Saturday, May 24, 2008

Happy Birthday Daddy

 

Hello my friends/family. I bet before summer that's what we'll be paying for a gallon of gas too. I remember when I got my first car a 1968 Ford Galaxy. It was black in color with a big engine. Good thing gas was only 47 cents a gallon then, cause if it was the prices we pay now, it would be cheaper for me to buy a horse and buggy, lol. I remember when I was young, my Dad would load us all up in his red 1952 Ford pickup and take us to McDonalds, once a month and for less then that 5.00 he would get us 6 kids and himself all a hamburger and small fries and a small soda. Now it cost more then that for just a burger and fries and drink meal. I can also remember the old drive-in movies. My Dad would take us whenever a disney movie was playing. He'd load us up in the truck, pay the 2.00 to get in, and with the other 3.00 he'd buy us a big bucket of popcorn and some snowcap candies, back into the spot, hang the speaker on the truck and we'd all settle down eatting our treats and watching the movie. How I wish those days were back, where we had less worries, less crime and an earned dollar went farther then it does now. How I wish my Dad was still on this earth and tomorrow I could call him and wish him a very Happy Birthday.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY. I MISS YOU!!!! HE WOULD OF BEEN 71 YEARS OLD TOMORROW, MAY 25TH

 

 

 

 

Friday, May 23, 2008

mAD

JIM GOT LAID OFF YESTERDAY. BOSS SAYS BUSINESS IS SLOW. BUT IF IT GETS BUSY AGAIN HE'LL CALL HIM BACK IN. JIMS FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT THIS MORNING. THERE WENT ALL MY SUMMER PLANS, RIGHT DOWN THE FRICKEN DRAIN. I HAD OVER 400 ALERTS. I JUST COULDN'T GET CAUGHT UP, SO I DELETED THEM ALL. SORRY I HAD TO DO THAT, BUT AT LEAST NOW I CAN START OVER AGAIN AND KEEP CAUGHT UP. HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

 

GAS HERE IN PHILLY   4.07 GALLON.

 

LOVE YA ALL,

CINDY

Sunday, May 18, 2008

I knew I forgot something

Thank you SSK for the tag above.

Thanks to Rebecca's teacher Ms. FitzPatrick Rebecca will not be officially attending the school she is in now. The school has a need for 2 extra 1st grade classrooms, so they rent 2 rooms from the church down the street. The teacher put Rebecca on the list to attend the church school for 1st grade. I am so happy about this. She will be safe and I won't have to worry about intruders, lockdowns, riots. This is a good thing to do until we get our house in a better town.

Well, it is after 2pm, I'm still in my pajamas. Marissa is watching cartoons and Rebecca and her Dad are out on their Father/Daughter day which they do every sunday. It's to the pet store to visit all the animals then to Burger King for lunch, lol.

I think I am going to go and jump in the shower, get dressed and start my day. Or just forget the housework and come back to computer, lol.

I want to say congratulations to my very dear friend Nancy Bradbury. She became an aunt again the other day to a beautiful baby boy. Congrats go out to his parents also. Give him lots of kisses for me sissy, ok?

It's raining, breezy and the air coming in the windows feels so good. Hmm am thinking maybe grab my pillow and lay on couch and watch The Water Horse with Marissa.

Hope your all having a good day.

 

LOVE YA..............................


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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Here I am

