Great to be home!

Today we got back from Georgia, and I am so glad to be back! Dylan did REALLY good on both of the flights. He even slept for a while both times. The only time he really got a little anxious was whe we were buclked in and just sitting on the run way waiting to take off. He sure did better then I htought he would! As for the wedding....Dylan didn't do his duty as ring bearer. I think that with the tux that he didn't like and not having a nap he was just being non-cooperative. Then to make things worse he kept me from being able to see ANY of the wedding. He wouln't sit on my lap, or anything. He just wanted to run around and play. Our hotel room was really nice though. I'm just glad to be home!

Not much new.

Nothing out of the ordinary has been happening with us. Just waiting on getting our loan so that we can get our garage started. It sounds like maybe we can have them start it next week sometime though. I will be so glad when it's done and Alton can stop fretting about it all! Only about a week left and Dylan will be going on his first plane ride to Georgia for Brian and Amy's wedding. This ought to be interesting. I hope he behaves and isn't one of those nightmarish kid plane riders that people sometimes talk about. I just hope he will sit on our laps and not want to get down and run up and down the aisle of them plane. At least it's only about a two hour flight.

A Nice Weekend!

We had a really nice Labor Day weekend. Alton had two whole days off in a row for once! He didn't end up getting called in for a change. We really didn't do a whole lot except hang out at home and relaxed a little. We did have to make a trip to The Home Depot to get some parts for OUR plumbing, but other then that we didn't leave. I told Alton just to leave our plumbing problems for the time being and enjoy his plumbing free weekend. Our bathroom sink hot water faucet drips and our toilet runs. So hopefully he will get to it this coming weekend. Now we are trying to get the last minute things taken car of so we can leave for the upcoming wedding in Georgia. We have to get a car rented, and I have to check on some things regarding Dylan. Other then that I think we are ready! It should be fun!

First Day of September!

Can you believe that it's already September? I sure can't. 21 days until we leave to go my brother-in-law's wedding in Georgia. It seems like yesterday we were saying only three months until we go! Time sure does fly! I'm not ready for Winter though!!! So is gas $5.00 a gallon where you are yet? We are up to $3.19 here so far. This is so ridiculous! I keep telling Alton that he's going to have to start driving our Malibu instead of his gas guzzling truck! We'll be broke trying to keep gas in that thing! I wonder if it will ever go back down. They say we need to start using less gas to get it to go down, but how is that possible. People HAVE to get to work and other places. I guess they could car pool. If you think about it, say a prayer for my Aunt Anne. The doctors have found a mass on one of her ovaries. They are doing a bunch of testing today. They're not sure if it's cancerous yet or not. But they know for sure that she will more then likely have to have a hysterectomy. I don't know what it is, but my family has been having so many tragedy's lately. My Dad is doing great though. He went to see a rehabilitation doctor yesterday. He didn't really tell him a whole lot except that he needs to see a plastic surgeon so that they do some skin graphs to cover up his open wounds that haven't healed properly. So anyway that's some good news.

Kinda boring.

I haven't written all week because there's not been a whole lot going on. Yesterday was a little stressful though, because my father-in-law who works for Farmer Jack's found out he may not have a job soon. I guess the company want to get out of Michigan for some reason so another company is looking to buy them. Since they are Union there is going to be a vote to lower pay and lose overtime on Sundays along with other things. Well, the overtime is what makes it possible for my in-laws to make it on a weekly basis. So without it they are wondering what they will do. The vote is on Monday. Even if it doesn't pass eventually something will and they will be losing. I asked why are they wanting to take things away if they are going to sell and the reason is so that Farmer Jack looks more appealing to another company. If the employees have less perks then I guess it makes it more appealing for somebody to buy. If this sounds confusing it is! LOL I don't totally get it myself. So anyway let's hope that everything works out, or we are going to have houseguests living with us, because they won't have anywhere else to go. Not only will it be uncomfortable, but as much as I love the in-laws they will drive me insane. LOL

SURPRISE!!

Yesterday we had a surprise birthday party for my Dad. His birthday is actually today though. He sure was surprised!! I thought he had caught on, but he swears he didn't know a thing. We got him to come to my house to see my "supposed new screenhouse". LOL NOT! I don't even own one! This birthday was extra special since according to all the doctors he was never supposed to be on this earth to get to 55. The party turned out great, except for a little bit of rain. Just enough to mess up all the decorations outside. Then it cleared up. There were about 50 of our relatives that came. I was a nervouse wreck though. I just wanted everything to be perfect. Plus Alton was working so I pretty much did everything by myself. My sister helped some too though. It was a nice day!

Our family gets smaller.

