Monday madness!

Well it took me long enough but I finally got signed back in! Im so behind on Katies Challenges its isnt funny! Mostly cause it took me forever to get signed in but I figgered it out! Had a great bff (no doesnt stand for best freinds forever, some thing way more sinister!LOL) weeknd at Tammys house!Went to the expo wastn worth a darn! Drive home was lovely nothing but blue skies! listened to a green day cd about 3 times! I forgot to bring the others with me.I cant blog long today as Ive got a million things to do like wash an ass load of dishes!! Mostly from dinner last night! Then work out at the Plex at 1030 come home shower and run to the store before a 2pm appt with the Diabetes educator! Yikes! Then may go to a garden club meeting tonight! I havent been all summer! Somewhere in there also unpack my scrap stuff!

Tuesday blisteringly hot!

Well its been in the 90s for the past 4 or 5 days and doesnt look like itll break anytime too soon. Were under a meterorologic "ring of fire". Its where theres a huge blocking high pressure system that wont allow anything in like cooler temps and for us rain, in it! Im really tired of watering everything right now! I have a garden stone that says "I think the weeds are winning" and its so true. I get these weedy looking things with the prettiest creamy flowers on them. not a cutting type of flower but just along the stems. So hey maybe someone will actually think theyre supposed to be there!LOL The diabetes thing is such a challenge in my life right now! High highs and low lows! Excercise makes it worse! Im just freakin ravenous the rest of the day. Did i mention that I hate insulin?? I hate having ot test 4+ time sa day, taking insulin at least 4 times a day! Just think of all those shots!Ok rant over! Im gonna skip outta here shower and go to ON to return some online stuff I bought!

Sunday new blog Challenge

Thanks for something not so heavy! Well last weeks didnt have to be heavy but itd been on my mind for years now! So what inspires me? Lots of things1 Mostly bright colors and Flowers! I know everyoe out there thought itd be Olivia and yes seeing her photos does send me running for the scraproom! But I like the ordinary quiet everyday things, like my bright green basil, deep purple petunias, and a cool green planter I got at HL a week or so ago. Other gals SB pages will also inspire me. Again I love the bright colors and different ways they arrange pics, bellies and such. Other things like the Bible. It inspires me to be a better person (Iknow hard to believe right? lol) and appreciate what Ive got right now, today. To be more Christ-like when I dont want to be! In Feb when I joined over at SBP they had to coolest All moth long event with daily challenges. One was to do a Lo on who inspires me. At that moent it was Ike. he is patient kind, slow to anger, always gives people, even me, the benefit of the doubt. I love him more each passing yr. This Nov will be our 30th wedding anniversary. Not sure what well do but I want to do something big! For an IR couple ANY year is a big one!! Well now that Ive thouht about Olivia I want to sgo and start her b-day album so Im outta here!

Saturday

this is such a lazy day fo both Ike and I. He worked for a bit this am, and i went na dwked out and came home, made lunch then to Wal Mart. Got into some trouble on the way home wih my bs which set off feeding frenzy when i got home. Oh I hatethis! then slept for 1 1/2 hrs. Finlay got Joe in just now.

Overwhelmed

I finally had y big appt with the Diabetes resource center yesterday.Overwhelmed is a real understatement for all that happened. First my sugar was really high, whick I knew it would be. And finally finally someone agrees that Ive probably got Type I and not Type II. but that really cant be confirmed untilmy sugar comes dodwna bit. So until then Im trying to absorb all that has happened.For some reason all i could do was cry all day. Im sure that some of it is the fact that the NP said to expwct alot of weight gain. Ive just felt so crummy all day and I know that i can do this but just not all at once! Today will be stressful and daunting as well. The big move is still going to happen and Ike and I have to go yet once again and pack up all of his dads things and get hin ready for tomorrow! (Thursday) Had a bad bout with restless leg tonight abd now its 4 am and I cant sleep. Thats why Im here! Imtaking Terry to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, would like to work out but not sure thats going to happen. I really want to but its going to be an already full day so thats very iffy. I probably shouldnt with all thats going on. Oh and Ive got to go rent a wheelchair too! So if you happen to read this keep me in your thoughts and prayers!

