I finally accomplished my fear!

"WoW" Today I finally accomplished something that has been on my to do list for awhile. I finally tried Taekwondo today. Yes me.......I was so scared today because on Tuesday when i sat in on my husband's adult class, he was working them out hard. At the end he had them doing 10 push ups then 10 sit ups, then go to 20 then 30 until he said STOP. My goodness I was tired just looking at them. I have been wanting to join Taekwondo for a while. My son and husband are currently in it. My son is a advanced blue and my husband is a green belt. I have been struggling with losing weight and decided that I needed something intense like Taekwondo because boy do you get a work out. The last 20 minutes we sparred each other, and Yes I put all the gear on and went at it. Boy do you sweat, i know tomorrow i will be very sore. I moved muscles that I didn't even know I had. Ha While sparring with a black belt woman named "Jackie Heinz", I totally munched it, I mean I saw Stars. I feel to the ground. I was doing a round house kick and totally somehow slid and fell. I had to take off my helmet so I could catch my breathe. I got right back into fighting after a few seconds, when I really wanted to do was cry. Ha When we were done I was sweaty, Boy did I get a workout. So since I go to school on Tuesdays & Thursday I will be taking private lessons. So anyone interested in going halves with me, let me know, it is a good workout. So now I can check Taekwondo off my list. It has been accomplished.

Government Assistance!

How long can you receive food stamps for?

the problem with federal aid is that over time a person goes from feeling some kind of shame for needing the help to feeling that the government owes them for whatever they can justify in their mind. I don't know how they make the transition but I have noticed it in numerous cases. Their inlays the problem because the beneficiary passes this jaded position along to other family members. That is when you get generations of people living on federal assistance and having no shame and no intention of of standing on their own. Simply put : If you are not required to work many will not and the parameters put forth to receive aid are easily overcome

I found this article on the internet and am so puzzled. That people get into a rut that they begin to live comfortable living off the government. Shouldn't the government assistance be temporary. These mothers who have all these children and then go and ask for help. But the question is you got yourself in this predicament so get yourself out. There is so much help out there not to get pregnant but these women think anyways i can get help and not work and live off the system. This really bugs me because I know someone who is like this. I see no motivation in this person to do better for herself for the sake of her children. Instead is proud to say, "oh i got my section 8 so I am looking for a house kind of cheap so the rest of the voucher can pay for light and water." When does this women every plan to get a real job and reach goal that she has never met. Never why?

1. If she were to get a job then the food stamps would lower the amount she receives, then that limits her.
2. If she were to get a job then she would have to begin to pay rent and why would she want that?
3. If she were to get a job then maybe she would not qualify for Medicaid.
   

This just really bugs me, because there are so many people out in this world that need some assistance for awhile and don't qualify. I think the government needs to enforce more responsibilities on these type of people. If you are going to get all this assistance then why not get the assistance of child care. They provide that.

This system is so screwed up.

Walmart

As my husband and I and the kiddos were going to on Everhart. we drove up and found this maybe 3 year old little boy outside the garden crying his heart out. We stopped the van and I jumped out and asked him where his parents were. He really could not talk, so I got him by the hand and started walking into the Walmart to get help. As I was walking this lady from the parking lot said, "Hey this couple was fighting and walked off and left the kids there."
I was like What? I could not believe these parents knowing what century we live in and all the crazy things you here on the news would leave there son outside. I was so irritate, I could not even think. I walked into Walmart and as I was taking him to an employee at the customer service, his mother walked up and the little boy ran to her. I looked at her and said, " do you know he was outside". She looked at me with a smirk and said nothing and walked off. I froze then because there was so much that i wanted to say to this lady but Froze. What parent does that? There are some sick people out in this world. I could not stop thinking about this situation. What were these parents thinking?

• We they trying to teach him a lesson?
• Were they only thinking about themselves?
• Were they high on something?

The question I have again is why do people bring kids in this world if they no they are not ready for parenthood.?

Adrik's Pre-K Meet the Teacher!

Here is my nephew, he will be attending Yeager with Dylan. Adrik will be in Pre-K and by just looking at these pictures you can see how ecstatic he was. Uncle Vince stated that he left the school saying, "That's my school, that's my school". He will do just fine on his 1st day of school.

Meet the Teacher.

Today August 22, 2008 was Meet the Teacher @ Yeager Elementary. I was excited today because this week in the mail Dylan received a postcard from his upcoming 3rd grade teacher Ms. Molina. She scored some points, because as you all know I love to scrapbook and this is perfect for these photos. Dylan will be in 3rd grade this year. Boy can I remember when he was only a baby. To me he is still my baby Dill.

