The Good , The Bad, and The Cuties!

2010-10-17T10:16:00.000-07:00

Lindsey took these pics of us about a week ago. Thanks Lindsey I love them.

More Vegas Pics

2010-07-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

4th of July Weekend

2010-07-09T09:34:00.001-07:00

Surprise Birthday Party

2010-07-09T09:13:00.000-07:00

Our 10th Anniversary

2010-07-09T08:59:00.000-07:00

Vegas!

2010-06-14T12:36:00.000-07:00

A much needed vacation turned out to be just what the doctor order. It was so much fun and I have'nt laughed that hard in a long time. So so so so much fun!

Duncan's Birthday Party

2010-01-27T09:51:00.000-08:00

Desi and Duncan's Birthday

2010-01-27T09:48:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve

2010-01-27T09:36:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve Eve.....with Matt,Stacie,Brayden and Andrew

2010-01-27T09:27:00.000-08:00

The "Santa Express" Train Ride

2010-01-27T09:20:00.001-08:00

We went Banana's

2009-11-01T09:10:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2009-11-01T09:00:00.001-08:00

Wicked

2009-10-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

We went to see Wicked last week. It was so good and we had a great time. I of course forgot my camera and this is a pic I copied from Stacie. The one of Desi and I did not turn out very well because I kept moving and laughing the entire picture taking time. It was so fun to get dressed up and go out with friends. Matt, Stacie, Desi and I went to Maggianos before the musical and stuffed our faces. It was so yummy! We had to take a handsome cab over to the theatre after dinner because we were running late and Stacie and I could not walk in our uncomfortable (but cute) heels. Then after the show we headed to the Cheesecake Factory.....Stacie and I ended up taking off our shoes and walking down the 16Th street Mall barefoot. Our husbands were slightly grossed out by that. Hilarious!

Renaissance Festival

2009-10-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

Duncan was looking for someone to sword fight with.

My mom made the kids costumes for the festival.

So cute!

Bella's inspiration, she was obsessed with this fairy!

My parents took the kids to the festival and they loved it.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Farm Adventure

2009-10-28T08:08:00.001-07:00

Desi's firefighter friend had us out to his farm so the kids could go horse back riding. It was so much fun. They have donkeys, peacocks, and tons of different kinds of chickens including chicks the kids got to hold.

Holy Zucchini Batman!

2009-10-28T08:03:00.000-07:00

2009-08-26T07:04:00.000-07:00

Nickleback Concert August 25th, 2009

Great Concert!

2009-08-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

Duncan learned how to ride his big boy bike! Yippee!

July 4th

2009-07-15T07:52:00.001-07:00

Happy 4th of July!

2009-06-23T08:53:00.000-07:00

It's Our Anniversary! 9 years

The day has just begun but I woke up to these

amazing flowers.

We have plans to go to the melting pot later and catch a flick.

Nine things I love about my hubby......

1. He is a great dad, even after a long day at work he comes home to play with the kids. He is always finding fun stuff to keep them entertained.

2. He is such a hard worker. He takes good care of us.

3. He makes me laugh!

4. I love that he is cleaner then I am. I never have to worry about him leaving his dirty unders lying around.

5. He has a way of calming me down when I am stressed about something. I really appreciate the comfort and support.

6. He is very calm and carefree which is the complete opposite of me.

7. I have so much fun with him. Whether out on the boat or at home doing nothing we have a good time.

8. He puts up with me!

9. I have had the best 9 years of my life because of him.

I love you Des!

2009-06-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

Viva Las Vegas!

Desi and I went to Vegas a couple of weeks ago with our friends Jerran and Shannon. Good times to be had and since what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, that is all I can divulge from our trip.

2009-04-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

Desi's back from Reno! We are so excited! He was gone for 5 days at a Volleyball Tournament and returned today. Bella decided she wanted to have a special family dinner.

Artichokes and fondue....so yummy!

2009-04-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

This is what we have been up to the last 2 months.

