To all of you

To all my Keepers!!!!!!!  
 
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. 
 
Their best friends lived barely a wave away. 
 
I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a 
house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. 
 
 

It was the time for fixing things. A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, 
screen 
door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. 
 
 
 
Things we keep. 

It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. 

 

All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. 
Waste meant affluence. 



Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. 
 
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth 
of 
the hospital room, I was struc k with the pain of learning that sometimes 
there isn't any more. 

Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never 
to 
return. 
 

 
So... 

 
 
While we have it... it's best we love it... And care for it.... And fix it 
when it's broken..... And heal it when it's sick. 
 
This is true... For marriage.... And old cars.... And children with bad 
report cards..... Dogs and cats with bad hips.... And aging parents.... 
And 
grandparents. 
 
 
 
We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some 
things 
we keep. 
 

 
Like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with. 
 
There are just some things that make life important, like people we know 
who 
are special.... And so, we keep them close! 
 
I received this from someone who thinks I am a 'keeper', so I've sent it 
to 
the people I think of in the same way...............which is all of you!!!!!!!

 

Love to all...................CINDY

Prayer Request

I just got word that Mommom I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Please say a prayer for her. Her name is Evelyn Ianovale and she is 78 years old. She is the mother of our friend Joe. Mommom was suppose to come here for the weekend, and spend some time here before a doctor appointment on monday. Joe is very upset and on his way to the hospital. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She is such a dear sweet lady.

 

Love,

Cindy

I survived 25 kids

 

I survived 2 full days of a classroom containing 25 kids each day. I am exhausted, totally. Today I signed papers to be a legal volunteer at the school. For it to turn into maybe a part time or even full time job with pay, I was given 2 forms to fill out and send in for a child abuse back ground check and a criminal background check. After I volunteer for 100 hours, they (the school) will have a meeting and deside if I am an asset to the school and worth hiring as a permanent employee of the school. There can also be oppertunities where I could be asked to substitute one day a week but for the kindergarten classes only. But that's only if I learn the corriculum and pass the criminal and abuse background checks, which I will pass.

On my list now is to get some comfy shoes and decent clothes to wear. My clothes are horrible, stained, and just plain ugly. Guess I will be going to Goodwill this weekend to see what I can find there. Shoes I have a big problem with. I have a very wide foot and my feet swell on the tops making it hard to slip anything on. Even my sneakers don't fit anymore. I cannot wear shoes the have even the slightest point. The toe area has to be rounded, sort of like waittress shoes, nursing shoes. Right now with the shoes I am wearing my feet hurt so bad. It feels like knives being pushed in and pulled out constantly, OUCH!!!!!!!!

Anyways I am very excited over this all. Am I too old for this though? I am 46 and my health is not 100% Some of the kids, well let's say over half of them are the most ignorant, rude, obnoxious little critters. I swear their deaf. But then there's the one's who are so good, answer all the questions and are so quiet and so well behaved that makes being there so worth it. And I think it is so cute how they were saying Rebecca's Mom when they needed my help. I told them to call me Miss Cindy. So all day I heard Miss Cindy, Miss Cindy, lol, and I loved it.

Well, I will go now. I have to get a few things done. I promise I will get to all your journals over the weekend. I have the next 3 days off. Monday is no school. I just wanted you all to know that I haven't forgotten about you. And I do miss hearing all about what's going on.

 

Love to all..................CINDY 

Marissa's costume and more

Hello. I figured I'd better get an entry of some sorts posted. Above are pictures of my oldest granddaughter Marissa modeling her halloween costume for you all. She was a Unicorn. I think this costume is so cute on her. Marissa had a doctor's appointment yesterday. She is 4ft 1 inch. She has lost 13% more of her body fat, which is absolutely wonderful. The doctor told Emma to keep doing what she's doing to help Marissa lose the excess weight. Marissa got a chicken pox shot and a TB test. She got an eye exam, and the doctor wants her to go see an eye doctor. And her blood pressure was a little high, but I think it was because she knew she was getting shots and Marissa doesn't like needles. She also noticed the circles around her eyes and asked about her sleeping patterns. Marissa has never slept more then 6 hours. She gets up at night numerous times, this child could go to bed at midnight and be up before the roosters. So they want Emma to take her to a specialists and have an sleep apnea test done. The doctor gave Marissa a prescription for an allergy medicine to help her breathe at night, because Marissa sleeps with a fan like I do because she has problems breathing.

Tomorrow my granddaughter Adrianna has a doctor's appointment. I can't wait to find out how much weight she has gained. Her little legs are starting to fill out. She is such a piggy too. That girl loves to eat.

