Candl1988's Journals

Proud Mom Here!

Jordan made 1st varsity and was chosen team captain! YAY!!! Kay made JV! This will be her first school sport ever! I'm so proud of them both! They are great kids!

AFI or BUST!!! (haven't used that statement in a very long time)

Just a note to say I will be gone for a few days! I am taking my daughter to Detroit to see her favorite band! So...AFI here we come! I will catch up on everyone's photos when I get back! Have a good week my peeps! LOL...Lory

I'm Out

I'm so sorry that I have gotten so far behind on everyone's posts! My children have the h1n1 and I just don't have much time to be on this week! They are getting better with antivirals for the flu and antibiotics for the secondary pneumonia. Keep your fingers crossed that they continue to get better and that I don't get it too! I don't have time to be sick! Thanks for understanding! Lory

Thank You To All My Friends

I just wanted to take a minute and thank everyone for all the support you have given me over the past difficult months! The divorce process moves along slowly! The kids and I are adjusting slowly! Buzznet has been a huge reason why I have been able to cope! Each night I retire to my room, get on my computer, and get on Buzznet!

I so enjoy reading everyone's comments, and doing my share of commenting on your posts! I have to thank Mark for being the best Admin ever! He takes such good care of us all! So to all my buzznet friends...with much love I THANK YOU!!!

Kay Wrote This Poem For Me....

In a note on my page! I thought it deserved to be a journal entry! So I am posting it here...

HI THERE!!!!!! I know I know, I NEVER WRITE YOU ANY NOTES! I am your daughter and I don't write notes to you -_- ...I feel pathetic lolz! haha anyway... I wanted to let you know that I havn't forgotten you and that I still love you ^_^ so I am going to (off the top of my head) write you a random poem... just for the heck of it... so here we go! ^_^ ~To Mom there are some things in life that break like hearts, mirrors, and bones but one thing that remains intact and that's the mom of this home she's got a great sense of humor and she's got a wonderful heart she's got 3 children who love her did I mention she is SUPER DUPER smart? nobody's as cool as my mom nobody is as neat! nobody compares to her because she's so very sweet and that is why I love her she really is the best I needn't say anything further I think you get the rest! ^_- (LOVE YOU MOMMY! HAVE A NICE NIGHT!)

I'm Behind On Your Posts....

I have had a very severe form of the stomach flu! The only time in my life that I've experienced more pain is after surgery! So I haven't been on! I will get to everyone's posts as soon as possible! Sorry for getting so far behind!! Take Good Care! Lory

It's The Circle Of Life!

On August 12, 2008 my very healthy 82 year old grandma had a massive stroke and passed away 2 days later! I was very close to my grandma! I was more close to her than my own parents! Her loss was devastating!! However, with death also comes life! We found out that very week that my brother and his wife are expecting their 3rd child!

As if that wasn't incredible enough, the baby is due on my grandmas birthday!!! That would be March 19, 2009! We are within days of meeting out precious baby! We are all hoping for a girl to be born on that day!! If it is indeed a girl, she will of course be named after grandma!

This is even a little extra special for me (if that is possible)! I am the labor coach! My brother doesn't do well with his wife being in pain, her blood being drawn, IV's started, etc! So I get the great honor! I will cut the cord, give the baby it's bath, take lots of pictures, and just love on that new little punkin!

It's very sad that grandma will miss this, but it is the circle of life!!!

WE ARE STATE CHAMPIONS!!!

THEY WON! LET ME SAY IT AGAIN...THEY WON!!! We are walking on air around here! Craig coached our varsity boys to our town's first ever state championship!! I am SOOOO proud of my guys!!!! Thank you to everyone for their good wishes!! I'm so thrilled I think I might cry now!!

MY GUYS ARE AT THE STATE FINALS

Craig and our team are at the Michigan Division 2 Bowling State Finals in Sterling Heights! I'm more nervous up here at home than they are down there! I can't eat because my stomach is knots! I keep looking at my phone to see if I've missed a call, even though I KNOW it will be hours before they are done! We are predicted to finish in the top 3!! Tomorrow will be the individuals so I'll be chewing my nails most of the weekend!! Keep your fingers crossed and wish us luck!!! GO CHIEFS!!!

A LONG AND SNOWY NIGHT!!

Do you remember me writing in December about my boys putting their cars into snow banks??? Well the saga continues! Craig and Jordan are downstate at the regional bowling meet this weekend! That leaves Trev, Kay and I on our own! No problem right? Trev is a big strong young dude!

Last night we got probably the worst storm of the season, and it was trecherous to say the least! We got over a foot of snow in about 8 hours along with wind chills, blowing, and drifting! Trev closed at McDonalds last night and headed home even though I advised him to go to his grandma's house in town! The State Police were advising that travel be limited to emergency vehicles only! He didn't listen! He did have a plan! ;(

His friends and fellow closers with a 4 wheel drive followed him home to make sure he got here! Not a bad plan, right? Well he did make it home but he couldn't see the driveway and turned directly into the ditch! The three of them tried with no success to dig and/or push the car out! I couldn't leave the car half in the road because there is the rare occasion that the snow plow does actually go down our road and might smash it into tiny pieces! So what is left to do? I certainly couldn't get it out!!! I called a tow truck!

Trevor went back out to wait! Before too long at all I saw the flashing lights of the tow truck through my window! But as quick as it came it disappeared! Hmmm!! So I waited about 15 minutes because after all they could have turned the lights off! Trevor didn't come in, and didn't come in, and didn't come in... So I put on my coat and went out into the entry way to see what was up! I expected to at least hear engines running, but only the wind was making a sound! I yelled out to Trev to see where he was and what was going on!

He heard me yell and came up to the door to fill me in! The tow truck had come in the wrong direction and needed to go down to the corner and turn around! On the way back...the tow truck went into a drift and then the ditch! We figured they would get themselves out and be right back to get our car out! That is what they do afterall! Trev went back out to wait! Time went on, and went on, and went on! So once again I put on my coat, went out the door, and yelled to Trev! He came back to fill me in! A second tow truck had come to get the first one out, and guess what??? It went in the ditch!!! Not even kidding!! Now I had a car and 2 tow trucks stuck in the stinkin snow!!! I can't even imagine what my neighbors must have been thinking!

Finally at 4:15am Trevor came in for good! A tractor type vehicle that we couldn't identify by name came and pulled all 3 of them out! They were stuck SO bad that the tractor had to use chains wrapped around trees to winch(?) them out! After 3 long exhausting hours, how would I ever pay this bill??? Thankfully and fortunately, they only charged me for the one car that MY son originally put in the ditch! $85.00 thank you very much! Oh, and up until the time of this writing the all feared snow plow has still not graced us with it's presnce!! :))) We are very literally snowed in!