Grab a drink, cup of coffee or tea and a snack and sit down a while because I have alot to tell. The past week or so has taken it's toll on me. Yes, I know quite a few of you told me I was gonna make myself sick if I didn't slow down. Well, guess what? You were right. With all I was doing for everyone and not getting but maybe 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night for over a week, it caused me to crash. I was snapping out at people, not wanting no one to make noise or even move around. I was falling asleep at the drop of a dime sitting at table or computer chair only finding myself falling to the floor. Jim was yelling at me every time I closed my eyes. I had to keep the radio on in the van on full volume just to make sure I didn't fall asleep. Since the weather has gotten warmer, it seems like the kids are getting worse with their behavior. We have 2 kindergarteners who like using the "F" word. One of them called the teacher an F'n B--ch last week. The other one bit me and the teacher and kicked her numerous times while we were removing him from the classroom. He was suspended 2 days, came back and hit a girl in the class right in the face giving her a bloody nose, suspended he was again for 2 days. Another boy was suspended for 3 days cause he and 3 other boys beat a girl up and put a plastic bag over her face trying to smother her. Now let me remind you these are all kindergarten kids. My guess is by the time their 13 they'll be dead or in prison for murder. Sad isn't it? OK, so dealing with them, really stressed me out. Then Mommom I goes to Pittsburgh to visit her son Michael out on the horse ranch. She ended up being admitted into the hospital. Her blood sugar was over 400, along with very high blood pressure. She stayed in the hospital 4 days out of her 7 day visit. Joe picked her up on monday night from airport. She looked horrible. So pale and thin. She hardly ate anything, or drank anything. I was staying with her until Joe came home from work. Thursday morning I awoke at 4am, after getting 7 hours of sleep to find flashing lights outside. Joe had to call ambulance. Her blood sugar was 55 and she was just about comatose. They gave her a shot of sugar, waited a bit and she was fine. At 1pm friday afternoon after I had picked Rebecca up from school, I went back in Joes house with Mommom I while he ran a couple errands. Mommom didn't seem right so I checked her vitals. BP was 94/52, pulse 40 and sugar count was 262. She was shaking, twitching, moving slowly and could not stand alone without help. I called Joe, asked him what I should do he says call 911. The ambulance got here in 5 minutes, Joe was here in 4. They checked her vitals, brought in the stretcher and off to the hospital she went. Joe went with her. Joe said her sugar was up another 10 points when they got to hospital. They took blood, did ultra sound of her heart and kidneys and liver. Blood work showed her potassium level was through the roof. Liver was fine, but she only has 65% of one of her kidneys that is functioning. The other is gone, no functioning at all. She was told over a month ago she needs dialysis for her kidney and she has refused it. Well, this doctor yesterday told her blankly, get it or you die within days or weeks. She agreed to start dialysis. I just hope and pray it isn't too late.

Next on my agenda was my baby grand daughter Adrianna. Emma called me and said she had a high fever of 101, and her lips looked swollen, white and cracked so bad they were bleeding. We assumed it was from sucking on her pacifier so long. So it was taken away. Later that night Emma calls me again. Adrianna's fever is higher and she is having problems swollowing. They got Dan's brother Walt over there and took Adrianna to the hospital here in Philly called CHOPS. The best hospital for kids. Adrianna was diagnosed with a viral infection on her lips, thrush in her mouth and they also found out she has acid reflux that caused her throat to bleed some. They gave Emma enough medicines to get her through the night and prescriptions to get filled in the morning. It's been 3 days now and the baby is doing so much better. She's eatting and drinking her bottles. I got thrush and acid reflux while on chemo and radiation so I know how painful it was for me. But to imagine a little baby having it too, OUCHY!!!!!!!!!!

Then we have my Lil Man Daniel. Mommom's boy, who for a couple days was running a temperature. The yesterday morning he sstarted saying his ear hurt. I go over there last night and I look in his ear. Hmmmm, what on earth is in his ear? I tried to get it, Daniel kept moving. Inside ear is very red, told Emma get a sitter for the baby, I'll take Marissa with me and get Daniel to CHOPS. Daniel is a fighter, he wouldn't let the doctor no where near his ear. They had to strap him down, put in an IV and give him something to calm him down. He didn't move at all, and the doctor takes his tweezer thingy's and out he pulls a small rock. Yes, my grandson put a rock in his ear. But that's not all he found. He also pulls out play dough that hardened and had a wax build up around it, so it apparently has been in there a while. There's no infection, but he gave Emma a prescription for eardrops. When Daniel was awake enough they gave him some water and said if he can keep it down 30 minutes he can go home. He kept it down and home they came. Emma asked Daniel how come he put things in his ear. His answer, cause there's a hole. When asked if he is going to do it again, he said no mommy, it hurts. So maybe he'll remember this next time before he puts these things in his ears. Now are we done yet and can my nerves settle down or stress level go down? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Emma calls me up. Mom I dropped a hot pot of water on my hip and took a big piece of skin off, what do I do? Clean gauze pads over wound and cold bottled water. Gotta cool down the area so it doesn't continue to cook. NO BUTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a big NO NO. Hold ice pack over wet gauze also to cool it down. Afterwards take Neosporin cream, (not gel) and put large amount over burn. Cover with clean gauze. Change it every 4 to 6 hours. Tylenol for pain.

