SURVIVOR MAN

Yes, folks, I have my very own "survivor man". He is the man of my dreams... Most of the time! HA! Kelly is a full fledged hunter... He hunts turkey, deer, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits and he also fishes. Needless to say, our grocery bill is not that high when it comes to meat. No, we do not eat the masked man.. Gross.... Just recently he bagged his first turkey of the year. It wasn't much to talk about it since it was a Jake but at least he killed one and we have fresh wild turkey breast in the freezer.

I hate the taste of beef since we eat so much deer. There is a secret to making deer not have the wild taste. You have to beg to get the secret. We eat so much deer that I can make any recipe that calls for beef out of the deer meat and no one would be able to tell the difference. Our fav is country fried deer steak. I like wild turkey breast too. I'm not much on the rabbit or squirrel. My Flossie sure did like the rabbit and squirrel. When she was alive Kelly would make special hunting trips just to kill a mess for them to eat. I would try to eat it with them but, most of the time I would just eat cereal.

I had lunch today with a dear friend of mine, Christy. I haven't seen her since she got married in October, so it was great seeing her again. We do keep in touch by e-mailing each other but, we have families and busy lives and not enough friend time to spare. Even though we both crave it. We have a third musketeer that belongs on the group but you have to hog tie her to get her to quit working long enough to have fun. Yes, Paula, I am talking about you!! Hopefully we can make time to have a slumber party soon.

One thing I have learned since I was sick is, that you do everything you can do to have fun and enjoy the day with people you love and people that make you laugh. With those two, we never stop laughing. We do have moments when we've cried but, one of us would say something funny then we all three are laughing again. I love all of my friends and family. I hope that Kerry can grow up having as many friends that she can depend on that I have.

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CHICKS WITH STICKS!

These are some of the ladies I do Karate with. The Blonde in the center is my instuctor Sandy. She is a 4th degree black belt. She is the best instructor in the world, I have learned so much from her. She and her husband David own the studio I attend. I am a lower belt than everone else in class and have learned things that I am not suppose to know yet. The reason I have labeled this as "Chicks with sticks" is because we train a lot with Escrima sticks. My fave... I am a weapons girl!!! We are a close knit set of friends and will be going to a concert in a few weeeks to see Jon Bon Jovi!! I can't wait..

MOWING SEASON HAS BEGUN

I forgot to take my ankle brace to work with me yesterday so I went home instead of going to Karate practice. (Bad Student) It was beautiful outside so I decided to help out with the yard work. WORK? I just got off work, why in the world would I want to continue working? Well, I don't do manual labor only mental labor... Poor Kelly works his tail off at his job so I wanted to be nice and help him out. The push mower wouldn't start so, I had to wait till he came home. No surprises in store for him.. Me mowing.. Kelly finally got the mower started after I huffed and puffed about it not working and stormed into the house to do "women's work". Kerry mowed for awhile, while I stewed in the house. I felt bad so I took her a glass of water and I mowed till the mower ran out of gas.
Then the mower wouldn't start again, so, I stormed off again into the house to fix supper. Earlier while I was stewing about the mower not working I got on-line to try to find a mower. So, I really wasn't doing "women's work" I was shopping.. What I can do better, than getting a stinkin' mower to run! And I'm really not storming off to the house more like, Yea, I don't have to mow skip... Bad wife...
Kerry got fed up and came into the house to help me fix Taco Salad for supper. She forgot to drain the meat so it was a tad greasy, other than that it was good. We all took showers from trying to mow and laid around watching the boob tube. Kerry had me to take her blood sugar to see if she is diabetic, you see, every week she has a new aliment. Last week was diabetes, this week she has an over active bladder. Poor, kid, 15 and a hypochondriac. I blame her Mom. Mom has Crohn's and is sick ALL the time, a new aliment every week, that is all Kerry knows. I'm trying to get her out of that... She's been complaining about her teeth and biting her jaw. I reminded her this morning to brush her teeth and asked when was the last time she brushed and her answer was... UH... I don't remember// No wonder she is having teeth issues!!
So we go to the dentist on Saturday and I hope I see the dentist before Kerry does so I can let her know that Kerry isn't brushing.. Still looking for a mower. We didn't finish the yard but hopefully Kelly can get the mower running today while I am at Tai Chi and finish the yard.

Back Again

It's been a while since I last posted. In December 2007, I got sick from endometreosis and had to have an emergency hysterectomy. That really sucked since Kelly and I hadn't had children yet. Luckily he had Kerry before we had gotten back together! I am in the adventures of being a step-mom. She is a great kid, when she is not being influenced by bad decision makers.

The best thing that has happened since my surgery is that Kerry has moved in with us. The first 3 weeks were great! She is a good helper. She LOVES to cook! Yeah me! Since I have Karate and Tai Chi 3 nights a week. The beginning of the 4th week she got a wild hair stuck up her butt and decided to skip school. OK, I know most kids skip school, but I never did! My Mom had the fear of GOD in me!! Anyway, her mom decided to take her lunch and Kerry wasn't there. My MIL called to see if Kerry was sick, 'cause she wasn't at school! I totally freaked out. I called Kelly at work and he went to Hartsville looking for her. His cousin had her but lied that she didn't know where Kerry was. Kelly busted some tail! She is grounded for quite a while. Kelly had the cousin arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Don't mess with his baby!!! Any who, we should be done with this issue at the end to the month.

