Growl Says the Momma Bear....

Im pretty hacked off right now. They lost my kid!

It was the First day of School today for Kids one and two. Everything went well until I went to get them off the bus at the end of the day.
So Im standing at the bus stop that Andrew got on the bus at, and Kate climbs off the bus and thats it.
"Wheres Andrew?"
"He got off a few stops before"
"WHAT!!!!"
I called the school and the secretary lost even more points in my book by being an idiot.She asks me what stop he got off at. Ummmm I dont know, if I knew I would go there and not be calling you. My kindergartener said "A few stops before" So whatever that means. (Anyone who knows 5 years olds knows that "a few" and "before" are VERY lose terms. This is the same kid that talks about going to utah yesterday- We havnt been to utah in a year)

She asked me some more stupid questions, and then put me on hold.
Call me paranoid, but I was about to hang up after being on hold for 20 min and just call the cops to help me look for him.Even in our old neighborhood I would have worried, but I would have at least known that he would have a chance of knowing his way around. But we have lived here a week- So I was slightly stressing. All of these horrid mental pictures of my baby wandering the streets crying and lost.

Luckily my just turned 7 year old is smart and has his fathers sense of direction, because he found his way home by himself. After talking to him, it turns out that he walked about four blocks.

Needless to say that Im going to be giving that bus driver a good talking to tomorrow when Andrew gets back on the bus.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRROWL says the momma bear.

Posted by LadyisRed @ 8:18 pm EDT | Permalink | 6 Comments

My Favorite "Best of Craigslist" to date

This made me warm and fuzzy and gave me hope in the human race.

 

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/rno/746570454.html

"Ok, so people often ask, where are the good kind people anymore?

Driving on Mt.Rose Hwy, and serving our communties is where! So I'm coming home to Reno on my motorcycle Saturday Evening after a short ride up to the top and back down cuz it was too smokey up there, somewhere around 8pm I think? Anyways... Near the bottom, I hit some oil, gravel, not sure what... but even as an experienced rider for some 30+ years, made my bike wobble so bad, I eventually lost control after doing everything I could try to do to keep it up. From what I hear, might have even hit a guard rail at some point during the crash, no memory so not sure, all I do know is next thing I'm on the pavement in a ton of pain. Rolling in the road I think...

Stranger #1 -
Then, there was a hand... holding mine, comforting me thru my gloves... Kept hearing a voice that I think was female telling me "everything was gonna be ok" and "help is on the way". Couldn't really open my eyes much, that's why I'm not sure if it was male or female, but it didn't really matter at that point, ya know? I just know 'till the day I die, I will forever remember how comforting it felt to know that "if" I was gonna die then, someone was gonna be holding my hand while it happened and I would not die alone on some road tasting asphalt.

You have no idea what that meant to me, still does, and always will. You probably also have no idea how much gratitude I would like to express to you for the comfort you gave me, a complete stranger, when I really, REALLY needed it. I just remember your hand, rubbing mine and your soft, kind, compassionate words letting me know, someone cared. You didn't just drive by, you took time out of your Holiday weekend to help me - some fat ass biker guy that some here on CL wish we would all crash and die.

Stranger #2
No clue who this was either, but someone called police/ambulance, etc. super quick and there they were, hot on the spot within minutes. (felt like minutes to me anyways, damn quick!), can't thank you enough and damn glad ya had signal...hahaha!

Stranger #3
Again, same as the others, no idea who you were, but I heard someone else say something I think about removing my helmet. In my mind I was thinking please, please don't do that, but I couldn't say it. But you could and did, you spoke up and advised against it. Damn I am glad there are people like you who know better and again, my sincere appreciation and grattitude to you as well.

Strangers #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, etc..
To all the police firemen/women, ambulance drivers, person in the back of the ambulance.. to all of you emergency responder type people who showed up who did whatever it was you had been trained to do, and loaded me on some kind of back board or something I think, and then put my big ol' self in the ambulance and got me to Renown so quickly - my most humble thanks and appreciation as well. I know you were "just doing your jobs", but damn you do them well! You will NEVER hear me bitch about your pay raises or what it costs for the absolute QUALITY services you provide our community! I do know of one policeman or hwy patrolmen who I think arranged to have my bike towed and visited me in the ER letting me know it's condition and where it had been towed to, cuz he put his badge number on my insurance paper, as I get better in the next few days I would like to find you and thank you in person since I have a clue on maybe how to find you from the badge #. You also gathered my personal belongings I had on the bike that would have been stolen for sure. (cam corder, etc..) Yes, I know, small things to worry about in that moment, but you made sure I didn't have to, again, thank you for going out of your way for my needs.

