Anyone else need a smoke?

Lord knows I do right now. As you all know, my husbands wonderful ex-wife has moved in with my inlaws. Well, let me just say that things at first were going great. I was completely surprised...

Until now.

Over the past couple of months I have never in my life been so stressed out about anything. I now have to get rid of the damn lice that she has apparently moved in a long with her. I just had one of he most embarrassing moments that anyone can have. Johnathan went to stay the night at the SDs' father's house and when they got back today, those dreadful words that you never want to hear come from the wicked witch of the west's mouth, "We have a serious problem." You guys know me. I'm thinking the worst, that something is really wrong with Johnathan...

He had LICE! The little light bulb went off in my head. You see, I have been finding adult bugs in Tiffany's hair but never any eggs. Well, here lies the problem. Kaitlyn had them not too long ago and it took a while to get rid of them. Of course instead of telling her sister-in-law to get off her lazy ass and take care of her kids like she is supposed to, Krystal lets Kaitlyn go over there knowing that that is where she gets them. In turn bringing them here to infest Johnathan with them since he stays the night over at the inlaw's all the time. Which of course is how Tiffany kept getting adults with no eggs! So after now here I am having to again go through Tiffany's hair (which I did) and clean everything in their room.

So, all I can do now is blow off steam.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

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Just an update

I haven't been on here in a while, so I thought I'd give everyone an update.

Steve's ex never moved to Mississppi. In fact her husband came back here and now they and the 4 kids are all living with Cherryl and Ivan. Yes, all of us are living in very close quarters. I don't get annoyed with Krystal. I just get annoyed by her husband and Steve's mom. Her husband is such an egotistical asshole. He never knows what respect means and talks to her like shes lower than dirt.

The SD finally showed his true colors with his dad. Now his dad knows that I am not lieing when I say that the SD likes to run his mouth.

Other than that there really isn't anything else to talk about.

It really happened!!!

I NOW HAVE SOLE CUSTODY OF JOHNATHAN!!!! Sorry for yelling, but it is so hard to contain my joy!!! It was the fastes custody hearing I have ever head of. We got there about 8:40, Judge Hight came in a 9 sharp, began calling docket, called my name 6th, asked Mr.wright if it was a default case, called me up to the stand, I answered some questions afer being sworn in, and I was standing outside of the courtroom shaking my lawyers hand at 9:15! The end result being I have sole custody, the SD gets supervised visits at his parents house, and he pays me child support. All in all it was a very good day. Kind of took the anger away for a while.

What am I so angry about you ask?

Steve's ex has decided that she wants to trust her no good husband to go back to Mississippi and sart working at a job he was offered. She plans on moving at Thanksgiving if he has everything they need. So, now that all of the kids have gotten so used to having everyone around, they are moving 8 hours away again so that they can be upset and hurt because they don't have each other as much. Sorry, I know. Run on sentence. It just pisses me off that she really thinks it will be better this time because he is making more money. She can't trust him with $20 just to go to the store and buy cigarettes because he will spend the whole $20 and have nothing to show for it!!!

Hopefully he gets stuck and a hurricane wipes out the one room that he will be staying in. Leaving the rest of the town unscathed.

This week sure has been full of events

Well, on Thursday my dad alls me and starts to tell me a little story about he went to a jewelry store on Monday. He picked out a ring, a diamond, and the setting. Then tells me he proposed to his girlfriend on Tuesday! He is really happy about it. I am, too, don't get me wrong. I just haven't even met the woman!!! I know that her name is Theresa and she has 2 daughters ages 4 and 11 (I think). Either way, I'm just glad that he has finally found someone who makes him so happy.

Friday I went to humble with Kaitlyn and Steve's ex-wife Krystal. We had a special "Kaitlyn and Mommy's Day". It was all a surprise to Kaitlyn. We made her close her eyes in the mall so that she couldn't see that she was going to Libby Lu's to get a makeover. She wanted to be madeover to look like Hannah Montana, of course. She got to pick a stuffed animal from the pooch parlor and chose a cute little grey kitty. For the makeover, she got a long blonde wig with a little bit of makeup. She got to play dress up with some of the clothes they had. We left there and went to watch Bratz the movie. It was actually really cute, no kissing or anything. After that we ate. Krystal and I decided to share because we both wanted to eat at 2 different places. All in all it was a pretty good day.

