Simple Sunday Morning

I got to sleep in this morning, which I shouldnt have since Mr Deputy has to go to work today,but last night when he came home from running a errand for his mom he went to bed very early. Normally on Saturday nights he stays awake all night to adjust his hours back. But this past week he has been super busy, training on wednesday, up dealing with his exwife thursday & friday he was at court for a case. So Saturday was basically his only day off and we had a busy day of bowling :)

So he crashed out. Which left me up all night to deal with the kids well Mr A. He has been wetting the bed again multiple times a night. I dont know what to do. Halfway tempted to put him back in pull-ups at night. Anyway, So I was up till my usual 2-3am between the insomnia and the boy. So he got up with the kids and just let me sleep in. Lucky me!!! :)

So tonight is going to be a coffee night for him lots of coffee! But atleast his hours will be adjusted since he will come home and crash in the morning :) So its laundry day, cleaning day & getting Miss O ready for her week at school. She is finally adjusting to school and enjoying going now. No more fighting in the morning to get her out the door. Of course that means I have to put my laptop down and get out of bed to accomplish things. haha Lazy me....

Its sunny outside today so I am going to take a walk and see how many calories I can burn! I am only 2.2 pounds away from 200 pound weight mark and hitting my first goal of 18 pounds lost. Which means My reward is going to be getting my hair cut! I know not that great of a reward but hey its something small and affordable and I am really a easy going person and dont need much. Walking is about the only exercising I can do right now that doesnt over exert my body. I am really out of shape. It really sucks since I use to do gymnastic 4 hours a day growing up.

So I am off to do all those things and to make a light cucumber salad for lunch! Yumm Yumm :)

Saturday Bowling

* WARNING- YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE SOME VERY UNFLATERING PHOTOS OF ME....yikes I almost dont want to share them but I will :)*

So Today we took Mr A & Miss O bowling for the first time. Trouble started right away when Mr A refuses to wear the bowling shoes. So I caved and just let him wear his shoes. No biggy. I will have to talk about the shoe thing in another post..haha

Miss O was super duper excited to get started she was so impatient while putting the names up on the board to start the game. Even though we were playing to keep score.

I could really Kill Mr Deputy for taking such un flattering shots of my backside. YIKES. He could have gone to the side of us like I did when he was helping the kids. haha Mr A lasted for 3 frames then he just wanted to sit down and watch and drink his Pina Colada smoothie. Carrying those 8lb balls was just too much for him..

But Miss O was in it for the entire 10 frames and wanted to go longer but Mr A was just over it and wanting to go home and he even asked to take a nap...lol :)

She really did love her pink 8lb ball she was using. I am thinking if she is really getting into this we might have to get her a custom ball with like cinderella on it or something. hahaha

I can see it now, Miss O is going to be a superstar gymnast like her momma and a bowling star like her Auntie {My little sister}. We always knew she was going to be Athletic. From the time she was 8 months old and Mr Deputy put her on the Monkey bars and she held on by her self for 5 minutes. To 11 months old when she would push great grandma Ruth around in the Wheel chair. She is just a super strong athletic girly girl!

Anyway here are the rest of the pics from today:

After bowling we went to Walmart and The had those Chinese food boxes that are party favors with hearts on them { clearance from Valentines day .37 a pack} So I grabbed enough to use as Miss O's party favor boxes for her birthday. Yea I know not till August but If i can buy a little here and a little there less $$ to come up with around her bday :)

I stepped on the scale this morning and I am down another pound :) So I am officially 202 now. gross but I am making progress :)

In the hour and a half we bowled I took 6,099 steps which is 2.88 miles and burnt171.64 Calories! I love my Podometer...

Once Upon a Time....

Life would be perfect, there would be no homeless, there would be no hungry children, there would be no hurt or crime. We would all live peacefully with respect for one another. The news would be filled with good stories instead of death and destruction like it is now. It would be a nice perfect world that has no debt, no struggle just peace, fun and love. Of course the world is not perfect it will never be perfect.

Ive been thinking alot about the experiences with people I have been having these past few weeks. Maybe its a sign that I need to be doing more. Maybe I am wasting time by not moving forward with the Non-Profit organization I have been wanting to start to help America's Children.

