Controlled chaos

Christmas 2009 Attempt #2

2009-12-28T11:54:00.011-05:00

I promise I won't get pissy this time! LOL

So far we have been to 6 family Christmas parties! That's a lot of family!

It all starts on Christmas Eve at Jason's parents house. We had lasagna for dinner and opened presents. Ea and Jesse have been adopted into that family so they were there too!

Jason and Jesse guarding tree!

All the boys! Kevin's girls won't be home till this week and then we get to have Christmas party #7!

After that it was off for home so Santa could come!(I'll post a no kids allowed post about that later)

It didn't take long for the boys to rip through all those presents! Then it was off to grandma Norma's.Going to Grandma's house for Christmas breakfast has been a tradition for as long as I can remember! Even having no power in 2004 couldn't stop us! We cram a lot of family into grandma's little house but it is still great! It does seem like the stairs are shrinking, though!

After that it's off to Mom's! I know two boys that will not be getting silly string in their stockings next year!LOL

After that it was definitely nap time before dinner at Moms.

Saturday my Dad's Mom came down from Cleveland. We don't get to spend that much time with Grandma Margie but when we do it's nice!

We had that little party up at Stacy's house so I got to sample the girls new fingernail polish! What do you think?

I'm a fan of the blue! I even got some in my stocking!

Yesterday was Wonsick family Christmas over at Jason's parents house. After that the kids went to the movies with Grandma Norma, Mom, Stacy, and Ea! They went to see the Squeekual. Jason and I did some house cleaning and watched The Hangover. It was pretty funny! Definitely not for the kids!

Today is lay around the house and go nowhere day! I might venture out to get the mail but probably not! Oh shoot Jarrett does have basketball practice. I know I can get Jason to take him but I will have to go get him! Crap! Oh well! Maybe tomorrow will be lay around and go nowhere day!

Christmas 2009

2009-12-26T09:56:00.002-05:00

I could do a whole long "after Christmas post" about how it's not about the gifts but the spending time with family that matters but I won't! It doesn't matter because people don't listen and just continue to hurt innocent people.
So I will share in all the fun Christmas excitement by showing you all the loving pictures I took the last two days!
Ok never mind! That will have to wait till later! Right now as I sit here thinking about what I want to write, nothing but hateful things are coming in my mind! So I will post those pictures on Facebook for those of you that can see them and I will try to write nice things later!

A New Lesson To Learn!

2009-12-20T09:46:00.002-05:00

I debated on whether or not to write this post. This topic has caused a little bit of tension here before. But you know me and if you don't like it, don't read!
For months now we have been hearing that Jarrett is getting a new kid in his class. The kid is from Smithville so he asked Matthew if he knew who it was. He didn't. Jarrett's class is already big enough. 29 kids to one teacher. Anyway the subject went away because we hadn't heard anything for a while.
Fast forward to Thursday. We are in the car on our way home from school when my, not by birth, son starts to tell a black joke. Ok not funny! They all laugh and I yelled at them. Then my oldest, by birth, son tells one of his own. Great! So I start into my tirade. Where did you hear those? Do you think those are funny? Then I made them sit in the car while I gave my speech. I walked into the house shaking my head. What brought this on?
Thursday was Jarrett's birthday and we had a school Christmas concert that night so the situation got pushed to the back of my head only to resurface on the ride home from the concert. Here's how it went.....
Me- Jarrett has the new kid started yet?
jarrett-No.
Me- Is he going to start after the new year?
Jarrett- Yes SHE is going to start after the new year.
Me- Oh, you know that it's a girl. Do you know her name?
Jarrett- Yes it's Deshauna, Deniqua or something like that.
I just turned my head and looked at my Mom. That's how all this started. The teacher told them they were getting a new student and must have told them that she was black. So I questioned Jarrett further and learned that all the Amish kids were calling her names and starting all the jokes. I then went into another one of my speeches.
Fast forward to Friday night. Brandon, Jarrett and I were on our way to WallyWorld in Millersburg. jingle Bells came on the radio so Brandon started to sing the "new version" that he learned in school. It starts out....jingle Bells, shot gun shells, Granny had a gun, pulled the trigger and shot a....i got irate! Brandon couldn't remember past the Granny had a gun part but I asked him what Granny shot and he asked me if it was bad and he if wasn't supposed to say it. I asked him to tell me and he did. Yep it was the N word. I told Brandon never, never, never to say that word! Then Jarrett piped up from the backseat and told me that it was the Amish word for black person. Um, no it's not! Then came another speech!
I know the boys had heard some of this during the presidential election but I didn't know it was this bad. I guess we just have to do the best we can as parents and hope that we have more influence on our children then the other school kids do!

