12/1/08

Okay, I’m going to ATTEMPT, on my slow-ass connection, to post a picture from Thanksgiving, of all of us. 

HA!  I have no internet connection.  I have been trying to connect, without success.  Hm… I tried something different, and it worked.  I still haven’t been able to upload my pictures though

Well, this isn’t the picture I intended to use, but I’m not wasting my time on another upload.  From left to right:

Kim, Sydni, Jerry, Sammi, Me, Shabree, Nikolas, behind him, Becca, then Cassandra, Jane, and Steve.  Nik is 7, Cassie is 4.

So that’s our "family."  Kim was our nanny, Jane, if you haven’t been reading me, is Jerry’s ex-wife, Steve is her current husband.  At one point, with the exceptions of Cassie, Sammi and Alex, we all lived together.  Shabree was 7 or 8 months old when they moved out… no, 6 months old, I guess.  They moved out shortly after the new year, 2003.  Kim moved out later, but I don’t remember when for sure.  Her leaving was more gradual, to save Sydni some shock.  We all lived together for about 3 and a half years.  Quite awhile, when you consider the circumstances.  I was, except for the kids, the last to arrive on the scene, lol.  Steven had moved in before me, Kim before him.  Sydni was born about 3 months after I moved in (YES, she was pregnant when they were splittingng up!  And Sydni is definitely Jerry’s child.  Steve moved in only a couple months before I did.)  We used to joke how we should go on Jerry Springer, but we also agreed that we would never do that.  We generally got along fine, but we were relieved when they left of their own accord.  Financing them was exhausting. 

Well, that is all for today.  I’m going back to reading martycroft.pdf.  It’s a FASCINATING read about how we are simply slaves to the USA.  Chattel, even.