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2011-01-29T18:28:00.001-05:00

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NYC Car show and how 'bout those allergies!

2010-04-05T15:07:00.002-04:00

Let me start off by saying, that Bill and I have never stayed away from the kids (as much as we can remember) by ourselves without the kids. Yeah, we left Austin with Pop Pop and his Aunt when we went to Florida for the week, but we never left all the kids at any given time overnight.

Bill wanted me to go with him to the NYC Car show at the Jacob Javits center so we can see what cars I would like for next year. So Friday we left and got to our hotel, and then I had a fill in show with 9 South that night. The next morning we went to NY and walked to the show. There are a lot of new cars coming out that are so nice!! I think what we've decided on for me (now I just have to test drive them) is The Mazda CX-9, Mercedes R350, Chevy Traverse, and the Buick Enclave. We are also going to consider the Lincoln Navigator (but I really would like to be able to park in the garage~which won't happen if I get that car, also the fact that you tap the gas pedal, and all the gas is gone, really does not sway with me too well! LOL! (did I mention that it just cost me $50.00 to fill my Town and Country's tank~Ouch!) But we had a lot of fun! We walked to Bobby Flay's place Mesa Grill, only to find out that there was not 1 thing on the menu I can eat. So we ended up going to Heartland brewery right next to time square. It was awesome!

My allergies are getting worse each year as we live here. Especially my food allergies. You all know that I have a severe pepper allergy. All pepper from black to spicy peppers. (Well, everything in Bobby Flay's place had all peppers, even the muffins.) in the past month, I have almost had to go to the hospital 4 times due to me eating something I was not aware of that had stuff I am allergic to in it. So off to the allergist I go! I need some sort of relief. Between my sinuses acting up every week, to me eating someting wrong all the time, it's really getting to be too much for me, and I am terriffied to use my EPI pen. (heck, it looks really scary!) LOL! I really need something to make it all better, so I am really anxious to go to this dr.

I quit my band, so now I am officially a domestic housewife! LOL! It's fine with me, since I am changing avenues and going to go into voice over/jingle work now. I love bands, but it is so mundane and I've been doing it for 8/9 years now. Also the fact that my kids are in sports now, and they seem to have everything on Saturday's which does not work for me. Yes, I am a little depressed, but I am still doing fill in shows when available, so I will not be completely off the market. Just limited! LOL! Oh well, you do what you gotta do! I had a great last NJ show with my favorite band, and I would not have wanted it any other way! Thanks to everyone who came out to support me~I truly love you all! XOXO!!

Austin's poor finger...

2010-03-27T18:18:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was the day from hell, so to speak. I got done shaving the dogs down and I wanted to change my clothes so I could go out and buy the stuff I needed for making Mozzarella. Well, I had left Jordan, Rowan and Austin on the first floor, so I could run up real fast and get changed. I'm in the middle of getting changed, and I hear Austin start screaming! Then I hear Jordan yelling at Rowan calling him bad. So Jordan comes up to get me (I was making my way down the stairs anyway, I figured that Rowan just smacked Austin, no biggie) Well, I get down stairs, and there is Austin on all fours with his pinky finger IN THE HINGE PART OF THE DOOR. Ugh, then I noticed that the door was fully closed. Now you know there is no give on that part of the door, so I opened it and was praying that his finger tip was not cut off. Well, his poor finger looked like a deflated latex balloon. Completely flat and shaped like a bendy straw. (Now, I have a really strong stomach, but this I could not handle and started gagging...) So now I'm shaking like a leaf, I call Bill and tell him I HAVE to call 911 because I did not know what to do! (Normally, I just tell them to shake it off, and they will be fine.........this did not look remotely fine to me.) So he left work early. I call 911 and explain to them what happened, and how I was embarrassed to call them over this, but it looked like his pinky was shattered. They assured me that it was okay! LOL!

So now I have 2 police at my house, and we were waiting for the ambulance. He had since calmed down but his finger was starting to swell really bad, and the gashes on both sides of his pinky just looked terrible! My friend Lori came over to watch the kids while I went to the hospital with Austin. My friend Sarah was awesome enough to pick up Brayden and let him have a playdate until we got Donovan later. (Thanks guys! XO)

Now the ambulance gets to us, and we go to the hospital. I have to say that they were so quick, I love St. Luke's hospital, I have always had such great things to say about them. Every experience we had was awesome! Anyway, we get into our room, and we only waited about 1/2 hour before we got into xrays (which he did not have a fun time in! LOL!) Finally Bill met us at the hospital while we were waiting for the results. NOTHING BROKEN!! It's amazing! What's even more amazing is that apparently the bone from the knuckle (mid knuckle) to the tip, there is not a bone on a child that age, it's all soft tissue. so the reason it was so flat was because it was all soft tissue! Amazing! I was soo relieved!! But I've had a constant headache from the beginning of this mess! LOL! Thankfully everything is fine. He is nursing the finger and not using it. Today his finger is like a tye dyed easter egg, all sorts of shades of colors. (my tummy turns everytime I look at it! LOL) But he's in good spirits, and I want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts on facebook for him! I really appreciate it! XOXO!!

I hate the snow, and I hate Dish Network

2010-02-11T11:43:00.002-05:00

Well, since we are stuck in the house because of all this snow, I figured I would take a few minutes and blog for a bit, considering I have not done it in a while!

So wow! 10-15 inches of snow in 1 day! Amazing! I have not seen this much snow since we have moved here~so much for global warming huh? (well, they do say it's a myth.) So do you guys know what happens when we get this much snow?! OUR DISH NETWORK GOES OUT! That's right my friends, we are stuck now 2 days with no TV! But you know, it's not just the snow. It's the rain, a good wind~anything out of the ordinary shuts down my lifeline to sanity. Thank God that video games don't need any cable~otherwise I'd have to put these kids up for adoption!

Anyway, so I called Dish Network today to complain about how I never get reception when there is bad weather. All they could say was that my dish was placed in a bad location on my house and so the satellite must not be hitting it the right way~so pretty much they told me that I have to deal with it. I told them that I am not paying for service that I don't get. I have been without TV for 2 days now, and I told her that I am not happy. They told me that they would have to send out a Technician to see what the problem is, and that it would COST me 100 bucks! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! So now I have to pay for TV that I don't get to watch, and yet now I will have to PAY for this stupid man to come out and fix what should have been placed properly on my house to begin with?!? This is a BAD joke. Well, I ended up telling her that I should not have to pay for this person to come out considering my Dish never works in anything but sunlight and moonlight, and I will be canceling my service as soon as I get RCN back into my house. They did nothing to try to keep me as a customer~which was fine, we hated them from day 1 to begin with.

So the bad, gets worse!

So I get on the phone with RCN and explain to them my problem. Well, we find out we need 6 boxes for all the tv's in the house. (2 dvr hd, 4 regular onesn andSo after I am done figuring out what I need and such, SHE TELLS ME THEY HAVE NO HD DVR BOXES/regular boxes! Also, they apparently have NO IDEA when they are even getting them in!!! WTF?!? IT'S A CABLE COMPANY~they should have gazillions of these things!!! So needless to say, I am without tv (still) and I will have no access to regular cable tv until they get their shipment. What is this? The freakin twilight zone?!

It really stinks being limited on what cable providers you can have.

Am I the only one?!

2009-12-20T16:41:00.002-05:00

Who really is not in the Christmas Spirit? I am just not feeling it this year~and the whole 6 inches of snow we got last night did not help much. (I'm happy to be up here and NOT the shore for once.) I feel like this year just flew by, and it's not really Christmas time. LOL!

Either way, we are ready, the shopping is done, thank God! I have to honestly say I don't think we've ever been this finished before by this time. Ususally Christmas Eve we are running around last minute shopping, but I have to honestly say this year, we went out for Black Friday, and we were pretty much DONE Black Friday. LOL! Such a great feeling!

Now, Bill is off this week, and then next week the kids are off. Hoorah! LOL! I have finally recovered from my 3 straight weeks of singing. I don't think I've had that many shows in forever! LOL! but now we are off for 2 weeks, and it's nice to lounge around and do nothing.

Bill bought us a new surround sound system for the Family Room, and I have to say it's really nice. We can get youtube, Blockbuster, Pandora internet radio, and Netfilx movies streamed to it. It is so awesome! I can't wait to start watching some movies on it! I got a new computer, Actually a DESKTOP! I have not had one of those in such a long time, but in order for me to keep my nice house to continue looking nice, I need a computer I can not lug around everywhere! LOL! It stays in the office, and that's where everything gets done now. I cleaned out all my junk drawers, and moved all that crap to the office, and designated places as well, and it's so nice. I love coming into my house and not seeing toys everywhere! Having my basement finished is the greatist thing EVER!! Who would have thought that my house would be a completely different house after the basement gets done!? Now Carrie does not trip on toys to put the clothes away, I don't have to worry about who is not sleeping because they are playing with toys......ugh, it's so nice!

I started making cards and invitations again, so if you need anything, just let me know! Digital Photo Cards are the complete way to go!

What's wrong with your phone today?!?

2009-11-04T22:14:00.002-05:00

So everyone knows I got the new Iphone 3GS......which I absolutely LOVE BTW!! However, the only reason that I got it was because I was singing in Northeast P.A. where I was not getting a Cell reception. Well, now that I am not singing up there anymore, there really is no reason for me to continue with the AT&T service. Might I add that my cell phone plan was $173.64 every month.

Also, you guys might remember that I recently Jailbroke my Iphone because of the fact that I love the cute themes (I love to be different), and I don't like being exactly held to what anyone wants me to do. So I was in the jailbreaking section of my Iphone program, and I noticed something that said "Sn0w". Then it said, "To unlock your phone to use other carriers..." OMG REALLY?!? Can it be THIS easy?!?! So I click on it, and all of a sudden it says that my iphone is unlocked!! Get outta here!!! So I grab Carrie's sim card for her cell phone, to see if it worked. And S.O.B. if it did not work!! So I then I found my old Sim Card for T-Mobile~for when I had the G1, and popped it in there and Holy Cow!! IT WORKED!!

So let me explain.....We had my old line still active because they were going to charge us $200 to cancel the line. So we but it to basic, and we were just paying $10 a month on it. So what I did was, Ported my phone number from AT&T to T-Mobile, so I can keep my AT&T number (which I love~yet again) and had them add the data plan $35.00 a month with unlimited texting and picture messaging.. They were happy to keep my business, and they said that they supported the Iphones. So how great is this??

I am still waiting for my number to port over, so for those who are calling me today, It is going to say my number is not in service. Hopefully by tomorrow I will be back and running. I am currently using my old T-Mobile number, but not giving it out because it will soon be history. I am so happy that I could jump up and down like an idiot!

A funny story....

2009-11-04T22:02:00.003-05:00

So I got the mail today and we have a realtor at the shore, that we'll probably never use, but he sends up little newsletters with little facts, and the house of the month.

Anyway....

So there is this article that he put in there called "What's in your pocketbook??"

and it reads....

Researchers recently tested 50 purses for harmful bacteria and discovered that one in four handbags were contaminated with E. Coli, the bacteria found in human and animal waste. Many more were carrying other bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aurous and salmonella.

Researchers advise using a disinfectant wipe daily on your purse and, when in public spaces such as restrooms, suggest hanging your bag rather than placing it on the floor. It's also a good idea to avoid putting your purse on countertops or anywhere food is prepared....

Now I have to laugh.....If any of my children go near my $800 Louis Vuitton, or my $1200.00 Louis Vuitton, I have a caranary, so why on earth would I use a disinfectant wipe that could potentially ruin the leather~and destroy my investments?! LOL! If I owned a Walmart purse or something like that, then I would absolutely do it in a heartbeat~but....I don't think so! I do however like the whole "do not put the purse on the floor" idea...I have purse hooks so I don't have to do that, but with 5 kids nothing is guaranteed. Hell, I use my 1 Louis as my diaper bag for crying out loud! LOL!

Oh well, just thought any other Designer Purse Lover would appreciate what I read today!

So unfortunate for who?!

2009-11-03T11:01:00.002-05:00

So I went to Old Country Buffett the other day with the kids, (minus Donovan) and I had to take them to the bathroom. So I was waiting for Brayden to get out. So this old woman comes out of her stall, and says "Oh you have 3 boys?" I said, no I actually have 5. She said, "5 boys, you are so unfortunate!"

OMG, how can I be so unfortunate? I know Seniors are seniors, and most of the time can't shut a mouth up for the life of them, but come on~was that really necessary?!? I said to her, unfortunate for what?! That my boys are healthy? I don't think I'm unfortunate! And that is pretty much how it was left. People amaze me on how inconsiderate they can be. Then she proceeds to tell me that she had 3 boys, so my only assumption is that she doe not get along with her boys?! What do you think? I hope to have an awesome relationship with my kids when they grow up. They are already sweet boys, and I am so excited to see how awesome they will be in the future.

So our rugs for the basement and family room are coming The 7th! I'm so excited to finally see this basement finished. I really need to get all these toys out of here, and down there before I have to kill someone. LOL! The family room and kitchen are re painted and look very nice, and now I just need the finishing touches!

Austin is now starting to get on all 4's and rock back and fourth. So he's getting ready to crawl soon, It's so sad for me to see my last baby growing up! He got his bottom 2 teeth in at the same time~so explains for all the drooling, poor kid! He still won't sit up on his own, but I'm not worried, he will eventually. He's rolling around like crazy and getting into things just as well.

Okay, so I lied

2009-10-22T15:35:00.003-04:00

I said that I was going to move my blog to my other site, but I just really like this one so much~that I've decided to keep it here!

Anyway with that said, I am needing a lot of catching up to do!

So may I ask any of you if you think it's right that the school is not obligated to tell us if there is swine flu in the system? Apparently we have 4 cases in our school, and not 1 letter came home saying so. Apparently again, someone called the school on this, and they said that they are not obligated to say anything about it. I think that is complete bullcrap! Since this is suppose to be so dangerous, then they SHOULD be obligated to let us know. I don't know what to think on this. But I do think that policy needs to be changed~and quickly!

My house is coming along slowly, my TV is up, the living room and kitchen is painted, and the basement.............well, it's coming along~almost completed there is another week and 1/2 or so, then it should be done. All that is left is the rug, and the molding. Then we are ready to go.

So, I only had my computer 1 month, and the kids already broke the drive. I could not play anything for the life of me....they decided to put a shop rite shoppers club card in the disk drive. Needless to say, 1 trip to Apple store, and 1 disk drive replacement later, and we are all good to go! Funny how no one recalls putting it in there......hmmm.....

The kids are doing well in school. They are having fun going on playdates, and hanging out. I am trying my best to keep any flu, or anything bacterial out of my house. I lysol every night, and I don't allow them to kiss anyone on the lips. Not even us. I was so terrified of the swine flu, until I got the real scoop on it, saying that it's not so deadly as they make it. It's just another flu, and because the pharm. companies need the money ($35.00) per vaccanation, of course they are going to hype it up. From what I'm hearing, you'd rather have the swine, then the regular flu. So Bring it on! (just stay away from the baby!)

Austin is doing great. He's so cute! Rolling everywhere to get what he wants. It's so funny! He is eating stage 2 foods now. He's a piggy!

I can't believe that Halloween is almost here~where did October go? Next thing we know, it's going to be Christmas! Grrr... It's amazing how when you're a kid, time takes forever, but when you're an adult, it just comes a goes so fast!

I joined MoRock. www.morockband.com I left my PA band due to circumstances beyond my control, so I am back to rocking the NJ crowd, just like I use to! I am very excited to be with these guys, and I think it's going to be good.

That's it for now. But I'll be back!

Disney...then a disaster...

2009-08-28T23:51:00.002-04:00

So our trip to Disney was so much fun! Considering that we had a hurricane on the coast, and a depleted tropical storm that came through also, the weather was hot, humid, and rainy. Typical weather from assumption though. I guess on the "rains 3 times a day" Floridians live by!

Our house was amazing, and it was so great to stay in a place where we did not have to share a pool, or any private time we wanted to have. The resort was beautiful, right on a golf course, and for all we got the price was certainly right! We will rent another house for our next trip, for a family of our size, it's really the right thing to do.

So we arrived in Florida about 11:30 am. The house was not ready, so we met up with Carrie, went to eat, drop off her rental car~and went food shopping. By the time we were done doing all of this, the house was ready for us. The kids were so impressed, all they kept saying was "OMG, this house must cost a fortune!!" LOL! They wanted to swim everyday, and the pool water was so warm and great~I was a happy camper! (I hate water less than 80 deg.) after we unpacked everything, we all literally jumped in the pool with all of our clothes on, it was so much fun!

Donovan learned how to swim that week, Brayden loved swimming with his swimmies on, and Rowan LOVED the pool!! Jordan was being cranky, so he hated everything that week...he just wanted to "go back to his Blue house!"

