I have been reading my children's blogs and have come to the conclusion that real life is sinking in! Wow, does it hurt sometimes. Wish I could take all the problems away, but not possible. Life lessons stink sometimes, but somehow we come out of them a little wiser.
I have been busy shipping packages. Sending approx. 15-35 a day. Lots of email to answer.......etc.
The last 2 days have been spent getting over allergy headaches, pain in the teeth and just plain ole sinus problems. I don't know what is in the air around here, but it is killing my head! Guess it is time for a visit to the Doctor. I called my internist 3 weeks ago for an appointment, but the appt. receptionist was "away from her desk" and I never received a call back from the message I left. I guess it is on to another Doctor whose office has it "together".
Well, we leave for Memphis in a week and a half............we are looking forward to it. Can't wait to put my arms around my little boy and my granddaughter. It has been way too long!
Well, K*** got angry at me last night. I don't give her enough space in her bedroom! I moved some stuff on one of the dressers in her room to make room for some resource books that she will probably need next semster when she starts student teaching, and spilled an old can of coke she had left on the edge of the dresser. Well, it spilled on the pile of clean clothes that she keeps on the floor! Gee, I wonder what dressers are for? Did she ever throw a 2 year old temper tantrum! I guess it is the frustration of the previous weeks events between her and R***** and the fact that she doesn't live here all the time............although she wants us to treat her like she does, that has surfaced.
I don't see a wedding coming in 1 1/2 years if those two don't do some growing up. They will never make it if they continue to fight the way they have been. No relationship can withstand the pain of fighting constantly. They are both awesome kids...........KIDS......even though they feel grown up. Maybe once we are through the Holidays.......the skies will be blue again for all of us. Oh well, I have 20 packages to get boxed up. Love to all! Mom

Well it is 9:30 pm and decided I needed to blog. K*** is on the phone with R*****, he is in Texas and it isn't working out too well. She just hung up on him. When I answered the phone, when he called, he didn't sound so good, like a really bad mood or something. I must have been right because she just about didn't answer when he called back. Wonder what crawled up his butt?! Gotta Wonder!!!???? Spoke with my boy last night, wish I had lots of money sometimes, but then if we had it made all the time, we wouldn't appreciate what we had, would we? Struggling builds character I am told, but I am not convinced.........struggled many years........continue to struggle...........!
I went shopping last night, picked up a few things for M*****. Hope she likes them. You know what Star Trek videos are hard to come by......guess I had better go to Ebay. C***** has been sick for 3 days, I hope she feels better soon. I always hate when the children are sick. It is such a helpless feeling! I haven't felt well all week, kinda weak and yucky......don't know what is going on.......maybe too much working stress....who would guess it. I just don't seem to have energy to do much at all and then, too, I feel bored. Weird! Things are quiet in the LR where K*** is on the phone with R*****. Are they kissing and making up on the phone or just not talking to one another? Let me go look *****************Do you want to me to hold the phone up to your ear mom?........smarty fartie little girl!!! That is not the way I raised the thing! I guess it made her feel big in front of R***** to say that to me. Oh well, her day is coming!!! hehehehe! Well my mood is ruined by a smart ass...........I'm gone............bye