12 Years Already????

2009-12-17T16:27:00.008-05:00

From this little cutie.....

To this handsome fella....

All in 12 short years!

Happy 12th Birthday Jarrett!

Has It Really Been That Long???

2009-12-14T19:08:00.002-05:00

All the Christmas preparations are in full swing around here! It has been busy, busy, busy! My shopping is almost done. I will never say that it is completely done because I can always find something else to buy! My Christmas cards are done. The cookies will be made this weekend and I will attempt to make fudge. Last years attempt was a big, rock hard FAIL!
In addition to Christmas, My oldest son has a birthday this Thursday. He will be 12! Can you believe it? He is growing like a weed. He has passed Grandma Sis and I think he is as tall as Grandma Karen. I had to go buy him basketball shoes and had to get a size 10! Really? I threatened to chop his toes off! The worst off all happened Wednesday night(I know he probably doesn't want me to tell you this but what are Moms for?). I was trimming his toenails and he had dark toe hair!! Whaaaaa! My baby is growing up!
I wonder if Jarrett will want an Eclipse birthday cake??? What do you think, Kristy?
As for Brandon.....Homework is worse than ever. He is slowly slipping farther away and I don't know how to fix it. Really what I want to do is do it all for him. That will eliminate all the fighting, stress and crying! I hope they come up with a solution soon!
Other than that there is not much going on. I hope all of your Holiday preparations are going as well.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2009

2009-12-01T18:22:00.009-05:00

What a busy weekend! A lot to do + a lot of food + a lot of family = one cranky bi**h!

It all started Wednesday night. I was tired but I had things to do. I ran a bunch of stuff up to my sisters house since Thanksgiving dinner had moved to her house. Then I made delicious Twinkie Pumpkin dessert. Then off to bed. I was cranky!

Thursday started off with some exercise. I felt better. Then we gathered everything up and it was up the hill to Stacy's house. Holy cow! We had a ton of food! Plus the house was full of people! Crazy! everyone managed to be civil to one another and we had a great time. I even managed to get a few pictures of some of my favorite people:

Jarrett and Matthew chowing down!

Most of the kids playing games in the basement!

I even got all of them to cram together on the steps!

Then it was off to Jason's parents for Thanksgiving with the Wonsicks! This was Jason's dad's whole side of the family! Well they weren't all there but I think 6 out of the 7 brothers and sisters were there plus the various kids and grandkids! I think there were like 40 people! That is awesome! I wish my Mom's family was that way. I could say a lot of not very nice things here but I won't!

Every Thanksgiving night we watch a family movie. This year was supposed to be UP. That got a little messed up when Ea and Jesse locked their keys in the car and we had to wait for AAA. By the time it got unlocked it was time for Ea and Jesse to get ready for black Friday shopping. We kept Brayden overnight. When we got home I was cranky!

Friday started off with more exercise. I was still cranky! Every Friday after Thanksgiving we put up our Christmas tree. Things got a little jumbled around but we got it up! I was really cranky! Just ask Jason! LOL We also finally got to watch Up. What a cute movie!

Saturday started off with more exercise. I felt great! I knew what this day had in store! Finally after a week of anticipation I was going to see New Moon! I went and picked my friend Stacie up and off we went. We were really early so we got the best seats! It was an awesome movie! I was a little sceptical because I hated Twilight as a movie. I so want to see New Moon again! After that it was off to Coldstone Creamery for some birthday cake remix! Yummy! I wasn't cranky!

Sunday was Blueberry pancakes, pizza and more family! Jason's brother and sister-in-law brought my two little princesses over and a mixture of his family and my family came along too. I put up more Christmas decorations while everyone visited! It was nice! I wasn't cranky!

Here's some pictures from Sunday:

Miss Abbie.

Jarrett, Brandon, Becka and Abbie!

All the little goobers!
The end!

Update On Brandon

2009-11-30T17:57:00.003-05:00

My, my, my! We have been busy! I'll tell you about all that stuff later. Right now I need to update you on Brandon.