I passed my blue belt test!! I should have tested in February but I was afraid to do so since I had been on so many drugs the month of December and January. Here I am breaking the string to prove that I am ready to take on the responsibility of being a blue belt! See the concentration on my face. Luckily I didn't have my tongue out! I was the only adult to get a belt that night. WAY TO ANG!!

This past weekend was the 1st weekend Kerry had spent at her Mom's since we have gotten custody of her. It went well, but of course Mom and the BF is kissing butt! Kerry's words, not mine. I have stronger wording. I have gotten my 1st payback, since becoming a full time step-mom. Last weekend I took Kerry shopping. NO MORE!! She is a grunge wearer but wants to be more girly. So I took her to LB and the clothes were TOO Girly. Then we went to RW and couldn't agree on anything except jeans. While she was in the dressing room trying on clothes I made her try on, I sent my Mom a text to apologzie for all the grief I gave her as a kid. By the time we finished shopping I had a headache~! At least Kerry and I were still talking....

LOVE

Love... such a powerful word that people use to easily these days.

I love my husband, my dogs, my mom, my dad... get the picture. How many people actually love their friends? I can honestly say , I do. There are a lot of people in my life that I am not afraid of telling them that I love them, but then are those I do and am afraid to say that I do for fear of how they may take it.

I am aching for the day that I can experience the love of motherhood. Don't get me wrong, I love Belle more anyone could (can), but she's not with me all the time and I ache to have the unconditional love that a mother-daughter can have.

The ladies karate class is going to Tully's Saturday night! I can't wait.. We are going have so much fun, great fellowship...

Half way to Black Belt

Last week I took my Purple Belt test. I was sooo nervous, I've never been that nervous before. I think it was because we practiced so much for the show in August and then rushed to learn everything before the test. Bu Kwang Ja Nim is such a good teacher that I passed with mostly E's. I didn't get to the belt presentation so BKJN gave me my belt last night before Tai Chi. I also got a new sash for Tai Chi- Green.

We are learning a new form in Tai Chi-the Chen Movement. It is totally different than the Yang movement. A lot more depper stances and quicker. I am not sure how I feel about it yet. Last night was the 2nd class.

Last Thursday I went to the foot doctor for my Turf Toe. Dr. Nuss- he's really nice, he has worked on Pete Rose, Paris Hilton and other famous folks. He gave me a shot in my foot and said the reason my Turf Toe is taking so long to heal is because of the Fibromaligia. Thanks!

That night I went to bed at 8pm and good thing because, Mother in Law called and said Uncle was dying. K said he couldn't go and watch him die. Well, being the nice girl I am, I could let MIL be by herself, so I went to the hospital. MIL took a nerve pill before I got there, at 2am she was upset so I told her to take another one. SHe later started getting sick at her stomach. I called DH and told him to bring sick stomach pills for her. She took one and then basically passed out on me in the other bed. Uncle passed away at 3:27 am. This was the 1st death for his Nurse, since I had been there with My Flossie, I was a pro.... I called DH afterwards and have him come be with me, I had to sign the death certificate and other paperwork since MIL was out cold.... We didn't get to his Nanny's till after 5am. I then had to take care of everything the rest of the day.
No sleep, death, grave, funeral clothing, services.... What am I missing out on???? SLEEP!!!! Oh yeah, found out MIL had taken a total of 3 nerve pills, no wonder she was out cold!

The day of the services MIL passed out as the pallbearers were taking Uncle's body to the hearse. Called the ambulance to come get MIL and take to her the hospital. Wonder what kind of pills she took? She was put in the hospital for dehydration and exhaustion, extreme....
She was out before 8am the next day. Extreme...

I still haven't caught up on my sleep even though I am trying. So congrats to me on achieving my Purple Belt.. I've also been asked to join the Black Belt club. Still trying to decide when I should or if I should. I know that black belt is a goal, I just don't know how long it will take me. Ki-Hap!

TIME IS SLOW...

I have had an eventful life since I've last written. K's Uncle is not getting better, of course we knew that. I went to the nursing home sat. evening and the nurse on duty hadn't given him his pain meds all day. When I would ask her to give him a shot she would put me off, I finally called the charge nurse and told her like it was.

Dr. Reed had the ambulance to come get him and take him to the hospital. He is now on a morphine drip. He is still holding on. Nan did tell him it was OK to "go home". Belle got ticked off at her Mom because she wouldn't come to the hospital and be with her. Belle hung up on her 2x. She said her Mom was drinking (which she shouldn't since she has Crohn's) and that was why she wouldn't come, Belle said that probably wasn't all she was doing.... Poor thing I felt so bad for her. Ex-wife then had the nerve to call K and make it his fault, like we were putting Belle up to be mad at her... She is such a quack!!!

Work is good.

I did take my belt test last night, I am now a Purple belt!! I've been asked to join the Black Belt Club.. I don't know what that entails, I'll have to find out and then make a decision.