Complete craziness! I can't believe that it's been over 3 years since I've blogged. Seems like just last week Donovan got his drivers license. Flash forward to a few tickets and an accident. Yup definitely the teen driver. Next up is Drew and surprisingly enough he's not in a big hurry to get his permit. Thank You Jesus. Drake has fully mastered potty training. That's not too much of a surprise since he's now in the 1st grade. Had his parent teacher conference and was pleasantly surprised by his teacher's comments. Apparently he's a great student, follows directions and is helpful with his fellow students. I asked his teacher to please send home the kid that's in his class because its not the same kid the I send to school every morning. Busy busy busy. That's what these kids do to me. Here's the biggest bombtastic. Donovan will be a father in February 2103. Yup! I'm going to be a Grandma at 41 years of age. Or in my case a Meima. I'm just not feeling he whole "gramma" thing.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Be thankful!
We all think that our lives are stressful. There's a reason why the Calgon Take Me Away campaign was so successful right! Well I always try to keep in mind that as bad as MY life may be there are many many people who have it worse than me. In fact, there is a funny inside joke that I share with a few of my closest friends that when life is tough..."At least we're not----" then we fill in the blank. Thank god for Brittany Spears because for the last year she's been the BLANK. So anyways, this past weekend....my nieces disappeared. I'm gonna keep it 100- they ran away from home. I remember what is was like to be a teenager. I wasn't the most well behaved daughter. I had my share of drunken escapades. Then there was the time my cousin Jean dressed me up to be a Ring Girl for a kickboxing match....I was only 15. I surely gave my parents reason to send me to a convent. Thankfully, they never caught on to my shenanigans. So these two beautiful girls of mine decide that living on the streets is better than living at home. WOW! What could be that bad? Now, I KNOW what was happening at home....but I ain't one to gossip. RIGHT? So here's my epiphany. Life is bad at times. Things don't always go the way we want it and yes...there are many days that I want CALGON to take me away. Yes, I'm not afraid of identity theft, hell I don't even want to be me. But the thought of walking away from my family is scarier than anything else that my life can throw at me. And tonight, when I lay down to sleep in my King Sized bed that doesn't have enough room for me, Tim, Drake and Cooper (the dog). When I wake up sleep deprived and grumpy because I was sleeping on Hot Wheels, I'm gonna drag my lazy but outta bed. Get ready for work. Kiss my husband and baby, then thank God for my crazy, mixed up life.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Snow day in vegas...
o early to be a white Christmas, but that did little to spoil the excitement of SNOW in VEGAS! The boys had a great time watching the snow come and go. Donovan and I braved the impending snow storm to run to the grocery store. We were just pulling into the parking lot and when the first snowflakes started. By the time we were done, it was coming down in big fluffy cotton candy flakes. Of course my 
boys were the only ones in the neighborhood playing in the snow at dinner time. By this time, the snow was really coming down. The boys had scraped the driveways of all the neighbors in order to make snowmen. The innocence of making snow men, turned into 
dousing each other in snow. At 9:30pm the Clark County School District announced a Snow Day, the first one since the 1970's. As soon as the announcement hit the news, the street was filled with kids. However, this being LAS VEGAS NEVADA, we weren't prepared for the cold weather. Drake's little hands were like Popsicles. Handsicles ....LOL. As much as he wanted to play in the snow, his fingers were like ice. I know, I know....bad mommy. But he was such having so much fun. I brought him in the house to help me bake cookies for the kids and for him that was a fair trade.Tuesday, November 25, 2008
R.I.P. Shannon.... we will miss and love you always!
So often in the course of living our lives we lose sight of what's really important. Yesterday, I experienced one of those reality checks. First let me fill in the blanks of the goings on in my life. I was hired at another company a couple of weeks ago. When I put my notice in at the current job, they decided to let me go effective immediately. About the same time a very good friend called me and asked if she could spend some time with our family. Hell, I wasn't working anymore so it was as good a time as any to have house guests. Shannon showed up on my doorstep on Halloween. We were just getting the kids ready for trick or treating. Drew didn't have a store bought costume, so we made one for him out of the past 10 years of costumes I have in storage. Shannon did his makeup, hair and gave him accessories. I swear she was more excited about his costume than he was. Shannon fit right in to our family. Football practice, movie nights, babysitting, hiking in Red Rock, dinner with my mom. She stayed till November 11. By that time, we were making plans for her to move to Las Vegas permanently. She planned to come back to us just after Thanksgiving. The boys were so excited. Just this past Sunday night, as we were working on one of Donovan's projects, he asked when she was coming back. Monday morning I was watching Charmed, thinking of Shannon, wondering if she was up yet. My phone rang at 9:03am. It was a number I didn't recognize so I let it go to voicemail. When I checked it, I heard Barbara...Shan's mom asking me to call her. I groaned outloud. Barbara and Shan didn't have the best of relationships. I didn't want to get in the middle of whatever argument they were having. I called her back. As soon as she picked up the phone, I knew that something was up. Barbara was quiet. Too quiet. Too subdued. Too sad. She asked if I was sitting down. I already knew where this was going. I had had to make this phone call January 2007. I remember having to hold it together when what you really want to do is scream. From this point on my memory is cloudy. I've got the facts though. Shannon was sleeping on Sunday all day. Barbara checked on her Sunday night before she went to bed. Wayne got up early to go to work. Checked in on Shannon in her room and the next thing Barbara heard was Wayne yelling for her. By the time Barbara called me, the Coroner was already there. My dearest friend and soul sister died in her sleep at 37 years old. She leaves behind her parents, grandparents, a multitude of friends and an aching hole in my soul. I will miss her more than I can say. Before she left, she wanted a picture of the two of us together. I had no makeup on, so everyone that knows me knows that I wasn't about to document the ugliness that is the au naturel me. Shannon insisted. So we took a pic before she packed up her car to leave. I'm so glad that she was stubborn that day. It was one of the last pictures ever taken of her. We can't be so busy in living our lives that we forget to LIVE.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Milestones
In true Vegas Rabers form, today has been one of multiple milestones. Drake is really taking to the whole "potty" idea. Yaaaaay! Hopefully I won't have to buy diapers anymore :) He loves going potty and he's been promised a Powerwheel from his Mama Paz when he masters the skill. We went online and browsed the many different vehicles. Of course he's got his eye set on the Cadillac Escalade Custom Edition (comes complete with boom box speakers and a real working radio) and MP3 input. We've posted the picture of said SUV on the fridge to remind him of his goal. So that brings me to the next milestone. Donovan passed his Driver's Permit test today and is now the proud holder of an instructional permit. Yes boys and girls it's official. We are getting old. It wasn't enough to simply drive us crazy, soon all of our kids will be driving not just our cars but also our insurance rates right thru the roof. On the bright side, now he can go find a J O B.
This summer we went to our first Nascar Truck race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We underestimated the fan base of Nascar and got to the track just before it started. That's when we rea
lized that we would have to park very very far. Needless to say, 30 minutes and a country mile later we found our seats. The race had already begun. Each of us picked out the car that we wanted to win and cheered them on. Drake had a blast watching all the NasTrucks. He wanted the silver truck to win... and it did! All the boys have asked if we could watch the Nascar race in February 2009. If they start asking for Wranglers and a shiny belt buckle for Christmas, someone please send us some Tupac and Ice Cube!!!!
Where are you now?
Family and Friends,