First we went to Magic Kingdom, and it was really nice, it rained a bit, but it did not last too much. Carrie pretty much taught us that when it rained there, we just do the shows, or the indoor rides. I was happy about the fact that all the lines were in buildings for the most part. So that really cut back on heat stroke and major sunburn!

Second, we went to Epcot. All the lines were really long for Soaring and test track, so we decided to do the countries, and come back to Epcot another day. All the fast passes were distributed for the day, so we figured that we would get lucky on another day....which we did.

Third, we went to Hollywood studios. That was a lot of fun! Brayden got to be in the Star Wars Jedi training show, he was so excited! Rowan got to meet his hero, Handy Manny! He was so cute, trying to claw his was out of my arms to get to him...I did not realize that he loved him so much! They got their faces painted (and I joined them). We went on the Tower of Terror ride, and OMG, I don't think I'll go back on it ever again!! LOL! It was soo scary!

Fourth, we went to Animal Kindgom. We were there for only an hour and 1/2 because I ended up with heat exhaustion, and Rowan had 102.2 fever and threw up all over Bill right before we went on the train ride from the petting zoo (which was lame) back to the main park. So we left right after that, and went back to the house. We swam, and got Rowan some Tylenol, and made him relax for the day.

The next day he was starting to feel better, so we went back to epcot, rode what we missed, then went back to Magic Kingdom to go back on the teacups, and go shopping. Bill and I even got a chance to get out on our own, and we went to Joe's Crab Shack and Downtown Disney to do some shopping. It was nice for just the 2 of us to get out and do something (which with 5 kids we hardly get to ever do.)

The ride down was really nice, all the kids slept, and we made pretty good time. The ride back home was another story! Brayden ended up catching whatever Rowan had, and when we stopped in Virginia to get a hotel and sleep, we noticed that Brayden had a fever. Soooo, now I know why we rented a house instead of a hotel room, it was chaos! Rowan was screaming and crying, Jordan was cranky and crying, Donovan passed back out, and so did Brayden. The kids need seperate rooms, or, rooms with not so many people! LOL!

The next morning, we get back into the car, and I gave Brayden a plastic bag in case if he had to throw up. Well, we just almost got into Delaware, and guess who throws up all over my car WITHOUT using the provided plastic bag!?!? All I heard was, BLECHHH,,,,BLECH......I said "OMG WTF WAS THAT?!" And Bill looks in the back and said, Oh no! Brayden just threw up everywhere! So now we pull over to the next exit, and I'm now cleaning puke! (Great way to end a trip huh?!) Well, now we had to call my dad and ask if he could bring Austin to our house instead of us picking him up, because now we had nowhere to put him! (we were only 120 miles from home.) As soon as we got home, I kicked out all the kids, and had to totally sanitize my car! GROSS!!! It sucks how puke finds all the tiny nooks and crannies that are hardes to get to! LOL! Thankfully, I got it all out, and the car smells fresh and clean.

Rowan was so good during this trip, it was amazing! We were really expecting to have a hard time with him, but he is known as the Observing child. He'll just sit and watch, and he's happy with it. as soon as I opened up the stroller, he walked right to it, and sat down and put on the seatbelt. It was so cute!

I can't wait until we travel again...but Disney will have to wait for a while. The kids liked it, but they noticed the "lack" of thrill rides for them, and were getting bored on the little slow rides (small world, peter pan, etc..) So next time (in about 3 years) we are going to do Disney Quest, Sea World, and Bush Gardens. We think that will be more fun. But until then, I think we are going to do little trips to Virginia, and North Carolina to the beaches...somewhere to just get away for a weekend, and relax. Bill and I don't know how to plan "relaxing" trips, we seem to be moving all the time! LOL!

Oh yeah, WTF with South of the Border!?! We went there because I figured it would be fun for the kids...and it was a ghost town! Practically everything is boarded up and closed down. It was really sad, I remember going there all the time as a kid, and it being so lively. I was kind of upset at how pathetic it was. I'd love to know what happened, and why it's so trashed.

Oh well! That's the practically Readers Digest version! LOL! Hoped you enjoyed reading!

GO TO BED!!!

2009-08-12T20:34:00.003-04:00

My God! Any other night these kids are pretty good with going to bed. They all go down at 8 p.m. even the baby. Sometimes we get those nights where 1 child will forget to "tell" us something, and they come in our room like 4 times before we have to get nasty with them.

But tonight is a worse night, these children will not go to sleep for the life of them. They are constantly playing and laughing and hitting each other. I've told them at least 10 times now to go to bed or they will be seperated. (The whole summer they have had sleepovers in each others rooms.) So now guess what?!? They are being seperated for tonight.

Today was one of those days. I bought a new mop because my floors need cleaning major. They broke it. I took them to the mall so I could do a few things, they did not listen. It's such an aggervating day today, and I JUST WANT THEM TO GO THE FRIG TO BED ALREADY!!! GRRR...

You would think that they would behave like this on a full moon, which It's not. Maybe they are just getting excited for Disney which is now only 3 days away, either way, I can not deal, and they need to go to bed. I look forward to my evenings with the Hunk, and it aggervates me today, that I have to deal with this worse case of silliness.

Someone please give me a beer!

Pensyltucky and Pig Roasts

2009-08-10T21:57:00.002-04:00

So this weekend really showed me a whole new world of which I am not use to....

I played at a private party this weekend at this person's house. He had a very strong accent that almost sounded like a cross between German, and English. Really cool to listen to. LOL, so because I love people from other countries, because I love to learn about them, I asked him where he was from. He said "Here, I've lived here all my life". I was amazed. He said he was Pennsylvania Dutch, and that was where the accent was from. I felt so stupid. Here I am, only 40 minutes northeast of where I am living, and it's like a whole other world. I did not even know that such an accent existed!

There were 2 houses set on 60+ acres, and it had the most beautiful view of the mountains, it was unreal. The food was amazing, all handmade goodies, from pickled eggs marinated in beets, to zuchinni bread (which I thought was banana bread~so that is a great trick to feed kids that don't like veggies), There were also a dozen delicious desserts~rhubarb pie, some smores thing that was awesome. Needless to say, I was sick to my tummy~because it's all stuff that I don't normally include in my diet. LOL!

But the most gnarly thing caught my eye! I did not know it was a pig roast (which I've never been to before in my life!) So the guy opens up the grill/smoker thing~and there was A WHOLE PIG in it! OMG, let me tell you, I could not stop staring at this thing.....I think it's mainly because I've never actually seen my food still have a head! LOL! now this does not bother me in any way. I mean, it's survival of the fittest right?!?

Here I was, taking pictures and video of them cutting it, I just could not believe what I was seeing right in front of me! I will show pictures when I upload them (I don't have them now, they are on my phone.)

So the funniest part of this story is at the end of the party, the man hacked off the head, and let me bring it home to the boys! LOL! Yes I am serious! I explained that we've never seen anything like this before, and I thought they'd really enjoy seeing where their food comes from. So he cut off the head, and put it in a box, and told me to eat the cheek meat because it was the best meat on the whole pig. So I bring home my prize, and when I walk through the door with it, The Hunk's face was priceless~He was like "WTF is that?!?!" LOL! Then the kids came over, and they could not stop touching it, and looking at the teeth (yes, the teeth were still in tact.) So after they were done poking and prodding for a bit, we threw him away! I figured it would scare them, but on the contrary they wanted me to have the head mounted so we can put it on the wall! LOL!! Those kids are too funny!

Don't tell me no lies, and keep your hands to yourself!!

2009-08-04T23:23:00.006-04:00

Today we went to Dorney Park again, because we did not go last Thursday. We had a great day swimming, playing, riding rides. Until we decided to let the boys play in this one play area next to the snoopy stage. It's like a big playhouse that is empty off of camp snoopy.

Either way. I was feeding Austin and watching the boys with the Hunk, then all of a sudden Brayden comes running out screaming that a boy smacked him hard in the face (No, he did not deserve it~for those who like to think such things of my children...like when Donovan got punched in the nose...you know who you are....) the kid left a hand print on his face....So then I look in the window (which are huge), and I can see Jordan backing away from a boy who tried to hit him, and then saw he went behind Donovan, and Donovan tried so hard to hit the boy back in defense of his brothers. (sad thing is he missed these kids by 6 miles, and had a girlie limp wrist! LOL, he's so cute!)

Anyway, so then I tell the Hunk to run and go see what's going on. He goes and I'm not too far behind him. Then I see an Indian mom and dad come into the area also...(just my luck~here we go again!) Well, we pull the kids out of the house, and I automatically yell "Brayden, why did he hit you?" (right in front of the parents~so they can hear an explination), and he's crying saying "I don't know!!" So I look at the father, and say "we'll he needs to apologize to my son." Then Donovan said that the kid hit Brayden and then he tried to hit Jordan and himself, but they did not do anything to deserve it...the child who hit him also could not give an explination...so then the father puts his hands out in a calm down motion and says "Okay well, we all need to apologize to each other." (That was all he had to say!) Now I am super Pi$$ed! I looked at that Jerk and yelled at him "MY CHILDREN ARE NOT APOLOGIZING TO YOUR KIDS!! THEY DID NOTHING WRONG!!" I said, I do not raise my kids to hit other kids, because they know it's not right, and the'll get in trouble! I said, I already delt with a situation like this before where my kid got punched in the face for not doing anything, and my kids are not apologizing~sorry!" And I made the kids leave. Yes, I even threw an F-Bomb at him, but don't remember the context, I think I said he was Fu&%ing crazy/stupid/ if he thought my kids were apologizing. I was so mad, as we were walking away I yelled at him that I don't raise my kids to apologize to scumbag kids who like to hit people.

That's right ladies! I cursed my little heart out! The father even looked at the Hunk like "O-M-G" LOL! It was priceless, and the mother looked scared! LOL!! And the Hunk was like~"Uh Ho, here she goes!"

I'm sorry, but I do not approve of children being so loose with their fists and hitting each other over the stupidist crap, or crap at all! Yes, I am an advocate of not hitting back so the other child will be 100% in the fault when it comes to dicipline. I do not like fighting, it's not worth it. I have raised my children to not hit back just because of this reason, they will not hit back, but in turn tell on the child~so they are doing EXACTLY what I taught them. That's why when Donovan got punched 2 times in the nose, he did not hit back, instead, he told me what happened, because he knew if he hit those kids back, he would have been in a lot of trouble. They did the right thing.

But you know what?!? I am getting a little sick and tired of kids picking on my kids, and I've decided to start letting them take karate starting the fall, even though it's against my better judgement of hitting back. However, if they start getting picked on now, who is to say it's not gonna get worse, as they will be considered "easy targets" because they know they will not hit back. Well, things are gonna change as of tomorrow. I am approving of this hitting thing~but only in self defense. I still do not approve of throwing the first punch, and if it happens they are in MAJOR trouble, But if they are defending themselves, I am not going to dicipline them for hitting back, I am only going to hope to God that they made it worth it! If they get in trouble, like at school, Oh well~consider it a vacation day~I'll take them to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate!

Just so you know, I do not think my kids are perfect...I'm sure they annoy people and kids, just like others kids do the same, but I do not think that it's appropriate to hit, because a child thinks another child is annoying. (and for you parents who thought Donovan "Probably Deserved" to get punched 2 times in the face~you know who you are, and so do I) Just for the record, because I don't know if I blogged about the reason he did get punched........but the reason he got punched in the face was because the kids were trying to take off his Croc's and he did not want them to, so they got annoyed that he would not let them take his shoes off~so because they were annoyed, they punched him in the face. So now you stupid, inconsiderate Pieces of Chit, do you think he deserved it now?!?!?! Real good reason to punch someone in the face, especially a child~huh?!? Such mature thoughts for such tiny stupid brains!

Where was I....Oh......Sorry, back to my blog...I hate when I have an afterthought....

It's funny now as the kids get older, and you have to change your parenting style to fit what situation the kids will come across....I never thought that I would have to make this decision, and again, I'm not happy about it, but what am I gonna do?! Let my kids be punching bags for disturbed, angry individuals? I think not......I'd much rather them kick some ass!

Butt Kickin' Booties and the lack of good Chinese Buffets.

2009-07-30T01:55:00.004-04:00

Today was a day from hell....let me tell you! It was not really one of those "Good" Days.

I understand the Coral knuckleheads are young....and kids will be kids, but today was one of those days where I wanted to rip my hair out.....or just run away.

We went shopping with Carrie so we can grab the last of the stuff we need for our Crazy Disney vacation. Before we went in the first store I said to the "Okay guys, let's show Carrie how good we behave in the stores!" (famous last words...)

Well, let's just say that everything they know they are NOT suppose to do in the stores.....they did! From running around and horse playing, to hiding in the racks and touching everything that man created. Between Rowan screaming the whole time in the Christmas Tree Shop because he was woken from his nap, to Rowan screaming in Marshall's because he was still not happy and getting his way, and Brayden whining and fighting with his brothers, to Donovan initiating everything, I wanted to hang them all by their toenails and give them Chinese water tourture until one of them understood that I have had enough.

Now explain to me this.....why on earth is Pennsylvania the only place that has the worst chinese buffets in the world?!? Now everyone who knows me (Gen) knows that when I come to NJ I HAVE to go to the Chinese Buffet, because I can not for the life of me get a decent fix here. The food is so terrible, dry and greasy. So much so, that I get belly aches, and I feel so sick afterward. So we went to one in Whitehall, and the food was so terrible (which I expected). It was cold, and they did not replenish anything. The crab legs were tiny and not good, and the butter that I had gotten to dip them in I saw had a gnat floating in it....let's just say that I immediately lost my appetite. So then I wanted an ice cream. I go to the self serve station and went to grab the ice cream scoop, when I saw that they had it stored in a glass, for God knows how long, with stagnet water and residue from all the other people that have used it that day, I totally lost whatever appetite I had left. No way on earth was I going to use it, it was so gross. So I ended up using a regular spoon to scoop out 5 cups worth of ice cream for the kids. I will never go to that place again. Just terrible.

So then we came home....Bill put the kids to bed, and I was soo irritated, that I went out and washed my car.....yes I did....1:00 in the morning. It was really relaxing believe it or not. I did not have to listen to ANY kids, and the only thing I heard was running water......

Calgon....Take me away.......

Should I feel soo bad and guilty?!?

2009-07-27T21:56:00.003-04:00

I've made the executive decision to leave our youngest Coral, to stay with his Godmother and Pop-Pop, instead of bringing him with us on our Florida vacation....should I be feeling as guilty as I do? I know he has no idea what's going on, so it's not like he's going to miss it, but I feel bad because he is not going to be participating in the things we are doing.

I mean, it's going to be so much easier leaving him with Gen and pop-pop, especially when it comes time to ride the rides, I'll be thanking myself for my decision, but it's the rest of the family time that we will be spending together, that he will not be there.......I feel so bad...

Ho Hum....

The hunk says that I should not feel bad because we will go again in a few years when he's older, so he can have the experience also....but I dunno....I still feel bad...he's soo little! LOL! I guess I'll just miss his little smile for the time we are gone~I know he is going to be in good hands, but it's just the fact that I've never left any of my kids somewhere for that amount of time.....

Well, my parents took Donovan and Brayden for a week once, but they were only 2 hours away from home, not over 1,000 miles away...and they were older. I guess it's good he's the age he is, so then I know he's not gonna be very mobile. LOL, he barely rolls over at this point, he's just starting to, but it's not like he's crawling yet. So he's really easy to take care of! LOL!

I can't believe we are leaving so soon, this trip is coming up closer and closer, time is just flying by! Then like 2 days after we get home, the kids start their first day of school! I am so excited for Brayden to start Kindergarden. He wants to ride that school bus so bad it's painful for him! LOL!!!! But having 2 out of the 5 kids in school is going to be awesome!

I don't think that I mentioned Jordan misses the cut off for Kindergarden next year, so he will be another year at home. So I am keeping him home this year, then next he'll be in preschool, then the next he'll be in Kindergarden. Rowan will be in the same situation. Because they are Sept, and October babies, so they miss it. Grr.....Oh well. It's gonna be strange when they are all in school full time....then what do I do?!? Free time?!? What's that?!? LOL!!!

Heck, when Austin is potty trained, I am not going to know what to do with myself. So far, I have been changing diapers for 7 straight years. LOL! I don't know WHAT it's like to not wipe a booty! The day they all go on the pot is going to be the strangest day for me....LOL!!!

I know, I know

2009-07-21T16:33:00.006-04:00

It's been a week since I updated again...or something like that! LOL! I've been so busy, ugh....when school starts I'll have more time!

So I finished the Chiminea, and it's GEORGOUS!!! (if I do say so myself!) Looks brandy new, and the boys had such a great time with it! Here is the finished product!
Looks good, Huh?!? I am so proud of myself! Now, I have to find one for my friends because they want one! LOL! I told them I'd refinish it for them, so if anyone comes across a metal one, (not the clay ones) Please let me know! Thanks!!

