A new year fast approaching

It is hard to believe that Christmas is fast approaching and a new year is rounding the corner.  And as most of you know I have had alot going on so much to where I can not share all of it on here due to the readers of my blog. Most of my loyal readers, Are are that I will be starting a blog to where I share a bit more than usual on .

I think i have the name completely figured out. I am thinking along the lines of The Fletcher Files - ( tag line - Join me in everyday life of Mommyhood and the Military)  but then again I am thinking something along the lines of  something else.  But yet that has yet to come to me.. I want something catchy. It is one of those thinking things.  The new name will be used to mark my photos with as well so I want something to reflect that as well.  It will be bigger and better:)

Yeah, I know some of you are probably thinking that I do not need to start another blog, but you know honestly. I guess that Crazy Life - Chaotic Wife has seen its better days. I mean I get so much grief and drama sometimes over the name and my post content. Yeah, I know most of you are thinking I should keep it and ignore everyone but its gotten crazy over the last few weeks and that is one reason why I have not posted much..  I don't know what is it with people and blasting what my post content is or what the name of the blog is and that is one thing that has gotten me down and made me thing about all of this..

After much debate and thinking for the past few days I am going to stick with the Fletcher Files,
The blog will have links to a photo project, book reviews and much more. All this will be starting at the first of the year so in between now and then i will be busy. ALL is being done on blogger, as much as I have thought about making it on wordpress I do not think i have the time or energy to do all wordpress before them.    The name book reviews and photo project will reflect  The Fletcher Files Blog name.
I thinking for the book reviews something along the lines of Fletcher Files Reviews ,   The photo-project since i am going to do a 365 it will be Fletcher Files 365.  I have an instagram all ready that i will be linking with it..   This is something i have wanted to do with a while now, just never could get them all to mix together as one.. But i think i finally have the name that will stick.

opinions. What does everyone think of the name or do you have any suggestions?
I am open, Nothing is concrete yet..

xoxo
Samantha

Nothing ever changes

Well a bit of an update from the last one. Homeschool is going well with Christianna. I just have to get her to remember her phone and ipod are off limits for a bit but she doesn't seem to realize the time. She thinks when she is done with school she can have them..  The other 2 are doing well in school and seem to be making the grades. Richard still have to bring his grades up but he is working on it.. 

School for me is going well.  I just have to make time for me to sit and do the work as well.. With Christianna being home all the time it is loud and she always needs the reminder to do the work. So I do not always have the time I need to do my school work.. I am guessing I really should get my self back into it..  

The past 2 weeks of November have been miserable.  Sunday November 3rd, I log into the joint Facebook Page I have with Rick and I hear the news that a soldier was lost. I was completely devastated as was Rick when we found who it was.  We lost yet another friend in Afghanistan. Every two years from September - November are the worst months.  We loose friends in either month and its pretty rough. Being a Military wife even just looking at the picture of the funeral and the video footage, you Cry right along with the family and spouse of the fallen soldier especially if it is one you know and your husband has deployed with many times.   To those readers in Kansas I am sure you have heard the news, seen the patriot guard riders as well as those who paid their respects to our fallen friend. It is very sad indeed. I still get all teary eyed and it breaks my heart.

Then on top of all that, A dear friend of ours received a not on her mail box asking her to remove her flag because it was tattered and it was a disgrace to those who fight under it. What I am guessing is these people have no idea she lost her husband. He died defending the freedom we all know and love. So these idiots can tell her to remove her flag. Seriously, Its a bunch of crap,

Its been a fun few weeks I tell you. I am hoping that things settle down soon and I can spend more time on here.  I guess I am going to go and get things done..


Hugs and Happy Blogging

Samantha

Homeschool Bound

It has been a while since I posted and I figured I might as well give an update.

