Happy Girls

Well the girls finally got their Wii, so they are happy. They have been waiting for at least a year to get one. They have spent all afternoon playing, and having a great time, now they are completely exhausted!!! They played their Just Dance 3 game for like 2 hours, after 2 dances I’m tired….*LOL* I guess I really am getting old.

I would like to get them the sports games. As I think those are fun. They’ve played them at the library, and I watched. I think I would also like to check out the Big Game Hunter, where you can shoot things….I might also check out a James Bond game.

Updates

WordPress keeps giving me a message saying I need to update to it’s new format. However I’ve tried and it wants some username and password that I apparently don’t have. I’ve contacted my techie about the problem, but she hasn’t gotten around to fixing it. I’ll have to remind her that she said she’d fix it. I can bug her, it’s my job as her younger sister. *LOL*

Maybe I’ll put a bug in her ear about making me a few templates for my blogs too, since I never seem to get around to trying to create them. However I’m not sure when she’d get around to it either, as she’s pretty busy too!!

Stuff

I’m trying to do better at keeping my blogs updated so here I am trying to come up with something new to talk about. I guess my subject is basketball.

Des started her first year of basketball last week. It’s just practices right now. Games start in January. She’s having a good time, and doing pretty well considering it’s her first year. She knows a few of the girls on her team, which helps her be a bit more comfortable. Her shooting is improving, and she’s working on dribbling without having to watch the ball. All in all, I think she’s doing well, and most importantly having fun and learning/trying something new.

Update

Okay, so life is chugging along here, with it’s ups and downs.

A wild turkey hit Dad’s windshield last Wednesday, so he was driving a different truck for acouple of days. I knew then he was starting to get sick. It ended up being pnemonia. Thankfully no hospital stay was necesary!! He has been home all week though.

I had a horrible sinus infection two weeks ago, and finally called my Dr. and got medicine for it early last week. I’m feeling much better, although now I think I have a bit of a cold.

We are eagerly awaiting Christmas!! Although there have been a few mishaps this year, but I’ll tell you all about that on one of my other blogs.

Time for me to move along. Hope you all have a good day!!

I’ve Been Thinking

A friend of mine did a post on her blog, Where The Sun Always Shines…
, last night that got me to thinking. If you pop over and read her entry you can see that she’s had a rough road lately, and that’s what really got me to thinking.

Now I’ve never been able to write the thought provoking posts like she has, but her post got me to thinking about my own relationship with my Mother. For those of you that don’t know, I classify my biological mother as Mother, or real Mom, because I have been blessed to have another that I call Mom. One who accepts me for who I am, and loves me no matter what. But this post, it is about my biological Mother.

I never felt that I was good enough in her eyes. I grew up hearing “I wish you were more like your sister”. My Mother and I never “meshed”…I never felt like she was interested in me, my thoughts, or my wants. Everything always seemed to be about herself, or my sister….Everything I ever wanted seemed just out of reach.

I remember when I became pregnant with Des that I was relieved that my real Mom had already passed away, because I was so happy to be having a baby, and I knew that had she been alive she would have hounded me with how much I had disappointed her, and how much I had sinned, and what a horrible person I was, because I wasn’t married. I figure if we were still on speaking terms after that, when I became pregnant with Meg that would have gotten me disowned by her….

You may think I’m being harsh, but you didn’t know my Mother, or anything about our relationship. It amazes me when people think they knew that person so much better than you, and it was you that lived with that person, grew up with that person….

Anyway, I will say as many times as anyone cares to hear, that I have NEVER been sorry that I had Des and Meg, and it has never made any difference to me that I was not married to the father. They are the light of my life, they are the reason that I live….

My Mother was quick to point out flaws and faults in other people, but never seemed to admit that she had her own flaws and faults…I could go on and on about my Mother, and our problems, but I feel that I’ve gotten off track in this entry….So I’ll sign off.

7:37am

It may now sound like such an aweful hour of the day for you, but it is for me, since I have been up since 3am. In one way being up so early doesn’t bother me, as it gives me a chance to get a lot of things done, but in another way it’s aweful because the girls will be up soon, and I’ll be wanting a nap soon.