That Easter Bunny must be tall!

Making a dash for those eggs!

He was having a hard time fitting all the eggs in his basket.

Bunnies

It's funny how they act like they like eachother.

Soccer Girl!

Bella made Desi play "Pretty Pretty Princess"!

Desi and Bella got new toys!

2009-02-16T08:14:00.000-08:00

Desi went to Omaha for a Volleyball Tourny! So I went to Aspen! He left Friday morning and I took off after Bella's Valentine Party at school. We showed up about 6:30 Friday evening. We got to the hotel, checked in and got our items into the room. Oh by the way my mom works at a consignment store in Aspen and had brought 10 garbage bags of clothes for Cianne, Chase, Desi and myself. The room was freezing! So I called the front desk and they said that they would send someone over to fix it. Then she called me back and said that she did not have anyone to fix it and they would get me another room. I got to the other room and it reeked of smoke. The front desk actually called me in the new room and said that they would comp the room for the night and move me again the next day. So after three moves we were settled in a smoke free and heated room. After moving all the bags of clothes and our stuff I was done moving.

Saturday we went to Sunlight Ski Resort. We got there just in time to get Bella into a lesson. I was really nervous for her and she was very excited. Her instructor said that she did so well. That "she is a natural". She was fearless and took off right away! I was so proud of her. When I saw her coming down the mountain all by herself I started crying. I am such a sap!

THEN THERE WAS ME AND DUNCAN.....................So after Bella left on her lesson I got me and Duncan on the lift to take us to a green (they had it labeled "FAMILY"), I thought that would be a good place for me to show Duncan the basics. We got on the lift got to the other side and all went wrong. We tried to get off the chair and somehow our ski's got intertwined and we ended up rolling down the hill. We were in the way of the other people trying to get off the chair lift. The lady that was working ran over to help us she grabbed our ski's that had come off our boots in the mist of the roll down the hill. Then I went to stand up to try and get Duncan out of the way and heard the lady helping us yell "watch out for the chair"! The chair that was coming around to go back to the bottom was literally 2 inches from smacking me in the head. We got out of the way it took some time for me to stop shaking and compose myself. Got our ski's on and tried to go, then Duncan starting crying and saying "hold me mommy"! I think he was traumatized from the chair lift experience and his fat ass mother rolling over him down the hill. I then picked him up and tried to carry him while I skied down the mountain. YEAH RIGHT! He weighs 42lbs. My knees started to shake and I knew at that point that I was probably the dumbest person on earth and I never want to be a single mom!

SKI PATROL!

The ski patrol had to take us down the mountain. How embarrassing!

2009-01-20T08:31:00.000-08:00

So much has happened since my last post.... Christmas, New Years, Desi's Birthday and Duncan's Birthday. That seems overwhelming to post about all of that so I will just post some pics. I got Desi guitar Hero for his Birthday and I get a huge kick out of Duncan playing it. He tries to do the moves as seen on the big screen. Watch out Bon Jovi!

Welcome Baby Iris!

2008-12-09T21:36:00.000-08:00

Our friends have been trying to get prego forever! The waiting finally paid off. They had a beautiful baby girl last week. I am not exaggerating when I say beautiful. She is perfect with a full head of black hair. She was only 6.5lbs and 20 inches long. I love her! I wanted to take her home with me. Duncan liked her also and kept kissing her on the cheeks. I am so excited for them! Babies are wonderful!

SUCK IT!!!!!!