Tomorrow will be my first day as the teachers aide. She needs someone to help serve and clean up breakfast, collect Behavior folders and make sure it was initialed by a parent, check homework folders and make sure homework was completed. And put in homework sheets for that nights homework. Help in keeping the kids quiet and seated while the teacher is talking to them. Walk them down to lunchroom and get the situated with trays of lunch and seated. Then afterwards it is 15 minutes outside in the kindergarten play yard. Then back to the classroom and get them settled down and quiet. At 2pm I help get their snack ready and pour the juice for each child. While their having a snack I get out their behavior charts and mark either a 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the block for that day. I am excited that I will be spending the day in Rebecca's class. The teacher said she may need me friday also. I told her I'm available.

I have about 150 journal alerts to read. I will get to them, I promise. I will read a few tonight and tomorrow night, then get to the rest over the weekend. I went and picked up my free turkey from ShopRite where if you spend 300.00 within a month you get a free turkey up to 21 pounds, then it was to Acme where I got a free 10 pound ham. It saved me over 55.00. Both will be cooked for Thanksgiving. So far 18 of us will be here for dinner. I wonder how many pounds of potatoes I gotta peel for mashed potatoes? LOL Or how many pies I have to make? Next entry I make I will tell you what the full menu is for thanksgiving dinner.

Well, I guess that's about it. I am gonna go read a couple alerts then get ready and go to bed. Your all in my prayers tonight. Each and everyone of you.

Love to all....................CINDY

GOOD MORNING

MyEmmasPrego

 

FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE LINK TO THE ABOVE JOURNAL PLEASE CLICK. AND FOR THOSE THAT DO, CLICK ALSO, LOL. I AM CLOSING THAT JOURNAL. SINCE MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAS FINALLY ARRIVED AND EMMA WILL NOT BE HAVING ANOTHER PREGNANCIES I JUST FELT NO NEED FOR THAT JOURNAL ANY LONGER. AFTERALL I SHARE ALL THE PICS HERE IN THIS JOURNAL NOW. I WILL BE CLOSING IT DOWN TOMORROW MORNING WHEN I RETURN HOME FROM TAKING REBECCA TO SCHOOL AND JIM TO WORK. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS YOU LEFT IN THE ABOVE JOURNAL. THEY MEANT ALOT TO ME AND I LOVED SHARING THE PICS, STORIES AND UPDATES WITH EVERYONE.

I WENT TO BED LAST NIGHT AND AWAKENED AT 5AM WHICH WAS REALLY 6AM BEFORE THIS TIME CHANGE THING. I HATE IT WHEN THE TIME CHANGE THING HAPPENS. IT'LL SCREW UP MY ROUTINE FOR A WEEK UNTIL I GET USE TO IT.

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH A NASTY HEADACHE. I HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THOSE IN A LONG TIME. I'M DRINKING A CUP OF COFFEE AND WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER CUP. IF THE HEADACHE ISN'T GONE BY THE END OF THE SECOND CUP I'LL TAKE SOME TYLENOL.

MY CHILD IS STANDING HERE NEAR ME TRYING TO TICKLE ME, BUT I GOT HER FIRST, LOL. SHE FEELS A LITTLE WARM. I'M GONNA GO TAKE HER TEMPERATURE. 99.3, I GAVE HER SOME CHILDRENS TYLENOL. I HOPE SHE FEELS BETTER BY TOMORROW WHEN SHE HAS SCHOOL. TUESDAY THERE IS NO SCHOOL. THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS HAVE TO MEET AT ANOTHER SCHOOL FOR SOME MEETING. SO ON TUESDAY REBECCA AND I WILL GO TO EMMAS SO REBECCA AND MARISSA CAN VISIT AND PLAY FOR A WHILE.

JIM IS STILL SLEEPING, LAZY BUM, J/K. HE WAS UP LATE LAST NIGHT. I THINK I AM GOING TO TAKE THE TYLENOL NOW. MY HEAD IS REALLY POUNDING. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A CAFFEINE HEADACHE. IT FEELS LIKE A MIGRAIN IS COMING ON BIG TIME. I GUESS I WILL GO NOW. TAKE CARE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

LOVE TO ALL...........................CINDY

So Precious

    Good evening. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend thus far. My weekend today consisted of folding laundry, and making a big pot of homemade cream of chicken noodle soup and bisquits. Beings today was so windy and cold, I decided a nice hot pot of soup would warm the belly. And it did.

Tomorrow I will spend the day giving this apartment a good vacuuming and dusting. It really needs it. Jim's gonna put Rebecca's bike and her old carseat in the garage tomorow, so I can clean the downstairs hall. I want to get this apartment spic and span, because Thanksgiving dinner is being cooked and eatten here this year. I told Emma since I do most of the cooking anyways then have to drive it over to her house, it makes more sense to just cook and eat here. I will be making a traditional turkey dinner and also a ham dinner, and will be throwing in a couple italian sides, since Emma's husband and his brothers are italians.

Yesterday was a nice day. I was at Emma's during Adrianna's bath time. She looked so precious laying there in her little tub. And not once did she cry. She loves bath's. Afterwards she was all bundled up in her bath towel. She looked so adorable. Emma dressed her in one of the outfits I bought for her. And look at her hair, lol. She needed it brushed, don't you think? She had a nice warm bottle of Mommie's milk and I got to feed her the bottle. Emma wanted to get her laundry caught up, so I took care of the baby. She drank all her bottle, gave me a couple good burps and off to sleep she went.