Another few minutes.....the girls are watching a movie and Dad is on the way home with chicken for dinner.......he's a good man! Dad and I will be going out for a little while tonight while K*** watches the little ones.......sigh! I just need some time out of the house to catch my breath. Gotta look for some good selling stuff for ****. K*** and I are going shopping tomorrow after my dental appt. (cleaning) Can't wait, hopefully Dad will watch the little ones tomorrow night too and we'll get out again. Quality time with her is important. She likes it too, I usually spend some money on her.......don't have a lot to spend usually, but try to help some. Everyday we are getting closer to going to Memphis.....YEA! I am looking forward to meeting A*****, she sounds like such a great girl. Dad even said so too......and coming from him....that is quite a compliment! HOLD ON TO THAT GIRL, T*****! (orders from Ma and Pa!) I am going to take my Grandbaby shopping to buy her what she wants! I can't wait to hold her, love her, hug her and get kisses from her. I know it may take a while for her to get to know me, but now she is old enough to have some memory of me even when I am not with her much. Grandbabies really should live close to Grandmas! My heart hurts! ........but it will be singing soon!
My allergies are giving me a fit right now. SC is so dusty and dry, but this is home and I just have to deal with it. Headaches, bodyaches, running nose, sneezing, and so on..................Good Ole SC! #2 daughter came home from school early today, her allergies were bothering her too. She acts fine now..........I guess everybody needs a day off sometimes.
The girls want to have friends over to stay the night this friday.......SCREAM.......I really am getting old.......can't stand the............SCREAM........thought of all the noise, demands of food, things to do, where is the bathroom, can we do this, can we do that....................I AM OLD NOW!
Mom and K*** are shopping for me now! Neat! Mom has been shopping yard sales for me for over a year......she really finds alot of neat things. Wish we had them up here........people must hold on to their stuff in SC......come on people......give it up..........I need the money! LOL Hopefully after Christmas my inventory on our carport will start to slim down since K*** is helping me. The neighbors won't know what hit me..........a clean carport! No......that could never happen, cuz I like stuff! Gotta go Dad just came in with dinner.
Love to all.

Well here we go again, just trying to grab a couple of minutes to write. We have our tree up and decorated. It took a week to do it, but it is finally done.........now how long can we leave it up! Maybe K******** will take it down again this year?! The girls baked all weekend. Well, actually K*** baked, the little ones just kind of helped when they weren't in the way. #2 daughter built a gingerbread train out of a kit, she did a great job. K*** baked some wonderful stuff..............more please!!!! Tollhouse cookies.........gotta love 'em! We are looking forward to seeing T and M after Christmas. The girls are so EXCITED!!! Everywhere we go they want to know what M would like. I keep telling them she will like everything.......even the things she shouldn't........she is three years old. I miss being able to watch her grow on a daily basis. I feel cheated! Oh well, enough of a pity party. I am so proud of her Daddy though and how he takes the responsibility so well. ( I hope he dresses her pretty) I hope Christmas will be a good one this year. I have been buying for the little ones all year long. #3 daughter had her school play tonight. She did well, she has come so far since preschool.......she used to stand with her fingers in her mouth, now she sings and does the motions. She was the prettiest one up there too! Well, better get off the computer, my printer went down yesterday and Dad bought another one today, so I need to get out of the way, so that he can get busy. Love to all!

Grabbin' a few minutes to write.............been out shopping most of the day after I took #3 to the dentist. She has an absess on one of her baby teeth, plus has to get a few more worked on. #4 also is having alot of dental work done and I just had a root canal and crown.......people keep dental insurance and see your dentist twice a year. We havn't been in a few years and boy...........it is rough! Shopping was good.......I keep finding stuff to spend my hard earned money on and it doesn't go very far! #4 is sitting at the playroom table crying because her homework frustrates her! DON'T INCOURAGE PERFECTIONISM IN CHILDREN!!!! We have a new puppy, had her approx. 6 weeks, she is a pound puppy. She is part border collie and part lab. Her body is solid white and she has the face mask of a jack russell terrier. She is a beautiful dog. Sugar, our black lab can't stand her.........Sugar sneaks out of the fence every time we put precious in! Maybe they will be pals when Precious grows out of the puppy stage.
We are in the process of putting up our Christmas Tree. We put it together yesterday and are putting on the lights and ornaments today. The girls are so.........exicited! I just try to be excited too, but it just seems like so much work! I love Christmas and the meaning is certainly very dear to my heart, The Birth of Our Lord and Saviour! Christmas has become so commercial though and everybody wants to out do everybody else. I just enjoy the excitement in the children.
We went to the mountains of GA. for Thanksgiving, it was a good trip........nice and quiet! Didn't get to do as much shopping as I would have liked to, but still a nice trip. Got to go help a crying child. Love to all!

