Happy Halloween

From me and C.

Florida...

This week has kind of flown by. Mom and I went to buy me new clothes she affectionately calls me "fat girl" thanks mom. And she probably is annoyed to death with me because I have Aunt Florence syndrome I only buy things that are clearanced or very good deals. We've gotten two presents for Bean and mailed his cookies. And one night Mom and I just went out for a steak dinner and then we brought home a delicious frech silk pie for everyone dad had called and told mom the baby wanted pie to pick one for everyone I think he wanted pie lol. We had to buy a new charger for my phone. Petey (my cat) chewed on the old one and it had a horrible short and suddenly quit working all together and the phone store happens to be right by a DQ so we had blizzards too. I also got Bean some stickers for his potty board. For the most part I've just been staying inside though my stress level can't handle much of certain individuals. Tonight Josh has a homecoming dance he's out buying "dancing shoes" and a coursage for Summer. Sunday I'm off to Orlando to see my bff Amanda and my Uncle and Aunt. Then it will be back to my little shack and Petey. Yes, I'm homesick. I enjoy seeing my parents but I can't handle long visits. Antisocial much?

The Beach trip aka Fern's Wedding aka. All the cool stuff and Spiderman

My cousin called me around 8 and told me to WAKE UP! I'd already been up. But my phone was dead and so when he called at 7 he thought I was sleeping. Well at 7 you can bet I was sleeping :) Paul told me to be at the house at 2 and then said Kathy said 1. So I left at 11:50 and thought I was never going to hear the end of it - I was sure I was going to be late. But I actually got there either a couple minutes before or a couple after. Aunt Nancy and Paul were supposed to leave at 12 or 12:30 with Erin but when I got there everyone was there and Aunt Nancy ended up coming 5 minutes before me. So we decided to wait it out and all leave after Kathy and I picked up Megan shortly after 2. Kathy and Aunt Nancy watched soap operas while Erin colored care bear pictures for me and Paul checked and rechecked the vehicles and went to put gas in Aunt Nancy's car. Kathy and I went to pick up Megan then we went back and followed Paul and his car load to Kangaroo Megan and I stocked up on snacks while Kathy pumped gas and Paul's car made one last bathroom break. And then we were off! As always we had the walky talkys to keep everyone in the loop and to talk back and forth with everyone. This time it was used to tell Paul to slow down a few times. So we could keep up lol. Amazingly we only made one stop because Paul wanted ice cream. Yes, I'm not joking it wasn't for gas or bathroom breaks but ice cream :) Typical Craig sweet tooth. When we got there we realized it was quite out of civilization. There was a piggly wiggly down a little on the "island". And a bar/restaraunt behind our house. We didn't get the memo to bring our own linnens though and instead of going to the pig roast we ate snack food and then Paul and Aunt Nancy went and found a Subway and brought us back subs. And Ann came bearing sheets and towels. It was a beautiful house 6 bedroom 6 bath. The downstairs master had the whirlpool bathtub and a steamroom/shower. The first night Megan and I stayed up watching scary movie 2 while Ann and Randy went for a midnight walk on the beach.
The next morning Paul made scrambled eggs with cheese, sausage, grits, something else, and HUGE bisquits and Kathy, Megan, Gracie, and I went to go get pedicures and explore the island. Turns out the beauty shop only had one employee and couldn't do all of us. So we went to the gift shops instead came back ate lunch and then did our own pedicures. We drove down the road to the wedding. It was really nice they gave us shells to throw in the ocean after the ceremony for a wish for Fern and Courtney. There were a few chairs but most of us stood around with our umbrellas. It was raining but the bridesmaids came, and the flowergirl who tossed sand dollars, then Fern... And the rain stopped :) And then after everyone was under the arch we noticed rainbows. It was really pretty. Courtney's bird was in attendance along with Kermit and Miss Piggy. And they had this guy playing a steel drum which sounded really beautiful. The reception area was just as beautiful. There were blue flags which hung on the doors with P monogrammed on them the P's were made out of cute little daisies that was my favorite. But there were lots of other decorations too. We ate danced, watched a photo slide show, listened to the speeches. Watched a truly entertaining first dance where Courtney stripped out of his white collared shirt to reveal a spiderman outfit (hopefully someone got a movie) and the favors were little icing sugar cookies a sea turtle and a sail boat wrapped up with the wedding colors. I grabbed mine to send to Bean. Courtney had a yummy coconut, chocolate, and something else grooms cake. Supposedly it was real coconut Dad moaned the whole time cause he only got one bite and Aunt Nancy took over his piece and then I brought him one but Mom took it. lol. Coconut is his favorite poor guy.
After the wedding My generation and the next (minus Erin who had passed out in the car on the way back to the house) went crab hunting. Well that's what Paul called it. It was close to midnight, the older crew minus Kathy and I were drinking, and walking on the beach. . . turns out their version of crab hunting is shinning the flashlight on them chassing them and then making sure they get back in the water. We found quite a few and some really big ones too!! At one point I wasn't sure if Paul had one of the bigger ones bite him. He was laughing so hard I couldn't tell if he was crying - turns out it was just a close call.
The next morning Paul was in the kitchen again making ham and cheese bagels and other things... Everyone packed up and then the Florida crew (and me) headed out. Doris and Joe came as we were leaving. The ride back was interesting Josh had to stop for bathroom breaks probably 5 times. I told him it's bad if his bladder is worse then the old and pregnant.