As most of you have read before about Bullying and The School System here. Unfortunately I have gotten no where with anything..  Christianna was being bullied so bad it started to get physical to where they started shoving her into lockers. Well after a number of calls to the school board, as well as the school with several complaints I was told that she is the one to blame.  The teacher were telling her she needed mental help, she needed to go see a counselor as well as telling her she was not worth much.  That pissed me off more than anything.. The principal said that Christianna was to blame,  and that he would make sure the teacher stopped being so negative to her. Well it continued. I spoke to the Superintendent  of the School System and she told me that she would speak to the school. Well that did nothing .     So the next step was to pull her out of the school all together. Rick and I decided to home school her. It is the best option since the school system here as much as they preach about ANTI- BULLYING THEY DO NOTHING TO HELP RESOLVE IT EXCEPT BLAME THOSE WHO IS BEING BULLIED! 

Christianna is not the only one this was happening to. A friend of mine. Her son started 6th Grade and the school and he was choked and kicked and all the school has to say is well at least the boy who did it is doing better than last year.  Nothing is being done at all on any Bullying Issue.  

We are homeschooling Christianna through K-12 and so far it is working well for her. 

She has her set list of assignments she does and so forth. She gets her complete set of books  Tuesday so she will be ready to go. Right now she is doing what she can without the materials and books in front of her.   She is excited to be home-schooled. She is doing good so far with school. She takes her time and gets the work done.  She is in school from 730 am till 3 pm.   So it is like a regular school day for her.  That is about it.. I will update more as she gets into the flow of working at home

Love and Hugs
Happy Blogging
Samantha

Dear ?

Sometimes you got to think what the government gets out of scaring the Military Members and their families.  Usually I do not post this kind of thing but this time I feel a need to.. Ok, Yes you know I am a Military Wife trying to raise 3 kids and a husband who works to provide for us.  So with this Potential Government Shutdown all because they will fund EVERYTHING But obamacare, seriously..
Everyone mentions savings, what is that? Honestly we live paycheck to paycheck like most people.
Their is possibly a few times where we have some money left over from 1 check but generally that is enough to get us to the next check and we have nothing after that.    When you have 3 kids all in school, you gotta pay for school lunches and what ever else they may need for school, live in government housing oh wait, i was told the first month we will be ok but if it continues we have to pay for it out of pocket.. I don't know about you but how do they expect us to come up with $1,54.00.
I don't know about most wives but I know for certain I do not want to have to take out a loan.
I do know that  my wallet is empty! What about yours?  Wait, the best part is this only affects Active Duty Military and In most cases Civilian DoD Workers.   Everyone else who counts ok some type of funding retirement, VETS, will still get a normal check.

Enough about that Rant.. But seriously go fund the school system instead of ObamaCare. Maybe this way Young Kids would not take their lives due to bullying.. The Schools need to be more aware...

Why I brought that up is due to the fact that as some of you know i am a Graphic Designer and one of my fellow designers lost her Grand Daughter on September 9th, due to bullying. This girl was 12 years old. She took her own life. It is so sad. Her mom did everything she could and the school system never got involved.  Those of you in Florida may have seen this on the news.

Just this morning I read about 2 other girls 17 and 14 who committed Suicide in Ireland and UK due to bullying.  All of this being done on Kik Messenger and Ask.Fm..   Their is a Petition going around to shut down ASK.FM.  

This is really scary for parents of any teenage kids. This is real and it happens everywhere.. It needs to stop..

Well enough of my ranting.. i am off to find something to get into..
Maybe work on my photography site or better yet school

Hugs and Happy Blogging
Samantha

Update

Update on the post from 9.10.13

She came home yesterday and said no one bothered her.  So it is a step in the right direction. She did say the principal and the counselor  and teachers are more pro-active now and in the hallways before classes and during bells. So that is a big step up.  Today is a half day for the kids so hopefully all goes well and she has a good day at school. I am calling the school back tomorrow if I do not hear from them today.  Hopefully this is stopped here and now.. Fingers Crossed anyway.


School Called and they are dealing with the issue and the students will no longer be a problem. Thankfully someone listened to reason. Seems I was not the only parent to complain..  So the children causing the issues are being dealt with  accordingly and no one will have to worry.

When is it OK?

