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There seems to be no time in a day. Dalton is sick with some sinus crap that makes his face all poofy. He is running a fever and my house is taking the back burner as do all homes when the kids are sick. I myself am feeling like there is no end in sight all the house is sick except me isn’t that how it always happens. Stuffy noses headaches and just plain miserable and even though I’m not sick I feel like i have been hit by a truck. So if your wondering where I’m then you can see its been an eventful week. I will be back when the world isn’t so stuffy over here.

These are so true it almost hurts to laugh.

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing JELL-O to a tree!

2) Wrinkles dont hurt!

3) Families are like fudge…mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

4) Todays mighty oak is just yesterdays nut that held its ground.

5) Laughing is good excercise. Its like jogging on the inside.

6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber and not the toy.

Thought you might get laughs out of this one:
1: No matter how hard you try you cannot baptize a cat.
2: When your mom is mad at your dad, dont let her brush your hair.
3: If your sister hits you, dont hit her back.( they always catch the second person)
4: Never ask your 3 yr old brother to hold a tomatoe.
5: You cant trust dogs to watch your food.
6: Dont sneeze when someone is cutting your hair
7: Never hold a dust buster and cat at the same time.
8: You cant hide a peice of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9: Dont wear polka dot underwear under white shorts
10: The best place to be when your sad is grandpa’s lap.

There are many things i read about on the net in all my ventures. And I must say this one caught my eye. It is so amusing to find the things that children do and say and how society looks upon these…Sometimes ammazes me.
I remember when I had similar thoughts of my siblings but i would not trade them for the world today. What would you have done without your siblings? ould you have been happier or better off? I dont think so when you really think about it.

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up,it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

If you agree, pass it on.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

If you can read this in English Thank a soldier!!!

Today I started out ready to go. Meaning I was ready to pack and head for Nebraska. Then the day was gone. Yep it really felt like it happened that quick for me. I spent the whole day getting the truck ready and packing kids clothes. The kids were at aschool and the husband was at work. Just me and the baby which did not make things easier. But the chore was accomplished and in the AM we will be heading due southeast, to spend Christmas with the family we miss so much. I cant wait to get there and get settled in although I know it will seem like we just get reaquainted and will have to leave for Wyoming again. Geez what a short trip it will be. I dont know what will be worse the drive there or the drive back . The way there the kids will be anxious for there present and on the way back they will want to play with them and have to be told no because of the tight confinement of the truck. So the agony of telling them we will be there when we get there is going to be a challenge there and back as usual. Kids you got to love there inoccence and yet pull your hair out over it at times.
Upon my return I will tell all of our ventures…Im sure it will be a story to remember.

Well folks yes it is coming……Christmas. When all the turmoil of the year is blended together with family gatherings and food galour. Packing and driving and chaos of unbelievable proportions. Never a moments peace for two days of great family bliss.
I myself will be traveling to Nebraska for the holiday season. We currently live in Wyoming and the drive of 8 grueling hours with three boys, two dogs and of course my hubby is anything but amusing to me. The unfortunate part of this whole ordeal is this year its not just family fun. Since we just moved here we must go back to Nebraska for the rest of our things during this vacation of sorts. And although we will be enjoying food, family, and fun. We also must load yet another trailer full of our stored possessions.
In thought:
I believe this to be the best choice ( since 8 hours is not a drive we do often)…but in heart I wish some magic being would present itself and make this chore done and out of the way so that we may have less to do during this Christmas season. However I know that is not something to hold my breath for and so I trudge onward.
Now don’t get me wrong I do indeed love going home. It is just the mere thought of packing and loading to get there only to pack and load while we are there and then again pack and load to come back to Wyoming. UUUGGGHHH!!
On a more seasonable note
Though I know our family will all be waiting there happily to greet us upon arrival (providing its not 3 am in the morning) And we will not regret the trip even with the above circumstances.
Nana with her incredible Christmas decorations(inside and outside) and her food of scrumptious delight. Alicia and family with there endless laughter and fun loving ways. Grandma with her warm and loving heart. And Grandpa with his endearing smile and great wisdom. It will indeed be a Christmas to remember for adults and children alike.
Children all nestled in there beds nice and tight(probably not) dreaming of adventures that happen through the night. We will wake up on Christmas morning to more chaos and full bellies that linger from the night before, hoping to look outside and see a white blanket on earths floor. The children will run to the tree, tripping over everything in sight. Tearing and destroying the packages with delight.
Remember:
When all is said and done nothing will seem to have changed, aside from the extra stuff to haul back and another memorable year to mark in our memories.
With this in mind remember life is short and although you may dread a point in your year you should be glad you have loved one so dear.

