I love being invited to birthdays, weddings and baby showers, but buying the gifts are a pain in the butt. While I love mingling with other people I drive myself batty trying to decide what type of gift or gifts to buy. Welcome home Baby showers are easy for me to figure out because I like buying them Personalized Baby Gifts. Everyone loves to see their child’s name in print. But for weddings what do you get the bride and groom ? Last time I went to my cousin’s wedding I bought her and her hubby a vaccumn for their new home. All my family member’s laughed at me for getting her that, but you know what she was happy because it came in handy at their new place. I like to be practical when it comes to gift giving, but sometimes I dont know what to get people so occasionally I just buy gift cards. Do you think it seems lazy to just buy gift cards instead of gifts ? Would you just buy a money holder and put some money in it ? All that drama goes on in my head but I like going to the parties because I love eating the cake hehe.

I love the target clearence section especially . I got the girls some imitation crocs for 2.24 and I also got 2 really nice handbags for 7.00 each and they are normally 30 dollars. I know I know I need a another handbag like a need a hole in my head but I cant help myself.

I also got Ariana a nice yellow polka-dot swimsuit to use you to go swimming tommorow. The bathing suit is usually 16.99 and I paid 6 dollars and some cents for it. Hey I love getting good deals and I am not ashamed to shop the clearence section. Now if only I could find a nice plus size swimsuit for me everything would be perfect in my world.

My uncle called and invited us to a Bar-b-que this weekend at the park by my aunt’s house. I need to pack the kids swimsuits and some floaties for the kids in case they go swimming . I bet they will be so happy to run around and get wet. It has been so hot here and the AC is wonky and works only when it wants too.

It’s been a while since I last seen my uncle and he is not doing to good. He found out he had stomach cancer but doesn’t want to get any treatment for it and we can’t convince him otherwise. I get really sad when I think about it because my mother died from ovarian cancer and I just feel like cancer is robbing me of the people that I love the most. I don’t know how to deal with the pain of losing the people I love so I try to block it out but every now and then it hits me like a ton of bricks and my happy go lucky self goes into a depression that takes days to get out of.
Oh well I am going to make the most of it and spend as much time as I can with my uncle so that way I dont feel like I deprived myself or my kids from spending time with him while he was living close by us.

You wanna know how bad of a packrat I am ? I am such a packrat that I still have some of the Baby Shower Favors that my friend Nita gave out to people at my baby shower when I had my Ashley 10 years ago. I think I am going to add one to her baby stuff box and get rid of the other 5 why did I save so many? who knows what was going through my head at the time.
I have noticed that lately all the boxes and stuff I have is bothering me . I dont want to be such a packrat and little by little I am going though all the boxes and getting rid of stuff I dont need. How can I have accumulated so many things ? I think being a packrat is in my genetics too because all of my family members are too. Maybe we need some rehabilitation program like “packrats anonymous” I would be the first one to get up and say” Hello my name is Debbie and I am a packrat!!” maybe then I would be shamed into not storing so much stuff

I got ahold of one my friends from high school and found out she is pregnant with her 4th child. I am so excited fo her. This baby is going to be a boy. she got lucky 2 years ago and had a girl so at least she got 1 girl in the mix. I told her that her hubby is a major boy maker. I am glad I have 2 girls and 2 boys. They can be a handful at times but the good times far outwiegh the stressful times. I was an only child and many times wished I had a brother or sister to play and hang out with. I always told myself that when I got older and had kids I would at least have two so that way they would never be lonely like I was.

I admit I had imaginary friends when I was little. It was easier to pretend I had invisible friends rather than look crazy talking to myself ,even though either way I was still talking to myself. Thinking back to my childhood I was more spoiled than others because I was an only child but then again it was a very lonely time too.

I went shopping with my sister-in-law. Food shopping, bargain shopping at the dollar store. I am amazed at the deals you can get at the 99cent only store. They have name brand stuff in there that you would normally pay like 15.00 for and you can get it for a dollar . I had to crack up at some of the items they had there though. For instance they had some Britney Spears glow lights from way back when she was a teen and I could have sworn I saw some mary kate and ashley underwears. I like picking up cute little items like coloring books for the kids and batteries but when it comes to clothes and underwears Target is my choice and not the dollar store. Oh I also have to mention the guy that was standing outside the Dollar store trying to sell me some Titanium Rings umm yeah buddy what makes you think I’m going to believe that they are real when you are trying to sell them outside of the dollar store and they look fake as hell. Please If I am going to buy titanium rings it is going to be from a company I can trust . Can you imagine the person who is dumb enough to buy those rings the guy is selling and then wondering why his fingers are turning green LOL. Goodness gracious what a day today was. I had to write it down and I bet years from now when I read this post I am still going to be cracking up just thinking about that guy.

I feel all stuffed up. Darn allergies I hope they are allergies and not a cold. I hate getting sick it makes me feel so miserable and moody. I really want to get out this weekend and do something fun. I hope if its allergies or a cold it goes away by friday.
The kids are getting antsy being home I wish I had more activites that they could do. If only I could drive I would be able to take them to the movies and to the park while the hubby is at work.
I really need to practice driving instead of just letting my permit sit and waste. Why am I such a scaredy cat when it comes to driving ?

p.s I am making progress in the boys closet all the boxes with the baby bedding are now labeled and ready to go to my aunt. and the stuffed animals are ready for donation. I just need to go through all the clothes that doesn’t fit them but that has to wait for another day. I dont feel to good right now.

the hunny and I have been discussing the prospect of moving cross country and buying a house. While I would love to move I am such a thinker and I think and think about different situations and possibillities and I get nervous at the thought of actually doing it . I would love to finally own a big house but the thoughts of not knowing the weather in the East Coast scares me. Just hearing my friend talking about the emergency supplies she has bought which include a flood light (to be quite honest I have never even heard of flood lights till she told me she bought some)since she has moved to Mississippi scare me quite a bit. I am glad she is getting prepared in case of an emergency but talking about natural disasters that happen out there make me think twice about moving. I really just need to sit down and weigh out the good with the bad and see what would benefit our family more. Then and only then will I make my dicision on moving.

Cleaning this place is a never ending job. I thought I had finished the boys room and then I go and check their closets and it is full of boxes with stuff I didn’t know I had. In one of the boxes I found the crib bedding I used for Ashley. Yes that means that it is damn near ten years old. I am such a packrat it isn’t even funny. I want to just get eveything and throw it away. I am tired of collecting stuff and just letting it sit there . Maybe we could have a yard sale if not more than likely I am giving it to good will or having my aunt send it to mexico where she usually takes her thing too. I think getting this place in tip top shape is going to take me days to do . I need more space but then again if I had more space I would probably pack more stuff it’s a lose-lose situation here

How am I going to make it through the teenage years if we can barely make it now and she isn’t even in her teens. Nikki’s has been having major attitude to everything. Nothing makes her happy and she has been extremely rude to her sister and I just dont know what to do. I try to give her space and always spoil her but she is just really moody. Boy oh boy do we have our work cut out for us. Please let the moodiness last very little and return me my happy go lucky girl.