Sunday, June 13, 2010

Summer is here

Well almost!

The kids are on their last week of school. My parents will be here this weekend to get them for the summer, minus Julie. She will be staying back with us. I cant believe I have neglected my blog for so long again. Time has slipped by. School has kept me busy and so have the kids.

We have now been out here a year. Thankfully time has gone quick and our crazy problem neighbors have moved as well. Its quiet around here thats a good thing.

Jimmy bought a new bike last month, its pretty bad ass. We just got the exhaust put on last week. We also bought the kids a water slide last week, its also pretty bad ass. We have had a blast on it! I can see us spending the summer on it.

Not a lot to write about right now. I need to get on here more when things happen.








Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Day from hell

Today has been pretty much awful and im so glad its bed time for the kids.

First the kids go to school on the bus in a horrible storm. Who knows why the school waited for them to get to school to cancel it. The roads were ice, wind and snow blowing making visibility very low.

I run this afternoon to take Tanner to the vet on base to find they closed cause of the weather. No phone call, that would have been considerate.

I got him an appointment off base and take him in, $400 later, hes anal glands are fixed, they were severely infected and he is home running around with a lamp shade on his head, running into things and getting stuck lmao.

My son just decided today he didnt give a fuck and acted up. Thank goodness he will be in bed soon.

Jimmy has duty and had to check in early since this base is so fucking awesome. Close the base down right when the storm is passing us and basically done!

We will see him tomorrow, where he will sleep the day away since is 24 no sleep duty @@

You know, cause having no sleep makes you more alert then sleeping. Seriously.



The kids had conferences a week ago, both are doing so well. Taylors reading and math is 6 grade level. Averys math is 4th grade and his reading is finally grade level. With meds for his adhd, he should be able to concentrate more.

Something happened that week, something serious. Averys teacher (who has been a sub since the beginning of school) decided since Avery and another child were poking each other in the neck and doing "pressure" points on each other, that she was going to do one to my son.
She told him to go get his folder, he took his sweet ass time, so she walked up behind him and dug her fucking finger in his neck. When he said owe, she told him thats what you get, now you know how it feels. Kids seen this bitch do it, one laughed at Avery while another told her its not funny.
I called the school as soon as he told me only to be blown off by the principal. When we went to the conferences, this stupid teacher had nothing good to say about Avery. Once the conferences were done, which the vice principal sat in on, i had Avery tell him what happened. Not one thing changed in his story. They brought Ms. Farley down to talk to her, then the vice principal asked if i minded her telling me her side of the story. I said fine. The vice principal had also gone into the class and asked students what happened before the meeting.
Ms Farley told me Avery sat on the ground at his desk and she firmly put her hand on his shoulder where he over exaggerated an owe. She says she didnt hurt him and if she was a little rough she was sorry. She told me she has been a teacher 30 years and never had something like this happen, she would never hurt a child. I told her she had no right putting her hands on him. She left and the vice principal confirmed Averys story, the other students said exactly what Avery had said. i was LIVID. We left for the day, and the principal called me to apologize and told me Ms Farley is gone, they are hiring another teacher for his class, Until they got the new teacher, she has until the 22 to hire one, they would check on Avery 3 times a day to make sure he was ok. I said absolutely not. He is to be no where near Ms Farley. The changed Averys class, until they get a new teacher, then he will go back in with his friends. I let her know that i was going to the police station to file a report, and the principal told me they already contacted child services on Ms Farley. That bitch will never work with kids again. This new class he is in, is going so well. He loves Ms Lambert!

Tomorrow is going to be better, i know it! I have to work on my homework thats due tomorrow, fun times, let me tell ya!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

The end of a long week

This past week was just long, not sure why.
Julie drew her first person the other day, it was her she said. I cant believe how fast these kids grow.
Julie had her 3 year check up last week. She is 32 lbs and 38 inches. She has finally caught up weight wise and devlopmentally. Im so happy!

Not a whole lot to really write about since its been so quiet here. We have 2 friends coming down for the next 6 weeks or so. Is a Marine who Jimmy worked with in San Diego, he was also our room mate, the other is our friend from Okinawa, another Marine that worked with Jimmy. 2 of our kids are the same age, the oldest and youngest. They are both coming out here to the school house where Jimmy teaches food service at. Im hoping we can meet up with each of them, even though its not allowed since they are going through the course.
Yesterday we went out to Petersburg Battlefield to walk Tanner and take flat Anthony for a tour. We didnt go to far on the trails, that place is huge!
We rearranged the desk room, bought a new tv and stand, this way Jimmy can play his xbox and not take up the main tv which forced me upstairs. I think it worked out really well. Pictures will follow another day.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?

I have no clue, but i do know Tanner keeps trying to sneak his butt in the kitchen to get into the cookies i already hid from him. I was craving something chocolaty and rich, but quick to make. I hoped on my trusted recipe site and looked at tons of recipes. Then there it was, the cookie i had been craving!
Double Chocolate chip cookies, and these arent your average cookie. I had made some by Mrs. Fields that were not as good as these. Fat, rich and super soft, not to mention chocolaty!!! I had 2 and that was more then enough.

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter- softened
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 3/4 cup flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups white chocolate chips

preheat oven at 350, grease cookie sheets
Cream butter and sugars, add eggs. Mix in cocoa powder, baking soda and flour. Stir in White chips.
drop by tablespoon on cookie sheet and bake for 10 min, cool for 2

We got Julie a game for the Wii today, Kai Lan. Its so cute, and she looks so cute playing it. There are only a couple of games she can play on it right now, but its better then the 1 we usually have her play.


I finally pulled my carrots up in my garden. Im so surprised they lived through are snow and cold spell. I have yet to eat them, im saving them for our roast this week.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

is it really 2010?

Wow, i can't believe its been a year since i have posted. I shall get better at this, maybe a daily post, who knows.

We adopted a dog today from PetMart. As soon as we seen him we knew, he was the one for our family. Tanner is a lab/basset hound mix. He has the ears and legs of a basset hound and the face of a lab. He is adorable! Tanner is fully house broken, awesome with the kids, he does not jump, is really calm and doesnt give a crap about our cat Tinkerbell. Tinkerbell on the other hand is trying to get use to this creature in her house. She will hiss at him and creap by him in stealth mode when he is sleeping. I think they are going to be best buds in a month!
Julie also had her 3rd birthday this week. I can't believe she is 3, although she thinks she is grown.
On her birthday we had a pizza playdate, which she had a blast at. That night we went to Sam's Club to get a yummy hot dog, or as Julie corrected me "hock gog" and i picked up a cake.
She recieved a few things which she totally adores. Our friend Jessica got her a Princess "fishing" flowers game, and a tinkerbell coloring book. My mom got her a baby cradle, which she carried the box around until Jimmy put it togther, We got her a Yo Gabba Gabba juke box and a hard plastic stroller ( which is on its way).

Chole our othe cat stayed back at my moms house. We went there for Christmas and she fell in love with her. Chole is now totally spoiled and back to her old self. I dont think she liked sharing the house with Tinkerbell, she was always wanting outside. Now she is the Queen of her castle and has a fire stove to rest in front of!

Yesterday we took Julie to the Playroom here to "meet Elmo". She didnt want anything to do with that red dude. Julie would creep around him or wait until he looked away and run past him, lmao.