she is not joking....

Mind you the photo was taken 2 days after the incident.


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New month.....






Yay September! I love the smells of Fall. The brisk but not too cold weather.

Wearing hoodies and jeans again, trips to the pumpkin patch, apple orchard, and hayrides, haunted houses, evening bonfires.


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New Job...



I will begin my new part time job as a "Jill of all Trades" Tuesday....

I will be getting paid for 20 to 25 hours a week for NOT going insane...how cool is that??


Plus it gets me out of the house, and gives the Little one a chance at a daycare to learn some social skills.....

As noted from the photo above, I think she needs work in that department.


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New house????








New house you say???






Well.






Im not going to get "so excite" just yet.





Can you say "Remember what happened last time"



So....were going to look at a house Tuesday evening....Im not getting my hopes up til I see the place AND Papers are SIGNED!!!!!


We all know why and I wont even go there.

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Well im off to hem my six foot tall pants for work on tuesday...I only need to chop about 8 inches off them then tuck the hem under and hand sew the hem back together....


no.



im not joking.



And im not THAT handy with a needle and thread, but it has to be done .....


So till next time!



Cuidado de la toma!