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31 August 2007
peer pressure
Okay all the cool kids are over at word press....so i felt the pressure i want to be a cool kid too....so you can find me at www.itsallabouthallie.wordpress.com come check it out!
be patient with me.....this is new...can i phone a friend for help??
peace.
be patient with me.....this is new...can i phone a friend for help??
peace.
30 August 2007
Babies
So i was talking with a friend about babies. She was saying how she is addicted to watching a baby story. I remember when i was married, trying to get pregnant and that would come on. It was hard getting pregnant. I had been a foster parent for almost two years and it was tough to see all these children being neglected.
Well, i have to say that being a foster parent was and is great! Children would come and go. So many people would ask me if it was hard to let them go. Yes some children it was hard to let go but others it was okay. I was never in foster care to adopt. I really wanted to be the "pit crew". They come from so many situations, and they came into my home which was loving and uncondtional.
I mostly took drug babies. Yes they cried a lot. One baby came to me and she was only 2 weeks old. She was beautiful. Her mother was caught in a drug raid and there were no family members at the time the state felt could care for her. She stayed about month.
I was on the hotline for a while. Now what does that mean....well if something happened in the middle of the night. Like the one time there was a house full of children. Parents had gone out on a drug run, one child fell out of the window. If i remember correctly there were about 6 kids. The youngest was only 3 months old. He came to my house, in the middle of the night. When he came he was so dirty. He was so dirty, that I actually cried for him that day.
Well i have not had any foster child since i kicked my ex husband out. I miss it. I know i have children that i love tremendously. But i have to say as my boys have gotten older i have loved ever stage they have gone through. Someday i know when my boys get older and i am that "empty nester" i will foster care again. If i can help one person, if i can make the difference in one childs life i feel i have done something.
I have already seen twenty kids come and go. I even adopted one. I will again, i am sure of it.
Peace
Well, i have to say that being a foster parent was and is great! Children would come and go. So many people would ask me if it was hard to let them go. Yes some children it was hard to let go but others it was okay. I was never in foster care to adopt. I really wanted to be the "pit crew". They come from so many situations, and they came into my home which was loving and uncondtional.
I mostly took drug babies. Yes they cried a lot. One baby came to me and she was only 2 weeks old. She was beautiful. Her mother was caught in a drug raid and there were no family members at the time the state felt could care for her. She stayed about month.
I was on the hotline for a while. Now what does that mean....well if something happened in the middle of the night. Like the one time there was a house full of children. Parents had gone out on a drug run, one child fell out of the window. If i remember correctly there were about 6 kids. The youngest was only 3 months old. He came to my house, in the middle of the night. When he came he was so dirty. He was so dirty, that I actually cried for him that day.
Well i have not had any foster child since i kicked my ex husband out. I miss it. I know i have children that i love tremendously. But i have to say as my boys have gotten older i have loved ever stage they have gone through. Someday i know when my boys get older and i am that "empty nester" i will foster care again. If i can help one person, if i can make the difference in one childs life i feel i have done something.
I have already seen twenty kids come and go. I even adopted one. I will again, i am sure of it.
Peace
27 August 2007
First Crush
Okay you remember back when you had your first crush. AHHHH Dreamy.....
When I was younger, I sailed everyday during the summer. Now i went to the yacht club everyday to take lessons. Now I am not sure if it really was lessons or if it was more of keeping me out of trouble. I grew up in a summer town. I was a "townie" and then the summer folks would come in. So I grew up with these kids every summer. We ran in a pack of about six, girls and boys. We would have sleep overs. We would go to races together. We did a lot together. We stole burgees together. Went to jump the waves of the block island ferry....you get the picture.
Well one summer, I started to notice this boy, lets call him, Carter.(not his real name) Well he came back to Watch Hill one summer, and he grew to over six feet tall. He had dark hair, did i say he was tall? He talked to me, he taught me to windsurf, he was a sailor, and a good one! He was my first crush!
Well i never told him but i am sure i alluded to the fact that i liked him. You know how well those awkward teens do....need i say more.... a couple years go by. We all hang out together. Nothing ever happens....I just watch from afar.
Well as I got older I got a job, I left for the summers because who wanted to hang out in Watch Hill with all those people! I came back after Labor Day when everyone went back to school. The beach was mine again. So imagine I never really hung out with those guys other than sailing. So I lost track...moved on to other crushes...
Now fast forward about twenty years to last night. I was at a lobster bake at the cabanas. And there he was! Could it be? is it? YES!!! My first crush!!!! :)
BUT WAIT????
WHAT is this!!???
He had aged! Oh my GOD! He was not cute. He looked like an old guy. He seemed so uptight, and snotty.
I was horrified!
Okay Okay calm down, lets see he was still tall, but where did all that beautiful hair go? Why was he wearing long tan pants with a nautical themed belt and a button down PINK shirt to the beach? What he has LOAFERS??? Who wears that to the beach?
Oh my....so my first crush. I am going to try and remember him teaching me to windsurf, how perfect he was in my mind.
So he can keep his perfect looking trophy wife, with her hair oh so perfect and that perfect little lobster pink and green dress. I am happy with life. I am glad i am not that uptight....and i am proud to wear my sandals... I just hope he is happy.......
I am.....
26 August 2007
Ahhh back!
