Sorry about yesterday's post ya'll. Just having a moment. Nothing like working with 3 other women....Well as Ronnie and I prepare for Gustuva, yee ha, it would appear that we will have no less then 10 hurricane evacuees it he stays his course. Oh well the more the merrrier huh? My part for the bike will not be in by tomorrow so no riding this weekend, kinda bummed about that. oh well i need to be cleaning the house anyway. Also, had to make I am sure my first of many trips to the Principal's office at Steven's school which resulted in a spanking in the parking lot and pinky promise to be good. It would have been funny if I had not been so mad. When that child rounded the corner and saw me standing there in the middle of the day, it was priceless. the tears started to flow. My mother of course laughed and said Welcome to my life. He gets it honestly, needless to say my parents were on a first name basis with my principal. ......

What i want

What I want.... I want people to be smart enough and caring enough to do what they are suppose to do, even if it hurts my feelings. I want to raise my hands to Heaven and be doing it because I feel led to , not because I dont want to feel left out of the "pack", I want my child to know that everything I do is because of him and to do right by him always, even if it makes life harder on me. I want people who are miserable to stop trying to drag me down with them, I wont have it.

Well the backyard looks like Lake Baton Rouge, with about 75 mushrooms lining the fence. i wanted the scoot around the block some practicing the turns but that did not happen, thanks to Fay. Maybe one night this week it will happen. Had a zoo filled weekend, this was our weekend with Drake and we grilled with my in-laws( aka the outlaws) Saturday, then his other son called and asked could we baby-sit the grand kids(yes at 41 I am Meme Kathy, so we had Drake(7),Seth(5), Steven(4), and Hunter(2), I was definitely out numbered in the boy to girl ratio. Even the dog is a boy. Got them all in bed(not necessarily sleeping) about 10:30, the ONLY one that didn't act like an ape was Hunter and he was so quiet we thought we lost him only to search the house like a bunch of crazy people ,to find him in Steven's closet playing with cars. Then Sunday after Seth and Hunter left we took Drake and Steven to Chucky Cheese. Zoo #2. Plus the house cleaning and the clothes washing, but we(Ronnie and I ) looked at each other last night panting from the weekend and at the same time said that we would not have it any other way. Life is good.

Graduation

I did it. I passed the written test and the riding test. I am almost legal. now to trek down to DMV and take their written test and then I have have my endorsement by the state. Highways and biways here i come. I am so excited.

The reason for my blog

After being invited to someone else's blog and truly enjoying the read, I decided that I would try as well, I am going to strive to make this a positive endeavor and even if no one reads it, it is still ok and while I do have a my space page , it is lacking on a whole, perhaps the people that are there, while here seems so much better. So, to higher standards we strive. However, one side note. What is up with church's today? I can remember as a child and teenager going to Southern Baptist church and complaining about playing volley ball in bluejeans and or the skirt/dress, but will you give me a break, these little girls that come in like they have just rolled in from the beach i want to smack, and while i understand that the "churches" are opening their doors with "open door "policies, "God doesn't care how you come ,just come" , have some respect people. you had the money to buy the short shorts and the mini skirts, you have the funds to buy at the very least skirt to cover your knees and or a pair of pants- and it also falls back on the parents as well ,because they allow it. I have stumbled on this block due to the fact that Ronnie and I are currently looking for a church home and I am shocked, and yes while these young people are in church and so forth and so on , it is disturbing... and i am done now.

Bike School

I did it, well let me back up. Last Wednesday night I told my Husband to put the Vulcan in the street while I went in and got my helmet. So I come back and sure enough there it is , and I said quietly God, don' t let me get myself killed and there it was, peace and confidence. I got on put the bike in gear and took off. Started off down the street and turned the corner, made the block, looked in the mirror and there was Ronnie and Steven. With the biggest grin on his face he said i knew you could do it and I said I had help. With of course a scared look on his face he said, I can't believe you just took off like that. So then the next night was the first night of the Rider's Edge Education course through Harley Davidson (which I recommend to ANYONE who can balance a bicycle), so Saturday and Sunday was the actual on the bike part , which I am happy to say that I passed. Only a 3 point deduction for a botched right U turn. Tonight is the last part which is the written test. What a confidence builder. Other then giving birth to my son and having my soul mate walk into my life this ranks right up there.

only in Louisiana could you have a Superman themed wedding, but you can, and we hosted a wedding at our house friday night . Superman rings and all . pic to follow. the couple is happy and i guess that is all that matters, i can only imagine what the poor justice of the peace was thinking

Monday August 4

Today is the first anniversary of my step-daughters death. Even though we know she no longer suffers with the tribulations of this world, my husband's heart aches and all I can do is hold his hand. Not knowing what he is feeling as I have not lost my child, I am at a perfect loss as to what to say other then that i love him and that I am here for him. It does however make me sweeter towards my own son as in this morning instead of yelling because he was still watching cartoons instead of putting his shoes on, I stopped , picked up his shoes and put them on him while he still watched cartoons. Thanking God the whole time that he was here for me to do that for. Here, healthy and full of life.