A blast from the past...

My sophmore year in Highschool....

a Letter to a long lost friend...

A dear old friend from Highschool contacted me on Facebook today... She asked what I have been up to for the past decade or so... Since I wrote her a whole chapter in a nutshell... I thought I would post it on here since it describes me and what I have been up to in the past decade or so... weird post??
Owell... Who reads this anyways? ha ha ha

Dear Friend...
Oh wow!! I am so happy to hear from you!! I am so happy you have found a wonderful husband and have a sweet little angel boy... I'm so sorry to hear of your struggles with him. Heavenly Father couldn't have chosen a more perfect mother to raise his special child.. He sounds like a sweetheart, and a handful huh? I got married in 1998 and was 7 months preggers with my first, Brayden, who is now 11 and is a sport nut!! Then had two more babies right in a row 5 years later. Kelson (kelly's son) is 6 and Kenley girl is 5... They are 11 months apart... didn't plan that (I was asleep) ;) I have been going through a divorce for the last two years... My ex is an addict and has been for the last 6 or 7 years. We tried working it out, but his addiction to #*%$ got the best of him. He cleans up and then relapses, and doesn't act right, and all that fun stuff... Anyways... I am better off and Finally happy to be on my own with the 3 best things that came from our marriage... My babies, in which I have full and legal custody now that our divorce was finalized and signed on December 10, 2009!! (But really, we've been apart for over 6 years) Holy Hannah Montana!! ha ha
My boys go to *#$#@#*# school, and I live in a duplex just down the street from @#$%&*. So I am still in the hood =0) I worked for Jordan School District, and now at Granite School District working at the @#$#@#$ offices as an Equipment and Inventory specialist for special Education. I am currently dreaming of going back to school. But being a full time single mom and working full time... I might have to wait just a little longer till my baby girl is in school herself.
WOW! Thats a lot in a nut shell... I think about you often, and have driven past your old house, and have always wondered what you have been up too! Next time I come to vegas I will have to hit you up for a hug!!! Hope to hear again from you soon...
Kelly

Giving up Chocolate...

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner. I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy chocolate with it instead of dinner?' 'No, I had to stop eating chocolate years ago', the homeless woman told me.'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I asked.'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive! ''Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked.'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman. I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!''Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.'The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.' I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and chocolate.'

TGIF
Happy Friday!!!!

Holiday Greeting 2008 and 2009

Yum Yum Chicken Enchiladas

I have to confess... I really made a good batch of Enchilada's last night... My kids even gobbled them down!! That has to be the best compliment! My friend Earing thought they were pretty bomb too... Big high 5 and a pat on the back! ha ha ha ha ha

My Baby Brother

well he's not such a baby... He's going to be 30 this year!! Mike and I are 16 months apart... We love him so... Mike was born with Arthrogyposis of the joints and Scoliosis of the spine... (Spell check?) Later on my mom had his genetic makeup studied and learned that he had a chromosome deficiency. He has Monosomy 21, which is... he is missing one of the pair of chromosome 21. Usually monosomy 21 babies die before birth or shortly after. Michael is one of a kind... He has out lived medical history!! There is no record of his condition before him.. Part of the one chromosome 21 broke off and attached to another chromosome 8 or 10 or 9 or niner something?? Mike is our special boy. He completes our family. He has taught us love and patience and so many lessons. He loves to pull hair, throw things, eat cookies and bread. He loves McDonald double cheese burgers. He loves things that make noise (keyboard, vacuums, noisy toy guns) but he also will settle for a shoe or a spatula?? We never know with Mikey, but he is easy to please. We are so Thankful for his 2nd Mom, whom he lives with, and all the helpers who help with him. We get to take Mikey Saturday afternoons, and many other times that come up. I love you Mytoes!!

My mouth waters for this.....