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Much Better

I had to make it lighter. I edited my layout and got rid of the dark. Since the last time I really blogged we’ve been through well life. I can’t talk to my dad. Every time I’ve tried to call I get hung up on. I don’t know if it’s him or his wife. I have to assume it’s his wife. I can imagine she wasn’t happy with the way I talked to her when my dad called me to tell me she was kicking him out. So I doubt she wants me talking to him. Needless to say it breaks my heart. I love my dad so much and all I’ve ever wanted for him was for him to be happy. All I’ve wanted was to be a part of their lives. Now I can’t even speak to him. I’ve decided to stop trying. It hurts too much every time I call and get hung up on. When he’s able or ready to talk to me he knows where to find me. I just hope it’s soon.

We’ve been battling bugs over the past month. I kid you not. When one person starts to feel better someone else comes down with it or something else. We’ve been through colds and strep throat. It’s been painful and terrible. Everyone seems to be over it now. Knock on wood… I really hope so. I am tired of being sick and I know Sascha and Fumiko are as well. I also made my first order at Eden Fantasys, they sell sex toys. We placed and order for Valentine’s Day, and got free two day shipping. But unfortunately a blizzard in that part of the country delayed our package. :( So we didn’t get it until the following Monday. Regardless we’re still pleased with the things we ordered and the box was completely discreet. It didn’t even have their company name on it. I really appreciated that. I’m definitely going to be placing another order when we’re able to. :) Oh Jenn is also holding a giveaway for a sex toy. ;) Go check it out!

Fumiko has been potty training for quite some time. She goes “pee pee” in the potty with no problem most of the time. But “poo poo” is another story. She’s dubbed them bee bee and boo boo. So we’ve been trying to convince her to go poo poo in the potty instead of in her diaper. Hopefully soon. She’s potty training a lot earlier than Sascha did so I’m grateful for that.

Also seriously I can’t get emo vote to work. :( It’s driving me insane. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but instead of colorful little circles I get check boxes. *sigh* Halp? I’ve been wanting to try it out since Jenn posted about it but it doesn’t appear to like me, or I’m not understanding something. :(

Orly?

I’m starting to get back into the swing of things, yay. After having Fumiko I sort of lost interest in blogging and pretty much everything else. Not to mention getting a virus and losing almost 4 months worth of photography was depressing. I still haven’t gotten back into photography as much as I’ve wanted to. It kind of fell to the way side when I lost all the photos of Fumiko and Sascha’s first hallow’s eve together, her first christmas, and first birthday. :sad: But life goes on.

Who knows how things are going to work out with Gerry. He’s never truly liked us. While I do feel for him because I wouldn’t wish dementia on my worst enemy, I do feel as though he’s brought it on himself. We’ve heard horror stories about him and how he treated his previous wives and children. The dementia coupled by his already explosive and angry nature does not go over well. My mom feels as though it’s her obligation to care for him. I keep reminding her that her obligation flies out the window when her own life and well being are at stake. If she was much younger and healthier herself, she might be able to care for him. But now? No. She’s so stressed and scared right now, we’re all worried that she may have another heart attack. She talked to the lawyer from eldercare, that only stressed her out more. They want her life’s history since she’s been with Gerry. Details on all income and spending. Which they don’t have much of. They were never people who documented or saved things like that. Not to mention the cost. It will cost all that she has and more. I told her that he needs to either stay with his daughter in Michigan, or get on Medicaid and find a home. He’s not safe in that home. Not for himself or the home. He’s already been destructive to it and they are only renting.

He needs someone to watch him and make sure he’s okay. My mom isn’t capable of doing that. I will not do that. He’s not my father and it’s not my responsibility. He has six children who are perfectly capable of taking care of him. They need to do so. So in the end, I don’t know how everything is going to work out. But I know he doesn’t belong with my mom, he belongs somewhere else where he has the care and attention he needs. Somewhere else so my mom feels safe. This whole situation sucks. And it’s made worse by the fact that Gerry won’t cooperate, which goes hand in hand with dementia. My mom needs to calm down and rest before she has a heart attack. She’s stressed out of her mind and in turn is stressing me out on top of everything else I have to do. Halp! :wtf:

The Guayaki Pure Heart Yerba Mate tea is amazing for kids with adhd. It makes a huge difference for Sascha. I give him a cup before we start his schooling. He’s able to focus so much better with it. I also found a website that has free tools for learning to read, it’s awesome. Sascha started on it earlier today and loves it. He’s able to do it on his own without me helping him, which is awesome. I’m hoping in the next week or so he can go on to the next area for actually learning to read, instead of just learning the sounds and vowels. He’s getting there. Yoga is also helping. For PE right now we’re doing the yoga video to help him be still and quiet. It’s a little tough for him but he’s doing it. So we’re proud of him.

