July 4, 2009
Happy Independence Day!!
I didn’t wake up in the best of moods. I’m still not awake, and still not happy about the way I woke up……..
My two year old daughter was sleeping right up against my back literaly as close as she could get. When I woke up, I heard my son say “Brookelyn peed in ——– bed”. (The ——– is the word I didn’t hear.) I said “she better not have peed in MY bed”, and my husband said, “she peed in her bed”. Ummm she WAS in MY bed… So ok whatever…. UNTIL I felt it.
In my bed there was a HUGE wet spot. Soaked way through the sheet to the mattress, of course. Oh, but that’s not all! The entire back of my shirt up to my shoulders was soaked too!! And my hubby’s boxers I was wearing were wet too! I had a pee bath in the middle of the night!!!!!!!
Robert tells me not to get up grouchy, it’s a Holiday. Well I for one didn’t like waking up in a pee soaked bed and pee soaked clothes. I did have a shower right before bed last night. It’s a good thing I was planning on taking another one before going to my brother in law’s today anyway.
We’re going Reese’s house to swim in their pool and have a huge Miller family cookout followed by going to the city of Kingston’s firework display.
The Miller family knows how to put on a cookout too. There are three families, three siblings and their spouse’s and children. There are also two grandmothers and one teen’s boyfriend and another teen’s girlfriend. So…. let me count… that’s 17 people. Then, there’s no telling who else may be there.
Everyone pitches in and brings food, and we always have a ton of food. We are taking 24 hamburgers & buns, 2 watermelons, 48 forks, 48 spoons, 2 bags of chips, homemade salsa, tortilla chips, cheese, lettuce, three 12 packs of drinks, and some beer to cook hubby’s bratwurst in.
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July and that you stay safe!
I’m going to take my shower then load the cooler and take it to fill it up with ice and drop it off at my sister in law’s. I don’t have room for it, so she’s going to take it in her truck for me.
June 21, 2009
Our Busy Weekend….
Yesterday was Dakota’s day to see Michael (his biological dad that he just met). When Dakota met Michael, it was just myself, Dakota, Michael, Jona (Michael’s girlfriend) and Raven, their daughter. This time, I took my other two kids to meet them.
Dakota has been wanting a skateboard for a LONG time. We really have nowhere for him to ride one here at home, but there are places we go that he can ride. There is also an awesome little park in Loudon that has a skate park inside with several big ramps for kids to skate on and do tricks on!
We met Michael, Jona & Raven at K-Mart yesterday, planning on buying skateboards for the boys. They were so excited when they learned what we were doing. I bought my son Billy a Spiderman skateboard and Michael bought Dakota one with skulls and flames on it.
We took all the kids to the park in Loudon so they could skate at the skate park. They had a blast!!! We stayed out there for hours. It was so extremely hot, but luckily we had a table in the shade and a cooler of drinks.
Today is Father’s Day! We didn’t really plan on doing anything much. I took my boys to K-Mart to pick Robert something out for the big day. They chose new swim trunks and a tank top, refill blades for his razor and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Brownie. He seemed happy with his gifts!
When we left out, I noticed that the neighbors that just moved out last night left their little dog!! The poor thing was sitting at the front door waiting for his masters to return home, but they never will. I felt SO bad for the little guy. He looks like a full blooded Chihuahua, but he’s a fat little thing. I walked down the road and put a harness & leash on him. It took a little coaxing, but he walked home with me. I brought him in and gave him some water. After all, it’s in the 90’s today and he’s been outside in the heat since they left him last night with NO food or water! I loved on him a while, which he really enjoyed! Then I was mean to him… I bathed him! He didn’t mind the scrubbing but he really disliked the water being sprayed on him! LOL After bathing the little booger, he acted as if he needed to go outside, so I opened the door and off he went. I was really worried he would go gome… and he did. 😦 Robert’s gone to the store, so I asked if he would stop by and pick Peppy up on the way home.
They also left a kitten we gave them a few weeks ago, and I brought him home too.
How cruel is it to leave helpless animals at a home you’re moving out of?? NO water, NO food, NO master, no one to pet them and love them. It’s so sad! Oh, and not to mention, the heat index was 105 yesterday! And it has been miserably hot today also.
Robert finally changed my brakes today!! YIPPIE! I just hope they stop squeaking and hope they aren’t as ‘grabby’ when I use them.
I was planning to cook pinto beans, meatloaf and cornbread for Robert for Father’s Day today, but when I walked down the road to get the animals, the beans burned 😦 . So… we’re having meatloaf, brocolli & cheese & fried potatoes instead. Yes, my honey likes country cookin’ lol
Anyway… there’s my big adventurous weekend!
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