My week

This week has been crazy Sunday go to sleep at 12:30a.m. wake up at 9 a.m. go to work until 6p.m. with my dad.
Monday work at 5a.m. get off after 1p.m. go to work with my dad until 6 p.m. and come home start shampooing carpets. Got a phone call from Grandma Barker about Ava at 8p.m. Go to bet about 10:30
Tuesday work at 6a.m.
Wednesday work at 6a.m.-noon (today is my day off can you tell) Go shopping and 15 min nap
Thursday wake up at 6:30 get ready for work 7:30 take the girls to Gel's. 8:00 get to work. Work until 3:15. Go grocery shopping until 3:45 Ranout of gas. Stop at the gas station. Realize the truck has two pumps. drive to a cheaper gas station get gas and a soda. 4:10 make it home. 4:30 remeber Arien has dance can't find her outfit. 4:45 load every one in the car. Run in to dance studio buy anew dance outfit. Take her to dance. 5:00 run to wal-mart grab neccesities. 5:45 go watch Arien dance. 6:15 get home. Throw Arien in grandmas bed. Make something to eat. 6:50 throw kymberly in bed. 7:30 Arien pukes and is crying. 8:30 Arien falls asleep. AHHHHH. Is the day over yet
Friday I have no work, but going to a funeral what a day off. I just need a break

My HairBow projects

Ya. I have been a skacjer mom. I have been so busy that the place is a mess. So I decided to make a project for the girls. I saw this cute hair bow holder. So I decided to do that, and made some hair bows. Took about 10 mins.

$2 for hair clips

$3 for flowers

$1 for ribbon

$4 for paint

$0 for picture frame.

total $10 and still have paint left for another project.

Turned out cute!

Ava Paige

Ava Paige was born May 10th 2009 (Mother's day. What a perfect mother's day present) Pronounced dead at 4:00pm August 3rd 2009. The Lord has taken her home. Not even three months on this earth. No cause of death yet. Please hope that it is just SIDS and not anything more devastating to her mom and family.It's just awful. I can't imagine losing any of my children after they were born. Especially on suspicous circumstances. Please Lord take good care of Ava and give comfort to Elizabeth in this hard time in her life. Help her be strong.

Daddy dearest.

I love my dad. Even though we don't always see eye to eye. Maybe because we are so much alike. Scary thought especially if you know my dad (Homer Simpson minus the Alcohol) But he has been so great to me and I know that he loves me. I also know I am a pain living at home. lol I told him I was looking at apartments and then I didn't get the one I applied for. He said that he was so upset that I was planning on leaving. He didn't want me or the girls to leave. He would be so sad even though it was only about 5 mins away. lol I never thought I would hear that out of my dad.

So I am in the proccess of going back to school tobecome a high school teacher. Still not for sure the subject. But I want to teach high school. I found there is a loan/scholarship program that if you agree to work in a low income school after you graduate they will pay for your school. I was telling my dad about it. He said "there is lots of schools around ogden area I am sure that will qualify, but I bet somewhere like Eureka would too. (Eureka=way small hick town) You can move there and meet some hot cowboy." I moved from a small town that I hated!! Haven't hardly been back since. Not a big fan of cowboys. And thats the future my dad picks out for me gee thanks dad

Single Moms

I have total respect for single moms out there it is not easy by all means.
I am very lucky to have such a great family to help me!!! I don't know where I would be with out them.
I am not a fan of divorce so many people get divorce today, and not even really try to work out their problems. But trust me, I am not one of those. I stayed to long, but have come to realize why I stayed. I did try everything in my power to work it out, but I can't have a marriage with myself. But I stayed and stayed, because I have two kids with him.
After moving back to Tooele. I started working (even though I always wanted to be a stay at home mom like my mom) that just wasn't in the plan for me. I met the most incredible people to help me see that it is going to be hard to be a single mom, but it is so worth being happy for me and my kids. And that it is possible to succeed as a single mom. I appreciate them (Shelly and Vicki) They have taught me so much and helped me out!! I am know that I got that job for a reason. I since moved back home with my parents, so Ican go back to school. So I can make it out on my own soon. I am by no means back on my feet. That's going to take a while, but I am on the road to recovery. I am very stubborn I don't like to ask for help, but I have learned that it's important too. There are so many people out there that want you to succeed and that it is ok to ask for help as long as you are working to better yourself. (I am not ok with those on state welfare looking to stay on it forever)
I have discovered so many resources out there that are great help. I am even learning to coupon for diapers because they are so expensive. I don't know how anyone can afford them.
But I am so grateful for those that have helped me out so far and those who are continuing all the time to help me. I hope someday i will be in a position to help others out like I have been helped.

Visiting Dad

So on Friday Greg was SUPPOSED to come get the girls. No show. We sat around all morning waiting. So I call him when he was supposed to be there no answer an hour later he calls and says o he isn't coming. (Thanks jerk!!) His mom calls later about coming getting the girls Saturday at noon. ok. Tell my sister who is babysitting for me that I will call an hour before she get there so The kids could be at the house. Well at noon she calls and says o she might not come. It's too hard to get up that early. NOON is too early. Well she does live in Tooele so she would have to leave Tooele at about 10:45 to be there at noon. Man that is just too early! So she did finally show up at 3:30. Man. The life of a retired person is just too hard.

I am so glad I only have to deal with the insanity on occasion instead of all the time like I used to. Still too much!!!

Kid humor

Arien runs in the house screaming "Mom, I think. I think. I think. I think." Since she tends to sorda studder I thought there was going to be more to this. So I say "O ya you think about what?"
She says "Augggh (clearly annoyed because she knows I don't understand and yes she act like a teenager already) I think."
Well stupid mom. She thinks don't you know that. lol