Now we gotta be done right? NOPE. She calls me an hour ago. Mom Dan's tongue is swollen and he keeps biting it. Yes, that happens with the medication he is on. Give him 4 teaspoons of Benadryl and a glass of ice and water. If no change in 1 hour call doctor. She hasn't called me yet, so I will assume he is ok, or should I? With my luck, yea right. I think I'll give it another hour, lol.

Trip to Berlin auction. Marissa and Rebecca fought and argue'd the whole way there, and complained the whole way home. They wanted ice cream cones, we got them. We also found Rebecca a new school bag because she totally trashed hers. Jim had the pepperoni bread. I had an ice cream with the girls because my throat was dry and sore with all the yelling I did at the girls, lol. 8pm came tonight, and these girls were in bed. I layed down on my bed, to make sure they went right to sleep, they did, but so did I. I woke up at 9:15, lol. Now kids are asleep, Jim is asleep and I am enjoying my alone time, with a cold glass of pepsi, fan blowing on me and one of my favorite shows on, HOUSE.  I started reading my alerts. I sure have missed alot of goings on with you all. Oh and before I forget. Pam, I was watching America's Funniest Video's last night. They showed Disney Land and the Dream rooms you went on tour through. I saw a beautiful blue sofa I love and a half poster thick bed with a copper color and maroon I think bedspread on it. Man, I'd love to sleep in that bed, lol. The decor was just magnificent. Walt Disney sure had an eye for beauty making that place up. Well, I guess that is about it. I probably forgot something to write about, but I think I pretty much covered it all. I am going to go read some more journals for a while, then go to bed. I hope your all having a great weekend, and I sure have missed you all.

Love ya.................................CINDY

HELLO

HELLO ALL. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I AM HERE. IT'S BEEN ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER HAPPENING HERE. I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT LATER TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING READY AND GOING TO BERLIN AUCTION SO I CAN WALK AROUND AND CLEAR MY HEAD. IT'S EITHER THAT OR COMMIT MYSELF INTO MENTAL HOSPITAL. BUT BERLIN IS BETTER CHOICE. CAN GET THE BRAIDED MOZZERELLA AND PEPPERONI BREAD, LOL MARISSA AND REBECCA WANT ICECREAM. I HOPE YOUR ALL WELL. I HAVE 400 ALERTS, YIKES. I WILL TRY TO READ SOME TONIGHT AND OVER THE WEEKEND. BETWEEN SCHOOL, 3 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AND ,MY BREAKDOWN/MELT DOWN, I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE URGE TO GO ON COMPUTER. I'D CONNECT, SIT THERE A MINUTE OR TWO THEN DISCONNECT AND GO TO BED. ME GOING TO BED AT 9PM, YEP DEFINATELY SOMETHING WRONG THERE. OK, GONNA GO GET READY. I PROMISE A FULL REPORT WHEN I GET HOME LATER.

I'VE MISSED YA ALL......................CINDY

Sunday, May 11, 2008

I'm still here.