Hello everyone in Blog Land! I actually have a few quite minutes before I start my afternoon running(taxi service). I have been busy emailing and wrapping packages to be shipped. I am shipping between 60-75 pkgs a week right now. I may be shipping more in the next few weeks. Last year at this time, I shipped approx 125 a week. I spend about 40-60 hours a week on the computer, boxing merchandise and going to the Post Office, but I get to work my own hours. I am available for my 2 youngest children, so they don't have to be in daycare. They are very content with me being at home. Before I quit work, they were fussy all the time!!! Grated on my nerves to come home to crying everyday.........I guess it was a signal to change things. I am glad to be home too. I love to shop and find super deals.
I don't love to cook anymore though, so I feel sorry for Dad. He loves to eat and looks forward to a good meal. He may get a couple of home cooked meals a week, if he is lucky. Dad never complains though. He is just happy to eat, but I know he wishes I was more domesticated in the kitchen area.
Since I have gotten "over the hill" so to speak, the idea of a sparkling clean house doesn't intrigue me anymore. I missed out on some things with my first two children because I was so picky about certain things being done, or not done, in my house. I refuse to do it again. Life is too short to put stupid things in front of the people that you love so much. I want to enjoy as much of my family while I have the chance. The laundry can wait a day, the dishes aren't going to walk away, if I don't vaccum but twice a week, I don't think we will catch a diease and die. It is more fun to watch the TV, go out to eat, shop......shop.......shop and visit with family. I guess I will have to find time to blog too since it is so important to my son. I know I enjoy reading his, it makes me feel like I am a part of his life again. I missed out on so much of his life from the time he was 14 on. I know that plays a big part of my depression problem. I feel like a big failure as a mother to him. (sorry T*****) I feel if I had been a better Mom and kept you here with me, then maybe you wouldn't have had to struggle so much, but then again I remind myself you are one that wants to learn the hard way........by experiencing things on your own. Well............off to another subject..................!
Christmas is rapidly approaching and I am not sure that I am going to be ready. I feel like my house should be set up now........but I just can't bear to unpack anything else. Maybe if someone would do it with me it would make it a bit more enjoyable. I am tired of the disarray of my house and carport. I know the neighbors are tired of looking at my mass of boxes and totes, thank goodness that our carport is at the back of the house and they can't see all the way in it! Now that K********* is working with me, maybe it will help clear some of it up. (work hard K***!).
Well, I have to go pick up the little ones from school, then off to dance lessons then home to change and off to C*****'s play. She has a lead role in a play that her school is participating in. She is one of Santa's Elves -Onus! Can't wait to see it. I'll let you know how she did. She was so........excited that she got the part, because there were only two available. She has always loved to perform!
Everybody take care!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Treat other people the way you want to be treated! Love to All! MOM

OK, Here I go.......no one is around to tease me right now. Busy day, had a dentist appointment for a crown, but it didn't fit properly so I go back in the morning. M******** has an appointment with her dentist tomorrow afternoon, so back to Columbia we go. Tonight a have a bazillion packages to get ready to mail, maybe 25, maybe more. Supper is in the crock pot, the girls are watching TV, yea for cable! 8 loads of laundry sitting waiting to be done, boxes still waiting to be unpacked from 2 months ago. No one else seems to care if they get unpacked, so I pushed them out of the way so we can get around them. They are starting to bug me, so I guess I will have to start unpacking them soon.
We now have 4 bedrooms, living room and den, playroom, kitchen w/bar and dining room and 2 full bathrooms. Room enough for a special son and her only Grandbaby to visit his MOM and her Grammy! I really love to read your blogs. It makes me feel like a part of your lives. Even Amandas. I want to get to know her, she seems to be a very special young lady. Gotta go...........laundry calling!