Rambling On

A little excitement

Over the weekend we had a little bit of excitement here in our park. Not the kind of excitement I would ever look forward to, but excitement none the less. On Saturday one of the other trailers in our park got broken in to. The thieves stole a plasma TV and the plasma mount.

They were very brave and very stupid. They performed this act in the middle of the day time and carried it on foot through the park. So of course they were spotted and identified. The police caught up with about an hour later and now they get to spend some time in jail. Although it was not our home that was broke in to, it did creep me out quite a bit thinking that it could have been. Now a days, you just never know.

He has a girlfriend

My father in law announced today that he has a girlfriend.  I find this quite amusing myself as he is 69 and she is 66 and they are both carrying on like little teenagers.  Every time he talks about her, he always refers to her as “my girlfriend” and not by her name.  He seems to be really happy with this turn of events, but my husband’s sister definitely are not!!  They are barely speaking to their father which I find to be an awful shame.

Nine months ago his wife passed away (their mother) and they don’t think he gave “them” enough time to morn.  But for the past nine months he has been highly depressed and I’m just happy to see him so happy these days.  My husband hasn’t said too much about the big news, but has stated that it’s his father’s life and he can do what he wants.  He only wants him to be happy and this woman seems to be doing the trick.  I’m sure the sisters will calm down eventually, I just hope it’s sooner rather than later.

My daughter is sad today

For the past couple of months my daughter has been taking riding lessons from my aunt. She is really enjoying these lessons and looks forward to going to my aunt’s twice a week for them. But my aunt called me today to tell me that she is selling the horse. She doesn’t know how much longer she will be able to keep the horse. With everything prices skyrocketing on all products including horse supplies she really can’t afford to keep her horse any longer. When I informed my daughter of what was going to take place she got very upset. I’m going to try to get her into another riding school, but I don’t know how successful I will be because of the high cost of lessons (my aunt was doing it for free). But we will see.

I hate cleaning

In my next life time I’m coming back as a very rich person. That way I can afford to hire a made to clean my toilets. I’m not kidding! I hate cleaning and the worst room in the house has got to be the bathroom. I don’t understand why my family feels the need to leave it disgusting after each and every visit. The only reason I can think of is because they enjoy watching me clean. So that is why in my next life time I plan on coming back rich. But with my luck I’ll come back as the maid.

Finally!

After months and months of trying to gain weight, I have very good news to report! I’ve gained! Now I know that some of you may be thinking that your envious of me but because I’m thin (I hate the word skinny), but don’t be…I have just as much trouble gaining weight as anyone does losing it. Yes I know I don’t have to worry about diets, weight loss pills or gym memberships, but I do have a lot of health issues to worry about.

Being so thin I have low blood, very low energy, and low blood pressure. These issues can be as major as someone who has too high counts of everything. How much did I gain you ask?? Well I went from an 89 when I first started trying to gain weight and am now 100 lbs. This doesn’t sound like much, but you have to understand that the only time in my life that I have been 100 lbs was when I was pregnant for the kids. So this number is a great accomplishment for me. Now if I could only gain another 10 lbs I will be one happy camper.

Scrapbooking again

Last night decided to get back to the kid’s scrapbooks again. So I dug out all my supplies and pictures and started going through every again. I came across a lot of really nice pictures of the kids that I forgot I had, and instead of putting them in their scrapbooks, I have decided to purchase a digital frame to showcase these special pictures. I don’t have a lot of the kids pictures sitting around the house (they normally go into the scrapbooks) so I thought I would display these particular ones. As the kids get older, I may end up putting these pictures in the scrapbooks, but for now I think I’ll leave them out for everyone to look at.

Their having fun!

Well two days have now gone past for the kids at camp.  They are having a blast.  My youngest son wasn’t too keen on attending at first, but because his sister was going he agreed to go and now he is really happy that he did.  So far they have made me two “vases”, a bracelet and two trading cards.  My son makes sure that everything he makes he gives to me.  So I’m pretty sure that I’m going to end up with a lot of treasures by summer’s end.   I’m just so happy that he’s enjoying himself that I welcome every treasure he makes me.  And the great news is, is that the teacher they have had this past week, will be the teacher they have for all their weeks.  This is good news because Daniel likes her so this is part of the reason why he enjoys attending so much.  And if the kids are happy…so is mom!

First day of art camp

Yesterday was the first day of the kids summer art camp and they  had a blast (me too!).  I dropped them off at the school at  one o’clock with plans to go pick them up at four o’clock.  So I dropped them off and then headed back home for a fun and relaxing afternoon for mom.  At four I went back to get them and got to hear all about their wonderful day.  They painted and played games.  They also both made me a really cool “vase” made out of old juice bottles.  Even after they arrived home they were talking about what fun activities the teacher had planned for today.  So if yesterday was any indication, I think the remaining days of summer art camp are going to be a lot of fun.

The high cost of everything

Not only has the gas prices increased significantly in the past year, but it seems like everything else has as well. Last week my life insurance policy was due to be renewed and I couldn’t believe the jump that it took just from last year. So I started checking around at different companies for some different life insurance quotes and discovered that this trend is happening in most companies. So after checking out different prices I have decided to switch insurance companies, at least for this year. Their prices seem to be a bit cheaper then every other company and I have heard good things about this company. I just wish that that the increase in price hadn’t forced me into leaving a company that I have been with for the past six years.

Out with the old—In with the new

Monday night my husband and my youngest son went down to our local RV dealer and purchased a brand new camper trailer. The camper we currently have and use is still fine for camping, it’s just that it’s pretty old and doesn’t have a whole lot of options with it. The one we just purchased is completely optioned up and I know we will enjoy camping in it so much more than the old one.

This is our purchase and I couldn’t be happier. It’s smaller than the old one but it has more room in it as the beds and the table are a bit smaller. So it’s easier to get around in it then the old one. And because it’s smaller it’s easier to transport so going on longer trips won’t be a problem.

I’m really hoping that the weatherman co-operates with us this weekend so we get a chance to break her in. And of course I’ll always come back in to post and let you know how our first experience with the new camper worked out.