SIESTA KEY VACATION...

I HAVEN'T BEEN ON VACATION WITH MY PARENTS IN 20 YEARS...IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM...I ALSO ENJOYED THE FACT THAT MADISON GOT TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH THEM...MY BROTHER ALSO WENT WITH US....ITS WAS NICE TO SEE THE MARTIN COUSINS PLAYING, I DON'T GET TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH THEM AS I WOULD LIKE...MY NEPHEW KYLE IS THE SWEETIEST LITTLE BOY, HE IS VERY LOVING...KAILE IS TOO FUNNY, SHE CAN BE KIND AND IN A SPLIT SECOND TURN ON YOU...SHE REMINDS ME OF ME!...ON THE LAST DAY KAILE AND I SPENT SOME TIME ALONE LISTENING TO MADISON IPOD...I REALLY ENJOYED THAT!...I NEVER GOT TO TAKE MY FAMILY BEACH SHOT...THE DAYS THAT I CHOOSE TO DO IT, RAINED LIKE CRAZY...I WAS GOING TO WAKE UP EARLY ON THE DAY WE LEFT BUT NEVER DID...OH, DID I ALSO TELL YOU THAT MY BROTHER IN LAW RODGER WALKED IN ON ME WHEN I WAS IN MY BRA AND UNDIES...MY GRANNY PANTIES...I SCREAMED, HE SCREAMED! IT WAS EMBARRASSING AND FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME...NOW NOTHING IS LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION...ON WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO BUSCH GARDENS...RUSS, RODGER, LISSETTE, AND BEN RODE ON THE "SHEIKRA" THAT RIDE IS IMPRESSIVE...MADISON RODE EVERYTHING THAT HER 53 1/2 INCH BODY WAS ALLOWED TO RIDE...SHE WAS HALF AN INCH TOO SHORT TO BE ABLE TO RIDE EVERYTHING IN THE PARK...I WAS KINDA GLAD, MY HEART COULD NOT HANDLE HER ON THE "SHEIKRA"...

SIESTA KEY....

SOME PICTURES OF THE KIDS ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT THE BEACH...THE WEATHER HAS BEEN AWESOME...I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE...NO WORK, NO STRESS, NO WORRIES!

LOOK AT MY BIRD...

ISN'T SHE THE PRETTIEST BIRD YOU'VE EVER SEEN? TODAY WAS THE DANCE CAMPS LITTLE SHOW...SUESSICAL THE MUSICAL...I LOVED IT...THE GIRLS DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB ON EVERYTHING...THE COSTUMES, THE HAIR, AND THE SINGING WERE GREAT...GOOD JOB DANCEWORKS!

3RD GAME...

AFTER TONIGHTS GAME, I KNOW WHY THE WORLD IS THE WAY IT IS! WE DID VERY WELL IN TONIGHTS GAME...WE WENT UP AGAINST A VERY GOOD TEAM...THEY DID BEAT US BUT NOT BY MUCH...BUT AT THE END OF THE GAME MY VALENTINE DID POINT OUT TO ME THE SCORE BOARD...IT DID READ 0-0...WE HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST THAT!

WEEKEND...

THIS WEEKEND WAS KINDA BUSY...MADISON HAD BASKETBALL PRACTICE ON SATURDAY MORNING FOR 2 HOURS...SHE IS ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER...WE THEN WENT TO HAVE LUNCH AT THE SPORTS GRILL LIKE WE HAVE EVERY SATURDAY...MADISON, MY MOM, CADEN, AND I WENT TO BUY SCHOOL SHOES FOR MADISON...CADEN ALSO GOT SOME COOL BLACK PUMAS...HE LOVED THEM, AND I LOVED THAT HE LOVED THEM! RUSS AND RODGER PUT A TARP ON AUNT JUDY'S ROOF...SEAN HELPED ALSO...THEY WORKED ON IT FOR 5 HOURS...THEY WERE EXHAUSTED AND SUN BURNED WHEN THEY FINALLY FINISHED...RUSS WAS GOING TO RIDE ON SUNDAY MORNING BUT THE ACHES AND PAINS WERE TOO MUCH...RODGER DIDN'T EVEN WAKE UP UNTIL 10 AM...YOU SEE KIRSTA WENT TO SEE HER GRANDFATHER (HE ISN'T DOING TOO WELL) SO RODGER HAD THE HOUSE AND BED TO HIMSELF...OH I FORGOT THAT NANA KIDNAPPED THE KIDS...FOR SOME REASON, SHE WANTED THEM TO ALL SLEEP OVER...SUNDAY WASN'T TOO BUSY, THE KIDS WERE IN THE POOL ALL DAY...THANK GOD FOR POOLS...I ORDERED PIZZA FROM DOMINOS AND MARTHA, OSCAR, KIRSTA, RODGER, JORGE, SEAN, AND THE KIDS CAME OVER...

