Food for Thought

This is how I feel most days.  And Life could be so much harder for me.  I could not have a home, or 3 cars.  Although some of my stress would be less if I didn't have so many cars...Its not so much emotional pain as it is just getting through the day and how to fix things that break...which is the worst.  It really causes me undue stress...

Funny I wrote this a few days ago, and Today Abi's car broke down on her way to SLC from St. George...had to be towed and nothing like more stress and MORE money.  No wonder I am about to have a mental breakdown...

UPDATE:  Now the car has a broken timing belt which put a hole in the engine when it broke...so the car is a total loss!  And I still owe soo much money on it and now she doesn't have a car.  I am soo destitute what to do.  And how to afford this problem...

Serious I didn't sleep worrying about cars and paying and more cars.  Then Nick had the nerve to ask me about when he gets to learn to drive.!  NEVER.  Its a dad's job to teach you to drive!  It scares me to death!

A tired Nick

Nick works hard.  He goes to football 3x a week and it is brutal.  He mows Gma's lawn and plays basaketball all the time. 

He walks down to Gma's house on Football days...and takes a nap before football.

That is my dad's BYU blanket...on  side note.  Its folded up now...

Vitamin C drink

I have been sick.  School just started two weeks ago, and I felt sick today.  The thing with being a teacher and getting sick is that usually it is a doozer because my immunity is pretty good since I'm around all those gross germs from 12 year olds.

My friend from school posted the same day " wash your hands, use hand sanitizer and take Vitamin C"   This is just horrible" .  So that didn't give me much comfort knowing my friend from school was sick.

I felt like Yuck.  We had this Vitamin C thing that Brooke's boyfriend gave her in the cupboard.  I tried it.  After we ran out of Nyquil and Delsym.  I drank an envelope on Friday, Saturday, Sunday AND Monday for good measure.  And I am feeling a bit better.  Tired but not so bad.  So, even if it was all in my mind...drink up.

And another day for good measure.  I have had this drink for about 7 days...I'm certainly going to try it again when I get sick to see if it is really working!

Jack

Jack spent the weekend with Michelle.  I dropped him off and they went to some sheep herder contest in Midway, and then to Jordanelle to ride her wave runners.  He slept over and went to church with them. 

This was a cute pic of him.  I had to take church clothes over to her house so I dropped some eye drops in the bag.  He wanted to know if he needed them...well, only if your eyes hurt!

Lawn Service

Nick has been mowing Grandma's lawn since Andrew left for College last year.  He seems to get better and better...He can do it himself and even sweep the sidewalk after.  He hasn't mastered the weed whip yet.  He mows lawns and goes to football.  That is a lot on one day and school.  He also is the garbage taker outer for Grandma.  And well, sometimes for us because we only manage to get our garbage out sometimes...(ok most of the time..)  He is mostly a good Egg..!!

Nick is 15

Nick had a birthday this week.  He is 15.  And now is where I put that I can't believe that he is 15.  Well, I really can't believe it but more than that I can't believe its time for ANOTHER one to drive.  (well, shortly) 

But Nick is a funny kid.  He brings so much fun to our lives.  He Loves Football, Green Bay Packers, Maverick, Basketball, most Sports, mowing lawns (ok, maybe not so much), and pretending Andrew is really my favorite.  He is up for trying most anything.  He has tagged along with me shopping, but mostly for the lunch, and has been my side kick for our outdoor concerts this summer. 

One of my favorite things he said to Chili was "I'm going to play Basketball, then I'm coming home and we are getting a drink...". 

It was a bit lonely for his birthday since it was just the 3 of us.  The rest of them are away at College.  We missed them.  We had pizza and Root Beer Floats since we are not Cake Lovers.  Root Beer floats are the best!  We even had straws.  

Nick wanted some clothes for his birthday.  Wow, that is a switch.   He got some shirts from Tillys.  They were kindof cool.  

Crocs

So, Zoo jokes are the best.  It reminds me of Brooke.  Abi saw this a few weeks ago and I have been laughing ever since...

   
                                                                         Duh really...

Summer Sunday Night Concerts

Layton has free Summer Concerts on Sunday Night.  We have been going since last year.  They are usually pretty good...but it is fun to go have a concert outside.  We went to Code Blue on Sunday.  They were a Rock and Roll band and played lots of stuff that I knew.  Nick not so much.  But I realy liked them. 

Nick was a good sport going with me.  I have on my Dixie State T Shirt I got at Orientation.  Parents got a shirt too. 

Nick didn't want his picture taken.  I don't either but I do like to document that we did something sometimes.

Some of the concerts have been better than others, but it is fun to see people or groups that you didn't even know existed.  Going to miss them on Sunday Nights.