money pit

school supplies for 3 kids (no clothes, pack backs or others) was 197$ for the cheapest things just off the lists. ouch.

tomorrow short people.

going at 6 to phoenix to pick up my short people. i am very happy. i miss them terribly. i will come to work when i get back, but am leaving now so i can go school shopping at wal-mart. i have to go get supplies since school starts monday. i need to get a few food items to since boys like to eat.

yes, it was better

today started off great, everyone came in ready to work and we got some things accomplished. i got lots done but still have much to accomplish to go on vacation next week which we totally cannot afford. 8 days till i am rebecca jensen. we are so busy, which is a blessing as most people are not. i will begin to raise my prices again as we still are not making enough to not work crazy hours. my kids come home sunday, (mario will go get them and i will make a boat cover) and school starts monday. i have to go buy supplies still and grocery shop as i will not feed them the crap i have been living on. they don't need to know convience food exists until they are 18 and figure it out for themselves. thank you for your good wishes i appreciate the support.

breakdown.....

to the tune of tom petty.................. today is just another day in the life- it is after 9, i am just finishing and will be back at them tomorrow. i punched a wall today, smoked a cigarette (can't remember the last time i did) and cried lots. i am totally stressed out. just a bad day i guess. tomorrow will be better.

keep animals not people.........

i am not allowed to keep people anymore so i am making up for it with animals. i got a new puppy today, a black lab that is 10 weeks old. male. we are thinking of a name for him still. i also got a bunny last week which came from a home in phoenix and the girl couldn't keep him anymore since she downsized houses, so i elected to take him. the bunnys name was chopper, but now it is bobby since we didn't think that chopper was an appropriate bunny name. mike just informed me that the puppys name is romo. so, we now have ahna (german shepared and ridgeback mix from the pound), fred ( miniture schnauzer i paid too much for but fell in love with), chicken (sophie, but i hate that name she is a toy poodle that belongs to the people up the street but i have all the time) , romo (akc registered black lab (( got for 100$ today)) and bobby the bunny from phoenix. the kids are going to love it.

back up and at em

we still have no picture maker that works, but i am back online. my computer came back today, we needed a new harddrive. we have one now and i am very impressed with the guy (mike allen) who fixed it for us. we had a wonderful time in vail with the family. i have poison oak or something similar from my ankles to midcalves that totally iches and is terrible and giving me scabs and sores, but other than that i am unscaved. we hiked a 4.6 mile trail up the moutain from 8300 ft to 10300 ft and it was wonderful. i ran, tubed with my cousins kids ( i got the oldest tuber award) and biked into town. mike and i both loved the time spent with everyone. we are super busy here at work, have more to do than we are capable of and are getting married in a week and a half. aug. 9th at 11am at pelican point in pismo. we just scheduled it today. no big deal, just making it happen. i will catch up soon with pics and more info, just wanted to put a big "hey we are alive" out there and hope you are all doing great!

kingman race

kelly and i ran in kingman saturday morning. it was the del e webb wellness run (5K). short, but fun. it was such a nice day too because the weather is cooler up there (it was 77 at 6:30 when we started). the humidity was high (94%), but the coolness was a nice break. we ran the havasu 5K course this morning which is much harder. it is out at sara park and all up and down, no straight parts. nice run though. it always feels nice to finish something difficult. we are getting business from the website already. one guy said that was how he found us and he is a californian. my roof at the house is finished short of the new swamp cooler going on that we are waiting for and mike let me pay a guy to clean the yard up of all of the shingles since i have a fractured back, so i did. (toothless ralph) did a great job, cleaned the entire yard and swept under my oleanders. i would recommend him to anyone. he was very honest and came back even though i paid him before he finished. the guys doing my pantry were there all weekend and only have to texture and paint before they finish hanging the shelves. i am very excited about the extra space i am going to have! we are going to vail on thursday for uncle jack and aunt joannes 50th wedding anniversary. we will have fun up there and get to see lots of family we haven't gotten to see for a long time.