Alyssa is coming to live with us for this school year

I am very excited that is Alyssa is coming to live with us for the school year.  I hope that she enjoys it and makes lots of friends.  This was a very hard decision for her.  She asked a lot of questions and we tried to be neutral about answering and give her honest answers.  It was tough on her because she is very sensitive about other people's feeling, especially her mother.  Her mom made a big deal about this and upset Alyssa a little but in the end she supported Alyssa.  Now this decision to come here could only be for a year, for junior high or for high school who knows but a mom supports her children no matter.  Her mom made a decision based on what Alyssa wanted and not on herself.  Now she is getting flack from people, I don't know who, but I would like to tell these people to back off. 

Jeff Back #2

So Jeff went to the doctor today.  He will have to have surgery again. They will have to redo everything they did to fix it the first time plus a little more work.  The surgery is $220,000 or more.  I know that this is a lot of money but he is in so much pain and if he doesn't have it he will end up in a wheel chair.  The surgery will last 6-12 hrs and be in icu for the first 2 days at least and up to a week in the hospital.  Then be at home for a month and be on a weight restriction for a year. I am not sure how I am going to manage all of this and still work because if I miss to much work they may dock my pay.  Oh well, we will get this figured out.  He has to have another x-ray and some kind of bone scan thing, then go back to doctor to set up surgery.  They are trying for the end of September or first of October.

Wyoming House

We moved to the house we are in on Oct. 31, 2009.  So we have been making 2 house payments, 2 Cilco payment, 2 water payments for awhile. We have also updated the house in Wyoming and put a lot of time and money into it.  The house has been done since March. We have had a lot of people looking at it but nobody wanted it, they always thought it was nice but it was to small or this or that.  Well on June 30th we signed the papers to sell the house. The inspection will be today and hopefully all goes well and we could have the house sold by the end of the month.  We are very excited about this because no more double bills, we can pay off the cards, and have extra  money to go towards stuff for this house, Jeff's Back, and fun stuff. 

Jeff's Back

My hubby Jeff has scoliosis and had surgery when he was in 8th grade. It has been bothering him for years. It is now to the point where he can't walk or stand for long periods of time.  If he does he is incredible pain. He has put off going to the dr until the last couple of months.  Our regular doctor sent him in for MRI's and referred him to an neuro/ortho doc. This doc sent him to have more x rays, and now he is sending him to a more advanced specialist on Tuesday.  They wouldn't tell Jeff over the phone what they saw or what is wrong which we all know isn't a good sign.  The surgeries to fix his back aren't cheap and what we would have to pay out of pocket is alot no matter what surgery he has done.  Depending on the surgery he could be out of work from 2  weeks to 6 to 8 weeks.  There is so much going on right now.  Next blog: House sold in Wyoming.  Yeah!!!!!

don;t how much more I can take

I am really in a pickle because I can't punish these kids that aren't mine but yet I have to make them behave.  I am not sure how I can do this, when I yell at them about something they turn all around when they tell their dad and they do tell him.  They make everything into a big deal and even when it's something as little as me telling them to not punish their brother because they are not the parent. One of them finds it ok to yell at me but when I do it back, I am made to be a horrible person. I love my husband very much but this getting to be to much for me.  I feel when it comes to all three kids that I never do anything right in my husband's eyes.