Hello April!

Welcome to the month of April. This month already holds many changes for my household.

The first huge change is while my van was parked in Newton a drunk driver came around the corner and hit it. It was completely totaled and we are waiting on the check now.

Another huge change for our household is my close friend Kat was able to come and live with us in Ohio. So we have three new additions! Above is Kat.

This is George. He is the cute quiet one.

This is Melissa. She is the hyper talking one.

These are only the beginning of the changes for our household, we are looking at getting zoo passes and other fun stuff.

Born Again American

My friend Linda put this on her face book and I also found it very moving. This web site has a video and a pledge. If you are an American you should watch this. Here is the link:
http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html
After watching this, it reminds me why I do volunteer work, and want to start my business to help the community. Enjoy!

Everyday that goes by is different, but all the same in a lot of ways. I think I am a little caught up in the mundane of it all really. Once spring actually starts and things are changing more then maybe things will be a bit brighter. Right now it is just kind of blah. Things didn’t work out with Brian. I don’t get him. Oh well, next on the list I guess. I have been getting back into myspace. I am hoping to get to know my sister more that way. I haven’t been able to check it yet today because the internet is messed up at my moms house. She is doing well after her surgery. She is in a lot of pain though, and is bed-ridden for the most part. So it kind of sucks. She was able to make a stew for tonight for dinner, it is ready in the crock pot. I am just sitting outside the school waiting for Mickey and Holden right now. I am really proud of how they are doing in school. They get awards all the time for their grades and good behavior. I was a hellion when I was a kid and only got awards in church. But I have changed a lot and that is good. Today at school the kids had a crazy hair day, so I got to do Mickey’s really cool and Holden’s I did like a Mohawk thing. It was cool looking. I put pictures of it on here later, because my mom took pictures. I ran some errands for Mom today too. She needed me to run to the post office and to Hy-Vee. I did end up having to go to Wal-Mart too. She wanted these boxes of cereal with books in them, and is going to use them on our paperback swap site. I have an other book I need to get shipped out too. One of the books I received is called the Embrace. It is really good so far, but it is based on a true story. It took place in 1996 and is about a vampire cult that murdered a girls family. It is just really wild to believe it happened. Right now the book is describing how he would murder animals and it is just horrible. But then I think it is good to have books like that to remind us of the fact that there are really bad people in this world. Here in Newton we really don’t have a lot of violence or crime. We are very lucky for that too. I have had people my age tell me how Newton isn’t safe. I don’t worry about walking down the street, because I know I am not going to get robbed or mugged. It just doesn’t happen here. I had a teacher tell us once she used to teach in Texas and she let a student go to the bathroom and about ten minutes later he had been stabbed to death outside her class room door. When I lived in South Carolina I never felt safe. There was always drugs, gangs, and violence every where. I hated it there. I know Chris and I will never go back. He hates it there more then me. That’s probably because he lived there longer. I plan on staying in Newton forever. This is my home. We are supposed to be getting a casino in here in the next year or so. I am very excited. All the jobs it will offer to the town, then property values will go up as well. It is really a time for Newton to be making a come back after the loss of Maytag.

Wow, I don't know what is with me and not blogging as much as I used to. But I am gonna write a bit now before I go ad pick up Mickey and Holden from school. My mom and I are talking again and that is awesome. I was over at her house for a long time last night even. Garth's fur is growing back very nicely. It looks very cute now with his cut. I took Garth to the vet finally because of his fleas. I was very worried. But they gave me this awesome flea medicine and he also got his first shots. He is doing so much better now. I am so proud of him. He is much more active now that he isn't itching all the time too. Koty spent the night last night. Him and Jeremy rented a movie and two video games from family video. Then he stayed up all night and worked on the computer. He is going to definitely be some thing. he completely fixed the computer. We even have desk top icons now!! I am so happy. I think he killed my favorites. But hey, with it now running fast and everything it is kinda worth it.
I get my first check from Prairie Meadows on Friday! I am very excited. It should be pretty good. I only work two days this week, but I might get called in. When Jeremy gets home today I am going to help him fill out his application for Prairie Meadows, because he is taking a year off before he goes to college. He needs a decent paying job. Plus I think he is beginning not to like McDonalds anymore.
I think Koty is coming back over later to watch the movie with us. He went home this morning while I was on the phone to mom. She is going out to Prairie Meadows now, because she went and tried on her uniform and it was all messed up. So she is hoping they can fix it before Friday, because that is her first day. She had her orientation Monday and Tuesday. I am excited for her. This is the first real job she will have had for years! She has been doing Passion Parties, but you work for yourself. Then before that she did mystery shops and stuff like that. The last job I remember her having is when she worked out at Hansen Directory. Which now the Newton Clinic as bought out and it is a physical rehab center for sports injuries. A lot has changed since I was a kid. Like the mall is almost completely gone now, because they are tearing it all down for the new Hy-Vee parking lot. But I guess life is change.