The only thing really stopping me from going forward with my idea is getting started. Im not sure where to begin. Obviously this is a project that will take several years to achieve and get up and running the way I see it happening. But eventually I would LOVE to see one of my "centers" in every state in america, hopefully helping our children.

I see commercials for children in other countries and I think to myself about how we are all willing to help feed children, adopt children in other countries, What about this countries children? We have so many homeless, hungry and abused children, so many children in foster homes in the system that want nothing more than a forever family. What about them?

Please dont take offense to my saying this about children in other countries I think its great. I would just LOVE to help THIS country the place I was born. I feel like our children are forgotten. So I still do my research on starting my NP organization. It will take time but hopefully one day in the future I will be posting about the grand opening of my first center.

Yes I have dreams and its up to me to make my dreams come true because the world is not perfect and life is no fairytale where you can just wish up things and they happen. Of course it would be alot easier if things worked that way.

Thinking Cap Thursday.

This morning at the 7/11 after dropping Miss O off at school I wanted to get a drink, So we pull up and I get Mr A out and take him into the store where he proceeds to spend the next 15 minutes picking out a candy. He is such a indecicive child. Anyway outside is this girl she is about oh my age maybe a tad younger. She is obviously homeless and she is pregnant.

I have a hard time seeing homeless people on the street as it is. I always want to stop and talk to them and get their story but being that Mr D is a cop he always is telling me No dont do that because you just never know about the person and what they "might" do. I felt like this girl was different though. Looking at her as I put Mr A in the car sitting on the curb rubbing her pregnant belly I ignored what Mr D tells me about talking to the homeless and decide that Mr A is perfectly content in his carseat eating his candy for atleast a 5 minute conversation.

I walk up to her and say hello and ask her name. Her name is "Ali", I ask her if she is ok, she says yes that its just miserable being 8 months pregnant. I laugh and tell her I completely understand. I ended up talking to her for a good 15-20 minutes and she tells me all about her story of being homeless. The short version is that her and the babies father came out here so he could start a job and he ended up leaving her on the street to fend for herself because she wanted to keep this child that she is carrying.

By this point in the conversation I am holding back tears. WHY would you abandon the woman who is pregnant with your child. I wish I could bring her home with me and let her shower and give her some of my old maternity clothes i still have lying around and feed her so atleast I know for a few hours that her unborn child is getting some type of nourishment. So that she can see that some people still do have compassion towards others. But I know that its a safety thing and I am not willing to risk my childrens safety to help someone I really dont know and could very well be lying to me. But I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I really do. I feel like All people are good natured to start..

I gave her the last bit of cash I had in my pocket and told her that I hope she will get a decent meal with this for the sake of her unborn. I wish I could do more for her. I wish there was a shelter in my area strickly for homeless women only. There is a Shelter downtown that she could get to but its not safe what so ever since they let men and women share a common space. But I told her about it and that if I didnt have a appointment to get to I would take her there if I was able to.

I got in my car and drove away hoping that the $$ I just gave this woman will go towards food. I have to trust that she will feed her self and get that unborn child some nourishment. I can be 100% certain she has never seen a Doctor and received prenatal care. Whats going to happen to that child? Will that Child become another dumpster baby? Will the child even be born alive? Will the girl seek some help and get herself in a better situation for her self and her child?

Mr D says if I could I would invite the world into our home and feed them. I would welcome the worlds unwanted children and take care of them and nourture them. He is right. If i was able to help everyone I came across on the street I 100% would. But the fact is I cant. But I would love to though.

Talking with "Ali" has left me siting here in my warm home watching my son play with out any stress thinking about how good of a life i truly have compared to others, how much we DONT want for the basic needs. I am truly blessed in my life. I Just wish I could bless others and make life for them just a tad easier.

Insomnia.....

Good grief,

Why am I even up? seriously everyone in my house is passed out and enjoying the sleeping hours. Not me. Not since I was about 6 month pregnant with Mr A.

What in the world has having my son done to me? No matter what I do or how hard I try I can not get to sleep before 2-3am every night.