DOCTORS APPT....

MY DOCTORS APPT. WENT WELL I GUESS...ITS ALWAYS THE SAME THING...I DRIVE AN HOUR IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC...TO GET TO DOCTORS HOSPITAL IN CORAL GABLES...TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT WALKING IN BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS IN WHEELCHAIRS...THEY LOOK AT YOU LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME KINDA OF DISEASE AS THEY DO...ITS REALLY WIERD BUT I FEEL THE HATRED...IN A WIERD WAY I GUESS I DO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THEY ARE ASKING THEMSELVES THE QUESTION OF "WHY ME?"...DR. ZWIBEL DID HIS EXAM AND FOUND MY STRENGTHS TO BE NORMAL...HE DOES WANT ME TO GO SEE A UROLOGIST, BECAUSE MY LEG TIGHTNESS MIGHT BE CAUSE BY A URINE SOMETHING...I DON'T THINK IT COULD BE THAT BUT I AM HOPING IT IS...THE WHOLE LEG THING SCARES ME...THE WHOLE NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK THING SCARES ME...ALOT OF THINGS SCARE ME!...

FINALLY!

THE PASSPORTS ARE FINALLY HERE...CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? IT ONLY TOOK 14 WEEKS! YOU GOTTA LOVE THE SYSTEM!

GAME NIGHT!

I WAS SO EXCITED ALL DAY LONG WAITING FOR 5 PM TO RUSH HOME TO GET READY FOR THE BASKETBALL GAME...ONLY TO GET THERE AND IT BE RAINED OUT! THIS IS THE SECOND GAME THAT GETS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN! I RAN HOME PICKED UP MADISON'S UNIFORM AND GORDO ( HE GETS DROPPED OFF AFTER CAMP)...I HEADED TO KIRSTA'S TO PICK THEM UP....WE WENT TO OUT FAVORITE QUICK RESTAURANT, TEX MEX (117TH AVE & LIKE 120 STREET) TO HAVE DINNER AND RUSHED TO THE GAME....ONLY TO GET TO THE "Y" AND IT BE POURING...THAT SUCKS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORDO!...

TODAY IS MY GORDO'S 8TH BIRTHDAY...NOTICE I SAID MY GORDO!...THATS BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CALLS HIM GORDO..IT WAS A NICKNAME THAT I CAME UP WITH WHEN HE WAS A BABY...HE WAS A CHUBBY BABY! I CAN'T BELEIVE THAT EIGHT YEARS HAVE GONE BY SINCE THAT DAY IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN I CHANGED HIS FIRST DIAPER AND HE POOPED ON ME...I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT...IT WAS TRUE LOVE FROM THAT POINT...I LOVE YOU MY GORDO AND I HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER!

WHY ME?

I ASK MYSELF THAT DAILY...WHY ME?...MY HUSBAND GETS MAD AT ME, AND TRIES TO GIVE ME SUPPORT, BUT UNFORTUNATLEY IT EATS ME AWAY SLOWLY...IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ITS MY MS...I TRY TO HIDE ALL MY ACHES AND PAIN UNFORTUNATELY I THINK I JUST ABOUT HAD IT! YOU SEE I'M NOT A TOUGH PERSON...AS I'M WRITING I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL...KINDA FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT MS IS...IT'S NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE YOUR EMOTIONS! LATELY I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES AND HAVE NOT TOLD ANYONE...I FINALLY BROKE DOWN LAST NIGHT AND TOLD RUSS...I HATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE THEN WORRIES...AND I DO ENOUGH OF THAT FOR BOTH OF US...AND THEN AGAIN I ASK "WHY ME?" I GUESS ITS JUST LUCK! WOW, WHY NOT LET ME WIN THE LOTTO...THATS LUCK! FOR THE LONGEST TIME I'VE TOLD MYSELF IF THIS IS THE WORST THAT HAPPENS IN MY LIFE THEN I'M OK...BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS! SLOWLY ITS GETTING WORSE AND I TRY TO FIGHT IT BUT I'M LOSING! I JUST NEED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST! I'M SORRY!

FRIENDS...

