dude where's my car?

tonight its just me and squirt having some girl time. so we went and ate and decided to go to baskin robbins for dessert. well we were leaving baskins when i looked up from the drivers side door of my loaner car and i don't see squirt. i glance over to the big black suburban parked next to us and squirt had opened the passenger side door before she realized it was not our vehicle. apparently she wasn't watching where she was going and is just so used to getting into a big black truck that she didn't realize it wasn't ours. the young lady sitting in the suburban was so surprised when her door was opened by this strange girl. i'm still laughing at her. this was just the funniest thing thats happened to us.

sweet and sour

we play a game as we are driving called sweet and sour. squirt waves at cars and if they wave back they are sweet and if they don't they are sour. well the other day i was stopped at a light beside a school bus when i caught movement out of the corner of my eye. as i glanced to my left i saw the sweetest redheaded, freckle-faced boy waving at me. so i waved back and he got the biggest grin on his face and waved even harder. i smiled for the rest of the day.

i guess i'm sweet.

happy valentines day!!!!

i had such a good valentines day today. instead of navel gazing i decided i would make life a little brighter for those around me. my family woke up to little presents for each person and i took presents to work for the 3 ladies i sit with. they were all so totally surprised. it kept a smile on my face all day. and when i got home freddie had a little surprize for me. she made me a pillow and a card. it was so sweet and was from her heart. which are the best kind of presents. she has been a tough nut to crack over the last year but i think she is getting a little softer and realizing that she is loved so much by all of us. in a lot of ways she is afraid of getting hurt and i can't blame her. she has had so many promises broken by the very people who should be protecting her. i know part of the hardness toward God is because of this. but i also know that He has a plan for her and she can run but cannot hide from His love.

no time for blogging

sorry guys i have had no time for blogging.

i am pretty much done with the non stop appointments. to sum it up i now have 3 kids in glasses (squirt, moe and freddie). their mom was quite upset that moe and fred needed glasses but thats just how it goes. freddie has a lovely new smile thanks to a new laminate on her front tooth. moe has lovely sealents to protect his molars and 4 wisdom teeth. yes i said wisdom teeth, apparently all 4 of his wisdom teeth have already came in. squirt now has braces. just on the top so far - they will add the bottoms in about 3 months. everyone has new haircuts and i'm one tired momma. the only thing we have left is blood work for moe and freddie due to their weight and high cholesteral runs on their mommas side of the family.

i am almost done with my first college class. all i have left is the final and i hope to take that sometime next week. i can honestly say that most of the math you learn in high school you never use again. the kids got a big kick out of that statement.

i had a pretty bad virus last week. bad enough that i missed 4 days of work and the kids gladly walked to school every morning because the sight of me scared them. one morning freddie told me to go back to bed cause i didn't look so good. thanks freddie...i can always count on my kids for honest opinions.

sister is still living in the "crack" motel. i have felt too puny to prod her into looking for a better place. i also figure when she gets sick enough of it she'll be motivated to move. i can only do so much.

a hard place

please pray for freddie.

she is in that very hard place that some of us have been in. she has decided she cannot believe in 'our' God because 'our' God says lesbians go to hell. and she can't believe that her mother is going to hell if she doesn't accept Jesus. she has decided to believe in the universalist unitarian god that says all people go to heaven and there are many different paths leading to god.

so just pray.