I fixed a late breakfast for everyone on friday. I made sausage, egg and cheese bisquits and bacon, egg and cheese bisquits. They were delicious. Dan's job sent everyone home early, so by the time breakfast was finished he arrived home and was able to enjoy a breakfast. He ate 3 of them, lol.

My Rebecca wasn't feeling well tonight. She ran out of the livingroom and into the kitchen and threw up in trashcan. Sorry for saying it like that. Earlier she complained of a belly ache. She told me that yesterday in school 2 kids were sent home because they threw up. So I guess maybe a stomach virus is going around in her classroom. I put some warm pajamas on her, and covered her with 2 blankets and she fell right to sleep. Jim is asleep also. I won't be up too much longer. I have been up since 5am. I don't know why I can't sleep more then 4 to 5 hours. I have to put away the soup I made. There's enough left to have tomorrow with sandwiches for dinner. So that is my plan for dinner.

I guess that is all there is to write about. I'm gonna read some email and then get ready for bed. I hope your all enjoying your weekend.

Love to all..........................

Hello my friends

I finally got a chance to hopefully do an entry. Last night when we came home I was just exhausted. I sat here nodding off and had to go to bed. We had a great night. Rebecca had an awesome time out with her friends. Those lil girls are twins and are 7yrs old. They are the daughter's of Brian who works with Jim. Brian was Michael Meyers in the photo's. He was walking the neighborhood, hiding in the darkness and when groups of people came, he came out of the dark, people screamed and ran. I even saw a few men run away, lmao. The Boogie man on the porch was Brians BIL. I walked so much. I'm guessing a good mile and a half. I almost didn't make the last block back to Brians house. My hip was grinding and felt as though it was on fire. My legs were stinging and my feet were throbbing. I stopped for about 2 minutes and finally made it to Brians. Jim knew I was hurting. He opened the side van door so I could sit down. I was hurting so bad I could of cried. Jim knew I was hurting and needed to go home. So he said our goodbyes, gathered up Rebecca and got her seatbelted, then helped me get up into the passengers side seat. I would rather be in labor then feel that pain again that I was in last night. It took me 10 minutes to climb the 14 steps up to our apartment. I sat down when I got up here and 5 minutes later my child wanted to go to bed. Jeez, I'm in pain, can I sit for a few more minutes? NOPE, she wanted to go to bed. Off came her costume, she washed her face and hands, brushed her teeth and got into her bed. She was asleep instantly. My poor baby was exhausted. I got into my pajamas, down loaded the pics, started an entry and then the sandman hit me with a 50 pound bag of sand. Sleep, I needed sleep. I deleted the entry and off to bed I went. I didn't wake up til 5:30am. It took forever to get out of bed. I was so stiff and sore. It was time for a dose of pain medicine. I took 2 Percogesic's. Wow, in 20 minutes the pain was almost gone. They worked better and faster then my usual Tylenol Arthritis.

I took Jim to work, Rebecca to school. Read and commented in some journals. Then I cleaned the house. It really needed it badly. I still have things to do in the kitchen, but I'll get to that over the weekend. I made a nice dinner tonight. I cooked an oven stuffer chicken with homemade stuffing. Gravy and mashed potatoes, green beans and cranberry sauce. I am going to make a nice pot of chicken and dumplings with the remaining chicken, gravy and broth for tomorrow. I'll add some egg noodles to it, because Rebecca won't eat dumplings.

I went and did my grocery shopping today. Lifted a bag not knowing the bagger made it so heavy, my wrist must of gotten sprained or something, because I let out a scream and dropped the bag back into the cart. So, it's back to using the left hand again, grrrrrrr. I really need an ace bandage, so tomorrow I will go to walgreens and get one.

Jim went and did the laundry tonight after work. Joe went with him and helped, lol. I thought that was funny. But they left the folding for me to do, grrrrrrrrr, lol. Well, it is 11:46pm and 52 degree's outside. I wish I had a screened in porch, I would love to sit out in it right now. This is my kind of weather. It was 69 today and I had all my windows open. It was great. I heard there's a storm named NOLE coming to the east coast. I hope it pitters itself out, and doesn't cause any serious damage in it's path.

Rebecca had a visit to the dentists at school today. She got her teeth cleaned, flouride treatment and 3 teeth sealed that her other dentists had missed. Other then that he said she had great teeth. Whew I was happy about that too.

I didn't get any pics of my granddaughter Marissa in her costume. I will get some though. I guess that is about it for what I have been doing.

I do want to thank LisaJo and Lisa for the lovely sympathy cards I received in the mail. Thank you so much for thinking of me. And also I want to thank Amanda for the lovely halloween card I received in the mail. I keep all my cards I receive from all of you.

I love you all....................

 

CINDY