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May 26 Memorial Day WeekendHave a good Memorial Day weekend. Hubby and I are going to kick back and relax. We bought ourselves a new sleigh bed which will be here on Tuesday. It's a larger bed so we have to go get new sheets and stuff for the new bed. I love shopping! LOL Hubby's working Sunday so I'll be chilling out and watching some movies. We're going to be grilling out on Monday. Don't forget to remember our service men and women. I'm grateful, every day, for their sacrifice. We're off to the pond to go fishing now. Take care and be careful! May 22 Sugar and Spice vs the rantsWe have a new kitten as of Saturday evening. Apparently, Tiger-baby had a baby and we didn't know it. Boo is about 3-4 weeks old. She's a solid black long-haired kitten and she's just adorable. Hubby didn't mind when I said I was going to keep it. LOL We still have our 6 puppies all ready to go to new homes. So far, no one's called about them (it's only been a week). I'm not discouraged, just ready for them to go. LOL I
I'm sitting here entertaining my boss' 3 year old daughter. She's so cute but EXTREMELY shy. I think she's warming up to me while coloring in her book. I'm such a kid magnet these days. I guess since I can't have any myself, other people want me to care for theirs. Mind you, I'm not complaining in the least. I just think it's kinda funny. I have more kids coming to me than I thought possible. Speaking of which, my older brother and his wife are expecting baby #2 in the fall. I'm really excited for her.
Strangely enough, I haven't heard from my birth family in a while. I guess my birthmother didn't appreciate the card I sent her (It NEVER mentioned her as my mother) so I guess I'm getting the cold shoulder. I don't really care. She has only learned the name of one of our dogs (see post a few back) and she's constantly trying to act like she's always been in my life. In reality, I just met her 3 years ago. She never has asked me about my youth or growing up. She has never answered a single one of my questions, and that hurts. So much has happened and some of her statements really hurt me. She said she knew that when she gave me up, that I was going to a good home. Yeah, that's why I ended up in Foster care for 6 weeks. Talk about delusional! This woman, for all intents and purposes, threw me away and then tried to soothe herself by telling me that she knew I was going to a good home. Good thing she's psychic! My PARENTS are outstanding and although I was a horrendous child to begin with, I will always be forever grateful to them. My mom has never met my "birthmother" and I think that's okay.
Okay, enough ranting. Hope you're having a great week! Take care!!!!! May 11 Opposites~~~I guess I'd better write something as the visitation here is REALLY SLOW!!!! A big thanks and a hug to those of you who DO manage to get over here on occasion. As usual, work is fabulous! My horrid sister finally graduated from Nursing School last week. I guess that makes her the graduate and me the drop-out. Talk about feeling bad about myself, I feel like a failure. I told Dad the other night that I may have dropped out of college, but at least I have my shit together!!! This is an area where I'm totally different from my sister. I was 21 and wanted to go live my own life. I was tired of having to live with my parents' direction. They'd mapped out my whole life for me by the time I was 10!!! Even where I was going to college!!!! Always the rebel, I realized, at 21, that I'd had enough of their plans and I was going to go do what I wanted to do. I moved to another state and began my life. It was hard as hell and there were MANY times I thought I was going to die and I wasn't going to make it. After repeated failures, I managed to pull myself up, yet again, and work myself up in this world. I did it and now those years are but a memory (albeit a very VIVD memory). My sister has been the complete opposite of me since birth. She is HIGHLY dependant on my parents for money and is VERY VERY selfish. My parents have realized that I've not asked them for a penny since 1992 & I NEVER wanted to move back home. Again, my sister and I are opposites. She uses my parents for money (which they give to her b/c my sister uses my niece as a bargaining chip). She NEVER comes around unless she needs something. I haven't spoken to her in a LONG time, but she DID send me an email asking me to come to her graduation. I'm actually glad now because my sister got a job in another state and may be moving away from my parents. How long will her independence last? Who knows, but I hope my parents can live in peace for a while. Hubby and I are going to work EMS for the Relay for Life cancer walk tonight. Hope every one has a great Mother's Day! Be kind and good to your moms. Just remember, they got stuck having to carry YOU around for 9 months, so give 'em a break this weekend. I always send my mom flowers and I did again this year. Take Care! May 04 Public Safety...It's our life.Public Safety, its our life.
