Ok, I have decided to go back to using my original blogging site. I dont like change and this one is just far easier for me to use.
Anyway...
It has been quite awhile since I have blogged last!! So much has been going on, I am not even sure where to start.
Courtney is back home... which has been a big adjustment for all of us. And I am determined to make sure we dont go down the same path as before!!
June is our busy vacation month!
We have already spent 3 weekends straight camping. We got a pop up camper...which is AWESOME!!! It is so much easier on my back!! Plus the A/C is really nice... although we have only really been using the fan feature, and we have already used the heat!! LOL
There was a HUGE confrontation with my asshole "mother" about 2 weeks ago... when Courtney called me expressing that my mom was keeping her isolated from me and she wanted to come home. Of course... she showed her true colors and hopped on Courtney getting SSI and bullied her way onto Courtney's bank account. All things I wont relive here again. The bottom line is, once again, she is dead to me and I will be just fine if I never have to see or hear from her again.
During that confrontation... she said some pretty awful things to Brittany... and I am sure it will take some time for Britt to heal from those things.
Today is the first day that I wasnt on some sort of "schedule" to get ready for or unpack from camping!!
I still have the laundry to get caught up on... and some cleaning around the house to get caught up on... BUT, I decided to take some time to catch up with my "BFF" and then spend the afternoon at the library with the kids! I signed everyone up for the summer reading program and I am hoping this will get their heads out of the electronics!
Next week I think we will check out some "How To" books for some craft or another! Then we can spend some time working on that next week!
Stacy managed to get the pool up and running!! Yesterday and today hasnt really been warm enough for them to enjoy it...but they have tried!! LOL!!!
It is suppose to hit some high temps this week... I know they will be happy in the pool then.
Thursday is the first of a few foot surgeries for Courtney. Of course I am worried about that. But, we will manage through it. No camping trips planned for the next 2 weekends... so we will be home starting the healing process... AND I plan on having Stacy get our porch on!!!!! I am sick and tired of NOT having a damn porch now... it has been over a year!!!!
The trouble is... the man hates asking for help! So I have simplified it. NO root cellar or coal bin... just a porch. Now, lets see how it goes.
We have 2 of our 3 agreed upon camping weekends in July already booked. Soooo.... this porch project needs to get DONE! LOL
This coming weekend is my shop weekend! I really do LOVE my shop weekends! I like seeing all of my faithful clients... and getting to know new ones!
Let's see--
OH... the garden!! This years garden is KICKING BUTT!! I have soooo many raspberries this year... it is my best year yet!
I also have everything finally planted in my "3 sisters" bed. I am really excited to see how it all turns out. I have been really keeping up with weeds so far this year. I try to get out there every day we are home. And I stress about losing raspberries when I am not home to pick them...LOL!
I havent decided if I am going to make raspberry jam, or raspberry wine this year. But I am getting quite the stock pile in the freezer waiting for me to decided! Maybe I will get lucky and end up with enough to do both.
Izzy duck is getting really big! She thinks she owns the world! Her tail feathers are starting to come in... I am sooo excited to see what she ends up looking like. Right now she is solid yellow... no black or chocolate markings. I have a few more eggs in the incubator now... I have to build our flock a bit.
Saturday nite Stacy and I took Brittany ghost hunting!! HILARIOUS!! We have it on video too. OMG... it was sooooo fun. We visited some local cemeteries... late at nite. She insists she saw a ghostly shadow... and boy I was waiting for her to pee her pants!!
We are such strange parents... but we all had fun! AND... added bonus... it didnt traumatize her to the point she needed to crawl into bed with us! ;-)
We signed Nathan up for a summer math program. Offered through CCA. I am hoping we can work on building his math skills... since he has some trouble sometimes.
AND.... BOTH NATHAN AND BRITTANY MADE HONOR ROLL FOR THE LAST SEMESTER!!! I AM SOOOO PROUD OF THEM BOTH!!!
I am also pretty proud of all of my kids for remembering Stacy on Father's Day!
Josh sent him a text early in the day and the other 3 had me drop them off at Walmart where they shopped for Stacy on their own! They picked our a really nice watch for him... since his broke about a week or so ago. They did good!
I guess that about sums things up around here. I am sure I forgot a bunch of stuff... but, I hope not to go as long between blogs from now on.
Time to get my supper started... Stacy is on his way home from his first day back at work after vacation!
