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Well, today is my birthday... the big 40!!!
No one is around so it is just me and Jasmine celebrating, which is not so bad, at least she is not old enough to rub it in. rofl By the way, on Christmas Eve Jenn told us we can adopt Jasmine!!! YEAH!
Now for the bad luck, well, I seem to be having some bad luck lately, my van (yea, it's old and has high miles, but I love it) has been in 2 accidents with in 2 weeks that I did not cause. First one was when a mailbox jumped out in front of Jenn while she was on her way to work... Not a bad one, minor denting and scratching, but a new windshield was needed ASAP... Now last night, I was driving home from Costco and Home Depot, I was stopped in a line up of traffic when the woman driving a pickup hit us hard from behind... if that was not bad enough, a full size plumbing van hit her from behind so we got hit again... kinda like an aftershock. Yes, the first thing I did was go a little crazy, do you blame me, I had Jasmine in the van with me... I checked her out, she was all ok (remember, I was a paramedic, I'm qualified for this job rolleyes ) and the cop that stopped checked her out also, she just smiled and laughed for him and he was checking her... Then I went to look at the back of the van and got angry. I was doing just what I should on the road... STOP WITH PLENTY OF ROOM FROM THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU!!! But there always has to be the idiots on the road that do not understand the concept of paying attention while driving. Just by looking at it I know the insurance company will total the van... The back doors are jammed in about 3 inches and crushed quite bad, the bumper is squished so bad that it cracked lengthwise. I'm so glad we were in the van, with as hard as we were hit, if we were in a little car, the trunk would have been in Jasmine's carseat with her. The damage was so bad that the frame of the van twisted, the dash popped out, the sliding door does not meet anymore, the passenger door requires a lot of push to get it to latch and there is a bend in the metal on the driver side of the van. Besides the damage to the van, I had picked up 2 cans of paint along with food and stuff from Costco... The cans of paint exploded in the back of the van... destroying all the food and my new Dean Koontz book. gonk I was lucky enough to have Tinie and Nathan in the area close enough to come and help pull out some of the paint mess, because the smell in the van was pretty toxic and I didn't want Jasmine to ride home with the smell that bad. Well, happy birthday to me...
Lil-Jo · Sat Dec 30, 2006 @ 02:54pm · 1 Comments |
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Ok... it is time to write about our youngest tennant... miss Jasmine Elizabeth...
Jasmine was born on August 8th of this year, she is currently 4 months old. Jasmine has lived with us since she came home from the hospital when she was 6 days old. There is a crazy story that went with all that.
Jasmine's mother, Jenn, is a bit flighty and I have learned her to be a liar (the minnesota kind - tells one person one thing to make the story best for them and the next person something different so the story works for them). During her pregnancy we did our best to be there for her, being someone that started like her, I knew how hard it can be. When she was shipped off to Washington to give up her baby we paid to get her back here where she wanted to be. We helped her by getting her maternity clothing and stuff for her baby (clothes, diapers, powders, lotions, carseat, stroller, etc...). When she went in to have the baby I went to the hospital to try to be there for her. It was a little strange how they kept the room sheltered from anyone wanting to come in to see her. Jasmine was stuck, she was coming out face up... they ended up pulling her out with the suction cup... I got a chance to see her before they rolled her to the ICU... she also had strep. I waited around until I had a chance to see Jenn... When I seen her I was not able to really talk to her, she had a lot of people around, and it seemed like there were trying to not let me be alone with her. I also noticed that she had a lot more to Jasmine's name than she had planned on and she was using a different last name for her. The next day when I went to see her I noticed a lady there that I had not met before, she had one of the hospital baby bracelets on and seemed to hang out in Jenn's room like she was the guard. Well... I went there daily until Jenn got out of the hospital, Jasmine had to stay in for a couple more days. The first day Jenn was out I went to her mother's house to bring her the stuff I had gotten for Jasmine while she was pregnant... because even to this point she keeps saying that she was keeping Skye. The day Skye got out of the hospital I found out that she would be spending the night at Jenn's grandmother's house with the woman from the hospital. That is when I made Jenn tell me the truth about what was going on (or as much truth as Jenn could handle telling me). She said that woman was the one from Washington that she stayed with that was planning to take the baby. She was going to take Jasmine back to Washington with her. Jenn at that time told me that she was adopting her and that Jenn had 60 days to change her mind... that she was also planning on taking a road trip out there with one of her friends when Jasmine turned 1 to pick her up... and other odd things. I asked Jenn if we could go out to get Jasmine's pictures taken before she left and she agreed. I picked up Jenn after work and we went to get Jasmine for pictures. I did most the taking care of Jasmine when we were out, Jenn seemed uncomfortable with her. We dropped her off when we were done and on the way back to dropping Jenn off she told me she thought she wanted to keep her. After I dropped Jenn off, I got a message from her on my phone asking if I would legally adopt her. I told her Yes of course... The next day Jenn was planning on picking her back up when they went to the doctor appointment... then I was going to pick her up after work. I got a call after work from Jenn telling me everything was going wrong, she was unable to get a ride and the lady planning on taking Jasmine was going to the airport with her. Jenn did finally get a friend to get a ride to the airport just in time to get Jasmine back... but the lady refused to give Jenn any of the baby's stuff. From what Jenn said, she threw her the baby and did a screaming fit. I ran to the store to get as much as I could, considering all the formula, diapers, bottles, etc... went to Washington. That is also when I found out that the lady from Washington was not planning on legally adopting her. She just had Jenn give Jasmine her last name at the hospital and she was just going to raise her as her own (very illegal, both her and Jenn would have been in a lot of trouble). When I got to Jenn and Jasmine, they were with Jenn's mother and some other family (mind you, Jasmine is mixed and they have mental issues about that). They wanted me to take Jasmine right away so Jenn would not get attached to her. When I left, both Jenn and Jasmine were with me. In the begining, Thomas and I did all the supporting for both of them... then Jenn found work... we have been trying to get her to pay for as much of Jasmine's stuff as possible, at least her food and diapers. Jenn does her best to not be at the house as much as possible and when she is here, she has a very hard time handeling Jasmine... if she is fussy, upset, whatever, Jenn gets mad or upset. I have caught her yelling at Jasmine and that is very hard on me. I have taken Jasmine from her when she ends up crying while trying to take care of her. Plus, the general care for Jasmine is always done by me.. I cannot tell you the last time Jenn washed a bottle, washed her clothes, did any of the basic stuff for her... Jenn will take care of her for about ½ to 1 hour when she is at the house, then gets tired of it. She likes to show her off as "her beautiful baby", but that is all... Jasmine seems to be just a novility for her. I hope someday she realizes what is happening, that she really is not being her mother, and lets us go threw with the adoption. Well... at this point, I love having Jasmine with us and hopefully she will always be with us.