Yesterday the MIL decided to have a small little BBQ. I had my nephew, Billy, over to spend the night. Krystal came over with her other 2 kiddos. It was nice. The dinner conversation was hilarious. I never thought that I could make Mike so red!!! Jenna was busting at the seams she was laughing so hard!

It was nice to actually have things to do. Now I just need to pray that it doesn't rain so much next week (I know better than to pray for it this week) so that I can go excercising with the others.

Tiffany

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Glitter

Today was a play day for me and Kaitlyn Hope. The boys (Papa, Daddy, Zachary, and Johnathan) are all gone to Humble to find stuff for Zach's football season. First, Kaitlyn and I went swimming for a little while. Nice to be in there without a bunch of kids screaming that they aren't getting their way. Then we got out to swing on the swingset. I know that some of you really don't want to hear this... But that swing hurt!!! My hips are way too wide to be on there!! LMAO We got a little cold because there was a breeze so we got dressed and gathered some snacks. We went to my house to play with her Bratz Pixie doll with matching Pixie horse. She got bored with that one really quick and it took me freakin' 30 minutes just to get the damn things out of the package!!! So, we played with the makeup. She fixed mine first making sure that she used every single thing of lip gloss on my lips. Then came the glitter. I'm guessing that the people who made this makeup did not really intend on it being for 6 year olds because when you open the glitter powder, they did not make it compressed powder... So, when the little unsuspecting girl goes to open it, it goes EVERYWHERE!!! And mean everywhere! She finished mine and then I put makeup on her. It was really fun. We took pictures, which are on Myspace. And later we plan on playing with her other Bratz doll, which is of course messy! I will let you guys know how that one goes!

The Aftermath

I had such a great birthday!! I was surrounded by my family and my close friends. My in laws were unable to make it since my MIL has been really sick. She went into the hospital for a week on the 19Th for having a heart rate of 120 before they gave her 2 breathing treatments. But, anyways... Back to my birthday. My best friend Tricia came out with her boyfriend, Kevin; Jimmie was there with her group of friends (the ones I like); My sister Alicia was there and took the kids for the night; Mike and his obsession, Jenna; another couple of good friends of mine; and the rest of my family. My mom put it together for me at her house. We had a really good Cajun brisket and a spiral ham.













The cake was the best though! My mom, maw-maw, and sisters searched through 3 huge blue plastic totes for 5 hours for all of my childhood pictures. They then chose one of me at the age of 2 on my first tricycle at Christmas to put on my cake. It was soooo adorable!!! I got some pretty cool stuff also. My mom and Brian bought me RR's 365: And no repeats, a watch, a cute shorts outfit, and a gift certificate to get my nails, toes, and eyebrows done. She actually pulled off tricking me, too. She had shown me these cute orange shorts and some cute tops that she had gotten on sale at the dreaded wally world. Come to find out, she had shown me my birthday present!!! I was laughing my ass off when I opened my gift only to see what I thought were my mom's shorts!!! My friend Tricia and her Boyfriend bought me a dozen pink roses, too.

My grandparents got me this really AWESOME dragon thing... I don't know exactly what it is, but it is sooo nice! All in all I had such a wonderful day. Except when I went to leave... The fuel pump went out on my car!! Which was sort of expected since the type of car I have go through the damn things every 105,000 miles. Mine has twice that much!!! But, the good thing was we got it fixed the next day and my mom let us use the car that night. Steve and I went out to Stetson's Nightlife. Yes, on a Sunday. But it was nice to go to a place like that and not have the rowdy crowd that they normally have. We danced, played pool, and I got addicted to the damn quarter machine. Steve got me pretty buzzed with one shot (a Buttery Nipple with Bacardi), 1 Sex on the Beach, and 1 Tequila Sunrise. The drinks were really cheap so, my drinks were only like 5 bucks. So, the curse of horrible birthdays are over! I guess it is finally time for me to let go of my grief and be happy. I have a wonderful husband, amazing children, loving friends, and a family that I wouldn't trade for the world. Tomorrow I am off to help a friend clean her house. It's really nice to spend time with people who love and care about you. Well, off I go. I am exhausted!!!

It's that time of year, again...

