Wisdom from my walk

March 23, 200

First time Mommy got to meet me

learning to walk

playing in water (and dirt) is his favorite past-time

TODAY HE TURNS 3!!!

Life can be so interesting sometimes! So today Dean interviewed for a job w/ Dell ,the company that is once again taking his job, the bigger irony is his best friend was the interviewer; he took a job w/ dell a few months back.   In order for Dean to still get his severance he can get a job offer w/ Dell but if cant be more than 75% of his current pay.   So the plus is he will probably have a job and get severance, but he will probably be doing the same exact job w/ a different paying company that is paying him less than 75% of what he makes now!! We more than likely cant live off of that!   I have an interview w/ a family on Tuesday to watch another infant (will be 6 weeks when she starts in April!)  That will help out a lot but that means I”ll have two babies on top of my rowdy boys!!   Dean didnt want to turn down the chance for a job in this crappy market, but it scares me to know he’ll be making so much less and worse knowing he’ll be doing the same job!!   it’s ridiculous but w/ any luck we’ll have insurance and income! (just not enough!)

Nothing else really going on, unless you count the fact that last week we had a pipe bust and cause water damage to the playroom.   we had to fork over $1000 deductible for our homeowners insurance to kick in.   the plus is the basement will get new paint and we wont be paying for it, the con is that we currently cant use the playroom, I’ve made a temporary one in another room upstairs.  I’m hoping to have a lot of the work fixed before the family comes to interview me on Tuesday!! but am not hopeful that that will happen!

when it rains it pours, our last few weeks have been filled w/ constant stress and I’m hoping that this streak of bad luck is ending!!

I havent written in a while, and I don’t really know why!! Although I dont get much computer time these days so that doesnt help things get updated here.    So to get you up to date, I’ve started watching an adorable 5 month old little girl whom the boys love having around, and well so do I !!  She’s here Mon-Friday and we’ve even been to the zoo once and I survived with Bo, Zeke and Katelyn all by myself!

last week Dean found out he is getting laid off, his last day of work at Citi is April 17th.   He’s been sending out his resume’ and in anticipation of his job search and hopefully interviewing, he got a hair cut this evening.  I must admit I’ve been asking him to do something w/ his hair for a while now so I’m grateful, even more so because it’s so much sexier now!!

Dean had a birthday this week, nothing too exciting but we went to dinner w/ his parents and the boys and I had made him cake and cupcakes that we enjoyed before bed.

We had plans to come to Baltimore for spring break but w/ the lay off Dean can’t use any vacation time, but can use his sick days so that’s good I suppose.   The point is though we wont be coming to Baltimore for Spring break.  At this point I dont know when we will since if he gets another job quickly he wont be able to take off right away and if he doesnt get a job right away, well then we’ll have no money!!   We’re not stressing too much about things, yet!  He gets severance and insurance coverage til June.   the market sucks though so there is a chance he will still not have a job by then, but we are praying that things work out, as we know they will.  it is a lot easier facing this kind of thing when I’m not making some money and we finally have a savings account w/ money in it!   (thanks Dave Ramsey!)

well Dean just headed over to our friends house(they are neighbors so it’s just across the street) to play a new game they got him as his b-day present and I’m off to sleep since some days Katelyn arrives at 7:15 and I’m pretty worn out by the end of the day!

oh the only other thing going on is that I start physical therapy on Monday for my foot that I had surgery on a few months ago.  it’s not healing correctly or something, so I’m still in significant daily pain.   The dr thinks the PT should help and I figure we should try it before we lose health insurance!!

other than that nothing major going on, just a lay off and a new job for me…..same old same old round here!! 🙂

leaving on a jet plane, dont know when I’ll be back again….

Tonight is the last night of the show Dean is in, and guess what I never got to go see it.  I am beyond pissed honestly, I know I am supposed to be a supportive wife but this just sucks( I mean he is there isnt here ?!)  I shouldn’t have to be on mom duty all of the time and not get any “fun time”  I know I dont work and make real money but thats no reason I shouldnt be able to go out and have fun either.   If anything I deserve time out more than Dean does, he gets to go be w/ other adults and go pee by himself all freaking day.  Yes I am mad.  Yes I will get over.  Will I let him do it again, probably yes because at least one of us should have a life right?  I just wish I had something fun to do too.  I am so mad at him right now that he didnt make sure we had a sitter for at least one night of his shows, but oh well.  the plus is not having to pay for a sitter right?

I know it’s still winter and that silly ground hog doomed us w/ six more weeks of cold but you wouldnt know it by these last few days of warmth, or relative warmth!

I have been enjoying the nice weather by getting the boys out as much as possible. last night all three boys, the dog and I went for a walk after dinner. Today , for the first time ever, we walked up to the school to pick up the big boys from school. It took about 25 minutes and both lil boys walked all the way! On the way home I got Zeke to sit in the stroller so it went a little faster that way, but he still walked a little bit because he wanted to be a big boy!

I can’t wait til it’s nice all of the time so we can do this more often, not only will it help me get more exercise but it might help Bo lose a pound or two!

Next week I start doing childcare from home so it will also be nice to be able to do pick up w/ more kids in the stroller, make it more of a challenge for me! it will also be fun to have new playmates for the boys! Not to mention it will help us get closer to our financial freedom, which is going really well so far! Loving Dave ramsey!

In 2007 I got my first ticket ever for not stopping at a stop sign. Today pick up at Calebs school was a mess. First off it was early dismissal and I was barely in the lot when traffic stopped. A school bus had parked in the way and didnt move and neither did we for 15 minutes. I finally let Bo get out to go meet the boys so they would know I was there but couldnt get to a parking spot. A lady in a parked car in front of me got out of her car and yelled at me telling me it was my fault and that if I’d move my car I wouldnt be blocking traffic. We got in an argument, I am not having a good week and I admit I got nasty with her false claims against me, she decided to threaten to kick my ass, which I found funny and ignored her. Finally traffic moved and I got a spot, I had to get out and go find the boys, we found the boys but Bo was missing!! Apparently he couldnt find Caleb and Quinn so he went and sat on a bench by the entrance oblivious to the fact they had already come out. So…we finally get in the car and loaded up and I wait for traffic to clear so I can back out of the parking spot I had finally acquired. I barely backed up when I felt it, we had been hit hard by another car, I immediately stopped the car and got out. by the time I was at the rear of my car the other car was too far away and speeding away to get the license plate. I called the school office and had them call the cops for me while I called Dean. The police came and said he didnt know why the other vehicle left because by the law it was my fault because I was the one backing into the lane, but I know me and I know that I am always paranoid about this happening so I always wait and let all the cars go before I back up, and today was no different. So there’s a police report on file and we need to meet our deductible of $500 and the other driver is off the hook unless we find them, which we may since its a small town and the chances of them being at pick up again are pretty good and the chances of me stalking the school parking lot for that red suv are high, I want them to pay for leaving the scene, and because I know it was their fault. the damage itself proves they were going way too fast and hit me too hard for me to have just slowly backed into them. not to mention they left!! I have had a bad week and emotionally not doing well and then this. I am not happy and if Dean hadnt come home I’d probably still be crying my eyes out. just one more thang….

repair estimate is $1899….we should just have to pay $500 deductible so I guess that’s a deal!