Lil-Jo · Fri Dec 08, 2006 @ 06:46pm · 2 Comments |
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Well... I am in California again.. I really miss this place. I am here with Thomas because his father died. The funeral will be monday. So far it doesn't seem like it has hit anyone yet. Thomas's father was remaried a few months ago and the new wife is causing a lot of problems for the family... figures, coming from a woman that would marry a dying man. What type of woman marries someone as they are dying??? Only gold diggers do things like that.
Well... I did get to meet my brother-in-law and his wife and so far 2 of the kids. They are a bit scary.. like they belong on a porch swing on a shack in the Arkansas hills. No one is going to bail Thomas's sister out so she can go to the funeral... but it is $1500 for her to get out for the day. The first night we were here we stayed at Thomas's mother's house. That morning they found Amber sleeping in the hall closet by the laundry room. She is currently staying at a foster home, but I guess she ran away and snuck in the house an fell asleep in the closet. I also know she was in the house later in the day when she should have been in school. Thomas seen her that morning and said she is getting very thin, but that tends to happen to drug addicts. It upsets me to know what has happened to her.
Well, as things change I will write more...
Lil-Jo · Fri May 19, 2006 @ 03:57pm · 0 Comments |
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Well... the whole way to our anniversary get away Thomas was on his phone to his mother and to Amber. Thomas's mother has had enough of Amber and wants us to take her again. If we do not take her she is going into foster or a group home. For almost 2 hours they were talking about this, the problems Amber has, the trouble she has been in, etc. I said no... but kept running threw my mind bringing her back. If we brought her back, first of all we do not have a room for her and we would not put the people that are in our house threw the hell of having her share room with them (although it would be great to see Tony's expression it we told him she was going to share his room...). Second, if we did take her back and could by some chance get her straightened up, Thomas's mom would be right there wanting her back again because she was "fixed". NO... I am back to just saying no again. I feel like crap about it, I hate to put Amber threw the system any worse than she has been threw it, but with the problems she has, she will probibly get some good out of it. The problem is that the system will either help her or make her worse, and that scares me. Regardless, she is still a child and she is still family. At this point the way I also see it is that Thomas's mother can suffer threw it. About a year ago she sent Amber to us because she couldn't handle her. We took her in and were working on doing what we could to help her. Then the system took her back with no help from Thomas's mother... she even lied to the system in effort to keep her there. So the way I see it regarding her... we offered to help before, she abused our help, she now gets to suffer threw it herself *evil laugh*...
Lil-Jo · Sun Apr 23, 2006 @ 12:34pm · 0 Comments |
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Well... this weekend is my anniversary... we have been married for 7 years. I have no idea where we are going, but Thomas is taking me away for the weekend.
Spring is here... I have been working on my gardens. I really hope the roses do well this year, they are my favorite along with my hosta's. I really like a well grown garden. I also like a landscaped yard, but I have always had to accept a few well done flower garden.
Lil-Jo · Thu Apr 20, 2006 @ 03:01am · 0 Comments |
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This is my 4th day of being sick, I am so warn out. I don't get sick often, but I hate it when I do. My head is thick and I have been caughing and sneezing all day. I have a horrible headache and when I get up and move around I get dizzy. I am running hot and cold, right now it is hot again.
I'm not good at being sick, I get crabby very easily. After 4 days of this, I am very crabby...
Lil-Jo · Thu Apr 06, 2006 @ 03:04am · 0 Comments |
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As usual... I'm a disapointment, I'm nothing, and I cause all the problems.
It's always fun finding out you are the reason that someone else does wrong. crying
Lil-Jo · Fri Mar 31, 2006 @ 02:46am · 0 Comments |
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Life makes me tired...
Lil-Jo · Sun Mar 26, 2006 @ 03:01am · 0 Comments |
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What I really hate is people that are essentially bad that search to find things in people that are good to try to make them look bad. When someone has had a history of not being able to be trusted, cheating in various ways, lying, etc... then they sneek threw someone else's stuff, email, etc... looking for things to accuse them of.
*** you know who you are, FYI... I will never stoop so low to do to you what you have done to me.
Lil-Jo · Thu Mar 23, 2006 @ 11:57am · 0 Comments |
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