I HAD A GREAT TIME TONIGHT SCRAPPING WITH MY FRIENDS (LISELY & LILY)...WE SAT TOGETHER AND CREATE 3 UNIQUE LAYOUTS...EVENTHOUGH THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID WAS ADD DIFFERENT PICTURES TO A LAYOUT THAT I CREATED...WE HAD THE BEST TIME TALKING AND CATCHING UP...THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND WE DON'T EVEN SCRAP AS MUCH AS WE USE TOO...ONE GOOD THING IS WE ALL REMAIN GOOD FRIEND THROUGH ALL THE DRAMA...

4TH OF JULY...

WAS GREAT...WE HAD A SMALL GET TOGETHER AT MY HOUSE...WE ACTUALLY PLANNED THIS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN I DECIDED TO DRIVE TO THE KEYS FOR SOME PHANTOM FIREWORKS...THE LINE WAS OUT THE DOOR...I WANTED TO LEAVE BUT WAS CONVINCED THAT IT WOULD NOT TAKE THAT LONG TO GET IN...ONCE I WAS IN I WAS MISERABLE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN 150 DEGREES IN THAT PLACE...WE PICKED UP SOME FIREWORKS AND HEADED FOR THE LINE...ONCE WE WERE THERE THE LADY NOTICED RUSSELL'S BADGE AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS AN OFFICER...RUSS SAID NO, LORI SAID YES...THE LADY WAS CONFUSED BUT GAVE US THE P.O. DISCOUNT OF BUY ONE GET ONE FREE...SO AT THAT POINT WE HAD DOUBLE THE FIREWORKS! WE COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING! RUSS EVEN GOT A T-SHIRT...I ORDERED SHORTY'S ON MONDAY AND OUR PARTY/BBQ WAS SET...THE KIDS HAD FUN IN THE POOL AND THE ADULTS STAYED INSIDE IN THE A/C...WE STARTED TO FIRE OFF THE WORKS AT ABOUT 7:45 PM...AND ENDED AT 10:30 PM...IT WAS NICE...AND NO ONE LOSS ANY FINGERS OR TOES...I'LL BE POSTING SOME PICTURES LATER.

4TH OF JULY MODEL...

GOT SEMI-ORGANIZED...

I JUST SPENT THE LAST EIGHT HOURS ORGANIZING MY PLAYROOM/SCRAPROOM...I'M ACTUALLY GROSSED OUT BY ALL THE SCRAP STUFF THAT I HAVE AND HAVEN'T USED...I ALSO FOUND ALOT OF PROJECTS THAT I HAVE STARTED AND HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO FINISH THEM...BUT ALL THATS GOING TO CHANGE...I'M GOING TO TRY TO SCRAP ATLEAST 1 HOUR A DAY...EVEN ON WEEKDAYS....ITS JUST THAT I COME HOME SO TIRED...ALL THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE...I HAVE ALOT ON MONEY INVESTED AND I MUST PRODUCE...DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE MYSELF...

TODAY, I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I TOOK MADISON TO BASKETBALL PRACTICE...THEY PLAYED A GAME AGAINST EACHOTHER AND MADISON SCORED 4 POINTS (TWO BASKETS) I WAS VERY PROUD OF HER...SHE IS FINALLY GETTING INTO THE GAME...WE THEN HAD LUNCH @ THE SPORTS GRILL...WE ALWAYS GO THERE ON SATURDAYS...I THEN PICKED UP TO BASKETS FOR MY SCRAP STUFF AND CAME HOME...RUSS HELPED ME WITH THE ROOM...ITS WAS OVERWHELMING AT TIMES...I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES TOMMORROW!

GET ORGANIZED...

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT? I KNOW EVERYTIME YOU'RE WITH ME...I HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, I SWEAR...I BUY THINGS TO GET ME ORGANIZED AND IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK...I'M SO MESSY, I HONESTLY WISH I COULD BE MORE ORGANIZED...I WENT TO THE CONTAINER STORE TODAY AND BOUGHT SOME JARS TO KEEP MY RIBBONS IN THEM BY COLORS...LETS SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS...I PLAN ON ORGANIZING THE PLAYROOM/SCRAPPING ROOM TOMMORROW...I HAVE BEING PUTTING IT OFF FOR SO LONG...I READ ELSIE FLANNIGANS BLOG AND SHE POSTED HER BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF HER ROOM...THAT INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO CORRECT THE CLUTTER THAT I HAVE GOING ON IN THAT ROOM...I HAVE SCRAP SUPPLIES EVERYWHERE...GARAGE, LIVING ROOM, SCRAP ROOM, CAR...EVEN I'M GETTING TIRED EVERYTHING BEING EVERYWHERE. I ALSO BOUGHT MAGAZINE ORGANIZER AND SOME BASKETS...I'M ON A MISSION!