Body: It may take you two minutes to read this, but if you do not take the time to read this you are one of the people this post is talking about. You stay up for 16 hours He's been up for 48 straight _________________________ You take a warm shower to help you wake up. The rain in the middle of the interstate keeps him awake. __________________________ You complain of a "headache" and call in sick. He's chilled to the bone, hasn't eaten all day, has the flu, and then has to direct traffic in the snow. __________________________ You drink your coffee on your way to the mall. He would kill for a little bit of caffeine to keep him going. __________________________ You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket. He makes sure his gun is loaded and his vest is on. __________________________ You talk trash about your "buddies" that aren't with you. He watches his buddy get shot. __________________________ You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls. He walks down the highway looking for the motorcyclist's missing limb. _________________________ You complain about how hot it is. He wears a vest, uniform, and duty belt and walks his beat for 12 hours. __________________________ You go out to lunch and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong. He hasn't seen a meal since last shift when he ate breakfast. __________________________ Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes. Hes worn the same stinking, wet, grungy clothes for the past 24 hours....no time for a shower. __________________________ You go to the mall and get your hair redone. He holds the arms of some college girl who is trying to beat him up because she's so drunk. __________________________ You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over. His shift ended 2 hours ago and he got held over to work another 12 hours because of man power shortage. __________________________ You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight. He calls his girlfriend to tell her he's safe....then hangs up abrubtly beacause some nut job is beating his wife. __________________________ You yell and scream at the patrol car that just past you because they slowed you down. He's driving that car yelling into his radio because his buddy has a gun pointed at him. __________________________ You roll your eyes as a baby cries. He cries as he hears his new born cry in the hospital....but he was taking a drunk teenager in when his boy was born. __________________________ You criticize your police dept and say they're never there quick enough anyways. He blows the air horn while the person in front of him refuses to move while talking on their cell phone and doing their makeup. __________________________ You hear the jokes about a fallen cop and say he should have known better. He looks at the picture of his fallen comrade everytime he walks out the door of the dept to start his shift...and prays that tonight isn't his night. __________________________ You see the bright lights when you go by. He sees the broken bodies lying around the car. __________________________ You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't. He looks into buying a better bullet proof vest because he been shot at while doing a normal traffic stop. __________________________ You stay at home and watch TV. He takes his spare time to wash his uniform, polish his boots and clean his gun so he doesn't get yelled at by his supervisior for a scuff on his boot. __________________________ You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable. He tries to sleep for an hour before he is needed for court all day and gets one hour...that should hold him through another 12 hour shift. __________________________ You sit there and judge him, saying the that it's a waste of money to have them around. Garbage truck workers make more than he does, but it's not for the money, it's for the people who don't appreciate what he does. ___________________________ You complain to him because you were the one pulled over, telling him, "Why aren't you out there catching real criminals." Then he tells you,"You just broke the law yourself, so to me , YOU are the criminal." ___________________________ You get to kiss your children every night before they get in bed He gets to tell his children over the phone that he might see them tomorrow. Finally, a misting of rain around here. Where's the snow when you REALLY need it??? Things are fine here. My sister graduates from Nursing School tomorrow. If you know me well enough, you'll understand why I'm not going to be there. Hubby made his LAST payment to the ungrateful brat yesterday. I LOVED his note to her. He did it on the computer so he would have a copy of it but as he's been lax about getting a new ink cartridge, it printed out fairly well, but had some light spots in it. Hubby colored them in with black marker and said " Happy 18th Birthday. Have a Nice Life. Final Child Support Payment". Then he said"Now maybe I can afford to go buy more ink for our printer". I nearly died laughing. This ungrateful bitch has accomplished NOTHING and yet everything we DIDN'T want her to do. Let's see, she started using drugs, drinking and smoking at 15. Her MOTHER condoned this behavior. Her mother let this child start having sex at 15 which explains why this CHILD had a baby at 16 and ANOTHER at 17!!! We did NOT raise her to be this way and she's the complete opposite way she was as a child. The only thing we can understand is that she is JUST like her mother and obviously her mother has TOO much influence on her. Oh well, hubby's just glad to get her out of his life at this point. Sounds callous, I know, but she's not really his child anyway. Just a reminder of the fact he tried to do the right thing and was duped into believing a lie. The brat's mother knew all along that hubby wasn't the father, but she couldn't get the REAL father to take responsibility so she went to someone she KNEW would be her "knight in shining armour". This child is just a reminder of a BIG mistake and now he doesn't have to worry anymore. So... things are starting to really look up for him. Take care!!!!! |
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