The Simple Things

I'm trying to push myself with my photography, so here's a picture I took on Friday while on my daughter's first field trip. We went to an apple cider mill and while the trip itself was pretty uneventful it was great seeing her in a totally new environment and situation. I was so glad that I got to go even if I was pretty sick with Bronchitis.

Isn't life grand?

Well, this is a sarcastic title...let me explain:I got a call from my friend who said that she needs $1700 by the 28th in order to not take my hubby to court. Again, let me explain: my hubby didn't have enough credit to get a car therefore she cosigned with him. He had to go "away" for a couple of months (18 to be exact) and he left his car with a "friend" in order to have this person pay the car off while he was away. This friend stopped paying the car, would not answer our calls or texts and racked up tickets left and right almost every single day for a couple of months (how this car didn't get towed away sooner is beyond me)The car was finally recuperated by the financing company and now besides the fact that there is a lot of debt out there pending as to car payments, there is now $1700 in ticket debt to the city of residence of said "friend". That's where my friend comes in...besides the fact that she is furious regarding the financing debt that is due, there is also the ticket money that needs to be paid before July 28th or else her license will be suspended until paid. My hubby is not in a position whatsoever to pay any of these bills right now and even though it is not "technically" my responsibility, of course it's my responsibility! I've spent all my evening crying because I have no idea how to get this money and I really don't want my Hubby taken back to court and maybe even put away. I am upset and sad and angry and so many things at the same time; that's how I went to bed...very forlorn outlook on life.

I woke up this morning with hope, feeling lots better than I did last night and I was running an errand for my dad at about 9am. About 3 blocks from my house a car ran a Stop sign and hit my car. I had the right of way and thank God was going about 20MPH and she was going pretty slow as well when she turned and hit my car. Nobody was hurt in any of the cars but I was so upset; I think she started off thinking that it was my fault because she started off screaming at me as to why I hadn't stopped. I told her that I didn't have a Stop, but she did...I don't think she believed it until another driver that had witnessed the crash told her that she was wrong. I was at the site for about an hour and 15 minutes until the cops came and made a report and such. I got a ticket for expired license plates which I was going to get this week...so much shit going on in my life right now that I feel like SCREAMING!!!

But we have to look on the good side right? My kids are healthy, nobody got hurt, I have insurance, my car is driveable...so many things...but I still have such a bad, bad headache today!

Aspiring photographer

Have I ever mentioned that I'm an aspiring photographer? I currently do not own a fancy camera (I'm lucky to have a point and shoot) and am unable to afford all the fancy programs but oh, do I love to take pictures. One of my dreams for when I grow up is to be a freelance/hobby photographer. I love looking at beautiful photographs online and I think that the Internet era has made it so much easier for people with aspirations like mine to find inspiration and tutorials for so much. I know that that's not the only thing needed, but it sure helps.
As I was looking through my camera's memory chip yesterday I was surprised to see mostly pictures of my 9 month old daughter and not as many of my 8 year old son...hmm...I wonder why? I'm rationalizing that he's not doing as much interesting stuff as he used to (playing video games, summer schoolwork...eh, not so fun) whereas my daugher is discovering so much (eating my moms flowers from the garden, trying to touch the cat while at the same time kind of scared); then again there's that fact that she's so much more a willing subject to photograph than my son is. I hope he never asks me where all his pictures from his 8th year on have gone, because I'll have no idea what to tell him. Oh well, I know there's a shoebox full of pictures of him somewhere in here :)

Places I find inspiration: shuttersisters.com, pioneerwoman.com

I've come back from the dead...yet again :)

I know it's been forever that I've been gone but I'm back and this time hopefully for good. I'm currently living with my parents in their basement which they graciously fixed up for me and my kids into a pseudo mini apartment and we are VERY grateful. I have had a baby girl since I started this blog about a year ago (or more) She is currently 9 months old.

I have had A LOT of ups and downs since that time as well, I've gone from being fine and in a relationship to single and very depressed to stronger than ever and engaged. I am still working in an elementary school and while the pay sucks the hours are great, the job is great, the people are great and summers off are definitely great.