Parents Who dont care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay! As I was driving home yesterday from work I came across a car of young parents. What puzzled or should I say upset me was there was a baby in the backseat in a carrier with another person in the backseat. As I am at the stop light I see that they are SMOKING. Let me ask you, How can you smoke in the vehicle with all the windows rolled up and your baby in the car?" Are you stupid? Apparently.....Gosh I get so irritated and upset when i see things like this. Why do people bring kids into this world if they just don't care. You know smoking is bad especially second degree smoke, so why do it. Man this world is messed up.

Another battle I have is How can a mother not give your children the shots that they need. How can your child be 2 years old and only have up to her two months shots. How stupid can you be? You can not tell me that the parent cares because that is plain selfishnesses. What are you to lazy to take your child to the doctor? Is this not on your priority list. Come on....if you love your child then your children will come first. Why again, do parents bring children in this world if that is not what they want. Your priorities are set wrong. I would never think about neglecting my child like that.

Some parent's cant have children and would give there life to have children and some parent's just dont care and have children and neglect them. That is messed up.

Dont you think?

Diego it is!

Today Micah got to play with his gift that Aunt Linda & Uncle Oscar gave him for his birthday. He was so excited, we even bought blue sand for him. As you can see he let his sister play also. Thanks Linda & Oscar for this wonderful gift that made my kids day.

Micah's 2nd Birthday

Micah my baby turned 2 on August 13, 2008. WOW! Time flies so fast. Look at him, he knows he is a big boy.

Princess Party

Hannah was invited to Emily's Princess Party as you can tell she had a ball. Her is a picture with the Birthday girl. She now has come home stating "I want a princess party", so here I am on a hunt to find different things to do for her princess party in December. Any ideas let me know.

Biggest Loser Here I Come.

Well, this week is coming to an end and it has been a difficult week. At my work we have gone into a contest where there are 10 of us who are trying to lose weight for 3 months. The person with the best percentage of weight loss will win $250. That's right, I said, "250" so as you know i am a competitor and WILL win....I have been changing my ways of eating and have been taking my lunch to work. I have cut down to 2 sodas a day and been working out. I have been sore all week but that is a good feeling. I have actually gotten up on Wednesday and went to the GYM at 6. Yes i said 6 A.M. as many of you know I am not a morning person, but needless to say i was in a great mood all day long. Tomorrow morning I will be going again. I am determined and will succeed.

My Fabrite Shoes Mama.....

We just got blessed yesterday with some clothes and a pair of Pink Soccer shoes for Hannah. This morning Hannah found the PINK soccer shoes. When i got home from school she was upset because Micah lost her special shoes. I didn't know what shoes she was referring to until she described them to me. Well, we searched everywhere and we could not find them. As I was about to turn off the light in her room I told myself to open her drawers to her dresser. Guess what! I found the pink soccer shoes in a drawer. Her good o'baby brother hide them real good. He's a Ham. She just had to put them on to show Daddy and I her "FABRITE" (favorite) shoes. She is now ready to play soccer, but I think she has to wait one more season because she does not turn 4 until December. That stinks.....Check out Ms. Hannah...

I LOVE MY KIDS............

I look at my kids and I can not stop Thanking God for them. I am so excited my son came back from visiting his father. His brother and sister were so excited that they will not leave him alone. Vince and I painted his room all day Saturday until 1 a.m. and bought him new furniture. We wanted to suprise him and boy was he suprised. He loved it. We are trying to get Micah to start sleeping with big brother. Sunday night was the first night and he slept there until 3:45 a.m. then showed up on our bed. Big brother put him to sleep last night and tonight. I posted these pictures so you can see how precious my babies are. Now on the other hand the Princess Hannah came to our bed at midnight so we really did not get the bed to ourselves. She then ended up in Dylan's room while Micah came to our room. What a night? Doesn't she look beautiful in that outfit. I love the colors, she is so scrapable. I know sometimes my children can frustrate me but boy do I love them. I can imagine how much I frustrate GOD with my behavior sometimes. Wow...that opens my eyes....Just wanted to show off my handsome/beautiful children. They are my world....................

100....That's what I'm talking about.

I am so excited because I had my first quiz today in Financial Management and I got a 100. Yeah baby! I read only one chapter last night at midnight because I was at the circus. I am such a procrastinator..... I wait for the last minute......but I am so determined to get an A in my classes that I cram a lot in the last minute. So my first test is next Tuesday over 7 chapters, good Lord I need to study this weekend, which I will probably wait until Sunday night. HA

Circus.....Circus...Circus....