Ive been debating on wether to get some sleeping aids or not. On one hand I REALLY need some sleep, on the other I am way to scared that I will become dependent on them and have a hard time stopping taking them. I am very Medication sensitive. I cant even take a Vicodin without it knocking me out for days. Which is Ironic because when I had bronchitis the Dr gave me Robitussin with Codiene and it did NOTHING for me...lol Even when I had my surgery the Morphin Drip I was given after was a blessing but I had a hard time coming off it. Luckily enough for me I hadnt used in for a 5 hour period {I was asleep} so first thing in the morning they took it off my IV and said I didnt need it anymore.

So here I sit, blogging about nothing. wide awake with swollen red eyes from allergies starting early this year sitting at the computer when I should be cuddled in bed next to Mr Deputy asleep enjoying the sound of the rain falling on the window. Tomorrow Mr Deputy has to drive up north to see his Ex wife and take care of some court matters that came as a surprise to us. We only have tomorrow to get paperwork signed and filed in court. Friday he has court him self... I get no break from this kids this week...lol I value my breaks I get since its a time for me to regain my sanity from the lack of help while Mr D is on duty.

I love my children with all my heart and soul but Im not the type of person that can be cooped up in the house all day everyday with them without getting alittle time for myself. I dont ask for much, My "me" time can be anything really. Even 5 minutes to walk outside to check the mail, or run to the store for milk, a hot relaxing bath. Those are all good enough. BUT I have to have them.

Saturday I am well hopefully WE are but I will be for sure taking Miss O bowling for the first time. We went to a party last weekend at the bowling alley and she didnt bowl then because it was only for the older kids, so we played in the arcade. But All week she has been asking to go bowling so I promised that Saturday we would go. So I am totally sure I will be sharing some photos...lol :)

Well I am off to take a hot bath, put my head phones on and listen to some music and hopefully go to sleep. Insomnia Sucks.

Oh how I wish I could run away

So yesterday, wow um it was just a BAD day. First let me just say that I dont feel good. I have a serious headcold or sinus infection one of the two so it has left me irritable really irritable. Its hard just getting the stuff done that I need too.

Mr Deputy lets me know that his Dept is trying to cut their pay by 10%, which may not seem like much but when you already live paycheck to paycheck being unable to build a nest egg it hurts. Especially when you live in California the state that sucks us dry. Also their Dept DSA ( Deputy Sherrifs Association) is fighting the furlows that they are having to take right now because it cuts their pay as well. Well the Department is saying fine dont take furlows we will just lay off Deputies.

Now Mr Deputy is safe from being laid off he is high enough up on the senority chain that he wont get laid off. Here is my problem with this:

1. I hate to see other people loose their job and I know with the budget crisis in this state the county is trying to do its best.
2. With lay offs this will most likely make it to where by the middle of this year-begining of next year there will only be 3 deputies on each shift and possibly only working 3 day weeks. WHOA can you say MAJOR pay cut.... So Mr Deputy is looking at being alone on shifts as well. Why do I say that? Well because people get sick and have time off scheduled which will leave what ever deputy thats not sick etc ALONE.

To me that seems DANGEROUS. I told Mr Deputy that only having one deputy on like that is going to lead to another incident where someone gets killed like his partner. I can just see it happening. I dont like it. But I am not a county worker so I really dont know what or why this is needed to happen.

Also OT is officially gone. When the Deputies have to go to Court etc they no longer get OT instead it turns into Comp'd time off giving them more hours to use for days off. SUCKS.

I read all the time that LEO's are being effected by this, in blogs, on the news, FB etc. I was so glad that it wasnt happening to his Dept. Well now that time has come and its not helping my stress level or that sinking feeling I am getting that we are going to loose everything within the next year or so.

Add that to somethings that His Ex-wife did that is now COSTING us $$$$. Yea yesterday was NOT a good day.. Today Im just absorbing it all in so I can formulate some kind of plan of action for my family.