2008-12-09T19:20:00.000-08:00

So if you are easily offended you probably should not read this entry, further more my entire blog. This is not intended to offend people but if you have kids you know that they say the darnedest things. This brings me to my next story about Duncan. This happened a couple of weeks ago and has been the topic of discussin since. My friend Alyssa has been watching the kids for me when I go to work. She is from Cali and has some funny lingo. Also she is a riot in general! The first week he was with her he came home saying "HI FIVE PROMISE"! Okay that is cute I can live with that one. The next week it was "heck ah funny"! Also okay! The next week I picked him and we went to Hobby Lobby to get some things for the tree. Duncan was not behaving very nice and I asked him to be good and sit in the cart. His reply "SUCK IT"! After composing myself I a said "excuse me". He repeated "SUCK IT"! Alrighty then! Then I asked where he heard that from and he replied with "Alyssala said it on the phone". So I nicely told him that is not a nice thing to say especially to your mom please do not say that again. Duncan looks around turns his little head away from me and whispers "SUCK IT". What a total stinkin turd! Next week: I put the kids to bed and got into the bathtub. Desi was at volleyball practice. Next thing I know Duncan is by the tub. He is splashing his hand in the water and kinda starring at my girl parts. I am getting a bit uncomfortable and kept asking him to go get into bed again. He out of the blue blurts out "Alyssala has a hairy front bum"! I was dying inside and decided not to say a word and put him back to bed. I called Alyssa and told her the story and asked why my son knew she had a hairy front bum. Unbenounced to her, the kids came into the bathroom while she was showering and decided to take a peek. Too funny!

Bella's turn: Bella was at Alyssa's last week. Alyssa has twins that are 3, a boy and a girl. Bella really wants a little sister. So Desi picks up the kids and Bella asked Desi for a little sister for Christmas. Desi tells Bella that he cannot have kids anymore and that mommy gets really sick. Bella puts two and two together and figures out that Desi just told her that it takes two to have a baby. Her next question was "why does it take two people to have a baby"? Desi being the nice guy that he is tells her to ask mommy. Without even a warning from Desi, Bella bright and early the next morning asks the question. Can someone please tell me how in the world do parents plan for this. I stuttered like an idiot trying to come up with words to describe it in a non-sexual way. Scary!

2008-11-23T07:23:00.000-08:00

Oh Wow! twilight movie????? Was that a movie or a low budget, (no budget), therefore cannot pay for decent actors, no special effects, makeup artist(?), expensive sports cars ( I mean hatchback Volvo), no director and/or actors direct and try to act at the same time, what would you call that: production? What a corn fest of a production! I think that best part of the entire movie was the company I was with and the plethora of comments during. Good times ladies! I especially enjoyed the comment about Jasper being constipated. I will just stick with my visions of Edward and Bella and hope that the next movie will be better. Not that it could be worse! I was thinking for the targeted audience (teenagers) maybe not such a disappointment. I think as we get older maybe more cynical. Maybe this is what they had in mind. Not all the special effects, good acting, just a love story! Either way no one can take away my thoughts, I will just stick to Edward in my head....Good looking, witty, smart, (no orthopedic shoes), well dressed, romantic! The moral of the story is that when you read such a great book, the movie will never compare!

2008-11-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

Duncan pulled out this book tonight and read the entire thing. He knew all the words and I have never even read this book to him before. Crazy kid!

2008-11-04T21:42:00.000-08:00

Halloween! Good times and way too much candy. I always thought it was so lame when people would pass out things like tooth brushes, stickers, toys, etc. on Halloween, (when of course I was a kid) well know I can appreciate what they were thinking. My kiddos have been bugging me for "just one more piece of candy". This has been going on for about a month now because Duncan has been getting treats for going potty in the big boy potty. So if Duncan gets a treat then Bella wants a treat. So everyday that goes by I take another handful of the kids candy to work. Eventually (next week) it will be gone and the kids will have to nag me about something else. What a mean mom I am not allowing my children to eat all of their Halloween candy in one sitting. Little do they know I am the one that pays the dentist bills and now that BO is the new president I need to save all my pennies.

Where's Duncan?

2008-10-08T13:49:00.000-07:00

Duncan has been phasing out of naps.... Sometimes you just need a nap and wherever you land will be the place you are taking that nap. It must be rough to be a kid. I cannot imagine falling asleep in some of the positions I find him in and not have to rush to the chiropractor the next day. In the picture above Duncan fell alseep watching TV. I was laughing so hard!

