My Mama and brother and his boyfriend Gilbert came to see us in late January! I was so excited and happy to see my Mama! She hadn't been here since Christmas of 07! She did so well climbing up my stairs. She was such a trooper, I was so proud of her. She spent a day with her Mom and they had an awesome visit. My Mom and I drank wine and laughed A LOT! She had Sandi and I in stitches she's so damn funny. I miss you so much Mama!!!This month started out with the Superbowl. Sandi and I and our boys watched the Superbowl at our house this year. Her husband Eddie is a hard core, die hard Steelers fan and he didn't like that I suddenly jumped on the Cardinals bandwagon.......never mind that I'm FROM Arizona! Any way, Sandi and I decided to let the big boys watch the game by themselves so they didn't have to deal with the little boys bugging them or have to listen to me rooting for the Cardinals (God forbid!).
It was a good night. All the kids got a long great and I made a yummy dinner and Sandi and I drank our wine. When the game really started to heat up we were all on the edge of our seats rooting our teams on. The little guys really got into it. And for Sandi "hating football" sure knows a lot about the game! In the end our Cardinals lost and I was very bummed. At least they put up a good fight and the Steelers didn't clobber them.
I've been actively looking for a job. The prospects here are slim. We have a 9% unemployment rate here in Vegas. No one likes the fact that I haven't been working for the past 3 1/2 years either......like staying home and taking care of my family isn't a job?! Grrrr! Everything is done online so there's no way to make a personal impression. It's extremely frustrating! I am SO ready to get a job! Even just a piddly part time one, just to get me out of the house and put a few extra bucks in my pocket. There's a Fresh & Easy going in right around the corner from our house and when it opens I'm going to march in there with my resume and beg them for a job.
Calvin starts baseball next month. He's very excited about that. Dwayne wants to coach again so all of that may put a damper on my getting a job too. We don't know what team he's on yet but once we find out I will post it here. He's very much into Dr. Suess these days, every weekend we go to the new library and he grabs every book by him that he can. He says he's going to be the next Dr. Suess, but he will call himself Dr. Calvin. He's even already written a few books and says it's up to me to find him a publisher because he gets his love and talent for writing from me. OK, whatever!
Valentine's Day was a big deal for Calvin this year. He woke up at 7 am like it was Christmas Day. He's so goofy. In school they did a lot of writing about it. He wrote some pretty silly things.......about me. He's made it sound like I'm a big pig sitting around eating bon bons all day! His teacher probably thinks I'm the worst Mom on the planet. The turd! I'll post them below so you can see for yourself.
For V-day we had Sandi and Christopher over for dinner since Eddie was sick. I made my new favorite meal.......tilapia fish with lemon, garlic, dill and butter. YUMMY! The boys got me a plant and some chocolates.
I've recently joined facebook. That's been interesting to say the least. At first it depressed me because I never went to college and spent so many years at that tiny grocery store and never went any where I couldn't bring my precious kitties. Then after posting a picture of the painting I did for our wedding invitation I got so many compliments on it and everyone told me they remembered how talented I was. They inspired me to bust out my paints and start again.....God knows I have the time cuz I don't have a job!! My first project will be a family portrait. I'll keep you posted on how it's coming.
OK, that's it for now. Check out a few of Calvin's works below, it's pretty amusing even though it makes me look like a big loser! Love you all!
"Love is......
When I clean the house.
Change the new month on the calendar.
Putting my little brother down for a nap.
Making my Mom breakfast."
Notice the picture of me laughing
at him since I took his toy?
I'm so evil!
His thought bubble says
"No Christmas for 365 days!"
I think he's biting his nails in
this picture!
Notice the shopping cart?
His thought bubble says
"Yeah! Toys!"
Like this NEVER happens?!
I forgot to mention that I got to see my dear friends Tom and Don while they were here. I love it when they come up I miss them so much! Love you guys!
We also had a disco dance party last weekend and here's a clip from it.