It's amazing what goes on in one part of your family that is never told to the rest of the family. I guess my Uncle who is my Dad's brother has been having tons of problems for some time now. He had lost his job, so he was in financial turmoil. Didn't tell his wife anything about losing his job, so she thought everything was great. Plus I guess he'd been drinking a lot. He'd be drunk when my Aunt got home from work. And on top of it all he's threatened to commit suicide more then once. Well, Tuesday night he carried out his threat. He had been out on the patio at their house and I guess was going to do it there, but my Aunt got him to go back into the house. She called 911 and in the meantime my Uncle left the house. The cops caught up with him and he pulled into an apartment complex. The police told him to put his hands in the air. He did with a gun in his hand and then he put it to the side of his head and pulled the trigger. He lived to make it to the hospital but was brain dead. So they waited six hours to re-test for brain activity and there was still none. So today they will be removing his organs so they can be donated because he wanted that. It was on the back of his driver's license. Then he will be taken off life support. I guess my Aunt had tried and tried to get him to go get help and he wouldn't do it. He didn't want any of the other family to know about any of it either. It makes no sense not tell your family. The ones who will be there for you and give you help! It's so ironic too that here my Dad is fighting to keep his life and then my Uncle goes and takes his own. This is the first time I've ever known anybody who has done this and it is a very hard thing to understand. I know many people do this, but I can't imagine life being so bad as to want to remove yourself from this earth. In my eyes there's nothing that can't be fixed. I wish I could have known what was going through his head. So today I say goodbye to my Uncle Ron.

Date Night!

Well, Alton and I had a date night Saturday night! My grandma and grandpa watched Dylan. It was so nice! The plan was that we were going to see The Dukes Of Hazzard movie with Alton's partner from work and his wife. I wasn't all that thrilled about going with them, because they aren't exactly the type of people I would like to associate myself with. But anyhow. Alton got home from work and said they weren't going to go! So of course I was elated! So we went and had dinner and saw the movie. Dinner was great! The food was excellent. We ate at a restaurant in the mall right across front he movie theater called The Thunder Bay Brewing Company. Thunder Bay is in Northern Michigan fro those who don't know. I had a BBQ pulled pork sandwich that came with cole slaw and french fries! It was soooooo good! I loved the BBQ sauce they used! Not real spicy not too sweet! Alton got steak and mashed potatoes. He liked his too. The only bad part is that we kind of had to rush to make it to the movie on time. So anyway about the movie! SO DUMB!! This coming from a person who grew up on the Dukes of Hazzard series. I loved that show. We even own the season 1 and 2 DVD collections. But there was not much of a storyline at all. Mainly there were just a bunch of car crashes and a scantily dressed Jessica Simpson. So I would advise you to wait to rent it, or wait for the TV debue! LOL The worst part about the whole Dukes thing is that it's got Alton wanting to buy a 69 charger painted like the General Lee. Oh my goodness. Let's hope that don't happen!

Biting

Well, I got a big surprise when I picked Dylan up to put him in his high chair for breakfast yesterday morning. He bit the heck out of my back! I had called him a couple times and he never came, so I went into the living room to get him. I was trying to play with him, so I picked him up and slung hi over my back like a sack of potatoes, and he just decided to have a bite. Oh my goodness that hurt! It brought tears to my eyes. So I slapped his mouth. I don't know what it is with him, but he's been pinching and biting a lot lately. Hopefully this is just another phase like the screaming phase that he went through a while ago. The only stumper to me is that I'm the only one he does this to. He's never bitten Alton once. How does that saying go..Never bite the hands that feeds you? If only Dylan knew!

Busy Weekend!

Both Saturday and Sunday we had kiddy birthday parties to go to. The one Saturday was great! It was for Alton's bosses little girl who turned one year old. There was a Strawberry Shortcake pinata that Dylan loved hitting. They actually pulled the plug on it during Dylan's turn so he won the prize for "breaking the pinata", which was really nice. It was so funny! Dylan had a blast hitting that thing! Most of the kids were way too small to ever really break it open themselves so Reagan's Mom helped. And it wasn't filled with a bunk of candy either. The kids got bubbles, fruit snacks, animal crackers, and nutri-grain bars. I thought that was a really good idea. Dylan really can't eat hard candy but he loves all the other stuff that he got. Then the party Sunday was at a beach area. The actual party part was nice, but after that everybody went into the water and Dylan didn't want to have anything to do with that. Even with his Daddy he was terrified. The wind was blowing pretty good so there were small waves hitting the beach. I guess that might have been what he was afraid of. I even was picking up the mud and showing him how to build a sand castle, but he wanted nothing to do with it. So Alton took a dip and then we left from there and enjoyed the rest of the day at home. Every weekend in the month of July we had something going on. This month I'm hoping we can relax and not have to be running all the time on Alton's only day off. I can't believe that it's August already! This summer has went by sooooo fast. But don't they always. I have even seen winter coats out already in the stores. Not looking forward to that!!

The heat is back!

Yes, here I am again complaining about the heat! I guess if I had central air then I wouldn't, but I don't so I'll feel free to complain! LOL You bet if our furnace goes out and we get another one we WILL have central air!! Other then the heat though it's been a nice day. Dylan is starting to lose his screaming phase ( Knock on wood). I think his teeth may have been really bothering him during that time too. Two of them have finally broke though. Two to go and then we're done until his two year old molars. It's surprising to most people that he has so many teeth for his age. My cousin's little boy who is two still only has his two front teeth on the bottom...besides his molars. That's kind of weird eh? Oh well, all kids are different. Tomorrow is grocery shopping day. Yippee!! NOT. Hopefully Dylan wakes up early like he did today so we can get there before noon. It gets so bust by that time. Hope everybody else had a good day!

