I didn't die LOL

I've just been super busy lately. Doing what? Well....taking care of life. Isn't that what we all are always doing?

My mom left for NC a while ago. She is there indefinitely. And we've been making some changes around here. We had become quite dependent on my mom to do some things around here. The dishes. The laundry. Picking up the living room.

So I've been on a mission to get the house in order. And let me tell ya....its been a LOT of work. We are STILL working on it. But its become habit now to clean and keep the laundry up. We're almost done with the upstairs and then we tackle the unknown...the scary....the basement. Goal is to have it all done and rooms moved by May.

On top of that....I have a new gig. I am a ChaCha guide. What is that? Well you can text any question you might have to 242242...ChaCha.....and it will get answered. Don't believe me? Try it. I have. Anyways I am the person who looks up the answer and sends it to you. One of the people. The many many people. So I've been working hard to earn some money on that.

Ebay is...well...on hold at the moment. Long story and I don't care to share. But I am working towards getting that resolved ASAP.

And the state. The lovely state. I say with sarcasm. They have decided that job hunting wasn't enough for me. I already had to turn in 40 applications a week. Which I did. But if you live in Michigan you know that jobs are VERY hard to come by. And I am having no luck. So the state decides that I need actual work experience. This can come in the form of a) working for free at a place like Goodwill or b) volunteering at some place. Now thats cool. I will not work at Goodwill and if you ever want to know why feel free to ask. But I don't mind volunteering. So I ask the lady how many hours I need....2...3....maybe 4 a week. Nope 14. FOURTEEN hours a week I have to go volunteer.

Yep I am superwoman LOL. I really don't mind it though. I am going to be working with the Rescue Mission. And I believe God is doing this to lead me down the path I've known for a while I was headed towards. I was letting life get in the way and God stopped that.

But here's the sad part. On top of this....I have to try and get registered in school for a minimum of 8 hours a week.

Soooooo in a nutshell....I need to attend 8 hours a week of classes, 14 hours of community service, 40+ hours with ChaCha, however many hours Ebay takes, clean my house, help run a girl scout troop, raise a daughter and still find time for game night, movie night and our sunday day of doing something active.

I can soooo do this. NOT.

Or the alternative is to get to the point where I can purchase medical insurance and don't need it from the state. Which is my goal for the year. Get self reliant. But right now I can't do without the medical. So I must jump through hoops.

I have a meeting tomorrow to plan what I'll be doing as a volunteer. And when. Then I have to go take a 3 hours reading, writing, math test to prove i'm smart enough to work.

Sometimes I hate Michigan.

But I wouldn't leave.

Irony.

Anyways back to life.....

I didn't get a chance to post that Caleb and Christopher are home. They are both doing awesome!!

And I haven't shared photos in a while. I promise to find time to blog here in the near future. I just wanted to let you know I am alive and kicking. And screaming and crying LOL

Oh and a juicy tidbit to make you curious.....

I am planning....God willing.....and short adventure to meet and see a very very special friend of mine. And so far everything is working out. So keep your fingers crossed for me. I will update as soon as I know it won't jinx it. And I'll of course have photos!

For now, its time to shower and go to bed. Gotta start my busy day early tomorrow.

Toodles for now

It's been a while

since I've blogged. To be honest its been a while since I've really accomplished anything. You see, my grandma was taken to the hospital Monday. It turns out she has congestive heart failure.

She is now in a different place for a couple of weeks. But the prognosis isn't great.

My mom will be leaving here next week to go be with her and to help my aunt.

I am here, just hoping I get a chance to spend more time with her.

I'd blog more about it, but honestly its just too hard to talk about. But if you read this...Keep us all in your prayers. My mom and aunt, my grandma, my cousins-brother and me. And of course the little ones.

Here's a picture of her I took while we were there over Christmas...It's a really good shot of her.

The first father/daughter dance

Every year Madison goes to the Girl Scout Father/Daughter dance. Well this year WMAAA had their own father/daughter dance on Valentine's Day. So Madison was excited to go. It didn't turn out as well as she had hoped :( But I heard the dance was really nice and the music was great. Anyways here she is all ready to go. And a pic of dad/daughter. Brian could smile once in a while LOL

I'm suffering creators block LOL

I've been working on the design for a friends blog. And I get it done and it doesn't look right. So I've been stumped. So what do I do when I get a brain freeze? I join in some challenges from the groups I am in.

Well this challenge I took part in, the rules were to create a page layout that showcased your valentine. Any way you want.

I think I did pretty good. And now I am ready to get working on designs again :)

Here's what I created: (betcha can't guess my valentine?? LOL)

I made this....

On OneTrueMedia. I love it. I can add pictures, songs,....whatever. And it makes a little film. LOVE IT.

Anyways heres the one I made. Shows how crazy it is around here :)

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Conversations from the car....

Yep it's time for your next installment of conversations from the car...


(man in car on side road pulls almost into the road in front of us)

Nana: STOP the car FOOL!
Madison: Nana, it's impolite to call people a fool
Nana: Sorry
Madison: Well, at least you didn't call him a jackass or something

I'm a winner!!

So you know I was obsessively entering all the blog giveaways last week.

Well I won. Two things actually.

First I won some chocolate. Now who can beat that??? I mean seriously.....chocolate has got to be the world's perfect gift. And it wasn't even what I was entering for! LOL. I got chocolate for making the blog owner laugh :) How cool is that?? And the funny part.....she lives right near me. She could have just driven the chocolate to my house LOL. It arrived today and could NOT have been better timing. I was in need of a chocolate fix and viola...it came in the mail!

Here is the link to the giveaway that I won chocolate from!


And second...I won this totally awesome pair of shoes for Madison!! I am so excited. I can't wait to give them to her and see her face. And all I did was tell just how awesome Madison is! That was easy.

Here are the shoes I won:

Now go check out their awesome blogs! And be sure to show em some love.