Quick Note

You know the piece of crap patio cover we have?? Well, for years it has been said that it will come down too easy and it is dangerous. WELL, it is still standing after the earthquake. Still ugly and crappy looking, but it didn't fall over as predicted. DAMN!!!!!!!!

A Whole Lotta Shaking Going On

If you have a tv and live in Southern California, then you heard and maybe felt the earthquake yesterday. It was fairly big, but not damaging. Books and dvds fell off a shelf and Erik lost a shotglass. The news people kept showing the same 3 places that had any damage over and over. Domino's was even on channel 4, not because of damage, but because of the security camera footage showing swaying lamps. The kids here freaked out for a second, all drills for earthquake went right out the window. Payton was more shaken than the kids. Erik went over and got Jamie's dog, Rook, and brought him over here so that the 2 of them could go nuts together. About a half hour after, the news helicopters were all over the sky. One of them was directly over the house and Garin was out break dancing trying to get on tv, didn't work. We of course watched the news all day and I got calls from a lot of people. It is nice to know that so many people were concerned. My cell phone worked, but whoever had Verizon didn't have any service for a while. Our house phone worked after about a half hour, so we were doing good. I bet today the stores are full of people getting things like water, batteries, etc. It is good that Chino Hills is on the map for something else besides the Ryan family that got murdered by Kevin Cooper.

I Didn't Know This

Well, I learned something about gift registry's that I had no clue about. Jamie told me that when you put something on your registry and you don't get it, the store will sell it to you with a discount. I never knew this. I have been going to gift registry's for years to get gifts. All this time I am thinking, "Shit that is an expensive gift to put on a registry! Who do they think they are?" Now I know. Jamie said that they put stuff on, like furniture, because it is what they want to eventually get, great idea. I am so behind the times!!! I think back now at some conversations and I am sure people who knew about this are still thinking, poor Marge, she is clueless!!! Now when I see the $600 stroller on a registry I will know the reason behind it. To my friends, next time I have a brain fart, please help me out!!!

Got Tomatoes?

My next door neighbor Eddie came over with a bag full of home grown tomatoes. This is the second bagfull in 5 days. He has a garden in his backyard, lucky me!! We love getting the tomatoes, BLT's forever. When he came and dropped the tomatoes off, he was telling me about what his winter crop will be. I told him I am going to rename him Eddie Joe Bob. His wife Barbara is the one we all need to pray for, Kaiser sucks!! I had an OK weekend, I at least got to see Aiden for a few hours. Yesterday, Erik BBQ'd burgers, turkey ones for Rick and real meat for the rest of us, nothing better!! Jamie and I tried to get a list going for the shower, we are still waiting to see who is coming, I think that will help a lot. We know what we are having for the main course, what salads I am making, and of course the drinks (beer and more beer). Jamie B., at least the only one for the time being, is printing stuff for fans. I figure it is going to be HOT HOT HOT, so a fan would be a good party favor. It seemed so far away last week, now it is crunch time. I hate not having things settled. I have to reign in on myself because not everybody has tons of time on their hands. I can very easily be quite annoying. Quit nodding your head yes!!!! I am waiting for the lady from the food program that I HAVE to be involved in because I am licensed by the state, to call. She apparently came by while I had the kids at the Splash Pad in Chino and left me a form stating that I will be getting a "Letter of Warning!!" I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO shaking. I thought I only had to call and notify them when I was going to be gone during a meal time. Well, I guess I have to call them when I leave at all. They make you jump thru hoops for a few bucks a month, stupid. I called this morning to talk to P. Bond, but she wasn't in. I really don't thnk I helped my cause when I asked the director of the program when the cameras were going to be installed. Well, I have to go and try to sneak some water into Paytons little pool out front, heaven forbid I leave!!!

