Stranded in BUCKEYE...NO MORE

Monday, July 18, 2011

Yes, I'm complainng again...SO SORRY...

Have you ever said yes you'll do something cuz you've always been taught to say yes to certain things...but, you didn't either feel right about it or you are upset about being asked to do this certain thing or well...whatever! Well that pretty much sums up how I feel about something I said yest to this week. I know I'm a bit vaig on what it is and I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about...BUT....Well, we will leave it at that for now. I just hope things will change...preferably my mood and attitude...cuz right now its not very good (big shock for some of you who know me)! I'll do what I said I would do and know one will be able to tell how upset I am while I'm doing it but heres looking for my attitude to change soon!

Friday, July 15, 2011

Mia, Mia, Mia...

If you don't know...Mia is our puppy we got last summer. She really is a cute thing and funny...BUT she's crazy (I really think her father was a cousin or her mother was an aunt or something). I've blogged and FB about how crazy she is before...BUT not only is she crazy...she's nuts...and so far un trainable and we do try and work with her but to NO end. WELL, I guess thats not completely true. If she is on a leash she does ok walking with you, I guess...But other than that she doesn't listen at all. You try and call her and she thinks your playing and runs around like shes a wild animal and you can't catch her. She jumps on you any time you go outside and will scratch the tar out of you if your not careful. If you let her in the house she NEVER stops running around...shes like the energizer bunny...she just keeps going and going and going. Mickey, my good old dog of almost 19 years, walks around for a bit and then settles down and goes and lays on his bed in the laundry room...BUT not Mia, she thinks its play time and runs around for hours, NEVER SLOWING DOWN...really HOURS. The other day when she was in, she went into the Living room, which we've tried to teach the dogs if off limits, and got something off the book shelf and started caring it around the house...REALLY off the shelf. Then when I tried to get it from her she thought we were playing! AND today she started jumping on my furniture. WHATS UP WITH THAT!!! Oh and the ender of all enders...which got her sent outside...SHE PEED ON MY FLOOR!!! She never let me know she needed out!!! Plus she still does her excitement pee...if you look at her there she blows!!
She's driving me CRAZY and yes we all know I didn't have far to go! I don't know whose going to survive her puppy years...me or her!!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Just a short note...

Well I call it a short note and we'll see if it is by the time I'm done typing, cuz with me you never know. Sometimes I can be a little long winded....

Some of you may notice and some of you may not...BUT the name of by blog..."Stranded in BUCKEYE" has changed...to "Stranded in BUCKEYE...NO MORE".

This does come with some bittersweet feelings we are sadden to leave some of our friends that we have made in Buckeye. BUT we are still in the Buckeye Stake for church. AND we haven't moved THAT far away... We've moved to the Estrella Hills in Goodyear.

There were many reasons for our move and I'm not going to go into all the boring details for all of you cuz I would really hate for you to fall asleep while reading my blog and never come back to read more. BUT the Lord still has plans for us in the Buckeye stake...hence the reason I'm still keeping the stranded in Buckeye name...plus, I kind of like it!!! It was the start of my blogging. It has sentimental meaning to me.

But now here we are in the Estrella hills, for really who knows how long...I guess, until we feel the need to move again...and with us that could be in a few years, or in 10 years, you never know, I'll just put this out there...DJ could retire in 2 years, so who knows what we'll do...maybe move to Gilbert, to be by Jerrae, or Tempe to be by Cayla, or Utah to be in cooler weather that DJ dreams of everyday, or up to WA to by my brother, who knows...its a big world out there! BUT for now we are HERE!!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sprinklers and A Game of Froger...

Yep, thats what it was...a day of "Sprinklers and a game of Froger".

Yesterday marked the first game for Joshua and the Jasinski Jaguars Baseball team and even though they got SQUASHED LIKE A FROG, they did really good. It wasn't entirely there fault...the game had some...how shall I put it...mishaps to it.

It started out to be a descent game. All the families sitting there watching our boys...cheering our boys...yelling at Seth and the other kids to settle down and to stay out of the way cuz they were crazy, rolling down the hill and running around...when...BAM...on came the sprinklers! Are you kidding! And of course everyone went crazy!

Well lucky for us they didn't come on in the field were the game was, but they did come on were we were sitting! The game was able to continue on! BUT the sprinklers did reach were our boys were sitting in the dug-out! UGH! They boys on our team had no where to sit! SO the families picked up our chairs and moved over a bit...NO BIGGY, right...WRONG!

About 10 minutes later another set came on...before the first set turned off, NO WARNING...are you kidding me...so we moved a little bit more. THEN, another 10 minutes...ones behind us turned on...this time hitting us in the head and in the faces...WE ran and pressed ourselves against the fence until we could make our move and then RAN to a dry spot. If we could have taken pictures of each other...One of us was using a chair to try and block the sprinklers from hitting them in the face...that one was funny cuz they couldn't figure out why they kept getting hit until they realized it was going through the mesh part of the chair...a few of us were trying to press ourselves further into the fence...while the people on the other side of the fence, who were safe from the water, were dying of laughter. Then we made the move to safety!

THEN the phone calls were made...because you know what happen NEXT...yes you guess it...sprinklers came on in the field and stopped the game! We called the maintenance guy for the school, we called the receptionist, we called anyone we had numbers for...IT PAYS TO KNOW PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES AT THE SCHOOL!

