The weather has been nice and hot. I am ready for a sun-less, rainy day around here. We have swam so much this summer, we all have a great tan!! The last few weeks in Palestine have been very hard..getting used to the new town, having few friends, leaving all my friends behind, having little money, and rearranging bills to suit a new pay schedule, .. it's all been a little hard. But, we are determined and I have actually made a few friends I really like!! :D

We are moved. We moved all the way to Palestine the first week of July. It's a long, long way from home, but missing Josh would have been far more hard than being this far from family. We are doing fine. I get bored often. I hope for new and better things to come. Life is hairy at times, I need to lose weight, and my kids are so missed on Thursdays...but, for now..I am trying to see the glass as half - full!

I've been a bad, bad blogger. I haven't gotten on here to tell you all the news and updates of the past month or so. Well, Josh left for training today..sadly..we miss him already. My summer classes started last week, but I am doing them all online so it's easier. Taking a novels course and a music course is not all that fun. Brynn and I have been swimming a few times already this summer, with Josh. Today we went without Josh! :( It was NOT as fun. I really am gonna miss him while he is gone to training during the week. The weekends he will be home. I am beginning to see the idea of moving to Athens or Tyler or Canton a much bigger possibility. :/

JOSH GOT THE JOB!! He starts on June 18th. He will go to Palestine and train. I have no idea how long or when he gets paid, which are the things that scare me most. I am just so happy that he is going to be working in a field of work that my Dad truly appreciates. I am also happy that he is going to be doing something that makes me proud. I love him and I know just KNOWing that he is getting out from under Redneck is making him happy!! Maybe one day we will move closer to Palestine, maybe not..either way..we are going to be no longer an un-happy family! :)

You know, I think this type of thing only happens to us. Today, yet again, Josh's paycheck was not direct deposited, like it should have been. We have like 9cents in the bank. Thankfully, I tucked some away. However, it's not cool to have bills due YESTERDAY and need to be paid. Gotta wait til Monday. This happened before in February. Apparently the cause is a missing ZERO at the front of our account number. BOO!! I am sick of this crap. I am ready for Josh to get another job!

The swine flu scares me. Today, I read that the first U.S. death was a toddler. This baby did travel to Mexico prior to contracting the flu. However, what scares me is that this child is VERY close in age to my baby, Brynn. I just want to be safe. I just want my kids to be safe. I don't want my family to ever contract this. I am scared that my kids are not safely taking vitamins at their dads and I am scared that we aren't all healthy ENOUGH to survive this! I just need reassurance!

Well, I think Brynn has pink-eye. Yep, I have had it. We all have. It's a nasty thing. So, tomorrow we go to the clinic! I doubt the doctor can get her in quickly and I am not about to drive to Sulphur Springs in the morning and then back in the afternoon! The girls have been having fun all weekend here. I hope we all are illness free by the next weekend. I sure needs a girls night! :)

Josh is getting frustrated at work. He is really wanting to move on to the job with the state that he was expecting to hear back about by now. I got a number from Dad to call about checking on his interview. He is planning to call and go for any available position, even if it is in Palestine. We won't move, he will just drive back and forth or stay there for a couple of days at a time. Cross your fingers, yet again..

This is a little video of our Easter egg hunting fun. We do this same 'ol thing every year. There's nothing new for us this year...just a better, quicker 2 year old! :)

Well Josh has decided, with my Okay of course, to get a motorcycle..if he can get financed. I am hoping for the best here. The only reason for the 'ok' is that we really need to lower our gas usage. A motorcycle would really be best. Well..I will keep my fingers crossed! x *.* x

Well, Taylor woke up yesterday complaining of a sore throat. I took her on to school and she went home sick yesterday. Instead of taking her to the clinic, like he should have, the ex just set her an appointment with the doctor for Monday. She felt horrible all night last night. She woke many many times crying in her sleep. Eventually, she was in my bed and we were up before 8a getting ready to go to the clinic in Sulphur Springs. I hated to have the co-pay stuck on me, but if getting her well is what needs to be done, then I will! So, we went...turns out that her throat was bleeding, she tested positive for strep throat, and her white count was really highly elevated . So, she got a shot in her butt! >.< Also, she got ten days worth of antibiotic...my baby girl was sick!!! She's playing x-box now and we are enjoying what might actually end up being a nice Saturday! :)

So doing laundry on a Friday night with three kids and an only half-way helpful husband is somewhat chaotic! However, we did manage to survive. The girls run mad for about two hours and when it's over they are sugared up, oddly enough, and no where ready for bedtime. Ooo to one day own my own washer and dryer set in my own home! :D

Well the weather sure has been wishy-washy the past three or four days. Just a few days ago I was sun bathing (see pic):

Anywho..of course now it is back to being cold-ish. Man, I sure am ready for summer! :D

Birthday!

Brynn just turned 2. Yep, on March the 25th my baby became a 'big girl'! So, we threw her a party the next day. We wanted to have it here at home, but the weather threatened rain. So, we went to plan b. And plan b was McDonalds. This year, tho, McD's was not allowing us to bring in the cake. Well, that didn't stop us. So, we had it in the back of the car! :DShe had fun!

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