Pumpkin goo is fun!

After digging in pumpkin goo, cleaning and roasting pumpkin seeds and painstakingly carving beautiful figures from my loving (and impatient) children this is what we ended up with.

Thirty one

I know a lot of people have trouble with getting older. I'm not one of those people. I have found the older you get the less important your birthday is. It's just another day. I don't feel any different then I did last night when I was still 30. I figure my year will be much the same as last year. Their will be days when I fell like I'm still in my 20's and days that I feel 80, like today. I am a little sad that Jeremy won't be here today but then I think about the fact that he won't he home for Alissa's 4th birthday in 2 weeks either and I am more sad for her. My friend was very sweet to me yesterday and took all the kids for a few hours. While she had them they made a cake for me. It was very yummy, and still warm when we ate it. I got orange roses yesterday too. It was exciting to get home and see the box on the porch. I though they were from my hubby. I have to admitt I was a little disappointed when I opened them to find out they were from my Dad instead. Jeremy would have gotten me white. Their my favorite. So anyway, Thank you Mom for induring nine long months of pregnancy and labor and delivery to bring me into this world on this very day 31 years ago!

Thelma Renee

My sister-in-law had this beautiful, healthy baby Friday, October 13th around 4am. She weighed 7.13 and I don't remember how long she was. I was told she has the family temper. :)

Sometimes life just SUCKS!!!

You would think that the thunder that woke me up at 3am that sounded like a train would be comming through my bedroom at any moment would have been an indication that this was gonna be one of those sucky days. However, I was tired and just happy that we were getting the much needed rain. Maybe the rainy, gray sky when I woke up should have tipped me off. Nope, I love those kind of days. The fact that Dylan was in a much more horrible then normal mood this morning should have done it. Nope again! How about the fact that Alissa and my McDonald's breakfast cost $6.66? Stupid superstition, I thought. Not until my car died on me did I realize that all of the afore mentioned things we're signs that I should have never gotten out of bed this morning. Add to it the fact that Sunday Dylan broke yet another window, that makes 4 in a year, I apperently can't budget to save my life and an email from a friend that makes me feel as though I have been "weeded out" and I have reached the conclusion that right now life just SUCKS!!!!

Some Dylan pics

I have pictures!

Their from Chey's birthday and the following weekend.

How ironic

I'm so tired I can't see straight, stressed beyond belief, horribly irritated. The irony? My house is cleaner then it has ever been. Funny how that works, isn't it? For some reason the house is always cleaner when Jeremy is gone. The sleep deprivation comes from the fact that I have had at least one sick child in this house every day since Jeremy left. The stress? Everything that could break has including my computer. Irritation? I absolutely hate having to do all of this alone. We have a calendar on the wall so the kids can mark off the days till Jeremy comes home. 42 more days! I don't think I can do 42 more days. Right now I'm dealing with it by looking on the bright side. We had enough money that I could go out and buy a new computer and still feed the kids. I can buy birthday and Christmas presents without having to plot how to rob a bank. I don't have to cook if I don't want to because the kids are completely content with pizza and McDonald's EVERY SINGLE DAY! Not that we do that...sometimes we have Weinershitzle or Taco Bell. :) And then there's the fact that my house is clean!