Last Tuesday we had another meeting at the school. The Psychologist(Mr. Robertson), or whatever he was, had finished his testing on Brandon and we went for the results. They weren't great. Actually the guy said that Brandon is the worst he has ever seen in his many years of doing this testing. He came to the conclusion that Brandon has visual perception fine motor integration problems. Huh? What? This means that he is having a communication problem either between his eyes and his brain or his brain and his hand. Here are some of the pictures they asked Brandon to draw: On the left is the picture they showed him and on the right is what he drew. (I redid it)

Now seeing that, can you imagine how difficult handwriting must be? My heart broke! I felt bad for all the times I have yelled at him for his handwriting or got so frustrated with him during homework. I felt bad because yes he got frustrated but he has maintained a great attitude even though something as basic as writing his name was so hard!

Along with this he also has some kind of visual organization problem. He was given 8 drawings to do and started in the middle of the page. Then he proceeded to put 2 at the top left, 3 at the bottom left, 4 in the bottom right and so on. He scattered them all over the page. This organization thing is really affecting his math. Along with having difficulty writing his numbers he is also having trouble placing the numbers in order during addition, multiplication, division and whatever else. He knows how to get the answer and he knows the answer he just can't organize it on paper.

Mr. Robertson said that he can tell by Brandon's grades that he is smart. He has an A in Social Studies and in Science but he has a D in all the subjects that require extensive writing or math. For now they are trying to get the occupational therapist to evaluate him. She told us back in 2nd grade that there was nothing wrong with him. After she does her evaluation hopefully they will allow him to have occupational therapy. They are also going to allow him to be an IEP student for Math. I know some of you have made comments about IEP in the past but he needs this. This will allow him to have individual attention with his Math instead of being in a class with 30 other kids. Yes his class is that big. Thank open enrollment for that!

This is where we are for now. We go back in January for another meeting to find out the results from the occupational therapist. Hopefully she will accept to help him!

Am I Normal?

2009-11-22T11:58:00.002-05:00

Ok, I guess I really know the answer to that so you don't have to comment about that part. I was just thinking about all my little quirks. Does anyone else never finish a bottle of shampoo? I always want to try new scents so I go and buy new bottles when my other one is almost empty. Being the girl that I am, I have to use the new shampoo as soon as I get it. Then I like it better and the old one sits in the shower until the bottle looks so gross i just have to throw it out! Does anyone else do this? Anyone?
Here's something else that has been bothering me lately. I work with mostly females. Let's say one of my besties doesn't like another one of the girls. Ok usually it's me that doesn't like someone but for the sake of the story just go with it. So like I said one of my friends doesn't like this other girl. Let's say supposedly this other girl has been mean to my friend and started some rumors. I never witnessed any of this. Is it "Woman's Law" that I also not like this girl? I didn't think so but that seems to be the alarming trend these days. That other girl never did anything to me so I should still be polite and friendly with her. That doesn't mean that I have to "hang" with her but I shouldn't be nasty to her either.
Does "Woman's Law" also say that I should unfriend her on Facebook just to show my solidarity to my friend? Just wondering?

Pumpkin and Twinkies

2009-11-17T18:34:00.002-05:00

So my little issue at work was kinda resolved today. Basically here's what happened....I was threatened by someone that wanted to kick my ass. I walked away and told my supervisors. I know you are totally shocked, right? Me not fight? Well that's what happened. This started a whole tornado of crap. Gossip, meetings and frustration. Today that person was disciplined. End of story. Whatever! If I wrote what I really wanted to say I would probably get fired so I'll leave it at that.
Other than all that mess work is going really well right now. We are very busy and somethings are starting to come into play that will make the day better. Things are up but as usual I'm waiting for them to come crashing down. I thought it might come with the evaluations but it seems that everyone else's went just as well as mine. At least I didn't hear anyone complaining. Well except about cell phones. There has been a lot of complaining about people texting and some people even making calls on the line. To that I say whatever!
Maybe all this exercising has caused me to chili out. I've been working really hard and trying new exercises. Some of them hurt! It's OK though. I need to burn the extra calories so I can eat the yummy pumpkin twinkie dessert that Mike was talking about. I thought I blogged about it before but I was too busy to look it up. So this is for you Kristy! Pumpkin Twinkie dessert

Can I Get Off The Ride Now?

