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Saturday Night continued...

After dinner I had a few beers since it was St Patricks Day I had to. Then I went online to search for answers to our Zelda game problem. One night we were hurrying to get a part of the game done so we could save it and eat dinner. The next day we turned the game on and we were stuck in the room and couldn't go any farther. We messed with it once in awhile till we got annoyed and then turned it off for another day.

After over a week I decided to go online and do research to find out that it is a huge glitch in the Zelda game and Nintendo hasn't done anything about it so I am stuck forever and have to start all over again. We spent many many hours on that game and we only had a few hours left to beat it. Now we have to start all over again.

So after I saw everyone fell asleep while I was looking up info, I grabbed a beer and started the game over. I played with all the lights off and the volume off since everyone was sleeping. I couldn't sleep so I just kept playing.

At 2:30am I heard crunching in the front yard. In Arizona we don't have many yards with grass. It would die and look nasty. So most people have decorative rocks. Thats one things I will not be missing. You have to clean rocks up from on the walkways all the time. Then there are the guys that come through the subdivision with blowers to get them off the road. The worst part though is when you have to run outside and don't notice one till you step on it with barefeet. Just think of a yard full of gravel. It looks nicer than gravel but it still hurts your feet.

Anyways so I heard crunching in the front yard and I looked up at the window infront of me and there was a guy looking in it. I jumped up as he quick ran past the next house and around the corner. We have an alley that starts just around that corner. The subdivision has strick rules for parking on the streets. Only guests are allowed to park on the road. For residents we have alleys that all the driveways are on. No cars are supposed to be visible from the front on houses.

So I went back to the bedrooms and looked out the windows to see if I could see him back in the alley. James woke up groggy and didn't seem to care. He looked like he thought I was over reacting. He went to the bathroom and then came out to the kitchen. I then knew he wasn't taking it lightly.

We keep a Ruger handgun that James had one of the border patrol guys order for him above the kitchen sink. As he put the clip in it I started to worry more and kept telling him that I was sure I must have scared the guy and he was long gone. James is an exmarine so he had to be macho I guess. He then got his flash light and walked around the yard. When he came back in, after not seeing anyone, he unloaded the gun and put it back.

He then looked at me and said that next time I just need to grab the unloaded gun and pull back the slide so the guy can hear it. After all this is Arizona and guns are everywhere. One problem with that though. I don't think anyone will wait around while I get a step stool and then climb on the sink so I can reach it. LOL

So James went off to bed and I sat back on the couch staring at the window. Every time I nodded off I woke back up quick after to stare at the window some more. It finally got light out and I figured I would sleep then since I felt safe. The girls woke up and made noise and then James started making corned beef and cabbage so the house stunk. I then gave up trying to sleep.

I had to work Sunday from 2pm -10pm. It was a very LONG night. I drank tons of coffee and that's also why I started catching up with my blog. I had to do something to stay awake.
Well, my battery is about to die on the laptop and I'm too lazy to do anything about it so I'll blog more tomorrow.

I'm at work and bored so I will try to catch up on things. I feel like I will never catch up on here. I am always days behind. Well at least they are not as long as they could be since after a few days somethings don't seem important enough to add. LOL

Friday, I woke up for work like always and had to rush so I could also help carry things outside for the yard sale. Surprisingly the kids are being ok with selling their TVs and entertainment centers from their rooms and their Foosball table.

James told them that they would break going across the country and they will get new ones after we move. I thought they would put up more of a fight. James was going to sell his casino table thing but I reminded him that back home we actually had friends that used to come over for poker nights and they would like it. The kids never knew what was inside of it because the house was so packed with stuff we just always used it with the cover on it behind the loveseat to hold plants and an aquarium. So now that the furniture is all moved they play roulette and craps all the time. James taught them, I'm still not sure yet if I'm mad about that. I can just see the girls telling my over proper mother that they play craps and roulette. Well he hasn't taught them the Texas Hold'em or Black Jack yet. LOL

So I went off to work. It was the first day back for the girl that just had the baby. For right now they have decided for both of us to work together for 2 days a week. Since I only work 4 days they didn't know what to do so that I wouldn't lose hours. So they are paying us both to do 1 persons job. I don't want to lose the hours but I feel very weird. I find myself trying to do everything so I look like I'm worth the money. Which is hard when I only have half of one persons job to do. The other girl seems like she is bored and wishes she could just have it alone like before and I don't blame her. I wouldn't want to work with someone else. We will see how it goes next weekend. I really am not looking forward to it. I hate feeling out of place. James says to just go to a temp agency till we move, but I would rather not have such a short employment on my resume.