Since when has it ever been ok to Bully someone? Especially to the point to where they do not want to go to public school anymore and has asked non stop to be home schooled.  I don't get it. She is told suck it up and deal with it. Bullying happens on a daily bases. NOT OK..    The school is only willing to do so much, and she has filled out  a bully report.   I wonder what it is going to take before they actually do something.. Last year it was to the point to where Christianna has a broken arm due to it.. This year she got hit on school property before school started when she went in for Mentor orientation.  Cut into her Cheek with her teeth she got hit so hard and had a hard time eating. Now she is called fat and stupid because she likes One Direction and Taylor Swift.   She asked me 5 times yesterday if she was fat and when I told her no, She didn't believe me.   Yes, granted she is 13 and very vulnerable but still she is 110pounds and she is tall and skinny.  Rick is worried she will have an eating disorder but I am not sure. She loves food to much right now. but I think part of that is the age too..   I have gotten her to where she will blog and write things down in a notebook but sometimes I don't know if that is even enough.

Quiet Time

Finally got a little peace and quiet before everyone is up and the day is filled with yelling. Another open house this Afternoon, Slumber Party tomorrow night for Christianna's 13th Birthday ( which is Monday) Oh wait, The means baking for me in between the dentist appointment and other things. This may be challenging. 

But I think I am up for that challenge. Only Cupcakes and Cookies. I wonder if I buy cookies if she will mind. LOL. I know cheating but Momma has to have a break at some point. School Starts The 3rd for them, while family and friends have already went back to school ( due to different parts of the US) 

I tell you Washington is all screwy when it comes to the school.. So many half days and days off its not funny.. When they go back to school, I am starting my school work.   Gotta love being able to go to school and Shoot People and not get in trouble lol.. Photography. Don't worry I will post a link so everyone can view my work.  I am sure some of you have seen some of it.. LOL.. I need to get moving and get that blog designed and up but I have not done that yet. When I do I will get the link posted. 

So what is your favorite thing to do when it is quiet? 

I have been up since 6am PST, lol and its now 7:08am PST! 

I guess I am going to leave this post like it is and get to work on my to do list for the day. 

I hope everyone has a great Thrusday and a safe holiday weekend if I do not post before then. 

Time for School Once Again

It is just about time for School to start again.. Well in about 12 Days. I could not be happier.  This week we have been getting things ready for school. I have yet to put things in book bags but I guess that is one thing I tend to hold off on till the last minute. I am wondering where the hell time went, Really I have 3 kids going into different grades and into different schools anywhere from Grade School to High School.

You know I honestly thought that living on post here in Washington, They all would go to a School on Post.. Wrong.. Richard and Christianna have to be bused to schools off post. Diana is the only one who goes to school here on post.   Its crazy that most Military Installations anymore do not have their own school System.  Fort Sill and Lewis - McChord both go by the local school systems. Fort Campbell had DoD run schools when we were their.

I know the kids like going to regular school because you don't have to worry about Dress Codes. Honestly they are not all that bad, Well uniforms aren't anyway but they are so expensive when you have to buy 3 sets of them.  It saved on the kids regular clothes that is for sure.  The bad thing about Non - Uniform schools is the fact that they go through clothes like crazy and hell I thought school supplies were bad.  I have heard of school issuing Laptops or Kindles with books on them instead of hard back books. I think that would be alot better for the kids, well laptops anyway. This way they can communicate with the teachers and turn in work..

So anyways what is your back to school enjoyment. I think what i enjoy the most is the kids being gone and i get quiet time...   Below  is a picture of the supplies so far.  Still more to get

Sharing Teens and Tweens

I got Permission from AnnMarie at Tidbits from The Queen of Chaos to share her amazing post.
It fits exactly what I was saying about my 13 year old Daughter in my one post.   You can view her origional post here

I did read this to her and her comments were So I dont Care. I wanted to smack her. She is lucky I didn't t that point in time today. She had to deal with out her phone for most of today and it about killed her.

Anyway here is the amazing post from AnnMarie :)  Thank you so much for allowing me to Share this..  I truly appreciate it and it goes with everything I was saying about my daughter earlier..  

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Dear Teens and Tweens,

As you go back to school, I would like to send you off with a message. Call it advice. Call it insight. Call it anything you want, just please consider what I am about to say to you.

Please be aware of what you are putting out on social media.