2009-11-15T09:57:00.002-05:00

I am embarrassed to say this.....I love this song!
Those of you that are my friends on facebook probably saw that I wrote "This week has been one wild roller coaster ride". Oh has it ever! Most of the ups and downs have come from work. There are things that happened this week that I can't talk about yet because they aren't resolved. It's all crazy. My job is not in jeopardy or anything like that but it could have been. I hope it all gets straightened out because I'm tired.
To add to that stress we also got our yearly evaluations. Do you remember last years? They went much better this year. They addressed good things that I am still trying to analyze. Everyone knows that I over-think everything. This just added to the stress of what had already happened the day before.
My new exercising goals really helped with all that stress! I exercised everyday this week except Saturday. I feel great! I hurt just about everywhere but "No Pain No Gain" Right?
All that exercise will help with the yummy Thanksgiving dinner that's coming up! This year we will not be having it at my house. I think it will be at either Mom's or Stacy's. Not sure yet. Dinner will also be earlier. We always eat at 5 but Jason's brother and his family are in from North Carolina so we will be going to his Mom's house to spend time with them. I need to go see my little princesses. Abbie was born in August and we've hardly spent any time with her. I'm sure Miss Becka will have plenty of stories to tell me about Hannah Montana! LOL
I'll let you all know once the dinner plans are finalized!

Here We Go Again!

2009-11-09T20:02:00.002-05:00

Almost every year my place of employment has some kind of get healthy contest. This year the prize is up to $600! Of course this is a weight-loss contest and a physical fitness contest. The whole point is to get people to live healthier so our insurance doesn't cost so much.
Those of you that are long time readers know that I am always looking to loose weight. I am not happy with what I weigh but I love food! I don't mind exercising but sometimes there is no time and most of the time I fail to make time.
So anyway.... here's what I have to do. I have to do some form of physical activity at least 24 times in 1 month for the next 12 months. I have to have 1 preventative exam, dentist will do. Lower my waist measurement, lower my blood pressure, lower everything else! No vehicle moving violations for 1 year and I am not allowed to miss more than 3 days of work in 1 year. I also have to lower my BMI, loose 8% of my body weight or do something with body fat percentage. That sounds like a lot but the payout is $600. Who doesn't need $600?
Today was the starting day. I went and weighed in.....YIKES! I guess I have to adjust the numbers on my weight tracker. Stupid scale! I did walk down town to get the boys from school and got on my long lost friend the treadmill. My butt hurts!
I'll try not to bore you with the everyday details but I will be writing about it once in a while.
A few other unrelated tidbits..... Jarrett is selling Market Day Cookie Dough for his 6th grade camp fundraiser. If anyone would like to order let me know. The dough will be in before Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, I started my shopping. I really am not going to do all that much this year. We've severely cut our gift giving list. I know a lot of people that have had to do that. I just wish some others would do the same. Oh well. As hard as I try I can't control everything! Ha, ha, ha!

I Lied!

2009-11-07T15:50:00.002-05:00

I guess I lied about that posting more thing. Facebook is taking all my time. I'm nosey so that feeds my need for info. (Dumb and repetitive as some of the comments are!)
We are getting a little break from sports right now. Jarrett doesn't start basketball until November 23. I worked some overtime today and Jason has been picking up some too. Christmas is approaching fast! We have a Christmas Club account but all the extra money is helpful. I need new breaks and 2 new tires. Anyone want to do my breaks for some extra cash????
I need to start Christmas shopping. I think I'll start today. I have major cash off at Old Navy. My boys are pretty easy to buy for and Jason is too. Deciding on what to do about the nieces and nephews is the hard part. I would love to buy for them all but 4 little fellas and 4 little ladies is just too much. Maybe we should have a little party or something. Any ideas?? They are all spoiled, including the 2 of my own, anyway! I just need to win the lottery! I don't need to win it all just $10,000 would be nice!
Speaking of money....I decided to bite the bullet(ha, ha, ha) and try some deer meat.(get it now?) I'm not a big meat eater in the first place. It all grosses me out. I can't even smell it when I cook it or look at it when I'm eating it. No bones, no skin, and none of the fatty hard stuff! Yuck! So anyway, Jason got a deer and I asked him to have most of it made into hamburger(mixed with sausage). First Jason made spaghetti. Not a big spaghetti fan so I didn't eat it. Then we had deer tacos. Not bad. Since then we have had deer chili and deer sloppy joes. Couldn't really tell the difference. I still had to hold my nose when I cooked it though. Anyone have other deer recipes?
We are really busy at work. Ford is kicking ass and that keeps my line hot. Too bad that people are so stupid! Enough said!
I really will try to post more! If you just can't stand the time between waits, look me up on Facebook. I know you are all dying to join!