On a good note I weighed myself lastnight and lost another 5lbs :) at least there was one positive :)

Random Act of Kindness

This morning after taking Miss O to school Mr A and I headed out to do the dreaded grocery shopping. I say dreaded because if you have EVER gone shopping with Mr A you know how rough it is with him climbing out of the cart and adding more stuff thats not needed to it. Not the High point of my day let me tell you.

So when we got halfway through the store without him doing any of it I thought WOW this is so nice and started to relax and enjoy my grocery shopping. We went through the produce department and as I was gathering apples in a bag I noticed Mr A smiling at a older lady. As we moved on to the zuccini this same lady came up and with out saying a word was basically stalking my basket looking at what I had in it. Then she simply walked back to her basket.

As I was thinking ok that was weird she came back and handed me a bunch of coupons, stating I could use these more than her and to take them. I said Thank you that this is nice of her and we went on our way. Well at check out i gave the coupons and ended up saving $70 :) This was a nice random act of kindness towards me and now I feel the need to pay it forward so on the way home I gave a homeless man some $$ in hope he will actually use it to eat.

This really put my mood in a better place today. and I want to thank first Mr A, for behaving in the store and not making shopping hard like normal; and second to the nice lady that gave me all those $$ saving coupons. Very unexpected but very much appreciated.




I took 6734 steps today which equals 3.1 miles and burned 219.25 calories :)

Got the Kids Pics done this afternoon

Miss C the Oldest of my bunch O kids :)

Miss O the middle child :)

Mr A the Baby :)

The Girls together :)

Last But Not least All 3 of my babies :)

'Product'ive Sunday

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Now I am off to spend the day with my children before I have to take Miss C back to my moms so she can go to school tomorrow. Happy 'Product"ive Sunday!!!!

Saturday....

Today we had a birthday party to attend, normally I will just take the girls to birthday parties that arent at the birthday childs home and leave Mr A behind with Mr Deputy. But this was his short weekend that leads into his long week {ugh} so I had to take Mr A with us. dun dun dun.......

Actually it went pretty darn well up until cake and ice cream. After that his devil horns came out and was running wild. Yikes so we didnt stay much after that point. But they all had fun and thats what matters. 2 hours out with them was enough to wear me out. Of course it really doesnt help that I have this head cold/allergy/sinus build up {idk what it is} going on.

So When I logged on this afternoon I noticed that my rant yesterday is completely gone. But when I look at my blog NOT signed into blogger its there. Is it there for you guys? I changed my template on here... So if you want to leave a comment on a post the comment link is in the UPPER LEFT CORNER now. :)

Well thats it for now; I have to make them dinner and get them settled down and started on relaxing so that way bedtime goes smoothly :) I really need to go to bed early tonight..haha yea like that is going to happen.

Happy Sunday Ya'all

Service Stripes,an honor thats well earned

This April Mr Deputy will recieve his 3rd service stripe for his 12th year serving his department. Its a simple thing to honor all the hard work each deputy does. I cant believe he is coming up on 12 years of service. Now I didnt know Mr Deputy before he was a Deputy so I cant tell you how this life has really changed him other that how its changed him the last 6 years we have been together.

I can say though that Its been nice to see him get 2 stripes :) They give them to the deputies 6months before their actual Anniversary with the dept. Giving them time to get them on their uniforms before the fall uniform switch. Which means another trip to the Supply store for us. I LOVE going into the Supply store :) I love seeing all the gear, boots and naked uniforms they have over there. I get a kick out of watching Mr Deputy get fitted by the girls that have known him since he was in the academy.

The kids love going in there and looking at all the neat stuff they have too. The first time I ever went with Mr Deputy was after Miss O was born and I was in awe of all the stuff. Its neat. I love it. New experience that was cool. So I am wanting to get him something for his 12 years thats coming up. Im just not sure what.....Obviously Deputy related he can use at work.

So Fellow PWs give me some Ideas. I cant remember where I saw this but it was a pen with a cuff key on it? That can also be personalized???? Anyone know what I am talking about? I want to add that into his "gift'(s). I have plenty O time since its not till Oct 5th but I really lack ideas on what to get him.... So I turn to you all :)

Let me tell you about a past event....

