Well I guess my time of long weekend is now over for a while. The next holiday that we have will be 4th of july and thta is not a weekend.  I really did not do anything special this weekend.  I stayed home got some things done around the house that needed to be done.  I was kind of nausiated chugging pepto bismal but I knew that I may get kinda sick from my new insulin. 

I have been working on writing my Dad a letter the whole weekend.  Not that it is any different than any other letter that I send him you know same stuff different day.  But I know that being in jail he kind of looks forward to those letters.  That is really all that he does and can look forward to.  Ted wrote dad a letter too that I have to mail out to him.  I have a bunch of cards that I bought and I can not dind where I put them.  I put them away so good even I don't know where they are.

Some times Ted drives me nuts.  I am habitually early expecially when I comes to work.  I have to stay on his ass about being to work on time.  He just does not understand what punctuality means.  I know that if I had a business and I had someone who was on time all the time and someone who showed up late even a few times the person on time would be the one that I would keep.  He just does not get it.  He thinks I am being mean when I keep telling him what time it is.  So far though he does like hisjob and he is not sure how to act because he is given a lunch break every day.  When he was working at Sonnys BBQ he never got breaks there.  It was not something that was done. 

After spending 450 dollars at the vet the other day on my dog she is doing just fine.  she will be on antibiotics for about another week but other than that hers tone his healing up and her fur is starting to grow back in.  She may have to go back to the vet in another month or so for another alergy shot but other than that  rabie shots are good for three years now.  Living in Florida with a dog who is alergic to flee bites really stinks but I guess I will just have to put up with it.  I try to be a responsible pet owner so I do take very good care of my animals.  I lost a year on my dog though.  I thought she was going to be 8 years old but by the vet records she is going to be 9 years old.  By dog years she is 64 years old.  I exspect her to be around for a long time still. 

I did get to watch my soaps live today.  That is ok if I cant because I just T vo it.  I love this digital tv that we got.  Well we have regular cable but we pay for the tv box.  It is kind of cool being able to pause live TV and resume when you want to.  so many times I would be watching a movie and have to go somewhere and miss what I was watching now that will not happen no more.  Ted is happy because now when they have the Pay per view Wrestling he can order it.  He knows that He has to pay for it but we can still order it.

That is all I have to say for this blog.  happy what ever to everyone.  HUGS

I am sooooooooooooo excited about my vacation this year!  Last week in July the first week in August.  Our family reunion is on July 28th.  And this year my better half is going with me.  The family is finally going to see that he is real and not a figment of my imagination.  I have so many plans.  I do not plan on visiting much of the family while there because I will see them all at te reunion on the 28th.  I have plans on doing things with my honey!  There are some friends I do plan on stopping by to see if only for a few because I only get back to Pennsylvania every couple of years. 

But I am so excited because tonight I made reservation at  a B&B in Gettysburg.  If you already don't know my honey and I are into the Civil War re enacting.  We get dressed up in period costumes the whold nine yards.  This is going to be a surprize for my honey.  I figure we can spend the night at the B&B and then spend the following day touring the Battle fields in Gettysburg.  It is only going to cost 125.00 and that is for a suite.  The LEE Suite to be exact.  That includes a full breakfast.  I just hope that I can keep my mouth shut and keep it from him till then probably not I will probably tell him. 

We are going to take the Auto Train up it will only cost 350.00 for that.  With the price of gas that will be cheep and we dont have to do the driving.  We will leave about 4 PM on july 21 from Sanford Florida and it will take us just out side of the DC area by Sunday morning.  We will be mostly rested and drive the rest of the way To PA.  The way gas prices are going up till then prices just may be over 4 dollars per gallon.  We are going to make our reservations now so we are locked in to the price.  I and so excited!  I do hope that when I get up there I will be able to see my grand god daughter. She will be about 6 months old by then.  I haent seen my god daughter in forever.  I talk to her ofter and my friend hr mother but that is about it.  Some of my friends will probably come to the family picnic they do every year that I am there.  Well that is all for now.  I jsut can not wait. July 21 can not come quick enough!!!

ME AND DAD MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND 2007

 
Happy Mother’s Day!!

 HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND!

I will not be home this weekend we are leaving sometime this after noon.  My Honey is taking me to see my Dad this weekend for Mothers Day I have not seen him in a while.  We already have the reservation for the motel up near the jail and I will see him tomorrow.  So just wanted to say to all the mothers out there have a wonderful day!  Ant to my Mom I mis you Mom and think of you often.  But I guess you already know that.  Happy Mothers Day Mom!

Went to the doctor today for my re check.  He took the dressingoffof my back removed the stiches there were 10 and put butterflys on for now.  I have to take antibiotcs for another 5 days.  He is being reeal cautious since I am diabetic and heal for the rest of the week till I go see him again next week.  I did take the dogs for a walk around the lake they loved it. 

