LIFE IS SUCKY RIGHT NOW...

Instead of typing my gripes all over again, I am just going to copy and paste what I shared with some friends earlier tonight.....so if you are in my design group, sorry for doubling it up ;)

My sister's ex just left a message at my house threatening me because he hasn't spoken with his son in a month. Well, just last week Morgen ran the phone out to me saying it is Brent's dad. I told her to get Brent and give him the phone. A month! My sister and nephew hole up in their room and never come out. AND I bought them both prepaid cell phones for Xmas. He had the nerve to tell me it is not the same to text him. Hello, tell him to answer his damn phone. I give him chores around the house and pay him. He chooses to spend the money on toys. that is NOT my fault. Well then he says that Rene my sister says I hide the phone and ban them from using it. I said no, I tell her no strange men are allowed to call my house. She gets online meets dudes and they all start calling here. Unacceptable. Three times in the last two years, my sister has met a man online, moved in with him, broken up with them (well them with her), and then becomes homeless. Each time coming back to me. Hell if I will stand for it anymore! I am so pissed right now! BTW, I called him back after getting his message. The fact is, I never answer my phone. I get about 30 collection calls a day for Martha Bailey Jones. I tell them they have the wrong number, for five years now, and they still call!!! She is still using this number. I do pick up from the machine though. We were eating dinner when he called.

I am still fuming mad. Okay, my sister who is 44 yrs. old has NEVER lived on her own. She went from dad to hubby and hubby to lesbian relationships (6 women in one year and six homes and six schools for Brent). I think each one dumps her when they realize she is an alcoholic, as is his dad. His dad does coke too. She then moved in with me and Brent lived her for kinder, then moved. Then she went back to her ex and lived with him, his girlfriend, the gf's ex bf and they all slept around and all got gonnereah. YEAH. Then she moved out and in with some dude, then another in Montana, then came back here. Brent went to one elementary school for a whole year!!! And then middle school for 1 1/2 yrs while leaving here. Then she met a man, online older than our dad and moved into the classic white trailer trash park in the sticks. Wife beaters galore and such. Nasty nasty park. Then she breaks up with him within a week. Is out on a date with some dude and comes home to this guy dead. She then moves in with the guy after one date. He was a nice guy too. Realizes her alcoholism and calls me, I say I can't do anything, so he bails. She gets removed eventually by the sheriffs. Again, moves in with me and has been here since. That was almost three years ago. She doesn't work, never has, and never will. We PAY all the bills. She doesn't pitch in for food, NOTHING. She gets paid to clean around here! I quit paying her for babysitting because I feel it is the least she can do. I even at times kidnap my friend's daughter or get my neighbor to sit while she is here because of her drinking. I would kick her out, but this is the only time in Brent's life that stability is allowed. KWIM? He will be 16 this year. Only two more years and she doesn't get her $500 a month for child support. Then what??? She has piss poor credit because she has NEVER paid her closing bill in all of these towns. Hence why she moves town to town and out of state. She owes every utility money.

Is Your Mama a Llama?

WHIRLWIND WEEKEND

So far, we have done Chuck E. Cheese playdate, time at a friend's house, two sets of modeling pictures, Libby Lu's, cheerleading practice, and the circus. Today we will squeeze the NASA/JPL Science Fair and then hit the local College's Animal Walk and meet up with some friends there for lunch!! Then do another round of pictures. TTYL

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-067

http://www.piercecollege.edu/community/extension/farmwalk.html

RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Today we went for our first time to the RR Library. What a fantastic experience! My most vivid memory from school is my third grade teacher crying and telling us how our president had been shot, along with Press Secretary Brady. I didn't quite understand it all, but it broke my heart to see my favorite teacher cry.

Now, as an adult, having lived politics and studied them, I have fallen in love with Ronald Reagan. What a wonderful, loving, charismatic, intelligent, and insightful man. Our country is better for him and his wife is one lucky gal! I am only sorry he couldn't stay longer and provide the younger generation with such knowledge.

Going to the library with my children allowed me to share my childhood with them. It also gave me a chance to mourn and grieve his loss. The beauty of life is always taken for granted. One day spent with the memoirs of the Reagans will make any person appreciate life and all it has to offer.

Go go go! You will be a better person for the journey.

PS the right side of my photos chop off :(

Red White and Blue

Okay...

I have a freaking cold. Who gets a cold in April? My throat and ears are all scratchy. I want to bundle up and hide. Of course I can't. I just want the cough to go away. I can't cough my way through IEPs and lectures. What timing! UGH

Tyler's IEP went well. OT wasn't there but allllll the others were. It seems all those who were in attendance loves the kid and truly want to help. I don't want anyone on the team that doesn't care or have given up. He is only nine years old. Let's pray for a good year.

I bought a new camera. My zoom lens quit working. Again, what timing!! I got an updated model of my own and in pink!!! The same battery and charger work with it. That saves me $100+ right there. Now, I just need a 4g memory card. One day...

I bought a new pair of heels today. Two pairs in fact! I LOVE my heels. It still doesn't replace my beautiful butterfly Jimmy Choos my dogs chewed up, but I like them all the same. Now, how did I find time?? Tyler's IEP ended one hour before school let out. I ran up the street to a Persian restaurant and asked them to donate a gift certificate for the school auction, which they so kindly did. I ran it back to the school and still had 35 minutes. So I ran to TJ Maxx. Shoe mission only. I found AK's and BCBG's. I got back to the school with five minutes to spare. Now that is productive. LOL

Time to figure something out for dinner that does not require alot of time.....you know I insist on a family dinner 7 nights a week. It is what keeps it a unit!

For know,
xoxox
rein

OMG, it has been 5 weeks since I posted....

It really isn't intentional. It is IEP season. Tyler has an IEP tomorrow and I just read his reports last night. I have done so much with others IEPs that his went on the back burner. Gee, OT will be po'd when they find out I refuse to dismiss them. Oh well. Life will go on.

Besides IEPs, well lectures. I go around telling people their rights and the laws within the special education system. Then, there's school stuff. Open house is next week and it seems to me I am the only generous parent donating stuff. Real stuff, not 99 cent store stuff. Not tooting my own horn, but come on, get with the program people. Who wants to bid on a basket of crap?! This IS a fundraiser! It falls around the same time every year, so budget it in. I haven't had a Starbucks in a couple of months. That is $4 bucks a day! I sacrificed soooo much...Just kidding, but you get the picture.

What else??? Modeling shoots like crazy for the kids. Always a trip to the beach. Ronald Reagan Library is on the agenda too. I have never been, so I am excited about it. Chloe, you want to go with us???

Beyond that, the same ole. Kids, therapies, tutoring, housework (minimal if I can help it), errands, and so on.. OH OH OH, gluten free is our latest adventure. It is helping Tyler with his self injurious behavior, persevering, and echololia. It has diminished it. Has it cured his autism...ONLY in my dreams! Jenny McCarthy can kiss my behind on that claim. So, every child is different. This is helping Tyler, not curing him. If anyone wants a list of gluten free items, fast food places, and restaurants, just drop a comment.

I think that is my life in an April nutshell. TTYL
xoxo
Rein