ANOTHER TOOTH...

I CAN'T BELIEVE MADISON LOST ANOTHER TOOTH...I THINK ITS HER LAST ONE IN THE FRONT PART OF HER MOUTH...SHE LOOKS LIKE A RABBIT...THE TWO FRONT TEETH STICK OUT SO MUCH...ITS THE ONLY THING YOU SEE WHEN SHE IS TALKING...THE THING THAT SURPRISES ME THE MOST IS THAT RUSS IS THE ONE THAT PULLED OUT THAT SUCKER...I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT...I AM CHICKEN LITTLE...THE BLOOD WOULD HAVE MADE ME PASS OUT...I GUESS THE TOOTH FAIRY WILL BE MAKING A VISIT TONIGHT...I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THE TOOTH FAIRY CARRIES THE MONEY???

RAIN, RAIN...GO AWAY!

OK THE GAME WAS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN....I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ALL DAY...MADISON HAD HER UNIFORM ON, MY FRIEND MARTHA WAS READY TO TAKE SOME PROFESSIONAL SHOTS...MY DAD WAS EVEN GOING TO GO...OH WELL! I GOT MY HAIRCUT AND DYED LAST NIGHT...MY HAIRDRESSER DID IT AT HER HOUSE INSTEAD OF AT THE SALON...SHE WAS LEAVING ON VACATION AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS DONE BEFORE SHE LEFT! THAT WAS VERY COOL OF HER BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT...EVENTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY HAIR DONE WITH HER FOR 20 YEARS...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME HAIRCOLOR (CHERRY BARK) FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS...THE NAME IS ACTUALLY BERRY WOOD...BUT THATS AN INSIDE JOKE (CFB3) NOW IF I CAN ONLY GO GET A PEDICURE AND A MANICURE...MAYBE ON SATURDAY FIRST THING, WHILE MADISON IS AT PRACTICE...I ALSO WANT TO BUY FIREWORKS THIS WEEKEND SINCE THE 4TH IS NEXT WEEK...I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT DAY, WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I'M OFF...MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A B.B.Q....MAYBE WE'LL GO SEE SOME FIREWORKS...LAST TIME WE WENT TO SEE FIREWORKS, WE GOT EATEN BY MOSQUITOS....THAT WAS YEARS AGO...I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS EVEN MARRIED THEN...

OH SO PROUD...

MADISON CAME HOME FROM DANCE CAMP SO EXCITED..."I'M A BIRD MOMMY!"...SHE KEPT REPEATING THAT PHRASE OVER AND OVER...SHE WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE SHE GOT THE PART OF A BIRD IN THE PLAY THAT THEY DO ON THE LAST DAY OF CAMP...SHE HAD TO SING INFRONT OF EVERYONE AND THE ACTING TEACHER CHOOSE HER TO BE ONE OF THE THREE SINGING BIRDS...I'M SO PROUD OF HER...SHE CAME OUT OF HER SHELL...AT THE BEGINNING MADISON THOUGHT THAT TA HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT...BUT TA ASSURED HER THAT SHE DID IT ON HER OWN....TA WASN'T EVEN AT CAMP WHEN THE ACTING TEACHER MADE HER DECISIONS...TA DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT MADISON WAS GOING TO TRY OUT FOR A SMALL ROLL IN THE MUSICAL...SO THAT MAKES ME EVER PROUDER OF MY CUKES!

A FRESH NEW FACE...

SO DO YOU LIKE MY NEW FACE?...I WAS GETTING TIRED OF THE OTHER ONE...AND SINCE I AM AN AVID BLOGGER NOW, I THOUGHT I NEEDED A NEW LIFT...I HOPE EVERYONE LIKES IT...

Father's Day Gift...

A LITTLE LATE...LAST WEEK WITH ALL THE COMOTION I FORGOT ABOUT FATHER'S DAY AND BUYING A GIFT FOR RUSS...HE HAS BEEN WANTING AN IPOD FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...I BOUGHT HIM THE 60GB IPOD...I ALSO BOUGHT HIM SOMETHING CALLED THE ITRIP...IT GETS CONNECTED TO THE IPOD AND IT PLAYS THRU YOUR CAR STEREO OR YOUR HOME STEREO...I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COOL THING TO HAVE...WE BOUGHT IT AT THE APPLE STORE IN THE FALLS...NOW I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMPLETELY USE IT!