Pics of the Kids

These are just some pics from the triplets birthday, and when the kids where decorating their Easter eggs. The first one is Josh, Libby and Douglas; then its Jeremy Jacob and Josh. Then Jacob. Next is Libby Doug, Josh, Jeremy and Steph. And the last one is Jeremy and Stephanie. Nothing new is going on, everyone is fine and healthy...yada yada yada...lol...but thats about all on the homefront...take care, have a great weekend...
:)Just me

Hi there

Yeah...so, I have been a slacker. I know this. What can I say? The kids have all had their various sicknesses, so, that means I have been sick, too. I haven't had the energy to move from sitting on the couch, to sitting at the computer. It happens. What ya gonna do?
So...I have been tagged...again..by Ashburnite. But I see that it has been awhile since that post, so, I am sure she will forgive me if I skip it. Statute of Limitations, and all that...lol..Anyways...there isn't 6 interesting things about me that I can think of anyways...so, I will spare anyone who happens to read this...which, by now...is just you, ash....lol...
I totally missed blogging on my nephews birthday. They turned 7 on April 14. They had their party before hand, like the 9th. It was alot of fun, and they got way too much stuff..which I think I've said, I don't know anymore...lol..but needless to say...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY BOYS!!! Jeremy Joshua Jacob...seven years old...geez...I can't even take it...lol
Easter was alot of fun, too...we all went to the triplets house...all the kids came...well...most of them, anyways...I think Chris Cory Casey And Jake stayed with their moms...all the rest came with their dad. We did a huge egg hunt. When we hide the eggs...we do the plastic ones. They all have change in them, with big prize eggs holding a dollar bill. We hid a total of 225 eggs. Took about 20-30 minutes to hide them all..between Shellies house, and her two neighbors yards on either side. The kids found them all within 5 minutes. LOL...too funny. But each kid made about 9 to 11 dollars...so, they were happy. Of course.
Other than that, like I said, I have been sick. My husband decided NOT to take that job down south. Which, I guess is fine with me. I really wanted him to take it for the benefits, but until I get a job, we need the money he makes at his present job. Oh...and I did end up getting my test results..and I fricken PASSED!! LOL...I was totally floored. The highest score is 480. I got a 476. To work in my county, you have to have at least a 464. My poor sis in law...she got a 461. For the second time. I told her when she takes it again, if she's not gonna get at least a 464, to at least do worse than a 461 again....geez...I felt bad....but not THAT bad...She took it well tho...only called me a bitch maybe 5 times...LMAO...she's too funny.
And, I guess thats about all from my end...again ASH...sorry about that tag thing. I will do better in the future...
Take care
:)Just me

Ahh...peace and quiet

SO....its been a really hectic last couple of weeks. I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. The kids have all had doctors appointments, on three different days...I actually had a cleaning job to do...god forbid, I actually get paid to clean someones house. LOL...and I also took the smoker..aka Stephanie, to get her license this past Thursday. And...yes....SHE PASSED!!! Talk about adding some stress to my life...Yes, I know I have to let her drive...and Yes...I know I have to let her go...but Jesus Christ....its not as easy as all that...let me tell ya....She now drives my son to school in the morning, which is really very helpful.And she drives herself to and from school AND work. It really is helpful. But, holy SHIT...your heart is in your throat the entire time you think she is actually on the road. The first day she drove, I made her call me the second she pulled into school. Because I told her, under NO circumstances is she to answer her cell phone while she is driving. Or make a call. I told her I didn't even care if it was God himself calling to warn her that he would be taking her life in a car accident in five minutes...DO NOT ANSWER THAT DAMN PHONE!!! So...she is later getting home from school than I thought she should be. And what the F??? Its not like I can call her and ask if everything is alright...cuz I just know she will answer that damn phone....LOL...ahhh well...she made it home just fine...and to work...and then she drove herself and her brother and sister to her grandma's house, so they could spend the night. Talk about weird. It is getting a little better, but I know now, it will never be the same...I will now walk around with my heart in my throat for the rest of their lives...cuz God knows, it just gets harder from here...lol...next year, my son gets HIS permit, and I have to go thru it alllll over again...lol...still got five years to go with Libby, but apparently time is just flying faster and faster the older I get, so obviously, it's gonna be like next week.
Then yesterday, we had the triplets' 7 birthday party. What a fricken madhouse. The pile of gifts those boys get are really actually ridiculous....lol...I babysat them Saturday nite while their mom and dad went to a party...we discussed the birthday gift thing...as in ....Aunt Coco wasn't getting them shit...lol...I told them if, after all their gifts were opened, if there was something they DIDN'T get, to let me know...and we would discuss it then...LOL...yeah...they were actually fine with that...cuz they know that I am the "poor" aunt...lol...so, needless to say...when I went home after the party, they told me I was off the hook..but that I would have to at least spend the day with them on their actual birthday...which is this Friday...well...naturally, I can do that....they are just tooo sweet.
My husband has actually gotten a job offer down in Palm Beach. Which is way away from where we are. We wouldn't be moving; he would work ten days on, and come home for 4 days..and so on. He is a little concerned, because he will be making less money to start...but with full benefits...including a retirement plan. Which is something he doesn't get now. Any of it. The only benefits he has at his job has been any money over 40 hrs is off the books...and he also gets so much for all the permits he pulls under his name...he is a licensed well driller, if I hadn't said before. So, the money is good, just no room for improvement. No insurance, no retirement, no chance ever of getting a raise. He works with a guy who has been with their company for like 20 years. He still has never had a raise. His wife, tho, has a job with full benefits, so its not as bad. Ahhh...what to do. I am fine with him being away..I know our relationship can handle something like that. I just worry about any kind of emergency. But, I guess you can't plan for something like that, and all you can do is live your life. And pray for the best. He will be going down there on Monday...he took his vacation time to go.....I told him not to stress about it...if he feels that strongly about the money, he shouldn't take the job. But not to NOT take it for that reason. We will be fine....do it if he feels its right for him....Tho...They give him a food allowence and a furnished apartment...so, its really pretty good.
I don't know...So...thats really about it for me...Im still waiting for my test results for the school...It takes six weeks...so I should be hearing something soon, altho I am so NOT confident on how I did...god....well...if I didn't do well, I will just have to try again.
And on that...I will be going now...I think I have gone on enough....lol...Its a great day outside...so I'm just gonna enjoy the sunshine and peace and quiet...
Take care
:)Just me