As a mother of young children nothing should of been amazing to me, let alone embarrassing RIGHT? That’s what I thought until one day last summer. We had decided to go on a boating expedition, our three boys my husband and myself. The day was beautiful and sunny as it should be mid summer in Nebraska. We had spent all day on that lake and decided to come on home. So we started to troll in to shore.
On our way we passed a young girl who worked at the convenience store I worked at part time. She was not a very well raised child, very deceitful and not something to be proud of. If she were my daughter well….she wouldn’t be the way she is. She knew I didn’t tolerate the things she did nor did I approve. Not that I imagine she really cared. As we passed by her she sneered, after she about fell off her ski-do. I had to laugh at how much neck-breaking staring she was doing. But we just went on our way and didn’t give her a second thought.
After arriving to shore and loading up the boat and the children we headed home. It was about a half hour drive so we had the music on and we were enjoying a cool drink. The boys laid there heads down and I leaned on the door for the warmth of the sun on my face. When we arrived to the town before our own town we sat up and continued to drive thru town.
We drove for about three blocks then it happened. Out of nowhere an officer pulled in behind us with his lights on. Me and my husband looked at each other in shock. It had been years since either one of us had been pulled over. Interested in what the officer would say we puled to the side of the rode. When the officer came to my husband at the drivers window, I was almost anxious to see what was wrong. When the officer told me I couldn’t believe it. Someone in a vehicle similar to ours pulling a boat like ours had been reported drinking and driving. I laughed to myself because we had not drank in years (which is probably why we hadn’t been pulled over in years..HaHa.).
The officer proceeded to ask us to get out of the vehicle so he could search for alcohol (or signs of). We gladly complied with his wishes. As we were getting out my 5 year old proceeded to let the officer on the passenger side know the most shocking thing Id ever heard from him. He said:”Hi, I just want you to know we drank beer. But only one, my mom said we could because we were REALLY thirsty” The officer looked at me in disbelief. I couldn’t even mutter a response, I was flabbergasted. Finally, I managed to let the officer know that my son was speaking of a ROOT beer not the real thing. He however didn’t seem as amused as I was finally able to be about the whole situation.

Anyway the allegations of us drinking were unfounded and when we started driving on our way again me and my husband pretty much have decided the young lady at the lake, deceitful as she is, made a phone call to put a damper on my day. However what she didn’t know was she only added to a lifetime list of family stories to tell.

WOW! Today, a full day. Went to town after I went to the school for my oldest sons IEP (individual Educational Program) My oldest has Bipolar, he is 12 yrs old,
and he can be a handful at school. So I went in to set up a plan to help control his enviroment. We basically seclude him within the class room so that he can concentrate (per his request) However the schools don’t always like to work with us, so I get it in writing and its like magic. LOL Pretty bad we have to have that stuff in writing in our education system but it is what it is.
Any way when I was finished with that I decided to go to town for groceries I live about 40 miles from the nearest walmart so a road trip is what it became. My infant usually falls asleep on the way so I can relax RIGHT?? No not today…the deer and antelope were literally lining the highway. Like they usually do this time of year. And I was a little on edge which caused the baby to take no naps. The store wasn’t much better and 138.00 dollars later I was done with today’s shopping at walmart. But then i just couldn’t pass up the thrift store because my hubby just bought a semi-truck and he needed sheets and I save money anywhere I can. Plus the kids needed new ones also.
See we moved here in August of 2008 and half our stuff is still in Nebraska and well of course in that half was my sheets and other various important things I don’t like living without. But its an 8 hour drive there and I cant afford to take the time to go right now with my husbands new truck and all so I have to improvise. When I finally do get back home its haul in the groceries, let out the dogs, change a diaper, answer the phone (my husband needs phone number I get for him),lay baby down for the nap he didn’t take on the way to town and then put away groceries.
We would hope that was the end of the day but no no no of course not. Now its time for the youngest to come home and he has a blue sheet which means he hasnt listened in school today and has 6 sheets of homework because he talks instead of getting his work done. There goes my night. He is a great 6 year old, loving and playful but I just cant seem to get him to understand that theres a time and a place. We have been fighting his crud in school for the past two years I hope it stops soon. So Now that I know what my night entails I suppose I better get started with it since it will be long..and my oldest son and my husband aren’t even home yet…YUGH!!!