I will start out by very nicely saying that if you are not family or a friend DO NOT take my childrens pictures. They are copywritten and I am a and the photographer so I know the laws and rights to my work. DO NOT by any means take a picture from this blog and try to pass it off as your own. I have tracking software and am not afriad to use it! LOL! These are My CHILDREN. I'm sorry if I sound brash, but there are sick people out there!
ObKb so.....our life has been completely busy with too much going on and no time to do it in. I have to reflect on everything that has happened this year so that everyone can understand why i feel the need to blog and why i am grateful for the current events!
Jan 08....New Year..07 wasn't too bad but thankful for a fresh start!
Feb 08....oh lets see, Maddi turned 21 i mean 11 and i turned the dreaded 30! Now I was dreading this for months!!!!! About 1 week before I accepted it. I decided that I wasn't going to make it suck and that I was starting a new chapter in my life.
march 08....HELL month! 2 weeks after i turned 30 my appendix decided it would explode. Found out it was gangrenous and almost killed me! So much for a new chapter! Jake turned 6 :(
April 08 rejected from nursing school! what the hell am i going to do now????
may 08 life sucks...bought a new Honda Odyssey. How we are going to pay for this shinny new car...TBD
June 08 decide on a back up.....reapply at elms for social work and psychology...this is more practical anyways with a house full of children.....waiting game begins. Kids finish school. Jake and Julie off to NC for 6 weeks with their father. Courtney and Tyler come for a visit and we go to Louden for the NASCAR race!!! GREAT TIME!
July 08 nothing to note.....OH wait... I got into the ELMS!
Aug 08 whole family again Jake and Julie are back! Julie turns 9 and Aedan my baby-baby turns 2! Quiet month. Orientation for the elms. Julie gets BRACES!
Sept 08 CRAZY life begins. Kids started school Maddi is in 6th, Julie is in 4th, Jake is in 1st and Aedan is in daycare 3x a week and LOVES it. (Kev and I not so much cause of the cost)
Oct 08 this month takes the cake! Lets see.....1.I drop Spanish cause I cant learn it. 2. The kids have reached a new level of out of control. 3. we are poor. 4. find out that aedan needs not 1 but 2 surgeries (ears and the other is an undisclosed location) find out that our copay is $500.00 and we have -24 hrs to come up with it or he c5ant have his tubes! Can you believe that??? We pay almost $200. a month for health insurance and we have a 500. copay on surgery! WTF! He pulled through just fine! I ended up with a respiratory infection and exacerbated asthma that i didnt know that i had and need a shot of steroid in my tush and a round of more steroid. Had a scare with Kevin thinking he had a hernia, turns out it was a pulled muscle THANK GOD! speaking of God, haven't been to church in MONTHS! and we close out the month with Halloween!
Nov 08 so far this month.....Kevin and I celebrated our anniversary on Nov. 4th. Aedan now HATES school and we are throwing $600. a month away, because he hates it and i do nothing but worry if he is ok. Found out my SISTER is having a BABY!!!! my dad and step mom came out for a visit and it was awesome, but it went to fast! Kevin was offered and accepted a new fancy job with a new fancy title, not that much more $$ but we will work on that :) He is soooooooooooo happy! He is soooooooooo miserable with his current job that i think even if it was a pay cut he would have taken it, but its not and it is going to be our stepping stone!!! I'm sick of being negative. I'm going to get myself out of this funk and put our family back on track. I am the backbone of this family as most mothers are. I am going to get organized, get everyone under control and stick to a routine and a budget. I am sick of wondering what tomorrow will bring and if we are going to loose everything we have! I'm changing it all!
My goals are as follows.....
1. get organized mentally & physically and most importantly financially
2. change my schedule for next semester to be more conducive to family life. this means no more daycare that we cannot afford.
3. take back my house, kids included. no more children ruling the roost.
ome of my fave pics from the past year to catch everyone up.
