KIERA BROOKE!

THIS IS MY NEW NIECE,BORN ON APRIL 2ND, HER MOM'S WATER BROKE ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY..HOW FUNNY IS THAT!

Love.....

LOVE.... BUT LOVE...A house is a house is a house -until love comes through the door, that is.And love intuitively goes around sprinkling that special brand of angel dustthat transforms a house into a very special home for very special people:your family.Money, of course, can build a charming house,but only love can furnish it with a feeling of home.Duty can pack an adequate sack lunch,but love may decide to tuck a little love note inside.Money can provide a television set,but love controls it and cares enough to say noand take the guff that comes with it.Obligation sends the children to bed on time,but love tucks the covers in around their necksand passes out kisses and hugs (even to teenagers!).Obligation can cook a meal,but love embellishes the tablewith a potted ivy trailing around slender candles.Duty writes many letters,but love tucks a joke or a picture or a fresh stick of gum inside.Compulsion keeps a sparkling house.But love and prayer stand a better chance of producing a happy family.Duty gets offended quickly if it isn't appreciated.But love learns to laugh a lotand to work for the sheer joy of doing it.Obligation can pour a glass of milk,but quite often love will add a little chocolate.~~ Author Unknown ~~

YESTERDAY WAS A STRESSFUL DAY FOR ME!

Yesterday I was a basket case! My car has been acting up again, It's now back in the shop, My tire almost fell off while I was driving my car, I have been hearing a thumping noise lately thinking that maybe I have a flat tire, but come to find out I have been driving my car in it's unsafe condition! Also, My car has an oil leak as well..I just paid almost $3000.00 to get my car fixed, and now it's going to cost another probably $600.00! I guess money just grows on trees, every time something happens, I have to come up with more MONEY! This really is what started my emotional breakdown amongst other things, finances are really hard right now for my husband and I. We just lost out condo, I have credit cards that I haven't paid, I am going to have to file bankruptcy soon or I am going to have judgements against me and the creditors can garnish my wages! Also I am 3 monthes behind on my mortgage payments, We paid someone $1900 he is a mortgage specialist, he helps people that are distressed! Anyways, he speaks with our mortgage company and negotiates them to drop our interest rate and our mortgage payments, Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers because if this doesn't work out for us, we have to move.RIght now we have been looking at rentals in Frederick County and Washington County, we can't afford to live in Anne Aroundel County any longer! The houses are huge there and very affordable! This is what keeps me hanging on everyday!

THE KIDS ENJOYING THE DAY AT THE PARK

PHOENIX WAS IN THE HOSPITAL!

Phoenix gave me quite a scare last week...I get home from work and about to make dinner, I turn around and he is spitting out some pink stuff in the trash, So I said, what do you have.? I noticed he had a Benadryl bottle in his hand, and it's open and all the pills were GONE! He apparently got into my purse, and was able to get the " CHILD PROOF CAP " , off, needless to say, he was eating them like CANDY! The first thing that came to mind was to call POISON CONTROL..They advised me to leave my house in 2 minutes and rush him 2 the nearest hospital! I had NO IDEA HOW MANY HE INGESTED! I get there and they have to monitor him for 6 long hours..at that time I was exhausted from already working 8 hours....but I wanted to right next to my baby boy the whole time...NEXT...they had him drink LIQUID CHARCOAL MIXED WITH CHOCOLATE MILK, this kills the toxics in his intestines and he either vomits or when he goes to take a DOOKIE OOKIE...it comes out! So his poop has been BLACK! AFTER having to drink the yuckie stuff but will make him better, he passed out for about 2 hours! When he woke up he was VERY GROGGY..VERY AGITATED..AND JUST IN A BAD MOOD..I told the doctor he was not acting like his " USUAL UPBEAT SELF", SO THEY CONTINUED TO MONITOR HIM! ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER...HE IS SINGING THRILLER BY MICHAEL JACKSON AND DANGEROUS, AND I LOVE YOU BY JORDIN SPARKS....Finally....he is back to himself! I was sooo worried..THERE IS A PHRASE THAT GOES LIKE THIS, " ALL WHO IS WELL, ENDS UP WELL. " I do not leave medicines in my purse any longer because of incident that happened. The doctor who took care of Phoenix handed the bottle over to Poison Control whom is going to Contact the President of the company that makes BENADRYL...The bottle was supposed to be CHILD PROOF BUT WAS NOT! IF A CHILD WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE BOTTLE, THEN IT'S NOT CHILD PROOF! THANK GOD MY BABY IS OKAY!

MY YOUNGEST MONKEY PHOENIX

HIS COUSIN TOOK THIS PICTURE OF HIM...I LOVE THIS PIC, IT WOULD BE BETTER WITHOUT THE PINK HAT! IT'S SOO HARD 2 BELIEVE THAT HE WILL BE TURNING 3 YEARS OLD IN 2 MONTHES..IT'S HEART-BREAKING! I LOVE HIM SOO MUCH...ISN'T HE THE CUTEST!

AMERICAN IDOL ~ ELVIRA LOOK-A-LIKE!

She has a good voice and all, but I am not trying to be mean but doesn't she look like a " YOUNG VERSION OF ELVIRA WITH HER POOFY HAIR AND HER MAKEUP " , I think her next performance she should sing...Elvira...my heart is on fire..well Elvira! hee-hee-hee....