As you can see in my previous post, my Christmas shopping is about complete. Basically it’s just a matter of wrapping things now. I wouldn’t even worry about wrapping yet, except I have no where to hide this stuff, so I have to get it wrapped so the girls don’t peak.

Anyway, I’m off to read an email, and then decide if I want to do more work or not.

Christmas

Christmas is my favorite time of year, no question. I love the lights and the decorations. I love cooking the big meal, and having everyone enjoy it. I love the wondering and excitement about the gifts, but most of all I love shopping for gifts for other people.

This year I’ve been hard put to think of things that I want to get for the girls, but after months of pondering and considering, I think I’ve finally got some pretty good ideas of what to get them. I certainly hope they like these things, but then I know they will, as they love getting stuff, no matter what it is. Don’t be fooled though, they love giving stuff too!! This year they had saved up their own money to spend on Christmas gifts for everyone, and had a great time doing their own shopping.

Busy

Life has been busy lately, of course it seems that it’s been busy for months and months. *LOL* What happened to my quiet, uneventful, stay at home life?? I guess it all started with working at Bubble’s, and then it was softball, and then swimming lessons, and now it’s soccer. After soccer will be dance, and maybe basketball, and that takes us back into softball season.

I don’t mind the girls participating in all these activities…I love watching with them, and practicing with them…I love that they are so active, and enjoy doing sports. I love that Dad and I can give them these opportunities…It just gets kind of hetic sometimes.

Anyway, I had to stop by here and take care of a couple of work entries, and wanted to do an update here, but it’s time for me to move along, as there is some other work to do. I’m running a bit behind this week, so I’m trying to play catch up…

Cats, Cats, and More Cats.

In the last year I’ve gone from 2 cats to 8….Don’t ask me how this has happened, because I just don’t know really. I love cats, but I said 4 was my limit, and then I said 6 was my limit, and now, well, now I have 8….It’s ridiculous I know, but I really can’t see parting with any of them.

My original 2 are Orangey and Yeti. They are brother and sister, that I got when they were young kittens. Orangey broke his leg as a kitten, and Yeti was born with a hip problem, but she has pretty much out-grown the problem. I’ve had them for about 5 years now, and well, they will live out their lives with me.

Next came Sam and Kit Kat. These were kittens that the girls picked out. I don’t have any real attachment to these cats, as their personalities just didn’t click with me. However they are decent cats who generally mind their manners, and I don’t want to give the girls the idea that it’s okay to get an animal when it’s cute and cuddly, and then get rid of it when it grows up.

Next came Shadow and Sissy. They were manx cats that I adopted from a shelter. They had been their quite a long time, because they were about 7 years old. Sissy was only able to live here acouple of months, because she died of liver disease. I am happy to know that the last months of her life were filled with love and care, it makes her passing a bit easier on my heart. Shadow is still here, the love of my kitty kingdom. *LOL*

Next came Tai Chi. A 9 month old orange manx when he came to me. The owners didn’t want him anymore, and were going to take him to a shelter.

Next came Gimpy. I saw a poster of him at my Vet center. He has deformed front legs. He is about a year old now. I’ve only had him for about a month. The owners were moving and desperately trying to find him a good home. No one else wanted him, because of his disability….So home he came…..

Now our latest addition of Malfoy came to us only a few days ago. The girls found him outside stuck in a fence. Flea infested and starving. What could we do?? *LOL* He now lives a quiet and comfortable life with us. He is a sweet, loveable boy. Only a few months old. He will be taking a trip to the Vet next week or perhaps the week after to be neutered.

And that my friends is my big happy cat family. No more please!!!

Done For Now

Okay, well I have completed the work for two of my blogs, so I’m going to take a break and spend some time working on the quilt I’m doing for Des. I only have 2 more hearts to complete on that block, and then I can do a block for Megan’s quilt. I decided that I would do a block for Des, and then a block for Meg so that both quilts get done at about the same time. It also helps me from getting bored working on the same design and same colors all the time. So off I go.