Ok, back to yard sale. I got home from work to find that James only made $23 since the sign at the subdivision entrance had blown down and they didn't know. Then we realised James never defrosted dinner so we had to figure something out. I said Chinese; James said groceries are cheaper. James then came back from the grocery store after spending $90. LOL

Saturday, woke up for work, carried out yard sale stuff, just like Friday. At work I helped the girl get an email account and upload pictures to a photo album so I felt a little more useful. Then back home I went to find that James sold a bit more that day. The rest of the stuff however; was all back in the house just left where ever. So I get to clean and organize again. Yippy. I now hate yard sales and I didn't even have to be at home and do it.

Well, it is almost time for me to go home so I will finish Friday night tommorrow.

I can't believe it is already Sunday night and Spring break is already over. We have been so busy and I really haven't gotten any thing done that I wanted to. Hmm where did I leave off.


Tuesday, Nicole had an eye doctor appointment. James and I have very bad eyes and Noelle & Neona both wear glasses already so we wanted to get Nicole checked since she is in the middle of them in age.



She has recently refered to her one eye as her "good eye". We got to the eye doctor and she was fine till we had to go in the back. She was very nervous and then upset when the doctor said she didn't need glasses yet. She started to cry when she realised it was time for the glaucoma air puff test. The doctor whispered in her ear that is she didn't tell her sisters she wouldn't have to do it this time since it was scary enough being her first time there.



As we were leaving she informed me that her ears were still itchy and hot like they were the night before. I looked and the skin was dry and flakey. She has always had sensitive skin and her old doctor said she probably had mild excema. I dropped Nicole off at home and then it was time to bring Noelle in to get her 2 new pairs of glasses fitted at a differant place and go get groceries for dinner since I forgot to defrost anything.


Wednesday, Nicole woke up with a "hot rashy beard" as she put it. It went from ear to ear on her cheeks and under her chin. She had no other symptoms so I slathered her up with noxema and sat her on the loveseat/quarantine area like when she had pink eye a few weeks ago.



Then on to cleaning and organizing for the yard sale over the weekend minus one helper. I of course did most of it with kids just watching to argue that they need to keep everything. We got Noelle's room done. The worst part being her desk, which resembles a garbage dump.



Then on to my room. OMG, James started "cleaning" last weekend which means I had a rubbermaid in the middle of the floor full of tools that he hasn't had time to put back in their cases. Plus a pile of papers on the coffee table (Yes, he needs a coffee table in the bedroom. I'm just glad the loveseat is finally gone so there is only a chair now.)



The papers are on the coffee table because he "cleaned" the desk and they need to be filed. There is also a pile of cords on the floor by the door to the bathroom because he "cleaned" the desk drawer. I left everything as it was for days waiting for it to get finished and now I can't handle it any more.



I must say that I think when I put cords in the desk they breed. I don't even know what all the cords go to any more or if I even need them. I then go to make dinner since I actually remembered to defrost it today. I made one of those boxed chicken meals that you add water to, put in a casserole pan and bake with chicken breasts on top. It was Southwest rice, James picked it out. We ate a late lunch so only James ate it. I left it on the stove to cool off before I put it away. It remained there till I found it when I woke up in the morning. :( Oops


Thursday, after waking up to find a whole wasted dinner, I woke up the kids to continue cleaning. Nicole was still rashy and now Neona had pink eye. Neona, got the quarantine loveseat now and Nicole after jumping around fine for a day had to clean regardless of rash.



We woke up late because we stayed up late playing video games. So we didn't get much done when we had to go to the bank for change for the yard sale. Then off to the hardware store for signs and to get a hose since the dogs ate ours.


It is almost time for me to leave work and go home so I will continue more tommorrow.

Well, today was a half day at school and the beginning of Spring Break. Today started out almost normal. I woke up early so I could get the kids and I ready to go. Noelle had a science project due so we had to get that all packed up.

It was a half day so she needed a pillow for her class's traditional half day reading on the floor thing. Then off to work I went. I got my second 25 cent raise since I started there in January so I was feeling good.

Then I went home...I walked in the door to find an extra kid,the bedrooms are a mess, and kids screaming; "Can you bring us to the pool", "It's 80 degrees out and we haven't gone swimming yet this year",and "Dad is sick on the couch and says to ask you".

Our subdivision has a pool 2 blocks away but after waking up at 5:30am and having nothing but coffee until 2:30pm all I want is to sit down and eat lunch. Well now Noelle went to sleep over at a friends and Nicole and Neona decided it is too hot outside to play any longer so James decided he is feeling good enough to watch a movie.

I am going to grab a drink, start dinner and watch a movie. This maybe the last time for over a week that I won't hear how bored everyone is.