So, my birthday is just around the corner. Is it just me, or do they come faster every year? I will be the big 23... I don't really know how to feel. On one hand I am very excited to be with my family and friends but, on the other I just feel blah. Who knows... My birthday is always bittersweet for me. My step-dad died 2 days after my 12th birthday. I miss him so much. He was the closet I had to a dad when I was growing up. We may not have had the best of things, but I guess as a kid you don't really realize it. I remember everything being so fun. Then when I got older I realized that not everything was the way I remembered. We didn't have much money for anything and the couple of times that we had gotten really nice stuff for Christmas we were robbed. I remembered him being such a great man. On the other hand, my sister despised him. She would do anything and everything to get under his skin. And it worked. She was finally taken away from us when she was 14 or so. He had beaten her at the stables where we kept our horses. Some people called the cops and she was taken into CPS custody. I was only spanked once by him and he apologized for it. If he would have been alive when I was a teen, I know things would have been different. I definitely would not have done the stuff I did.

I don't know. All the years in therepy never really helped. Just helped me to figure out that it wasn't my fault...

I'm Back

So, I have been away for quite some time. A lot of things have happened; some good and seems more not so good. But hey, I keep my head up because things could always be much worse.

The Sperm Donor never correctly replied to the papers that were served to him last month. Since he didn't stay on his toes and be sure to cross his "t"s and dot his "i"s, I am getting my way with everything. I am going to be my son's sole conservator and he only gets supervised visitation at his parents house. He also has to pay back child support along with his current and pay for my lawyer. Gee, I guess he should have paid for that lawyer he had spent all that money on last year, huh?

Lately I have kept to myself for the most part. Not really wanting to talk to anyone but the people who are around me everyday. I just don't feel like talking. I honestly don't think I have the energy or could really give a damn about much of what anyone would have to say. Who knows, maybe I am realizing that I am really not as much of a people person as I thought. The more I am around or talk to certain people the more I want to slap the living shit out of the stupid ones with a big fat frozen tuna while screaming "WAKE THE FUCK UP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!" I just cannot believe how stupid people really are. What has this world come to?

Then there is the sadness of how many children are either dieing or being hurt by people they love. They never chose who their parents were, yet the parents take it out on them as if the child ruined their lives. I never want to work again until my children are in school and with people that I can truly trust. How can someone hurt a precious child? I would love to be able to line this people up and pistol whip them. Then, when they woke, shove a freaking knife through their chest to make sure they die slowly and painfully.

I know I am very morbid at times.

But, at least now you know why I refuse to work in the medical field.

John and Cam's Birthday Party

Yesterday Tina and I had John and Cam's parties together. For the most part it was fun, except for one little boy that is. Apparently there just had to be one bad egg to make a couple people feel very annoyed. Why? Only because he is one of the most rotten children on the face of the earth. He has absolutely no respect for any adult authority.

Anyways, the boys had a blast and that is all that really counts. Johnathan got filthy! And, of course, I lock myself out of the Durango so I had to wait for Steve to get back from a call so that I could go home. It's ok though. I would rather spend my time at the station waiting for him than coming home with his parents any day.

All in all is was a wonderful day spent with friends and family. Thanks again to everyone who attended and next time it will be much better!

And how many times does this have to happen before I remember??

OK. So, I was locked out of the MIL's house yet again this morning. I call Steve and say, "Did I leave my purse in the truck?" And, of course, his reaction is, "I don't know Jen and I can't exactly go check if it is or not." GREAT! I call T to see if I left it at her house since we had just been there last night for her Delicious Deep Dish Pizza. Nope. Not there. Damn, it's in the truck. I go next door and knock and knock and ring the door bell a couple of times. Finally she answers. Now, mind you this is not the first time this has happened. Yes, I know it is so hard to believe that right??? Just a couple of weeks ago I locked myself out because I had my keys hanging on a hook inside my MIL's house...So, I sit here and ask myself how many time this has to happen for me to remember my purse?!?!?!