Well,I get a phone call today @ work from my children's godmother letting me know that today the Circus has tickets for $5 today only. If you say, "SALE" I jump. There I go calling my husband and letting him know to go by tickets. My hubby is so good to me, he drops washing the dishes and goes and stands in line to buy tickets for us. It turns out that you needed a coupon and they were $6. Thank goodness to the lady behind my husband b/c she heard his dilemma and gave him some coupons. She saved the day. God Bless that woman. Of course I already had my evening planned out. I was going to come home and clean out my oldest son's room for an hour then I was going to study for a quiz that I have tomorrow in Financial Mgmt. Well none of that happen. I actually have my book opened but I dont feel like studying. Ha As for the Circus, we paid $18 for our tickets but ended up spending over $40 inside, my baby wanted a lite up sword and Hannah wanted a snowcone pony cup along with popcorn, and a soda. Talk about they know where to make their money....they sure did sucker us in...... ha My kids had a blast, they had never been to a show and I had not been in such a long time. They loved the lions and elephants and dogs.....but the best thing they liked was the ride on the colorful trolly........Hope you all had as much fun as I did today. Here are pictures of tonight.

HOT.....HOT....HOT

Boy is it hot in my house and I have to get use to it until about 8 or 9 p.m. I am pretty sure everyone is going through the same problem we are. Boy was our light bill high.....talk about in May it was 250 and in June 400.....WOW!!!!!.....talk about having to discipline ourselves. I always have my house at 73 when i get home, I love it cold......boy when I got our bill.......I was like okay we have to change some things. It was so funny because the day we got our new bill I told my husband that we had to leave it at 78, he's like okay, well i was working around the house and finally felt the heat. I told him what is the AC on......he said you told me 78......I was like forget that go turn it down to 74.....I could not handle it....I was so accustom to my ways that it is hard to break a habit......Today i felt the heat but instead of always being covered up with a blanket, RIGHT??????????

At Home Atlast.

Well, we are finally home. We quite did not finish painting until 6:10 p.m. and were rushing to get our kids ready in order to make it to church on time. I thought I was going to make it home by 9 p.m. to watch Army Wives on time, but of course......my dad needs to go to the H.E.B and he takes for ever, then I had a missed call from my mom; therefore, I called her back and she is sick as can be and wanted something to eat.....so there we go, after taking Popo home we are in the Whataburger line. While all this is going on my kids are fussing in the backseat. My Momo and Dad tell us when we get there to pick up our kids that my son "Micah" had diarrhea and vomited. We really think that it was Momo's chicken salad that made him sick, but let's not tell her. Ha.


FYI* You should of heard my baby he started singing "It's raining, it's pouring", he was actually humming it..............it sounded so cute..............then my daughter was praying for my husband in the car...................she sounded so cute............Boy do I love my kids.........................

Where does the TIME go?

Talk about where does the time go? We got up went to church, then went to eat, then had to go get more primer for my living room, then had to run into Walmart to get detergent soap and now we are home and it is already 3:12 p.m. I had to run in and put a load in the washer while having my one year old crying behind me because he is ready for a nap. Because Daddy has him spoiled, I had to stop and come and lay with him for a while so he could go to sleep. Now i just put up clean clothes and am currently waiting for my husband to stir the paint so i can begin painting. We only have until 5:30 the latest because we have communion tonight at church. I also have homework that needs to be done for class on Tuesday along with come home tonight to watch, "Army Wives" and "Design Star". Talk about busy.............................Does anyone know how I am feeling right now? There is not enough time in the day for everything that needs to be done.

I know some of you are probably saying, "You don't have to paint today do you?" Well, Yes because my husband has been remodeling my living/kitchen for quite sometime already and I am ready for my living room to be back to normal. So if I give my husband an inch to spare then he will spare a whole yard and we can't have that. Mama needs things to flow and be on a schedule......

Pain....Pain....More Pain.

Today was suppose to be a great day. I had outfits picked out for my kids for Fourth of July so that i could take pictures. I wanted to take my kids to the FIREWORKS...but about noon those plans went down the drain when I felt a MIGRAINE headache coming on. I took an aspirin and took a nap, hoping that it would go away. When I woke up from my nap it was worst......I mean throbbing.... I then had no choice but to take the Migraine medicine that my Doctor prescribed to me, which I don't like to because it makes me feel really nauseas. I've been in my dark room all day and nothing seems to help......I then had no choice but to go to the bathroom and try to vomit (gross)......nothing would happen so I then took a hot shower which ended up as a bath. I laid in there for about 30 minutes and that I can say actually helped. My headache is not as strong anymore and I am actually feeling a lot better now that it is 10:13 p.m. and almost time for bed. What a day!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess tomorrow I can reenact Fourth of July just for the pictures, since I have my scrapbook pages already envisioned in my head.

My husband is such a wonderful man, he has been working on our living room all day. He is remodeling it for me. And he is beat but he went to the H.E.B and went to go get me soup, Sprites, and watermelon. He even came and brought it to my bedside. Boy do I love this man.