This Must Be The Year

Yep, this is the year of conflicts. Here I sit week after week with absolutely crap to do, except Taco Tuesday and Tony's on Fridays, and 4 big events are coming up and there is 2 of each of them scheduled for the same day. On August 17th, myself and the Jamie's are hosting the family wedding shower for Christianne and Oliver. That very same day, Brad and Drea are having Anna Mae baptized. Both very important days for 2 people everybody adores. Then on October 11th, Christianne and Oliver are getting married YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is also the day that Rick's 40th class reunion has been scheduled, not so important. This reminds me of the days when the boys were all in soccer and all of us moms would get together with calendars and plan birthdays, etc. The high school graduations were a panic. I always took the weekend before the graduations and then we would schedule the rest on the following weekends. Lots of fun. I sure miss those days. Well, it is Friday tomorow, so I will be a happy camper, like it matters.

Valuable Info

I have been sitting out in the backyard with Payton at night because it is so nice out. Of course, I read everything I get my hands on, which includes a Coors Light. Here is the valuable info. For those of us who need to lose weight, Coors Light has .7 grams of carbs and zero fat per 12 oz. serving. I know you are thinking that is GREAT news. Thank you, I do what I can.

Day Off

Today I am not going to have any kids, this happens once in a while, so I have a chance to get things done that I can't do on a regular Monday. I will probably do nothing. I do know that I am going to go to Joanns and pick up some stuff to finish a quilt and then to the grocery store to get dinner. This reminds me of when my boys were all toddlers at the same time. If I was given the chance to go to the store by myself, I would wander up and down every aisle real slow. I got to see Aiden Saturday, what a cutie pie. Alex was coaching at UCI and Jamie had her bootcamp meeting, so Rick and I went and watched Aiden at the field while Alex coached. It was so much fun. I can not for the life of me, figure out why Jamie needs a fitness bookcamp. That girl is almost a shadow now!!! Yesterday, we started on my mom's apartment. What a mess!! For 3 solid hours we bagged and tossed. It was kinda discouraging, we would come back from the dumpster and it looked like the crap was breeding while we were gone. We came across some important documents, which was a lucky find. I found my dads death certificate, which made me cry, God I miss him. When I came across my grandma's I discovered that she had died on Alex's birthday. I was told a totally different day by my mom when it happended. I guess the number 13 was my grandmas number, her birthday and the day she passed were both on the 13th. A few more weekends and the job of clearing out will be finished. YEA!!!!! Today Brian and Leslie are going to stop by with their baby girl Brooklyn, I can't wait to see her. Erik is also coming home today from a guys weekend. Well, as soon as Rick gets out of here I can get started on doing stuff in the house. Until then, I am just going to "surf" the internet and look up stupid stuff just because I can!!!!

YEA FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, today is one of the better Fridays that I have had. No Alyssa and Garin's older sister, Destiny, picked him up early to surprise him with lunch and a movie. Even though I only have 2 left, they are the same as having 6. Both want to be in charge and neither of them share worth a lick. Oh well, this is what I choose to do, so quit complaining, right? We were supposed to start clearing out my moms apartment tommorrow, but Robin has to work, so Sunday it is. We have until August, but I don't want to spend all my spare time doing this shit. It is even harder than moving her because we can't just move the piles from one place to another, we actually have to go thru it all and then dump it. It is going to be a long stinky process. Aiden is at Wild Rivers with Alex and according to Jamies blog, he is having a blast on the water slide. I am so glad that we are having a water slide for the family shower for Christianne and Oliver in August. Aiden already expects a bounce house when he comes over. He looks in the backyard and asks "where bouncer?" It is not a bad thing, when we are having some sort of party and I always get a bounce house. I am so looking forward to this weekend, Tony's tonight and then it is closer to Taco Tuesday. Sad, my thrills based around restaurants. My mom is doing fine in the nursing home, she is in better health than she has been in years. I go 3 to 4 times a week to see her. They have activities all day long, 7 days a week, so she is not lacking for things to do. It is up to her to participate. My neighbor, Barbara, had cancer surgery today. The genius's at Kaiser told her over 6 weeks ago that the chemo wasn't working so they would have to do surgery to remove the cancer. They scheduled her for today, WHAT!!!!! This is a dangerous disease folks, it won't wait for your day in the OR. Well, in the 6 weeks since they told her that and with no treatment at all, the cancer spread. They removed more of her than they would have had to if they would have acted right away. The doctor told the family that he "hopes" he got it all and they are going to resume chemo. IDIOTS!!! So, if you read this, please pray for Barbara to recover. Well, I better go and at least make a swipe at the dust.