So........I waxed my armpits....or I should say Armpit...(after this experience, I was too traumatized to do the other one!) the day before GWO (girls weekend out). And I guess I did not pull the skin taught enough, and OMG hurt like a mother!! LOL! I had a pretty red and raw area in my armpit because of this, and lemme tell you~I'm gonna designate a friend to hold my skin tighter............so beware!!!!! LOL!!!! I'm soo into waxing, and since I have a somewhat mild case of OCD, I'm suprised that I and my family are not all completely hairless! LOL!! My new answer to everything is....."that's okay, we can just wax it off!" LOL! I'm trying to convince the Hunk to let me do his chest....so far I think it's a no go~Grrr....

So we are on 26 days until Disney, we just ordered our tickets and should be getting them soon! I am soo excited for the kids! And I can't wait until we see this house in person that we are going to be staying in! Ugh, it's gonna be soo nice!!

I have not yet decided on what I am doing with the shoutters, however, I can tell you this much....them little S.O.B's now moved their nest to my dining room shutters! OMG DOES IT EVER FREAKING STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate birds, I think I now hate birds more than I hate freaking Liver......or a good stomache pumping...AND GUESS WHAT!?!?! They grew MORE babies on my back deck!!!!!!!!!! AAAHHHH! Okay, so here are the new babies (second batch this summer) LOL!
Awwww so cute under my deck.....NOT!!! (you only think it's cute because they are not under YOUR deck! LOL!)
Aww, the flash woke them up...so now they are noisy! GGRREATTT!!!

And the house with NO shutters on the stone. I think it does not look that bad. And now we are pretty much bird free (minus the deck) so it's not soo bad! I will deal with it, and I like it actually! If anyone comes across birdhouses relatively inexpensive I would like to purchase some, I need to give them another option besides my house to spawn in! LOL!

This past weekend, I went to GWO (girls weekend out) and got smashed, and that's all you guys need to know, but here is a great picture for you all to laugh at!
I was stupid drunk, LMAO! But a great picture of me for all of you guys to laugh at, for the end of this blog!
XOXO, Thanks for reading!!

It did not rain....

2009-07-12T19:24:00.005-04:00

So I decided that I was going to prime the Chiminea! I am so happy that I got to do it! Here is what it looks like primed!
Now I can't wait to paint it....the whole thing is that it is spray paint...which I am not a big fan of, and I am considering buying the pain instead. I worry about the overspray, and I don't want to fume up the ozone anymore than it already is...Ugh, I can't make up my mind. I think I am a better painter than spray painter! LOL! So this is in the primed state right now, until I decide what I am going to do with it.

As you can tell, I changed the header...yes the picture is not that great, but I am in love with it anyway~everytime I see a family picture like this of us, I am just in amazement that all these kids belong to me, and that I am so blessed and lucky! So that's why I posted it up~until a clearer one comes along.

I took down my shutters yesterday, because just like the Coral family, we have birds that like to breed on our house. Yes, ON our house. They have built 3 nests behind my shutters on the stone...and on top of the nests, they are pooping EVERYWHERE!! My porch, walkway, trees and all on the shutters, shingles, and stone! It is so gross! So I took down the shutters that border Austins room, and I am going to take down the other set that border the dining room until I can figure out what the heck I am going to do with all this crap! Literally!

I am thinking about buying up the 4.99 birdhouses at the christmas tree shop, and attaching them to the posts on the fence. Just to get them out of my deck and shutters. I really am tired of birds! So this is what my house looks like after I removed the 2nd floor shutters, (and I believe you can see the one nest that did not fall off yet.

Do you guys think it looks bad without the shutters?!? I'm gonna take the lower set off also, so there will be no shutters on the stone at all.....gimme your thoughts!

Boys will be boys.....

2009-07-11T12:52:00.007-04:00

I guess it's going to be one of those posts! LOL!

Donovan....er...I mean......Logan, was raiding his bike yesterday, and ran right into the curb....I saw it with my own eyes and it looked like it HURT like a mother! Well, it must have because now for this second day the poor kid is still having trouble walking! LOL! Ugh, and as a parent, I look at it, and it makes my skin crawl! Gross! I feel so bad for him! LOL! Here you go! The damage!
Looks pretty bad huh!? I think this is honestly the only time he's had such a boo boo! Usually he's wearing knee pads or something, but not this time! LOL!! Oh well! It's gonna heal.

So I am starting a new project! Anyone who is friends with me on facebook and reads this blog will know who this did belong to! LOL! You can admit it's yours if you want to, otherwise, I'll just stay mum....

Anyway, so I did, YES I ACTUALLY TRASH PICKED SOMETHING!!! LOL!! But I saw it as I was coming home, and I have been DYING for one of these, but have a hard time paying over 100 bucks for something that I know would rust this badly......so, I asked my friend what was wrong with it and he said nothing~just that it was really really rusty. I asked him if I could have it and so he put it aside for me. I got it home and so far all I've done with it is wire sanded it, and got all the loose rust off of it. And it ALREADY looks really good! I bought the Rust-oleum primer that I have to do next, and then I bought the Rust-oleum high heat spraypaint in Black. It's going to look sweet, and it only cost me like 20 bucks for the stuff I needed! So I can't wait to see what it's gonna look like when it's painted! I am happy that I have another project to deal with! Whoo Hoo!
Before the Wire sanding.....

After the wire brushing....
So I was going to do the primer today, but it looks like it's going to rain.....maybe I'll do it when Rowan goes for a nap. I really want to get this done. But for now, it's good. I want to buy a cover for it, so that it does not get any more rusty. Okay, wish me luck!

Kids and Kuteness

2009-07-10T09:21:00.002-04:00

Yes, I know I spelled cuteness wrong...LOL!

This morning, I woke up to the greatist wake up that any mom could! Rowan came out of his room and I woke up to him in my bed, under my covers on my pillow, kissing me and saying "I love you free" (three~for those who don't understand kid~lingo). I was like AWWWWW, how sweet~and he just kept kissing me! I felt so LOVED this morning!!! Which is nice, because how many times do they actually do that in the morning?!? I'm not sure, but I will be enjoying every minute of it until they don't want to do it anymore.

Jordan also, he's been so sensative the past few weeks, hugging me all the time and kissing me all the time....he's just such a love munch! I remember before when he would not kiss or hug you worth anything. You had to force him....now it's all he wants to do. God, I love that also!!

Can you believe that the kids slept until 9:15 this morning?? How awesome is that?!?! I had to make sure they were still breathing, because it's unusual for them to do that! LOL! So that obviously ment I did not get out of my bed until 8:45 because I had a love bug in my bed! LOL!

Austin now weighs 14 pounds! He's such a little piggy! He is now eating cereal, and can roll from from his belly to his back, and now he is starting to play with his toys to entertain himself.....Gosh, it's such a great feeling that he's progressing.....but it's so sad, knowing that he is the last of the Coral's. They grow up so fast, and it's so depressing. LOL!! I can't wait however, until they are all out of diapers....I don't know what it's like to never have to change diapers. I've been constantly changing them for 7 years. LOL!! And it will be strange to not have baby stuff in the house, like cribs, and pack and plays, ugh...it's the life that I've known for such a long time....and the change, I know will be for the better, but I don't know what it's like.....since I've constantly had a baby in the house. Wow, it's going to be so strange........

My name is Logan

2009-07-08T10:52:00.003-04:00

LOL, I think it's so funny~this morning Donovan (the oldest) told me that he changed his name to Logan, and wants to be called that from now on. So I am playing the game.....LOL! I just called out "hey Logan" and he looked up and said "What". So I guess that is what he wants. LOL! Like I said to my Facebook friends, at least he did not want me to call him Giovanna, or some female name...but even if he did~I'd be fine with it! LOL!
That's okay, I changed my name to the Queen and they all have to call me that from now on, so I guess it's only fair! LOL!

So the boys want to go camping, so yesterday I put up our little tent, and we are going to sleep in it this weekend.....I can't wait to see how long they last out there! LOL! This should be pretty comical! LOL! I am debating on letting them sleep out there by themselves and just sleeping on the couch downstairs, or sleeping out there with them....eh, will see how I am feeling at that time! LOL!

So there are only 39 Days left until we go to Disney!!! Man, I can't believe how the time just flies by so fast!!! Carrie and I have been buying up the Dollar Store's stuff for the trip. LOL! I've bought the little personal fans for them, squirt bottles to spray the kids with, you know all the things we will need because of the long drive.................you know I am a little Jealous that Carrie is flying and getting there in 2 hours. LOL! I would have loved to take all the kids on a plane and be there in no time vs. driving there and taking 15 hours and listening to kids complaining. LOL! Oh well, maybe next time! We are loading them up on video games, movies, and snacks just to shut them up! LOL!

Are they all yours, and anxiety that comes with kids

2009-07-06T12:26:00.003-04:00

This is the question that we frequently get asked....and I have to laugh...I guess because I am so use to it now, it really does not phase me all too much. But I have to say that being a mom of 5 boys under 7 is pretty funny when we go out.

Take the other day for example....we went out to Sam's Club to do some shopping, and because my dad was here for 2 days to help us out, we took the kids to the Home Depot workshop, then went to Sam's to grab a few things.....we had 3 of them...they were behaving pretty good considering~Oh wait! They were running around looking for all the free samples! LOL! So all the people would start laughing everytime they had seen a cart! They would say "Come on guys look! Free Samples!" LOL! It was so cute, and the people would get a kick out of them...then anytime we'd mention that we had 2 more at home, we would get the priceless look (you know the one, where their mouth drops to the floor....then when we say that those ones are boys also, their eyes pop out of their sockets to match! LOL)

Okay.................I have to stop this story real quick and ask......

WHY ON EARTH DOES ROWAN FEEL THE NEED TO KEEP SITTING ON AUSTIN?!?

This is the 2nd time now that he's straddled him and tried to ride him like a pony....LOL! What is the infatuation with this?! It's driving me nutty! Grrr.....

Anyway, where was I......Oh yeah.....

Then we get the next question of "Were you trying for a girl" I tell them nope! We were in fact not even trying for the last 3! LOL! God just thought that we should be lucky enough to be surrounded by all these handsome boys! LOL! Then they say....."I don't know how you do it, but I give you a lot of credit!" LOL! I just laugh, because I give us a lot of credit also! I see people with 1-4 kids who can barely hold the fort. So I guess because since our kids are pretty well behaved in public, it makes me look like a good mom! LOL!

I do have to say though, I believe that my strictness with them is a result of them behaving well in public. I can take these kids shopping all day (yes, all 5 of them), and all I need to to is feed them, and they are good to go! I do not let them run around and cause rukus in the stores. They know it's unacceptable behaviour, and that they will get a time out in the store, or they will get no TV, or Video games.

I have to admit now......

I have been on a constant anxitey attack the past week....Let me just give you a little background here...I am a hypochondriac LOL! in the past month I have been to the dr. 4 times (Bill counted). LOL! Anyway, I guess with all these actors dying all of a sudden out of the blue, then that whole thing with with North Korea threatining to "Wipe us off the Map", and Swine flu....there would be no reason why I would not be so filled with constant anxitey...

I know as a parent, that we all worry for our own health, and the health of our families and especially our kids....they are so innocent and it's terrible for anything to happen to them....I noticed that I started the anxiety after I had Jordan and with each kid after him it gets worse! (I think it's because I now have 5 lives to worry about) I constantly worry to the point where it's hard to eat, or have a good time really doing anything, because I worry about someone getting hurt, dying or getting sick....

(No, I am not depressed......I just worry a lot****just to clarify for those who like to talk about me behind my back*****I don't need anymore rumors in the neighborhood thinking I have a depression problem now.)

I can only feel and know that I am so lucky that God has blessed me with 5 healthy and beautiful boys, and I want to know why I am so lucky! Like why is the Duggar family so lucky with health? 18 kids and all of them are just fine. Or Even John and Kate....okay, well, their marriage is over, but they have all healthy kids. I know I should be very happy and carefree, but on the contrary~I am a constant worrying mess.....

I know that I should be thankful, and not worry about everything so much to the extream, but I always see to live by the theory "Think of the worst, and hope for the best". Maybe I am a little too much on the "think of the worst" part. LOL! I am the first to admit that when someone has something, or I notice something maybe I have not noticed before, I am the first to research it online, and make my self absolutely crazy and sick over it, I look for every symptom possible... It's a terrible feeling in which I have no control over...I don't really like taking drugs, so I am trying to find a natural way to be rid of this constant anxiety attack. It's already going on a week now, and it's driving me crazy! I have to start going to the gym again, because I felt my best when I was going there.

Oh well, what are you going to do?! Just Breathe..........................Yoga Style!

Wow, it's been a while

2009-07-06T12:11:00.002-04:00

I can't believe that I have not blogged in like 2+ weeks! Well, I won't bore you with all the details of those 2+ weeks, but maybe we will give a brief snyopsys. LOL!

I am FINALLY down to 118 pounds! I can't believe that I am 4 months post partum, and already only 8 pounds away from my goal! This is AMAZING!! Though I have not been to the gym in like over 2 weeks (they are probably wondering if everything is okay~since I was going so much). but with the new band, and our regular schedule, It's just chaos, and I have not had the time.

That will change this week, because I got to start going again.

Anyway. So we had our friend's son for the week one week, and he was so awesome. Not the behaviour I expected from him, but it was great having him with us for the week. We took him to Dorney with the other kids, and they were so well behaved it was sick! I could TOTALLY do 6 kids! It was cake! LOL!!! He is always welcome here, and the kids can't wait to have him back!
So that was 1 week....LOL

Week 2 was just a mess of everything from band, we FINALLY got a great guitar player this week, so now the band is complete, and we are going to be really great! I can't wait until we get all the harmonies down. It's going to be awesome!

I dropped by the shore this past week to suprise my friends....(and they were really suprised!) So it was nice! You should have seen their faces! They made me sing a song, which I was against doing....LOL! Cuz I am shy when I sing karaoke! LOL!
Then I also took the kids with my mom to the boardwalk for some fun! I love going there...the smells, and the sights. However, I don't miss the Bennys, and all the stupid traffic that comes with it! LOL! Anyway...the kids had fun, and trying to pack up everything was a chore. LOL. You know, when you have 5 kids, you can't just pick up and go like when you have 1 or 2. LOL, you have to bring everything and the kitchen sink! LOL!
Bottles, check, diapers, check, toys, check, 600 pair of clothes to change in, check...check, check! LOL! Ugh, thank god I have a big enough car! LOL!

Disney is getting closer and closer, and I am getting so excited for the kids! They are going to have such a great time! Carrie is really excited also! Bill...........well, I don't know how he's feeling about all of this! LOL! Eh, we'll get out one night~and we've decided to extend our stay an extra day, so it will be good! We are going to have a party/BBQ, and invite our friends and their kids. It's going to be so much fun!

Alright, I am going to start a new blog....LOL! This one was just to update you a bit...

Wisteria Lane...The Shawnee version..

2009-06-22T09:51:00.005-04:00

This neighborhood is so full of Phony people it's hysterical! They all think they are better than you because they don't curse, or yell at their kids, or they pretend to be in a happy marriage~Or pretend to be financially secure for that fact.....

Not like I should have to defend myself or my family~but instead of Lies and assumptions being spread....try wasting your sorry ass breath about the "Coral Facts" that are truth, and nothing less.....

Well, take this one to the bank people, we have 5 kids and NO credit card debt (except for 1 card that we hardly use., emergencies only.) Our mortgage and bills are paid on time, and we have never once had anything turned off, or even threatened of such a thing....thankfully for us, my husband is a great financial planner~and he has and is still doing VERY well for us, which I am thankful for because I know that I will not be loosing my house in the future....unlike some, so when you lose your house, and I'm still in mine...we'll see who is laughing in the end.......

(you know, not for nothing~but as I just re read this part.....how funny is it that we are on one income, have 5 kids, and are living so well.....and the ones that like to gossip about us have less kids than us~have a double income and are struggling?!? LOL! Pretty funny in my eyes for sure!) I think I should start talking crap about all you guys! Nah! I'm much better then that!!

We are going on 9 Years of happy marriage June 30th, we may fight and have our differences~but we are human and it does happen. We are not perfect as a married couple~But Bill and I respect each other and we live for our kids AND each other. We live our separate lives and come together when we can and it works for us. I know my role as mom and wife, as he knows his as the provider, husband and father, but our kids are happy and so are we.......so that is all that matters.....so when all of a sudden we see you are divorced in the future~or you regret the turnout of your life because you are just staying together "for the kids".......then we'll see whose living the lie......and then you, my false friends will be talked about for sure!

I may be strict and curse a lot, but that is just who I am..I will give you the shirt off my back, even if I don't know you that much. I give my prayers and thoughts to those I do not even know, because I want everyone to have a close to perfect life...(a perfect life does not exist people~no matter how hard you want to believe it, or try to live one...) I don't like to see people in pain and hurt and if it's through raw humor, or what is needed~you can count on me being there to cheer you up! Yes, I am over opinionated, but I feel strongly about my views, and I don't really care what you think....again, I have to impress no one. I am a "real deal" person. I don't like bull Sh**, and I don't have to lie to make myself look better than you. I change for no one~not even Bill because he married me for who I am, foul language and all.......Everything about me is real, right down to my designer purses........unlike you guys who are as fake as the knockoffs you buy at the purse parties here.... (last comment not for everyone...just for those who know who they are....)

Yes, I have a lot of kids. but my kids are (many thanks to God and his powers) healthy, happy and diceplined. They ARE respectful to others and do not rule my world like many parents here. If my kids talked or treated me like these kids talk to their parents~they would have no teeth in their face! I am the parent, not them...I'll be damned if my kids are going to disrespect any adult or child they come across. When my kids were first able to say words, it's a fact that their 3rd words were all manners. Please, Thank You, Excuse me, etc....then we work on other words, because I feel that manners are the most important thing that a child should learn and execute first and foremost. (trying to accomodate ungreatful children only leads to ungreatful adults and adolencence.)

***For the record, everytime we visit someone's house, and everytime I take them out to the store or out to eat~you'd be amazed at how many people come out of their way to make compliments on how well behaved ALL of my children are, and I am proud to say that it's because of the way I am and have been raising them.****
(how many times has someone went out of their way to compliment you on your 1-3 kids?!?)

And most of all.....I may be strict with them, and yell at them~but actually ask them how many times they get a smacked....it's hardly at all. My bark is bigger then my bite, and in order for me to keep all these kids in line, unfortunately for me I have to maintain a strict household with them. They are very lovely kids and always want to do right, but just like any other kid, they make the wrong mistakes numerous times, then I have to start threatening them with dicepline. If they get a smack it is on the butt, or the hand. Sometimes they get a flick on the ear. But most of the time they are just put in time out, or have things taken away~like video games. But I do not abuse my kids, and I never smack them hard enough to leave marks. I maintain healthy order. Some kids don't need dicepline like this and that is great~good for them....but for a large household like what I have, (especially of all active BOYS) this is what works for us.

The most important part of us diceplining our children, is that they know how much we love them~for all the yelling you hear or see, there is 10 times the hugs and kisses, and thoughtful, kind words to each other as brothers, and to us as parents. You ask any of my children if we love them and their absolute definitive answer is "YES THEY DO". As long as they know that the reason we dicepline them is because it's our last resort in teaching them right from wrong, then sue us for being so kind to them the first 500 times we told them NOT to do something........but while our children will be brought up to be well rounded adults......don't be suprised when your children hate you, want nothing to do with you, and end up a pregnant teen, a drug addict, or rebellious....because you let them rule your world.....then we will see which parenting styles work better......

I just honestly suck all this B.S. up to Jealousy, and it's fine with me. I am so happy that I am so thought about in this neighborhood, that my family and I come up in conversation all the time. I am sure that they are not jealous they don't have 5 kids, but I'm sure that they are so jealous that my husband thinks I'm the hottest piece of A** in the neighborhood~so much so, that's why we have 5 beautiful boys (wink, wink) I can't help that we can't keep our hands off of each other. Or maybe they are jealous that I'm not a frumpy looking housewife~just like them~who try to hold onto their youth, but really just have no idea. I am going to grow old beautifully, because I am beautiful inside and out........while they are already growing old hurting..........because they are hurting inside and out. I have no regrets.....and I will never apologize for who I am, because I like who I am, and everything I do, I do for my family.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful..........hate me because you can't be me....

Happy Father's Day!!

2009-06-21T11:45:00.004-04:00

What Makes a Dad
God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad
~Author Unknown

"HAPPY FATHER'S DAY HUNK!!"

If you though we were crazy before.........

2009-06-16T11:46:00.003-04:00

Then how do you like us now?!?! We have decided to take ALL the kiddos to Florida!!! We are renting a house and doing 5 days and 4 nights at all the Disney parks........DRIVING TO Florida AND FROM Pennsylvania! LOL!!

I take it this way, if Jon and Kate can do it, then SO CAN WE!! We are even going to have some help because Carrie is coming with us! We are so happy! The houses are so cute, they are all Disney Themed houses, they have the private pools with the Lani's and they are really nice. They are only 4 miles from the entrances to the parks, which is an even bigger plus! Whoo Hoo!!

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I am already trying to figure out what we are going to need, because with 7 people and a long drive down, it should prove to be rather interesting. LOL! Carrie is going to fly down and get the house prepared for us before we arrive, so that when we get there, all we have to do is let the kids run around for a bit, and then throw them in bed.

I am really excited as I've been wanting to take the kids to Disney for like 5 years now, so the fact that we are ACTUALLY going on a family vacation this year is so AWESOME!! They are going to be so happy, and I am so happy for them. And what is great is a lot of the rides, they have to be 40 inches, and Jordan is 40, Brayden is 41, and Donovan is 46.5. So that means they can all ride! And there are also a lot of rides that say "Any height" which means even Austin and Rowan can ride! LOL, this is going to be so much fun! It will be nice to get away from PA, and NJ for a little while and change it up a bit! We really need this for the kids. I always feel so bad that their friends have been there at least 3 times, and they've never gone.

The only problem that we see is that it's hurricane season, AND the weather is really hot that time of year, so hopefully we won't experience the extream to this. LOL! I don't need another story for the exciting Chronicles! Then again, it WOULD make you come back~right??

I am going to add the "Official" Disney Countdown clock! We have also started an "X" Chart. The chart is only allowed to have 40 X's, but whoever has 40 X's does not go to Disney~instead...they will have a nice stay at "Resort Tynys" aka. my parents house. If they get an X, they can get it removed by doing a good deed....be it cleaning their room, being a good listener for the day, no whining...etc...So we will see how this develops over the weeks. I will post weekly who has what! LOL!

(oh yeah~now it's 61 days till disney I think. LOL!)

Okay, so since the Hunk decided to make fun of me because my last post was about how I lost 1 pound (he said I was pretty much nuts because I posted that), I will explain why I did that for those who may be as confused as he is.....

As everyone who is dieting or getting in shape knows~you sometimes hit a little "Plateau" for a month or longer...well, as you all know I've been 125 for about a month. So when I broke it, and got to 124~even though it's only 1 pound, it's still a break. So much so now....that I weigh 123 POUNDS!!! So it seems like all my hard work is finally paying off! I am so happy that I am successful in my quest to being a fitness model! And I think that my photos and updated weight and BMI is a great way to see my progress! I am happy with it all, and I just can't wait to be back at my pre pregnancy weight goal 110 lbs. So what, I have like 13 pounds to go before August 1? AAHH!! It's only 2 months away!! However, if I am not in the shape that I need to be in, I am not going to do it until I am comfortable in my own skin. This Friday, I will be updating my pics again on Facebook.

speaking of which, I have to go now and get Donovan~it's his last week of school and they are all 1/2 days.....also I am going to the gym at 5:30.

I LOST A POUND!!

2009-06-12T15:11:00.004-04:00

Whoo hoo! I stepped on the scale this morning and I now weigh 124!! I am so excited! Remember, my goal by August is 110 lbs! Man, I can't believe that it's in sight so soon! I'm telling anyone who really wants to loose weight, diet and exercise. I have trained my body to not accept fast food anymore, and junk food. Now when I eat it, I actually get really sick to my tummy.

I do yoga and pilates 3 days a week, and cardio on mondays and fridays with a little extra weight training for what I'm not feeling in my classes.

I got my hair cut and colored, and I absolutely LOVE it!! It looks so nice!

Getting highlights

And here is how Rowan ate breakfast yesterday morning.

One cool dude!

School is almost out!!

2009-06-11T08:55:00.005-04:00

I can't wait for school to get out June 18th. Yeah, they got a late outing with all this darn snow, but it's okay. It will be fun to take the kids out to Dorney, and the shore, and go for walks. It will be a blast.....

WAIT A MINUTE! I have 3 MONTHS of having ALL 5 KIDS AT HOME FULL TIME?!?! OMG, I must be totally crazy to be so excited about this! LOL! We will see how my TRUE parenting skills work when I am going to have all 5 all day, all the time!

Sorry I have not blogged, but I don't know about you guys~This weather is such a bummer and I really hope that it is not like this all the time. I've been so tired and unmotivated. I can't wait for the sun to come out. I feel too much anxiety when the weather is like this.

However, yesterday was a very productive day for me. I moved the Island in my kitchen caddy cornered. I like it so much better. I have mentioned to the hunk how I wanted to move it, and he kept saying no, no, no. But I am so sick and tired of the walls getting scratched up by these chairs, that this was the best option. It looks so much nicer this way!

Before...

After....

Yes, I did it all by myself! The hunk was at softball....er...wait...Work, and I got bored so I decided to do it, even though he said no! LOL! I did not tell him about it all day, and when he came home he just laughed. He actually likes this placement better also. So I am glad. Whoo hoo!!

Look at how big Austin is getting now!

He's such a little cutie pie! He is totally sleeping through the night, and is always such a happy boy! He loves to show his gummy smile, and drool all over you with complete happiness! He's truly, Mr. Right! LOL!!! He weighs about 12 lbs now.

So I have been practicing with my new band. My first show with them is this Saturday, so I am happy since I got screwed out of my farewell show last weekend. What a way to end a band lemme tell ya. NJ just kicked me in the butt, so hopefully Pennsylvania will be as good to me as NJ has!

I have been going to the gym, taking many yoga and pilates classes. I love them. I have really become a work out buff! You can always find me at the gym! It's my home away from home! I hope that I really do meet my goal by August, because if I don't, then I am not going to do it.

LOL, So I am going to try a new way of parenting for the summer, and see what happens. Well, I love watching the Dugger show on TLC, and it just amazes me at how well behaved all those kids are. I wish mine are like that! LOL! But I know that they are limited on computer internet usage, and really hardly watch TV. So I took all the really voilent games off of the computer, you know...Call of Duty, Far cry, etc....

Now, there is only educational games. I think it's good, especially for Jordan who still needs a little help. He should be as good with his ABC's as he is with Call of Duty. If that was the case, he'd be a pure genius! I am also limiting television time ot 3 hours a day. Which is a huge cut back, considering that TV is on all hours of the day. They play so great together with the legos, and other things, that they should do it more. But now that the summer is fast approaching, they should be hardly in the house anyway. So this stuff won't matter.

I have a list of home improvements that will be happening this summer. I can't wait to share them with you!! I am going to be re-painting the kichen (yes, again), and the family room..yes again...but now I am going to do my plain white bedroom and bathroom, (the only 2 non-painted rooms in the house) LOL! My friend Nicole is going to be "Online Designing" for me, so we will see the results..I can't wait. We are still getting 1/2 the basement finished for the boys~which will be nice because every toy in this house will be gone from the upstairs! Whoo Hoo! That is a lot of my stress in this house! Also, the computers will be going down there, and nothing better find it's way back up! LOL!
I am also going to fix up the garage this summer. It's so plain and white. I am going to do shelving, paint the walls, and finish the floor. It's going to look so nice! I want to repaint Rowan's room because the baseball wall looks like crap, and I am tired of looking at it. I am also considering a doggie door for Don vito! LOL! How hard can it be?!?
We are also going to refinish the 1st top level of our yard. It's a mess, but I am using a landscaper to figure out what to do...oh yeah, and we are re-doing our deck......I hate that freakin' deck!

So that's it for now...Check back later!
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Okay, off to get my hair dyed! Must get ready now!

Why all the crying?!?

2009-06-03T19:46:00.004-04:00

Ugh, today was one of those days with the kids. I put them to bed early. 1/2 hour early! Whoo Hoo! But they are still crying because they all got yelled at...

Why~you ask?!

One question, When you leave a plastic bag filled with poopy diapers on the floor for about 3 minutes with 4 active boys, what do you think will happen??? They decided to throw the bag at each other, in turn breaking it open and getting poop all over my dining room rug. EWW!! How gross!! So I had to clean it up. I put Donovan in time out in his room. Then the other kids were bothering him~running around again and trashing everything. So I've literally had enough of them today! I still have yet to grasp the concept of "When they speak~I have to move right away, but when I speak, it can take up to 10 times before 1/2 of my sentence will have any acknowledgement in their tiny little brains."

I went to my Yoga class today. God it feels so good to get in there and stretch, and complete my core to gain my balance back! Renee asked me if I could still do all the gymnastics from when I was in high school, and I told her I could probably get my flexibility back if I worked on it! LOL! Apparently for these fitness shows~the contestants do gymnastics. Sounds good to me. I'd love to be back in my High School body once again! LOL! I was going to go to a Kickboxing class at 7, but the kids were acting up, and I did not want to bring them back for that extra hour.

We have so many projects in the works. we have to finish a walkway now that the shed is built. We have to finish our basement. I want to repaint the kitchen (yes again!) I have my eye on remodeling the bathroom downstairs because I am sick of looking at the pedistool sink. I want to repain the family room. I also FINALLY want to do my bedroom and bathroom. Unfortunately for me, that is always the last room to be finished. LOL! But the bedroom, and familyroom are going to have to wait until the basement is done. I want all the toys gone, and in the basement. No more upstairs.

Can you believe I STILL hear them crying upstairs?!? OMG~Please go to bed!!
Here are some pictures from today when everyone was happy! Enjoy!

Brayden, Rowan and Austin

Yours truly with Rowan and Austin!

Life is a "Gas"

2009-06-02T23:52:00.005-04:00

So I forgot to mention this the last time, but I was in Yoga laying on the floor and there was a woman laying about 3 feet ahead of me (her feet to my head), and everytime we stretched......she farted! OMG, how do you not realize you are doing this~and WHY do you think it's okay to do this 3 feet away from my head?!? Thank God there was no down wind~otherwise, I'd be in trouble.

Well, today I was in Mat Pilates and the SAME FREAKIN' THING HAPPENED. Except that this person was right across the room, so I was not really too offended. LOL! But come on already! Keep your gas~in your own A*s! Thank you!

So lemme see....my day from hell. Today was one of those days where I probably really should have stayed in bed. Suprisingly~it's not even a full moon, so I can't figure out what the excuse is. Maybe "Just a bad day". Anyway....

So this morning I get up, and get the kiddo's ready to go to the gym (my new found love), (Though as I type, I am now eating my 2nd meatball Hot Pocket at midnight....defeating the purpose I'm sure). There was an 11:00 Yoga class there. I was soo happy because I FINALLY got some other friends to come with me. So we get there, and I get the kids we walk in, and the one girl from the daycare was standing outside. I looked at her like "WTF", because there were also other parents and kids standing around in the foyer of the gym. Well, she proceeds to tell me that they found a little girl in there (currently in the gym as we were speaking), and she was totally infested with Lice!!! EWW!!! Now, I technically was okay with this~because I have boys, and I can just shave their heads if need be....until I found out if I get them, then I am screwed, and so is the dog and furniture...etc. So then my mind over matter starts acting up, and I am itching all over the place. LOL! I felt so gross, and I did not even do anyting. They ended up closing the daycare, and my friends and I ended up not taking any classes. *sniff*

Now please explain to me how the parent did not see all the lice in her kids head especially when she put her daughter's hair in pigtails?!? Maybe she is one of those looser parents who just knew, and was hoping that they would not find out~so that she could still work out....TRASH! I hate people like that! They have no consideration for people like me who have multiple children, and this crap spreads like wildfire, and it's a bitch to get rid of! Come on people and THINK, and be CONSIDERATE of others who will have to deal with this eventually. I'll tell you what, I saw the mom, and if my kids get lice, the NEXT time I see her, she will have ME to deal with! Show some respect Lice Lady!

So I drop off my friends from our eventful yet unproductive time at the gym, then realized that I had to get a duplicate licence because I lost mine behind my kitchen cabinet. Yes, I'm an Idiot. LOL! I went to put it on the backsplash, and did not see the minute hole behind it. As soon as I let go of the bugger, it dropped right beneath. Hunk looked at me and said "omg, that sux!" Duh, you think?!? So that means I have to go to the Penndot Driver's Licencing Center (better known to us New Jersians as DMV.)

