August 1st 2001
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So it's the first day of August. I can't believe how fast the days go, how fast the months fly. How quickly the years skim by. It's amazing. As a child you never think about how fast the day went, or how fast the month went. 10 minutes seemed like an hour. You're warned by your parents how fast time flies by, and to cherish your childhood. When you have kids, you're warned how quickly they grow up. I never imagined it would be THIS quick.  I have a 6 year old. I still remember being in high school. I still remember having a curfew. How could I possibly have a 6 year old. A first grader. in less than 6 months, I'll have a 3 year old.  Yikes! I remember Austin being 3. Where does the time go? And why must it go by so quickly? I guess this is a perfect time to say, cherish every second of every day. Do the things you said you'd always do. Live your dreams NOW. Forgive people who need forgiven, cause you know, when we get to Heaven, we're going to be begging for His forgiveness. Why should we expect Him forgive, if we can't? Figure out what it is you want to do, what you've always wanted to do, what you've always put off until "another day" and just do it. As I've said before, and in the words of the so worshipped (by me anyway) Garth Brooks, "Tell that someone that you love,just what you're thinking of,if tomorrow never comes" Great words to live by.

Monday, as you know, if you read the journal, we took Rocket in and had him put to rest. I won't go into details, I won't go on and on about how hard it was. But I will say, it's something that still makes my heart ache, and holding Austin, while he sobbed, in the back of the car, was something I'll never forget.

On Tuesday, Warren woke up and his front tooth that got broken in half about 7 years ago, by his friend Brian, well, it broke in half again Tuesday morning early,(2am) Warren said he felt like someone shook him and told him to wake up, and as soon as he did, he felt a "pop" and his crown came off. So I got him into the dentist at 9:30 that morning. He was given a temporary crown until they can make his permanent one. He's expensive! =) we also found out on Tuesday that Warren's job once again is in question. Not just Warren's but the whole Spokane office. I guess Monday he'll find out for sure. This rollercoaster of a job is driving me insane. They threaten his job once a week it seems for the past month or two. We can't live like this week by week. Does he have a job or doesn't he? It's enough to have him just find another job. That one with Cricket, we have no idea if it's still available or not. He hasn't heard from "suzanne" in over a month or more. He e-mailed and phoned her yesterday and today, just to try and get that as a back up. But unless she returns his calls and/or e-mails and gets him in on an interview, there's no hope. I'm just sick of it. I'm frustrated and "trying" not to take it out on him.  I know he's just as frustrated and scared. I'm thinking of taking the kids down to Oregon for a bit, to stay, just to get away from the day to day, see if that might help me. Not to run from Warren, just for a visit and see if I can get out of this "
Eeyore mood" I've been in for a few days. Money is the only thing in my way of that. So we'll see.

OK so you want to know about the boys!? Huh?!
Well Austin watched "Motorcrossed" today a show on Disney that is about motor cycle racing. He was so excited about it. Now he wants a 2 wheeler.  He was out in the yard trying to make a little track like the one in the movie with the turns and bumps, in a little dirt area in our backyard. He's so cute. He is so in love with racing, no matter what it is, as long as wheels are attached to it.
(Warren keeps talking to me and making me lose my train of thought I could NEVER be a novelist! haha)
what was I talking about? Oh yeah. racing and Austin.  The other day he told me he wanted to be "one of everything" when he grew up. which means he hasn't decided on a career yet! haha He wants to race, be a monster truck driver a police officer, and the list goes on.
Ryan has been learning so many new words. It's so exciting. He has taken so long to talk, and he's been making great progress in the last week alone. Today at Safeway, we were leaving and he said "Bye God's you" Which means God Bless you. It's part of a ritual that I started with Austin when he was born. I kiss them good night, I say, "G'nite, God bless you, sweet dreams, I love you" And Austin started saying it back to me when he was about 2 and now Ryan is saying it to me as I say it to him every night. So he told the clerk "bye God Bless you", oh my heart soared. I know she didn't understand what he meant, or said, but I knew. Also, today, Austin was playing his motorcross game on Nintendo 64 this morning. And he wrecked, then Ryan said "Ow! you ok?"  hahaha =c)
Joshua has started his 2 year old tactics at 13 months old, just like Austin did, starting early. He's into everything, he has started to be really grumpy, crying and yelling a lot. I think he got that from Ryan. Been getting influenced by Mr. Scream, himself. I can't wait until they outgrow it. Sheesh.
We have to take the Land Rover in tomorrow and get the radiator replaced, since the one we have now, has a hole in it. All under warranty though, so no sweat. I think we're going to have them put the hitch kit on it so we can get a trailer. I am not sure about that though.
I guess that is all for tonight, Warren obviously wants to talk about everything under the sun, so I can't concentrate on this anyway! =c) It's ok, See you tomorrow!

Ohh wait, before I go, did you all hear we've been having more earthquakes? Yeah we had a couple last week. No we didn't hear or feel them. Though we think we DID "hear"  it's power while it was happening. Ryan's crib was banging against the wall for about a minute, ina rythmn not just like he was pushing it to hit the wall, besides, he was asleep. But we didn't think about it until we heard on the news we had, had an earthquake! haha  So when does the big one hit? No clue. Do we have earthquake insurance? Nope! Flood insurance in case a pipe breaks? NOPE! Guess what we're gonna be doing? =)

Ok anyway that's all now


'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

- Abraham Lincoln