2008-09-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

Duncan, Duncan, Duncan! Such a funny little man. I am having such a hard time disciplining him. Just the other day he was asking his Nana for a drink of her soda, I told him you have your own milk and to drink that! He said "are you Nana or something"? Oh wow! Had to walk away laugh my butt off and then come back and tell him to be nice and not to talk to me that way. Then he tells me "why not"? What am I going to do with him. I know everyone thinks that their own kids are the cutest things that have ever walked the earth, and yes I am one also. He is just so funny. I was in the garage with him the other day, he was looking at all of my Grandma's things in the garage and asked me where Great-Grandma was. I told him that she moved and Duncan said she moved because she hit me and said shame on you to me. Poor little guy! I just hugged him and said I was sorry and that Grandma did not know better. I told him that is why I did not let you be alone with Grandma. Then I asked him if he missed Grandma and without missing a beat "not so much"! I was cracking up, not because he doesn't miss her but what two year old says not so much. I am in so much trouble with him! :)

Grandma was captured by the Big Bad Witch of Wellington!

2008-09-06T20:02:00.000-07:00

So after 2 cancelled appointments by my aunt and no attempt to come to some kind of civil agreement with my Grandma we decided to give my aunt a chance to try and take care of my Grandma. She came to get my Grandma today not without of course a big scene from my aunt. She is such a drama queen! Wow! She put on this huge show about being so excited to see her mother she was even crying but no tears were coming out. My poor grandma was saying that she did not want to go and stay with Carole Huggins. That she did not want to move. Poor thing. She is going to be so confused. This is really not about what is best for my Grandma when it comes to my selfish aunt, but about her winning. She really does not want to take care of my Grandma. She just wants to be vindictive. The only person that will really suffer is my Grandma.
P.S. This would be whom I am referring to in my blog title "the Bad"!
MEAN PEOPLE SUCK!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!

2008-08-27T17:36:00.000-07:00

Bella's 1st day of school! How exciting for her and traumatic for Duncan and I. Bella was so excited. I was also excited for her, but sad at the same time. I can't believe that she is in 1st grade. She is growing up so quick. The bell rang and Bella went into class while Duncan started to cry and say " I want my Bella"! So then being the mussy sap I am I also started to cry..... I couldn't help but notice (again) that I was the only parent crying. What is my problem?

Duncan's rendition of ABC's

Duncan has this thing lately about being a super hero. So this is what he came up with as costume....... (he was in clothes prior to dressing up, I guess the diaper adds to the scariness)

2008-08-11T16:28:00.000-07:00

TRIBUTE TO ELIZA BROCK

My daughter has been letting her hair grow out so she could donate to Locks of Love. She decided that today was the day. I took her to Regis at the Fort Collins Mall to have her hair cut. On the way in she was telling me that she wanted to donate her hair for people like Eliza that get sick and have no hair. She said that she would have donated it to Eliza but hair is already growing back, so maybe they could give it to someone that does not hair growing back yet. I thought that was very sweet of her. They measured 12 inches and started chopping. I of course cried not only because of the reason she was doing it, but also because it is her first big girl hair cut. She looked at some magazines and decided on a cut similar to Katie Holmes. Making her own decisions, she is growing up so quick!

2008-07-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

What a terrible day!!!!!! Yesterday I got a call from a court appointed lawyer to play as "visitor" for the petition for Carole (my aunt) to gain guardianship over my grandma. You ask why would my aunt want guardianship? Yes I ask myself the same question and the answer is that she wants to be in control. She does not want to take care of my Grandma she wants to put her in a home. Why in the world is she torturing my family? She has been awful, accusing us of abusing my Grandma. Yeah right! My aunt is the one that never took care of my Grandma. Because of aunt my Grandma had to get her breast removed at the age of 93. Even right after the procedure my Grandma came home with me for me to take care of her because my aunt said that the blood in her drain grossed her out and she could not empty it. She has never been there. The year that my Grandma has been with us I can count on one hand the amount of times my aunt has been over to visit and help with my Grandma. Why do families have to be so crappy? I could go on for hours and tell all the terrible things that my aunt has done to my Grandma. I just wish for my Grandma that Carole does not gain guardianship over my her because of her advanced stages of dementia I do not think that my Grandma would be able to endure two more moves. One to my aunts and then one to the nursing home. I do not think that is fair to her she is 94, not 20! Poor Grandma! I also wish for us that this would end. So I ask my readers to pray that this turns out for the best no matter the outcome. That my family and my Grandma find peace!

2008-07-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

Wow! It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Our computer stopped working and we just got it back on Friday. I kinda felt lost without it. We went to Dallas for Desi's volleyball team. They qualified for nationals and it was held in Dallas. We brought the kids and we had a great time. It was very warm there and more humid then it is in Colordao. One funny thing happened to us when we were there. I sometimes think that I have really bad luck. One of the days we were there I was in charge of picking up food for the volleyball girls because they played so late into the evening and hardly any of the parents rented a car. So I went down to the hotel valet for them to get out rental. They said that it would only take about ten minutes!! 20 minutes had gone by and I asked about the car and they said that they got very busy and would get asap. So an hour went by. I asked again about my car and the guy helping me said well to be honest we lost your car and the keys. Okay what are you going to do about that? By that time I was late picking up the girls food and told the valet that they would have to drive me to the restaurant to pick up the food. So after an hour and 15 minutes they loaded us up their shuttle. I looked in front of us and the car was parked in the street with the keys in it. They felt pretty stupid! Kinda funny!

Last night I took Bella and my niece to the Jonas Brothers concert... Both of them were very excited to go. We got there and they were even more excited. We had great seats, front and center. We only had 3 rows in front of us. It was so fun and to see the look on Bella's face was priceless.

2008-06-25T19:37:00.000-07:00

I have been working out!

I am proud of myself. I have not had a soda (Dr. Pepper) in 2&12 weeks. In case you think that is no big deal, it is huge!!!! I love Dr.Pepper. It is one of the greatest drinks ever invented. I do miss you Dr. Pepper, but you are just no good for me. I have moved on to the good H2O. I have been working out also for the last 2&1/2 weeks and only taken off 2 days. GO AISLINN! I have been doing 25-35 minutes on my elliptical, 150 sit-ups, 50 squats, and 75 lunges and have gained 4 lbs. How discouraging. So if any of you know any great workouts that actually make you loose weight, please let me know. Thanks

Stacie I will remove this after you see it. Love you!

I tried to take the pictures off before anyone else saw them. I could not take them off. I called Stacie to tell her what I had done, thank goodness she has such a great sense of humor. She is not mad at me, yet! Stacie by the way, you have a rockin body!

2008-06-24T07:57:00.000-07:00

Last night was so much fun... we went to the melting pot for our anniversary. We had cheese fondue, salad and chocolate fondue. Last time we went we had the "Big Night Out" and could barley walk out of the restaurant we were so full. We even passed on the desert because we were so stuffed. This time was perfect! We were going to see a movie but decided at dinner that we would go and get Desi a long wanted, much desired tattoo! Yes tattoo!! I thought it would be a great way to also remember our 8th anniversary. So we went to 3 tattoo shops in Fort Collins and unbenounced to us we had to make an appointment! So we are going back on Thursday. He really wants my name on his back. Yes I know that is just asking for an ugly divorce! I think it should be fine:)

Today is my Birthday.... All before 7:30am Carole, Rudy, Duncan and Bella sang me Happy Birthday. Desi and the kids got me a ihome speaker system for my ipod and I have already been listening to it. I love it Thanks guys!

2008-06-23T08:03:00.000-07:00

I just need to give an update on the Grandma NIKE situation... She completely cracks me up! 10 months ago I took her to Browns shoes in the Square. I swear (and yes I mean swear) she tried on every shoe in the store! Except for tennis shoes, she refused (she said that they were ugly). We were there for 3 hours and finally she picked out the ugliest shoes in the store. All of her life she has been wearing shoes that have a point at the toe (her feet are even shaped that way), so anything outside of that was unacceptable. Anyway she loves her tennis shoes and has been saying how great they are. So we got her some NIKE shox also. Hilarious!

