Forever Beloved

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Is your house on fire, Clark?

merry almost christmas peoples…our past week has been filled with tons of crazy pre-christmas schtuff…last minute present buying and tons of wrapping…

let me think of some highlights from the last week (since the drunk band concert)…

~joe’s mom has been transfered to the nursing home and seems to be doing very well…i actually think joe is signing her out and bringing her to our house for christmas

~jade had a little play at school today…i couldn’t go but my mom did. she took some pictures for me…she’s a good nanny

~the kids had their christmas program at church sunday night and oh.my.gosh. was it cute and FUNNY! i just love the little tiny kids, and there is always one with such a LOUD voice lol. at one point i thought my kids were going to have a tussle on the stage but we made it safely through it

i think that’s all, nothing else exciting i can think of…

out for now
~kisses

**christmas concert…and a drunk**

last night was joeys first ever band concert…he was SO excited!!! he plays drums and just couldn’t wait to show us how well he does. he was a little irritated with the other drummers, they kept fooling and he was afraid they were going to make him look bad, lol.

the concert was band and chorus with band being first. joey wanted us to stay and watch the chorus so we did. during the very first song this mother started yelling…not just a normal yell but like a “yeow yeow”…then she yelled “smile shane, it wont break your face”…shane, i take it, was her son that was in chorus. she proceeded to scream, yell and holler the entire concert…carrying on like a total freaking idiot. it didn’t take me long to realize she must have been drunk. why in the WORLD would you ever go to your sons chorus concert drunk? i just dont understand it. the poor boy looked like he was going to burst into tears…and i wanted to say really mean things to her. and my mom gave her a super mean look lol…
after the concerts were over i asked joey if he wanted me to take pictures of him with his friends. i dont know why i always just “assume” it’s going to be boys. welp, here is the picture we got of joey and his friends. as you can see, joey is the ONLY boy there. look at his face, that look just says it all huh?

out for now
~kisses

in the gutter again…

there is a new challenge up today at the guttergirlz blog…you will have to go check it out, it’s a good one! my journaling says “i totally know that i’m bossy an a occasional bitch – the easiest way to get along – do what i tell you”. lol, i’m not really THAT bad…am i?
joe’s mom is still in the hospital. i believe she is going to get out tomorrow and then be transfered to a local nursing home. she was to go to a local facility that specialized in dementia but we found out it was for people more advanced than her. honestly, this happened so suddenly (basically overnight) and it is like living a nightmare. within a few hours time, her life and our lives changed. it makes me horribly sad…dementia is such a sad disease to watch. every time you see the person they have lost a little more of themselves. please continue to pray for her (and us)…these boys (joe and his brothers) need strength right now. they are all SO CLOSE to their mom, and they are having a rough time with it right now, as i’m sure any of us would. thanks everyone for the prayers!!!
it’s getting close to christmas and i’m really super flippin stressed…i STILL dont have my shopping done!!! with everything else that has been going on shopping has basically been put on the back burner. now that i have time to sit and think about it…it STRESSES ME!!! hopefully this weekend i can finish up, cross your fingers for that. i need to get packages sent out (they should have been sent by now)…i still dont have my christmas cards even wrote out, let alone sent. what would the holiday season be without stress lol
well i’m off for now…i’ll be back sometime soon with my layout for the new challenge over at dreamgirls.
out for now
~kisses