I can't believe it's been a week since my last entry. Seems like everytime I did try too, I'd fall asleep or start to fall asleep and hubby would complain and I'd just give up and go to bed. I guess he does have reason to worry because I fell asleep, fakking forward smashing my face in desk, flew backwards and flipped over the chair with me in it and hurt my knee. So he's been like mother hen lately.

Anyways this week has been a week from hell, except for tuesday when we went to the Philadelphia Zoo. I had an awesome time. My daughter Emma went with us as an extra chaperone. So I got to spend the day at the zoo with both my daughters and 2 of Rebecca's class mates we were in chargew of, Tahira and Oumou. Oumou is pronounced eww  mooo. Both adorable little girls.

The zoo sits on 72 acres, but we only did about 40acres. I was hurting big time. By the time we got back to the bus, I was ready to fall down. I now know next trip there I will have to rent an wheelchair. This body isn't in very good condition anymore.

I have alot more to write about, but I have to admit, I need to go back to bed. Before I forget, Happy Mother's Day to all you gorgeous Mom's in the world.  

Monday, May 5, 2008

Past Few Days

Can we say tired? I got no rest over the weekend. Busy all week at school, then saturday I had Emma and her family over for supper. I fixed Pork Chops, baked mac and cheese, baked beans, string beans, baked bread and I baked an orange bundt cake with an orange glaze for dessert which we had with sherbert. They went home shortly after 9pm. Then on sunday I had to go to Emma's to play outside with Daniel. He was upset saying he missed me, so you know me, over there I went. We played outside for almost 2 hours. Then came in and the kids had apple juice and graham crackers and it was then nap time for Daniel. I then came home and fixed dinner of eye roast, mashed taters, salad, gravy and bisquits.

This morning when I took Rebecca to school I had to do the book keeping on the class trip tomorrow. We're going to Philadelphia Zoo. I have to pack lunches tonight for Rebecca and I and Emma. She is going as a chaperone. It'll get her out of the house for the day.

Over the weekend I had to make a new seating chart for the kids. I have tobring that in when I go there today at noon, which is real soon.

I guess that is about all there is to write about. Hope your all enjoying your day.

Love.............Cindy

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Birthday Pics and more

 And the person who put the change of address in is......... a landlord they had 2 years ago. Remember the psycho landlord I wrote about who was a drunk, lesbian and harrassed Emma and Dan constantly cause she couldn't keep a job and stayed home all day and drank. The post office cancelled that change of address, but in the mean time, Dan didn't get his workmans comp check and Daniel received no birthday cards in the mail. Dan and Emma gave their lawyer all the information. They are having charges pressed against this nut case. It is a Federal offense. I hope she cashes the checks, then her sorry butt goes to prison.

Marissa is here spending the night. She is going to spend the day in school with us tomorrow. Emma is coming over my house and cleaning for me. For that I am so grateful. I hope everyone is having a great week.

Love ya...............................CINDY

Please say a Prayer for Mommom

Mommom flew to Pittsburgh this past friday so she could visit her oldest child Michael who recently had back surgery. Earlier today she was rushed to the hospital. After a whole battery of tests and an over the phone conversation with her heart specialist here in Philadelphia, it has now come to her organs not functioning. She has totally lost the use of one of her kidneys, and the other one is barely working. Her sugar level is way up then way down, her heart isn't working 100%, it's functioning at about 70%. Her gallbladder has a tube to it and it comes out of her side into a bag where the fluid that surrounds her heart and fills her lungs drains. If she agree's to be put on the machine for the kidney the is still barely working, the doctor gives her 3 to 6 months. If she does not agree to it, she won't make it to the 3 months. Mommom has told me numerous times, she has made her peace, fulfilled what she had to do here on earth and if God needs her in heaven, she is ready. Joe is flying to Pittsburgh tomorrow to be with his mom. Mommom is in ICU, where they can keep a close eye on her. If you pray, please say a prayer for this lovely lady, and if you don't pray please send her good thoughts. Thank you everyone, it means alot to me and to the family. If your in a prayer group please add Mommom to your prayers.

Love you all...................CINDY