I have a large list of things I want to accomplish today most of it has to do with C. What a demanding person they are already ;) And then the rest of it has to do with getting my house cleaned. hah hah. It wouldn't be so bad if Petey wasn't going through this territorial thing where he has to piss on everything I leave on the floor. Which really isn't that bad! Because I don't leave a whole lot on the floor - But I do have this lovely basket that he likes to jump in knock everything out of and then urinate on the conents once it's on the floor. He did make me smile this morning when I woke up I had gone to sleep in this big shirt that ties in the back and as soon as I stood up he grabbed on the strings. I had to of course pick him up and love on him then scold him for being so silly when we first wake up! lol. Anyway I'm off to start my day - and hopefully get everything finished!

My Brothers keeper...

I don't really know what to name this blog. My first house, happens to be my brothers old house. And because of that and the fact that it is still in need of work it has never felt like mine. Along with the house, I got 2 dogs, 2 busses, a trailer, and a shed full of things (tools) that I probably have no idea how to use if I needed too. Yes I know how to work a hammer and stuff, but no I'm not good with chainsaws, and other things that I'm not even sure what they are. His dogs are cute, and ....
<---- Tucker, is an excellent gaurd dog, But the 190lb fuzzy "beast" has started jumping the fence. Last night at almost 1am (this morning if you want to call it that) I heard Tucker barking, yes dogs are like kids they each have their own cry/bark. I kept thinking he was in the back yard, I'm not one to venture out at night but I figure I'd see what the fuss was about when I looked outside the light was on but there were no dogs, You see Tucker stands gaurd infront of the door, so I knew immediatly that he was barking at something or he had escaped. He had escaped -- and after he re entered to the scolding of his sister, and cousin he drank all the water and I presummed returned to his gaurd infront of the door. An hour later Petey, C, and I were asleep and then at 6:07 the most annoying dog was barking yes the girl ha ha. Later she is joined by the other two. But, Tucker's bark seems not infront of the door again. Blah. So I'm outside again it's still dark and the little devil isn't even waiting at the gate I'm not sure where he was but when I called he came running back got scolded by the others, and drank all the water again. Blah. So today I'm going to ask my brother to fix the problem or remove the dogs. It really wasn't fun going on such little sleep today.

Since my brother has his bus' here too I sometimes get people who just show up and start looking at it. Normally I don't care but sometimes it's annoying cause with C I don't feel good and I'm usually in my pjs and then I feel rushed to get dressed. This happened earlier this week. But this time he brought a peace offering (my nephew). He chased Petey around. Drank "good" juice out of my plastic wine cooler cup from wet-n-wild. Complained that the cat that doesn't scratch wasn't here, ate cookies, and watched 3 different cartoons. He's outgrown spongebob now but loves Max and Ruby, and that Japaneese? cartoon.

With the non-scratching kitty


I think he had a good time visiting!

Work??

As always I'm looking into the pros and cons. I'm trying to figure out some job that I can do from home... I feel like finding someone to watch monkey will be the hardest and well getting occasional help so I can catch up on sleep, household junk, and me time so I feel like finding something from home would be easiest. The thing is I keep running into dead ends. I'd like to keep up with 3 12s ideally. But I'm not crazy I know that it'll be hard to find someone to watch. And that's the thing I'm extremely picky. I've gone over possible babysitters and I just don't like the idea of hardly anyone. So maybe it's back to work from home, but I keep turning up unsuccessful in this endeavor.