Well, I have to honestly say that if we thought DMV was terrible, you should come here and experiance the Wal-mart Rejected employees~who don't like to take cash, or help you. I had 4 kids with me today~so you do the judgement. Okay, soooo I go in and ask the button pusher~info giver outer senior citizen employee how much it cost to get a new licence since I lost mine. She said she does not know, that is not her department....okaaayyy....Well, there was a 1 hour waiting limit. So she proceeds to tell me to go to the board, find what I needed and the cost was there. So I scanned the board and found "Duplicate photo card". Mind you~nowhere did it say "Driver's Licence", so I thought that the photo card was what I needed....$5...not too bad. So I had to go around the corner of the plaza to CVS and get a money order, because they do not accept cash, or credit cards. They only accept Money orders, or checks....ummm...hello?! Ugh, this is all so aggervating to me. So then I come back with my $5 money order waiting my turn with the kids, I get up to the desk and the guy says "Okay~that will be $12". I said, "no way! It's $5 for a photo card." He said "Oh, you wanted a photo card~not a Licence?" OMG, I wanted to grab him by his neck and fling him across the room!!! I said "The woman door greeter said that I needed to look on the board and pick what I needed. I saw Photo Card~Thinking a driver's licence, because she was unable to help me out." I then asked him how I am suppose to pay the remainder of the balance and he said I have to go BACK to CVS and get another one. I said "I want to speak to that lady's manager." She comes over and I told her that lady's job is bullcrap and she is useless. I also told her that it was totally pointless to have her sit there and greet people when she is unable to provide the proper infomation to customers needing things ESPECIALLY when there is a 1 hour wait, and you need to have a freakin money order for whatever you need. She told me that the lady was suppose to direct me to the proper person to speak with for what I needed.....LMFAO you gotta be kidding! I said, well, she did not....and I had to figure it out on my own and got it wrong, and now I am short money for my licence~and it's all her fault. I told her that, that lady is the MAIN person you see when you first walk in, and she should at least have enough knowledge to tell you how much a renewal is and a duplicate. She apologized (but I could tell it was just to get me out of the line), and I told her that I don't appreciate an employee who is such a waste. (she was 100 years old, and could barely hear you as it was.)
I then tell the man, I am not going back to CVS because of all the kids and will pay exact change in cash....so he then directs me to his manager who also tells me that I need to go to CVS for a money order. I look at him and said, "It's dangerous for me to keep lugging these kids all over the place because of the fact your stupid company does not accept cash. I am NOT going back to CVS with all these kids." Then I said to him "you want a money order so badly.........here! (I put the money on the counter) Then YOU go to CVS and get me my money order. He just looked at me like OMG. LOL! Then he said~I can do that for you. And he did. So I got my stupid licence duplicated, and will NEVER go back to that stupid germ infested place again!! Jerks!

So I go to the mall, do what I have to do, Rowan peed through his pants, Brayden and Jordan were whining the whole time.....This one is hungry, that one had to go potty, this one is bored...blah, blah, blah....(that's what it sounds like after a while.) We get Donovan, come home, Carrie comes to do the laundry, and then, I go to my 2 classes at the gym. I felt better after the gym. I really like it there. It's a great little realiver for me.

This past weekend we went with the neighbors to the Sand's casino in Bethlehem. It was terrible. There were no tables. Just slots. It got boring after about the first hour. So we sat around drining $1 beers that the coctail waitress was giving us. LOL! I ended up super drunk. LOL! But it was fun! We also had our neighborhood garage sale, and ended up makin $250, so we did awesome, and sold almost all of our stuff! Whoo Hoo!!

Ugh, I'm tired! Hopefully tomorrow is a better day! Goodnight!

A very "Amusing" Weekend

2009-05-26T10:43:00.005-04:00

Wow! My first real weekend without any kids. It was so strange! So what did I do?! (besides sing 2 shows?) WENT TO GREAT ADVENTURE!!! (I should only be so excited.....)

OMG, I got to ride Every roller coaster (minus Kinda Ka~cuz it was broken.) at least I did not have to hang in kiddie land all day. I got to do grown up stuff! It felt soo good and the lines were so short!! My day with my family was nice, but my experience at Great Adventure was terrible. It just shows what happens when an amusement park goes into bankruptcy. It's so sad. Well, let me just say first, how the overall appearance of the park is pretty pitiful. It looks like it has not been updated in forever, stuff has not been maintained like rides, they look like crap and the landscaping looks just plain aweful. What happened to all the littler adult rides?!? You know, the looping spaceship, the round up, music express, bumper cars, the scrambler, etc?!? It seems like they got rid of all of the little rides~and why?! Did it cost too much to keep up with the maintinence? They had some cute little stuff, but you had to pay for it.

So I would like to know, since you pay 99 bucks for a season pass, or 50 bucks for the day. How are you expected to pay 15 bucks for parking or better yet, if you want real close parking how about 25 bucks?? Especially for the season pass holders? You can buy a parking pass for another 40 bucks, (I'm sure that is NOT including preferred parking~did not ask, nor cared at this point) and the water park is another fee in itself?! To me all this money for a park lacking in thrills and abiance is not worth all the extra cost.

See, at Dorney Park, (where I hold my season passes) we pay 99 bucks for adults, our parking is included, and the waterpark is included.....end of story. This is the way it should be. They have a whole bunch of littler rides for "Family" and the ambiance is beautiful and well taken care of. There is nothing like raping your guests for the old mighty dollar. Amusement parks should only be so lucky in this time with the economy the way it is that people are even willing to "waste" the money that they do have to have a "Great Adventure experience."

Now Riddle me this Batman.......

How is it that they have a "Great Deal" with their souvinear cups. $13 and .99 cent refills?! However, you have to store the cup in a temporary locker for $1 when you are in line for 2+ hours dehydrating because of the extream heat. Hopefully you are not a diabetic, or have major health issues because then you may pass out or get dizzy, then having to leave the long line you have entered~and quite possibly not come back from your long 8 hour stay at the hospital? Then by the time you get back to your drink, it is watered down and warm...I'm sure the lockers are not refridgerated?! so $1+14 roller coasters=a souvinear cup that now cost $28.00 and that is NOT including any refills. Now, if you go on a roller coaster more than once, this price can double and triple depending on your day. So "Buyer Beware" or better yet "Kids with a limited allowance for the day BEWARE"!! It's NOT a great deal. It is actually another way for them to steal money out of your already possible hurting pocket. And a total waste.

Now when I went with my family, (my mother is Diabetic) we tried everything. We were told to leave the cup with a non rider...or else we / or they would throw away our $13.00 cup in the trash....HELLO?? We told them she was diabetic, and they did not care. (Not that the 16 year old operating the ride SHOULD care~or understand why they should care.) Now, THEY did not pay the 13 bucks for my cup, so are they going to provide me with the money to purchase a new one?!? Hahaha~NOT!!! So we went on the Scream Machine, and we tried to hide the cup beside the trash can. As soon as we got in the car, they threw it in the trash...It's not theirs to throw away first off, and second, they did it right in front of our faces!!! So when we were done, we took it out of the trash. Then we we decided to just leave it at the entrances of the rides...well we got away with that for a few of them, until Nitro. We get off the ride to retrieve our cup......GONE! They threw it right in the trash along with about 4 other peoples. So we could not get ours back now, because we could not figure out whose was whose. Now we were stuck without a drink for the rest of the day, because we were not spending $3+ for a bottle of water or soda, when we were suppose to get a "Great Deal" by buying the souvinear cup...well gee, thank goodness the water fountains are free.........or will that soon change also?! Maybe they will take them out of the park. When I asked one security guard to pass me my cup from the entrance, he said that he could get fired for handing me my cup, because it was suppose to be stored in a locker...My Goodness! You have GOT to be kidding me!!!!!!!!!!! There is nothing in the world like scaring your employees not to touch the cups~They are Kryptonite, you touch one for any reason besides throwing it in the trash...you loose your job! Wow! I really want to work there!! Dorney park has free little storage lockers on the platform to store cups and shoes and there is a door that covers the other side so the people currently riding will not have their stuff stolen.

And don't get me started on all the shoes that were left on the platform and not stored into lockers like they were suppose to, and also, I saw an operator store a girls big hobo sized purse behind his station so she could ride! Why was that not put in a locker, or the shoes for that fact?!? The rule back in the day was that "they are not responsible for lost or stolen items." So let us choose the right to leave our cups where we want to~we paid for them, and should not be forced to pay for a locker for it, or forced to throw them away!

Then what next, people are going to start getting mad and bring their own coolers in their cars and eat and drink instead of buying in the park. So what do you then think will happen?!? They will probably prohibit all outside food and drinks so that you have no choice but to buy their overly priced stuff. And they wonder why they are going Bankrupt?!? It's no suprise to me...that's for sure, they have always been grossly overpriced, and it's about time it's finally caught up to them.

So needless to say, with all the maintainence problems that day with the rides (and the day after as my sister went and she said a lot was broken down also), and the whole drink drama, we left there very frusterated, broke and thristy.........thank goodness for the WaWa down the street! (and no wonder why it's so packed during the season...) I will not be going back~and to think I ALMOST bought season passes for my family since I am at the shore all summer. I'll blow my money on the boardwalk before I will ever step foot back into Great Adventure. I feel bad for my family who purchased season passes for a park that is totally way less than par! Great Adventure should be paying people to ride at their park.

With all this drink cup issue, I can only imagine all the lawsuits they will incur because of the inability to drink while waiting in long hot lines without anything to hydrate yourself....I can't wait to see this park when that happens...bad idea on their part.

Who is fertile in my house?!

2009-05-20T22:13:00.003-04:00

Well, something is spawning kids on my house, and it sure as heck is not me! LOL! I have birdies growing on both sides of Austin's bedroom shutters. I know they hatched because I could hear all the little babies chirping because they were so hungry, while I was mowing the grass today. Now tell me this.....Why is it that my neighbor Rob and I removed both nests, and they immediately built new ones. It's gross, (yeah, I know baby birds are cute~but not when their parents are pooping all over my stone, and shutters.) Why can't they poop on someone else's house?!? Why must we be the house of fertility?! "HEY IF YOU WANT FERTILE EGGS COME AND RUB UP AGAINST MY HOUSE!!!" We should be on the news. 4 years we have been here, and 4 years we have unwillingly grown baby birdies. 2 nests under our deck, 2 nests in our shutters, and God knows where else they are spawning on my property. Yuck! As long as it's not me, I guess I don't care all too much! Better them then me.

So I have put out my ad in search for a new band out here in the Lehigh Valley. I have gotten 5 propositions in only 2 days. Pretty good huh?! Well, yesterday I went on an autition. OMG, let me tell you how~when you are use to being well known, and not having to ever audition....to having to audition because people don't know you from a hole in the wall~It's soo nerve wracking!!! Now I know how other people feel when they audition. Scared, and alone. Wow! LOL! That's okay...I'm getting ready to make a name for myself out here now. So I will NEVER have to go to another audition again! LOL! Eh, who am I kidding. I can only hope that Pennsylvania will love me as much as Jersey has!! I already know that I will have a few followers when they can get out, so it will be nice to see some familiar faces.
Anyway, I have another audition this week coming up, and I guess I am pretty much a shoe-in if I want to join them. So that makes me feel better. This band does pretty much everything from every band I've been in~so it's a great variety! Yes, I am a rock star....but I do LOVE my motown and disco also. It's great for my vocal range, and keeps me working to build my range to be better than it is. Once you loose it, it is pretty hard to get back. So I will keep you updated with how the audition goes. They want me to start working right away, so I assume that this is where I will be.

This weekend is going to be very busy for me coming up. Friday I have the Cabin, the Saturday~I believe I am going to Great Adventure with my mom, because the private party we were suppose to do in LBI Saturday, got rescheduled for Sunday. So I will not be back home until Monday afternoon. Thankfully my dad is coming up to help Bill, because Saturday is a busy day for the men. Birthday party, Lowe's workshop, and something else that I can't remember. LOL!

I am considering taking Donovan out of Cub Scouts. Especially if I join this other band. Their schedule is so packed~all the way through 2010!! So their is really no way that I would have the time. I can barely keep up with it all now. Ugh, I don't know what to do. I feel bad leaving, but right now is not the best time for all of this. I wish their could be more days in the week, or more hours in the day~something. Ugh, I hate making decisions.

So I guess that is what is going on with me at this moment. OH YEAH! My Jingle I did for Sirius XM was aired! My friend Joe told me that it aired this past saturday! I am so excited! I can't wait to hear it for myself now! LOL!
Here you go! I am going to leave you with the Star Wars Boys! Jordan and Rowan singing the theme song! Then Rowan gives you a little bit of the alphabet!

Birthday Boys and a messy house...

2009-05-18T16:45:00.005-04:00

Why is it when I clean and the house looks nice, all those darn kids, just destroy it. Then it looks like absolutely nothing was done. Grrr.... I don't like living in a pigsty, but come on now. This is just nuts!! LOL! They just throw things on the floor, and they don't even care. "Donovan clean your room", nothing...or he'll clean~but think he's smart, and then try to hide stuff under his bed and dressers. Bad, Bad Kid!

So on a sad part of the news, I quit my band that I love so much! It breaks my heart to have to do it...but, I must do it, because the drives home are long and boring and dangerous. In the whole 6 years I've been singing, I have no idea what it's like to actually drive a 1/2 hour or less to a show. I've always drove at least an hour. So I am moving my voice to Pennsylvania, and will be rockin' the rednecks and NY/NJ imports! Just as soon as I find a band as awesome as mine. It will be so strange to find a band that is NOT in NJ, and NOT at my usually "comfort zones of home." I don't know how I'm going to like playing to strangers, and not to my usual fans. I think I may have entered "The Singlite Zone".......DAH DAH DAAAHHHH!!! I am so nervous about this, it just about turns the food in my tummy. However, now all my PA friends can FINALLY come out to see me! So now there is no excuse for them not to come out! LOL! God I hate change.

On a Lighter note, My friend Joe has informed me that he heard my Jingle on Sirius XM Satellite Radio Saturday at 3 am! He said he screamed really loud when he heard it, so much so he could have raised the dead! LOL! (I love Joe. He's so funny!) So that means now I am in high gear listening trying to ESP my jingle out of these people for when I am listening!! LOL! I am so excited~and I really hope they call me again to do some more! I think I might have a knack for this sort of thing...LOL!

So the Boys had their birthday party this weekend.. They had such a good time. This place was awesome. www.rascalsfoodandfun.com, and it was such a hit with all the kids. 24 rsvp'd and 30 showed up. Plus about 2 parents per child, makes for a HUGE and fun par-tay! I am so happy that they had a great time. Donovan did the rock wall and climbed all the way to the top! I am so proud of him!!

The Birthday Boys

The whole crew!

So I have not heard anything today on Donovan's issue at school...What a mess. He came home today and said that the principal did not call him into the office. So I guess I will be making a phone call tomorrow. Grr...

Bill and I joined LA Fitness..I am happy because since I am starting that fitness modeling for my Sis/Bestie Renee, I will be more motivated to go and do things there! I try at home, but the motivation stinks, and I don't push myself as much. So when I see these other people who look awesome, it will make me work harder. Bill is the same way I think. He needs that extra motivation also. We are going to try to go together also. That will probably happen more on the weekend, rather the weekdays. Especially right now with our chaotic summer schedule. I am thinking of getting certified in Pilates. I love them, I swear by them, and I could totally teach the crap out of that class!!! LOL! We'll see.

So my project that is coming up?!? I am going to be turning my island in the kitchen. I don't like the chairs hitting the walls, and gashing them. So I am going to turn it. I think it will look nice, hopefully that will happen soon. Yes, I will have some screw marks on my floor, but I can fix those, and I am soo not worried about it.

what else? I guess nothing for now!! Enjoy this video of Don Vito cleaning the crap out of his brother!!! LOL! So freakin' cute!!

Still a swollen nose.....

2009-05-15T14:08:00.006-04:00

So yesterday I brought Donovan to the Dr. because he could not really breath out of his nose all too much. So she check him and said he has nasal contusions, and 2 black eyes. Now because he is so fair skinned, his black eyes are more of a pinky. Not Black and blue. Which I am happy about considering Donovan and Brayden's birthday party is tomorrow. GO BOYS!

The principal said so far there is nothing she can do in terms of correcting the situation because she still needs to get Donovan's side of the story and she is waiting for the video tape on the bus. Then she can make a decision. Well, I have a $110.00 medical bill waiting to be paid for. Donovan did tell me that he smacked the kid in the leg to defend himself. Which I guess is good, but I don't know personally how I feel about that. I am more of the "Don't hit back because then you have NO chance at all in getting in trouble~type of person." LOL! All I do know is that if my child is found completely not guilty~those kids better get in a LOAD of crap!

Here is his nose 2 days after getting punched.

Either way. So now I have to wait until Monday to get an answer on anything.

Austin is such a cutie pie!! He is now starting to talk to you when you pay attention to him. He smiles, Coo's and gurgles away telling you his life stories....(all 3 months of them!!) Click on the video to see him chatting away!

So I am going to start getting in shape now. I took pictures of myself today, and boy am I disgusted at my belly, butt and thighs. YES! I know I just gave birth 3 months ago, but I don't like the flappy skin one bit, and I want to work harder at being rid of it. My goal is August 1, 2009. 110 lbs (pre pregnancy weight), and we will see how it goes.

Right now I am currently 127 lbs. 23.2 BMI

So I have figured out my next project. The Backsplash part of my cabinets. (you know that space between the counter top, and the cabinets.) So I was going to tile that are of the kitchen like everyone else. But then decided to change my mind. I found magnetic paint, and I am going to paint the whole area with it, and switch out the plate covers. I figured it would be pretty cool because instead of using my fridge for paper storage, I would move some of it to the backsplash. So when I get the time, I am going to do that, and then I will post the before and after photos.

