This week

We had fun on Saturday at Tin's BBQ and then I had to work Saturday night and Sunday at Dollar Tree with my favorite manager EVER Kenn. Ended up leaving early on sunday with some medical issues and spent 5 hours in the ER to be told have to see a regular doctor who has more time to figure out specific problems GRRR. That means more time off of work that I can not afford. Oh well we'll figure it out. Steve ordered his new memory card for his work camera since i kinda broke the regular one by TAKING IT INTO THE LAKE!!!!! OPPS lol. He is anxiously waiting for his camera so he can get back to work. He picked up a BUNCH of old horror VHS movies and he wants to get them up on Ebay b/c they are big sellers apparently. He is also working the the video game package he picked up a few weeks ago gotta say i love having the vintage systems to play anytime I want. Jake comes home Thursday!!!! I am so excited. I have missed him so much but I bet he had fun at his dad's. He gets home and the next day we're taking him to Mancelona to see where he's going to be moving too. He has no idea yet. I don't know how he's going to feel about it. I think having his god brothers live so close will make it easier on him. Plus he loves animals so that should help too. His dad has agreed to the move and we're going to adjust the parenting time agreement to reflect the move. He'll get Jake on school vacations and every other holiday gulp plus a few weeks every summer. Lots of kids do it so we'll see how it works. Still not really talking to my parents I'm tired of how they were treating Steve and I. So what if you don't agree with what we're doing not everyone lives the same way, you should still show approval or at least love and compassion and understanding not everyone lives the same. But thats a subject I rather leave closed lol. So hopefully they'll figure it out soon. I guess that's all for now Love Always, Nickie

Lots of things always happening in my life :) Steve and I are still doing good. I'm back in counseling for my bipolar disease and they are thinking meds starting meds next month. I'm kind of excited to hopefully be able to live with a normal emotional level and not always up and down so much. I cry over everything. The anger turns to sadness to happiness so quickly it makes MY head spin. Jake has spent the summer at his dads. He comes home next week. I really need to figure out how to print out some pictures. I miss having pictures everywhere. Hopefully getting my laptop up and running as Steve is using the desktop for work most days. We are moving to mancelona, mi sometime soon. Still in the planning stages but thats okay. It will happen and I am so excited for it to happen. We're moving up there with Tina and her sons and possibly her boyfriend who is also one of my good friends Chris. I have gotten almost nowhere in the weight loss :( I have to get my self control and cravings under control. The good news is I am much more active and will continue to be that way. Im am steady sitting at a size 16. I really just want to be healthy. Figured out my stomach issues I am now on prilosec once a day. We did get the car program from MI works. I am now the proud owner of a wonderful 2003 Windstar, and it works wonders. Still hate the job but it still pays the bills lol. I had my wisdom teeth out last month. THAT was horrible. but my mouth is finally healing :) Love Always, Nickie

Overview Of April

April has been a kick ass month. My birthday was amazing all around. VIP circus tickets, a pandora bracelets with charms, candles, lotions, flowers, money, tons of facebook wishes, time with my family and friends. I LOVED IT~!~~~~ Steve and I are doing soo much better. Jake keeps asking for a sibling :/ We're just not ready for another baby yet. Maybe soon but we want to get married first. But right now we're still working on a car through mi works and then working on buying our first house. It should be sometime this year so I'm excited. I am also now riding the city bus to work and it feels amazing to be independant of needing a ride from people who mistreat you. Now for my kids. My older "adoptive" children are all doing extremely well. Mikey and Walid are both working. Mikey is also going to college and Walid just got a new 2012 Fusion! I am soo proud of them. Zainab is working full time and holding down the fort while Mike is going to school. They celebrated thier 4 year anniversary this month. Paige is going to school and focusing on academics right now getting ready to graduate. Paige and Walid will be celebrating thier 1 year anniversary in June. My youngest adopted Austin is being a teenager :) What else can I say? He's staying out of trouble and working on school. As for my monkey, Jacob <3 He is doing very well when he applies himself. He can blow threw math pages liek they're nothing IF he wants to. He is defiant (oh joy) and constantly wants things his way and will not budge. He has been grounded and had privledges taken away alot lately. His dad is now getting involved with the behavior modification process of grounding and holding up my punishments liek this weekend he will not be going to his dads since he had a bad schoolweek and his dad is also talking to him over the phone and explaining his behavior can not continue. I mean he actually hurt my feelings this week. I started making him breaskfast and leaving him a little note and the 2nd day I did it, he ignored the note threw it on the ground and ate COLD pancakes before steve could even warm them up bc he wanted to do it before he did his morning chores. Hes supposed to feed the animals before he eats b/c he likes to NOT feed the animals at all. He's just being a rambuncious 7 yr old.... is he 18 yet? :D Still fighting with DHS for the car program AND bridge card they keep messing with my paperwork its not even cool. I hate my job but it pays the bills so I suffer for a little bit longer. Love Always, Nickie

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Love Always, Nickie

Wonderful Weekend

I absolutly love when things go well. It makes me smile to know I made a good choice. This weekend was amazing. We cleaned a little spent a lot of time outside fixing our backyard for summer. Getting the garden started completely from scratch. I put down the running line of bricks to section off the herb and spice section from the vegtables and them squared off the vegtables from the "patch" type items ie potatoes, onions, watermelon, pumpkins, and strawberries. Also got the hanging lines up. We managed to get 3 this year. Less gas means lower bill :D AND THE BEST PART We got the firepit lined with stones and bricks so that's ready to go too :D We also got a gazebo type screened canopy, that as soon as the car gets scrapped (steve and andrew are going to try and do that soon) and the dirt gets switched to the garden, will get put up next to the pool we're looking for. Nothing big just a put up and pull down type for the summer :D

Then celeebrating my birthday with steve's family yesterday was great!! I got lotions and candles. Steve got hot fudge and Jake got his easter basket. Then we went to eat at this great restaurant Azteca II. I highly recommend it. Then we shipped out to home depot. We got: a hose, sprinkler, more seeds, shovel, rake, and growing plant food all for the garden :D
It all rounded out to an excellant weekend. Steve and I spent the whole weekend just working together for a common goal. Now the posting for ebay craze is over for the week, we need to focus on inventory and getting ready for the garage sale we're having the 12th-15th of this month at our house. Should be a big success!!!! I'm excited for summer. Should also hear about the car program soon. Crossing my fingers so we'll see :D
Love Always, Nickie