Highs and Lows

Well, the biggest high for today, Monday, is that we FINALLY have hot water, no more ice showers!! Rick got the new hot water heater in yesterday afternoon. It took a few days, but the wait is over. The low is that my mom is in a nursing home. I really am glad that it happened, she so needed that kind of care. The low is that she wants to go home and it isn't going to happen. Today, Robin is going to go and talk to the doctor there and get her moved to the other side of the coded door. It all happened so fast, her leaving the hospital to the home, that we haven't even had time to get any info. We were told that she would be in the hospital for a few more days, then suddenly it was she is being moved to the nursing home now and it happened late Saturday night. Of course no doctors were available on Sunday to give us any answers, so today is the day. I am waiting for the Medi Cal lady to call me, I have been told that she will call and not to call her again. Oh well, can't fight city hall. I have all the forms, but I am glad that she will take care of it, then it will be done right the first time and things can get started. Ultimately, we are hoping to get my mom into a assisted living place, although she seems content where she is. Yesterday I told her that there were a bunch of cats hanging out on the patios, so she is looking forward to going out with kitty treats. Well, the natives should all be here soon. The great thing about the kids during the week is that they wear Payton out and she sleeps thru the night, otherwise at 2 am she is bugging me for company. I have new quilt block patterns that I have been working on thanks to Vicky. I love them and have used up a lot of my extra material making a quilt for my mom to have at the home. Just a little bit of something that no one else has there. OK, enough of my dull life.

Big Surprise

Well, it is Friday morning. When I went to bed last night, Rick was working on a stand for the new water heater because the old one was saturated and no good. I usually take a shower in the afternoon to get rid of the days yuckies, but couldn't because of no water heater. So, I woke up this morning thinking I can jump in the shower. I went out to the garage to get a towel out of the dryer and there it is, the new water heater............ still in the box. YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily Rick capped off the water source to the water heater so we at least have running water in the house. I am going to have to go to someone's house after the kids leave and bum a shower so that I don't have to go to Tony's stinkdefied!!! Of course it has to be humid today. ALSO, Uncle Larry got to go home last night and he appears to be OK.

Thursday is Hospital Day

I just got back from the hospital where my mom is at. I went to go visit her because I had the opportunity to go during the day instead of at night. With just Robin and myself going, it makes it nice today that her visits are split up, at least today. I won't be going tomorrow, so Saturday I will go up in the morning. She is not happy about being there and it is hard because she always asks me to take her home. When I got there I asked if Larry was still there and he sure was. right next door to my mom. He is waiting for another test then hopefully he gets to leave. So, I got to visit with him, he was more fun to talk to. Well, that is all. I had time on my hands, so rather than doing something I need to, here I sit.

Almost Friday!!!!