When Mr Deputy in I first moved in together we moved into a house that his moms cousin owned and was renting it out to his mom at first. In October 2004 we moved in when Miss O was 2 months old, we shared the house with my SIL and her now husband.  So in the house it was My SIL, BIL, Mr Deputy, Mr W, Miss C, Miss O & myself. Thats alot of people for a 4 bedroom house.

My SIL had a little puppy named Bubbles. I forget what breed this puppy was. Well she would always leave for work and just leave the puppy in the house to shit everywhere. It generally would piss Mr Deputy & I off and we ended up taking care of the puppy alot of the times during the day. Making sure she was taken out to do its business etc.

Ok skip forward to the morning after Halloween 2004, we had a night well I had a night of trick or treating with Miss C, Miss O was alittle piggy :) Mr Deputy went trick or treating with Mr W and his biomom. {dont ask}. Anyway it was a long fun night and the next morning is when all hell broke loose.

Miss C was out in the livingroom watching cartoons and I decided to go in the room and lay down on the bed while Mr Deputy slept and Miss O nursed. { big mistake; I ended up falling asleep; When Miss O nursed it was just so relaxing for us both a nap was sure to happen}. I woke up and was like OH, its was too quiet so i ran into the living room and Miss C was gone, the front door was wide open the gate by the front door open and she wasnt anywhere to be found.

In a Panic I woke Mr Deputy up from a dead sleep and told him Miss C was gone. He says what do you mean gone and I said she is gone the front door is open and she is NO WHERE in the house. Ok let me just say we just moved here; didnt know the area at all, Miss C was alittle over 4 years old. Ok back to the story. So Mr Deputy jumps out of bed grabs his cell phone tells me to call 911 and runs out of the house calling his mom, my BIL & and tells him to call my SIL and everyone needs to get over here.

He went up and down the street while I called 911. I really want to THANK the dispatcher for keeping me calm and being patient while I tried my hardest to remember what she was wearing etc Its like my mind went completely blank and I forgot all information about my daughter. While I was telling her where we lived, what miss C was wearing the last time I saw her She asked me to hold while another dispatcher talked to her.

Mean while My SIL, BIL & MIL all showed up. This is the moment that I literally could have gone to jail for murder because my SIL went in the house and came out saying the dog was gone and we needed to find the dog,  HELLO my kid is missing, you can replace your stupid dog I cant replace my child.

So the dispatcher comes back on and says Ma'am we are getting a call in your area about a child found & I am trying to get a description on the child to see if it might be your daughter. Time stopped. I thought please let this be her, please because if its not and my child is still out there now there is another child missing.

The dispatcher asks me Miss C's name and I tell her; So she has the other dispatcher ask the person on the phone to ask the child her name. It was Miss C, OH thank god. I think I finally took another breath. So the Officer that was at our house put me in his car and drove me literally around the corner. { these are long blocks so it was a good distance}.

A real estate agent preping for a house show found Miss C wandering the street in her PJs and no shoes and took her into the show home and had called the police and started cleaning up her foot that was scrapped up and full of dirt. When I got to my daughter so many emotions were running through my head, I was crying because I was so glad she was alive and ok, I wanted to yell at her for going out side. I was thinking about how differently this could have turned out. We got lucky finding her; She could have been kidnapped, the person that found her could have NOT been a decent person, all these different thoughts.

EMS arrived and looked her over really quickly asking her a few questions and checking out her foot and all was well and we were allowed to take her back to our house. I thanked the Real estate agent 20 million times and we left. When we got back to the house and everyone saw her it was like a huge reunion with crying and sighs of relief.

The Officer asked her why she went out the door this morning and walked off. She said, "Auntie P's puppy was going potty on the floor and she needed to go outside. When I let her out she ran and took off out of the yard, I went to get her because Auntie P would be mad at me."

So basically my then 4 year old daughter was trying to just let the puppy out to potty but instead of opening the back door she opened the front door and the damn dog took off on her and she went running after her thinking of how upset my SIL would be. She was being considerate.

That damn puppy could have caused me to loose my daughter. It blows my mind that even to this day My SIL will  say to Miss C " remember when you lost my dog" OMFG she was 4 years old and trying to take care of her for YOU. Shortly after that my SIL and BIL moved out. To this day Bubbles was never found and I did not help my SIL find her at all. Its just a dog, she can get another one. I however can not replace my child if things had turned out differently.