New Jobs

Well Jen finally got a job like she has been wanting to do for so long now. I guess it is a good thing since she worked 45 hours last week in 5 nights and made 840 dollars!!! Yeah and think I went to school to climb into vehicles that were upside down to work 24-72 hour shifts and make well.... DAMN SURE NOT 18 DOLLARS AN HR. lol... Yeah women definitely have room to bitch about making a 1,000-2,000 less a yr. in a corporate job than a man does. Let's think about this for a second 2,000 less a year means 40 dollars less a week... Yeah I'm sure that Paul, Dalton Lee, or Myself could go to work with Jen tomorrow and make 800 dollars next week. YEAH RIGHT......... I'm not sure about DL and teaching but I don't think there is a job out there doing what P or myself do that we could make 800 a wk. working 45 hours unless we became a chief somewhere..Hell I don't think we make 800 a wk. working a whole hell of a lot more than that.
But back to the main point at hand.. Jen is really happy and enjoys where she works (must be nice)lol...She comes home almost every night says her feet hurt and then smiles and laughs about how good of a time she had that night. Well anyway the only bad thing that we have found so far is the fact that with me working at Texas Childrens and her at this job there are going to be many times when we won't even get to see one another for 5-7 days at a time.."Yes, I know this is some peoples Idea of a dream marriage"... but Jen and I are not like that we truly enjoy being around on another. So I am now looking for a new job that I will be off nights so that we can stop paying my mom 30 dollars a night to watch the kids sleep. I am looking for some EMS job that works 12-16 hr. Shifts during the day or I might even just go to a reg. job while I am working my way through school. I really was getting tired of TCH anyway something about having to deal with nurses as your partners all shift just seemed weird. I remembered why most EMT's run into and out of an ER as quickly as possible.
We'll I guess I will let you go for now.. We are about to go walking with T.
Wish me luck with the job search...

A day at the museum

I didn't think that going to the museum would have ever been that fun. Steve and I decided that we wanted to take the kiddos to the science museum for a full day of fun. Cherryl insisted on keeping Tiffany because she was going to have Krystal's little girl over here, too. Well, I call Mama T to see if she wants to go with us. We go by and everyone gets loaded into the Durango and off we go. A few stops later and a 2nd trip to Wal-mart, we are at the museum! We park and go inside to find a monstrous line for non-members and a 2 minute wait for the smart ones who bought memberships. Since we have never been to the museum TOGETHER, we trot on over the the long one. We look at the prices and figure out that it would just be cheaper if Steve and I get the family membership and T pay for herself. Under the straps that keep us in line we go into the the nicer and shorter line for members. A hundred and some odd dollars later, we are now members of the Houston Science Museum.

First place we hit, the bathroom. All kids had a full sprite on the way and the bladders were full. So was my hair since Zachary managed to somehow fling his whole bottle to the middle of the Durango and the sticky soda ended up in my hair, the front seat and all over the floorboard in the middle. GREAT!

Then to the butterflies! They were amazing!! So beautiful! T took some really great pictures with her new gorgeous camera. Including some of me by the waterfall for Steve.

We continued to get a snack and another bathroom break. Then off to the exhibit halls. That was an adventure! Have you ever thought of how those teachers feel when they take the class to the museum?? Well, now Steve, T and I know exactly how they feel!! LOL The kids were so excited over everything and they couldn't see enough of it.

We then continued on to see the Frog Exhibit. So Cool!! They had frogs that were no bigger than a 1/2 inch! After the frogs and yet, another bathroom break for Kaitlyn, we decided that that was then end and we were starving!

Chili's on I-10 is where we decide to go...BIG mistake. It was HORRIBLE!!!!! I think that story is best told by Steve and T.

And our last stop was to visit P at work. The kids had a great time playing on the engine and we had a nice time chatting with P. We were all exhausted.

The day could not have been any better, well except dinner. It was simply wonderful to be with family all day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today. I plan on cleaning the house and tonight I am cooking dinner for Tina and Paul. Finally I get to return the favor of her cooking so many times for us!! Plus, the in-laws aren't here to smoke them out of the house.

Steve got home this morning to see the card and candy that I had bought for him. It was the first time I actually got to surprise him. I kept my mouth shut about it for 2 whole weeks!! LOL Well, of course I had to tell Tina. I don't think I would have been able to make it if I hadn't told someone. It is kind of hard to believe that we have been married for a year now. Doesn't seem that long ago that I was being walked "down the aisle" by Cammy!! LOL

Again, I hope today is a great day. I love ya'll!!

Finally

Mike has finally stopped his wonderful visit with me for the week. Thank God!! He was here for 4 painful days. I finally took enough Aleve for him to go away. We got our tax return yesterday. What does that mean you might ask??? That means I get to go out and get a JOB next week!! I finally get to help out with the bills and all of that good stuff. So, hopefully we will not be broke the day we get a paycheck anymore. Cherryl is going to watch Tiffany while John is in daycare that has a really good preschool program. I also got some cute new interview clothes AND a cool new Pink Razor, prepaid of course. So now I can chat with all of my bestest friends with out it costing me $.13 a minute!! Things should really be starting to look up!!!