Back To School!

2009-10-27T14:27:00.003-04:00

I know it's been a while since I posted. The boys are done with football and only Jarrett is playing basketball. I should have time to post more.

Today Jason and I had a meeting at the school with the IAT(intervention assistance team). It was for Brandon. We had to do this once before in 2nd grade. You can read about that here. His 4th grade teacher is really concerned with his handwriting. Duh! She also noticed that he seems really distracted and she is having trouble keeping him on task. I explained to her that he has never had attention trouble before and it's probably that he is so frustrated with how hard he has to try to write. Here's an example.

That handwriting is actually pretty good for him. Remember he is in 4th grade. Anyway, the team decided that he needed to be evaluated by this guy that was in the meeting. He determined that Brandon would probably get a low score on his test and that would lead to the occupational therapist reevaluating him. She saw him last time and determined there was nothing wrong with him other than the bad hand writing. I think she's wrong!

Last time I went to the meeting I didn't know what to think. This time I did my research and found something that might explain Brandon's hand writing. It's a learning disability called Dysgraphia. The motor dysgraphia fits him perfectly. I think it all started when he nearly cut the tip of his ring finger off in kindergarten. His hand writing in preschool was better than it is now. According to my research a cure could be as simple as some physical therapy to strengthen his fingers and hand. Something about the muscles being so weak that the brain can't properly communicate. I'm not the expert so we will have to wait till next month to see what the tests reveal.

I feel bad for Brandon because he is such a good kid and this is affecting all his grades. All his teachers since he started school have been great about all this. They've made exceptions for him and try not to signal him out. I just make sure to keep reminding him that he has done nothing wrong. He tries hard but it gets him nowhere. Poor little guy. I'll keep you posted!

Sunday's Browns Game, Through My Eyes!

2009-10-06T19:26:00.020-04:00

Last Sunday we took the boys to the Browns game. I wasn't too thrilled to get up at 6 am to go sit in a parking lot full of drunks and weirdos. I was told it was all part of the "experience". Uh, ok whatever. I guess also part of the "experience" was driving through the ghetto. And I mean real ghetto. Not Kristy ghetto. I'm talking "I locked the doors ghetto"! This was Jesse's super secret shortcut. So anyway, after the ghetto drive we got to "experience" paying $25 to park like sardines in a dirty parking lot, littered with already half drunk people.

We got out set up chairs and whatever and the boys started to play football!

Of course they got in a big fight and started hitting each other. So......

Jarrett went to the truck all pissed off and ate doughnuts......

Brayden and Brandon sat around bored. ( aren't those cute little eye thingies?)

Then it was time to eat....

Then just as we started to eat, Brayden had to go #2 really bad! There was only 1 port o pot in the whole lot. My idea was to have him go in a Ziploc bag in the back of the truck but no one went for that! Jesse took him to wait in line for half an hour only to have the thing almost full! Gross! Then there was no toilet paper so Jesse had to get half a napkin and do his best! Right about that time Jesse's friends also showed up.

Right before we went up to the stadium one of the girls attempted to pee in between Jason's truck doors where the guys were going. Let me tell ya.....there were yellow rivers flowing everywhere!

On the way to the stadium the boys and I stopped to people watch! What a bunch of freaks! I should have gotten better pictures of some of these people but I was afraid to get shot! Even though they thoroughly checked us for weapons before we went in!

At the game they handed out breast cancer pins and even had one on the field.

During the game it was pretty exciting.......People were getting thrown out left and right. There were Bengal's fans everywhere!

This guy

And this guy

were going to fight right in front of us! It was great! There were F-bombs flying everywhere! The guy sitting next to us yelled at them and told them to watch it because there were kids right here! Yeah, like my kids have never heard that before. I wanted to see a fight!

Oh, remember those cute little eye thingies? They came in handy later when we had a Bengal's fan sit right in front of us. Brandon and I laughed forever!

I did actually watch some of the game...

Oops! What I meant to say was, I watched Brady Quinn on the sidelines!

There was one point in the game where I got really excited! I wanted to run out onto the field...

Yep! That's right where I was going to run! I wanted to cut this guys hair off soooo bad! It was driving me nuts!

The kids had a great time! I think they really like the game, freezing butts and all! Oh, yeah. We lost 23 - 20 in overtime. :(

The Good, The Bad, and The What Was I Thinking!