What do you guys think I should do?!?

A night at the Opera......

2009-05-13T21:33:00.005-04:00

Yes.....the opera.....God I love the opera....

But the opera that I am talking about is the one from the producers of The Coral Chronicles.....It's a tale between 4.5 brothers who like to bite, hit, choke, torment, tease, and make each others lives miserable......sometimes there is love and bonding, but the majority of the time there is whining...the musical sounds that even myself as a rock star can just not listen to anymore. Fingernails on a chalkboard......."Mommy, Brayden touched me", "Mommy, Donovan kicked me", I swear sometimes I just want to change my name. Sometimes I try to ignore them~but then they just follow me around the house, crying, and whining some more until I pay attention to them. (MAKE IT STOP!!! JUST SHUT IT!!!) So I just tell them to get over it.....it will get better~I promise! LOL!

Today was one of those days, so much so that even Carrie the laundry lady said "It's amazing how you are not in the loony bin". And I told her.............I sometimes suprise myself that I am not an alcoholic...all this obsessive whining and crying could really make someone go crazy. So I have just learned to close my eyes, and take a deep breath and..................................THREATEN EVERY INCH OF THEIR LIFE IF THEY DON'T JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!!!!!! LOL! Sometimes it works....sometimes not. Mostly not. Poor me. So right now they are all in bed, and I am sitting in the kitchen blogging my heart out in the peace and quiet known to those in the Opera as "Intermission".

I hope that made all of you guys feel better that my kids are crazy knuckleheads who drive me up a wall.

So, I pick Donovan up from the bus stop today, and he comes to my car crying with a bloody nose. He was apparently irritating his 2 friends on the bus and they each punched him in the face. Giving him a bloody nose. I am so pissed off that I went on the bus and yelled at the kids that punched him, and the bus driver admitted that those kids were misbehaving on the bus since they got on.....(must be little jailbirds in training.) I said to the one kid, "Why did you punch him in the face" He said "Because he was irritating me". I yell at the child "YOU DO NOT PUNCH SOMEONE'S CHILD IN THE FACE!" "THAT IS NOT RIGHT!" That child looked like he was going to poop in his pants by the time I got done with him, and the bus driver did not even get involved~he just let me say my peace. (or yell! LOL). Well, I immediately called the school and spoke with the principal. She was very sympathetic and mad. I told her "Yes I'm sure my son is annoying, or annoyed someone~but that does NOT justify that child AND his friend punching him in the face!" She agreed. She said the proper actions will be taken. They better be, and I will be keeping up on this. Then my friend called me and told me that apparently there are video cameras on the bus. So I hope they kept it. I hope those kids are not coming to his birthday party~Jerks!! So I will keep you updated as to what happens. Their parents better do the right thing!

Donovan 1 hour after being pummeled. Poor kid!

Pictures today?! hmmmm.....Oh, so I went shopping. Bought a Sam's club membership, because it's closer to my house then BJ's. Went to Wally World because I needed hair dye. (my roots are coming in rather fast and terrible.) I also ended up buying 2 tomato plants, corn plants, and 2 strawberry plants. I guess we are changing up the garden this year. LOL! Depending on the weather (and because of the fact I have no money left) we will probably plant them tomorrow. Whoo Hoo!

"Grow big little plants!"

So my Bestie/Sis Renee owns her own health/fitness company. www.dragonflyfitness.com, and guess what!? I am going to be a fitness model for her company (well, one of them at least!) LOL! I will participate in fitness competitions, and I will be in the Calendar she produces! What is great is the calendar benefits a charity. So it's a good thing! So now I have to start doing her core exercises off her website, and get my booty in shape in time for all this stuff. My deadline is............I'm gonna have to ask her. LOL! I am going to take weekly pictures of my body progressing and what not. But that will be on my Facebook page. Not here. Well, maybe I'll post it here also. We'll see. LOL!

Hey! You wanna see a picture of Rowan playing with his balls?! LOL!

There you go! LMAO! Silly kid!

Hopefully we will have a better day tomorrow!

What is it with these WEEKENDS!!

2009-05-12T12:59:00.012-04:00

So yes, I had another one...LOL! But no guns were involved, I promise!!! Just my voice.....

So this past weekend was so exciting for me! Friday I was suppose to meet my friends (who I have never met before~only chatted on the phone) in NYC, for a day of fun...........and to drop off my Demo to Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Well, guess what happened!?!?! I just happened to be at the right place, at the right time, and I got to do my first Jingle for the 70's on 7 Channel. It is apparently set to air this week!! I am so excited! I obviously have to thank my friend Debby, (because she works there) and if it was not for her, I would NEVER have this opportunity!! So you can hear it on my facebook, or on my myspace demo page....www.myspace.com/rheacoral, or scroll to the bottom and push play!!
I hope that I get to do another one soon, because it was so much fun~and I think that doing what you absolutely love (for me singing and spawning children), makes it so much more fun!!

Sirius Producer Jerry R. mixing the Jingle

My Ed Hardy bag, watching over the Jingle work being done!

So while I was in NYC, I went to Soho and guess what I bought?!?!

Ed Hardy Soho, NYC

Ed Hardy W.13th Street, NYC

Yes, I took a pic of myself with my bag.....LOL

and look at this truck! AWESOME!

My BEAU-TIFUL Ed Hardy Eternal Love Purse~IN PURPLE!!!

Ugh! Talk about IN LOVE! It's huge (enough to hold diapers and bottles) and purple. On the one side are Rhinestone flowers, it's just so awesome! I am really glad that I did not go to Louis Vuitton for my Speedy 25. I really think this designer is great!!! (I can't believe I am drooling over something that is not made by LV! LOL!) There is another purse he has that I love, and the stores only had it in blue. They said it comes in purple also~so that will be my next one.....when I can find it! I went to the w.13th street one, did not like that store at all, they had low inventory on purses and sunglasses, and they literally had only 3 purses in the whole place~which was really small and hard to find. The taxi driver and I were not sure where we were because it was hard to find from the street! The inside was equally as small.

The one is Soho was Fan~tabulous!!! It was huge, and they had a slew of everything. I recommend going to that one first if you have a choice. It's located on 49 Mercer Street. I was really happy until I got back to Sirius in Manhattan, and realized they left the security tag on, and thanks to Debby, her Metro Card, (because I did not want to spend another $30 on Taxis) and 4 or 5 subway cars later~I got it exchanged (because it was also missing a zipper pull on the one side pocket.) A little bad experience, but at least I got the purse I love!

Oh yeah! Look what Tom Chiu did!

These are my Ed Hardy Lowrise Stencil Shoes. I wore them to Molly's the night I went to NYC, and he thought they were so cool! I am going to have to get this framed!! Visit his site, and hire him if you need FANTASTIC photos!!!
(He's taking our family photos June 13th and I can't WAIT!!)

Anyway, so on Friday, I ended up NOT meeting with my friends, but they came to my show that night. it was so great to see them, and meet them for the first time!

So then Saturday morning, Donovan and I were suppose to go to the Franklin Institute for Cub Scouts, and because I did not get home until 4 am that morning (and had to be in Philly by 9 am)..you guessed right! I could not get my sorry but out of bed and ended up sleeping until 12:30!!! LOL!
So I mowed the grass, did some motherly things, and then had another show Saturday night! Thankfully this show ended at 12 mindnight, so a nice early night for me.

Sunday~Mother's Day
We drive down to the shore, and go to the Tinton Falls Outlets. I've never been there since it's opened. Let me tell you~OMG! Juicy Couture outlet, Burberry, Cole Haan, Bebe, Ugh! Awesome, awesome, awesome!! I will be going back to the Bebe outlet there. Their clothes were really nice!
Then we go to CB Huntington and had dinner with the in law, and my parents all 500 of my kids and Patty Smith~her Granddaughter and her mom. It was really nice company. We ate, let the kids play games, then we trucked on down to the boardwalk. The kids got to ride the rides, and I have been dying for a great Gyro. But since Mr. T's gyro shop is gone now, none compare......*sigh* I want to try that gyro shop on route 37. Anyone been there yet!?

Then we went back home....Long weekend Part 2! But it was very successful for me, and very rewarding! I am literally on top of the world!
(Oh yeah~did I mention that Carrie the Laundry Lady came back this week from her week long vacation?!?!) LOL! I feel bad to all the laundry she came back to~I bet she won't go away for that long ever again!!! Muahahaha!!! LOL! We missed her very much! She is very loved here!

The longest weekend EVER!!!

2009-05-03T22:18:00.006-04:00

No, not really....it just kind of seemed that way! LOL! Maybe from the sleep (lack there of) I got....hmmm....

Let's see. It started on Friday, I had a show in Woodbridge, NJ, and did not get home until 3:30 am (Thanks to my sis Jacqui for talking to me until I got home safely!) Then I had to be up by 7 am to get Jacqui and we went to the Poconos to do our Range Officer Certification! (That's right there ladies and Gents....) we are certified for Archery, guns and slingshot. Now a lot of you that know me, know that I am totally scared of guns. I don't like them AT ALL! However, after this training I actually DO feel more comfortable around them. Do I want one?! Maybe like a pistol~not a rifle. Do I want one in my house?!? ABSOLUTELY NOT! They scare me to death, knowing there is one in the house (especially with 500 little ones who are curious and think guns are cool around.....so that will never happen. Jacqui and I are looking to join a gun club around here so we can keep up on our shooting skills, and keep the guns there, and out of the house! Will I shoot a Bambi eventually?!!? Let's just say~I'll never say never...And thankfully~they have Archery ranges also....which I need~because I sucked at Archery...Jacqui kicked booty!

My Arrows! Terrible, I know!

Me prepping the Bow and Arrow

Me shooting a .22 Caliber Rifle

My Score~8 points! Pretty good huh?!

So then after my wonderful 4 hour training (on 3.5 hours sleep), I decided to call the hunk on my way home to ask him if he was interested in taking the kids to.......

Stupid idea huh?! Maybe not to you!
We needed our Season Passes...

But to the woman who is on 3.5 hours of sleep, and who had just downed a Whopper with medium fries, and medium drink~THEN decides that since she's missed out on all the fun rides for a number of years due to a constant condition called "Pregnancy", is going to ride everything she can~take a WILD guess as to what happened?!?

Let's just say that......I dunno why every ride has to spin, and spin super fast at that....I guess when you are REALLY sleep deprived, and working on about 15,000 bad calories (my only food source due to the fact I woke up late and did not get any breakfast)~the food really tries to work it's way back the way it came! NO! I did not throw up, (Thank the good Lord,) but I was sooo sick to my stomach that The Hunk made me stop at Wendy's to get a Frosty to settle my stomach. Oh yeah, and I forgot to add that my vision was all screwed up from all the spinning as well. God, I don't think I will ever do that again!

So we get home, feed the kids, get them to bed, and I CRASH! LOL! I don't really remember what happened, so I must have been really, really tired! LOL!

Then Sunday comes...I was going to go to Cabela's to scope out the camping stuff for camp in July~and also to check out pistols and rifles to see what the cost is on stuff like that. But it was raining, and I was still really tired, and unmotivated...so I stayed home and chilled out. UGH! And I might add, I still am feeling pretty nauseated. I hope this part ends soon!

So goes the chalkboard that was suppose to be done...oh well~maybe sometime this week....

Blah, blah, blah....

2009-04-30T23:30:00.003-04:00

Well, the past few days have been extremely busy here in the big blue house...We got a trampoline, I rearranged Brayden and Jordans' room, ugh...and with my daily children chaos...well, you know how it is....

The trampoline is a hit...we've already had a scratched arm, a lost tooth, (yes, I am serious), fighting, and kids smacking each other...so personally I think it's a GREAT investment. I just love hearing whining all day, and crying because someone got hurt....and think....it's not even the summer yet!

Speaking of whining.....

Why do children think the more that the whine that they will get things. Granted, I am a sucker for my boys, but everyone knows how much I am strict with them. Brayden is now at that age where he just whines alllll day...every time I turn around he's whining...Waa, I want this, Waa, I want that.. Then he throws altimatiums at me..Well, if you get me this, I'll stop crying. WTF?!?! I dunno, I just hope it stops soon. LOL!

What else?

I am debating on my trip to NY with tthis whole swine thing going on. Ed Hardy' purple purse is awaiting my arrival on the 8th, along with my privte Sirius Satellite Radio tour (xoxo Deb)...and my night out with my powermommas. But I don't really want to contract anything to bring back home to the kids. I know that it could be anywhere, but Biden pretty much advised staying from confined spaces (ie. busses or trains/subways), and since I'd never drive into the city, those are really my options. I dont kow what I am going to do...I am still undecided.

Saturday Jacqui and I are going for our shooting training for camp. I am really excited because secretly I have always been afraid of guns and Bows and arrows, and things like that, and I think that this training will make me feel a bit better about it. Then Jacqui and I will go like once a month to a shooting range and keep up with our new learned ability. How fun! We are also going to start rock climbing and other cool things. It's great for us to be getting so active.

So with all that...I am hoping to eventually get this sill chalkboard done at some point this weekend....I promise, it will be soon!

Phew...Finally, a project and a suprise!

2009-04-23T10:05:00.005-04:00

So since I have gotten my new car with the manufacture installed DVD entertainment system, and the nice headphones with the squishy earpieces............they have since broken......the squishy earpieces at least. They look like they have been attacked by a vicious dog! That dog would be Rowan.....the "I have to taste everything" 1 year old! So for about 2 months now, the kids have been crying because one would end up wearing the broken headphone minus 1 squishy ear piece. (It's actually comical watching the kids bolt into the car so they would get the good pair, and the other 2 would have to suffer with the broken ones. I have to say they did get into the car a lot quicker that way! LOL!) Either way....I was sick and tired of them crying and complaining. So I did this!

All I did was bought felt from Wal-Mart for 0.39 each, and glued those bad boys on there. I let them dry overnight, and then I trimmed them to fit! And let me tell you, the boys say they are comfy to wear, and they were cheap and easy to do! Instead of buying the replacements for god knows how much, try this instead!

This is the Face of the Proud toothless Coral, Donovan! He lost that tooth that belongs to the big one first the other day, and then today he lost the big one! Go Buddy! Now he has a big tooth growing in, but it's literally the size of the hole in his face right now....so I am wondering how the 2nd tooth he lost is going to grow in also, because there is no room right now for a second tooth........Do I smell braces in the future?!?!

Oh well! I am doing another project in Brayden and Jordan's room. So I can't wait to share it with you guys! And the boys are excited to have it! It's a CHALKBOARD!!

Life is good!

2009-04-21T15:34:00.002-04:00

So I was visited today by my old best friend from Middle School. LOL! How much fun it was to see her! We talked on the phone for 4 hours yesterday! (Guess we had A LOT of catching up to do!) Either way~we went through 1 cell phone batter and 1/2....1 house phone battery and I believe another house phone battery! LOL! Guess we should charge our phones before we talk next time! LOL! It was so cool to know that there is someone here that I already know (and her family) that live so close by! Yeah! Another friend under my belt of Pennsylvania! LOL!

Speaking of regained friendships~I went to Neighbor 1's house the other night, and ended up staying for a good few hours just talking and watching movies. It was a really nice evening and I had a lot of fun. It's nice to have them back in our lives.

I am feeling SOOOO much better today! My god, I have recovered really nicely~and I hope that will be the end of all the flus, and strep and everything until next winter. The beginning of the year was not really so bad for us, but the tail end was a kicker! (guess we made up for lost time!) LOL! I love being able to swallow my food and not cringe! LOL! (and I did end up gaining another pound or 2!) Grrr....

Austin had his well visit yesterday. Is is a hearty 10 lbs 2 oz. however, he just does not seem that heavy to me. I guess it's because I see him everday. LOL! Brayden starts soccer for the YMCA today. I am excited for him. He is going to have a great time. I know he's been wanting to play since last year~so I'm excited that because Bill is not coaching this year....I will finally get to go to some of his games. He loves when I can get to watch him play. I wonder what color he'll be this year. The past 2 he was 2 different shades of green (thankfully his favorite color!)

I am really debating on getting a Wii fit. Since I am unable to get to a gym, I was wondering if people REALLY loose weight on this silly thing? All the gyms here require that you pay for child care and it gets expensive since I now have 5 of them. LOL! And they also require that they be at least 6 months of age....it really makes me miss Toms River Fitness because of the unlimited age group, and unlimited time for leaving them there. (sometimes I like 2 classes, and it takes a bit longer then the hour and 1/2 alotted time for usual daycares.) So I guess I am just going to have to rely on my metabolism. Oh well.

Donovan is learning how to cook. LOL! Not like I am the most awesome chef in the world....but I am teaching him the basics of cooking..like taking the food in and out of the oven, mixing, measuring scoops of things...etc. He is really excited to learn how to cook. He said that he wants to be a great chef....(which will be good for me, because hopefully then I will not have to cook anymore either! HAHAHA!!!!) Every year that he gets older I am going to teach him a new responsibility. And hopefully by the time he is 18 he can go to culinary school and make us some awesome food!

