This weekend wasn't too busy. I think we're so burned out from all the traveling, moving, doing, going, etc. that I just didn't do this weekend. David worked on the basement. He cleaned the "scrap area" and cleaned the rugs and Sunday he started on the office. The kids had Vacation Bible School (a one day 1p-7p thing) on Saturday. It was a Luau theme and they had a great time. Christianna even stayed! I worked on the garage and yard some, dabbled here and there. Saturday night I stayed at the Sabin osue and basically vegged. I did do a couple loads of laundry, did a load of dishes, but comparatively did nothing. I did go to the basement, totally intending to work on the office and freaked out and ran upstairs! I jsut said forget it, David can box it up and we'll deal with it later. Instead, I cleaned and sorted my "art closet" and rearranged "day care" area and did nitnoid stuff else where. Oh, I did scrub the full size bed frame and David got that together and set up, and I cleaned lamps and such too.
This coming weekend (Aug. 2 and 3) I would like David to finish the basement and I'll scrub walls and start putting it back together, so I can get boxes out of the living room and not have to worry about the kids getting into stuff if I let them watch TV, which is not often, BUT, it still would be nice to not have to worry the little bit I do.
So today we start a new week. The last week of July. Today is Christianna's 2nd bday!!!!!!! On one hand, she's growing up so fast, on the other, not fast enough! The thought of possibly being out of diapers in some near future is so thrilling to me! Yes, I'm going to do day care, and yes, some will probably have diapers, but they are not mine! Not mine to buy and not mine to change every morning and night. Christianna is "talking" more each day. You can literally have a conversation with her now it seems. She understands nearly everything you say and you can understand nearly everything she says and wants. She repeats everything!!!! She is starting to play nicely on her own. She loves baby dolls, playing "kitchen", baths, and kitties (pulling thier tail mostly).
Today is only Monday and it's already been busy. One appointment after the other and it doesn't seem like it's going to end anytime soon. August 5-8 I go for orientations, classes, certifications, etc. While exciting to nearly be there, I'm not looking forward to it, because then the entrance of August, means money trouble! I did not go apply for jobs this weekend like I intended too! Just no time. We started counseling also and so each of us have "individual" sessions, then we have "joint" sessions, then there's this Marriage fo Keeps calss and we have to meet once every two weeks with our "family support specialist" for that as well.
Ugh, speaking of this Marriage for Keeps thing...my friend Jennie was going to watch my kids on Monday nights. Well, now I've taken on having this little girl also. She's no trouble really, but it is an extra kid nad a "baby" at that. So, Jennie called me the day after I talked to her about it and told me she just couldn't do it. So, while I did have "babysitting" lined up, now I didn't! So, I called Stephanie, she couldn't do it always either. Crap, now what? I came up with the brilliant idea of having Stephanie's 13 year old babysit! She agreed, YEA!!!!! So, while I swore to myself that I would "never have a teenager babysit my kids", here I am having a teenager babysit my kids. David will leave work every Monday at 5pm, pick up Nikki, bring her here, I'll have the kids napped, changed and fed and we'll go to class! After class, David will take Nikki home on his way back to work. EEEEK! It will be here at the "day care house", which means everything is totally safe and really other then smelling for a stinky diaper and keeping an eye on the kids, there'snot much to do. Plus her parents and I are 5 minutes away and totally reachable on the phone at a moments notice. She's the oldest of 5, so I'm pretty sure all will be well. It'll be good experience for her, and if she likes it, once I get the day care up and running, maybe I'll hire her to come in a couple times a week for a couple hours and help me out.
I guess that's it for now. Kids are napping, so I better get dinner started and ready for when they wake up, so that all is done when Nikki gets here. I don't want her to have to worry about anything, or be stressed out on her first day.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Mexico
My sister, Julie, is married to a guy (Ernesto) who entered the United States, several times, illegally. He's been working on getting his citizenship for a long time. Well, while I was in Chicago in June, Ernesto got his papers telling him to report to the Mexican Consulate on August 12, 2008 at 645am (his birthday!!!). Part of the "punishiment" for entering the U.S. illegally is that he has to go back to Mexcio to get his citizenship. They could tell him that day that he can enter the U.S., or they could tell him he has to stay there for up to two years!
Julie and her 3 children are American. They are going with Ernesto to Mexico. Julie needs to keep insurance on the kids, so she's only going to go for a month, then she'll come back to work. She is leaving the girls (Annabelle 4, and Jimena 3) with Ernesto in Mexcio!!! She is bringing Lucas (8 months) home. She'll live with her best friend Suzie when she gets back to Chicago. This all seems very scary to me. Just to leave Mexico (I read the Mexcian laws and border stuff), she needs a detailed, notarized letter from Ernesto giving her permission. Even though she's his mother and has his birth certificate. Also, the girls know very little Mexican and the grandparents and family in Mexico, know absolutley zero English!!!! Ernesto is going to put the girls in school. In the mean time, all thier stuff is in storage. Julie's been working her butt off getting them packed and ready to go, passports, etc. She doesn't even feel like she's fully mourned dad's passing. She's not scared or nerveous at all, just overwhelmed at the moment. She's actually excited! UGH.
Anyway, the whole point of this blog and the reason I'm writing it today...Julie, Ernesto, Annabelle, Jimena, and Lucas leave today and head to Mexico!!! Julie and her kids are pretty much my mom's whole life and here is it just 6 weeks after losing dad, she's losing them too. I'm worried, scared, nerveous for mom, for Julie. UGH!!!!! I wish my mom would come here or I wish I could be there!!!