To all the Dr.s, Nurses, and whoever else was working in that ER room, my eternal thanks and grattitude as well. Man I was hurting, them ribs are a bitch when smashed, but you folks all again, did what you were trained to do in the finest proffesional manner (even on the embarssing stuff) and I just knew from all your demeanors, I was gonna be ok.

I am sure there are some typos and mis-spellings in this post, forgive me as i am on some pretty strong pills for pain, but i just got to my computer and wanted to get these thank yous out as soon as possible. All of you people just really have no clue what your kindness and compassion meant, and means to me even now.I would like to let you all know, that from your kindess, skills and so on... I'm going to be ok. Could have been a lot worse, but thanks to good people like you, a damn fine helmet and a little luck, both I and the bike are fixable.

If there is any chance of any of you "unknowns" letting me know who you are, I would greatly like to thank you all in person, if that's not your style, I respect that and just know you meant alot to one hurting, scared guy, yeah... I was scared I'll admitt to it no problem!

Last and not forgotten in any way, once I was admitted to the 3rd floor, all the Nurses, CNA's, Orderlies, people waking me up every few hours to check my vitals and stuff, I also sincerely thank you, but since I know how to re-find you all, i will be seeing you again in person to thank you properly, especially Melissa, a nurse or CNA not sure, but one awesome lady I did not have enough time to thank properly today as I left! I really wish I could have stayed and healed longer as today really ended up hurting, but you know why I had to leave. You friggin ROCK!

Sincerely,
Tim H."

Posted by LadyisRed @ 4:44 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments

Training to be a parent

I saw this and it made me giggle. I thought I would share. I think the car one is the most accurate at our house. Then again 10 and 11 hit pretty close to home too.

 

Posted by LadyisRed @ 4:29 pm EDT | Permalink | 13 Comments

getting old... ;)

First of all- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! (and to Gaara)

Im the big Two Eight.
I dont feel this old- Maybe 25. But not 28. The other day I was doing some photo editing and I noticed wrinkles around my eyes, and I found some grey in my hair the other day too.
Blah! Maybe its all the kids that make me feel so old.Ok, so Im not really "old"- I still have two more years until Im really old

Second of all- I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane!

Go for it, sing! I know you want to.

Here, I will help you

There, now that I got that out of my system...

IM GOING ON VACATION!!!!

I leave tomorrow for a week in Texas. Houston to be exact. My brother and sister live there (not in the same house, they just both chose to live far far away from the rest of us and ended up in the same far far away place)
Its going to be just me and my fat baby.

(hi fat baby!)

The rest of the kids are staying here with Shakes, and I think that my mom is watching them over night one night. This will be my first time away from my kids for longer then a single over night stay (which has happened only once in the almost 7 years of having kids)
Sure, I still have Tyler, but he is such a piece of cake that I dont really count him lol.I mean just one baby? Thats a piece of cake!

I am giddy about the next week. No breaking up fights, no preparing three plates of food before I get to eat my food cold, no being whined at, no begging for candy or cookies... Its going to be SWEET!
Im pretty nervous about flying with an infant. Especially one that wont take a bottle. I have no problem nursing anywhere, but I would hate to make someone else uncomfortable in the close quarters of a plane. I will be covered up of course, but fat baby really enjoys eating, I mean REALLY enjoys it. So Im hoping that sitting in the back of the plane drowns out his moans and groans of ecstasy .

Its been 6 years since I have been on a plane period, let alone with a baby. So Im kinda anxious as to how that will go. So wish me luck. And if you happen to see a mother nursing remember that she isnt trying to make you think of sucking on boobs- thats just your own sick mind ;)
If you see shakes online- make sure to ask him if the kids are still alive or if he needs an alibi.

Posted by LadyisRed @ 5:48 pm EDT | Permalink | 8 Comments

Party with Meemoos and Pearly

Pearly was staying with Meemoos last week, So Shakes and I packed up the kids and headed down for a little visit (she lives about an hour south of me.) Cake got called away for some Army duty right as we got there, so Shakes was the lone man in the house, but I think that getting to play COD4 by himself was a good consolation.


Shakes CODing by himself. I guess it was an intense moment lol

Meemoos with my fat baby, and her son

Meemoos, Pearly, My fat baby and the two Mini Meemoos

Pearly and my bigger punks with a minimee thrown in
We didnt get much gaming in (well, besides Shakes) But I showed Meemoos how to make potions on Oblivicrack and Pearly showed me how to die on WoW lol.

Posted by LadyisRed @ 4:38 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments