picture time!

The picture of Jarrod pointing to his mouth, he was saying "why do u always kiss your dolls and the duck, but not me???"

The one of her by the water machine is where she goes to "hide" at my mom's house.

The one in the car seat is her "mean face" which she makes all the time.

3 kids and a lemonade stand

Yesterday I had my neices over for about ten hours. This was not a planned thing, as they were supposed to be visiting Casey, but he has no idea how to entertain them. SO I am their choice and I took on the challenge. It started out as a conversation between Katherine (9 yrs) and I on the way to WallyWorld. She wants her own room, separate from her 6 yr old sister, but can't move into her grandparents spare room until she gets the things she needs to decorate it. This includes paint ($20), a new bedspread ($30), and a TV stand ($?). So I mentioned that she should offer to do little chores for people for a dollar or two here and there and she could save up pretty easily. Then I spouted out "or u could have a lemonade stand......" Well let's just say my day was pretty much over then. I would spend the next couple hours getting lemonade, borrowing a cooler, helping make a poster, getting Mahna down for a nap and listening to. I wonder how much money we will make, we should do this, we should say that, when is Mahna waking up, why does she have to sleep so long why can't she just sleep at the lemonade stand, is it almost time to go, i hope I make lots and lots of money........ Let me just say non stop talking. It is cute, though, of course, just amazing what nonstop one sided conversation can do to turn your stress level up a notch or two. We had fun though. Our original intention was to go to Central Park where there is ALWAYS a hundred million people. Um, not yesterday, maybe it was because by the time we got there it was 5:30 pm or maybe it was because it was 98 degrees? Who knows but I went into panic mode. I thought I am NOT going thru all this crap again and starting over another day. WE MUST FIND A PLACE TO SELL AT LEAST ONE CUP OF LEMONADE!!! Katherine says "where would people be on such a hot day"? DING DING DING a pool! Okay so we go by the aquatic center, but there is no where to really set up discreetly. So we drove to my parents neighborhood (Kendra can say it right "Wehhhhhhhhlington") and set up on the median between the community pool and neighborhoods. I think it warmed a lot of people's hearts to see a lemonade stand. Some people stopped and gave them their change or a dollar and didn't even want lemonade. Some lady went on and on about how hot she was from being at the lake. Lots of people came by walking their dogs, but none of them had change for lemonade. The girls offered to give THEM free lemonade. So after about 90 minutes of this, during which I sort of stayed back with mahna, the girl's faces were bright red and they had sweat covering their scalps. Still they say "five more minutes? We might get another customer!". Too cute. So we finally came back and they had millions more ideas to do before their grandparents finally came to get them around 9:30. Make a video, do a news report, put on a concert, paint, draw, wash the cars, play in the hose....... Meanwhile I pretty much had Mahna in my arm the entire time and today it is super sore. Oh well, it was fun and I am sure will be some kind of memory for my neices. 3 kids for me? Hmm I dunno about that. I think I like giving Mahna my full attention 95% of the time instead. But then again she really enjoyed watching everything the girls did...... pros and cons, pros and cons.

no more AVON

I am no longer an "AVON" representative. I got fired for paying for stuff too late, like two months too late. BOy time does fly! Haha. Oops. That is very unlike me to do something like that. But it is very like me to go gung ho thinking I can be a sales person for some thing like pampered chef or avon and fail miserably. It's all good. That is just who I am and I accept it and don't hold it against myself.

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My friend visits me! :)

Jana came from San Antonio! Yea! The pic on the right was Friday morning, Mahna and her 6 month old daughter Brooklyn. Isn't she a beauty??? The pic on the left was Friday night when she came to my house and her parents watched her kiddos. It was fun!!! Hopefully she can come back over again tonight or tomorrow.

Daddy and Baby

Here is Jarrod playing with Mahna at the condo. She likes to do this "balancing" thing on his hands.

trying to figure out how to post pictures....

Here is a picture of Mahna and I on the balcony of the condo we stayed at in Breckenridge. My mommy French braided my hair that first day and it looked very groovacious but you can't really tell. Mahna was in her PJ's that G.G. (great gma) made for her when she was just an itty bitty baby......... they still fit! Mahna wears like 3-6 month clothing still. Hope u like the picture. I will do some more.......

if u buy that I'll throw the golden gate in free.....

If u don't know that is a line from a country song. I don't know why I have it in my head!!! It says "I've got some ocean front property in Arizona, from the front porch you can see the sea, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona....If you buy that i'll throw the golden gate in freeeeee".

Well I am back from Colorado......... And from there being no missed calls, messages or comments while I was away, I see that no one missed me. Sniff sniff. Oh well. I had a grand ol' time with my fam damily. The weather was just awesome there. It is a whole different SUMMER. We would wake up around 8 to sixty degree temperatures and eventually it would work its way up to 80. Mahna got constant 24 hour attention the whole time from either my mom, sisters or grandma. I think I only had to bathe Mahna once out of 5 times while we were there. I am pretty sure she got even cuter while we were there, maybe it was the altitude. She makes a new face which Jarrod calls her "mean face". I will try to post a picture here in a minute.

Well a bunch of people just walked in my house so I lost concentration. Thanks for reading.....

jail birds and babies

Well Franky is still in jail. He hoped to get out Sunday for time served on the warrants he has but they wouldn't just take a phone call they want written signed letters from him and one of the places won't even give time served so he will have to pay like $120 before he gets out. Soo that sucks. I feel bad for him being lonely in jail. I knew it would happen eventually but it still sucks. He still has the most innocent eyes and I remember him as a lil kiddo.

I was waTching Mahna crawling around innocently nearby and playing adn looking at the fish and I got all into what I was writing and nex thing I know she is half way up the stairs. Thank you LORD that she didn't fall. She sure is bizy and fast and cute and fun. She giggles a lot and has a new kind of laugh which I can't describe, you will just have to hear it.

We are leaving for Colorado in a couple hours, so I better go get some mini bottles for the plane ride. Hee hee.

Love ya and I will update while in colorado if I can otherwise next weds ...............

thursday's news

Hmmm not much exciting to say...... isn't that a great way to start a post. I woke up next to my babykins numerous times over the night. I slept lightly so I dreamed a lot. One dream was a vivid one about driving in the rain (ironic that it rained today and I drove in it) and I felt myself losing control of the car (my mustang) and I suddenly knew that I was about to be in a car wreck, I couldn't see and the car was spinning and spinning across a four lane highway (where, I don't know) but I was just praying the whole time that no one would hit me. It was so real feeling, so then the car goes over a hill and into like gravel/sand/mud. I feel it start sinking and I push the door open as far as I can and help my grandma out of the back seat of the car. It is sinking slowly so I am concentrating on getting my "things" out of my car, the backpack I take to the gym, Mahna's diaper bag (she was not with me) and I am t hinking of where I am going next and how I will tell this story.... very strange.

Today I spent a lot of the day on the phone. Insurance for the new car, cancelling satellite, getting info on paying Franky's court fine and what he owes Sally's. I am not paying this but he gave me money to do so w hile he is in jail, which he still is and I am planning to visit him tonight. It is a 20 min drive to Denton and 20 back for just 30 min to talk to him but I am guessing he is probably pretty bored and lonely by now. You just never know with him tho. he might be just fine. Did you k now that gay men get a private cell? So at least I don't have to worry about the scary things u hear about in jail. So thats that for now ya'll. Talk to u later.