You have the daunting task of growing up in a fish bowl. A very public fishbowl. I don’t envy you. I wouldn’t want every mistake I made to be blasted across the internet. I wouldn’t want extremely private things where all the world could see. I wouldn’t want to be caught unexpectedly in a video Vine (phone app of snippets of video that run over and over again) where friends and friends of friends can watch me make a fool of myself over and over again. Unfortunately, this is a time we live in so here is some advice:

1. Not everyone needs to know what you are doing the very minute you are doing it. You don’t need to tweet every emotion you are having the minute you are having it. Some do this solely for attention or to create drama. If you are into that, then by all means go ahead but remember, whether you like it or not, people will form an opinion of you on what your statuses, tweets, Instagrams (picture version of Twitter) or Vines are. You hate the world and wish everyone you know would eat shit? Now all your followers know, and you look like you have anger issues. If one of your followers “favorites” it or “likes” it, then all of their followers gets to see your anger issues as well. One tweet that I recently saw was, “I’ll never love anyone like I loved you. You broke my heart and I’ll never be the same. Why would you do that to me?” I bet she is going to have guys lined up at the door waiting to date her because she sounds pretty stable, right? You think it’s private or only who you want to see it, sees it but you are wrong.

2. You might think a foul mouth makes you cool. Dropping the f-bomb in every other tweet makes you feel like a grown-up. Whatever. I can curse with the best of them. It’s a terrible habit but something about seeing those words in writing for everyone to read makes me want to say, how about not doing it so often? I might be the minority but it makes you look like a punk when you do that. That goes for offensive things, too. If you think someone is being stupid or dorky or a jerk, say those words.  Don’t call someone something offensive instead of calling him/her a friend just because you think it’s okay. It’s not. I get it. You are just having fun. You like to joke around and you think you are saying something funny like “I’d hit that” or “She’s got a nice ass.” You might even like to give your friends a hard time and tweet, “Todd the Teen likes to have sex with animals. Hide your dogs” or “Tina the Teen just farted and it smells awful.” Guess what? All of your followers just read that and chances are a lot of them are also teens so they thought it was hilarious so they retweeted it or shared it and now all of their followers get to read that. Not private.

3. Be mindful of the places you go and the people you choose to hang around with. Maybe you don’t go on Vine or Instagram but if you are at a party with someone obsessed with those, guess what? Chances are, you are going to show up on Instagram or Vine. When I was younger, if I was at a party where there was alcohol, no one was snapping pictures or taking video of the idiots that were drunk. Now, just go on either of these and you’ll see plenty because kids don’t get that it isn’t private. Even if you aren’t doing anything wrong and just hanging with friends at these parties, if someone snaps a picture, they have proof you were there and you might suffer the consequences if the ship is going down. Make sure that the people you are with are ones that have your back and won’t think it is hilarious to make a fool out of you and then post it for the world to see.

4. Remember when you are texting that it is totally not private. The iPhone has a screen shot thing that can take a picture of what is on your screen and then you can share it with anyone you want or the person you are texting can share it with whomever they want. What you thought was a private conversation is now going to ruin your reputation because you trusted the wrong person. I can’t stress this enough. You put it in writing, it is out there forever. You might delete it but the person you sent it too might not or they might but not before they took a picture and saved it.

5. You know what happens to teens (really all people) that get drunk or wasted? They do dumb things like take video of themselves saying, “I am so wasted.” Don’t do that. With a zero tolerance policy, you’re playing with fire and you look like an idiot. By the way, you aren’t fooling anyone with the tweets that say, “I don’t remember anything that happened last night.”

6. There are certain things that you should never ever post or tweet or even text because they are private. If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend the whole world doesn’t need to know when you make out or hook up. The interwebs don’t need to know what a great kisser your boyfriend is. The best thing you can do is have a relationship that doesn’t involve social media. If you like a girl, pick up the phone and call her. Go to her house and spend some time with her. If you like a boy, spend time face to face with him. Practice the art of playing hard to get. It might be old-fashioned but throwing yourself at a guy over texting isn’t attractive and coming from the mom of a teen boy, they don’t like it either. Remember that there is courage behind the screen so don’t text something that you wouldn’t say directly to the person (or that you wouldn’t say in front of your parents).