Guess we will see!!

Another one bites the dust.....

2009-04-18T16:44:00.002-04:00

As I sit here looking outside my open bedroom window at all the kids and parents playing in the beautiful 70 degree weather, I curse all the damn children in the world who pass on Strep throat to others......

LIKE ME!!! Thanks to the kids who passed it to Donovan, who then passed it to Brayden, who then passed it to me.....

I am NOT enjoying the feeling of swallowing razorblades, pencil in the ear stabbing pain, headaches that make you see double, and swollen lymph nodes that hurt so bad you swore Andrew Zimmern ripped them out of you so he could taste them....On top of that! The sweating! (however I will attribute my newfound 129 lb body to all this loss of fluid.....so whose complaining about that!?!?) So I got my sick butt over to the urgent care walk in clinic and found out that strep is the culprit.....Lucky me.

I have to say that since I have had my tonsils removed, over 10 years ago, that I have not once had strep. So I think I did pretty good.

So Bill has had to take one the household duties....Clean, change diapers, distribute medication, etc...etc... But as if me being sick was not enough for him.....Donovan comes home from the Pack meeting puking his guts up all over the house. EWWW!! So Bill cleaned up the chunks and me, in my unstable dizziness steam cleaned the rug.

I have to say though~I have a lot of thanks.....Thanks to the Hunk, for maintaining the house and kids, and letting me rest and buying all the medication! You do such a great job!

Thanks to my Sissa Jacqui~who is not afraid of the strep quariteined house~to bring me her home made soup (the only thing I've eaten in 2 days), And her *Ancient* Chinese sore throat molassas mix of stuff~yummy! (I think she said ancient...LOL!) XOXOXO!! Jacqui is so good to me! I can't wait until it's my turn to help her out for everything she has done for me and my family~her and her family are certainly an extension of us!

Thanks to my Deb Deb~for the interesting and funny late night texts', and for always checkin' up on me! XOXOXO!!!!!!!! (since Deb had this virus first, and we were texting each other, do you really think it's possible she could have sent me the virus?? LOL!)

So, moving on.....

Remember I was telling you all that we are getting a brand new elementary school?? Well, not only am I a member of the PTA, but I am also an officer! I am the Recording secretary! LOL!! I figured that since the Coral bunch will have about 500 kids coming through the system, I might as well be proactive, and participate. Hell, you can't complain about the system if you don't participate? Right?? And since this is a brandy new school, we are makin' all the rules FIRST! It's gonna be good, and I can't wait!

Oh well. That's it for now.......xoxo!

Spring, a time for new renewals...

2009-03-31T17:06:00.002-04:00

So, since the kids are going to be out and about soon, I have decided that it's best to let things lay, for the sake of the kids, and make a minimal attempt at corresponding with neighbor 1. (I know you all know what I'm talking about)

I told Bill that my new year resolution (though I never make them because they are stupid, and never kept) was that I would be more forgiving. So I figured I would use my forgiving just this once, and if it works, great~if not~then at least I made an attempt, and then people can stop harassing me to stop being so stubborn and just let things go. At least I tried.

Attempt 1....Donovan and Brayden were suppose to invite neighbor 1's kid over to play~but somehow ended up staying over and eating dinner. I facebooked her a quick note just to say thank you for taking them and that I appreciated it..................................no response back.

Attempt 2...Invited over neighbor 1's kid to play with the boys.........................no comment from neighbor 1....but her husband was nice and cordial...we invited him inside to see the baby.

Attempt 3...Invited over neighbor 1's kid to Donovan and Brayden's Birthday party.........no comment from neighbor 1...but neighbor 1's husband said they would be away and returning around 7 the day of the party, and maybe they would stop by......

So I guess we'll see what is going to happen...I would imagine that they would be tired from all the traveling, but who knows. Again, at least I made an attempt (or more) to try to communicate with them. (considering I no longer have their number, and I have changed mine~also the fact that I am not going to bring over all 900 of my kids to their house to try to talk to them, because unlike my children~I don't go to things uninvited...I think I have done my best, and now no one can say that I did not try.) I am not apologizing for anything, and neither are they apparently~so why not just sweep it under the door, and move on? (as my friend Gina said) Which I agree~yeah, we are both stubborn people~great~we get it!

A Quick Coral Review....

2009-03-31T16:48:00.003-04:00

So, there is sooo much to catch up on. But pretty much all of you know how the birth went and all that fun jazz. So I won't bore you with those details. Pretty much, he came out by himself, and he's fantastic! His 3 week appointment he was 8 lbs 7 oz. LOL! Almost Brayden's weight at birth!

So, I have been super spoiled by hubby. He hired someone to do my laundry, which has been a blessing! And what's funny is before we got her, my dining room was always cluttered with laundry....which all of you know about for the most part. Well, now it's spotless clean, and now I feel more happy and motivated to maintain the house to be nicer. But what is funnier, is the fact that now we need more dressers, because we have SO MUCH stuff, we don't have room for it all. We literally went from, we have nothing~socks, etc...to....we have too MUCH! LOL! I can't remember the last time all this laundry was caught up with. But I have to tell you, it's really nice to have it finally caught up! (she also watches the kids if I have to step out when she's here~and they absolutely LOVE her, because she is so great with them!)

We also found a babysitter/nanny besides my father! That's right! We have actually learned to trust someone else besides my father to watch the kids....and she's great! She is going to school for Early Childhood Development, and she is fantastic with the kids. And what is even better is that she's willing to spend days with us to Dorney Park, and travel with us to the shore when we go for our long weekend, so that we are not completely confined to a space with the kids! I am very excited about the summer this year, because it's going to be so much easier for us.....and we can have some more "us" time also. We barely go out together, but this is going to help us out a lot!

The kids are great! I took Donovan out of Catholic School (best move I've made), and enrolled him in public school! He is so happy there, and he says it's because of a less stressful environment. His teacher does not yell at the class, and he said she is really nice. She even sent a quick note to say how well he has adjusted to the new classroom. I am glad that he is happier there....that's all that matters.

Brayden is great also! He loves preschool, and can't wait for kindergarten. Jordan is getting screwed out of preschool this year, so we are holding off on him for next year. Rowan is getting huge, and he's starting to say more words.

This time I am really going to catch up on my blogging....It's just been really hard for me to adjust to 5 kids and to get into a routine. But now that I have my laundry lady, and my house in more in order, it will be a lot easier for me to keep up now.
xoxo

So much, So much.....

2009-02-04T08:09:00.003-05:00

My god, have I been bad at blogging or what?!?! So much has been going on since Christmas, it's sinful...(Never thought Christmas and Sinful would EVER go together.)

Either way, it's literally been nothing but bad news since then, but hopefully we are looking up and going to have a more positive year. I always believe "bad new year=great end of the year!"

So I am now 35.4 Weeks pregnant. And this just has been a roller coaster ride in itself. Preterm labor, at 32 weeks. The whole 9. My body is just giving out finally. Too many babies in such a short period of time. I have been in so much pain, especially with my hips, it's too much to deal with sometimes. I can't really walk, especially if I have had a long day. I look like a 90 year old woman who has a severe case of arthritis. LOL! Sometimes Bill actually has to carry me along and guide me. My hips already gave out once on me, and I fell right to the floor. Thankfully I fell as I was standing up to get off the couch in the family room, right to the floor. (now I know why those kids cry like babies when they fall off the couch!) LOL! Austin's room is ready for the most part. I partially feel like a bad mom, because I did not make a new nursery for him, like I did with all the kids. That's partially because of my horrible pregnancy. However, It's still going to look really cute, and I love the set up of the room anyway.
BTW-Bill did get the big "V", so our babymaking shop is officially closed~FYI! I can now be positive and remain a size 2 for longer than 1 year! WHOO HOO!! And I can officially start going on amusement park rides, since I won't be pg this summer (the boys are so excited about that part!) LOL!

So to make my life a bit easier, we are going to be inducing him at 37 weeks (1 weeks 6 days) providing his lungs are ready for the real life. This is a bit earlier than my "Feb 27th" induction date. But it's going to be a relief to me, and my household, because I'll be able to function better without a kid attacking my body! Doing this is such a better situation. Especially because my band is affected by it, because I can't dance or really move. I'm stuck to a chair, and that's not fun!

So since my last blog, my car died. Yes, the Blue van that I love oh so much~died. RIP....The head gasket blew, and unfortunately the cost to fix it really was not worth it. We JUST put brand new tires on it, and brand new breaks, and then 2 weeks later.......Head Gasket. UGH! We had just refinanced our house in January, and we were going to use that money for the basement. Well, some of it went into the brandy new 2008 Chrysler Town and Country I just got (but can barely drive because of bedrest!) LOL! It's a pretty sweet car, (even though I was soooo not happy about getting another minivan.) But as I get to drive it more and more, I'm really lovin' it! It has many cool features. Minus the power doors, which sucks because I LOVED my power doors! It's a great option for us lazy people! LOL!

Then what else.....Oh yeah,

Bill's aunt went to the hospital, Bill's mom went to the hospital, my friend Kelly~hospital, My friend Gen hospital, My dad hospital, hmmm....who else....Me (Well, I'll be there soon) LOL! CAN EVERYONE STOP STRESSING ME OUT PLEASE!!!! I have enough to deal with!! LOL!

I do have a lick of awesome news, but I will have to hold that out for another blog~as I was sworn to secreacy, and so be it. Sorry, I am not ALREADY pregnant again! LOL! (though I know a lot of you are already jinxing me, or at least trying to attempt to!) LOL!

I DO have to pat myself on the back though! I am quite proud of myself that I can announce as of this past week, this is the first flu we've dealt with so far all winter! Otherwise my kids have all been so healthy!!! I am so happy about this. And knock on wood, no throw up to deal with at all! WHOO HOO!! Though they are still coughing, I have been feeding them herbal teas with peppermint, and mint to clear them up before that baby comes.

Gosh, February is here, where has the time gone....I guess because we've been so busy here, it's just slipped by with minimal warning. Such a shame!

Well, I guess that's really about it for now......I promise to do a better job of keeping up on my blog. LOL! For your entertainment~Here is video of Austin Moving in my belly at 35 weeks. Just wait until you hear me say Oh my God, and you should see him moving around real good!!
xoxo

28.4 Weeks and Christmas is nearing....

2008-12-16T14:54:00.002-05:00

So I am 28 weeks! Whoo Hoo! I am really happy because I get to feel this little guy move around a lot, and Christmas is almost here. What do the 2 have in common??? Absolutely nothing. LOL!

Santa was really good to the boys this year, They got a Wii, and a slew of everything for the Wii, they also got brand new Nintendo Ds's and a slew of games to go with those also. So it's like a video game Christmas! They are going to be soo excited!! I can't WAIT to play the Wii! LOL!

I just can't believe that Christmas is almost here, and this is the first year that everyone is done, my cards are all sent out on time, and I can just relax
I am feeling not so great. Last night, I had another bout of my wonderful painful condition. Everytime I stood up I was having a contraction, and I was experiencing a lot of pain in my hips, groin area,, and other areas we won't mention....LOL! I love feeling him move around, but in the same breath, I am soo done being pregnant if I am going to end up on bedrest this time again. At least this time it will only be for 2 months, instead of 4 months. I can deal with that.

Rowan got his stitches out the other day. LOL! It took 3 of us to hold him down and get them out, but the area looks like it's not going to scar if at all~which is good. I don't want him to have a scar.

I am so not ready for snow, or ice, or whatever we are about to get. I hate the cold weather, always have! I'm a summer all year type of person! LOL! How many more days until spring?!?!?

Whatever, you do what you got to do!

Rowan's first hospital trip last night

2008-12-06T12:50:00.002-05:00

So I was cleaning my family room, and had the bunny cage in the middle of the floor, and I was vacuuming. Rowan and the kids were playing~and Rowan was being cute and spinning around the family room. Well he fell on his own feet, and took a header into the corner of the cage. By the time he was done gushing blood, I noticed that the cut was deep. I was not sure if it was deep enough to constitute stitches, but it looked pretty bad. So Bill was passed out upstairs, (mind you this was at 7:30 pm) so I rounded up all the kids, and headed to the hospital. (Better safe than sorry) 2 hours later, Rowan ended up with 4 stitches. Poor guy~I felt so bad for him as they were holding him down so he could not move. Poor guy was screaming his guts out!

So ontop of Bill getting neutered, it has been a long day! LOL! So now I have the "Stitch Twins" running around injured. LOL! Oh well, boys will be boys!

26.3 Weeks and my knee

2008-12-01T10:45:00.004-05:00

So I am almost at that 30 week mark! Whoo Hoo! How exciting! However I want to murder the shortest of the Coral's because he ripped off the wallpaper border in the nursery, and now I have to remove the rest of it, and figure out what I am going to do for the new baby! Grr..... I can't believe that he did that! I was so happy that I had nothing to do to the nursery! (I knew it was too good to be true!)

Either way, I am feeling pretty good, considering that my knee is killing me. The more I stand or walk on it, the more it bothers me, sends a shooting pain down my shin, and around my knee cap. I can't stand it! Literally!

Thanksgiving was nice, and calm. The kids did not eat, but what else is new! I can't wait for school to start back up for a few more weeks! LOL! We are getting a Christmas tree today because in 4 more days...............

BILL IS GETTING NEUTERED!!!

Yes! It's true! Unless God has other plans, we will officially be done being pregnant all the time!!

The kids are getting ready for Christmas. Donovan has a speaking part at church during mass, I can't wait to see what he's going to do! I'll record it! Speaking of recording, I video taped Austin moving around in my belly. He was beating me up like crazy last night! It was soo cool! I am going to miss feeling the babies move. It's such an awesome feeling!!

So we have decided to FINALLY take the boys to Disney for Christmas next year! I am really excited because I think my kids are the only kids that have never been there! So for us to actually make this decision to take them is awesome! Hell, if Jon and Kate plus 8 can do it, then we certainly can also! Except we don't have the huge entourage like they do!

24 weeks and UGH!

2008-11-18T13:19:00.003-05:00

So I am not feeling that great again. I am having a lot of contractions, not painful, but they give me a headache. Go figure. I had a little red spotting and a radiating pain under my belly on top of it, so it made me worried. I am on a bedrest again, but that's okay. (Less laundry I have to do!) LOL!

Austin is moving around like a major champ! I really notice a difference in the movement patterns lately. Where last week, I never really felt movement, but this week, I feel everything! It's really cool~and the boys really enjoy it! They think it's the coolest feeling, they tell him they love him. It's so cute!

We should be done getting our estimates soon, I can't wait to start this basement. We think it will be started before Austin comes. So January/February~ish. I want every freakin' toy down these stairs, and I never want to see another toy up here again! LOL! Donovan is really excited to have his bedroom down there, and Brayden can't wait to move his room to the bedroom on the 1st floor! Then this house will have gone from a 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house to a 6 bedroom, 3 1/2 bathroom house. Pretty nice huh?! It will balance out all the kids, and all the commotion on the main floor! I don't know WHAT it's going to be like with 5 boys under 7 when the time comes! LOL!

we are also having a shed made, so that will be nice, keep my darn garage clean! (and my basement!) Also, we are pulling up the hardwood pergo, and putting down another carpet.....darkish brown burber. Something to tie in our kitchen cabinets. It's going to be nice. I really can't wait!

Jordan is almost fully potty trained. We have only had 2 accidents, which is not bad. If you put a diaper on him, then he is going to go in there. But if you leave it off, he goes in the toilet. It will be nice to only have to change 1 diaper for a little while before Austin comes, then I am back to 2. LOL! Do you guys realize that I have been changing diapers constantly for 6 years?!? LOL!

I can not believe Thanksgiving is next week! Gosh, where has the time gone!?! Then Christmas is going to be here before we know it!

Blinded By the Light!!

2008-11-14T12:36:00.001-05:00

So Bill and I have a running joke in the house.

I had bought these light bulbs on sale and thought the price was really good. However, I did not realize that they were 100 watts each. LOL! So we have them on, in our bathroom. 4 Of them. So that's 400 Watts of lights just in my vanity. Well, god forbid if you go in there when it's dark, because you are literally "Blinded by the light" for a good 3 minutes or so!

So Bill started making jokes about how NASA Satellites can see our house from the Bathroom skylight. LOL! Well, he just sent me this email this other day and the next one is from this morning~and they were so hysterical, I had to share it with you!

ok miniature.

btw - Got another call fm NASA this am. Apparently, the light fm our
bathroom blinded the pilot of the space shuttle and sent the shuttle out of
the moons orbit.
they said if it happens again, that we are getting a 5 million fuel
surcharge. i told them that you would work off the debt if it does happen
again. lol!!!!