2008-06-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

Oh just a little update on the tee-peeing we received that other night.... It was Desi's Volleyball team. That kinda figures considering they are in High School. I guess it was one of the girls Birthdays and they thought it would be fun to do. Not out of hate, like I thought at 5 O'clock in the morning! I do have to say that I was being very dramatic about the whole thing. That is what happens when you are PMSing and sleep deprived. I am a nerd! What can I say. The funniest part of it is that Desi turned on the sprinklers before he noticed we had been tee-peed. So not only was he cleaning up toilet paper but it was also wet and stuck to the ground.

2008-06-21T21:19:00.000-07:00

Desi and I went to Denver for the night to celebrate our 8Th anniversary! Wow does time fly! We had a really good time. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt and it ended up being really nice. We went out to eat and then walked around the 16Th street mall, went back to the hotel worked out for an hour, sat in the hot tub for about another hour and then adventured out again to the 16Th street mall to find something to drink. We had fun and it is so nice to get away from everyday life. Today we did some shopping for my Grandma and ended up getting her a pair of NIKE walking shoes. I got her a sweat outfit with shorts and a hoodie at Aeropostale. She looks so stinking cute. She is by far the hottest 94 year old I know. I also got her a pair of leggings at Forever 21 and a shirt to go with. All the men at Elderhaus are going to dig her:)

Desi and I kinda just messed around for the day, just relaxing and enjoying the idea of no responsibility. We are going to have dinner at the melting pot for our "real anniversary" on Monday. After dinner we will probably check out a flick also. Good times! I cannot even believe that we have been married 8 years. When you have kids it just seems to go by so fast! Before we know it we will be celebrating our 50th. (I hope:)!!! This last 10 months have been pretty rough for us with all that has happened with my Grandma and my family and with that said I am so thankful to have a husband that is supportive. I do not know to many people that would agree to take on a 94 year old woman with dementia and all my family issues. Not only has he opened our home to my Grandma but has been great to her. The only time he seems to get upset is when she seeks out our bathroom at 2 o'clock in the morning to take a poo with the door wide open and us just feet away. HAAAAHHHH! He can at least laugh the next morning. From her eating his contacts to arguing with him about who's son Duncan is, he has been great! He is an excellent father, care taker of my grandma and husband. Desi thanks for being so supportive! I love You!!!

2008-06-19T06:54:00.001-07:00

Desi woke up this morning to work out at 5am. Shortly after that he came and got me up and said "come here". I was a bit annoyed considering the time, but got up anyway. He was carrying the camera so I thought it had to do with the kids. OH NO!!! Some one (probably more then one) TEEEEEE-PEEEEE'D US! I starting crying and asked who hated us. Desi thought it was hilarious. I just remember in High School we always tee-peed the people we did not like. Oh well! I guess if we would have stayed in our town home we would have never been tee-peed!

2008-06-04T06:14:00.000-07:00

I never know what to write on this blog. I think that I will end up putting my readers to sleep with the lack of excitement that goes on here. I am sure a have a million Grandma stories but those even seem to get old after awhile..........

Bella's last day of school was last week and that was also very uneventful. I was hoping for a little Kindergarten Graduation party or something. I was surprised that her school did nothing. I just cannot believe another year has gone by and soon my baby will be a 1st grader. Sometimes I look at her and think that she is still so little and other times especially lately I feel like she is getting so big. Soon I will be sending Duncan off to school (oh wow!)

So I have to tell my funny texting story... I was at work on Monday, Desi and I were texting for a few minutes...

Aislinn text-did you call home depot about the screen doors

Desi text-yeah they are not in yet

Aislinn text-did you ask them when

you are sexy

Desi text-they didn't say when I am sexy.