Relief!

Finally today we got some relief from the humidity! It was still hot, but I can handle that if there's no humidity! I hate feeling sticky all the time especially when Dylan wants to be held! Speaking of Dylan...Today was his 18 month check-up at the doctors. He weighs 21 lbs and 13oz and is 32 1/2 inches tall. He had to get one shot in each of his legs, which he took very well. There was a little bit of crying, but then the nurse brought in a tub of toys for him to pick from and it was all ok. LOL No more shots for him for a while now. As long as he stays healthy anyhow. They mostly give oral meds now anyhow instead of shots. My boy is growing so fast!!! :>(

Sick of the Heat

Man, I wanted summer to get here, but this is getting a little rediculous! It has been at least 90 degrees here all week! I am so tired of it being so hot and humid. Will it ever end? I'm ready for relief. I feel really bad for Alton who has to work all day in it!

Pulling My Hair Out!

I don't know what has come over my child, but I am going to have no hair pretty soon. He has started to screech and wine and cry constantly. I can't figure out what it is! But it's driving me insane. If he wants something he screams. It's nuts! Any suggestions? HELP!

Happy birthday to me!!

Well, today Dylan and I went SHOPPING!!! LOL I spent my money that I had gotten for my birthday. It was actually fun. Usually I hate shopping for clothes. Dylan was an Angel in the stores. We went to fashion Bug, Sears, Payless and Kohl's. I found two pairs of shorts, three tank tops, another shirt and a pair of very comfy khaki capri pants. I needed summer clothes really bad. I had only two pairs of shorts! Now I need to find a pair of sandals. I didn't see any that I liked today. The dog chewed my favorite pair up. Dumb dog!

The 28th year

Well, I started the 28th year of my life yesterday. Man, I am pushing 30, and it's so scary! LOL I can't imagine getting old. LOL I had a very nice birthday. I had cake and ice cream with my family. Nothing too fancy. Mom and Dad are camping so we went there. Dylan loved being in the trailer. He wanted to be inside rather then out on a very beautiful day. Silly boy. I received mostly money as far as gifts go, so I think I'll be getting a few new summer clothes and a pair of new sandals. The dog chewed my favorite pair up and somehow Alton managed to lose one shoe that was previously a pair of other sandals that I had. Who knows. I've looked everywhere for the lost one. It's no where to be found. Funny how things just disappear huh?

Memorial Day Weekend

Man, it's been quite a while since I made a posting! Anyway, I have a few minutes while Alton has Dylan. It's been a great weekend! We got our garden planted and all my flowers planted, plus had a get together Saturday night. We had a fire. It was really nice. All the kids got to play. I think it's the most kids we've had at our house at one time. LOL Surprisingly the weather has turned out to be beautiful even though the weather people said it was going to rain all weekend. And we are also remember all the Veterans that are serving and have served for our country. Especially Captain Stephen W. Frank killed April 29th in Iraq. We love him and miss him dearly.

Well, tomorrow we are leaving to go to New York for Stephen's funeral. I guess it's a twelve hour drive to West Point. We are riding with Alton's parents. Hopefully it only takes twelve hours. Not sure how it will be traveling with them. They were supposed to be flying and changed their minds. Alton and I were kind of looking forward to spending some quality time just the two of us, but oh well. Dylan is staying with my parents and the dog is being boarded. He's also having surgery to be neutered while he there which is happening tomorrow. HOPEFULLY this will calm him down some. He is so hyper! Nothing like out other dog Riley.

A Very Sad Day!

Well, yesterday we found out that my brother-in-law was killed in Iraq. He is Captain Stephen Frank of the 155th brigade. His platoon is Eaglehorse. He leaves behind his wife Laurel and his two year old son Alex. He was a soldier at heart. Loved what he did. What we've been told is that he and another Captain were pulling over a driver who was driving erratically and then the car exploded once they had it pulled over. Stephen was going to be taking the place of the other Captain who he was with, who would be leaving Iraq. This man's wife is due to have her labor induced today to have their baby. I am so sick of this war. Now it's taken part of my family! I wish they would just pull all Americans out of there and let the Iraqis fend for themselves. It makes no sense to stay there when they don't want us there in the first place. When will it be over? I ask for all who read this to pray for Laurel and Alex as they embark on a long hard road ahead of them. And pray for the rest of my family also as we grieve. This sucks so bad!

Where did Spring go?

Well, I think we have landed back into Winter. Skipped right over Spring, Summer and Fall. It's only 45 degrees here as I write this. We had a snow storm over the past weekend where we got about ten inches of snow!! Thank goodness it got to 60 the next day and it all melted, but come on!!! We were in shorts two weekends ago! LOL I guess I should know Michigan weather by now eh? Anyway. I went out to dinner with a bunch from our old Kmart store. We went to a Chinese buffet. It was very good. It was the first time I had ever been to a buffet. They had everything from chicken to frog legs, a Mongolian barbecue, plus a yummy dessert bar! Nothing much else new is happening.