2009-09-28T20:27:00.003-04:00

One of the things I love about the boys being in sports (ok really it's one of the things I hate too) is seeing old friends, classmates, and old crushes. I've reconnected with a few people that were good if not great friends at one time or another. These are the people that I really want to make sure that they stay in my life from now on. You know who you are! The funny thing is that two of these people made me pumpkin cookies! How weird is that? I love anything that is pumpkin! Now, I'm not saying that you have to make me pumpkin anything just to be my friend , but hey it can't hurt! Ha, ha, ha!
Some of the other people that I have reconnected with were friends or acquaintances. I love seeing most of these people too. I love seeing how they have changed or even how they have stayed the same. I like seeing their kids and hearing a little about their lives now. Even the friends that I don't see but that I stay connected with through Facebook.
Then there are the people I see and I think "What in the hell was I thinking?". Old crushes that have done nothing with their lives. Well, except manage to get arrested a few times. Former friends that I am ashamed to say I once knew them. You know the ones.... The only thing that they are good for is using them as an example to teach your kids a lesson. Really! I did this once in Wally World!
Anyway it makes me wish that I had been nicer when I was younger. I just really hope that people see that I have changed in some ways.

Fall!

2009-09-26T17:02:00.002-04:00

My favorite season is here! Fall! That means football, pumpkin recipes, falling leaves, fall colors and new fall shows! Jason was at work and the boys went to the Massillon football game so I was home alone last night. I was going to clean out my car but decided to catch up with my DVR. I thought that was a much better choice!
I DVRed all my old shows like:
Greys-Kinda one of my faves but slowly dying
Fringe- Joshua Jackson! Need I say more?
Private Practice- Good story lines most of the time. The season finale was a real cliffhanger.
House- I really liked the season premiere. I think House is hot!

This season there are a lot of new shows too. Some that I DVRed were:
Eastwick- It was ok. It has potential to be good. I think I'll keep watching.
Cougar Town- I laughed my arse off! It is a little kooky but really funny.
Mercy- I'm not even going to post a link for this one! It was that bad! The plot and actors totally sucked. Plus I've seen it all with ER.
Vampire Diaries- I love this one! Yes Twilight might be influencing my decision but hey the main guy is hot! Way hotter than Edward! There are two things I don't like. One is that I am constantly comparing it to Twilight. Like in one scene the vampire guy was sleeping. Uh, in Twilight they don't sleep! The other thing I don't like is the main guys brother. He looks like a young Rob Lowe but makes all these weird facial expressions and looks like he has too much make-up on.
I know Kristy watched Glee. Did anyone elese catch some of the new shows?

Fall Football Preview!

2009-09-14T19:07:00.002-04:00

In case all of you haven't realized it yet......Football has officially started! The boys started a couple weeks ago, then high school, Saturday night was collage and the NFL started this week! Oh goodie, goodie! Did you read my sarcasm?
I love watching my boys play! They are both still undefeated and improving every game! I can watch a few high school games but would rather listen on the radio. Collage? Eh, I can take it or leave it. I like Ohio State but really only follow the scores.
Now the NFL, oh my! Do we really need Thursday, Sunday and Monday games? Wasn't Sunday and Monday night enough? Maybe they just don't understand the havoc it causes in my world. Sunday goes like this......Morning- check the line ups for fantasy league. Yes that cuts into my farm_____(enter either ville or town here). Then when the games actually start it completely takes over two T.V.s and the computer.
That starts the kids complaining and seriously cuts into my farm_____! Then of course Jesse comes over and I have to listen to them analyze every little thing. I tried to watch the Green Bay and Bears game last night and really ended up just looking for hot guys! LOL I found a big, bald one and it would be just my luck that I hear on ESPN (yes the guys have it on during lunch at work) today that he is out for the year! Gee, can't a girl ever get a break? Yes ladies! Brady Quinn is hot but looks too much like a little boy!
Speaking of the football players looks....I so very badly want to jump through the TV with a good pair of scissors and cut all that long nasty hair I see flying around from under those helmets! If I was playing those guys I would grab a fist full and pull real hard! Would that draw a flag? Oh well maybe they would cut it before they played me again! Or then again maybe they would just pinch me real hard back! Who knows what goes on at the bottom of those pile-ups!

Surprise!