Well I know you have been on edge waiting for me to come back. hehehe
I ended up driving to North Conway, the twins and I shopped, (much needed shopping therapy. the twins need to learn how to shop better but that will come with time) Hung out at the condo, which i might add is bigger than my house!!! Watch TV, napped and hung out with the twins!
Then on Friday the twins and I packed all our gear and meet some friends to hike and then camp. It was an adventure. We went across a suspension bridge, saw a gordge, a land slide, and the most beatiful sunrise i have ever seen!
So, I got lost on the way to North Conway, a 5 hour drive took 8 hours. Yeah there is more to this story perhaps another day. Almost ran out of gas at midnight. Got lost looking for the trail head. It was a challenge. the lesson in this part of the story is I need a navigation system!!!!
It was nice to be away. Although I am a bit nervous as there is a new chapter in life about to start. New job and all! phew! change is tough!
Found out when I got home there was a court date I missed. Got the results from the family relations division. It all went to my favor. I think my ex was a bit shocked at what they came up with as he is the one taking me to court trying to get more. In the end looks like he is going to get a lot less. AND I MEAN A LOT LESS! Yeah! I almost jumped out of my skin with enjoyment! Stayed tuned as I am sure this is going to be good. I almost can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I almost feel like a have a chance of having something normal in life! yeah!
Well i am back now. I have a house that looks like an explosion of camping gear and clothes all over it. I have a cold. sniff sniff. But all in all it was a great time. I had fun driving with the twins and friend. Learned a few more games to play in the car. Now have to shake the cold, get the laundry done, get ready to start the kids back to school! Then work! Back to the grind! Love it!
I ended up driving to North Conway, the twins and I shopped, (much needed shopping therapy. the twins need to learn how to shop better but that will come with time) Hung out at the condo, which i might add is bigger than my house!!! Watch TV, napped and hung out with the twins!
Then on Friday the twins and I packed all our gear and meet some friends to hike and then camp. It was an adventure. We went across a suspension bridge, saw a gordge, a land slide, and the most beatiful sunrise i have ever seen!
So, I got lost on the way to North Conway, a 5 hour drive took 8 hours. Yeah there is more to this story perhaps another day. Almost ran out of gas at midnight. Got lost looking for the trail head. It was a challenge. the lesson in this part of the story is I need a navigation system!!!!
It was nice to be away. Although I am a bit nervous as there is a new chapter in life about to start. New job and all! phew! change is tough!
Found out when I got home there was a court date I missed. Got the results from the family relations division. It all went to my favor. I think my ex was a bit shocked at what they came up with as he is the one taking me to court trying to get more. In the end looks like he is going to get a lot less. AND I MEAN A LOT LESS! Yeah! I almost jumped out of my skin with enjoyment! Stayed tuned as I am sure this is going to be good. I almost can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I almost feel like a have a chance of having something normal in life! yeah!
Well i am back now. I have a house that looks like an explosion of camping gear and clothes all over it. I have a cold. sniff sniff. But all in all it was a great time. I had fun driving with the twins and friend. Learned a few more games to play in the car. Now have to shake the cold, get the laundry done, get ready to start the kids back to school! Then work! Back to the grind! Love it!
19 August 2007
Fire hose
Okay so camp is over finally! I have to say that I loved the staff this summer!! it was a nice mix of personalities. I would have done a couple of more weeks with them if that is what we had to! I am totally going to miss them! I have to say it was one of the best summers yet!! Thank you!!!
Last week was a tough week. It is over and looking forward to getting away. I was telling my dad how i was taking the boys to NH and he thought that was a great idea. He then called me later in the day to tell me "wouldn't it be even better if all a the whole family go to NH?"
it was one of those "am i on candid camera" moments!
What? really?
I think he was a bit disappointed when i said i was okay to go alone. I am looking forward to some shopping therapy!
Now why is my title "fire hose"? okay here goes....
You all know by now i am the single mother of three boys. I have been single since the twins were 18 months and jordan not yet four. This potty training thing went well with jordan, not much to it. I thought I got one down and it would be easy with two more boys and at the same time!!!! All the same parts.
The boys trained well. I have not thought much about it until lately.....
I go into the bathroom and there is pee on the seat.
What how can this be?
point and shoot.
Well i guess it does not come naturally to boys or at least mine...I had to tell the twins that it was like a fire hose. You have to take control and point and shoot!
So now it is a little joke in the house, "dont forget it is like a fire hose!"
They all giggle!
There is more to come I am sure of it but what?
Last week was a tough week. It is over and looking forward to getting away. I was telling my dad how i was taking the boys to NH and he thought that was a great idea. He then called me later in the day to tell me "wouldn't it be even better if all a the whole family go to NH?"
it was one of those "am i on candid camera" moments!
What? really?
I think he was a bit disappointed when i said i was okay to go alone. I am looking forward to some shopping therapy!
Now why is my title "fire hose"? okay here goes....
You all know by now i am the single mother of three boys. I have been single since the twins were 18 months and jordan not yet four. This potty training thing went well with jordan, not much to it. I thought I got one down and it would be easy with two more boys and at the same time!!!! All the same parts.
The boys trained well. I have not thought much about it until lately.....
I go into the bathroom and there is pee on the seat.
What how can this be?
point and shoot.
Well i guess it does not come naturally to boys or at least mine...I had to tell the twins that it was like a fire hose. You have to take control and point and shoot!
So now it is a little joke in the house, "dont forget it is like a fire hose!"
They all giggle!
There is more to come I am sure of it but what?
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