I can tell you the coach for our team was NOT happy....

Then I look back over at the fence...UGH...my youngest child...I truly do love his pointed head...he left his chair against the fence...I needed to go and get it cuz we needed to leave soon...so it was time for a game of LEAP FROG...could I make it across without getting wet...My friend did not think so...but I thought I could...so it began...I ran to the fence and waited for the first sprinkler to go, then I ran...stop...go...wait...duck...go...jump...press against the fence...really against the fence...RUN...grab the chair...NOW BACK...NOT ONCE GETTING WET....

I'M GOOD....

WELL, after 25 minutes of NO PLAYING...the district maintenance guy shows up...he finally gets the sprinklers turned off. Well by this time, I have to leave. I get up to him and he gives me this run around that they aren't even suppose to be on this field playing...funny thing how both schools ended up on this same field and how he was glad it didn't stop their playing for too long...ummmm heeeellllloooo...it was 25 minutes and there really isn't much light left...you goof!

BUT all in all, it did make for a funny story with
"SPRINKLERS And a GAME OF FROGER"

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Football and Baseball...

If I didn't think life was crazy before...WELL...it just got CRAZY NOW!!

FOOTBALL and BASEBALL season just started...ugh. Don't get me wrong, I like both, A LOT, but not when your son...yes, that was son, not son's, decided he wanted to play BOTH. And which sweet son was this that wanted to see how crazy he could drive his mother, well, that would be Joshua. And here I thought he was my reasonable, thoughtful, loving, smart and considerate son. Boy was I wrong!

So, here is whats happening. Josh wanted to play football, so we signed him up with a football group called Elite. They practice during the week and then have games on the weekend...no biggy, except we didn't know when his practices were, YET.

Then right before spring break, he decided to try out for the school baseball team, and try-outs were right before break and he made it! Those practices go til 5:30 with games on Tue/Thur. But we still didn't know when football would be. Ugh.

Lucky for us, the Football couch was willing to work with us and made practices start at 5:45, so we pick up Josh and his friend Austin and off we rush to Indian School rd and Falcon Field for Football practice...but wait, lets not forget that on Wednesdays, Seth has his piano at 4:30 to 5:00...I'm just glad Seth's finished with Soccer...cuz then I'd really go nuts.

Lets see if we can keep football and baseball up for 2 months. I guess its good he's young, but I don't know about me. Plus we have Scouts on Tuesdays and whatever else I decide to add with Seths life.

I LOVE sports season!! And I love those CRAZY BOYS OF MINE!!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

I stole Joshua's THUNDER...

So, we are on Day 2 of 3...

...of what...

...Well it's called a "MUA" and basically, to put it in my language and where its easy to understand...Some Doctors knock you out and stretch you like a rubber band...

...and well, thats whats being done to Josh right now!

Yep, he's being stretched like a rubber band!

You see, Josh's tendons are WAY to tight and it prevents him from bending like a normal person or from running like a normal kid. They pull and tug and cause him a lot of pain...But we all know, Josh isn't normal so I guess its ok!

He seems to be doing ok with it. Each morning we go and they knock him out and then the do whatever it is that needs to be done...One problem on the first day when they tried to put the IV in they had a hard time so he got stabbed 3 times. Once in each hand and then finally in his arm. Poor kid, maybe next time he'll listen to me when I tell him to drink more! So because they had such a hard time with the IV they are keeping his IV in his arm...it really bugs him so after tomorrow he'll get it taken out, which should make him a happy camper.

BUT...

You all know me...I can't let it all be about Josh...I mean REALLY!!

So Friday...Day 1...

I got up at 5:30 to get ready when...oh wait let me back up a day...Thursday I was sick all day running a low grade fever and having a really bad head cold, I even took Drugs before going to bed and I HATE taking meds...so now back to Friday...

So I'm getting up to get ready when I started to feel light headed...yep those of you who know me, well you guessed it...I passed out-

WAIT, not just once but TWICE!! See I had a head cold and I just wasn't doing well.

DJ was suppose to go to drill that morning, but plans where changed and he ended up taking Josh for his first treatment...He was afraid I would pass out while driving him. So he took him while I tried to get back to normal...well what I would call normal!

After Josh was done, DJ headed out of town for guard. He really didn't want to leave us but he had too!

So I couldn't just let it be all about Josh. I need to be the one who is front and center as always! UGH!

Friday, January 28, 2011

The Holidays came and went...

Well December came and went and lots happened during it.

The month started with decorating the Christmas tree. With all the craziness going on in our lives I really didn't think it was going to happen but low and behold it did...but don't tell anyone...January is almost over and it's still up!!

This year Joshua joined the Jasinski basketball team!!

If I do say so myself, he was a pretty good player!!

Next came our trip to Disneyland with the DeGraffs. This was our 2nd year going with them and celebrating Seth and Ryans(the DeGraffs dad) Birthdays...Seth turning 9 and Ryan...well who knows...we just know that he acts like hes Seths age.

It rained on us the whole time we were there. We LOVED it and had so much fun in the rain!! There were a few days we had to go back to our hotel and change our clothes and shoes and then back we went to Disneyland! It was funny cuz there were places at Disneyland that there was NOBODY at...it got kind of SPOOKY!!