2009-09-13T11:08:00.013-04:00

After months of planning, every ones hard work payed off! We surprised Jesse with a 30th birthday party! Papaw RJ almost blew it that morning at the football game but luckily Jesse wasn't paying attention. Under the cover of Jason having a Ohio State party we managed to get everything ready! Jesse called Jason a few choice words when they pulled in the driveway so I think he was really surprised!

We had:

Family and Friends.....

Cake....

Corn hole...

Cold beverages...

And you can't forget the pinata!

Then everyone watched a disappointing loss for the Bucks.

It was a good party and everyone had a lot of fun! Jason and Jesse went up to the Browns game this morning. I hope it doesn't end the same as the Ohio State game.

Where Does The Time Go?

2009-09-09T20:23:00.003-04:00

Here are a few updates on what has been going on around here:
The Homecoming- What a success! We did even better than last year! The kids games made almost a $200 profit over last year! Next year I'm shooting for $1000!
Football- Both of the boys teams are still undefeated! They both had great games on Saturday! Jarrett's team beat Jesse's team! He had a good time picking on Jesse afterwards.
Family- I tried to find a new song to put on the blog! It was "Long Line Of Losers" by Montgomery Gentry. Good Lord! How naive can some people be? To constantly let one family member take advantage of you over and over! Then to buy a bullshit story! Whatever! This crap has been going on for too long! It needs to end now! I wish my Dad was still alive. I think he was the only one from that side of the family that had any common sense! Hopefully soon I will be able to tell you all the whole story!
Birthdays- Last Friday was Jason's birthday! Today is Madison's 8th birthday! This Friday is Jesse's 30th birthday! Happy Birthday to everyone!
School- Both the boys are enjoying their classes this year. We are still having nightly battles with Brandon and his homework. It's not that he doesn't want to do it but gets frustrated by his handwriting. He has to constantly erase! Do they make tutors for handwriting? It is absolutely crazy! We have been working on the same assignment for 3 hours! He did most of it at school but the teacher made him erase all of it and start over because he didn't write in cursive!
Work- There have been some serious personnel issues at work. Hopefully they have now been taken care of. At least as far as I'm concerned. Why do people have to be so ignorant? Oh and we have picked up so much in the last few months that the company had to hire temps. I hope it lasts!
That's about all I have for now. Brandon is on his last question and I just want to crawl into bed! I'm sure I'll think of more later and then I'll forget it all before I get another chance to sit down and write!

Opinion Time!

2009-09-02T17:01:00.002-04:00

Gee it has been a while! Things here are busy, busy, busy! I'm sure most of you would say the same! Football is going great! Both the teams won Saturday! They play again this Saturday and we have the Homecoming! Fun, Fun, Fun!
I just wanted to ask everyone what they thought about the Duggar Family. I hear so many opinions that I was interested what my friends and family thought.
My opinion- I think that they are natural. I watch the show and see what they put on T.V. Now they are expecting their 19th child! Good for them. If that's what they choose then great!
I hear so many people complaining about bringing that many kids into an already over populated world. Those kids are well taken care of and loved. How many neglected and abused children are there? I don't see anyone trying to make all those parents get "fixed".
Then I hear people complaining about the "buddy" system that the Duggars have. They say it is making the older kids raise the younger ones. I couldn't even count the number of times I ask my boys to help one of the smaller cousins. Isn't that the same thing?
I could go on and on! Yes they are on T.V. Some people are saying that they are just having more kids for the show. They already had like 16 before the show began! Why wouldn't they have more?
I just hate all the negative stuff people are saying. Wasn't this the way things used to be? You didn't plan on how many kids, they just happened. Or as Michelle says "They are gifts from God."
What do you think?

HUH?

2009-08-20T21:08:00.002-04:00

This is another one of my "people are crazy" posts! The boys' scrimmage last night was more like a practice against different kids. They take turns on offense and defense and really don't keep score. I think most of the kids had fun. Well.........at least the ones that don't have nuts for parents!
Seriously! There were parents yelling from the sidelines at their kids. Things like "don't be a wuss!" and "you hit like a girl!" Hello! It's pee wee football not the NFL
Then there were the parents that were sitting in the crowd smoking! I know that was OK like 10 years ago but not anymore. Yes, I used to smoke. I would never imagine smoking at one of my kids sporting events at the school! There was one woman smoking, sitting two chairs from Maddox! I guess just because all the people in my family have quit(well except for the occasional alcohol induced smoke) I just think everyone else has too. At least they should have the good sense to go sit in their vehicles.
Worst of all, I think, are the parents that think their kids should play all game, every game, both sides of the ball, offense and defense. Like I said before, this is not the NFL. All the kids should get a chance to play regardless of how good they are. I do think that the kids that work harder in practice should get to play more. The kids that expect to play and are lazy in practice should not get as much playing time.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not a coach! Then again I couldn't be "just" a coach. I would have to run things or there would be even more drama than there is now! LOL

Football Pictures!