I am guilty of 7 myself but that is only texting when i am in the same room as my husband especially if I want to tell him something with out 3 kids having to get into every conversation that I am trying to have with him. Especially when it comes to birthday parties and what we plan on doing.   

7. When you are in a room full of people, TALK to them. It is still rude to look at your phone while someone is speaking to you and texting someone who is sitting across from you is the equivalent of whispering something to someone in front of someone else. It’s rude.

8. When your parents tell you that colleges and companies look at your social media to see what kind of person you are, they aren’t lying. Click here to see how colleges are using social media for admissions. What you think is cool or funny today, might actually shut a lot of doors for you in the future.

To wrap this up, this isn’t to say that I don’t understand that you are young and want to have fun. I really, really get that. Just don’t put it on social media for the world to see. Making mistakes is inevitable. Making them on a public forum doesn’t have to be.

Please be aware of what you put on social media.

Sincerely,

A concerned parent afraid that social media is going to be the downfall of this generation

*Disclaimer: The tweets referenced in this post were from me checking Nico’s. I have no idea who the people are other than they are guys and girls he knows and he either follows them or retweeted or made it a favorite. They were not his but I have been known to text him, “Stop using the f-word on Twitter”.

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When it comes to this and my Tween.. She has every social media site you can think of and then some. Honestly.. It is alittle too much.. Especially when she shares her conversations with her friends on Instagram.
I get on her constently about that.  She is always telling me that she knows all of the 700 people following her but seriously I doubt that.  

Anyways I just wanted to share.. Happy Reading

Babysitting Why

I have yet to figure out why i do this to myself lol.   Well I guess it is for a good cause. His dad is single and he has to work with Rick tonight so someone had to watch him:) Oh well it will be ok. I have Richard and Christianna to help keep him entertained for a while. They are doing good so far :)

Now if sleep was not so over rated I would be happier.  I have not slept well in a while :)
Well I guess maybe I can tonight. Who knows..  I am off to step outside for a while.

Love and Hugs and Happy Blogging

When is Enough, Enough?

When is Enough, Enough? Seriously?

I wonder sometimes I mean seriously. Kids now days think they have this whole entitlement thing and everything has to be handed to them. Christianna has a phone and got made and started bitching because her brick to her laptop is going out. She expects me to replace it.. Buy her new clothes, shoes all her school supplies, Pay for her birthday party and Get her tickets to go see the New  One Direction Movie..  Not sure what she is thinking lately..

Its bad enough she lives on her phone, she would live on the computer but it is currently down.. not sure if i want it fixed. She wants everything and expects us to give it to her.  

She is way Obsessed with One Direction and clearly denies  it. Every word out of her mouth is about them. 

Her user name for everything is about them.  So one begins to worry sometime. Do you just leave her alone and hope it is maybe a phase and she will grow out of it or somehow some way put a stop to it.. 

I do take her phone every day for a few hours at a time

Long Over Due Update

Follow my blog with Bloglovin It had been a while since I actually posted much of anything. It is finally time for a long over due update. It has been crazy here. On July 9th I had major dental surgery so I have been out from that. I am healing slowly and that is all anyone really needs to know right now.. As some know my aunt and uncle are visiting from West Virginia and its been spending time with them. Friends came from Texas to visit and it was a blast. So it has been a fun filled weekend. I need it especially after having dental surgery. We have been to the Ocean here, back to Mount Rainier ( no snow this time) We have been abit if every place possible. I will have pictures soon I promise. I have not had time to edit them all.. The Kids have been between here and spending the summer with Friends. I am guessing having them home for the summer is not completely going to happen lol.. Anyways, I will run for the moment but i will have an update and more pictures soon

xoxo
Samantha

I Survived

LOL, I know some of you are wondering about the title, after my weekend you will see.. So as some of you may know by following me on Facebook, that my youngest turned 8 on the 18th. We had a small birthday party here for her on the Friday after that. My Aunt and Uncle are in town and came out to the party.  It was alot of fun, but I tell you 5 screaming girls till 2 am is not the way to go.  The party was a success and I managed to get the house cleaned up fairly quickly after that.   I still have to take the tent down and wash sleeping bags but that isn't to bad.   Saturday morning was interesting that is a fact, our neighbor and friend had to be rushed to the ER, and hoping and praying we find out that is it nothing serious with that.

