[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.

the time of times.

so my dad sent me an email not to long ago with a picture of him, his sister donna and his brother bill [who came to visit us a couple months ago - pictures are posted below - if you care to see the remarkable yet timeless differences, please look!]

[my dad seems to think i look like my aunt donna - seriously?? not sure]

today was pretty hectic. still taking care of sick children! and we are due to leave for des moines on friday morning. i'm nervous!! i'm hoping they will be okay to go!! anyway, other than lil sick children i watched an awesome movie tonight [definitely, maybe]. i seriously loved it. i think what was one of the things that sold it to me was the soundtrack. perfect. the flaming lips. nirvana. rem.otis redding! awesome anyway! i found a song i liked from it, [the time of times] by badly drawn boy.

i decided i was gonna read [jane eyre] by charlotte bronte. the book in the movie. i figure i love to read why not? right? may sound completely stupid [and i'm really tired] but i always thought since i love to read so much, i really ought to write. i love to write poems....but my grammar is way off. but its still fun none the less!

well, enjoy the pic that was dated aeons ago! :P

the lucky one.

nicholas sparks is at it again! and i am so happy! his new book [the lucky one] is due to come out september 30th! guess who will be buying that book??!?! MUAH!


When U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his third tour of duty in Iraq, his first instinct is to toss it aside. Instead, he brings it back to the base for someone to claim, but when no one does, he finds himself always carrying the photo in his pocket. Soon Thibault experiences a sudden streak of luck—winning poker games and even surviving deadly combat that kills two of his closet buddies. Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for his good fortune: the photograph—his lucky charm.

Back home in Colorado, Thibault can’t seem to get the photo—and the woman in it—out of his mind. Believing that she somehow holds the key to his destiny, he sets out on a journey across the country to find her, never expecting the strong but vulnerable woman he encounters in Hampton, North Carolina—Elizabeth, a divorced mother with a young son—to be the girl he’s been waiting his whole life to meet.

Caught off guard by the attraction he feels, Thibault keeps the story of the photo, and his luck, a secret. As he and Elizabeth embark upon a passionate and all-consuming love affair, the secret he is keeping will soon threaten to tear them apart—destroying not only their love, but also their lives.

cuteness!

friday - my mom and i traveled to edmond oklahoma for my bff's daughters 2nd bday. kayley and alex are only 3 weeks apart [exactly]. we only stayed for the party and then drove back home. arrived at almost midnight! whew. long trip!











saturday - ashley stayed with her brothers dad for the weekend and there was tons of drama that occured there that just so happens to boil my blood. anyway! it was our first games of the pre-season and before that jacquee and i decided to run some errands. on our venture out my car got a flat. and lets keep in mind it was FREAKING hot outside. after my tire got changed we headed back home to finish up stuff. took pics of anabelle in her cheer uniform that matches the other girls on the squad. she was so fun in taking pictures. i was so proud of her!! she's gonna be a future cheerleading i believe!! and we also put a big ol jersey on alex so he could play along too! anyway! we lost a game and won a game. good experience!











sunday - my mother in law threw the [august] birthday party at her house. so we bbq'd and opened presents. picked ashley up from her brothers dad's house and she threw up from the time i got her all the way into today.

today - took the kids to the dr because none of them seem to be getting better. ash is being tested for [whooping cough]. scary deal. i'm hoping to god she doesnt have it. we shall cross our fingers.

cant wait for the end of the week. we are traveling to des moines for a wedding! yippy!!

update.

so its been a while since i updated. i seem to do that a lot lately. i haven't been uploading my pics from the camera to the computer and i tend to put off blogging since i dont have pics to add to em! but i figure its been almost a month now.

things have been pretty sane around the house. my schedule is def. busy. ashley started school and cheerleading and i am the assistant cheer coach. so we have practices mon, tues, and thursdays with games on saturdays. we done a fundraiser which turned out pretty decent.

drew found out that spirit is going on strike in sept. they are going to 3 day work weeks. and they wont be 10 or 12 hour shifts. its going to be 8 hour shifts. so i am possibly gonna have to find a job till the strike is over. so crappy!!

this last week and weekend the kids and hubby have been sick. and it was nasty this time around. the coughing was so harsh it was scaring me!! anabelle and alex both would get to coughing so bad they would choke or throw up. ashley threw up once. it was just nasty this time around. drew has strep/ear infection and a sinus infection. i had a mild cough but was put on an antibiotic soon before i got too bad. things are starting to die down now and i am hoping i will get to sleep again! i feel like i have newborns running wild in my house! :P

next week me and the kids are going to des moines with my mother in law for our cousins wedding. i'm excited to meet family i haven't yet met!! the 5 hour trip with 3 kids is gonna be interesting!!!

thats all for now. as soon as more pics are uploaded you'll see em here!

so you think you can dance.

so a friend of mine watches this show and what i have seen from her vids that she has posted, this couple is by far my favorite!! i actually teared up when i watched it. i have experience with this emotion they portray! awesome performance!