Julie and her 3 children are American. They are going with Ernesto to Mexico. Julie needs to keep insurance on the kids, so she's only going to go for a month, then she'll come back to work. She is leaving the girls (Annabelle 4, and Jimena 3) with Ernesto in Mexcio!!! She is bringing Lucas (8 months) home. She'll live with her best friend Suzie when she gets back to Chicago. This all seems very scary to me. Just to leave Mexico (I read the Mexcian laws and border stuff), she needs a detailed, notarized letter from Ernesto giving her permission. Even though she's his mother and has his birth certificate. Also, the girls know very little Mexican and the grandparents and family in Mexico, know absolutley zero English!!!! Ernesto is going to put the girls in school. In the mean time, all thier stuff is in storage. Julie's been working her butt off getting them packed and ready to go, passports, etc. She doesn't even feel like she's fully mourned dad's passing. She's not scared or nerveous at all, just overwhelmed at the moment. She's actually excited! UGH.
Anyway, the whole point of this blog and the reason I'm writing it today...Julie, Ernesto, Annabelle, Jimena, and Lucas leave today and head to Mexico!!! Julie and her kids are pretty much my mom's whole life and here is it just 6 weeks after losing dad, she's losing them too. I'm worried, scared, nerveous for mom, for Julie. UGH!!!!! I wish my mom would come here or I wish I could be there!!!
Friday, July 25, 2008
WOW!
Wow! It's been a long time since I've blogged! Believe me, I've missed it! It's been crazy, as usual, here! SO much has happened! We returned home from Chicago on July 6th. The car ride home was unusually pleasant, altho I must admit I was "medicated" most of the time. David and and I are coming up on 10 years married and I've been having "issues" with him. I say, I rather then we, cause unless I'm bitching, he sees nothing wrong. But that will be in a different blog I suppose. The point of that statement is, while I did miss David and his help and companionship, I really did enjoy the two week break from him. It was kinda sad to come home to reality. Plus, I felt really good about all the things I accomplished while in Chicago and it was hard to leave the "good feeling". I was coming home to chaos and moving and a diaster of a life.
We picked up our keys to the base house on July 8th. I set up the bathrooms and that's about it. I decided I wanted all new in this house, matching and complete sets! So I had to buy everything. July 9th, the packers came and started packing us up. I decided I wanted the Sabin house cleared out and I'd move back what I wanted and start fresh. July 10, the packers came back and packed more and the movers loaded and moved us. Everything to the basement!!!! I didn't want to see a single toy! The first night, I had all three kids' bedrooms completely put together and set up. We worked rigorously over the weekend and got "settled in". By Monday, I was offering boxes on freecycle.
So here it is July 25th, we've been pulling "double duty". Working at both houses. I've scrubbed so many walls and this past weekend David cleaned my upstairs carpet. This coming weekend David will do the basement. I've gotten all my scrapbook stuff boxed, so once the basement gets cleaned, I can "start over" downstairs. July 26th is "neighborhood cleanup" day and from 7am-noon there will be dumpsters in the neighborhood to get rid of bulk items. We're gonna do a major clean up. My dryer was delivered on July 18th and today my washer will be delivered. I'm going to go this weekend and apply a couple of places for a job. I need money bad! I have one little girl I'm babysitting, but it's a lot of hours for not much money. She's 19 months old, very well behaved, doesn't cry, easily entertained! I'm hoping to get the "middle room" of the Sabin house done soon. I want to do something cool, but haven't decided what that is yet. It's our "block" room. Anyone got suggestions?
David and I are enrolled in this "Communications" class for married couples. It's called "Marriage for Keeps" and it's giving you the tools for good communication and an emotionally safe relationship. It's been good so far and it's only been two classes. We're also going to a counselor, this Monday. We'll see what comes of it. Well, I guess that's a summary of everything going on here. I'll try to write more specifics on things at a later time.
We picked up our keys to the base house on July 8th. I set up the bathrooms and that's about it. I decided I wanted all new in this house, matching and complete sets! So I had to buy everything. July 9th, the packers came and started packing us up. I decided I wanted the Sabin house cleared out and I'd move back what I wanted and start fresh. July 10, the packers came back and packed more and the movers loaded and moved us. Everything to the basement!!!! I didn't want to see a single toy! The first night, I had all three kids' bedrooms completely put together and set up. We worked rigorously over the weekend and got "settled in". By Monday, I was offering boxes on freecycle.
So here it is July 25th, we've been pulling "double duty". Working at both houses. I've scrubbed so many walls and this past weekend David cleaned my upstairs carpet. This coming weekend David will do the basement. I've gotten all my scrapbook stuff boxed, so once the basement gets cleaned, I can "start over" downstairs. July 26th is "neighborhood cleanup" day and from 7am-noon there will be dumpsters in the neighborhood to get rid of bulk items. We're gonna do a major clean up. My dryer was delivered on July 18th and today my washer will be delivered. I'm going to go this weekend and apply a couple of places for a job. I need money bad! I have one little girl I'm babysitting, but it's a lot of hours for not much money. She's 19 months old, very well behaved, doesn't cry, easily entertained! I'm hoping to get the "middle room" of the Sabin house done soon. I want to do something cool, but haven't decided what that is yet. It's our "block" room. Anyone got suggestions?
David and I are enrolled in this "Communications" class for married couples. It's called "Marriage for Keeps" and it's giving you the tools for good communication and an emotionally safe relationship. It's been good so far and it's only been two classes. We're also going to a counselor, this Monday. We'll see what comes of it. Well, I guess that's a summary of everything going on here. I'll try to write more specifics on things at a later time.
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