Christianna has had a friend over and they finally went home. Richard has his friend here and I can handle that as long as Richard Stops lying to my face. I am so sick of it..  Yesterday I went shopping with my aunt and cousin and it was fun.. Had a girls day.. A much needed one at that. Its been so long since I have actually been out and had a good time.. Its time for a much needed break, Anyways here are some pictures from the Birthday/Slumber Party Madness and preparation.

 

I hope you have enjoyed.. I look forward to hearing from you :)

Happy Blogging

 

Swamped

June started off with a bang I tell ya. It has been crazy here and busy. I am trying to catch up one everything.  If I could stop hurting my self I would be set lol. . I dropped a computer tower on my foot and it hurts like a BITCH. Rick thinks it may be fractured but we are going to wait and see if it swells anymore..    I guess it may be off to the ER for me :(  Not really sure that is what I want to do.  I am taking it easy as much as possible and doing very little :) This way I can not injure my self any more.

I have alot going on this month.  My Aunt and Uncle will be in town the 15th until the end of July. Not so bad. The kids will love it. She is going to be here for their birthdays.  They will like that it is usually just a gift or card in the mail.    I am trying to plan Diana's 8th Birthday Party. I know we are having  kids to the house and doing a Slumber party for a few.  So that should be fun.

I have been keeping busy trying to catch up on my designing as well as re-editing some of my older photography so I can post it..  I want to break the camera out and take pictures. I miss taking pictures :)   Also I decided I needed a centralized place for all of my links and family News and Updates so I don't over clutter this blog with things that only my family wants to here lol..   So I have created Blissfully Samii  It contains all of my links in one general place. Even my design blogs :)    I do love the way it came out too :)

OOO. My First Origami Owl is here and put together. Will definitely have pictures soon. It was so much fun putting it together.  Its about all I wanted to do since having the tooth pulled.. I am still sore from that.   Lots more dental work in the works this month and the beginning of July.  It is not going to be pretty and will be very painful.   Not looking forward to that at all..

Well I am off for now.. Going to head to bed. It is late and I am tired..  I have alot of work to catch up on and its not fun.. Slowly trying to get all that done and caught up. I have alot of pictures to go through and edit. I am trying to add alot of my older Photography to my new site with the new name :)  Alot of it is going to be re-editing it all and marking it with the new name..  I have abandoned my project 52. Not sure I guess moving kind of threw that one out the window.. I am seriously going to work on Some sort of photo project. I want to eventually do a 365 and a few other ideas. A monthly photo thing even.. Ive been taking alot of random pictures with my phone and posting them to Instagram.  Its addicting I swear..

I am going to close for now. I hope every one has a good weekend.

Happy  Blogging all and Good night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it Over Yet

Oh Wow, Is May over with yet? Seriously it has been one Hell of a Month.. Seriously.    Alot going on this month and  no time for me :( Well that seems to be the way it works some times.. We get used to it especially as parents. We do not get breaks or sick days and right about now I need a break and a sick day. My throat has been killing me all day.     It seems to have been a productive month though. I managed to sweet talk Rick into 2 dogs. Sabo and Abby. Sabo is a 4 year old Chocolate Lab Mix and Abby is a 2 year old Chihuahua. Both spoiled and loved. Below is a picture of them



That is not the only thing keeping us busy. Between kids at school bullying Christianna because she is the new kid in school and the school doing nothing and Richard Physical Therapy because he wears a wedge since he is 10mm shorter on the left side. I will get into that now.. We took him in to the doctor before we left Oklahoma because his foot was hurting. Had ex-rays done and come to find out now they tell us he is 10mm on the one side shorter than the other.  So the doctor sends him to physical therapy, they put him in a wedge in his shoe for a while and we see how that works into play

We went to  a Little Fun Fest they had here on post for Military Appreciation day and Christianna stayed in one spot the entire time. Billy Unger from Disney's Lab Rats was here and she got to meet him and his autograph. She has not shut up about it..



