[el rancho]

so i start a new job tomorrow @ [el rancho] as a waitress. never been one before so this will be very entertaining. i am working at the ranch on the weekends and hoping that one of the 10 jobs i applied for call me for the week days. we need the money desperately right now, drew is on 3 day work weeks and its rough. i'm hoping that this rough road will be over soon. although, there is talk of layoffs at [spirit] and drew is freaking out about it. we are both freaking out. the economy is not getting any better and neither are our jobs. its frustrating to say the least. we have a family to support and raise and its almost next to impossible to do with this 3 day work week crap. we barely survived before....now....its getting REALLY scary!

living with out gas for 2 weeks was enough for me. worrying how we are going to feed the kids is getting emotionally draining. i dont know what we'll do if our electric is shut off or our water is shut off. our phones are off at the moment, which really stinks. i miss my phone! here i am babbling about how bad we have it and really we dont. there are more people in worse situations i should feel lucky. and of course, i do, i have my husband and my kids and a roof. its just seriously, depressing. i hope in 20 years my children are not in our shoes. i hope they are in college and getting a degree for their future. i would never wish anyone to have to stress this much EVER.

well now that i have blabbed. i need to go. the kiddos are making dirt pies outside getting all dirty, messy and ick! hope everyone is getting by okay!

alexander james.

my lil xander turned 2 friday! i cant believe it. it seems like yesterday i was sitting on my bed fhaving contraction after contraction and drew was deciding if he should go to work or not. i told him honey, if i need you i will call you. this was 630am and by 645am my water broke. drew turned around and picked me up. i was in labor for 2 hours and after 2 pushes at 832am alexander james was born. the easiest birth i have experienced. although he came into this world so fast he knows what he wants and he goes for it. and it definitely shows in his lil 2 year old personality. he usually gets what he wants from me anyway! he's a momma's boy 100%.

alex loves ice cream, cereal, waffles, potatoes, ice, chips, cheese, pizza, okay so anything that he can shove in his mouth with one big handful! he loves to swing, play with cars, color, get into trouble, make a BILLION messes through out the day, loves to take baths, sit on my lap at the computer or when we watch movies, he loves trampolines and his nana and papa's. he has his favorite blanky that he will never part with and you cant fool him by trying to give him another one. its funny! his vocabulary is getting better. he says, no, yes, nite nite, bye bye, momma, daddy, sissy, ashley, anabelle, rocky, jacquee, nikki, tyler, bite, milk, water, car, motorcycle, plane, shoes, socks, waffle, cereal, pancake, eat, drink, dog, bath, jump, eww, sticker, ball, sucker, book, bike, wipe, poopy, wet, oww, icky, balloon, pop, phone,up, down, loud, sit, swing, sorry and more. his only real sentence he says is one more. or he puts "no" in front of whatever he doesnt want.

well that is all for now about lil man!! HAPPY BDAY!!

[sept 12th, 2006]

[2 months old]

[9 months]

[1 1/2 years]

[1 1/2 years]

[almost 2!!]

flood.

so last night it started raining and didnt stop till about 3pm. we got major flooding and water in our basement. it was very intense and almost to the point of being scary. i just had horrible images in my head of our whole house being under water. i'm a worry wart! what can i say? well here are some photos from today.



where that bridge is at is a huge ditch. it overflowed into one huge river. after it settle down some, kids were jumping off that bridge and into the water. i dont think they realized how dangerous and nasty that is. we were seeing a bunch of sewer rats by the house and in that ditch. not something i would jump into.

my friend jax lives in northern houston and cant evacuate. the highways are jam packed and the grocery stores are empty. she has some supplies for food and water i'm just hoping it will last her till this hurricane passes thru. keepin her and her family in my prayers.

nine eleven.

7 years ago lives were saved. were taken. 7 years ago our lives were changed forever. the world was changed forever. i will never forget.


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holy crap.

i cant wait till sept 25th. i'm going crazy.