Now on the lighter side of things something a friend e mailed to me that just had me grinning from ear to ear.  HUGS TO ALL

           My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy
> Birthday
>>>  He asked me how old I was, and I told him, "62."  He was quiet for
>>> a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother
>>> changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash
>>> her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more
>>> rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel
>>> around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to
>>> bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the
>>> three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what
>>> her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I
>>> had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard.
>>> We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The
>>> little girl was wide-eyed, taking this in. At last she said, "I sure
>>> wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma,
>>> do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo
>>> while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            A little girl was diligently pounding away on her
>>> grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story.
>>> "What's it about?" he asked "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors
>>> yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask
>>> what color it was. She would tell me, and always she was correct.
>>> But it was fun for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the
>>> door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!"
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            A Sunday school class was studying the Ten Commandments.
>>> They were ready to discuss the last one. The teacher asked if anyone
>>> could tell her what it was. Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and
>>> quoted, "Thou shall not take the covers off thy neighbor's wife."
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            Our five-year-old grandson couldn't wait to tell his
>>> grandfather about the movie we had watched on television, "20,000
>>> Leagues Under the Sea." The scenes with the submarine and the giant
>>> octopus had kept him wide-eyed. In the middle of the telling, my
>>> husband interrupted Mark, "What caused the submarine to sink?" With
>>> a look of incredulity Mark replied, "Grandpa, it was the 20,000 leaks!!"
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin,
>>> we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting
>>> pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them
>>> before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes
>>> are coming after us with flashlights."
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly
>>> replied, "I'm not sure."
>>>           "Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says
>>> I'm four to six."
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            A second grader came home from school and said to her
>>> grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today."
>>>           The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to
>>> keep her cool. "That's interesting," she said, "How do you make babies?"
>>>           "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i'
>>> and add 'es'"
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>            Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public
>>> servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote: "The fireman came
>>> down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to correct him.
>>> "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. "Sure," said the
>>> young boy confidently. "It means carrying a child."
>>>            -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>           A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon
>>> full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in
>>> the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children
>>> started discussing the dog's duties. They use him to keep crowds
>>> back," said one youngster. "No, said another, "he's just for good
>>> luck." A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the
>>> dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant."

THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH

I am going to tell anyone who wishes to listen to this a story. This is a true story from start to finish and then after this I am going to be done with the whole thing. I just need to do this for me because I am just so tired of hearing what some people are saying trying to make me out to look like a bad ,trying to make me look like I made them move here and give up what they had. And also maybe some day so my grand children will know the truth. And then this will be the last time that I will have anything to say on the matter.

Back in I believe it was May of 2006 my father was arrested for doing something he should not have done. He was selling drugs. After my mother dies in 2002 he got mixed up with the wrong kind of people trying to fill the void that was left in his heart. He will be away for 4 ½ years. Of course I will give my Dad a chance to change and get better and I will stick by him this time. I called my oldest son who loved in Pennsylvania and asked him if he felt he could come down here and help me to try to save the home that my father and my mother had together. At that point my dad still had crack head living in there trying to act like his friends. My son said that he thought he could do it. I thought that was great we would be able to save my Dads things and the home that he and my Mother bought together.

I had such a hard time getting the other people out. Since about 2 years ago when I moved out of the house it has gone down hill and there was a lot that needed to be done. I could not do anything as long as the people were living there. They had filed a tress pass against me and I could not go on the property. Some time in late June my son called me to tell me they ( he and his family) were selling there things and having all kinds of yard sales. I told them not to NOT yet, things were not ready for them. They did it anyway and got here some time in July I believe it was. They stayed in a motel for a few days till they ran out of money. I had them stay in my home for about 1 week and I could not handle all the commotion and neither could my boyfriend. Be have a very quit laid back kind of life no screaming and yelling or disrespecting one another.

Let me go back just a bit here I do not want to leave anything out. My son has a wife and 5 children of his own AGES 10-4-3-2-1. When they came here 3 were still in diapers. They also had another teenager with them someone they said they had guardianship of. Never left this girls family know they were moving to Florida just up and left. This girl had issue of here own and really could not be trusted. She was angry and should not have been aloud to take care of the children herself. My grand children were not hers but yet she was always being told to do this and that for them. Things went bad and I was called to help what can I do I don’t know this girl I was going to let her stay in my home till her mother could be located but she would not promise me that she would follow the rules. In the end she was put in a runaway home and eventually shipped back up north to her family.

Finally we got the last of the people out of my dads house and I could finally get in to look around. It was worse than I had thought it was! So many repairs had to be made and so much clean up had to be done! What could I do my son brought his family here. I could not keep them in my house any more just could not do it. I helped them clean up some enough that I could get them in the house.