Also we went to Skate Night with Diana's School. It was fun though the kids didn't skate much. Richard stayed home..  So here are 2 pictures from that night.




Also i managed to clean up my desk area yay and added another monitor.. So much more room. Yes i am a froggie Person lol.. Cant you tell.


With that i am going to go.. I will be back with more..

Happy Blogging and happy reading

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Meet Sabo

Meet Sabo,  4 year old Chocolate Lab Mix

He is a very good dog, He has been with us for almost 2 weeks now and is already spoiled. He get bones and toys when i go to the store.  He will lay at my feet.. He loves to play and just sleep during the day..

Weekend is almost Here

It is finally the weekend and I am glad.. Need to catch up on some much needed sleep..Although this weekend has been fairly well.. Rick finally gave in and we got a Dog. I wanted a smaller dog but you know, Its ok.. Sabot is a Lab/Shepard Mix and is very lovable. He follows me around like crazy and last night slept on the floor on my side of the bed. He is about 4 years old and is very discipline. Barks when someone is outside or at the door. Today I have been trying to get the info so I can register him on post. Finally got his shot records and tomorrow Rick is supposed to go and register him on post. I have to go to housing and get a fence permit. Yes, you have to have a permit to rent a fence here the yards are not fenced in.

I am hoping to have a few pictures of hims this weekend..

 

And So..

Well So It has been one thing after another here lately. I can not win. That is why the blog posts have been a little spread out. As you know Christianna hurt her wrist.. She wore the brace for about a week and decided she no longer needs it.. She goes to the Doctor the 10th for a recheck, after an x-ray on the 7th. So This week she is not wearing her brace and luckily she does not complain it hurts. So I am lucky their. Earlier this week, I ended up Driving OFF Post ( yes for the first time since we have lived here ) I Hate Traffic... Let Alone 3 lanes of traffic. Ok, back to what I was saying.. I had to pick her up from school. She was Sick.. So I took her to the doctor. OMG I hate the clinics here.. I was sent to 5 different clinics before I finally found the right one.. Christianna has allergies. So she has meds to help with those.. Never the less I am going to be in trouble when my allergies decide to kick in full gear. I have a sinus headache now but that is it. Hoping it will go away soon. The weather has been really nice out and I am enjoying it.. Everyone says it is to early for it to be in the 80's here. So I can only imagine what the summer holds. If it is anything like Oklahoma and it's heat I am in trouble.. It is one of those wait and see things I guess..

So as you may have noticed my Project 52 stopped. I guess I am not sure what to do with that.. I want to finish it, But i am behind right now on it and it is alittle to late in the year to try and catch up. So I am not sure what to do with that. I am thinking either start a new photo project or something.. I need some ideas.. I So want to do a Project 365 but I take more pictures with my cell than I do anything else. Any ideas or suggestions..

Well I am off for the night.. I am hoping To be back tomorrow with another post :)