2009-08-19T20:45:00.010-04:00

Both the boys are loving football this year! We had them do some hitting against each other at Mom's house the other day. Brandon is in the blue and Jarrett is in the white.

Tonight they had their first scrimmage. It was against Fairless. Jarrett is in full brown uniform (# 49). Brandon had a hodge podge of stuff on. His uniforms aren't in yet so they wore their practice pants(actually Jason gave him Jarretts) and a gold top (#26). The one he has on was the only one we had. Yes, it's a little small but he didn't care!

These two might not be the biggest players I've ever seen but they sure are the cutest!

Kidd's Annual Cornhole Tournament!

2009-08-16T10:10:00.006-04:00

What in the heck kinda trophy is that? I knew you would all be asking! That is the trophy for Shannon Kidd's Annual Cornhole Tournament! What? You've never heard of it? Oh probably because this is its first year! I guess I could have taken the picture of the trophy all by its self but then would you really get the drinking, food and fun vibe!

Cornhole is a game where you throw corn filled beanbags onto a slanted board with a small hole. The goal is to get the bag in the hole! I guess it's close to horseshoes and it is very popular around here. Some of these guys are serious! I mean, they are card carrying Cornhole Association members! Most of them have their own boards all decorated to show their style! It's a game of brother against brother, husband against wife! Can you feel the excitement???

Yesterday the party was at the Kidd household! They have a beautiful house and an awesome yard! Gee Shannon, why haven't you had a party before this? Anyway! There was a lot of people there. Friends, Co-workers and family. The kids and I got there a little late because I had to work and then do a few things at the house. Jason had to work. It was nice to see a few people that had got let go from where we work. And to meet some new people.

The big winners were Jesse's friend Joe and some guy that I didn't know. We didn't stay for the second tournament. Jarrett did get to play some. He liked that. All the other kids there were younger that him and he wanted to play with the adults. I didn't get too many pictures. But here is a few....

Brother against Brother. Jesse and Shannon!

Here's Jarrett and the guy I always complained about from work!
There you go Shannon! You finally made the blog!

Do You Like?

2009-08-14T21:03:00.003-04:00

My friend Kelly is a computer genius! She did my new layout! I think it is most appropriate since both the boys are loving football! Practices are going great! Brandon is not too sure about the tackling think but he likes it anyway! I'm getting yelled at by the boys so better go!

You Deserve A Break Today......

2009-08-09T11:22:00.002-04:00

Just about everywhere you go across the country, there is a McDonald's. Right? Right! Of course my kids love to go there and it just so happens that they had $20 in gift cards to spend there. Thursday I had to run back to Woo town right after work to get Brandon football pads for that nights practice. I figured it would be a good day to use the cards.
We set off out of Fredro to Woo town to do our shopping. We hit the sports store first. Pads. Check. Practice pants. Check. Under armor. Check. We made it out of the store in good time. I can't say the total on the receipt was good but we got what we needed! So anyway, off to eat!
I drive across the road to McDonald's #1. All the entrances were blocked. Gee looks like they were paving the parking lot. Ok. I decided to head to the McDonald's out on 30.
By this time I had to pee so bad. I decided to go into McDonald's #2. I rush off to use the bathroom while the boys waited. After much relief we head up to order. There was a little sign that said all their credit card readers were out of order. No problem for me, I only had gift cards. All three of us order and they start to bring our stuff. Then the girl sees my card and asks me to scan them. Ok. I do it and nothing happens. Then she says, "Oh is there still a little sign there that reads Blah, blah, blah?" "Yes." "Oh you can't use those cards." What? Crackhead! I shove them back in my purse and say "Never mind" and then we walk out. At least I got to pee!
There really is nothing else out on 30 so I decide we still have time to run into town. On the way to McDonald's #3 we run into road construction. After making our way through a detour we arrive, only to find all entrances blocked because of more paving! Ugh!
So we had Wendy's!