With 5 children now a says pretty much both parents should be working that is the only way a family can survive. Well only my daughter in law was working. With my son being home I figured he could clean up and start making repairs on the place and at first he did start doing that but then it all stopped. They (my son and his family did NOTHING thought that I should pay to do all of this. This house was going to be handed down to THEM but I was supposed to pay for everything for them and take care of my own home. ?????? Does that seem right or fair to anyone out there? NOW REMEMBER I DID TELL THEM NOT TO COME JUST YET THINGS WOULD NOT BE READY FOR THEM!!!

The mortgage on the house is 500.00 a month and then there are taxes on the property and the electric bill that needed to be paid. My son and his family lived there for 8 months and paid the rent 2 times and they paid only one electric bill. I for the most part paid all the other for them. Some of the payments came out of my dads checking account but not much. I my self am out close to 3,000.00 dollars for paying these bills. Plus I help them several month to get food and diapers for the children. I did not mind doing the food and the diapers. Some times that is what grand parents are for.

Things between my son and my self started going bad when I said enough was enough and I could no longer pay any bills for them. If the power got shut off it got shut off. I could not pay there bill, my bills and the money needed for my medical needs. I just could not do it. I told them I could not do it that they would have to find another place to stay I would have to sell the house or it would be foreclosed on. They kept giving me well next week no next month we will pay all we owe but it never happened. After a while I did not believe any promise that I would be given because I figure they were just empty words.

My health was going down fast because of all of the stress and worry that I was being exposed to. I worried about the safety of my grand children I worried about loosing my home because of having of pay their bills. Now even though I told them I could not pay and we were going to loose the house they were NOT making any effort to leave.

I went to the house one day to start packing my fathers things up to get them in to storage and all hell broke loose the police were called. My son pushed me and denied it. My word against his and the police believed him because no one saw it and I was not marked. At that point a tress pass was filed against me. I then had 2 choices. Let them stay there till the finance company took the home back and anything of my mother and fathers would be lost or call family services and tell them what the condition of the house was like. I was now factoring on the safety of the children. No work was being cone even thought I bought the materials for the work to start. I had some one who would come in and do the work but the children could not be there while being done my son would not go for that. The person who was going to do the work did not want to work with power tools around the kids kind of a safety issue.

Oh yes they left them after the authorities were involved. When they left there was poop smeared all over, things that belonged to my mother and father were taken. A rose bush that they knew meant much to me was stomped on, every light, heater and air conditioner in the place was left on as a way to run up the bill I suppose. I found my mothers collection of old record albums with poop smeared all over them and half of them out of the record jackets. This that she collected and took care of some since before I was even born. Ketchup or BBQ sauce was pored all over one of the bed room floors. Every dresser draw was nailed shut closets nailed shut dirty diapers all over. Any toy that I got for the children left behind. Pictures that belonged to my father of my self torn up all over.

Now here is the BIG difference since they have left. A friend of mine has taken over the mortgage and the bills. Everything has been paid in full and on time and in most cases paid early. They have started to make repairs and clean up. And the place as far as I am concerned and my Dad is theirs now. All of these things my son could have done but chose not to. It has been said that I should not have expected that much out of the a family of seven with one income. I am sorry but if there is a family of 7 and they have one income is that their choice or my choice?

I keep hearing about how my oldest grand son is having a hard time about how I turned my back on my blood kin. Tell me any one out there, What more could I have done that I did not already do? I love my grand children with all of my heart and always will. I just feel that it is so sad because I know that they are being fed so many un truths about the whole situation.

I am not saying the house was in great shape as a matter of fact it was a dump but if I had been given some time to go in clean up and fix a few things my self before they made the big move I know things would have been different. Is it my fault that they jumped the gun and came down before the house was even empty let alone cleaned and fixed up? I know that some day my grand children will grow up and know the truth. I know in my heart that GOD will show them the truth. I will also love my son forever after all he is my son. I have tried to embrace his wife and love her but she will not allow it. Maybe since she has not grown up with a mother of her own she does not know how to love as a daughter. I don’t know I guess I never will.

Now in my life I have to work on my health and the stress of all of this is not helping so this IS the last that anyone will hear of this matter from me. If others that are involved do not wish to let it drop and continue on it that is on them not me. I just wanted to set the record straight for anyone who wanted to hear the WHOLE story not just half truths. THANK-YOU

I HOPE THE POEPLE WHO TRULY NEED TO SEE THIS DO SEE IT!

Well I am starting to feel better.  but just because I am I am still going to take it easy.  The cronic pain is all but gone.  Now all I have to get rid of is the pain from the surgery and that is getting less and less every day.  I can't wait till the stitches come out and I can take the dressing off the wound.  I am itching so terrible!! I am driving people nuts having them scratch gently around the dressing.. LOL. I want to thank you for all of your prayers. I will keep you posted when I actually start ding the things I have not been ablel to do in a year or more because of the pain.  HUGS