Everyone's journey is full of surprises - good & bad

Ok. It's been awhile, to say the least. Loads of changes, good & bad - some are rather more unfortunate than bad though.

We no longer have the extra child about. Long story short - our bottoms are a mite sore over the whole ordeal & there's a lingering bad taste in our mouths, if you catch my drift. It is sadly in both the bad & unfortunate categories of changes, but for his life, not ours. We all have choices. It's too bad so many of us have made poor or absolutely stupid ones when we're young & know it all. Anyways, on to happier notations in the book of life...



Our Christmas was nice. The kids & David made out like freakin' bandits! I put alot of thought & effort into all their stockings & they really seemed to love them. Not one pout or need for exchanges/returns this year - whoo hoo! :)

This year's movie was "Night at the Museum". You get pretty much what you go into the theatre expecting, so that was good. Everyone should be happy & laughing on Xmas day.

I got to cheat on making Xmas dinner this year. No one was in the mood for a big dinner (I make big turkey & ham dinners at least once every couple of months, so it's not so big a deal to them when we have it.) so I grabbed a meat/cheese tray & buttload of crossiants from Costco's, then made some salads & desserts for afternoon/evening meals that day. It seemed to be just the right thing for us. I didn't cheat on breakfast though. I made cinnamon buns (yes, real knead the dough takes loads of time bread ones) from scratch for that. Mmmmm!

No plans for New Year's - yet. We'll probably just stay in with the kids, or perhaps take them out to the family friendly festival that they have planned for downtown Anchorage. We'll figure it out that day most likely. I do wish you all a very merry New Year's & a 2007 full of much love, joy & happiness.

Please do not end up like this guy:

Today's Tidbit: Be happy every day, even if it's only a moment's worth. That one moment is worth everything.

Congratulations, It's a Teenage Boy!

What we feared most for Jonathan has come to pass. His Dad was told he was gay, his brother verified it, he & the new wife flipped out & promptly booted him out on his 16 year old butt. How fucking pathetic of them!! Jonathan is absolutely devastated.

Oh but it gets worse... he went home to get his things tonight & they are now threatening to report him to the police for theft because he dared to take his old beat up dresser & cheap ass thin crappy old mattress. These people really make me sick!! I'll tell you right now, if the God they believe in truly thinks that this behaviour is ok - well, I'll toss him a good view of my middle finger. Apparently, in their God's world love, decency & respect are reserved for only the "good" people. /puke



You might not have noticed, but this kind of bullshit behaviour REALLY ticks me off. What's worse is that I can't even comprehend how someone can essentially throw away their own child. I can understand not liking/understanding/wanting to really know about their choosen lifestyle - hell, most bi/gay people I know would be happy to not flaunt it in their family's faces if they would only accept them as they are (they don't want/need to give them the gory details anyhow). How can anyone do that to their child just because of whom they love/sleep with?!? It's just so... DUMB!!

Anyways, congratulate us on our new boy. It's not going to be easy, but we will make it work. We sure as hell won't let him live on the street so we have to make it work. As long as he can finish his education & do something productive with his life - then we'll know it was all worth it.





Today's Tidbit - If you must judge a person, judge them based on the qualities of the kind of human being they are - because that's what truly matters most.

The Amazing Rent-A-Mom!

lol That's what I feel like lately anyhow! The amount of children needing a piece of me has been truly overwhelming.

We have one girl with a family that so disgustingly screwed up that she's been staying here for almost 2 weeks now & is begging us to adopt her (or at the very least become her legal guardians so she never has to go back to any of her relatives homes). Another boy staying occassionally that has finally come to terms with the fact that he's gay & can't come out to his super-religious parents because he knows they will disown him and throw him out of the house. Neither being a warm fuzzy thought for a 16 year old kid. Yet another girl who spends every moment she can get away from her home here, because her Dad's a workaholic & Mom is a crazy, mean drunk 90% of the time lately. I wish that was all of them but we have a few more like that floating around too. GAH!!!

It all makes me so friggin' angry & sad!!! I can't do anything more than give them a place that safe when they need it & someone to talk to, no matter what they have to say/vent/cry about. Ergh! These parents make me so mad! !!!!!!!! How these people are so selfish & ergh ergh ergh!!!! Ok must stop or I will rant all night about this.

Children may drive you insane, but they're also the greatest joy in the world & that's the damned truth!!

Onto other stuff before I start ranting or bawling, & it may be a combo of both at this point!

Monster House was loads of fun! It's really too bad they didn't wait to release it for Halloween because would have been the perfect thing to take the kids to. Oh well, we'll just have to hope it's out on DVD for it this year.