Love and hugs
Happy Blogging
Samantha

What a Week

What a week, Though it is only Wendesday but it has been a MAD HOUSE OF A WEEK! First Monday Christianna called from school saying her wrist her. OK, I admit I thought nothing of it at first, Except it being a play to get out of school for the rest of the day. Well I was Wrong.. She came home, Her entire Right hand (she is right handed by the way) is swollen and turning blue and purple. I feel it and its ICE COLD.. My first thought is she some how pinched a nerve or some how a vein is blocked.. Well I wait till Rick gets home and he looks at his.. His first thought was Emergency Room. I knew that was coming from his mouth. Not something I wanted to do.. Needless to say I had him Drop Both of us off because he had the other two to deal with and I didn't want to drive.. I sit in the waiting room for alittle over an hour and finally get called back. Then once back to a room they send us to get XRAYS and back to the room.. I sit their and wait 45 minutes later a doctor comes in.. They dont see much on the XRAY. Another hour later another doctor came and Thought he seen a possible break and a fracture. Ok, They splint it and tell me that they are going to let the radiologist look at it. So Finally it is 9:45pm and they come back in. Don't tell me if its broke, Fractured or what. No meds for pain or anything. The clinic calls Tuesday and asks how she is doing. I tell them that she is still in pain and they have me take her in.. Well HELL That took FOREVER... I was late for the appointment due to I had to find a place to park and when I did I had to walk a mile to the Hospital.. Got inside and the next task find the clinic well went to the wrong one.. Finally get to the wrong one, they give me a hard time because I don't have her ID Card With me.. Okay, She was hurting and it was the last thing on my mind.. She is seen finally and after an hour of listening to the DR yell because this is considered BULLYING AT SCHOOL and IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. Well, No SHIT Seriously, She tells me one thing and the doctor another.. She said she was pushed and then trampled over.. She tells me that she was knocked into the door and fell down and tried to catch her fall.. Ok, So call the school and bitch but what is it going to solve if she does not tell me what really happened. I get that she is the new girl in school still and she is not with the in crowd.. Seriously not something I can help with that. She will get their and make friends she always does.. So I find out that she has what is considered a concussion of the arm.. NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS BUT OK.. I know she has a small hair line fracture. She is to wear the splint and go in for a repeat XRAY and Doctor follow up Next Month. I can do that.. I was told to go and get a temp ID from the Tricare office in the Hospital so I can get her meds.. Get there and told no they do not do them. Next thought was call Rick and have him bring me her ID. Took like 5 tried and finally got through. Waited for him to come home and grab the ID and Drive all the way out to the Hospital. 30 Minutes not to bad. Lesson learned ALWAYS KEEP THEIR ID CARDS LOL So we get coffee and wait. No big deal.. He brings me the ID and I talk to him for a few minutes and he comes to the house for Lunch. I go to the pharmacy and grab a number for the Prescription. Sit their for 3 hours and they call my number.. Then another 10 minutes waiting in line. Up at the window that goes by pretty quick.. We finally get home at 230. Just in enough time for Richard and Diana to get home from school. Richard of course is mad because Christianna can not help with chores and he has to do them. Seriously he will get over it. I do not get their argument over the chores. Rick has said we will pay them.. The older 2 gets 21.00 a week and Diana is 7.00 a week..
The older 2 hand over 40.00 a month for their cell phones but still that is alot of money for them in 1 months time I think it comes out to 44 a month for Richard and Christianna.. Minus the days they do not do the chores or do them correctly. They loose a day of pay for that. Ok, I am not sure at this point if I want to do that but then again it will give them some concept of money and management and everything. They have to pay their cell phone bills in order to keep them. If they want a new phone they have to save the money and upgrade it. As well as if they want a new computer they will save to do so.. I am not buying them things especially if they do not appreciate it.. Richard is all the time complaining he needs a new computer.. The last time I checked a new computer was WANT not a NEED.. Chrisitanna has a hand me down. Broke screen, The CD Rom Drive is completely broke.. It does the internet lets her listen to music and youtube and she is happy.. Not once does she say she needs a new computer only wants a new computer eventually.. She already has decided she is saving money for a new phone.. The girl has gotten the worst of everything. Diana I tool her computer away. I got tired of her ignoring everything told to her.. I really wish she would listen. She is to worried about playing with her friends.. I guess I can understand she never really had friends to play with in Oklahoma unless we went to Texas. Then she never wanted to leave. Ok, Who can blame her on that on though.

Well I am done rambling for the night.. I am off to bed.. I have been so tired lately..
Good Night and Sweet Dreams..

Obsessed Much

I swear Christianna is OBSESSED. With 1D - One Direction. Yes I know she is a typical teenage girl but seriously..
She goes alittle bit overboard sometimes. No Matter what she is doing that say. She will make it a point at any time to talk about them. I mean 24/7 she will talk about 1D. Seriously gets annoying sometimes but I learn to tune her out when it comes to that sometimes. She has her side of the room covered in posters. Her and Diana go round and round over it.. One dislikes One Direction and one madly in love with them.. LOL Whats Next.. Sometimes I wish they would get along but seriously lol..

Well that is it for the moment.. I will be back tomorrow..