I am so glad that tomorow is Friday. This week has been a real mixed bag of stuff going on. What stuff you ask?? Well, the week started out with taking my mom to the ER on Monday. Robin had brought her to his house Sunday because she has been falling down alot. We took her to Pomona Valley Hospital to get checked out after he got off work on Monday. Well, her hemoglobin was 6.1 when it is supposed to be at 12. They tried SEVERAL times to get an IV started with no luck until Eddie came on duty, he had no problem. She is still in the hospital going thru tests and she is being "uncooperative", what a huge surprise. When I was walking in to the hospital to go visit her, I saw a guy sitting out front that looked exactly like Doug Kidney. I didn't hollar at him because I have done that a number of times thinking that I see someone I know to find out that I am just flat out wrong. When I was waiting for the elevator Renee, Doug's wife, came out of the restroom. WHAT!!!! I was then told that Uncle Larry was in the ER. Apparently during the night he got out of bed and was feeling a little goofy. He had an appointment to go see his doctor yesterday morning to check on his 21 stitches in his leg. The stitches came from dropping a 375# barbell on his leg, he was actullay proud of the weight!! Well, when they got him to the doctor his heart rate was 40, way low even for him, so off to the ER he is sent. After I went to see my mom, I went down to the ER and they let me in because I am listed as Larry's sister. Cindy told me that the scan of his brain showed that he might have had a small stroke, but he appeared to be fine. They are doing another test this morning to find out what the stomach pain is all about. I pray that he gets better. On my way home I got a text from Jamie to go check out http://www.blog.drewphotography.com/ I assumed that it was pictures of Cameron, her niece because I knew that Jill had taken her to get her newborn pictures done. Well, Drew had taken pictures of Aiden, so cute. He is such a little man now. So today I am going to get info on placing my mom in an after care facility since there is no way she will be able to take care of herself for a while. I got new quilt patterns from Vicky, and I have been obcessing over which one to do first. Thanks VIC !! So, when I get all my other mom stuff done, I am going to sort out material that I have and see if there is enough of one material to make one of the patterns. Well, wish me luck that I can get the important stuff done and then I can "play" with my patterns!!! Oh yeah, remember the wedding that we went to last weekend?? Well, the psycho bitch homeowner was caught taking the unopened bottles of champagne and stashing them in her garage. How stupid are you lady?? Well, here's to the end of the week!!!!!

No Real Title

Can't think of anything that I think is clever, so this has no title. I hope everybody had a safe 4th and had a lot of fun. We went to Gary and Colleen's house and BBQ'D and watched fireworks from her front yard. They live at the end of a very long cul-de-sac and have the perfect spot for watching everyone elses stuff go off. They also had a zillion dollars worth of legal fireworks that the neighbor kid set off for our entertainment. There was more illegal air stuff this year and they were really cool. Besides us, Dave and Joyce and Dave and Rose were also there. I made a dessert for the first time and it was deemed a keeper, so into the book I keep threatening to print it goes. Yesterday was Krista's, Linda's daughter, wedding in a backyard in Norco. Because of the heat. no one was really looking forward to it at all, but the weather gods were with us and it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was very nice and Krista and Todd look very happy. It was a lot of work for Linda, so thank you. On the other hand, the owner of the house will be talked about for quite a while. To say she was odd is being nice. We were all sitting at our tables talking and trying to hydrate ourselves, when she came around and passed out her business cards. What!!! She then really made an impression on us when she came around later in the evening and asked me to help her clean up the tables. I ignored her and then she came back and loudly said that she would appreciate it if we would all help her. As she was picking up glasses and emptying them right there at the table, she threw water on Jamie's foot. OK weirdo we are outta here!!! We then took about 20 minutes to say our good-byes to everybody, it is always great to see the family, then headed home. The texting then started between me and Kim and Erik, Jamie and Kim. What a riot. Erik and Kim were picking teams for a water fight, too funny. I almost wished the trip home was longer because it was really entertaining and fun. Kim HAD to rub it in that they were almost home in paradise where the temps reach 78* instead of starting out that hot. On the 4th we were texting back and forth, me wiping my brow and she was taunting me that she had to go find a sweater. This weekend all in all was a lot of fun. Alex, Jamie and Aiden were also at the wedding and Aiden had a great time with his cousin Spencer. Aiden is gettting to be such a little man. Alex and Erik were so handsome and Jamie and Jamie were just gorgeous, I am so proud of them all. I hope we do something today with family, I am in the mood for Roscoes!!!!