Have I mentioned I can’t wait to go to California. I wish we didn’t have to drive though. As much as I know we’ll need the transportation down there, I don’t want to drive. T.T It’s too bad we can’t find super cheap travel deals. They’d have to be practically free though. I don’t think that’s going to happen. I’m waiting to hear back from the lady I messaged about Fumiko’s faerie costume. I hope she can do it. It’ll be so cute. Then we’ll just have to find one for Sascha. Also I’m continuing to tweak my layout until I can really finish it. But that will happen when my computer is back up and running. So soon I hope. Until then, things shall be fixed ever so slowly.

Now I need to go get stuff ready to make taco’s for dinner. Yummy. :yum:

New Theme For Now

This shall do for now. I like this theme, a lot. Most of it. There are some changes I’d like to make, but that will have to wait until I can get all of my programs on another computer, or until we do something with mine. Some things are still erm broken? But I shall fix them soon.

So this morning we discovered that there’s a huge leak in our kitchen under the sink. Ugh, seriously? Whhyyy? What’s up with our issue with kitchen sinks? In out last apartment we had issues with the garbage disposal and a huge leak. Here? We had to replace the garbage disposal because it randomly died, and now? A huge leak. Grr. I’m not sure if it’s from the actual faucet, or from the dishwasher. I’m gonna have Kai look at it when he gets home. He works until 06:30pm today.

My mom took the kids and I out to breakfast/lunch at Denny’s. I got a club sandwich and some buffalo chicken strips which I didn’t eat much of. I ended up taking Kai three out of the four pieces of sandwich, and three of the five pieces of chicken, oh and a peach from Trader Joe’s. :) After lunch we stopped at Fred Meyer and Trader Joe’s. My mom had to pick some stuff up for her husband, so I grabbed a few things we needed. Like apple juice and fruit. Yum. Tonight I make homemade taco’s! Sascha should be thrilled, he calls them super taco’s! :lol: Sascha is already bugging me about costumes. Eep. He wasn’t too impressed with the costume’s at Fred Meyer, nor the ones he saw at Target the other day. We looked at some of the toddler ones for Fumiko, and either they were huge, or they were, well, ugly. :( I’ll probably end up finding one again on Etsy. I think I may see if I can find one for Sascha on there too. They have some pretty neat stuff.

While Sue was here and we were all sick my mom picked up some local raw honey from some people that live near her. It’s okay, it’s not my favourite. There is a lady who sells raw honey from Oregon on Etsy. I’d like to try hers and see how it is. So soon as we are almost out of our honey I shall contact her about her yummy honey. I must go change the bunny cage and the kitty’s litter box. Must restore peace to children… :zip:

Layout Changes

As you may or may not have noticed I’ve been messing with the layout a bit. I think I’m finally happy with it. I think. :P I’m about to head to the shop when I’m done eating. When I get home I may or may not fiddle with it some more.

I’m SO excited. I can’t wait to be able to start fixing up the house. Kai can’t wait either. I want to go over there now! We have to wait about a month though. Poop!

Layout Change

It’s late and as you can see I changed the layout up a bit. I like it. Mostly. I’m still unhappy with the header. I ended up throwing something together quick. It’ll do for now. I’m so tired, but my mouth is sore again and I still have about 20 minutes before I can take a dose of tylenol/advil. Ugh. I think I’ll go take a bath while I wait. I’m cold as heck anyways. Plus I think I’m starting to lose my mind. The kitchen faucet has been leaking for a few days. It randomly started. So I’ve been sitting here listening to it drip for the past couple of hours.

I think I’ll go check on Fumiko before I take a bath. She’s been sleeping through the night for the past week or so. It’s awesome, but it makes me paranoid. I’ve been waking up at night in a panic thinking she’s dead because she hasn’t been getting up to nurse. It’s hard to believe she’ll be three months soon.