William Coral | Director of Merchandise Operations |PVH Dress Shirt Group |

Then today I got this one...

Ok.....This one was my fault..... I put "the light" on this am to take a
shower like I usually do and went about my routine.
Well, just before leaving the house this am I received a strange call on my
cellphone.

The call was from a Martian named Commander Nanu. Apparently, "the light"
began to incinerate the control panel on board their Martian battleship and
caused them to crash land on Mercury at about 6:20am this am. Commander
Nanu told me if I have that light in the am again at that same time, that
they will come abduct me and melt my brain.

Pls dont make the same mistake I made! lol!!

William Coral | Director of Merchandise Operations |PVH Dress Shirt Group |

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23.6 Week OB Appointment

2008-11-13T12:41:00.002-05:00

So today I had my dr. appointment with John. The baby is doing great, he's still transverse, Not head up or down. Just sideways. I am good also! LOL, I don't know if you can believe it or not, but I've already gained 12 this past MONTH! LOL! I started out at 113 lbs, and I am now 136.

John said that apparently this is just how I gain weight, and that I tend to have a bump in my weight around this time~so he's not worried about my weight gain because I have normal sized babies! LOL! My luck this kid is going to come out wearing 12 months. LOL!

My blood pressure was 118/70, and I guess no sugar in my urine! I go back in 4 weeks! December 9, 2008 11:15 am. Then I will probably get my glucose test done after that appointment. Then this kid is going to be here in no time!!

I can't believe how fast it's going to go, because if you really think about it~the holidays make the last part of the year go by so fast, then I am due in Beginning of march (maybe the last week in February,) And that is literally right around the corner from New Year's. Wow!

Brayden got to feel Austin move around, so now he's so excited! He thinks it's so cool, and he'll talk to him and tell him how much he loves him. It's so cute! I love feeling him move around. He's not super active, but when I do feel him, it's just the most awesome feeling.

We are starting to get estimates on our basement. I think that is the major project we are going to start with. Plus we need a shed to store all the lawn and gardening crap. Then the basement is going to be awesome!

Donovan's 1st grade report card Quaarter 1

2008-11-10T20:08:00.006-05:00

Donovan got his report card! He did such an awesome Job!! We bought him the Lego Star Wars game for his Nintendo DS. I am so happy that he is doing so well. We are super proud of him!! Here is his report card! Click on it to enlarge it!

GO DONOVAN GO!!

'Tis the Season (part 1.)

2008-11-10T08:38:00.002-05:00

Only because I'm sure there will be a part 2 to this. LOL!

So is anyone else dreading this time of year?? I am happy that I get to at least have Thanksgiving at my house, because you know; with 500 children, it's hard to keep them all at bay! At least here, they can chill and I don't have to worry if they are going to break anything. I love Thanksgiving! Yummy food, and I am totally craving my favorite Creamed Peas!

I told the kids that Thanksgiving is a time where we are thankful for our family and friends, (what we have left), and that they have to give away their old toys to charity! LOL! (They were not happy about this!) But I figured that since we are staying here, and getting ready to finish the basement, that we really need to be rid of the toys that have no matches, or no purpose anymore. It will reduce a lot of the clutter here, and it will give us more room for the new stuff.

I think I am thankful for the fact that their list really consists of video games, and Legos (the tiny ones, not the big ones.) Otherwise, they are pretty easy! (Thank God for having all boys! Less tiny toys to run around the house!) So movies, Lego's and Video games. (I bought them a Wii, they are going to be soo excited!) They can play their gamecube games on it, so it's less games that we have to buy. They are going to get the lego series games (batman, indiana jones, star wars, star wars chronicles) They are going to be so excited!

'Tis the season for the Chinese Apple (Pomogranate). I love these things, and they are a very expensive habit! Thank God the good season for them is only 1 month. LOL! I think in that month Bill buys me at least $100.00 worth! They are so good and addicting. However, I want to start getting my nails done, and I can't because the juice stains your hands and nails pretty bad. So it looks like I have dirty hands. LOL! I guess I'll get them done before christmas when the season for them ends.

I am not looking forward to the winter. So much so, that Bill and I have changed our plans (again) and we are staying in the Big Blue house and we are going to buy a Summer home more than likely in Orlando. I can't believe how cheap the houses there are!! I figured the market would be expensive there because of how close to Disney and all the attractions they are. But I guess I was wrong! This house will also be where we potentially retire. So I am excited! (This will not be for a good few years~we want somewhere close to orlando because of the kids~so we can start traveling with them and have a secure place to go.) We'll see!

Thanks for reading!

23 Weeks Pregnant, and a start to blogging

2008-11-08T14:39:00.008-05:00

I am now 23 weeks pregnant! I am starting to feel this little guy moving around like crazy! It's so awesome. I love these days when you feel the movement. To me it's the most amazing time.

I figured I would start this blog site because I canceled my myspace profile. I like myspace, but I find that Facebook is much nicer, and less viruses. So since I am linking this to that, it will not be so bad. However, I just lost so many blogs since the beginning of this pregnancy, it's sinful. Oh well~a fresh new start is always a good thing I guess!

Brayden is going through Oedipus syndrome, it's crazy how much in love this child is with me. He want's to marry me, and he calls me beautiful all the time. It's so funny. Donovan had it, but it was not that bad. This time is crazy! The stuff he comes up with is hysterical! He told me that when Bill and I break up then he can marry me. LOL! I said well, you can't marry me~then he said "Well, when you guys break up, then daddy can have a girlfriend." (where do kids come up with this crap!) But it is really hysterical!

Donovan is doing so great in school. That child is pulling 100%'s on all of his tests (with the exception of 1 or 2 80%'s.) He is very smart, and he's keeping up like a champ. He loves Cub Scouts, because all of his school friends are in it. We are starting to do a lot of community service stuff, and we are advancing really well (and quickly). I am happy!

Jordan is doing really great also. It's amazing that the kids that we planned are non-listening pains in the ass, but the ones that were not planned are much better listeners.....go figure! He officially started potty training, and he's completed so no more pull up diapers for him!! (except for night time!) He is doing fantastic, but still trained later than Brayden (he trained himself at 2 1/2 all by himself.)

Rowan is so smart also. He says a lot of words, and he's communicating really well with people. However, he still hates some strangers, and won't let me work out at the gym. It's not fair! LOL! I can't believe that he turned 1! My baby grew up too fast!

I am doing well, I love my band~though our schedule is laxed a bit. Hopefully we are going to pick up for the new year~which will be nice! I am Donovan's Tiger Cub Scout Den Leader. I love it, the kids are great! They are a little crazy, but hey! They are 11 6 year old boys~what do you expect?!? It is nice to be able to get out, and be with other kids, and do fun stuff. We already got to go on a hike, We are sleeping on the battleship NJ in April, and we are camping out at the Iron Pigs Stadium June 26th! I can't wait! Then in the summer, we are going camping for a week up in the poconos! (yeah, I know~there are no Hilton Hotels around, so I am going to have to rough it!) LOL! I am excited for the upcoming year with the cub scouts~at least we get to go out, and do a lot of stuff that we would not have been able to do before!

So we have decided to stay here in Pennsylvania. We are not moving back to NJ. We have come to the conclusion that we are setting our roots here, and since we are not going to be able to put our house up for sale probably for another 3 year or more until the market gets better, we are just going to finish the basement, put in another bedroom and full bathroom, and stay here. Even if we do put the house up for sale, we will move to another house here in this area, just bigger, (and flatter property.) I think this decision is good for us because the kids are getting involved with a lot of stuff here, and making friends so it sucks to have to move them so far away just for them to start all over again. My mom said "Well, you would not be the only ones to move after the kids are older and made friends and such", but my mom did not want to move when I was younger for the same reason, and I don't want to do it with mine. Granted, I don't think their friends will be living here for the rest of their lives (they may move or whatever.) But it's just the point.

So we are looking into finishing the basement and what our options are. Since the rates are so low right now for equity loans (4%) this would be the best time to get one and do the basement. That would certainly make this house seem bigger~adding another 1500 square feet or so. And all the kids toys will be down there. That is going to be their rec room, so I can get all these damn toys out of my family room! My friend Michelle has her basement set up like that also, no toys upstairs~just in the basement. and I love it. We are giving them the big TV for video games, and we will eventually get a flat screen for the family room. (ah, I love HDTV) LOL! I love when you can just close the door, and no one has to see it! LOL!

Here is a picture of the boys for ya! And here is a Halloween picture! They were suppose to all be clone troopers, but all the costumes ripped in the crotch~and Donovan was the only one who wanted to wear it with the rip. So you all probably remember these other costumes from prior Halloweens! LOL!

Changing the name!! (older blog from before!)

2008-11-05T16:45:00.000-05:00

First off, I want to say that I am really excited for Obama to win as president of our Country! I feel a Democratic Change is going to be really great for us, and bring us back to a Country of somewhat normality, and a better economy!

Okay, now, We've decided to change Little Baby Boy's name to

Austin Robert Coral.

Yeah, I really love Evan Joseph~Maybe we'll keep this name in line for if that Vasectomy fails (hehe!) But I really love the name Austin~so that is going to be his name!

The kids are all confused~and they say Evan, then switch it to Austin. LOL! Thankfully they have a few months to get use to it!! HAHAHA!!

I am starting to feel him move stronger now. Last night he was banging all over the place~and my belly was moving around like crazy. You could actually feel a limb moving, it was so neat!

This baby is going to be here in no time, because you know the holidays are going to fly by, and once January hits~the baby will be here in 2 months!!! AAAHHHH!!!!! I have to prepare myself for chaos! But it's going to be great!

I don't have to do anything except move Rowan to Jordan's room, and then move Jordan into Brayden's room. (they are going to share again!) I am not repainting and all I have to do is bring up the clothes! This is going to be cake!! It's definately a benefit having another boy~and I am really excited!

I can't wait to see which kid he looks like! So far I think he's going to look like Jordan~but I think he should look like Brayden~so Brayden looks like none of the other kids! LOL! I guess we'll see soon enough!

And you don't think you should apologize???

2008-10-20T16:51:00.001-04:00

Okay, So the Story is this.........

This is a continuation of my previous blog. This is going to explain exactly why I'm so pissed off, and I want you guys to tell me if I am being Lied to right to my face, or if this is REALLY a misunderstanding...........

So you can keep up, the neighbor who lied to me we'll call her Neighbor 1, and the other involved neighbor, we will call Neighbor 2.

Okay, So every year in November my Neighbor 1 throws herself a birthday party, because it's around Thanksgiving.

Well, I was talking with Neighbor 2 and she was asking me if I got invited to Neighbor 1's party yet. I said "no". She said, well make sure you look for your invitation she's giving them out soon, so one should be in your mailbox. I said okay. (Now I'm home 24/7 and I'm the first to always get the mail, it's never left in the box for any amount of time.) So During these 2 weeks until her party, I'm being asked by other neighbors if we were going to her party. I said "no, we were not invited~but I heard she's apparently giving out invitations so I'm just waiting for ours." Another time I was at their house 2 times in this 2 weeks and never once was told or asked why we did not RSVP to this party~or if we were even coming. (Normally I get a phone call, or in passing of seeing them they ask if we are going to come~which never happened.) So now I'm like, "okay~maybe we are not invited." Bill was like, maybe they just forgot the invitation. I was like okay, whatever.

So Neighbor 2's son's birthday was at chuck e cheese the day before Neighbor 1's big birthday party. So I brought Donovan and Jordan Because Brayden was sick with a fever. Neighbor 1's husband showed up with their son, but she was not there. So I asked him (Let me tell you that this is an exact quote from the husband. I swear on all of my children's lives and my husband's lives and I remember it like it was yesterday!!)
"So where is Neighbor 1? He said, "oh she's home getting the house ready". And I said "ready for what?" He said "oh, her birthday is tomorrow". I said, "Oh, that's right". Then I paused for a minute or two...(figuring if this was an honest mistake that he would say something to the effect of, "well aren't you guys coming to her party you know you were invited, or something like that.) Instead~I got this answer..................(And I Quote with my children's lives)

"Oh nothing.........Just hanging out."

OMG! I was sooo Pissed off. I said "Oh, well tell her I said Happy Birthday."

So then after that conversation, I went over to Neighbor 2 and asked her if she did any shopping because he son's party was on black friday. And she said "No, this morning we had to run and get his cake, and we bought a bunch of wings that the husband was going to make for Karen's Birthday party." I snottly remarked, "Oh, well just so you know, we were not invited to her party." Then she said "Really", and I said "well, I got my proof" the preceded to tell her about my conversation with Neighbor 1's husband. Neighbor 2 said "That's strange."

So I called Bill From Chuck E cheese and told him we were intentionally not invited their party and explained how I found out. I told him "Watch this, and I'm gonna call it~I am going to get a phone call either tonight or tomorrow from Neighbor 1, saying "OMG I just got off the phone with Neighbor 2 and she told me that you did not get the invitation."

Well, let's just say that the next morning while I was talking to my BFF in Arizona, who calls on my other line, with the exact quote that I told Bill! LOL!

I told her, "We were not invited", she said "yes you were", I said, "No we were not, and you know why I know we were not". And she said "no, why?" Then I told her the whole conversation with her hubby. Then she said "Oh Really?" and I said, "Yeah really~and with that we won't be coming to anymore parties~and I'm on the other line long distance so I have to go. Bye" and then hung up.

Since then, I have not gotten an apology which leads me to believe that all my assumptions, are correct, and since then no one has even mentioned the situation. (I am still talking to neighbor 2, and they said that neighbor 1 believes that they did nothing wrong.) HUH???!! THEY DID NOTHING WRONG?!?! THEY LIED TO ME AND GOT CAUGHT!!! LMFAO!!

So pretty much everyone here thinks I'm wrong and I should just let it go so we can all be friends........well anyone who is on my friends list knows~I've been lied to and letting it go without an apology is sooooo NOT gonna happen!

So since all of this, we have been shunned by everyone here, not invited to parties (which sucks for the boys, because I have to explain to them why we are not invited~and yes, they know the real story.) It hurts me to see this happen to them, but I refuse to look like the neighborhood asshole and just suck this up.

Did I get a Thank You from them for watching their son when he came over to play this summer??? Nope. Neighbor 1 just stayed in her house. I told the boys he could not come over until I got an apology. But, I let him come over anyway.

Did I get an emailed apology, nope
did I get a phone apology, nope
did I get a letter apology, nope.
nope, nope, nope.........

I am tired of being portrayed the resident bitch for something I did not do! I did not lie, they did!!! But I'm being punished for it!?!?!? Why???

Bill thinks this.....

"Maybe it's because we have a lot of kids, and they really don't want all the kids over there." (Neighbor1's hubby does not really seem to take to kids, and mine want to hang on him because they love him,) so maybe he did not want to be hung on, and did not want us there." So instead of asking us to not bring the kids (because everyone always brings their kids) then it would not look right. So it would be better to not invite us at all.

"Or maybe our invitation really blew out of the mailbox." I doubt it considering that I am always first to the mailbox, and we did not have really any wind this winter. We get a lot of wind in the summer.

"Maybe it really WAS a misunderstanding." Okay, I'd believe this if I did not question the day's activities to the husband and he flat out told me "Oh nothing, just hanging out" No mention of a party at all. and in the 2 weeks that I had seen them and spoke with them, they never once mentioned a party coming.

"Maybe it's because we have the house up for sale." Well, that is a REALLY stupid reason.....

So, I still have yet to understand why, but I find as the year has gone on, it's like we have cooties, and now really none of the neighbors talk to us.

But either way. That's the story so long and drawn out. But it's all the truth. This is what happened.

So please tell me if I am over reacting, or what. I feel like if I give in without an apology then I just look like a fool and that I let people walk all over me. And you all know that is not me at all.

Thanks for reading my novel!
*Hugs*

20 Week U/S and Confirmed Gender!

2008-10-17T17:16:00.000-04:00

20 Weeks Pregnant/The BIG Ultrasound!!
As confirmed it's baby boy #5!! I am not shocked as I told you when we conceived it was another boy! LOL! Bill is in disbelief, and the boys are upset as they really wanted a baby sister!

12 Down Syndrom Screening!

2008-08-31T16:53:00.000-04:00

the Down Syndrome test went perfect. We have a perfect nasal bone, perfect fluid behind the neck (1 mm) And Perfect everything! The baby had the hiccupps the whole time LOL! So cute! I am so happy!

So the original scan was only like 20 minutes, however, the girl's manager came in, and said he was so excited to see my u/s pictures because the baby was photographing so perfectly,because of my size, and he asked me if he could do my u/s because he said that it's rare that people u/s so nicely! LOL! So I got to see my baby for another 20-25 minutes! It was so great!! Then he even gave me the u/s in 3D!!!! I was so excited, I've never had one before!!!

Not like it's a SUPRISE!!!

2008-06-26T17:12:00.000-04:00

LOL! Due date March 7, 2009

and no this is not a joke.....

Here are the tests from today.....June 26th