David & Fletcher went to see The Ant Bully today without me. They said it was ok. I had to help my very pregnant friend Rachel out doing a few things today instead. Rachel & I normally go do our grocery shopping together on Sundays, but her mother is coming into town so we had to rearrange a bit this week. We formed a shopping alliance because her husband loves to go shopping as much as mine does, meaning not at all!!! Plus their almost 6 year old son is a handful & a half & the farther along she gets the harder it is for her to deal with (catch) him while out.

It's late my loves & I must try to get some sleep before our home erupts in its daily insanity.


Today's Tidbit: The helping hand you need most is the one at the end of your arm.

Thar Be Sharks In Those Waters!

Arrghh!! Yo ho ho?

I could tell you about being kidnapped by pirates & having to escape using only a toenail clipper & some apple cores, then having to brave shark infested waters with only my wits & new trusty jellyfish sidekick to get back home.... but I'd probably just bore you all with that tale.

Loads of craziness around here, as usual. We have been managing to escape our yokes of oppression to take in a movie almost every weekend lately though. Mainly it's been just David, Fletcher & I, as the older two haven't been interested in seeing what we want to (or they've been off at a friend's overnight or working). Last week was Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest - Holy smoly what fun! I don't think I stopped grinning during the entire movie! I'm always a sucker for pirate movies & this one is sufficently cheesy enough to make me more than happy. I can hardly wait until next May!

Superman Returns was pretty bloody awesome too!! It may not have been the best written movie or acted (some characters fell short at times but were decent on the whole) movie, but it was absolutely stunning to watch. So many wonderful moments made up for anything lacking otherwise.

This weekend it's Monster House!!! WHoo hooo!! I am stoked about this! It looks like a helluva a lot of fun! Looks like it'll be a full on family day too. Which is as happy inducing a thought as going to the show is. Whoo! I'll let you know how it was tomorrow night.

I need to jet over to the store now to grab supplies for the morning. Luv to you all!! Later taters!

Boys Do Have Cooties!

Pffhtt that'll teach me to be nice to the sick! I've been feeling funky & really restless the last couple of days, & then this morning I awoke to the joy of hacking up copious amount of crap from my lungs.

On the plus side, I'm sure my voice sounds sexy as hell. yippee.

The quiet ornamental tintinnabultion & rhythmic pitter-patter of the the rain wash over the black of the night. The sounds are unrelenting in their efforts to lull me to sleep, yet the realm of Hypnos & call of Morpheus elude me.

Translation: I can't bloody well sleep!

And there was light.... LOTS of it!

Well, I'm sort of back to this. We have crazy amounts of sunlight up here right now. It never gets truly dark at all. The 'nighttime' is from about midnight to 3:30am & it's like early dusk. It's wonderful - once you're used to it. Seeing a crazed look in someone's eyes up here isn't usually anything to be afraid of this time of year. It just means someone is new to the state.

With all this light, it brings out copious amounts of engery in the children - which means it's been insanely busy around here! Summer vacation is ONLY a break for the kids!! It's simply mind blowing how fast the house can go from completely clean to completely thrashed with them home. /sigh

Granted, I've been rearranging/redecorating the house so it has been messier than normal the last few days. I've been doing this to our house because I've been doing some work for a friend moving out of state in exchange for some new furniture for us (which will hopefully get moved in next week!) . So, I've been busting my butt get her place cleaned & packed up this last week. There's still a lot to do there, but I've got it all organized so it should only take me a couple more full days to finish up. It's amazing how easy it is to organize someone else's home, but how difficult it is to do the same thing to your own!




Father's Day turned out all right. The movie was ok, dinner was good, kids were decent & I think David's present was a hit. Let me preface this by telling you about David's little quirk of telling everyone BUT his wife when he likes something she's done or given him. Which of of course drives me freakin' bonkers! On with the gift - I found an awesome Tamrac camera backpack for him. Which I'm pretty sure he liked because he kept fiddling with it & its paperwork at dinner, & then promptly transfered all his gear into once he was home. All those things point to a pleased & happy Daddy, I think. I hope so anyhow.

I was hoping to post & relax, but Fletcher is still thwarting my attempts to do just that. The extra sunlight it really effecting him this year for some reason. He stays awake until he literally passes out from exhaustion. For David & I this means: Quiet time - none. Private time - none. Crazy time - all the time. We don't want to dope him up with sleeping meds, but on mornings like this one it is a tempting thought! Time to break this little bronco.

All righty folks - much love to you all!! We'll meet again very soon. :)