Later that After noon we went to the LOWES and got a hotel lock and put it at the very top of the door and it remained locked at all times so Non of the kids were able to open the door from that point on.....

These days I look back and wish I could have met the dispatcher from that day. She really did a excellent job. I never thought I would be one of those mothers that cant give their childs description to the police etc if something like this were to happen. Now each of my children have Child ID cards with a photo etc on them that we can hand to the police. I pray that I will never EVER experience this again.

Mr A's turn-

There are'nt as many good ones of Mr A as there were Miss O. Thats probably because the boy doesnt sit still for too long. But hey when photographing kids you take all and any of the good ones you can!

Next week I will hopefully {weather permitting} be taking photographs of a friends son! We have been trying to schedule them for weeks now with no luck! Darn rain!! haha

<---- The best one I think

and thats it now! Told you not very many for Mr A :)

Photographs...

Im sure by now you all have figured out my main passion! Photography!!! I love Love Love taking photographs of my children and others children! So instead of the Puppy Fund Bank I decided to take some photographs.

I took Miss O's first because she wanted to play model and have some fun. So I set up a chair in front of my sliding glass window and put her on it. There is nothing better then Natural Light photographs.

Ive gotten away from using my studio lighting set up and just using the sun light as my light source. No back drop either I just darkened the background to make it look like she was on a black backdrop :)

She was having such a good time. I took over a 100 photo in just a few minutes of goofy faces, serious faces, pretending to be a angel and just plan ol fun.

I could totally follow Miss O around all day with the camera capturing her little personality. She loves getting her nails painted and putting on make-up. Yes she has alittle eye make up on haha

Anyways I just wanted to share some more photos. Atticus is wanting his photos done now. Oh yes sibling Rivalry haha

So here you go! My Beautiful Little Girl...

Tuesday-

I spent last night talking on the phone to a old highschool friend that I hadnt talked to since 1997 when I left my high school since we moved. We were catching up on old times and everything I missed when I left and the rumors that swirled around why I actually left in the middle of my sophmore year. Its amazing; that people still ask about me over 10 years later and if anyone knows if the rumor is really true.

Anyway We reconnected through Facebook. Actually I have reunited with ALOT of people from my hometown. Its been pretty fantastic!

Anyway, so i intercepted a email on Mr Deputys phone yesterday..... From a website that helps you find new law enforcement positions with other agencies. { Mr Deputy stayed home for me yesterday since I was literally on edge with the kids.. it was a BAD day!} Anyway, so this leads me to believe he is wanting to switch agencies. Something I have been trying to get him to do for a long time now but he wouldnt even consider it.

Of course I had selfish reasons for wanting him to switch; I want out of this State. Im so over the whole California is the place to live crap. Its expensive and hard to get ahead unless you make a 10 figure salary. haha. But after our first initial talk he explained he would basically have to start over on retirement in another state and his agency has one of the best retirement plans. So Ok I can suck it up for another 20 years till he retires and then we decided to retire in another state.

Im totally confused on why he is searching now. Has the possiblity of Lay offs getting to him? I stress because they have to fire lay off 45 people, he could be one of them. He tells me that after 11 years with the department he is high enough up in seniority to not be effected. Has this Changed? Maybe he just doesnt want to worry me right now? I dont know but its bothering me. I mean he could just be looking at salaries in other place just because but its just weird it pops up right at Layoff time you know what I mean?

I have been looking for a job for almost 5 months now. Im getting the same run around. Since I have spent the last 6 years being out of the workforce its like Ive never even worked and people around here want experience. Although technically I have it its just been a while. But I can get back into the swing of my experience really easy. I just need someone to give me a chance. So far not so good.

In other news; today we are making a Puppy Fund Bank. Im going to sit down with the kids and make the bank so we can start dropping extra change in it for our puppy. Im even super glueing the lid so no one can fish out the change to use it for other things...LOL :) The kids want a puppy so bad and Mr Deputy and I agreed to get one finally! But I also want to atleast show Miss O that it takes alot of work to earn the $$ to actually get the Pup. Hoping it will help her too with counting and keeping track of how much is being put in the bank. I plan to count out all the change before we put it in there. So thats what we are doing today or maybe tomorrow depending on if I get to it..lol :)

So I have a question for other LEO spouses: How is your department benefit/pay wise? and How is the area in which you live? Are the schools good? Just in case he really wants to make a department switch and move out of this state! { a girl can only wish right..haha}

Special Delivery:

I just gotten out of the shower so the kids and I could go to the store and the mall and just look around when there was a knock at our door. The kids got all excited because we never have any visitors. When there wasnt a second knock I figured maybe it someone knocking on the wrong door. Anyway I threw some clothes on quickly and opened the door to find this.....

It seems Mr Deputy did in fact remember Love day after all :) Totally beats the potted plant he got me last year. hahaha. To bad he has to go to work tonight and I only get 5 minutes to thank him when he gets up here shortly..... Happy V day all

Its The Perfect Sunday

Its nice and quiet here in my house. Well not completely; I hear the sounds of the washer going, the kids playing nicely in their room with Harry Potter in the background. Its nice and sunny outside there are a few birds on the ground chirping. Its warm and as soon as the laundry is done I am taking the kids outside to play and to enjoy the fresh air.

I am sure by tonight though my allergies will be flared up and I will regret going outside. But Hey cant keep the kids locked up in the house. When its sunny we have to enjoy the weather to the fullest. Miss O is off all this week so I am thinking of going to the coast for a couple of days. Mr Deputy has to work starting tonight up until Wednesday so it would be just the kids and I. Weather permitting though. I have to check and see how the bay is this week.

Or maybe a trip to see my dad, aunt and uncles. I Dont know. I just know that with her being out of school this week I dont want to just stay in the house. Plus she is begging to see her grandpa so I might work on that as a possiblity :) So if I dissapear for a day or two you know Im out of town :) haha

Ok time to switch laundry and eat lunch and then go enjoy This Beautiful Sunday!!!

My Wonderful Find today :)

So This morning after dropping Miss O off at school I decided to take some me time and go do a little window shopping for more home decor. Well I am addicted to going into Big Lots. Sometimes what they have is good some times eh not so much. So I was looking at stuff in the home section when I decided to see what kind of things they had for Vday so I could get my mom something from the kids since she is bringing Miss C over tomorrow and we are having Vday with her then.

So When I got over near the kids toys  I saw Easter stuff out already and decided Oh what the heck I will look at their baskets. Woooot Score. The only one on the shelf hidden in the very back like someone was trying to hide it. I saw it. I always look for anything Police related when it comes to Mr A, wether its a Easter basket or a Christmas stocking and I can NEVER find one.

Well Well Look what I found at Big Lots this morning!!!!!!------>

Im super excited. I thought it was SO cute and SO perfect for him so yea I grabbed it. { so sorry if anyone was really hiding it to get it later} haha Its mine now!

The best part is and I didnt know this till I got home to show Mr Deputy was that if you press the top of the sirens it talks!!!!

Push it once and the siren goes off and it says " Look out the Easter Bunny is coming". Push it again and it says "10-4, we are ready to go easter egg hunting". I cant wait till he sees this easter Morning!!!!!!

So this totally made my day!!!!

Now onto a serious note

Today while picking up Miss O from school she said "Look Mommy I got a sorry letter from Mari"

So I was reading it and decided to ask her teacher about it. Apparently this little girl put her hands around Miss O's neck and shook her. WTF, Her teacher assured me that it was dealt with appriopriately and that if Miss O had been actually hurt the little girl would have been suspended. Instead she had to write this note to Miss O and she couldnt participate in todays Valentines day Party.

So here is my question; Do you think I still should have been notified? Do you think her punishment was appropriate? Or should she have still been suspended? {Keep in Mind its Kindergarten} Im not sure what to think. Miss O did  show me something Mari did on Wednesday but it look liked she was saying she grabed her shoulders and shook her and when I asked if they were playing she said Yes. So I didnt think anything of it till today.