8/23/07

Okay… apologies for not updating in like FOREVER. I got kid things going on, and husband things going on, and best friend things going on… and now digi scrapping, and ha ha, paper scrapping… like I ever really find time or inclination to scrap. Tonight I read a Star Trek book… haven’t done that in a LONG time, was very nice. Very nice indeed. I gave the book back to DH so he could read it in the bathroom, now I’m feeling like going back up there and stealing it back from him (I read faster than he does, so when he starts a book, I steal it, read it, and finish it before he can really complain, lol)
I am however, in serious need of a break from the kids…and I have plans next month when they go off track, to take them to Colorado to visit friends and family. So ha ha on me for that one, but mom thought she might meet me about halfway, and take the kids in her van for part of it, just to take them off my hands, so that could very well be nice. Then I’m probably going to bring my dad back with us to stay for awhile, don’t know how long. We’re getting a list together of things for him to do so he’s not bored to death, lol. I MIGHT be purchasing a van in Colorado that seats 8 and has air conditioning (my van seats 7 and the AC broke last year in the 4th of July trip from HELL to, of all places, Arizona) My car… my poor Sebring…. the engine has seen its last, and I no longer have a car. I had to get my van back from Kim, and she was none too happy about it. I hate to say this, ungrateful… I’ll leave the word out. HOW can anyone get free use of a van for nearly a year, and act pissy when asked for it back? Good grief, it’s like I somehow OWED her that stupid van! And, I didn’t. She called Jerry yesterday asking for a ride to the hospital, because her sister’s appendix had burst, and she had no other way to get there. Sweet man that he is, he obliged. Some days… I do think Kim takes us for granted… she simply does not see how truly good we are to her. Okay… okay, we asked for a little babysitting in return for use of the van. But she started putting all kinds of restrictions on it… we had to pick them up before 8 or 9. I had asked her to babysit one Saturday, which was her birthday… no way…well, how about Sunday? Had things to do. She actually called up on Saturday saying she could do it, and damn Rick didn’t think the message was important enough to pass on to us. Grrrr

Well, I am in a mood. PMS… though there is a small possibility I could be pregnant… I’m waiting for my period to not show before I test this time. I am tired of being so insane about being pregnant. Part of me…get this, WANTS another baby. Okay…got 4, WHY? Well, because I do enjoy them…when they’re not being totally unhelpful brats, lol. I love the kids, they’re fun to talk to and hang out with… so long as you don’t expect too much from them, which, perhaps unfortunately in THEIR eyes, I do. I expect LOTS from them. So I can’t decide if I want to be pregnant or not. We have no insurance, so the timing might be bad…but I’m not exactly getting any younger… it’s gonna get a LOT harder to get pregnant here soon…. like trying to conceive Sammi wasn’t difficult enough, though I admit to making it more difficult, for sure. Anyway, probably not a good time, but part of me kind of hopes yes, anyway. These things have a way of taking care of themselves anyway.

I am going to go to bed… if I can remember to post tomorrow at a more reasonable time, I’ll relate the things the kids are doing to drive me crazy… you might want to skip that post, lol…