Katies Challenge # 5

Hi Dad! Hows everything in heaven? We are all fine down here but even though its been 11 years since your passing I miss you more each day! Some things that have happened since youve been gone! Wow I guess well start with babies! Kristen had her baby, a boy named Tommy Jr. Chuck and Susie have 3 kds now! Samantha, Mara, and lil Pete. All three have our big brown eyes. Amanda wetn on to compete in the dance division and they won 2nd place in the nationals in Myrtle Beach! Went on the following year to win 1st in their division! She graduated from High School but only because we finally after all those yrs of guessing found out htat she had ADD. She was on meds for about a yr and a half but has been off them ever since. She decided to go to ICC and after 4 yrs she made it! She is a Graphic Designer now and works at the Casino of all places!LOL In her freshman year she met a guy that she actually went to school with at Mueller School waaaay back when. They were both working at Target. Youd like him alot too! Hes sweet and loves his Amanda which is all that matters. They moved in together in 1999 and married two years later in a ceremony that was so beautiful at the big Lutheran Church on Allen road. We invited Mary but she declined and sent a gift. They bought their first house in 2003, a nice 2 story on east Maywood. 3 bedrooms and a nice yard complete with a wooden swing set and fort tyoe of thing with a slide! last year they brought OliviaPearl into the world. Yes Pearl is for your mom and you too! I cant tell you how much shes like Amanda! And yes Grandkids are the best!! We ahve dinner together every Sunday. She is Ikes litlte doll! And she loves her Paw Paw!She talks all the time, and loves to run. Remember how Amanda didnt wak much but ran everywhere? Well shes like that too. Well on to Emily. My goodness where to start. She too graduated from high school but with high honors! She was in the NHS, and recieved several scholarships for of all places Bradley! She was 21st in her class of just over 300. She was smart and hung out with all the smart kids so Im sure some of it rubbed off on her! She didnt play volleyball like we thought she would but swam all 4 years for Central! That was hard work but she did well, going all the way to Regionals her senior year. She lived on campus all four years at Bradley, and stayed with the same roommate all 4 yrs. Their jr and senior year were spent living in an apt with two other girls off campus but still connected with Bradley. I think they were just starting to build them the last time you were here. When she graduated she worked at methodist for about 3 years. Shes had some rocky times over the past 3 years. I hate to even mention this but its part of whats been going on in our lives since we last saw you. She was drugged and raped two years ago. This is probably the darkest time for us as a family. She had 3 suicide attempts over the next 4 months and finally was put on the Psych floor for a few days to get her head straight. She couldnt work for 6 mos and left her dream job of L&D to work on the skilled floor. She was in counselling for over a year but has come through shining, somewhat like her old self but different too. She had a somewhat boyfriend for a bit over a year, but she had the courage to finally break up with him. She and her roommate from Bradley, Allegra, are living seperatley now and its a hard time for both of them. Allagra is moving back to her home town of Chicago. She works for Bradley too. I will miss her like one of my own!Emily now has a better job working in the wound Clinic at Proctor hospital. She loves her job though its pretty demanding of her time. I am so proud of how both of the girls have turned out! But I wish youd have been here to share in all the happy and sad times too. I love and miss you dad! Ill see you later than sooner I hope! But I know that youve really been there for everything watching over us sending us strenght when we needed it! You are the best! All my love-Laura

Monday Monday

Ya know even though I dont work outside the home I still fele a Monday!This will be a busy week! the big move to STL may not happen as fil is sick and on an antibiotic. I dont feel good about this either. All I can do is pray for the best outcome for him wicheverway it goes. I went to see Emily yesterday she needed money. Its hard to catch up when youmove. Shes still working through the breakup. Ive gotten almost all of my alphabet cut out, but man is it a hard one! And all the pages of journaling done for my june journal. Working out again today not sure what else is on my list.Well got to go catchup on the BB!