I was laughing so hard, I thought that I would be smooth with a little sexy text at work thing and because I am text impaired I ended up asking him when home depot thought he was sexy. I am such a dork but had a good laugh anyway.

On another note, my little guy has been vomiting weekly sometimes daily for as long as I can remember. I have taken him to the Doctor on multiple occasions and have had different medications prescribed for him and Doctors telling me that he would just probably grow out of it. I have had different theories about why he does this from car sickness to reflux and really did not know. Then lately he has been saying things smell bad and then throws up. Like last week we were driving by the cows over by boyd lake and he said "that smells bad" and threw up all over. I don't get it. So we have a test on Thursday to check out everything internally and make sure it's working OK.

2008-05-21T17:35:00.000-07:00

At 6:00 this morning the CNA came over to help me get my Grandma in the shower. She went into her room and came upstairs a few minutes later saying that she could not wake up my Grandma. I thought that was really strange, normally she is up by then and has tried on every outfit in her closet. So I went to her room, Regina and I could not get her up. She could not even stand without falling over. So I freaked out ran upstairs and got Desi to come and check on her. He came down and also had the same experience. So Desi carried her into the car and we took her to the ER. She has pnemonia. Poor thing I cannot even belive it she was just fine last night before bed. The nurse from good sam was even over on Monday and he said her lungs sounded great and she looked great. I guess when you are 94 your body just doesn't work as well as it use to. I hope that she fights this and gets well soon.

2008-05-18T15:54:00.000-07:00

I am having a bad life and feeling sorry for myself. I know that it could be worse and I know that I am very blessed in so many ways. I probably should not even complain, but I am at my breaking point. All the issues with my Grandma and her daughter Carole are wearing on me. Today I came to work and got a call from a very upset husband. He said "two things"... #1 our umbrella flew off the deck and crashed in the yard and broke and #2 the police were just at our house. "What" I said. He told me that my aunt called the cops on us because we would not let her pick up Grandma last night because of my sisters Graduation. She told the cops that we were abusing and neglecting her. How can people go around falsely accusing people of things and get away with it. My aunt is the one who has neglected my Grandma and never been around to help out. She took my Grandma over night last Saturday and brought her back 5 hours late without even a phone call to us. That was at 10:00 at night when we have the CNA come over at 5:30 to help her shower. Then my aunt did not even change her diaper in the 29 hours she had her and my Grandma was 5 hours late taking her meds. So her BP when she got home was 204/98. Just great! I just cannot do this any more. I have been taking care of my Grandma for the last 9 months without any help from any of her children. Desi and I have no lives, do not do anything fun and hardly even get out of the house. Which I was willing to do for my Grandma. I just should not have to deal with all the other crap. Why do people consume themselves with so much vindictiveness? I need a break so bad.

2008-05-13T20:45:00.001-07:00

2008-05-10T21:21:00.001-07:00

I was looking at Eliza's blog today..... I was looking at the post for our girls night out and suddenly became very disappointed. I noticed that she had mentioned that Michelle got second place in our pro bowling competition. THAT my friends is not correct! So just for the record I (Aislinn) did in deed receive a second place trpohy for my efforts in our girls night out bowling competition. I worked very hard to receive this award and almost got us kicked out of the bowling alley. I do not want this effort to go unnoticed and that is why I decided to write this entry to prove this undoubted fact. I will even attach the scores so you all can see for yourselves. By the way "AB" on the list of scores stands for "Ais Baby". Thank you all for your support, I could not have done this without you.

2008-04-21T18:25:00.001-07:00

My cousin left today and my entire family is in tears (with the exception of Desi). My cousin and Grandma stood at the door and cried together. Bella cried because her cousins were leaving, which means we are back to regular bedtime hours, no snacking ALL day, and no excuses that someone else (meaning her cousins) gets this and that, why can't I. For me I am sad that I have to deal with all my family BS by myself. Duncan was just crying because everyone else was. It was good to have her around and nice to have an alli. We did allot of fun things with the kids and I cannot believe how fast a week goes by.