Happy Birthday Daddy

Well...today is a hard one for me....My dad should've been 75 years old today. But, he passed away June 11, 1996...four days before my wedding anniversary, and the weekend before Father's Day....And that sucks...so this post is for him.

Hey dad...you've been gone almost 10 years now. And today is a day, like many others, that I have been thinkin about ya....I knew that it would get better as time went by..but when I stop, for that brief second....I forget...you're no longer here...and I know that you're somewhere...up there....watching over me. And then I worry...are you disappointed??? Do you understand why it has come to the point that I can know longer honor my mother, as the bible says too....Do you know that after you left, she became a bitter mean woman who lived to make our lives miserable??? I know that I said this post is for you...but it's for me too....I remember the months leading up to your last birthday here on earth...you were soooo sick...the cancer ravaged not only your body, but also your mind. You were so hurtful to everyone around you, and we didn't understand...I understand now. Too late, I know that....but its the best I have. I didn't realize the cancer in your liver and colon would take a toll on your mind, too....and for that, I'm sorry. I should have understood your sickness better, been more grown up about it. But you were my daddy, and I didn't know....how mean you could get...to not only me, but my children my sisters, and my mother....My kids were too young to understand why grandpa always yelled at everyone...Hell, I didn't, how could they???
I do, now. And the kids don't remember how mean you got, thankfully, they were just six and four...the sad thing is, they don't remember you at all...except thru me.
They will never know how it was growing up with you....I thought you were the man....we were so close...everyone knew I was the "daddy's little girl". My sisters and my mother never understood that...
I remember going to the home you grew up in, and fishin behind the house...You teaching me to drive...even the city bus up north...god, if they had ever found out, the trouble...lol...well...luckily we were never busted....Too this day, I remember you telling me to pretend there was a raw egg under the gas pedal and that when I hit the gas, to always go steady, not to stomp, or I'd break the egg...Too funny, as I am teaching your granddaughter the very same thing...Watch that egg, now...steady...steady...very good!!!! LOL...I remember when we moved to Florida, you and I drove the uhaul and Erika and mom drove the car...I would light your cigarettes for you or give you a pepp-o-mint life saver....That was one of my fondest memories....
I miss ya daddy...I really do....and not for nothing, I wish to God, you were still here....nothing is the same without you.....And sometimes I wonder how our lives would be if you were still here...but that will never be....and I know now, that to wish you back, would mean for you to be back in pain...and that is something I never want you to go thru again.
So, on this day...the day I remember so well...when others would always forget...I just want to say Happy Birthday daddy....and I still love you....I still miss you...and I know that will never go away. The one thing I DO wish is that you watch over my family....and understand why I have to be the way I am with my mother....I'm sorry...it's just the way it has to be....Please forgive me....and please know that I think of you often....and hope you are at peace. And also, I hope you have made peace with your son.....my brother...who is with you now....
I love ya
Your Punkin Head...