I'm sorry I haven't called anyone...I really have not felt like being social. But, I am back to normal now!! LOL AND, I got the videos up on my myspace finally!!! So, go check them out!

See ya'll laters!

And, she's OFF!!

She's walking!!! My baby girl is walking!!! LOL and for some reason, I can't even load the videos!!!!

WOW

So, today was Tiffany's birthday. It is so hard to believe that my baby is now a year old. The party was a blast. My little sister and I got into an icing fight, my Dad cheated and held me. Tina came over and put a glob of icing right in my nose. So, she took it like a big girl when I put a big smiley face on her face with icing. Tiffany got so many babydolls, I think she is set for life!! She loves her new Tinkerbell blanket that Steve and I got for her. My dad got her a nice big swingset for Steve to put together. She got some clothes and my mom get her the cutest pair of Princess shoes. It was wonderful.

I thank everyone who came. Ya'll were so great. We are so blessed to have family and friends like all of you! I love you!

My turn to feel blah....

So, I felt pretty ok for most of the day. John went to visit the sperm donor and his father today. Tiffany screamed most of the day and took a few naps. Then John came home. And he's been perfectly fine. But, when the SD left John cried. I know that he is his father and that there is nothing I can do about that. I just wish that there was some way that someone else could be his father. Is it so bad to wish that? I mean, I want him to have a father that I don't want to hall off and hit or kill everytime I see him. One that I can actually get along with. One that i would be married to and not have to put my poor little boy through. I just wish that there would have been some way for me to have met Steve before I met the SD. We had some similar friends and we were in a lot of the same places....Just never at the right moment. I hate that I have to put my son through the same crap that I went through when I was a child. It's the whole reason I tried to stay with the SD after he went to prison in the first place. Because I did not want to raise my child having to have 2 different families.

I just feel so down that I want to wrap myself in a ball and cry. And with Steve at work, it's hard for him to really comfort me. I think I am just gonna go to bed for now and wish that all of this would just go away.

Lots of stuff that is just too much!!

So, over the past few days I have been thrown up on for 2 days by Tiffany, aggrivated by Johnathan, and sat on by Jake. It sure has been eventful. But, never again will I go anywhere with just Tiffany and T!!! J/K It just seems like everytime T and I take her somewhere she either poops or throws up on me!! Also, my computer has decided once again to block out the option for me to comment on anyone's pages.

T, I pray that everything goes just the way you want it to tomorrow and that that awful pain of yours goes away soon.

Cas, just remember the "little people"!!!

I hope everyone else is ok. I am off to try and finish B-day stuff for Tiffany.

Oh and by the way

Everyone needs to add Steve as ffemtpearce@hotmail.com for his email addy. He is unable to see anyone's blogs...LOL

So, It's 2007

And here I am feeling just like I did when it was 2006. I am here. The kids and I are still sick, but we are finally starting to feel a little better. Tiffany has to have drops put in her eyes and John needs meds at night for his caugh. Other than that we are here. Steve is at work today, so I am home with the kids and my sleeping MIL.

I did get to go to Momma T's for a while this morning... That is until John went to the bathroom and decided to wipe his butt. He got shit all over his clothes, himself and the toilet... The many wonderful joys of being a mom. The whole reason for me to go over there was to give T the things that she needed to finish the cutest little dress that she is making for Tiffany. She is such a great Godmommy!!! It is going to be so cute! Yesterday she called and asked to pick up a few items from the store for her and since I was on my way to Humble, I didn't think twice about it. I get to her house and walk in the gate where I was promptly met by Lucy. I pet her and try to beat her to the door. Notice how I said TRY...LOL I'm telling her to get back while trying to get in the door. As soon as I get in I am met by Sadie, Jake and Thomas. Jake, of course, gets jealous when I pet another animal while giving attention to him and lets me know it. It is so funny to watch little me get surrounded by all of these animals who all get upset if I am not paying attention to them. I love being the center of attention!!

My step-father is going back to the hospital. He has had the Flu for a week and for the past 3 days has been laying in bed. Anytime he sits up he gets really dizzy and loses his breath. So, here I am twiddling my thumbs until I find out something. I will write when I find something out.

Oh, and I found out that today is someone's day... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cas!!!!!