My cousin is awesome! She is the kind of person that does not sweat the small stuff or give a hoot what other people are thinking or saying about her. I wish I could be like that. I worry about everything!!!! I think that is why mu husband does not worry about anything because I do it for him.

2008-04-05T19:46:00.000-07:00

Another interesting day......It started out well, my husband let me sleep in. That was so great I am not sure the last time that happened. With two kids and a grandma it is hard to do. Then I got up and got ready. Bella had a soccer game at 10:30. I kept yelling at her to get ready and of course like always "but mom can I ask you a question", or "Duncan won't leave me alone", or "but mom one more thing". Sometimes I am amused but today I was not because we were already pushing time. So then I went down stairs to find grandma sleeping in her chair. I woke her up and asked her to get ready so we could leave. She was already dressed, by the way in many layers. She had 5 shirts and 3 pairs of pants on. Ever since the fall about 2 weeks ago she has had some very unusual behavior. So then I went up stairs again to get Bella her water bottle for soccer and some snacks for Duncan. All of a sudden I hear my daughter freaking out. It was like the scene from dumb and dumber when whats his name licks the metal post and gets stuck. She was getting ice out of the freezer and sucking on it and one got stuck to her already chapped lips, and yanked the sucker right off. So then she had blood all over her face and is spitting it onto her nice clean white shirt. Great!!! So then I had to calm her down, wash off her face and get her a new shirt for her soccer game that was scheduled to start now in only 20 minutes. I got Duncan and Bella loaded in the car. Went back inside to get the Gram to find her with her multiple pants around her ankles standing in the middle of the room. "What are you doing Grandma"? I ask
"Nothing" she replies. Ok then lets pull up your pants and get out of here. Ok? She replies with the obvious remark that she was not ready. So about another 10 minutes of that conversation and we would be lucky to make it in the 1st quarter. Finally I get her into the car. Then I had to listen to Duncan scream all the way to the game that I forgot his milk. At one point I saw a cow on the side of the road and almost stopped to get some milk, but then we would not even make the game until 2 quarter because I have never milked a cow before and would probably require some kind of instruction. I tried to calm him down with the secret weapon of BRIBERY! "If you are good I will buy you a treat". Did not work this time! Oh well. So finally we arrive late to the game. Get Bella out, go around and get Duncan out. Opened the door to get Grandma..."shut the door, it is cold"! "Sorry" I say "what was I thinking", it is 60 degrees outside and you have 3 pairs of pants and 5 shirts on. I can see why you would be cold. I asked her multiple times to come and watch Bella play soccer, told her that I brought a chair for her and even tried to bride her. "No I want to stay in the car and rest. Ok then I will be back in a few and check on you. So I walked over to field where Bella was playing and yes we were late. She jumped in the game and went for that ball. She did very well. She scored the only goal on her team and tried really hard for more. I was proud of her she really stuck with it and did not whine at all that she was tired. I hope that she does turn out like her father to be a great athlete. Then I walked over to get the kids in the car and check on Gram. SHE WAS GONE!!!! She has never done that before. I flipped!!! Thank goodness Rudy was there to help me. I started to drive around and he started walking around to see if he could see her. I called 911 and reported the incident. I received allot of judgement on the other end of that call. "you left your grandma in the car". Yes she would not get out. He asked if I had the windows open, like she was going to fry to death. Listen guy we live in a sauna and the woman is cold, we take her to Florida when it is 85 degrees and she is cold. I am sure that even with the multi tiered clothing that she has going on she is still cold. So either help me find my grandma or bite me. I did not say that but I would have loved to. So after looking around on foot Rudy gets in his car and starts driving around. I get a call just a few minutes later that he found her. Thank god!!!! So he brings her around to me and I jump out of my car and go to talk to her. I asked her where she was going and she said "to see the county". Alrighty,next time you want to see the country let me drive you there. In fact I know of some cows we can see on the way home:)