I think that is all that I will be writing for now but I will have to keep reminding myself to try and come back at least every couple of days if not more often.

Thanks to anybody who reads about me and my life :)

Holy Toledo Batman!

It's been about a year since i last posted...I can barely believe it. I knew i had a blog but didn't remember the name or passwords and came to Blogspot pretty much to start a new one when all of a sudden I'm here and on my blog. LOVE IT!

So much has changed since my last post; there's a new baby in the house, we're in a totally new house, my husband cheated and then left me for another woman...lots and lots of changes I tell you.

But for now, let's focus on today shall we? Nothing special going on (unless you count lasagna for dinner...mmm)went to work, came home and am just here trying to veg out while taking care of my 2 kids. God, what a life.

I do feel that i have come to some sort of conclusion as to what I want to do in my life: Photography and Web Design, or vice versa. I sent in my application to the local community college yesterday and I was so excited. I won't be starting until next fall though, but one step at a time...right?

Why 6 year olds rules the world

Woohoo! posting 2 days in a row, where's my medal? Anyway, back to the real world. I managed to drag my ass to work today where I proceeded to do almost nothing until lunchtime and after lunch had to test some pretty awful kids in science. Needless to say by the time I came home I was beat. Being pregnant does that to you (apart from other things which shall remain nameless for the time being)

I picked up my son from "martial arts" and drove the 1 1/2 blocks home to the tune of his incessant screaming that we "must go to Miles' house because he had planned a playdate with him and if we didn't go Miles was going to poke him with a pencil". I tried to explain to Chicka that 6 year olds do not plan playdates...parents do; I don't even know where Miles lives and I listed all the reasonable reasons I could think of why we could not head straight to Miles' house at that very moment. Of course this didn't work and I had to proceed to all Mom's greatest discussion ender "That's it I'm not talking about this anymore, this discussion is over". That put a lid on it for a couple of minutes, until he started asking me if he could play with his Wii (which is currently at my mother's house; but we were heading over there anyway to have some pre-dinner cooking snack) so I told him he could play 1/2 an hour.

Once we got to my mother's house I asked Chicka if he wanted to eat; he said no then played for about 5 minutes then said he wanted PB&J so he had a sandwich; then he went back to playing then he wanted what I was eating we had another discussion then he went and put a whole tub of spaghetti my parents had in the fridge from yesterday into the microwave (without my knowledge of course) My mom and I started wondering why the microwave kept beeping when my son comes over and asks me how long it will take to heat up the spaghetti because he already put it on for 110 minutes and it's not heating up; I explained to him that when we want to heat something up just for one person he has to put only what he's gonna eat on a plate and into the microwave. He did and he ate and he went back to playing his Wii. 5 minutes later he had to go to the bathroom where he proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes taking a you know what. By the time he came out of the bathroom it was time to go but he refused to leaving saying he had only gotten to play his game for 15 minutes and not 30 as had been planned. After much crying, screaming and punishing we finally left for home.

In the car I told him he needed to go to bed at 8:00 instead of his usual 8:30 because he's been really tired lately and very whiny. Well guess what time he went to bed tonight? 9:00pm. And no he didn't coerce me into anything, he didn't whine or even have a crying fit...I was just too tired to fight with him anymore. Case closed, you win.

Get ready for the rematch tomorrow baby!

Pictures

I know, I know...I go from not posting at all in about a month to posting twice in one day. It's just that I've had the urge to take pictures of my "office" for a while now and since soon it will be the new baby's room I better have something to remember it by. So I took some pictures...well, lots of pictures:


Well...this here's my ratty bookcase from Ikea chock full of books and knick knacks that I deem cutesy enough to grace it




Here's the bookcase shelf by shelf...pretty neat if I do say so myself (and of course I would...it's my blog isn't it?)












So here's this small clock that I have hanging on my wall and where I started collecting random small toys.



And here's a random picture of more books that need a bookshelf which I don't currently have and don't have any more room for anyway



Whew...that's it, finally :)