drama mama

Well Franky is still in jail. He was only supposed to do the weekend, but he had a couple warrants so now he has until July 24. Poor kiddo. Maybe it will help him somehow. I plan to visit him on Thursday. We leave for Colorado Friday night. I am looking forward to some cool mountain air and a vacation w/ my huz. He is fun on trips. Today was a very bizy day. I drove to drop Mahna w/ Tivany, drove to my parents to let the dawg out, drove to Las Colinas to clean a house, drove back to breastfeed Mahna at Tivany's house, drove back to my parents to let the dog out again, drove to Copper Canyon to clean another house, drove back to get Mahna, got a call that Jarrod was in a car wreck, met him at the house and drove him to the DR. He is okay, his back is just real tight feeling and he is in pain. We went to the new "Pain and Injury" clinic in Lewisville. They want to file the claim w/ insurance against the driver, etc. Jarrod just wants to know if his back is okay. He can walk and isn't like moaning in pain so I am guessing he is allright, but then again he is a MAN who doesn't let on all the time about pain. The car wreck was two cars rearending and then ramming into him and he was at a complete stop and saw it coming there for he tensed up. My parents are in Colorado having a grand ol' time. I had an awesome weekend hanging out w/ Kendra at my parents house, lots of swimming. She got me thinking about a triathalon. It sounds like a very scary word, but once she started explaining it to me and trying to talk me into training w/ her for one we could do together, I think it might be possible. The RUNNING part is what scares me. I think I could learn to bike, and swim, but RUN? I wish! We shall see. It is in my mind now. Thanks Kendra for pushing me further.....

mahna is ten months old!

Holy cow can it really be that ten months have gone by!!! Goodness! She is so fun now. Not that she ever WASN'T. She has four little cute teeth, two top, two bottom. My mom told me it would change the way she looked and it really has! She is such a little cutie. Such a love bug too. She does this little shy thing when new people are around or people she hasn't seen in a while. While I am holding her she will lean her head on my chest and look up at the person. It is so cute. She also makes all kinds of cute little different sounds. She tries to immitate whatever we say like "Hi Anna". She says HI all the time and waves bie bie and loves to clap for any reason!

Thank God we are over that sickness. It was no fun at all. I thought I would have lost some weight eating just jello and boullion, but no such luck. I weighed in at weightwatchers this morning at the same weight I've been at for about two weeks. Oh well. At least I haven't gained anything. I need to get back on track like seriously. I am doing pretty good today. I think eating lots of salad is the key to it all. I really want to get down to a cute little size so I can wear all the clothes that I like. Kendra and me went to a couple stores in Grapevine mills yesterday and I realized how much bigger I am than a lot of girls and that I am just entirely too huge for my height. Please don't comment "u look fine" or "i don't think ur fat" because that is not my purpose of writing this. :) Thanks anyway tho. Thankfully Mahna is pretty good at the gym babysitting room these days so I can work out about 3 times a week at least for an hour. There is a new older woman working there which I really do not like at all and would love to tell her off for telling ME how to be a mom, but I will continue being nice as hell to her because I learned very quickly that if someone is watching your kid you definately don't want them mad at you!

My parents and gma and anna are in Colorado right now which is a big bummer. I really don't hang out w/ friends, just my mom and gma and sister so it is like my social circle going on vacation. Jarrod, Mahna and I do get to join them for a couple days next week though. That should be relaxing. I wonder how Mahna will do on the plane ride this time.

Wow I forgot to mention that Jarrod bought TWO CARS the other day! KIA was having some special on Kia Rios. There were like 5 on the lot that were totally bare as in no A/C or radio, much less power anything, including steering. $5800 for a brand new car which gets much better gas mileage than his truck does. Being a courier really SUCKS during these days of ridiculous gas prices, in case I never mentioned that before. So the money saved in gas will actually pay for the car plus some. Now u want to know why he bought TWO. Well Casey didn't have the credit so Jarrod got him one also in his name. Pretty nice brotherly thing to do if I may say so myself.

In TV news, I probably won't have much TV news in the near future because we are cancelling our satellite to save money. So I won't get to watch RESCUE ME on FX on Tuesdays anymore or Law and Order SVU marathons.... Or PUNK'D. I guess I will just have to have tv night at the neighbors! :) At least "The Biggest Loser" is starting up again soon. That is on a public channel. I swear, I am really not a TV junkie, I just have a couple that I am sorda into. Hey, I am a housewife! What do you expect!!!!!!!!!! (Are there women cringing out there at me saying that?)